The Life of General Garibaldi: Translated from his private papers; with the history of his splendid exploits in Rome, Lombardy, Sicily and Naples, to the present time.Garibaldi, Giuseppe
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The Life of General Garibaldi: Translated from his private papers; with the history of his splendid exploits in Rome, Lombardy, Sicily and Naples, to the present time.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882
The tranquillity of the town had not been disturbed, and the same
enthusiasm still prevailed. The Elmo and the other forts have
surrendered. The English admiral paid a visit to Garibaldi, who
afterward went on board the Hannibal, the English ambassador being
present. On that occasion the Sardinian fleet fired a salute of
seventeen guns in honor of the dictator. The Sardinian troops
disembarked by order of the Dictator. It was said that the king, in
leaving Naples, ordered the bombardment of the town and the burning of
the royal castle, and that the original of the order has been found. The
king had formed a new royalist ministry, the members of which are
Caselli, Canofini, Girolamo, and Ulloa. The Austrian, Russian, Prussian,
and Spanish ministers, and Papal nuncio, had followed the king to Gaeta.
The whole army of Garibaldi was to arrive at Naples in four days, and,
with the revolutionary bands, the total force was 20,000 or 30,000 men.
The revolution was everywhere triumphant. The Bixio and Medici brigades
had just arrived in port. The entrance of Garibaldi into Naples was
celebrated at Milan in the most enthusiastic manner. The whole city was
illuminated and decorated with flags. The very name of the dictator
inspired electric enthusiasm. A number of illuminated drums, fixed on
long poles, were carried through the streets. The drums bore significant
inscriptions, as follow: "To Rome!" "To Venice!" "Rome, the capital!"
Most cities of Italy celebrated the annexation of Naples.
The Neapolitan navy, which had deserted, all together, to Garibaldi, he
delivered to the Sardinian admiral. The Neapolitan navy is of very
respectable size, taking a place in respect to materiel at least above
the second rank in Europe. It does not fall much below that of the
United States. The whole number of vessels amounts to ninety, carrying
786 guns, with a complement of upward of 7,000 sailors and officers of
all sorts. Of the vessels, 27 are propelled by steam. Of these, one is
of large size, carrying 60 guns; 11 are frigates, armed with 10 guns
each; 8 corvettes, with 8 guns each, besides seven smaller vessels, each
with four guns. Of the sixty or more sailing vessels, the largest is
armed with 80 guns. There are five frigates, carrying an aggregate of
252 guns, or about 50 each. Among the rest are bomb and mortar boats in
considerable number, and others armed with Paixhan guns. These latter
have been found useful by the king, when he has felt inclined to indulge
his propensity of knocking down the palaces and cities of his
disobedient subjects.
GARIBALDI'S PROCLAMATION TO THE CITIZENS OF NAPLES.
"To the beloved population of Naples, offspring of the people! It is
with true respect and love that I present myself to this noble and
imposing centre of the Italian population, which many centuries of
despotism have not been able to humiliate or to induce to bow their
knees at the sight of tyranny.
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