The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-07-24
Col. webb in Tson,e.

CURloUs PERsEcUrIcy uR a WIFE-ST Pc
rERs SAVED ny MAJaR CAss.--Tbe New
York Courier aud ERqairer has letter from
Col. Webb, al Rome, from which We tsk,
the lpllowiug extracts:
"An E1giistmsn, Of very eccentric char
aeter, has resided several Years nj Rome
IN the Rosin Palace, near the Vatican. H,
is far advanced iD life, aud it is the genera
opinion That he is deranged. Certainly BIZ
conduct warrants the beIief. A few year
ago he married young Italian lady Of prince
" rank. Since their marriage, her life is
represented to have been one scene of mis-
cry, owing TO the treatment she has experien
ced lFom her husband. A week OF two since
upon some preIexl or other, he induced her
TO accompan. him into the subieuanean dun,
geons beneath the Palace, and immured her
IN one OF the dark, loathsome cells. Fol
nearly two days and two nights she renal nee
IN that horrible place, alone, in complete
dafkuess, exposed to the disgusting and nox-
ous reptiles that inIest mouldcrng ruins. =
Tho servants the Palace, after a diligen
search, al length discovered the place of hel
confinement, ,and Immediately concerted mea.
sures for her release.
Inc British Government as you are aware
has no diplomatic relations with the HoI,
See Americans aud EngIshmen arc very
often indIscrminately coniounded by the, low
Ter classes Of Rome, and under tae impress
sion that MAJOR Cass was the English Min,
lster, two of the servants of the Palace Rosia,
repaired 10 his residence and implorcd asss
lance for The Liberation of their mistress
whom they believed 10 be at The point Of
death. II was impossible, of course, to resist
such an appeal, and Major Cass very proper
ly gave immediate information oftho circum
stance TO the police authorities. In less than
an hour, the Lazy, understand, was borne
from the dungeon in stale OF insonsibiIIty
Il lew days>atIeTwaTds her husband had her
conveyed to an obscure convent accusing her
OF an intention 10 elope with three different
lndlviduels, of whom Major Cass, TO whom
she is stranger, was named as one. As
soon as this fact came to the knowledge of
the ecclesiastical authorities, an inveslIga.
IIOn was commenced at the instance Of the
Austrian Ambassador, which resulted in her
immediate liberation. Her husband has left
Rome, denouncing vengeance against the
Government, Major Cass, and oil who have
rendered assistance TO his wife, She | un-
derstand, has gone to Naples.
The Colonel pays q high compliment to
Major Cass, for the manner in which he dis
charges his duties. Tho Pope, The Colonel
says, gives Major Cass the credit of preser>
wing st. Peters, III The following manner,
from The fury of the mob:
"Najor Cass reached here after the hphl
of the Pope and his court He was, consor
quently, the only representative Of foreign
government at Rome, at 4 period when sew
era rthe leaders Of The Revolution, finding
further resistance 10 the French was i'm
practicable, resolved to destroy the monu-
ment Of Rome, and leave for their conquer
ors but a barren victory. Major Cass was
aroused fiom his bed al Two o'clock one night,
and informed that several of the leaders,
then in coaclave, had just given orders to un.
dermine and blow up ST. Peters, the proud
est monument of human skill the world has
ever seen. Without loss Of lime he presented
himself before the assembled vandals, and by
appeals remonslrances aud threats, in the
name of his country and behalf OF the civili-
zed world, he compelled them to abandon
their iendish purpose.
His services have been duly appreciated
by the Pope, and al his request, for the first
time in the history Of Rome, Protestant wor.
ship is now permitted in The Eternal City,"