Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-03-19
WHOLE NO. 1,O11.


tlnct instances, beginning with the first Con.
gress and coming dowE to 1868, Congress has
excluded slavery trem the territories; and there
are six distinct instance in which Congress has
organized governments for territories, and re-
cognzed slavery and continued it therein, also
| beginning with the first Congress and coming
down to 1922. These acts were signed by seven
\ Presidents, coming regularly down from Wash.
| lngton to John Quincy Adams, thus including
all those who were in public life when the con-
stltution ives adopted. This should have much
| weight on the question Of construction, and it
would be difficult to resist the force of the acts
! TO Which reference was made. His opinion
was, lhe decision of the Circuit Court for Mis-
souri, should be reversed, and the cause re-
manded for a new trial.
Messrs. Wayne, Daniel, Grier and Campbell
had also prepared papers expressive OF their
views on particular points, but they were not
read.
The Court adjourned to the day fixed by
law.
Correspondence of the London Daily Nelcs.
A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE-THE FIsHER
MANS DAuGuTER.-RoNE, Jan. 31.-A tragica
specimen Of Italian jealousy took place in thu
beginning of this week, at the Pope's favorit,
Summer residence, the once famous but nov
deserted sea a-coast town of Porto d'Anzio. The
women Of that and the neighboring town OF
Nettnno are celebrated for their beauty, but the
| charms ofayoung girl daughter ofa fisherman OF
| Porto d 'Anzio, have for some time past entitled
| her to pre-eminent rank, even in that land of
beauties. A young man belonging to noble
| family of Orvieto, while casually sojourning in
| Porto d'Anzio, became enamoured of the fish
erman's daughter to such degree, as to over
look all difference of rank, and towish for q uni
nion with the object of his passion: but his
parents put stop to his matrimonial intentions
by suddenly summoning him back to OrvietO,
and keeping him there in expectation Of some
suitable project. The young girl thus unwil-
ngly abandoned by her lover, was soon after
courted by one Of her own townmen, quite
youth, and son of the Municipal Secretary, who
protessed the most ardent attachment to her,
and offered to marry her, although totally un-
prepared to meet the expenses Ofthe matrimo-
nial state While these unsatisfactory propo-
sitions were pending, the 0ryieton lover sent
letter, stating that by the decease Of his par
ents he had become master of his own actions,
and he should lose no time in returning to
Porto deAnzio, tofulhl his promise Of marrying
the tisherman's daughter. This piece of intelli-
gence was flyorably received by the old man
and the young girl, and their expectations
were realized towards the end of last week by
seeing the amorous Count arrive from Rome,
ladenad with presents for his intended bride.
The necessary preliminares having been sum-
mary arranged, the impatient lovers were uni
ted in the holy bonds of matrimony on Sunday
morning last, the bride being tashionaby at
tired in the wedding dress and bonnet brought
by her husband for the occasion. 1t would
be superluous to hint at the rage and disap-
pointment of the discarded suitor. lie passed
his morning in smoking and playing at Billiards
hardly replying to the sarcastic remarks
of his friends, who eXnatated 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
I..l l.. E,t Il Nl.n.
out for Nettun0, q neighboring town about two
miles distant, ina carreitino, or chaise. He
Immediately left the billiard table, and went
home for his double-barreled fowling piece,
telling his mother that he was going to shoot
| hare, whose heart and liver he intended to have
] for supper that yerv evening. Thus armed, he
| proceeded toward Nettuno, and wuited for his
victims at turn of the road between the bat
| teria and the Villa Doria. The bridal party
meanwhile, returning gaily from visit to Net
| tuno 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 q panic, and exclaimed. EOh, Dio
There is Il Paoluccio!'' But her husband had
re-assured her, and told her there was nothing
to be alarmed at, as proof of which he stop
ped his horse on reaching his rival and said to
him, sc Good evening, Paola, where are you
going !'' to which the other replied, 'Do you
not seer j am going to shoot hare presen-
She shrieked out, sc Spare our lives, Paolap
Her husband threw his arms around her, but
Paolo stenly replied, s'It is too late !" and fir
ing Immediately, shot the bride through the
heart with bullet, and broke her husbands
arm with three slugs, with which the first bar
rel of his gun was loaded.
Seeing that his rival was not killed, Paolo
fired 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, a youth
not IL years old, then struck into the forest,
and made the best of his way to the outlaws
asylum, at Campo Morto, vast estate belong
ing to tho chapter of st. Peter, and situated
in such a pestiierous region Of the Campagna,
that it has always been considered as a sanctu-
AIRY for murders and robbers who have remain
ed time out of mind unm0lested within its pre-
cincts and employed as laborers for want of
more honest workmen. Paoluccio, having the
additional advantage Of being godson of the
archpriest of Campo Morto, doubtless thought
himself quite safe in this retreat but the Gov
crnment has lately found that the bandit ten
ants of the sanctuary are too much on the in
crease, or the malaria fever not sufficiently ac-
tive in thinning their ranks, so that the police
authorities are not so scrupulous in observing
the traditional immunties Of the place. The
consent of the D1an and Chapter OF st. Peters
having been previously obtained 4 detachment
of sbirri set out from Rome yesterday morning
TO make an nroad into the crime haunted pur-
lious OF Campo MortO in search of this youth
full murderer who so ruthlessly carried to their
extremes the violent passion Of dnore and rea-
delta.
KANsAs.-The Territorial legislature in Kan
sas seems determined to carry things with
high hand. 1t has just passed, over the Gov
ernOr's veto, the bill to provide for taking the
census of the territory and for calling Com
stitutional Convention. This bill does not sub
nit the Constitution, when framed, to the CON
sideration of the people for ratification or re-
| lection, and only those who are in the territory
on the LIST of April next, are to be allowed to
vote for members of the Convention. As the
| Convention will not meet at Lecompton till
September next, the object in limiting the
right of voting to the present settlers, or those
/ in the territory on the first of April, can only
be to cut of the spring immigration, except
| such as have time to arrive from neghborlng
slave States. This is an ingenious scheme to
detraud the actual settlers in Kansas, and I'M
pose a slave Constitution upon her people by
the citizens Of Missouri.
4 MARRYING HER CoACHMAS.-An Irishman
named John Dean has just issued legal pro-
ceedings in New FORK to get possession Of his
alleged wife, who is the daughterof his employ
or, named Boxer, an extensive importer of wing
and liquors. The young lady is - years old,
and Deans affidavit alleges that she is SHUT up
in her fathers house against her Will, and that
he was married to her on the 4th instant Dy
Rev. MIR. Hatfield. 1t appears that MIR. Boker
has place at rarrytown, and Deanis his coacli-
man. During the absence of Mr.. 3. in this
city attending to his business, Dean was in the
habit of taking the daughter out riding in her
fathers carriage, and through this kind OF in
tercourse, according to DeaA's story, became
enamored Of each other, which fact coming to
the ears of Mr.. B.. he dismissed the colehmun
from his service. Dean, through a family SER