New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-12
The Devil at Pisa.

The DefiI AT Pi>3.
FLORENCE July l6-One OF those ridiculous prdc-
teal okes which so often end fatally 20 the ACTOR
has Just occurred at Pisa ana as II occasions great
sensation here, IN consequence OIL the STAN u a.
taches to the frarS one Of The CON- ents OF that
CITY take leave to give YOU the particulars. partly
as have heard them rccOunted by others and partly
as find them IN the local journals. Al Pisa there
lived IN latter years fast young man, whose NOR
ais were something like the celebrated leaning tower
a little inclined the wrong way. ana VINO, among
other escapadeS. had caused great scandal IN
respectable family, and refused 20 repair by mar
mage according 20 the prayers OF the victim ana me
commands oithe Church. TleGenllemdn as III iaCt
irregular naUrGiS SUlef,a ri subject Tor @rehchhoVc
and he went on from day TO day struiimg along the
banks Ofthe ArnO, and peHering all ne ioos maids
OF that not oycTTehglOus vicinity, neither attending
to the advice Of his friends nor the remon>irances
of The clergy Till sickness overlook HIM IN The midst
of ms SINS and death struck Inn with IT'S most mortal
arrow. SCapegrace as he was. lie declined the consoa
tons OF religion ia his last days ana REUSED 10 con
ess or repent. like another DOn Giovanni. In VAN
an excellent and pious priest spoke OF his immortal
soul and the penalties prepared II the other world
for those who take leave of this IN final lmpentencc
- in VAN did the flarS declare that tne DeVlI "ouln
claim hlm as ms own the moment the last sigh was
drawn and III vain did one OF the reverend gentle
men recount how IN a VISION he saw MS internal
majesty maiTeat hardened sinner on similar oc-
caslon. Don Giovanni died game as the greatest
criminals often DO bit before he gave up he ghost
he made one of his friends, CorS'cdn resident a.
Pisa promise that he would watch over the oody
the thapFie MOfiudlrc. ana never ttdNf II hhtll
II was consigned 10 It's last home The tOrSlcah
kent his word and alone, and IN The Gead OF tle
night he sat hy the SIDE of ms departed irend IN me
convent chapel, whore corpSeS are exposed 10Y
"A hours before burial. either III cOnsecrdted or
uncousecrated ground But lust IS the CLOCK
struck twelve, a deep groan, accompanies by
the rafting of chains, was heard, ana the
watcher 10 his horror saw hguto enter dIeSSeo ac-
cordmg to the most approved -ccelp Tor hitting up a
devil with tremendous horns, A long tau cnaih
GIT round his body, ana draped IN red and BLACK as
IT'S Satanic Majesty should be. The COrSican lldd a
bold h, art. and he asked the DeNI whal ne Naltco
The Devil replied by an awful groan, the rafting OF
chains, Nnd the ouiSpreadlng OF ms claNS 10 selze
his prev. The CorSlc.tn, still undaun,ed. declared
that he would not allow the body to be touched, aud
he warned The Devil that i. he dld not leave the
place he would send HIM back 10 ms internal regions
faster than he came from them To TINS sEeech me
Devil replied by aScorniul laugh such a. Hainci II
DIR Fr,sscttf< used. and with another rattle OF
the CHAINS advanced TO the cOiiln-,,de on winch
the faithful friend produced "A loaded pistol, and
taking sure aim. shot the Dew through the heart.
and dropped HIM Al his feet dead, as they say al
Amsterdam. as a herring, OF al Birmingham, rs a
dOoT-nall. The report OF the pistol alarmed the
police. and a number of those guardians OF the
night having appeared, they saw 10 Their aston
!shment the corpse ing In Us proper place the Cor
>ican sitting TRANQUILITY by lis SIDE, and bleeding
mass covered with red and black, with tremendous
pair OF horns, and III, wcll-knOwn tail AL eXplana
on was soon gwen, and when the Devil was stripped
ol his finely he turned out 10 be the Oellmdn oil tue
convent, employed doubt Oy the triarS, whose re-
ligious assistance was refused, for the purpose Of
giving a striking proof of the danger Of dying without
The conSoat onS of the Church, and Of the fate 10
which all impenteni sinners are exposed. The Cor
Scan Was tined and acquitted, as he showed that IN
the Tuscan code there was no penalty attached to
shooting the Devil and as he persisted N saving that
when he fred he believed he had 10 deal with HIS
Satanic Ma cSty. ana no moral representative. The
best Joke Of all remains be told. and that Is the
frars of the convent declare that the whole story
a fabrication, and the Minister OF Instruction an
"
b-.ugs Tor having inserted it,
Florence Correspondent ii tue Times