The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-24

nate lovers were buried in one grave, and
nothing is left to perpetuate their memory
but the imperishable cliff, which rises, like
the Genius of History, over the spot, to con-
secrate their fame.
VENGEANCE OF A POLISH JEWESS.
In Sardinia it is customary for the widow
of man who has been assassinated to pre-
serve carefully the bloody shirt in which her
husband has been killed. for the purpose OF
displaying it, at certain epochs of the year,
before the eyes oe her children, and at the
same time exhorting them to revenge the
death of their father as soon as age and
strength shall enable them to do so. Of the
existence of similar custom amongst the
Jews, lat least those settled in Poland)
proofhas been recently given in Berlin ofthe
extraordinary proceeding ola Polish Jewess.
Two students of the University of Berlin
having had quarrel, duel was the conse-
quenee, which proved fatal to one of the COM
hatants, whose family resided in Poland.
The survivor was placed in custody to
await the event of judicial inquiry, the
conducting of which was intrusted to MIR.
Hipzig, an eminent Jurisconsult. One day,
on his returning from the Courthouse, he
perceived Polish carriage drawn up before
the door. On entering the house, the first
object that presented itself to him was a
woman of lofty stature, wearing the impos-
ing costume of the Polish Jews, who threw
herself at his feet, exclaiming, " Vengeance,
o Judge! vengeance !" This lady was the
mother of the student who had fallen in the
duel She had travelled night and day
nd a. NV IN
old and venerable Hooking Isrealte, with a
long flowing beard, and wearing an ample
robe oc sable hue. On arriving at Berlin
they had, even before going TO an inn, been
to the hotel of the Minister of Justice,
whence they had come to the house of the
Jurisconsult Hpzig, to demand that the
death Of the student should be avenged.
The mother even expressed her intention of
remaining in Berlin until she had witnessed
the execution of the murderer of her son.
In vain the Judge essayed to make her
comprehend that death by duelling was not
looked upon as an assassination, and that
the laws did not visit the slayer with
capital punishment. In vain he advised
her to return home, assuring her that he
would take care to acquaint her with the
judgment. She at length retired, but not
before she had given vent to her rage and
disappointment in the most energetic terms.
Some days after the old Israelite who had
accompanied her called again on Mr. Hipzig.
and told him that the Jewess was now con-
WINGED of the Justice of the observations he
had made to her, and resolved upon quitting
Berlin without delay, but she was anxious,
before doing so, to have an interview with
the prisoner, in order to hear from his lips
an account of the fatal event which had de-
prived her of a son. The Judge replied
that he could not accede to this request
without having obtained the consent of the
prisoner, and with the condition that the
meeting should be in the presence of wit
nesses. The prisoner, young man of ex-
cellent character, on being applied to, con-
scented to see the unfortunate mother, and
the Judge ordered that tine interview should
take place in presence of the gaoler and a
pointed, the Jewess, followed by the old
Israelitc, entered the room of the prisoner
The latter advanced to meet her, and ex-
pressed himself in terms of sorrow and re-
pentance for what had taken place. The
Jewish mother, without paying the slightest
attention to what was said, laid her hand
upon the head of the murderer of her son,
and in the most solemn tones, pronounced the
most tremendous execrations upon him. At
the same instant the old Israelite unfolded
the bloody shirt of the deceased, whilst the
Jewish mother exclaimed, "Behold this
blood it cries out for vengeance to the
ALMIGHTY" The old Israelite then care
fully folded up the bloody shirt, and he and
the Jewess gravely quilted the room, evil
IDENTIFY highly satisfied at having performed
this solemn duty, and filled with renIorse
and horror the mind of the prisoner. They
left Berlin the same day, without seeming
to take any further interest in the result Of
the Judicial inquiry.-LOndon paper.
CoRsETs. When we breathe we take
into the chest, or inhale, and give out, or
expire certain quantity of air, which can
be measured by breathing through curv-
ed tube into glass bell full of water, in
verted over pneumatic tub. DR.. Herbst
of Gottingen, has lately been performing
some curious experiments in relation to the
quantity of air that is breathed. Now, the
commonest understanding will appreciate
from them the value and comfort of full and
unrestrained breathing. DR.. Herbst says
that a middle sized man, 90 years old, after
d natural expiration or emission OF air, In
spired or took in 80 cubic inches, when
dressed, and LOG when his tight dress was
loosened. After full dflatation of the
chest, he inhaled l26 cubic inches when
dressed, and 1e6 when undressed. Anoth- !
er young man, aged 81, after a natural ex-
piration, took in so while dressed, and 90
when undressed. Had Dr. Herbst made
his observations on some of the ladies', who
carry the use of corsets to extremes, we
apprehend that he would have obtained re- |
suits of nature really alarming. If the
wheel of fashion, which revolves even more
rapidly than that of fortune itself, would
but bring up something oriental in costume,
it would 60 farther towards perfecting the
objects Of this journal, the public health.
AT the Hotel Dieu, the great hospital at
Paris, young girl Of eighteen, lately pre-
sented herself to M Breschet for his advice