Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

Diplomat’s caper spurs foreign gossip about Garibaldi

The roaming envoy Mr Sandford, reckoned to Brussels though rarely there, drew a wild Europe rumor that Garibaldi would lead U S forces. He met Garibaldi briefly in Caprera, on government funds, sparking Paris London Vienna St Petersburg chatter. Meanwhile a New York paymaster sought a million dollars, raising alarm over a system risking government losses. Quebec magazines reportedly near to storing arms and supplies for 100000 men and three years' war.