The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-28

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nestle comfort! Political doubts ana 'ear'
nave carried their bitter poison even mo Inc
most obscure and quiet institutions OF sdcie y
| In these times Of storm no man eNPeCts |" .e
safe: persecution reaches even the solitary II
his reireat: suSD cinns haunt the most peacea-
bile citizens; and every day Eew victims are Sc
Iected for The hand of the eNeculoncr, WIG
shudders rs he executes their DOOM
Thesegmeiaucholy thoughts occupied inc
mind of E Sirnar Sccattl as he approached
The mansion of the podesta. The reception
VIII ch he met with justified the regret ne eA-
| o.esSed for the fate 81 himself and MS country
men. On his arrival, some iootnen who were
si,tiu,r in cart less idlsueSs in The ahte-room,
and some soldiers vino we're pacing about, pun
m end. the one To The enjoymentS OF thelrtaf
uiente the Others 10 heir walk, to gaze upon
um Benno, without pauSIng moment,
crossed the hall with the step oi one who knew
| the place, and entered cabinet adjoining The
hall of audience. A servant cautiously smut
the door alter him: hut the cabinet was so
formed that Benno could hear, with HE great
est disnnctneSs, all that passed IN the nan,
" here me prisoners were then undergoing an
Xaminaiion.
sYour name is - said the podesta, to
Young Student,--no other than he with whom
the reader became acquainted III the pas sage
boat.
'Fuippo Don, signor,' replied the young
man in "A very humble tone. MY Iather -
we con'I want to know any thing about
your athcr,' said the Judge, interrupnng flm.
In these times the responsibility OF a iather Is
no warrant for sons honesty. But let me
know, Filippu DOM, whether you can oTln9 !"
your recuIlectlun the fact of having turned mo
derSi0n Tie ministers nl our holy religion!
Me, sienoR Never. swear by ali -
PRAY don't give yuurSeli'the trouble o. swear
ing, f'ilippo D,ni,' sad the judge, with cooI
insoence of tone. Perhaps you are not so lar
guilty as has been ilIDught; perhaps you have
only INDUCED in eviiy Of speech aud manner
when abiding To the doctrines olour lall!l, ana
in that case IA slight Palerna correction may NC
sufficient TO eXpiale your fault >,
But, sgnor, my respect for our Sacrea Fe'-
gion is sufficiently known. At Vienna, where
have studied -
Give me leave moment, Sgnor FlPpO,
said the podesla; are you not the same STU
dent. who about two months ago, crossed the
Arno in boat, in company with reverend
Franciscan of Flesoe, and a certain notary:
and IS not that man yonder,' pointing TO one
who was sitting at tie end Of the hall, the
boarman who rowed you:'
Tcannot charge my memory with any sucn
circumstance replied the young man, with
some reputation, as he looked around the hall
TO SEE if there were any other witnesses.
'Y0u have very short memory, Slgnor
Student said the Judge, and your discretion
is not much greater; two faults which may lead
to very unpleasant consequences. However,
will allow YOU quarter of an hour to refresh
your memory; and, if in that time you are not
able 10 reply 10 50 plain question, VIII take
way with you that shall make you remember
every thing from the day you were born, and
even before that. And nov, my good fellow,
he said, reckoning the boatman, come here,
and take off that hat, which covers your head
as completely as the dome OF Santa Croce does
those OF the MeIci.'
The hoffman, who presented fine speci-
men Of that manly beauty which is SO common
among the Italian peasants approached; his
frank untmbarreSsed air struck even the inso-
lent functionary before him.
MY name is Dominica, and my surname is
Marcn Degli Angioi,' be said, without wait
inc TO be questioned. Il am an old sailor, born
in the Piazza ofSt. Mark, but have not row.
ed my g0ndola upon the great canal tor the
last six years. quilted Venice for Florence,
the Brenta for the Arno | live peacably. Of
ltnd no 0ne, and row any body that will hire
me. What more would you have? Let us be
as short as possible, for my boat is waiting
sAnd you thought, su Jpose,' said the judge,
that the magistrates in Tuscany were less Wig
liant than those in L0mbardy.'
4 don't care two slraws.' replied the boat
man, sfor the magistrates Of my country, pro-
vided, look-ye, that they are really ofmy coun-
try
sAnd you imagined, too, that the abuse and
calumnies which you are necessarily bestow-
ing upon the foreigners who
Who Cypress and crush u.s., interrupted
Domenco, would never offend a true Italian.
Are you not an Italian"
Il am magistrate, replied the podesta:
and, in virtue of that Office, call upon you iC
explain the motives which have induced you
thus to forget the duty of citizen and chris.
| tian.'
T'lltell you what, replied the Venetian with
an air of dignity, big words won't frighten .
man who has been accustomed 10 the tempest'
of the Mediterranean. Like a good Catholic
| as hope am, do all the duties of my reg
ioa. Every Easter my cabin receives the ben
| edictions of the reverend father Pacfco of Ma
lano, and my boat is called after st Dominic
| my patron. So much for being Christian
| but as am citizen, detest the Germans
and whenever hear their cursed spurs ring il
nv boat, am tempted to throw them over
board. sunk my gondola, and fled from Ven
ice, TO escape the sight of their cursed north