South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-11-07
PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE.

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PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE.
Nobody likes to be nobody, but ey.
cry body is pleased to think himself
somebody, and every body is some.
body bot the worst of the matter is,
that when any body thinks himself
TO be somebody, he is too much inclin.
ed to think every body elseto be no.
Cody. a
We find in French paper the
following story of the mistress-or ra-
Their one Of the mistresscs-- Of Fieschi,
the woman named Laurentia Petit,
now in prison 10 Paris, under suspi-
cion Of having been an accomplish in
bis attempted assassination. She was,
on former occasion, confined in the
prison Of Embrnnn, having been con-
demned for five years, for conspira.
cy with her former (and second) hus-
band, named Abot, to swindel his cred.
isors by means Of fraudulent bank
ruptcy. While there she conlrived to
attract the notice Of one Of her fellow
prisoners, young sailor, confined for
INSTRUMENTATION, and, at the time, 10
she inirmery efs.se priSon 9Th coma
cight indisposition--the windows of
The male infrmary opening upon the
court yard of the female prisoners.
Being young and handsome woman,
she was able TO inspire the young sal
lor with vehement passion, which
she put to a cruel test. Their com.
municalions were carried on through
one of these windows, by looks, signs,
and, when an occasional opportunity
occurred, by words. She once in an
swer to all his protestations ofpassion,.
Ieproached him with not loving her
enough. "You do not love me-" she
said, "as much as your own little fin
GER" "Sball | prove to you that
do?" he replied, holding out both
hands through the bars ofthe window,
with one of the fingers of the left ex.
tended, while, in the right, he held a
knife. "You dare not :-proye II"
was her ans wer ,-and the finger fell at
her feet.-Geo. Met.
Some Administration paper having
stated that Old Hickory "holds his
nose at the bare sight of the Louisville
Journal" Prentice, the Editor OF the
Journal, notices the remark and adds,
if 1.-The old gentleman should get tired
of holding his own nose perhaps he
might get Lieut.. Randolph to hold il
for him.
abolition papers.-We learn from
the Mobile Register, that the Grand
Jury Of Tuscaloosa county, in that
Ga cate, has returned true bill against
'gfobt. G. Williams, editor of the New
York "Emancipator," for circulating
within the state of Alabama, publica-
tions of seditious character, tending
10 excite its slave population to insur.
rection end murder. II is intimated
in another Alabama paper, that the
Governor OF that state will make q
demand upon the Executive of New
York, for the delivery of Williams TO
be tried for the alleged offence under
the laws OF Alabama.
We learn that DIR. Benjamin. Shurt
-%4n', of Boston, has made donation OF
$4,000, for the purpose OF assisting
10 establish Baptist Seminary at Al
ton, Illinois. The same amount has
also been contributed by other gener-
Gus individuals in this city, making the
sum oftwenty thousand dollars.-Bos.
ton Journal.
Wear your learning. like your watch.
IN private pocket, and do not pull! It out
to snow that you have one: but if you
are asked what o'clock it is, tell it.