Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-03-23

10 be conveyed away from o scene on " bich
he could not reflect without horror. With
inns enireaty they complied, and having n
gam applied bandage to his eyes, they LEI.
nm down the same staircase, I'd the tarris,,e
but, II being narrow, in. descending The
steps, he contrived io leave on one. or both
oi the wallis, unperceivcl by his conductors
The marks OF his fingers which were stained
with blood. After observing precautions
similar to those used in bringing him thither
from his own house, he was conducted h,he;
ana al parting, the two Mosques charges.
HIM, n he Valued bis life, never Ia tlivuige
"hu, u possible, never 10 think of the pas,
transaction. fhey added, il he should EN-.
brace any measures, with view to render il
public, or TO sci on fuot an inquiry into il. he
should he iniaiiibly inundated 10 their re.
renga. Having finally dismissed him Al his
own door, they drove off, leaving him 10 his
reflections.
On the subsequent morning, after grea,
i'reSoiution, he determined at whatever risl,
I" his personal safety, not To participate. by
conceaiing 80 enormous crime. ltforme,j
nevertheless, delicate and difficult under
taking 10 suhs,aniiate the charge, as he re
matted altogether ignorant of The place 10
which lie had been carried, or Of the name
or quality oi the lady whom he had deprived
oil lie, thout suffering himself, huwev-
er, to TO deferred by these considerations he
waitet, on The secretary of the apos,oI;c cha,n1
her, and acquainted HIM with every particu.
lar adding, that if The government would
extend 10 hIm protection, he did not DESPAIR
OF finding the house, and of bringing 10 light
The perpetrators of the deed. Benedict The
fourteenth, (Lamhertini,) who then occu,
ped The l'arai chair, had no sooner received
lie information, tllnn he Immediately cons
ihchced The most active measures for discoy.
ering the offenders. A guard of the Sbirri
or officers OF justice, was appointed by his
order to accompany Ogilvie who, Judging
from various circumstances, that he had bee n
conveyed out OF the city OF Rome, began by
visiting The villas scattered without the walls
OF that metropolis. His search moved uIti.
ma'eiy successful. In the villa Papa Julio.
constructed by Pope Julius the Third (del
Moaie,) he there found the bloody marks
ieii on the wall by his fingers, at the same
time 'hn' he recognized tho apartment in
which lie had put 10 death the lady. The
palace belonged TO the duke de Dracciano
the chief OF which liustrous family and his
brother, had committed ths murder on the
! person OF their own sister! They no sooner
found that ii was discovered, than thew fled
TO the city OF London, where they easily elu
ded The pursuit of justice. Alter remsirinp
there for some time, they obtained pardon
ny 'be cXertIons OF their powerful friends on
pay inent OF a consider able fine 10 the apcsio.
lie chamber, and under the further conIi,iop
Vi ainAihS over the chimney piece of the
room where the crime had been perpetratea
plate oil copper, COMMUNICATING the trans.
action, and their peni;ence. This plate. to-
seiher with The inscription, still continued to
EXIST there till within these few years.