The life of General Garibaldi Author:Giuseppe Garibaldi Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: UNDEE SENTENCE OF DEATH. 21 placed in charge of her three sons, with a sufficient salary. I afterwards resumed the nautical life, emlarking in the brig Nos... more »tra Signora della Grazia, Captain Casabana; and that vessel was the first I ever commanded, being made Captain of it on a subsequent voyage to Mahon and Gibraltar, returning to Constantinople. Being an ardent lover of Italy from my childhood, I felt a strong desire to become initiated in the mysteries of her restoration ; and I sought everywhere for books and writings which might enlighten me on the subject, and for persons animated with feelings corresponding with my own. On a voyage which I made to Tagangog, in Russia, with a young Ligurian, I was first made acquainted with a few things connected with the intentions and plans of the Italian patriots ; and surely Columbus did not enjoy so much satisfaction on the discovery of America, as I experienced on hearing that the redemption of our country was meditated. From that time I became entirely devoted to that object, which has since been appropriately my own element for so long a time. The speedy consequence of my entire devotion to the cause of Italy was, that on the fifth of February, 1834, I was passing out of the gate of Linterna, of Genoa, at seven o'clock in the evening, in the disguise of a peasant—.7 prescript. At that time my public lifecommenced ; and, a few days after, I saw my name, for the first time, in a newspaper: but it was in a sentence of death ! I remained in Marseilles, unoccupied, for several months ; but at length embarked, as mate, in a vessel commanded by Captain Francesco Gazan. While standing on board, towards evening, one day, dressed in my best suit, and just ready to go on shore, I heard a noise in the water, and, looking below, disc...« less