Litchfield enquirer., 1837-11-16
WHOLE No. 596.

1 cred by her veil, sat with her eye fixed on the stage. The piece atIength commeneed.- the young prinsa donna appeared, and the cheers were long and loud. Marina had not been Over-praised, either as regarded her person or performance. Every step which she took across the stage eliciied admiration, for her movements were like those of sylph every note which she ut- tered drew forth applause, for her voice was sweet and strong as Philomel's. In every song of ihe piece she was successful, but attention and expectation were chiefly riveted upon one song, once GambriciAs masterpieces. Marina at length reached this part of the opera: she was then alone upon the stage. She sang the first verse, and the audience was in raptures. She sang the second, and crowns of flowers were scattered upon the stage, while even Gambrici was seen by the audience to ap- plaud. She sang the third and last, and. in doing so, chanced to stand immediately be- low Gambrici's box. To the delight of the spectators, Gambrici rose at that mo- n,ent with large crown of flowers, and, waving it in the air, threw it down on the young Marina's head. The crown bound ed from the singers brow and rolled along the stage, while Marina herself fell pros- trate on the boards. She gave one scream, a and never spoke or moved again. Tho flower covered crown or chaplet was tho heavy bronze one made by Jomelli, and one of the spikes had entered the victims brain @
 It would be impossible to describe the confusion, the horror, the generations that ensued. Gambrici having grati6ed her malignant revenge, seemed contented that she should pay for it with her life. She had slain her rival, the unfortunate Marina. and was satisfied. Dreadful must those passions have been which could prompt the execution ofso nDhallowed deed. Look ing around her with a calm and reckless indifference, she did not make the slightest attempt to escape, and was forthwith seized and speedily brought to justice. Antonio Jomelli was confronted with her for forms sake, and avowed having mado for her the fatal wreath. It has enly to be added, that she did not die on the scaffold, but put an end to her existence by poison, in the prison where she was confined.
 Sinai.--Among all the stupendous works of nature, not place can be selected more fitted for the exhibition of Almighty power. have stood upon the summit of the giant Etna, and looked over the clouds floating beneath it, upon the bold scenery of Sicily, and the distant mountains of Calabria; up- on the top of the Vesuvius, and looked down upon the waves of the lava, and the ruined and half-recovered cities at its foot; but they are nothing compared with the terrific solitude and bleak majesty of Sinai. An observing traveller has well called it a perfect sea of desolation.' Not a tree. or shrub, or blade of grass is to be seen upon the bare and rugged sides of innumerable mountains, heaving their naked summits to the skies, while the crumbling masses of granite all around, and the distant view of the Syria desert, with its boundless waste of sands, form the widest and most dreary. the terrific and dessolote picture that ima- eination can cnnceive. The level surface of the very top, or pinnacle, is about sixty feet square. At one end is single rock, about twenty feet high, on which. as said the monk, the Spirit of God descended. while tn the crevice beneath his favoursd servant received the tables of the law. . . The ruins of the church and convent are still to be seen on the mountain, to which, before tho convent below was built, monks and hermits used to retire, and, secluded from ,he world, sing the praises of God np- on his chosen hill. Near this, also in ruins, stands Mohammedan mosque; for on this sacred spot the followers of Christ and Mo- manned have united in worsbipping the :. true and living Con. Under the chapel, is hermit's cell. where, in the iron age of fanticisn,, meditation, and prayer.
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