The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-08-14
From the New York Morning News.
" THE VESPUCCIu

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1.-THE VESPUCCL"
| The Express devotes an article TO the too c.I,
braied America Vespucci, who applied ,o Con-.
greSS some years ago Tor grant of a ltle bit of
me continent baptized by the name of her great
Detroit Adversely of her reputpd residence viz
wealthy single gentleman at Ogdensburob in
ms otate, In semi-ltalian villa. which ia I'm,
described 'e" 10 mus
ont OF the business line its most noticeable.
non IS the ex- Countess America Vespucci. who
mas taken shelter from the ngratitude of Congress-
"n"ei me wing OF MIR. -, single gentleman
'" os"enSonrSh. Inc residence of the sol dis
sant descendant of old Americas is a semi.It.I;.,
villa, enclosed by convent walls From tba ,o.
o our MOTEL we could look down into its sune,b,y
arranged garden with pleasant arbors and ire ,,;o,
WINDOWS with gaudy -coored. projecting. sun cpr
tans-glving most INDECENT and Italian .ir .,
me mansion and bearing testimony to the nation
al habits and tastes of lis mistress. The foo.
passer along the street, however, is excluded from
the sight of anything but the upper storv nr
guiding by wall at least ten feet hioh IF
Miss America be indeed, as she pretends do
scendant of The renowned Vespuccius. she is nl.v-
ing role That exhibit as little respect for her 70
nowned ancestry, as for the many fashionable and
distinguished people in this country who feasted
and followed her, few years since.''
MT. Lester, our Consul at Genoa. has tbus ma
,'ceu me 'espucci family In recently published
" The Vespucc family are poor. Two dapob.
tiers are engaged in teaching school. while ,ba
son. the only llneal male descendant. is emnloyS
ed In the Treasury Department of the qovnro
ment, at salary less than hundred JoTa..
/ The Duke of Tuscany, however. sunnl;es -.
wants OF the family from his own pocket M
H. was the hrst American that had ever called nm
'''e 'a!h'y' ana they were deeply affected by the
compliment, as they had been before mor,iGed ~
the neglect of our countrymen Thew are deanI,,
chagrlhed at The conduct of their sister. who ~
Ter having been the mistress of some dozen mon
n'u the impudence to ask our government for
grant OF land to hersef, the only descendant IF
the Vespucci family" u
The Express thereupon remarks.
4, 90 are we ever destined TO be humbuooed in
thls country until our ridiculous mania fo,,o.'.
thing foreign shall be fully cured. We recoiIo.,
very well the figure that this woman emf th,,,,sL
TWO seasons at Washington ; how flattered bv The
men now enVled by the women, how Toasted bv
'ne rich, how talked about by the Moor bo,.
courted by cabinets, how gallanted bv Senotn,s
now lIonzed by all. She was, and we snnnnss
sun u.s. oeautliul in person, accomplished in mind
az" epgdg'ng IN manners. She had the address
ao;, p'I" ner interests almost TO the successful
point out was deferred by the interposition of on
OF nose lucky incidents in legislation which often
ue.eat the best laid plans of the kind. We have
reason, indeed, to congratulate ourselves in this
Ioe' ','dt such obstacles do sometimes sunervepe
~ would not be very creditabe record in orr an
IdiS 'ns' we had been bejuggled out of a LARGE
eIan' OF the national domain. by the meretricions
d'tS OF = The mistress of hundred men y
IL THIS title, at the time Mr.. Lester was -
Italy, was so plainly and proye,bialIv snri;oJ ~
lns person, how came it (it is pertinent n asl,%
"d' S"ch TACT was not earlier known in ~;
Ipuh'y tnat 1t did not transpire durn,r the Tins
""t ms adventures was experimentino On H.
gulho,y OF the great folks at WASHINGTON and
elSewhfTe' IN the United States? Her applica-
s you 70 congress was public enough-her position
49, oo"' notorious enough she was talked
an anu written about enough. Was there not
que VINO could have spoken, had he listed-and
saved society from such compromise of lie cha.
dc,er we fear that there were tboeo g..
"Uo knew all about it, yet spoke not. for varinns
'edSo'S-reasons as dsoracefn To tben nc 80
90 H"encans. What was the true character of
e person alluded to appeared, at once. after tho
vs. a. azure OF her experiment upon the Treasure
nc ~, government. The next we hear of her
sno all we hear Of her, ever since is that che :;
living in a walled villa on the frontier IS ~
countfy' me kept mistress Of its owner. nrettv
PoSl'on OF the descendant Of the man WIZ o,,1
name 10 contnent-lOr claimant in HE ,sc,o
o. 'ne grateful bounty of the nation called aGo,
hlin-Amerlca
Now, we notice this disagreeabe tonic OIL,
ior the purpose Of taking the occasion to render .
iIt'e act of justice which has not. we beI;ora
been before meied to the gentleman on whom tbD
responsibility rests for the Introduction If 1b;s ~.
omPlished and beautiful. but very inproper peT-
on, into the most respectable circles If stc;o,,,
washington it was NJ. de Ponrois. the her
= rench Minister, who introduced her into our So.
.e'y almost 9iilclay; the lady having been sent
Wv ,loun MS Couri' as it was afterwards general
reported 10 put an end to the Influence If no,
asclnaiions upon the young Duke of Orle,rs ,Ga
relr apparent TO the throne. The French Miois
'e' behaved shsmefolly in this respect. acquainted