, 1860-10-19
t'aaqu1n md &'atqutnnde-.


mutilssed Statue, which is called the statue OF
Pssqu,n, and which gireaits name 10 the fqusre
in front of it. Whether it WAS a statue OF her
cales, or Alexander the Crest, or Menalaus, or
some other # the gods and heroes o! antiquity,
not Known aad ns,e. WI oe
it was dug up nezr the place where 1t now
staud1.
Hut rho was the Pa*quia' Castelvetro in
1858, slya, that there used 10 be in Rome very
fklrul 1ai:o., rejoicing in the name OF fasquis,
wAoze shop was much fsequented By pre!Ates,
cou.,iers end others, and that his workmen,
like worthless fellows, spent their time 10 speak
iuglizhtIY of everybody who CANE lato the shop,
and pouring cut their spleen in The form ol]e
| This custcin came to be 60 notorious, that tho
tutjects OF these jests and hits jo'ned in the
laugh, AID so, when yboty wanted TO hay auy
hard thiER Of smother, he did it under the name
of Master Paeqain, pretending to have heard il
| at he shop. In other words, every witty aud
severe thing wss f4ttercd upon P4'quin. who
| WIS the Joe Miller Of thst day, and continues
to bear the Sane character down to the present
| lime. for PAtquin still l.vts in Rome.
| Alter h.s dta.h, the statue above referred to,
wss dug 10 aud set o& the side Of his shop, and
| the ea:.rists saon began to Say thAt pasquln hsd
| came back again, and the custom speedily
arose Of tying bits Of writing to th- atstue, IT.
tsibuting the shyEgs to the tailor. Free speech
ueye1 has +x;ated Ut Rome under Papsl domi-
IL j
said AID w.s msae 10 say, what the pn7 71ic head
and heart thought aud felt about The dcsootsm,
under whose heel the Roman WAS Ground in The
du.t xi:Aout resistance. Nopower OF the State
OF the 1nqaisltlon could SILENCE Pasquin and bis
| statue. They gpeEk even At the present hour.
Garibaldi a:oue will be she to stop their mouths,
by opening ths mouths OF tha living '.omans
themselves.
The Pasduin satisist Of the vices Of the Pope
and his Cardinals, annoyed these funct,o; aries
at first almost beyond endur1Lce. He would
not hold his tongue. 0ne day, he t:ld to Paul
sufns have been pad to poets for singing; how
much will you give ne, o Paul, to te eilent3 I"
One of the Pc tt proposed to have raequin,
| the real, living Paaqu.n, thrown into the Tlher;
] but the sspani.h Ambassador dissuaded him. By
the suggestion, that al The frogs Of the river
would catch Paeqnin's Fpirit. a3d take TO erosk-
ing everlasting P4squ:usdtsl
THIS hint reminds uY Of good story We ouce
heard Of Vrginian, Who lived At Duntties,
sud fell into aebt to man by The name OF
Allen Mct;rsa, in the sum Of 500 pounds OF
tobacco, the currency Of the Old Dominion IN
resolving to escape down the 0scoqusn and
oJsr the Poto ua: iaso Maryland, e1n aiFksd hil
ii! aud his wife in bRt:eau one dark night l.,
early spring, about frog. singing time. and
pushed silently down the streem: The frogs
we're exceedingly musical that night. Con
l d
Dr aad ty The bull frogs heavy and hoarte
You hear .hat, vifel" "What!" tEven The
! frogs know it. D, you hear, They sa.: You
owe, you owe, you oxe." She tried to diver1
his attention. In lit While another family
: 1hich the fugitive translated to "A:len Nc
Crea" The wife BY this tine 80: to BE- fdjety
i a7d as 1hey incurred the mouth Of the creek
: ths tree frofs took up the strain. WHICH to tbs
despairing husbands ear sounded like ''Fivt
hundred pouads. of tobacco, and tha who'll
uiRht seemed TO him and her both to be reso
1 | rant with, "You owe Alien McCrea fve hun
{ dred pounds Of tobacco uttered in unmistake
i. able tones, from the profound bass Of tho bul
I frog up to the whistls.like chatter Of the tre'
frog, aud ,he self.eondenned parties returned
to Uumtries and confessed to their credto
their trouble, and te forgsve them the debt
: But to return from our digreasion.
atunin was rot the only figure in Rome, th
+. utterer of free speech. There w-s c7Iossa
utatue Of IN ocean or river god, discovered in ta
=: lG;l csrtury, near The forum Of Mars, IN
called ther trom Martorlo. About the end O
lhe same century. lie as removed to the lowe
court Of the Couecrra:ort PALACE, on the cap
toline. and there be IL to be found now. Dis
loputs we're aad still are carried on betwse
- Pasaniu aad Marjorie and share in tte:T COT
versat;.n IVES sometimes taksn BY the FAc:h
M. or porter of the Piombino palace. S2renE
the robles. Msriorio to the itzens, aud Fa'
chi1o to The populace, In addition TO thes
> were The abbot Luigi, Of the Ynl1e palace, Ii
cuzla, wfo tits bcli1d The Ttuetisn palsc
near 1t. Marks church, the Daboon, 20 cal'e
from Babbulno street, ne masoIs portrait
H. of the house he o sco lived in. Each OF thes
1xrtrn took part in tie tasirical talE Of hls cou
- naniors. through whcm the RomaaR, true
ibeir ancient character in tho days, Of the Ct
ssra. lampooned thtir iniquitouA aud oppEesal'
rulers in the style Of old Martial.
The best paSquinades are those which be!ol
to 1he reign Of 14eo Y. The inf. NOUS Alexs
II der VI, whose na1pe is s5nonJme Of Il
~ yo.st crimes of human nature, found this %
ouina1e oue morning hung to the neck Of Ps
ouu,s eta.ue: "Sextus TaIqunius, Se1t
kero, and this one, too. Rome has alws!s be
A snder eells the keys, ahe altars, Christ hinse'
;cs he bousbt them first, and has right to s
aef than" Tbi. WIS in sliuaion to his purchase
the Papacv bY brides which be did NOS pi
Guicciardioi says Of this i1human wretch, II
vl,h his iuordinate ambition aud polsono
uddeltJ; and bi. horrible e1ans o. c.usi .o'ii
vl,hous distinction bosh hulY and prnta
A.. thinrs. be injected t5e who world!' III
. tis port,i:ate Was darkened BY ono OF
blacicst cr.mes in the calendar OF human
ouity. the murder Of one Of his sons, Giova
@ | the Duke 0I dau0A8y ~ NaE3eA oos AA"s "eS>'
'os Of his sons, and whoze booy Was thrown By
fraticjte into t.e Tiber the father recore
il by having tho r11er dragged. PAsquin b
- M 10 condemnation the crime BY this ep1gra
H. "Lest We should not hsliere you were lis
Of men, Q se1srs, 10! you fish with nets
In 1858, tris horrible monster Of crnelty d
-" after reign Of eleven yeara Of desolatl
Il - Kome rejoicsd. She spake thus through
eH ouin: "S4y, Alecto, whence burst this pe
"A Upon rs? Why 30 suddenly hAs the din OF
tle bukhed? Ser:ut o6it-Se1tus is dead.
reica Of Julius IL gave birth to numerous
oninades. He was milissnt pontif. ueae
1he a1my 10 20 sgaiost the venetiant, AZ
crossed tbe Tiber, he threw the keys Of st.
VI, ter iuto the river, and drawing his sword t
itasaeath. swore he hencslorwa1d Wcrll t
10 he sword Of It. Paul. Pasqnin seized u
the incident and treasured it up in the 1ollos
eoicrxm: "Since tho keys OF St. Peter
M mover win battle, By the help Of St. Paul
1A~ u lean on the sword" Wcen Michael An
asked this fighting Pope, whether he N
Z. put book in the hands Ct the bronze q
b. was making Of his Holiness. he replied !"
~; m, tna Ia. che 10 non 50 leltere ~" No
arxo.d in il. for know nothing OF le1te
{ oM Ue xs the first Of the later Popes, wh'
aac hin heard grow, and Rsphaels portrait O
t. hsad riyes him great dignity Of character.
-. ,ssrh ha.a.wasa been regarded ~ The CHI
- tsr5st;e Of 81, Paul. Pasquin said, on this
.;on 81 For me. tbs beard Of Paul, the swo
"Paul. every thing OF Paul; taat key .po
- "Petef, il in no way to IaJ l9nRl u
J IN mos. sirage epigrsm aga ainst lin, Eaa Els
ity for the nane Of the destroyer 81 the IN
rsnubJis: "Julius IL 1t Rome. What mo
ro III ttrsntinu1 O,ye godsl give US B1utu
~when julius Is ut Rome, the city IL lost !
A't' 1Cs ali ror c:ude What else We hAve Il