Garibaldi And His Heroes

1 he luna correspondent cl lie Daily Ntwi gives the following uc count of some of Garibuldi's followers and thoir heroic acta : "The chiefs of the new cxpodition which is going in nid of Garibaldi are Colonels Medici and Oosenz. Tiie íormer has spent almost the whole of his military career as a volunteer aud leader of volunteers ; tho latter was bro't up in the military school of Nu píos, cailed the Nuuziatella. Medici is from Lomelliui, a Piedinontese province. He emigrated when quite young, and went first to Spain, then to America, where he fought tor liberty under Garibaldi. In 1848 ha collected a band of volunteers, aiid led them against the Austrians. Thon, at the conclusión of the war in Upper Italy, he wont to Rome, wliere he was of great service to Garibaldi in his glorious resistance by which the soldier oí the Iraticidal French Eepublic wore for two long months kept out of Rome. The French, it must be granted, feit tbat that war was for a bad cause, and did not fight with the enthusiasm they displayed last year at Magenta and Solferino. Medici was with Garibaldi at Várese and San Fereno, and again showed himself to be a valiant and intelligent leader of volunteers. Enrico Cosenzis of a fimily of Swisa extraction which has been eettlöd at Naples for three generations. His father waa a soldier, and he entnred the Neapolitan arrny and followed Pepe to Vonico. His military ability is great and his courage undeniable. Tho most brilliant action of the dufenso of Venice waa performed by him. When the Porta della Laguna was one night surpriaed by the enemy, he faced them singled handed, killed the officer who cornmanded thern, and gave time for the defenderá to cotne up. Last year Gen. Utlo, his fellow citizen, wished to tuke him with him to Tuscany; but he pre lerred to remain with Garibaldi. With offijera ot thia stamp, and sufficient re. infrcements, (more than two thousand left here on Wednasday and Saturday last,) Garibaldi will have the game in his own hands. I had eome conrersation yesterday with the Officer second in eommand of thesteamer Piedmonte, which conveyed Garibaldi to Scily. "It seoms to bu like a dreara," said he. "Ia less than a ïnonth I have made that wonderful landing, have been present at threa fights, tho last of which, and a bloody one it was,was in Palermo, and here I am come back with n:y mind full of the thingd I have seen. I hardly daru to teil them, they appear so astonishing. Garibaldi had a sort of magnetic attraction for me. Though I waa half dead with hunger and fatigue, I could not bear that he should see me lagging behind ; aud I believe that many were in my caf;e - anxious to fight, but quite tired out, aud kept up mainly by toe moral influence of Garibuldi, who waa himself as g;iy as il on a pleasure trip. It is not truo that the Neapolitans could have prevented our disembarkation. They did not arrivo till we had landed, and were bringing 011 shore the last muuitions We tramped for threo days and three nights throug.i sun and rain, and in this wearied out state gave battle at Calata fimi. I believo we conquorod through sheer desperation, for we gave our selvee up for dead. Luckily for ua, the Neapolitian soldier began to fire before we were in range, whüe we did not respond except by a stray ahot or so. We descended into the valley that lay between us, ran up the other slope, aud when close, fired into them. By this time they had used up all theii cartiidges, but as we were only about 15 paces apart, and they were on higher ground, they tried tho effect of throwing at us the large stones which were lying about. One of these stoues struck Garibaldi on the arm, whereupoq we shouted and charged with the bayonet, and they broke and ran awuy. At that moment we forgot hunger and fatigue, and overtook and killed sorne of tha fugitivos. Half an hour afterwaras, however, we feit half doad agaio, and it vvould havo boen all up with us if a fresh body had attacked us. Instead of this Jbrtunately we received accessions of men and provisions frora all purts, people having begun to believo in tho reyolution, and to think that thore was a chance of doing something. Since that day, having rested a little, we have fought here and there, or inaneuvered iü order to aecond tho movements of other hands, whiuh the General alone was acquaintedwith. I saw SchiaiEno, who had iinprudeutly advanced too far, die like a hero. I saw Pilo fall dangerously wounded, and by this time hu must be dead. I saw Carini, such a dandy in Paris, fighting liko a lion, and exciting the admiration of all. Bixie, as usual, acted liko a desperate fellow, who does not kuow what danger is. All these gallant men were wounded by the tune we took Palermo." Here the narrator was iaterrupted by the question - But how did this fight go, what movemeats did Garibuldi mako ? 'I can teil you very little ab jut, it," ho replied : "for all that I saw was the point of my bayonet and that of somo onsmy. and all I heard was the thunder of artillery round about mo I know that Garibaldi sent away thn guns and a few squadrons to tnotber spot, saying thatif the enerny wanted to take those guns wo should in tho ineantime take Palermo, and so we did ; but it seerns to me an impossibility. Not one of us had more than seven cart ridgos in his pouoh. The Siciliana had nothing but fowlina; pieces without bayonets ; thoy had pikes, a few pistola and somo hand grenades. But they fought like devils, urgod on by tbe women, some of whon fought at their side. Then the desertion began, and tho ofücers, being left alone, said they were pleased to bo rnade piisoners ot One of the vessels that leit hero the other dav for Sicily is nn American clipper. The tivo steamers of the expedition that followed the clipper were purchased at Maraoillos and recbristened, being now called the Franklin and Washington.