The North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1834-1850, 1850-08-14
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The New York Courier ;, has a letter from Col.
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An Enplishman, Of very eccentric character. has
resided several years at Rome, III the Rossi Palace
near the Vatican He is far advanced in life, and il
is the general opinion that he is deranged Certain.
his conduct warrants this belief. few years ago
he married young Italian lady, Of princely rank.
Since their marriage her life is represented to have
one scene Of misery, owing to the treatment she
has experienced from her husband. A week OF two
snee upon some pretext other, he induced her to
| accompany him into the subterranean dungeons be-
meath the Palace, and immured her in of the dark
loathsome cells For nearly two days and nights she
darkness, exposed to the disgusting and noxous rep
tiles that nfest moulderng ruins. The servants OF
the Palace after diligent search, at length dscov-
cred the place of confinement, and Immediately
| certed measures for her release.
The British Government, as you are aware, has
no diplomatic relations with the Holy See. Ameri-
and Englishmen very often indiscriminately
confounded by the lower classes of Rome and under
the impression that Major Cass was the English
Minister, two of the servants of the Palace Rossi
repaired his residence and mplored assistance ol
the liberation Of their mistress, whom they believed
to be at the point of death. 1t was impossible, of
course, to resist such appeal and Major Cass very
properly gave immediate information of the crcum-
hour the lady, understand, was borne from the dun
geon in state of insensbility. A few days after
wards her husband had her conveyed to an obscure
convent, accusing her of intention to elope with
three different Individuals of whom Major Cass, to
whom she is a stranger, was named as one. As
this fact came to the knowledge Of the eccle-
siastca authorities. an investigation commenced,
at the instance of the Austrian Ambassador, which
resulted in her immediate liberation Her husband
has left Rome, denouncing vengeance against the
Mai and oil ,hn hou ondo opod
assistance to his wife. She, understand, has gone
to Naples.''
The Colonel pays high compliment to Maj. Cass
for the manner in which he discharges his duties.
The Pope, the Colonel says, gives Major Cass the
credit of preserving St. Peters, in the following
ner, from the fury Of the mob:
Maj Cass reached here after the flight of the Pope
and his Court He was, consequently the only rep
resentative of foreign government in Rome, at a
period when several of the leaders of the revolution,
finding that further resistance to the French inn
practicable, resolved to DESTROY the monuments of
Rome, and leave for their conquerors but barren
victory. Major Cass was aroused from his bed at
two o'clock night and informed that several of
the leaders, then in concave had just given orders to
undermine and blow up St. Peters, theproudest mon
Without loss of time, he presented himself before the
assembled vandas, and by appeals remonstrances and
threats. in the of his country and in behalf of
the civilized world, he compelled them TO abandon
their hendlsh purpose.
His services has been duly appreciated by the Pope.
and at his request, for the first time in the history of
Rome Protestant orship is permitted in the e.
ternal City.
Gov. MANLY AND THE VAeRANr. We were much
amused little incident which occurred during the
delivery of Governor Manly's speech at Marion.
The Governor had just commenced upon the vagrant
law-or the law, he called it, to whip and sell poor
white men-when in came an excellent specimen to
illustrate argument upon vagrancy. Hewasa young
man covered with rags and patches, his eyes red and
infamed, his under lip hanging and his whole coun-
tenance wearing the perfect expression of drunken
gravity. He vacant seat, and so took his
stand behind the BAR cuchng the back of the bench
before him, which was about breast high, to enable
hm,to stand. ....... i
We glanced at the Governor, and he was waxing
warm in his cause. We glanced at 'vagrant " and
he staring at the Governor with eyes about half
closed and mouth wide open, his knees beginning to
give way and his corporosty to sink gradually to-
wards the floor. On roared the Governor with
Stream of sympathetic eloquence. Down, down sank
vagran," slowly indeed, but still perceptiby One
hand broke loose, and all his weight was swinging
to the other. He was still easing gently down, his
fingers losing their hold on the back of the bench,
when the Governors deep sympathy with his class
reached its climacteric Of eoquence, and at that
ment his hold broke' and down he fell wrapped in
r oblvious Sleep"
1--WE thought there was subject, at least, pres
ent who could have appreciated the Governors sym
pahy, if he had only been in state of consciousness.
Mountain Bonner.