Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-04-04

60 VesDucci.-The February number
- % ~" Inemocratic Review, gives the follow
ing history of this matter: c,
After spending, like most OF the young
Italian ladies of rank, fourteen years OF heT
Youth in a convent, for her educat'on' (tne
convent of LIE SignOrG della Vnsete' IN tne . en-
.,;.one of Florence) she was introduced INTO
W. .a";dst IF the brilliant society of the cap
:,", ard court of the Grand Duke OF Tusca,
.'"' a. the age of seventeen. She was placed
~, her parentS in the service of the franc
H,,cbess. as a demOiseLis de c0nlP9gne or
'.oa;J of honor. There she was, OF course,
. with all the seductive influences
% Emropean aristocratic life, in the midst OF
o. ~ 11iepdnrs and luxuries of the Petit Pal
sne Her mind had, however, already, by its
own self derived impulses, as it would seem,
for il was certainly at variance with all the
natural bias of such an education ana sucn
and such a position-taken decided STAND
in the movement Of liberal ideas, whicn Is
the leading characteristic OF the age ana
which in no country has exercised a stson-
s'ar ;nfuence uuor the minds of ardent
s,.h ,hon in TtaIv. Possessed of rare
notnral talents, highly accomplished by read
60. and cultivation, with remarkable force
- character. vivacity of imagination ana
o,ergv of win, it will not be subject OF sur
Sr;cs that during the agitations that were
fEarmenling in the north of Italy, immediate
~ alter the French revolution, she was one
~ The few females whose social position anc
1narsonal qualities gained them ADMISSION 10
fha secret societies which were conspif'ng 10
rid Italv Of the dominion of foreign despo,
4ism. and to unite the whole OF tnat oeauttlul
and unhappy land under single sovereign
which might again restore 1t to rank amidst
the family of nations. But we are NOT aware
of anv others whose ardor carrleo tnetN oe-
yond the private machinotions % SousP""-
/. In the attempted rising OF August, 1852
and in the engagement with the Austrians on
the banks of the Rimini, in which it will be
remembered that young Louis bonaparte
took part, she conducted herself with great
palantrv. and received severe sabre stroke
on the head, from an Austrian dragon, 10
whom, however, the justice ought 10 pe done
to state that he did not know her to be wo-
many and in her fall to the ground, her right
arm, was broken by the weight of her horse
falling upon it. Though suspected. her dis
ouised participation in this affair could not
BE proved, and after her recovery from her
wounds, she spent two years at her iatners
house in Florence, though under vlghant
surveillance. This resulted in the tntercep-
ton of a letter to her, as Secretary OF one
of the Society of " La Je~ne ite',e, wnic 81.
made it apparent that she could disclose Sa us
entire organization in tuscany: one was
accordingly required either to betray her as
sociates. or to quit Florence aOahin taoenty four
hours. Her choice between these two alter
natives. needs not to be stated. She found a
present ASYLUM under the Queen OF the
French; and it is under the auspices OF the
French flag, and the highest guarantees OF
the genuineness of. her title to American
sympathy and friendship in all points OF
view. of character, conduct, family and posi-
ton, that she is now here, as the country to
which she has always looked as her natural
home of refuge and protection.
Ertract of a letter to the N. Y. Express, defe'
CHuL1oTAH, lFla.) 18th Feb. 1889;
passed lively day with the oihcers, La
camp Econfeeny.1 and learned from tne.,
omerriment here. and perhaps extend to tn
MSrt NAV pR1ng ths 1ae'S w ts
ries could be made.
Some time since, Lieutenat Lowell, "a wor
thy, gentIemanly fellow he ISL with strong
party, set out to scour the country down 1ne
Econfeeny River, in southwesteriy direc
ton, about 25 miles from his station. Ine
particular location was some bottom lands
belonging TO the estate of Mr.. Nuttall, de.
ceased, which as evidence that the title mas
not also departed from the family, are known
az Mrs. Nuttall's bottom. In this bottom or
its neighborhood, an Indian was heard chop
ping. and to secure such a valuable prize the
froops took distances to surround him, but
somehow the Indian escaped through the in
terstices of the distance-being aided fur
thermore by the trigger OF a certain rifle
which, by some mystery, refused its accus-
toned duty just at the moment when the
guide, Old Taylor, had settled his AIM
Frustrated in this attempt, the party proceed
ed till they surprised an Indian camp, from
which the occupants had retreated so hur-
riedly that they left behind all their baggage,
including kettle full Of boiling brier roots
nearly cooked for supper. Having passed
the night at this camp, Lieut. Lowell set out
in the morning to scour the woods, leaving
all the knapsacks and provisions in charge
of twelve men, left as guard at the resting
place. The Indians, probably very few in
number, were in all likelihood laying in
watch all the time, for no sooner did the It.
and his party 60 out to look for Indians, than
the Indians looked in to examine his camp
Whether they were three hundred or only
three, nobody stopped to count, but upon the
first shout the twelve valiant guards aban.
doning their position, took refuge in the
neighboring bushes, and like conscientious
guards of the ammunition of the Republic,
omitted the useless ceremony Of firing their
muskets, That the enemy fired appeared
evident, for one of the soldiers discovered
hole through his leg. The Indians now in
peaceful possession, found themselves amply
repaid for the loss of the previous evening,
the provisions OF a whole company was in
particular, a handsome return for kettle full
Of brier rcots-and packing up their prize,
they made off with the whole.
Presently the Lieutenant, finding no lndi-
ans. returns TO his camp, and discovering no
vestige OF guard or baggage. naturally con-
rcluded that all had been devoured. but see