Southern telegraph., 1837-11-21
From the New York Mirror.

| From the New York Mirror
This sketch is founded or the iTnp'aca-
bic and vindictive ferocity with which the
natives of Corsica follow Up ihcir family
| feuds, which are handed down from geacr-
alton to generation, and gather strength AM
intensity by each transmission
This mode Of satisfaction, and the feel
ings of those in quest of It are pnPu'arly
known by the word rendettl. OF revenge-l
THE CORSICAN'S REVENGE
Towards the close of ScPternLe-. n the
last year of the last century. foreigner.
| accompanied by his wife ana iaf.nt dassEh-
ter, stopped in front of the palace o. the
Tuilleries. He stopped for considerable
time near the ruins Of a house recently
pulled down, with folded arms, AMI head
almost reclining upon his brcas:; or, if he
raised IT, IT was to gaze successively up1a
the consular palace and his wife. who was
seated upon stone BY his side. ihh1uEh
the female seemed to devote her wh.,le at
tention TO her child, who was about nine a.
ten years oil age. and whose long black hair
she drew through her fingers, no; one of the
chances which her husband threw around
escaped her notice. One sams ieeiin-. bsI;
not OF love, appeared to unite them Together.
and to inspire their movements. gestures.
and thoughts by the same anxiety. Mise
ry Is, perhaps, the most powerful bond Of
union.
The stranger had ono Of those strongly
marked heads, Astounding with forest Os
hair, Large and stern, which the Car.acai>
uei9n'ed 20 pat upon canvass hut his r.
ven co!ored locks were p.enrsrsIfr. xsrisl
with gray hairs, and his noble and naughty
features were distorted by an unrelen,in.
and cruel expression. lie WAS til! AMI
athletic. notwithstanding his age was zbou,
sixty. His ta;ered clothing Showed that he
had just arrived from lony AMI painful
journey.
HIS vile was ten years Younger. Her
once lovely face seemed to be faded by so--
row and privation. Her attitude Indicated
that she was a prey TO deep and hid.lea =
row; but when her husband looked upa7
her, she made an effort to smile. and the
to assume calm and undis;ur5ed a~se~t.
The child was standing near her. although
her young countenance, eInbrownes. by the
sun and weather, betrayed symptoms of
weakness. The tone of her features was
decidedly Italian: large bllck ewes beneath
perfectly arched eye brows, native nobility.
and indefinablc grace.
More than one passer by fell moved AMI
interested at the sight of this rrro,,p. The
parties of which did not attemn, to conceal
me marks OF despair which was as deep
as It's expression was simple and evI-
dent: But the spring of that transient and
fugitive feeling which Parisians give way
TO, was quickly dried up: for as soon as the
Stranger observed that be had become the
OBJECT OF marked attention, he returned the
gaze with so fierce glance that the mos,
intrepid and inquisitiye hurried ON their w,v
as thouSh they were treading among ser
penis.
suddenly the tall foreigner passed his
hand across his forehead. as If tn chase ,x,x
lhe gloomy thoughts which had furrowed il
with wrinkles. He seemed to nerve him.
sell to some decided and desperate resoIu- |
non. lie turned piercing look upon his
vile and daughter, drew from under h;S
coat long poignard, which he handed 70
ne woman; he then said To her. in I,aI,a,
- am gong to see whether the Boaapartss
Will remember usp
30 saying, he moved with sl,w and
lrin tread towards the entrance Of the nj
ice. lie was, of course, s,opped hx 80
,ier OF the consular guard, with whom H.,
discussion did not continue long. for ncr
'eiVing the obs:inacy with which The So,
ger persisted in his design, the sen,;ns,
Presented his bayonet to his breast as L.,
ma conclusive argument. |, $, h,rn..,t
"'' tue reiief was soon goinr The ro,nlx
,no the corporal very obiig;nsiy po;n,eJ =
ne adyentarer where the officer who co.,.
handed the post was stationed.
), Lei bonaparte know that B,r,o,or,., \,
I'oinoo has something to say TO him, w.s
nc strangers address to the captain Err
~ was in vain that the officer TOOK ,,,.h
o"'ie TO make the stranger un.lers,.nl H..
was not the custom for the FIRST c.,s.,l ;.
sce'se any body, unless an audience h,s
cen previously requested in wr,,;n,. 10
to insist that the captain sI'aI
: ana personally inform Bon1par,c &c h.
sl'' The officer, after again explaininr