Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-06-29
SELECTIONS.


PASSAGE FROM CLoUDEsLEy.-Julian, while in
Italy, becomes seized with admiration of Bernar
dino, celebrated improvisatore, whose delivery of
the following narrative appears to have entrenced
him.
"0ne OF the subjects was the leapng of Signor
Constantine Boccal on horseback. from the bridge into
the river of the Adse at the command n his scornu
mistress, recorded by Bandeo in the
novel OF his first book, which Bernardino YVES called
on to describe in extempore verse. 1t was done to
perfection The disdain Of the lady and the rene
rous devotedness of the lover, painted in the
most glowing colours. You cav the desperate lear
which the cavalier made; you saw the deep and
course OF the river, sweled it we're with autumna
rains, and chilled with the bleak wind that swept over
the ps Pne horse and his rider snnk to the bottom
and then rose like ball Bocca still maintaining his
seat with hrmness. He directed his steed towards
the bank but more attentive to the Observing his mis-
tress than his safety, lie approached where the
CHI was perpendicular, and II impossible to land
Turning the bride 10 correct his error and struc-
Cling with the swittness of the Stream on unexpected
start of the animal deprived him of his strrups and
his seat, while he had still hold fthe reins He
threw away them and his cloak, and set himsefto
swim with all his force The spectators on The
bridge shiverd and screamed sight of the imminent
peril to which he was exposed and his mistress hi
therto so unieelng, was drowned in tears, and ex-
pressed the bitterest agony. The sight of her sym
tay gave him tenfOld courage. Through tremend-
GUS dangers he reached accessible part of the
shore, and stood dry land His horse freed from
the load that confined him, equally successful
Dripping as he was, the lover hasened to the feet Of
his mistress: and moved by the sight of the darjpo
and terrible by which he had proved the sincerity
ofbs passion, she at once dismissed the severity in
which she had prded herself and ever after eonsid.
cred the attachment OF her cavalier as her chefest
glory"
Slo,cer Of Young Herrings the 9TH Of March,
the inhabitants of the island of Ucy, Argyeshire af
ter day OF heavy rain surprised to find nur.,-
bers ofsina behring's strewed over their fields per
tecty fresh end some of them exhibiting signs life
Similar instances of showers of small fish are vel!
authenticated. The solution long since agreed on
by the learned is, that they have been taken from
the surface of the sea, where they have happened
at the time to be swarming, by water spout and
carried over the land, where the breaking of the
column they descended in what the writer calls ethe
pour down Of rain"
May you live in bad company. was considered by
the ancient Greeks of the btterest ip1precations
that could be uttered against an enemy.
PfGtonic .lfection.- Mrs. - and s.
have begun platonIc affection. What said Mrs
- to me- do you think of piatonic lover
'biadaTne' answered very socmny i think like all
other tones 1t is very exciting.
Sontag-W are enabled 20 state on the authori.
ty OF letter from Lady Of the first distinction in
Berlin, that M1demolselle Sontag has been uHdoul,t-
edy married to he Count de Ross; but that suspi-
cioh5 OF most unfounded nature, on the part of the
count, nave caused temporary separation, which
1t is probable will. after all be of short duration-
The en- huslasm with which Sonteg has been rcceiv-
cd on her return to her father land has been quite
extraordinary; and at the concerts given at the va
rous towns on the road 10 Berlin, she was universal
y thought to be in foer voice than when she left
Germany Mademosellc Soniag is TO appear as soon
as possible IN an Opera-which she was at first una
bic TO do from the tenderness of her very delicate feet
and ancles, which has lately prevented her from
walking.--At concert at Lclpsic she was oblred
to apologize to the audience for singing seated, and
was carried from the to her carriage bv
her attendants.
providential escape was lately made oy re-
specta6le old gentleman in Perth, who had placed
P"seh y tbe way of % eDfaged bull, which wes