Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-03-18
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Correspondence Of tie London Daily Near,
Italian Jealousy and Revenge.


ROME, Jan. 91.-A tragical specimen Of Ital-
ian jealousy took place in the beginning of this
week at the Pope's favorite Summer residence,
the once famous but now deserted sea-coast
town of Porto dAnzio The women of that
and the neighboring town of Nettuno are cele-
brated for their beauty, but the charms of a
young girl, the daughter of fisherman of Porto
dAnzio, have for some time past entitled her to
pre-eminent rank even in that land of beau
ties. a young man belonging to noble family
of Orvieto, while casually sojourning in Porto
dAnzio, became enamored of the fisherman's
daughter to such degree as to overlook all diff
ference of rank, and to wish for union with
the object of his passion; but his parents put a
stop to his matrimonial intentions by suddenly
summoning him back 10 Ovieto, and keeping
him there in expectation ofsome suitable project.
The young girl, thus unwillingly abandoned by
her lover, was soon after courted by one Of her
own townsmen, quite youth, and son of the
Municipal Secretary, who professed the most ar
dent attachment to her, and offered to marry
her. although totally unprepared to meet the ex-
penses of the matrimonial state. While these
unsatisfactory propositions were pending, the
Orvieton lover sent letter, stating that by the
decease Of his parent he had become master OF
his own actions, and he should lose no time in
returning to Porto d'Anzio to fulfill his promise
of marrying the fishermau's daughter. This
piece of intelligence was favorably received by
the old man and the young girl, and their ex-
pectations were realized toward the end of last
week by seeing the amorous Count arrive from
Rome ladened with presents for his intended
BRIDE
The necessary preliminaries having been sum-
marily arranged the impatient lovers were u
nited in the holy bonds of matrimony on Sun
day morning last, the bride being fashionably
attired in the wedding dress and bonnet brought
by her husband for the OCCASION 1t would be
superfuous to hint at the rage and disappoint-
ment of the discarded sutor. He passed his
morning in smoking and playing at billiards,
hardly replying to the sarcastic remarks of his
friends, who eXpatiated upon the beauty Of the
bride, and the becomingness Of her new dress
In the afternoon, however, he was reused by
seeing the bridegroom and bride, with her faith
er and little brother, set out for Nettuno, q
neighboring town about miles distant,in a car
rettinO, or chaise. He immediately left the bill
lard table, and went home for his double-bar-
relied fowling piece, telling his mother that he
was going to shoot q hare whose heart and lv-
er he intended to have for supper that very e.
veuing Thus armed, he proceeded toward Net
tuno, and waited for his victims at turn Oft the
road between the 6atterid and the Villa Doria.
The bridal party meanwhile, returning gaily
from visit to Nettuno and the Church of San
Rocco, came in sight of the assassin, standing
with his gun in the middle of the road. The
bride was seized with panic, and exclaimed,
''0h, Dio! There is Paolucciom But her hus-
band reaSsured her, and told her there was
nothing to be alarmed at, rs proof of which he
stopped his horse on reaching his rival, and said
to him, "Good evening, Paolo, where are you
going?" to which the other replied, "Do you
not See2 am going to shoot hare, presenting
at the same time his piece at the bride. She
shrieked out, Spare our lives PaolOi" Her
husband threw his arms around her, but Paolo
sternly replied 1T is too late!" and, firing i'm
mediately, shot the bride through the heart with
bullet and broke her husbands arm with
three slugs, with which the first barrel OF his
gun was loaded
Seeing that his rival was not killed, Paolo
fred his other barrel without effect, and was
proceeding coolly to reload, when the Count
urged his horse into gallop,and made at once
for Porto d'Anzio The murderer, youth not
IS years old, then struck into the forest, and
made the best of his way to the outlaws asy-
luin, at Campo Morto, vast estate belonging
to the chapter of St. Peter, and situated in such
pestiferous region of the Champagne, that it has
always been considered as sanctuary for
murderers and robbers who have remained time
out OF mind unmolested within its precincts and
employed as laborers tor want of more honest
workmen. Paoluccio, having the additional ad-
vantage ofbeing godSon of the arelpriest of Cam
pc Morto, doubtless thought himself quite safe
in this retreat; bat the Government has lately
found that the bandit tenants of the sanctuary
arc too much on the increase, or the malaria fe-
not Sufficiently active in thinning theirranks,
so that the police authorities are not so scrupu-
lous in observing the traditional immunities of
the place. The consent of the Dean and Chap
ter of St. Peters having been previously obtain
eG, detachment of shirri set out from Rome
yesterday morning to make an inroad into the
crime-haunted purlieus ofCampo Morto in search
of this youthful murderer who so ruthlessly car
ried to their extremes the violent passion of
ala0re and rendeita.