New-York daily tribune., 1842-12-01


rank and condition in society; bur that the 'SriH
ing mortality so manifest among the tree peoPe OIL
color 10 in every community and section OF country
invariably confined TO The Nuiatoes.
TIE STREET PEEAcgEss OF NAPLEs.-.mong
,ba rrendicanr friar. street preachers OF Naples,
49,. ~ 80 he found men who exercise astonishing
;,eneoce over the lazzaron. Of one of them,
Rocco. Dominican, posthumous fame IS pre-
served for witty sayings and happy illusions which,
if collected, would fill volumes. He was reckless
whom he attacked, and often said things which
/ upon any one less popular would have drawn dewa
the vengeance Of the public authorities; but Rocco
was a man of whom even the police stood IN awe
| One day he was preaching TO crowd IN the pub
lie rnarket-place: This day" he said, :" viii
see whether you truly repent you of your sins =
| Thereupon he commenced pentential discourse
,ha, made the hair Of the hard hearted multi
rude stand upright" and when they were all on
their knees, gneshing their teeth and beating their
breasts, and putting on all imaginable outward
signs of contritien, he suddenly cried Now,
you who truly repent you of your sins, hold up
your hands" There was not one present who did
not Immediately stretch out beth arms. Holy
Archangel Michael then exclaimed Rocco,
thou who with thy adamansine sword stendest
by the judgement seat of God, hew me of every
hand that has been raised hyPocritcally.
Instantly every hand dropped, and Rocco poured
forth fresh torrent of invective against the sim
fitness and perversty of his audience. Rocco
was once engaged in discussion with Spaniard,
waom he silenced by swearing that there was not
single Speniard in Heaven. The Cas,ilian was
startled a; so unexpected declaration, but Rocco
maintained the truth oft Z" few were let in at
first" he said, but they smoked SO many cigars
ttat the Madonna and the other virgins were fairly
sick; so St. Peter set his wits to work to find out
how he might rid them of such dsagreeable guests.
| H. sent crer into every part OF heaven that
buIl6ght was to be held outside Of the gate There
uron every Spanish saint, without exception, ran
OF to see the show and he took care never to let
another Spaniard in again. Rocco lived TO
good old age. Juss before the Nea politan Revou-
,ion we find him mentioned by another German
traveller Rehfues. Rocco at that time, was eighty
years DID, and suffering severely from the gout ;
bat his wit was unaba,ed, and he said he was
solved to battle it with the devil to the last Fer
ii1and l., who was fond Of every thing connected
With the popular manners of his capital, showed
great favor to Rocco, and used to talk to him from
the window of his palace.
[Foreign Quarterly Review.
The HERMIT OF LYss-Clink, clink came
upon his anvil in the bowels Of the rock-rbbed
| Ills that shos up from the level plain on which
he beautiful village Of L is situated We
ad been climbing to the summit of these hills and
.i.wing the magnificent scenery surprisingly rich
AID beautiful and varied and while descending
one of their crsggy sides thicky covered with va.
ety of dwarf trees and wild shrubbery clink, cnk
struck upon We stopped to ascertain its
cause, and after consultation with the friend who
accompanied US and fruitless search, we gave it
u, as mex plcable and proceeded on our walk. A
burberry bush growing near large ledge attracted
our attention Offering beautiful and cheap
walking cane of which We began to feel in need
| after our long ramble, and while STOPPING to cut
It, clink clink seemed to uo from the centre
of the ledge. We arose in some surprise and dis
| covered that our companion was as much con-
founded as oursef All that we had ever read Of
couuterieiter. and robbers hid in real or imaginary
| ca YES came rapidly rushing TO our mind and we
began to suspect that within hearing of
some concealed bu' desperate men engaged in some
unlawful pursuit, when the conviction seemed to
be riveted by the clink. cnk, of the hammer from
| the bowels of the hil and in looking down its
,iles we discovered small glass sky ght beneath
the shrubbery
| Withou, stopping to make farther observations,
wa hurried down the hill in another direction, and
! in reaching the main road passed several large
pits rudely stoned up as though intended for cell
Incs and on inquiry paper manufactory on the
way to the village learned that we had visited the
a,isan,hrcpic Hermit of Lynn" instead Of den
of robbers. The day was too far spent to return,
bat we feel confident that personal interview with
tn and an examination Of his underground hab-
i,a,ion and workshop, would we'll repay one who
could spare the time or the journey of a day.
Bangor Wing.