LIFB OF G.oUliBA.LDI,
CHAPTER III.
Garibaldi's Legion-Monte Video-A Bold Challenge-A
Brillliw.t Retreat-Pio Nono-P11pal EVIII!ion-Garibalcij'a Return to Europe.
Rio Grande, for a war1of degenerated into a conflict of
personal :ambition. This was far from being his ideal of republicanism ;
his arm "Ins not formd to serve private interests. So soon as this project
was decided on,• the Guerillero embarked for Monte Video. His dia
intereste(lness had reduced him to such a state of poverty that, on reach
ing his dE,stination, he was obliged out for some mode of procuring
bread for his family. He succeeded in this by giving lessons in geometry
and algebra in one of the principal)chools of the town, but the situation
of the country would not allowS. him to adhere long to such distasteful
employm:ent.
The Dictator of Buenos Ayres wu determined on bringing the Oriental
Republic back to the A.rgentineJConfederation, and intrusted Oribe, of
sorrowful memory, with the task. This general was diatinguished no less
by his Cli'Uelty than by his zeal in:serving:the interests and ambitions
views of Rosas. His barbarous bands desolated the country ; they drove
oft' flocks,. destroyed the crops, fired houses and murdered the inhabitants.
At times the Argentine brigands approached Monte Video, which town
they thre:11.tened to plunder. The government of Uruguay wu too weak to
repulse the abominable Oribe, but numeroWI Europeans resident at
Monte Video, armed in defence of their lives and property. A French
legion, organised and commanded by Colonel Thibaud, rendered the
Republic the most signal services. Still there wu considerable danger
from the sea, and Garibaldi, giving up his lessons, undertook to remove
the peril. Our hero's first nual expedition, though honourable for his
reputation, wu diautrous in its results. Trusted with the command of &
corvette, a brig and a cutter, Gan'baldi succeeded in forcing the entrance
of the P:a.rana, which wu defended by batteriee. Encou
raged by his success he tried to ascend the river, but not being acquainted