The native American., 1837-08-19
A TRAGICAI. EVENT.
Translation from the French, taken from the Southern
Literary Messenger.

Literary Messenger
shall suppress the names Of the actors in the story
am about to relate The principal peisonages ofthe
terrible drama of which witness, have not all
ceased to live, and / respect to the memory of
those even who are dead
The event took place IN 1912, in city of Pied
mont called Vercail, or Verce the capital of the de-
partment OF Sesia of the departments beyond the
Alps, then united TO France. One winter morning a
young and very beautiful woman was found dead on
The bank of the Sesia she in her nighdress, and
her feet were naked. To this young woman, who was
the wife of the Inspector Of Domains, deep mort
hcation or other feeling could be assigned likely not
produce suicide. The evening before, she had been
seen, brilliant with all the charms of health and beauty
voluntary death could be with difficulty accounted
for unless In the supposton that it took place during
an excess of delirium The singuarity of her Dress
and the position in which she was found, gave rise to
suspicious OF another character. She laid on
the bank Of the rver and although that period Of
the year the Sesia rapid and swollen, it could
hardly be supposed that she had been thrown upon the
banks, especially as her linen hardly moist. Sui
eide appeared improbable and yet mark of violence
gave any reason to suspect murder. The officers Of
justice sought every Of information; they obtained
some confessions, and this mysterious death thus
explained. srg5
The husband Of the young lady had heen for long
period affected by disease which confined him TO his
chamber, and scarcely permitted him to raise himself
from his bed. The young lady had formed criminal
connection with friend of her husbands, who was
employed as superintendent Of indirect contributions
and who lived in the same house with themselves
She had often taken advantage Of the illness of her
husbands to quit his chamber and share the bed of her
lover.
During one of these absences, her husband wanting
something, had called his wife, without obtaining any
answer Exerting all his strength, he raised himself
to go and look for herr the bed in which she was ac-
customed to sleep had been tumbed. In the midst
Of his alarm, he over all his apartments, and
not meeting her any where, Knocked at the door of his
friend, through the crevices of which he perceived
some light. "L-," cried he, sget up; come and
open your door for me-" AS as his voice was re-
cognized, the light was exnguished, and in the mean
time his friend came to open the door for him. asking
him, with sort of anxiety, 'sif he was more ndis-
posed, or had any occasion for assistance!"
"No; but am very much disturbed. NV wife is
not in her chamber, and have looked in vain for her
elsewhere.
'.She can't be far of-you have looked badly; come
with me-"
And he immediately drew him along with him and
ran over, In has company, all the apartments. The
ton of going to the chamber Of the domes,ics, and
pressed his friend to 60 to his bed again.. Having got
rid OF the husband, he instantly returned his own
room, entered, and raised up pillow, which, in the
first moment of Alarm he had thrown over the person
OF the wife, to shield her from the observation of her
husband in case of his entering the chamber The
| pillow only covered dead body; the unfortunate
young woman had expired from the shock.
The lover, in despair, and out Of his senses, could
imagine nothing better that he could do, than to cover
his mistress with sheet and place her the bank of
the Sesia, to give rise to the belief of suicide.
This event made great noise in Piedmont criminal
prosecution appeared inevitable. But the young man
belonged to powerful family; he was besides very
warmly protected by the arch-chanceor, and the affair
was hushed up. ar saa3
Twenty-Five years afterwards, found myself, by
accident at table next general officer ofthe same
name OF the young man of Verceil, and his reseIn-
bance him struck me. i '-a ri
General" said !, "did you never have brother"
| AT these words saw his color change.
| 81 have had one, sir,'' he replied.
'Did he not reside in Piedmont" ayes, sir.''
81 knew him.. And what has become of him?"-
He died madman!'
Poor old Burgoyne, from his experience in America
had occasion, believe, to encounter frequently such
rebufs as the following:
During the American war, whilst Col. Bureoyne
commanded at Cork, he saw corpulent soldier
among the spectators on parade, whom he addressed
"Who are you, sir! You must be drilled twice a day
10 bring down your corpulency ssWho are you sir?'
"Please your honor" replied Pat, the skeleton
of the 5th regiment of foot, who have just marched
over from America" The fact was so; for such was
the carnage of the disastrous war; that only this fat
soldier and Captain Webb returned to Europe out Of
an entire regiment that went to America.
Davenport has just made another magnetic engine.
only twelve inches diameter of immense power, as ii
is ten times the force of the machine he is al pre-
sent exhibiting.
A match for the sAfonster Cod''-A gentleman tells
US that he was crossing Warren Bridge last evening"
when he saw beautiful Bass caught, which measured
three feet ten inches in length, six inches thick
and twelve inches from the fin on the back to the fin
on the belly, and weighed thiry-six pounds. 1t was
caught with small line and common fishing rod and
was drawn mp fifteen feet from the water to the railing
of the bridge. The high and mighty Prince Alexander
'yceped Sandy Welsh, sovereign potentae of the
realms of Gastronomy, at New York, is happily in Bos-
ton and we understand has been permitted to look at
the fish, and pronounced it "a tremendous fine fellow"
The Paris Bon Sens contains an article which states
that two FTenchwomen, Madame and Mademoiselle
Lanternier, and two German ladies', made prisoners
some time since by Abde Kader, had been sent by him
as present to Muley Abdelrahman, Emperor of Mo-
rocco, of whose harem they at this moment inmates.
A Poor FehoW.-Now, hereby we are brought to the
acquaintance of another species Of fellow, to wits the
Poor Fellow-anoIher, and yet not another A worn
out good fellow makes poor fellow, and so does
done.up clever fellow. A poor fellow is kind of
waste butt for superuous pity, and the degs Of sym
pathy compassion is not kindly administered, but care
lessly thrown him. His is mentioned at tables