The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-04-11

"a Ills request, ana reslieu III tiie hia'Sion' anu
the retirement of his family, and in the du-
ts of religion, he sought relief from the poiSn-
/ acy of his sorrows
| He often tried to obtain tidings of his abb
sit son, but in vain. He never heard from
I'm, after his departure on the evening of the
fal affray; and finally believed him dead. Ills
ratiyes. however, years after the death of his
faher. learned that he was living.
was yet in the ascendant, a notorious robber,
man old in years, and an adept in crime had,
for long time, kept the Inhabitants OF the south
eastern borders of France, and the neighboring
provinces of Sardinia in constant dsquiet, by hs
daring acts, and refined crueties. Aided by
band of followers, desperate as their leader, no
one was secure from his attacks. Princeiy re-
wards were offered for his apprehension, alive
or dead; but all was of no avail. Each attempt
at his capture was revenged by some new ag-
cression more terrible than the former. At
length the outraged public feeling could endure
no longer and the entire population turned out
against him. en- masse, from the noble to the peas
ant. His hiding place being betrayed by one OF
his band, and his fortunes becoming desperate,
he abandoned his nom de gusTe of Diavolo, and
assuming another, he joined himself and his fol-
lowers, to the army of the victorious consul
Under the guise of an assumed character,
he had, even at the age of three score years, won
the 'saflections of youthful maiden," almost
child, aud formed clandestine marriage. His
wife accompanied him to the conqucror's camp.
He fought under the victorious banners during
one or two engagements; but dissaf!ection hav-
ing been detected in the Srmy; it was traced to
him, through the treachery OF one OF his own
men ca servant of his fathers, who had left home
with hm) in revenge for some injury. His Life
was proclaimed forfeit, and he having escaped,
large reward was offered for the apprehension
of Leopold Del Fayaro.
.u me year elgnteen hundred and nine, tnerc
came to the part of the country in which the
first scene of my narrative is laid, a man evil
IDENTIFY advanced in age far past the usual limit of
human life, but still active and robust, calling
himself Joseph Argrand. He made purchase
of n tract of the then wild, untenanted land,
and ererecting a house upon it, occupied him
I self in its cultivation.
With him came young and delicate woman,
/ Al Al, ,l,,. bair
ages, to be his daughter, though shesubscquent-
1y proved to be his wife.
I He rejected all advances, and offers Of kind
ness and sociability, from his neghbors, and be-
ing uniformly repuscd, they soon ceased to
be rendered. IF he had occasion for the service
of any one, the bargain was arranged with few
words and payment therefor as summarily made.
| He never was seen in attendance on places of
worship or at any public assemblagc. Heevinced
a hatred of religion as we'll as of his kind, and
soon was known in the vicinity as the "lnfidel."
His wife survived their arrival but a few years.
She seemed gentle, crushed being, and in the
little intercourse she was permitted to hold with
those around her, gave evidence of fervent piety.
Her husband was uniformly harsh and unkind
to her. and her piety augmented her sufferings
] for if lie showed an antipathy to one character
more than to another, it was TO that OF chris
tian. IIisunkindness and brutality soon brought
her to her grave. At her funeral, no religious
rites were permitted in fact the presence OF a
minister of the gospel at her burial was prohib-
tied, and he sulleny suffered the kind Offices to
the dead, which necessity forbade him refuse.
His son, their only child, finding his home in
tolerable after the death of his mother, deserted
it at the age of twelve years, and providential-
" met, in distant state, with q benciactor
and friend, through whose kindness he was re-
ligiousv educated, and he commenced a career
of usefulness, as q clergyman in protestant
church. Arriving at manhood he repeatedly
sought reconciliation with his father, but was
as often repulsed with curses.
I After the death of his wife, and departure
of his son, the old man lived "solitary and o.
lone" A few years before his death, he caused
the cdifice. which bears the name of the "1nfi-
ders tomb to be erected, and invested in it the
property, which with his characteristic hatred
of his race he had determined should not be in
herited by one of human kind.
For months before he died, it was observed
by passcrs by, that he was becoming enfeebled,
and finally he was missed from his accustomed
scat before his door, and impelled by spirit OF
kindness and charity, his neighbors went to ms
house, and entering, found him almost in the
last stages of mortality, True to his nature to
the last, he received the kind attention which