Washington telegraph., 1846-11-25
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4 LEsRNp OF fLoRENCEs--Iherc Il a
slrerl in Florence which Is called the Va
della More, 4 nama derived from remark
able circumstance. Antonio RonliaeIli. a
Young flafenline in the middle rank ofliIa,
fell pas,ionaiely in love with Ginera Ar.
ncfi. a beautiful yoang woman ufihe same
s.alian. The lover could nal. by any en-.
treaties or concessions, obtain herifom her
hlber who chose rather IN give her to
Francesca ,ngnlanii, youth Of dislin
guishrd and nuble family. Il would be in
saillo attempt describing The agony Of the
real loyer On receiving tbs Intelligence; hnr
was Giarra the less afflicted her heart
being whnly devoted Ia Noniineli. New,
whether il arose from lie struggles Of dis.
appointed affection, OF ifom ANY ply siral
cause, lhe effect was thai. fur years after
This unhappy union. she fell i'll. Remain.
log wilhauI pulse, aud finally giving no Ell.
lrrnal sigus Of life. she was considered
dead. aud. accordingly, vas deposited in the
family yauli under iho Daomn. and close To
the Gaupanile. The tomb i sliIl shown
in our time. II is narrated by Leopold DEL
Meylionc thai when the inssus was repair.
ed, auI this vault passed into the family ol
The Riaeei. the letters 6. aud \. the initials
Of Gineym Aneri, were engraved upon il,
being a confirmation Of the truth Of the
story, The death Of Ginevra was m, real,
bat ono Of those pro,acled swo5n' which
The faculty are unable To explain. On the
night iilluwing her deadiIl incarceration,
The unhappy Ginevu, on rrganing her
senses, became aware Of her situation. Re.
covering, By degrees, liule strength, 10.
creased ~ her despair aud horror, she sue.
ceeded In breaking the cord which bound
her hands and feet. Lighted by ray Of
tho moon, which CLEANED through the door
of the vault, she crepI towards il. and push
ing il open with her head, leebly ascenled
the stairs, and gained the outer air. TAX.
ing the shortest paths, she passed through
the street, then called the Mi,eracordia,
bnl ever Afterwards. from the circumstance,
the Via della Monc. Knocking at the
door Of her husbands house, she claimed
but b., scared by her sepul.
chral costume, and hollow, yet faint voice,
believing her to be the ghost oi his wife,
refused entrance To her. aud hastily closed
his easement. Thus rcpulsed, she con.
linucd 10 crawl along 10 the house Of her
father adjoining, Bernardo Arneri, from
whom she encountered The same cruel re.
pulse, as also from an uncle in The Mcreaio
Nccchio. Abandoned thus 10 her unhappy
fate, she resolved, ere lying down to die,
To essay the affection ol her former lover,
from whom she had received so many re.
pledges oflove. After bis hor.
ror was overcome, he comioued, assisted,
restored 10 health, an married her. The
chronicle further says that this marriage
being deemed invalid by her former bus.
band and family, the cauSe was tried by the
OF Florence. who, strangely
enough, gave il in favor Of the second hus.
band; and not on the plea Of Gineyra's
having been inferred, but because all her
family had refused To admit her. To make
more clear the truth of her re lease from the
tomb, ! should state the custom, that pea
pie ia those days were not buried IN oof
lins, but in sacks. tied up at the neck and
ot....Prose from The South.