New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-24

gsh reader viii probably be satsned wito single
specimen, copied from the tomb of Otto Martens
Hsi Tod sleich geschiedeu
Ubs're Freundschsfi schisd or ucbt.
Lebet wohl. hr mene lioben
Uns're Liebe strbt e niehi
cTbou.h death our lives has parted
IL breaks not f.. ndshp's chain.
Farewell the faithful hearted
VIII live ard love sgaia.)
Audpow we are among the Pubic Lots A single glance
will convince you that nearly every foot of ground is
appropriated And these humble monuments and un.
marked graves appeal with irresistible force TO eur
best sympsthes; for other part of this cemetery
has been pressed often by the feet Of true mourners
10 other turf hes been 80 watered with affections
tears Near the center Of 10. No. 2,229 there Is little
mound nth fiat stone which records the name of
IN. H. Bannister Dramatist and Comedian The
following words of the great dramati' are cut upon
the stone
There is special providence In the fall Of SPARROW
If he now it Is not If he not to come
!: II &. be now yet i. viii come
The readiness Is ALL"
Adjoining this is a low marble slab denoting the
grave of Henry A. Caspian, abolish patriot who per-
ished in ndigence and obscurity. Passing eastward,
we perceive many names of foreign origin, mingled
with those of our countymen. In lot No. 95l upon
horizontal slab the name OF Piero Maroncel attracts
our attention.
THE ITALIAN EXILE.
The name of Maronceli derives an interest from its
connection with II at of Silvo Pellico, and especially
from the account which tle latter gives of his friend
and fellow prisoner, in that remarkable narrative,
"My Prisons" The reader first hears of Maronceli
In that letter written with blood which Pellico en-
deavored to send him, while they were yet in the
prison of Ssnta Margherits. year afterward, they
had joyful meeting in the prison Of San Michele at
Venice; soon after which they stood together on the
scsfFold OF the Piazzetta while thousands of indg
rant Italians overawed by the armed myrmdons OF
Austria could only sympahze and sigh, they heard
the barbarous sentence; Condemned to severe i'm
"prisonment; Msronceli Tor twenty years and Peico
for fifteen" The savage cruelty with which that
tence was executed-the fOrtitude and meekness with
which il WAS endured have long been known through
out Europe ana America.
The prisoners Of State were Consigned TO the for
tress Of Spielburg at BTunn, in Morsva. IL Is the
abode Of some three hundred conyicts-mostly rob
bers and assassins To lis dark subterraneous cells
the mild pateInal Government of Austria consigned
those gentlemen and scholars and statesmen whom
they suspected OF the heinous crime OF loving their
country. Here they were compelled 10 labor-to wear
chains ON their eet-to sleep on bare bosrds-and
subsist On scanty supply OF the very meanest
food Several of them sank under it, and ere the
term Of tteir Imprisonment expired were released
by stronger and more merclful hand. After
much suffering from sickness and hardship IN
the solitude and gloom Of their separate cells,
PelIco and his friend at length permitted to oc-
cupy the same room. Soaced by friendship and the
delights Of converse they were again comparatively
happy. Here they read meditated, composed, con-
versed They were both scholars, both poets Maron-
cell was skilled In music Tie lard, cold walls Of
their prison-house echoed continually the sweet
sounds of the softest and most melOdious Of all Ian
gueges.
Their confinement at Spelburg lasted for more than
eight years. In consequence Of q diseased knee
psoduoed probably and certainly aggravated by his
chains and other hardshps-Maronceili was under the
necessity of submitting to the amputsion of bis limb
The operation badly performed by the prison
barber who although there were skiful surgeons at
hand claimed the right belonging TO him officially.
MaToi cei was after subject 10 severe pains in
the mgtilated LIMB, and a post mortem examination
showed that the blindness ard insanity which visited
bin in the latter part OF his lie the natural con-
sequences Of that bunsing operation.
His release from prison wes but commutation Of
punishment A return TO his own country being for
bidden, he went to France. Having married there he
sooR brought bis family TO NewYork. There be taught
music and Italian, and there be died, Aug l, 1876.
The cloud OF adversely was rot the only shade
which darkered the declining yesrs-and, alas. the
reputation of this unfortunate man. We prefer TO
think Of him as the Msroncei OF the prisons-lhe
friend and comforter of Pelco; and shall end this
,iee with the touching and beautiful tribute to bis
worth which occurs at the close Of chapter s5, Of
My Prhons'
have known many excellent hut sfsctou
stey soca than Msroneel thoroughly yersed Ia
temper or continually mindful that virtue consists TIA
hsus practice Of fobesrsnce generosity and good
Asy kes thee companion Of Of
wherever aud give thee snds who vii equal IN
love snd excel me N roodness'
Returning to the entrance by the Tour, we enter
sumnitsv., and approach that enclosure owned by
the Fire Department Of New York. on which thsy
have erected monument commemorative Of those
members who have lost their lives In the discharge of
their duty. Standing this spot with the deep, aud
spacious, and shady smphitheater Of Crescent Dell
behind and below Us, and with that broad vista Of
beauty and spendor stretching away toward the north
and west let devote the remainder of visit TO
contemplation of these records of the gallant dad
THE FREMAS's MONUMENT.
The structure is pyrsmidsl marble column stand
ing upon q msssive pedestal Of the Same material,
which rests upon granite base. The pillar s sur
mounted By the wel-ezscutsd figure Of fireman
Cns Arm surrounds and supports child iusf rsscue1