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7WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1845
WI ti LIE veraul ALX.ICIN.....A#O have on file, and
shall give to Our readers, one of Willis' best tales, with
this title. Oir Athens friends will recognize Some of the
prominent objects in their beautiful scenery, of which fa--
miliar mention is made, and in the memory of some, the
scenes depicted, may. yet linger.
REPoIIT OP THE CO4SIISSIONEII OP PaTswva.--.we
are indebted to the Fics. Janina Bricnattran, for the Re
port of the-Cammts' sinner of 'Patents, showng the opera
tions of the Patent Office, during the past year. It con- ,
tains a variety of useful and interesting information,
principally regarding agrictilture. -'rho-modes of raising
the various erupts, their yield, and the manner of plant
ing, and application of manures, &c., are very fully
shown.
We extract—for the present—though we may recur
to this mass of valuable information again, • novel and
interesting ite6ount of an attempt to, increase the fertility
of land by electricity, made — to the Tring Agricultural
Association, and taken from the London Spectator of
Oetbe . r last
"Mr. Gordon described a new method of increasing
the fertility of the land—by electricity.
In Morayshire
,he met with a gentleman who com
municated to, him many agricultural facts, and informed
him that he had recently seen, on the farm of Findras
sie, a plat of land which seemed to - bear barley and clo-
ver as if they were growing on a dung-hill; and that
that effect was produced by .singular means, but easily
to be comprehended by persons versed in science. Per
hap, when he mentioned it, they would call him a wire
worm: and perhaps they would be astonished if he told
them that the most successful agriculturalists might be
the poacherS: for who would deny that they well knew
how to lair down wires ! [Laughter.] He came among
them armed lonly with a pole or poles eleven feet long, a
coil of common wire; and a compass; and with these
weapons be trusted he should, in a few minutes, convince
them that be could wield an agricultural power not- to be
despised. But to proceed. He wrote to the proprietor
of the farm at Findrassie, near Celia, [Dr. Foir—not
Faustus,] to open with a lecture on the subjecea large
room which he had built for agricultural purposes in the
county of Aberdeen. Dr. Forster; however was not able
so to do ;. but, with a practical liberality which marked
him a true agriculturalist, he was kind enough to write
an account et the subject which was a novel and surpri
sing„one of;the influence of electricity and galvanism on
the growth of plants as applicable to agriculture.
Many years since, Mr. Forster read in the Gardener's I
Gazette the account of an experiment made by a lady,
nhich mainly consisted in a constant flow or suuply of I
electricity (to be afforded by a common machine) to pro-
ceed from a summer or garden house, and which was
by;vvire, to a fixed portion of the surrounding !
ground : and the effect was, that vegetation did not cease I ,
ia the winter on the spot under . the influence - of this won
..deiful power; and that what snow fell during the con
l'inuatice Of the experiment never remained as it did on
the rest of the garden around. This impressed Mr.
Forster very much, and inducedhim to place a small
galvanic battery in action on a grass plot; and although
the power 'from it was very small, still the effect produ
ced fully confirmed the lady's experiment. This and oth
er facts Mr. Foster collected, led him to think that the
electricity of the atMosphere (a consonant current of
which 'vac found to proceed from east to west over the
whole of this earth's surface) might, by some arrange
ment, be usefully employed in agriculture; for Mr. Cros
se, of 'canton, had long since prover.l.that the free elec
tricity of the air might be easily suspended on poles of
wood, at Many feet from the earth's surface—the dimct
non of the , wire being due north and south by the com
pass; and many very interesting and important facts
and eipritnents have been recorded by Mr. Crosse, and
exam coll ' ected from a careful observance of the electrici
ty yroceeding from the suspended wire.
Mr. Forster next placed two poles four feet higlyin
his front lawn, r„Lahich had been recently laid down with
chevalier barley and grass, after draining and suhplough
ing it; and over those poles, which were due north and
south of each other, be stretched a common piece of iron
wire, fixing the two ends of it to stout wooden pins,
driven in close to the earth; and on the edges of the plot
of eight tag/ish piles, and around the edge, which were
strdelit lines, he sunk, about two ends of the suspended
wire, which were meant not to be too tight, for its con
traction, in cold nights, would break it in • two, or pull
away the fixtures. and thus defeat the object. Mr. Fors
ter fortn'ed two of these plots for experiment, measuring
eight Nome poles each. and then proceeded to criticise
his work and, to do so accurately, sought the aid of
‘• Noaris Popular 'Lectures on Electricity and. Galva
nism ;" and almost the first half 'hour's perusal showed
'him that tl-ere was such an error in one part of his plan
as would effectually defeat his intentions. This was,
that the point of a blade of grass or young corn plant
has the most extraordinary faculty or powar of attracting
er appropriating to itself all the free electricity present,
.at four"times the distance that the finest point of metal
would or could; so that, when the points of the barley
!dents should reach one foot high, all the electricity that
the suspended wire might before that have collected, and
conveyed the buried wire to the roots of the plants, would
be abstracted by the points - of the barley ; and thus the
suspended wire, getting nothing from the air, could not
of course supply any thing: by which all the induced
electrical influence would cease.
Mr. Forster, therefore, next clay placed poles eleven
feet high above the surface, with wires, Ike., exactly the
same, except that the space surrounded by the buried
wire was twenty-four poles, Englishlmeasure. Al*the
results are yet imperfectly known; but these were evi
dent: the barley plants on the two - smaller plots (of
eizht poles each) soon became darker in color, and grew ,
faster until they hail attained to about a feet in height
'the darker green color then -gradually disappeared; and,
at the end of a fortnight after, bere was no perceptible
difference but in the height of the young barley plants;
and even this ceased to be very apparent as the crop
ad
vanced. AVhan the barley of the larger or twenty-four
Not , ' plot was six inches high, it assumed the same lively
dark green, and grew fluster than the surrounding une
lectrilied barley plant; and this difference it maintained
up to the last—except that the color, of course, in time
came yellow; and it was curious that this change oe
lured later than 'in the rest p i f the crop. The nufnber
of stocks or shocks was also grimes, and each larger.
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when reaped ; the ease from one grain of seed ore Mare
numerous and longer; the corn, also, visk brger and
harder.
To make assurance doubly sure, Mr. Forster filed to
the short four feet poles of one of the smaller plots
ces of dry pine wood eight feet high, and appealed two
wires to them—one et that elevation, and Muctim a fool
lower down—and was pleased to find that, aim some
time, this plot partially resumed its former green
color. The experiment has also been tried at LsrPooti
with great success, 'on potatoes; the crops hein; much
larger than on the other parts of the land. 'lt was the
:opinion of those scientific persona of whom he had to - .
nuked, that even Professor Liebig wu not avian of the
application to airiculture of this discovery. It seemed,
then, that the meeting was now inpossessionif doable
details, which sure known to very few PeniOns io the
whole country. He hoped some gentleman 'world try
the experiments, and write upon the subject; for he had
written to the Royal Agricultural Society to offer £3?
for the best prize essay on galvanism sad elettbloOi as
applicable to agriculture."
the following acount, condensed from the travels
of the Duke de la Rochefaucauld Liancourt, a
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 07 TUR STATZ 07PES3SYL. French nobleman, who travelled through this
VASII; conraining a coPious ieleciian ofthe mit irt- valley in 1795. . He was a close observer of
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err-song/4th, traditions, biographical sketch ~ a n- every thing relating to the agriculture, land, &c.,,
ecdotes ke.. relating to the history bothkenercl and of our new country ; and, of course, took an es
local, with a topographical description of - 'non- pedal
interest in the settlements of his own,
re, and all the large towns in the state—by SHEIMILA
countrytnen. •
L. New Raren,Darrie & Peck, 1845. - .
•Sheshequin, or New Sheshequin, is a neat Asylum (Frenchtown) has been only fifteen
months established. Messrs. Talon and De
village on the left bank of the Susquehanna.
composed of farm houses principally. scattered Noaills, French gentlemen, came to this coun
for two or three miles along the road.
The fry from England, intending to purchase, cultic
Universalist church, the only one, stands near vale, and people 200,000 acres of land. They
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the centre of the village, about 8 miles froml9-
ad interested in their project some planters of
St. Domingo who had escaped from the rums
wands, and 6 1-2 from Athens. The sweet
vale of Sheshequin has been very properly cue- Me that colony with the remains of their fortune.
pared, by Mrs . J. H. Scott, the gifted •nisve ssrs. Robert Morris r ains o Nicholson
sold them the lands, and in Dec. 1793. tl3 fliat
poetess of the valley, to a miniature edition of
the Wyoming valley. It is about six miles in tree was cut .tt Asylum. ' Mr. De Noaills was
length by one or two in breadth , and the bred to manage the concerns of the colony at Phila.
fertile flats on which the village stands are do: delphia. Mr. Talon attended to the erection of
sed in by mountains on every sider except at be loghouses, and the preparation of land for the
romantic Passes through which breaks thebis- reception of the new colonists. They were
quehanna. Capt. Spalding, afterwards Gin. disappointed in the receipt of a part of the funds
Spalding, whose name is conspicuous in the a - upon which they. had relied, and were obliged
mils of Wyoming, had passed up through ti:s to relinquish their purchase and improvdments.
valley with Gen. Sullivan in 1779, and set hs They then became joint partners in the busi
heart upon its fair lands. After •the peace a .ness with Morris and Nicholson ; the quantity
1783 became up and settled here, together win of land was enlarged to a million of acres, and
his sun John spitting. Capt. Stephen Fuike Mr. Talon was to act as agent, with a salary of
and his sons - John and Reuben, Benjamin Cole. $3.000 and the use of a large. house. Igno.
Hugh Fordsman, Joseph Kinney, and Cul ranee of the language, want of practice in busi-
Thomas Baldwin.. Col. Franklin, Judge Gore. netts of this nature, other avocations, and the
and •• 'Squire" Gore followed iffe year after. embarrassments of the company, deprived
Col Kingsbery says that he came in '94, ant Mr. Talon of the happiness of opening a corn
the valley had then been settled eleven rears. fortable asylum for his unfortunate countrymen,
The following. is copied from d mannseript of aiding them in their settlement, and thus be
found among the papers of the late Mrs. Scots coining the honored founder of a colony. He
in the handwriting of Joseph Kinney Esq. - and Mr. De Noails;therefore, sold out to Mr.
.. The treaty held in 1795 with The Six IC:!-- Nicholson. Notwithstanding thet-e drawbacks,
lions, was one of much interest. About thrle I Asylum has already attained an uncommon de
hundred warriors, well dressed in Indian cos.- g ree of perfection, considering . its infancy.
tome, passed down the Susquehanna, and' un-I Thirty-houses are inhabited by families from
camped on the Sheshequin flats.
T he i r whoopi l St. Domingo and from France, by F r ench as .
and war-dance, although terrifying, still became tisane, and by Americans. Some inns and
interesting in the extreme. Gen. Spalding Mad.-1 two shops have been established. Several town
them a present of six thrifty. long-legged shoats Ishares (out lots) have been put into very good
(Col. Kingsbery says only' two.) turned fees I condition, and the fields and gardens begin to
eponthe large -flats. They selected as mans ,be productive. Considerable land has been clear
young runners, each with a scalping knife, iv,,l on the Loyalsork cr„ where the company
• immediately gave chase. This was fine spor ins allotted 25,000 acres, in part of 100,000,
for the inhalittants. The race . was long—the:l which the inhabitants of Asylum have purchas
striking with their knives at every sp p ostu ass: ; eel by subscription. The town-shares consist
Their mode or cooking would not suit our' re each of 400 acres, from ten to twenty of which
fined notions.,• The hogs were thrown into' 1 ate cleared. The owner can therefore either
large fire and the hair burnt off, which was thn.: settle himself, or intrust it to a farmer. The
o.nly dressing. They were then put into large) clearing of town-shares is effected by subscrip
kettles, with a little corn and beans, and cook• lion, $9 per acre being paid, provided at least
e'rh -- This, was their feast, and this they „w et! ' ten acres are cleared, of which_ five must be On
(Tmp-n-squanch. On their return from Phila- der fence. Mr: De Montule directs the clear
delphia they stopped at the same place. Here ing, the plan of which he conceived for the col°.
thee gave the whites a challenge to a foot-racesS. Mr. Nicholson. now the only proprietor,
and Wm.W. Spalding (still living in the Wy. has formed a bank of his million of acres, divi
sok valley) was selected by the whites. The led into 5,000 shares, each of 200 acres, at $2
whites were successful : this gave umbrage to 50 per acre, making $5OO per shale. They
the Indians. He then wanted -to run a mile, 'hear six per cent, interest, which increases in
which was of course refused ; and it was with proportion to the state of the land ; at 'the end
51 fifteen years, the company is to be dissolved,
the utmost difficulty that peace was restored, is
many of the Indians drew their knives." : and the profits and advantages to be divided
About the .year 'B7 or 'BB, Gen: Spalding among the shateholders. An office has been
was visited by John Livingston and others, ko established by the latter fur the directiOn of the
solicit his aid in effecting the memorable--leans ba nk -
of land for 999 years in New York. from-the Motives arising from French manners and
Six Nations. After the lease iris effected, "pinions have hitherto prevented even French
many moved to that country from the Simque.
families f ro, settling here, 'These are now,
hanna. and subsequently suffered much lots however, in great measure removed, and if the
and hardship by disputed titles. 0 company manage evith prudence, there can
(For an interesting account of Old Sheshel. hardly remain a doubt that Asylum will speech
quill see the history of the Moraviaus. shove; , s become a place of importance, as an empori-.
Just opposite Towanda, opens the beautiful , tm of inland trade. French activity; support
va sd with money, will certainly accelerate its
lley of Wysiix ereeks stretching away on seir ,
min th e and show that the enterprise and Beal
oral branches towards the north eastern corner of '
the county. In this valley are several pretty ' lsitY . of Frenchmen are equally conspicuous in
and flourishing villages—Wysox, 3 mike, My_ saisperous and in adverse circutnetnnees.
ember*, 4 miles, and Rome, 9 miles from To. The following families have either already
viemda On the high summit level at the head settled, or intended to : Mr. Deplacons, deity
of the creek is the neat vil age of Orwell, 14 s for Cauphine, in the constituent assembly ;
miles from Towandn, on the road to Montrose. 's has married Mademoiselle De Maulde, late
At Rome, the Sulphur Springs have gained. anoness of the chapter of _ Bonbourg. They
some celebrity, both as a watering-place and 'cep a haberdasher's shop. Their partner is
for their medicinal qualities- A spacious hotel Ir Colin. formerly Abbe de Sevigny, areli-dea
accomodates visitors. s se of Tours. conseiller nu grand rowel!. Mr.
The Connecticut Herald of 1817, says • b e Montnle, late captain of a troop of horse,
In the town of Wysox, Bradford co.. state of'
tarried toe lady of St. Domingo, who, resides
Pennsylvania, is the o ci-devant" residence of a . 2 :present at Pottsgrove.. Madame De Sybert,
resin of Mr. De Monttle, relict of a rich•plan.
hermit. • .1t is a beautiful Valley-, imbosomed by'
mountains. and refreshed by _ a small - river IS' . of St Domingo. M. Becdeilkere, formerly
which' loses itself in the waters of the Susque- - anon, now - a shopkeeper ; his ' partners are
1 4 two Messrs. De la' Roue, one of whom was
henna. The naive oh the solitary old man, who
was, a few years since, found dead in his cabin, isiterly a petit gene (Nonce, •and - the other 'a
was " Fenclor," Hence the place still does, - ea?taln - of infantry. - The latter has .mirriella
4 3 / 4, 6ter of Maclaine Pybert; M rid'slle; De , Berry.
and probably ever •will, retain the name of
o Fenclor Castle." This sequestered Spot, re- . Fs intends to establish an inn eight miles from
plete with the most delightful scenery. is ,now t , 'ltirn, on ihe roatl.to . Lriyalsock. ' 'Mr. Beau
ao. foimerle captain of infantry in the French
occupied by a gentleman of taste and , fortune—
^
.an emigrant from Connecticut—who recently marled an
in America under Potosky—
earth,. fri s kried an English lady—now - keeps an inn.
transplanted into that garden of nature,
rtIT Buzerd, A planter of St. Domingo, and phy
fairest flower, an amiable wife.
melt„ there
IttIRLINGTON is a village not long since start• ti •
has settled here with his wife.daugh
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star t• son, come negroes..the remains of-Iris
ed, about 8 miles west of To fwanda, where the o!slie. Mr. De Npailli, a planter of St. Do-
Berwick and Newtown turnpike crosses Sugar
creek. - ,nl llx st Mr. — Dantelot, of - F .0
ranche ompte,
- i 'V'm officer of infantry, 'who left France on
Triov is another pleasant village on Sugar
creek, Arun 20 miles limn • Towanda, where
the' Williamsport and Elmira- railroad crosses
the cr. •
• Mosatok, laid out a few years since by Gor
don F. Mason, Esq„ surveyor of the co., is on
Towanda cr., 4 miles S. W. of Towanda, where,
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY; AT TOWANDA, 13RADFDRD COUNTY, PA., BY E. S. GOODRICH &.SON.
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM AN'T QUARTER."
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the Berwick road crosses the cr. The railroad
to the coal mines, at the head of the Cr. ! was la
Cate(' through ' the village.. •
CANTON is a small village recently started on
the -Williamsport and Elmira raikoad, near the
source of the main branch of Towanda cr.
- ULSTER is a small village on the-right bank
of the Siiquehanna, half-way between Athens
and Towanda. .
Just above the mouth of Wyalusing, a small
.village has grown up since the construction of the
canal, and a mile or so below the mouth is the
extensive agricultural and trading establish.
ment of C. F. Welles, Esq. (The history of
the Moravian towns, near this place,
,is given
on pages) 137 to 140.
FRENCIITOWN is in Asylum township, on the
right bank of the Susquehanna, in a deep bend
opposite the , mouth of Rummersfield cr., seven
or eight mites. by land, below Towanda.
The village and township received their char
acteristic names from circumstances related in
a o Net
acenzin of the revolution, and arrived here des
ti, buttuns kindly received by' M. Talon,
aqM I , now engaged in agricultural _pursuits with
B lti:and suecees. -Mr. Du Petit: rhouarse
Office of the navy, who embnrked in an expe
d.ium, in quest of Mr . De la Petouse. fle:was
tic:tai le d by the governor of a Portuguese cola
ny in Brizil, sent to Portugal, stripped ofall his
'property. and only escaped further persecution
bylleeing to America, where he liveti free' and
happy, without want. He -is clearing two or
three hundred acres which have been presented
'to hitn. His Finial, mild, yet truly original
'temper, is adorned by a noble simplicity of man
ners. [Du Petit Thouars returned afterwards,
to France. commanded a ship :of the line, and,
was killed in the unfortunate battle of the Nile.]
Mr. Nores. a young genticman who embarked
with Du Petit"Thouars, and escaped with him
to this country. He was - forinerly one of Abe
secultir clergy of France—he 'now earns his
subsistence by cultivating the ground. *Mr.
Keating, an Irishman, late captain of the regi
ment of Welch. In St. Domingo he possess.
ed the confidence of all parties, but reduced the
most tempting offers from the commisioners of
the assembly, though democratic. He prefer
red to retire to America witnout a shilling, rath
er than acquire power and opulence in St. Do
mingo by violating his first oath. His advice
and prudence have, been of great service to Mr.
Talon, and his uncommon" abilities and virtue
enable him to adjust matters of dispute with
greater facility than most other persons. Mr.
Reiland and family, a rich• merchant of St. Do
mineer. just arrived. with very considerable
property, preserved from the wreck of an im
niense fortune. Mr. Caries, a priest and canon
with a small fortune—now a farrnet. _much re
specter!. Mr. Prevost, of Paris. celebrated there.
for his benevolence. .He retired to America
with some property, most of which he expend.
ed on a settlement he attempted to establish on
the Susquehanna, but without success. He now
cultivates his lot of ground on the Loyalsock
as if his whole life had been devoted to the
same pursuit ; and the Cheerful serenity of a
philosophical mind attends him in his retreat.
His wife and sister share his tranquility and
happiness. Madame D'Autremont, widow of
a steward at Parts, and three children. Two of
her sons are grown up; ens was a. notary. the
other a watchmaker ; hutlthey are now hewers
of wood and, tillers of the ground, highly respect
ed for their zeal, spirit. and politeness. Some,
artisans are. also establrehed at Asylum, but
most of them are indifferent workmen, and much
addicted to drunkeness. In time, American
families of better descririon will settle here, for
those who reside af present at Asyluu'are scarce
ly 'worth keeping. A great impediment to the
prosperity or the colony will probably arise
from the prejudices of the French against the
Americans. Some vauntingly declare that they
will-never learn the language of the country. or
enter into conversation with an American. Such
prejudices injure the colony.
•11"fr..K. is still living.- . —highly respected, and esteem
ed in the city of Philadelphia; to which place he remo
ved on the breaking up of the settlement at Asylum.
The Gipsy of the'Abrozzo.
, EY TYRONE POWER
[CONCLUDED.]
As the night advanced he boldly proceeded
in his plan. First, tearing down a large por
tion of the tapestry, he passed his hands along
the walls of his prison ; on three sides his
views were opposed by solid stone ; the fourth
he discovered, with confirmed hope, to be of
stout wainscot. But whither did the next
room beyond lead to ? or by whom might it
now be occupied ? CoUld nature support the
dense smoke that must attend his attempt to
burn a passage through here, for the escape of
which smoke not an outlet, existed, excepting
the window high overhead, any effort to break
which would alarm the yet wakeful inhabitants
of the castle, before his purpose could he half
effected. Then came the inure horrid sugges
tion. might he not, ere the stout oak gave way
before the flames. himself perish miserably.
tortured by a vain dream of freedom, while his
limbs withered within the folds of the terrible
agent : whoSe :lid he was about to invoke.—
These, and a thousand other fearful imaginings.
swept through the prisoner's mind, as he busily
rolleetPil a-portion of his straw, together with
some of the dry and mouldering tapestry, so as
to forma heap of combustibles immediately be
neath the wainscot.
',Thus prepared, ere he, applied'the light, he
again fixed his eyes upon the window..us file
expected from the star of his wild faith some
evident and-visible sign to direct him. Ho
now looked in vain ; the star shone no longer
upon him:. For a moment a shade of doubt
clouded his brow, ere he interpreted this
charTge : then ber.ding low his head he cried—
Thou art gone: thou wilt no longer let
thy free rays linger with these thrice-accursed
walls of stone—thou art gone. to light up the
dark mountain eilverstream, and thou
Callest on thy son to follow; thy free course, or
ibel--ever-blessed star of my fathers, be thou
obeyed!"
• As he concluded, he again bowed low his
head with a solemn earnestness of-voice and
manner, that folly bespoke :his ardent faith in
the strange creed he herd.
He, touched with hiS light a selected portion
of the straw, and the flame rose fiercely. against
the sturdy wainscot: that seemed in its strength
to defy the.. puriy effort.
The Zingaro patienly eat Crouching upon hill
hams, and from time to time carefully fed the
Slow'fiie,:iviii'eh. by degrees. 'gay.e certain evi
dence of its iratitle' and insidious power upon
the suiface . ,of [ the
,bliedeSing, blackened oak:
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-A little' whie longer. awl the wainscot be
ran, itself to ssir.t in its own destruction : the
bluish' flame hat nf first had I tit flickered.'for
a moment, tiltsteadilti and by fits upon its sue'
faco, seemed all at once-to fix its hold With a
tenacity not to be again shook off. and in a mo
ment after. it rushed in fierce trivmph over the
I •tissing nrood,. ; .. .
The . smpke becaroe dense, even, In suffoca
tion: nevertheless;stretAed at full length, with
his face close to the floor. ihe Zingaro continu-'
ed 'for a 'long time to endure this suffering, as
he carefully fed and directed theflarnes, which:
to his hopes; gave promise of freedom ; but at
length the heat and smokd combined might no
longer.be home with life. •_''hus made reckless
of the consequences, he suddenly
_smiled up,
•
and seizing the vessel which contained his
supply .cirwater..he
. aimed it against th e . lofty
window ; thetmmetliiite shiVer . ef fulling glaze
whieh followed bespoke the success of .114 ef
fort, while the huge mass of rrinke,liftirig 'itself
quickly upwards; left 'the floor'Comparatiiely
free fortreathieg. '•
The dangerous' consequences which had
made him so long defer this movement.; as- he
foresaw, almost immediately followed. First'
was heard the buzz of many mingled, - voices;
gathering in the court below. minark the thick
anioketia itrolled through the broken window",
.then followed an eager Cr . % tor the keys of the
tapestried chamber. Not an, instant-was to be
lost; and no sooner did the prisoner . hear these
sounds, than jatheriag together the stout cords
which had bound , his. feet. and hands, he with
their aid firmly :secured-
: the door inside; a
barely accomplished before he heard the quick'
tread
,of feet, and the hasty withdrawing of
;
bolts the heavy lock next turned in its,
wards, and an attempt was made to thrust open
the 'door. •
",Santa' Maria 'tie fast within !" . cried
voice the prisoner recognized • for Nicold7a
"'tis the body of the poor Zingaro,' doubtless:.
that has fallen against it—push stoutly, toge
ther, lads"—but the door again withstood their
united efforts: " Get axe and hammer quick-'
ly, some of you," continued Nicola; "the '
fire is certainly here ; 'iwas never a spark from
my lamp surely when I took the lad his supper.
Ring out the great bell ; call up my lord, the.
baron, or he will be burned in his bed else,
like the poor heathen within, whose flesh I ,
can plainly hear sputtering like chestnuts'
a-roasting."
A succession of sturdy blows rebounded from
the entrance, and immediately the Zinkaro
tried with his foot to force the crackling wain
scot, but it refused to give way. How to gain
more time ? already the door was tent-from- its
hinges and had been down, but that the assail
ants had retreated from the first burst of smoke,
calling loudly for water.
The Zingaro Saw at once that now or never
Camp the decisive moment—gathering there
fore the remainder of his straw and other fuel,
he quickly heaped it before the forced door,
and just as this was falling inwards, lie flung a
blazing Mass upon the ready pile—a wall of
fire in an instant supplied the place of the bar
rier just beaten down, and the terrified water
bearers ran from the spot, with cries of horror,
as they caught a glimpse of the dark form-be
yond, -which appeared to Move calmly and un
touched amid the blaze.
In a Mw moments the fallen door began, to
add fresh fuel to the fire; the greathell, too.
rung oUt the- au ful sound of flame.' Drunk
with the smoke, and maddened kith the 'pain
of his half -burned hands, the Zingaro also pre
pared for his fast desperate effort. Ile covero
his head and shoulders_ With thickened folds of
his caps, retired a few paces from the now
smouldering wainscot, then, rousing his whole
force for the attempt he rushed forward , and
dashed himself sideways against it. The half
burned boards burst before his weight, and
whelmed amid the blazing ruin, he rolled into
the next apartment.
Shaking the burning embers from about him,
he hurried across the unoccupied and unfur
nished room, and opening the door, enteredthe
passage beyond. . On the instant'a voice arres- •
ted his atep:
" Who art thou ?" demanded a man, advanc
ing hastily , from an adjoining door, holding
high a lamp,-- why am "'thus rudely arous
ed, and whence this peal of wild' alarm ?"
The Zingaro turned upon the inquirer, and the
light flashed upon his face - . Had the master
fiend himself, clothed in all his terrors,: -met
sight—for he was the-speaker L—he
could not have looked more dismayed than' he
now 'did, as lie gazed upon his late prisoner,
blackeited with smoke; and with garments •
glowing from the sparks of fire which still
clung to Mein.
What demon art thou?" again demanded
the baron as he stepped back towards the near
ly. clueddoor of the room just left by his sen
tenced,, prisoner. " speak !"
Demoniac indeed was the look the gipsy cast
upint 'his proud foe, as with a votes of thtinder
he shouted,
Lo Zingaro !" Then bounding forward
with a.' tiger-spring he dashed. the bewildered
baron' into the apartment already half-filled
with flames, and closing the door. quickly•
drew theholts. ^ He then turned into Mirialv's
now Vacant bedi , hamher, tore from the suinn
mous Couch and windows the. silken cords
which draped the curtains, and by theiraid de
scentled with speed and safety into the private
garden of the castello. ,
Already flames were, bursting from the close
ly barred windows of the room which held
the wretched Mirialva. The Zingarn paused
for a 'moment and looked upwardra 'wild
scream for help
. btrst upon his ear—a
roar nf curses and lond laughter fdlloWed.—
This last was the dorn,i+ies in the illery'. who
thus Mocked what they-took for the' cries- of
the 'miffering Zingaro. A -. yet wilder and mare
piercing cry of cony again. filled.the
againiwas. it echoed by fresh yells ortiavage
mnek;erv. '
tia!" exclaimed the listener. these
ahrie4a should have been mine, and such the
Infighter that I:v66ld:hive greeted mxnaptite;
Ha; la: ha ! roar on. ye arruiseill let your
shot: a - of jciv• ring in the ears of your unheeded;
burn tig, lord : and 'may - the Bends of Ehlis re
dont: e your cries. its his black soul ts -- lturled
amid their eternal fires !"
Dashing the hot sweat from his .snathed
brow. the gipsy made for.the olive-grove, and
withigreat dOcully-heid. his way, until. ex
hausted, he sunk upon the .wniaome margin of
the calm waters of Gli. Fordi rlniore.
CRA PTER IV
• On a gentle eminence. at the foot of the Ve
rner?, stood the , palace elf the Conredini irr,the.
tnitlet .of luxuriant vineyards. and immeaie!e/Y
encircled by .a•private,garden .01.seFa El. e*te!4..
beautifully laid puts and,,eviticing.a more care-,
fulau perintendence than „la usual,ly:beatowed
in Italy upon snail" prieariis: viii tide fti-'
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voted climate natdra litsShoikereirsie . gkneval
ly on every verdant Spot her 'fiiiiiiflestf trir, :
and tower:that the - wealthly iiiiii litalAdfire -
tivent to"- enclose • for 'private' livitirjAt3k6ll - '
which 'markt:enjoyed by iheln'eanesti
wh&celtivates his natiie fields. , . d r , --,-, -,
To the palace of • his-aneesioni. the Cant -
c i
Luigi hadat - cince borne his yonthfuf brlde, f ' A
suelt., he , had, legally. made her.. Fasten lit
church eould bind them , they Were now one.;
and although Itts, father,W,Ould-onlalecOu* i
.1
partly_"to , an ,newortity. bargiain
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claughter 7 lo-law„ba,wae not .in, hielipart Int l ! ~
te find that the happiness. of his son war ,q
cured - withOutSuch,icompromise;. did
,althor„
Loigra'attempf,Would, . had it beeri,k - nOwnte, ,
him. have been niet by his fixed ' opPoilitioiii
the die heing'iiirly cast, he•repeived hie ion:
with' forgiveness ; and his ;help -rtiede dangler
with a cordial welcome `and a father's
in' - -. •
t : ' , -,. --u- -F' MeV
Letters were himed . ttelydesPaletie : dlo 4 ,
Baron di Mirialii,io sitgest - tel'im the nee -
shy of ful fi lling the, contract ; , entered,-iota, '
i tf
his deceased, Lir - Other, or,otherwise prepating,t
,abide, the Meet! judriment snd probable_di -,
'pleasure; for to thefoot-Of the thrtincLionp,,,
fl a.
diately upotii refusal. Conradini - resolved f t it
bear,the claims of his soti, - and apPeario "ilti
justice of his sovereign. ; '"
The messeng,er despatched with the' iihnV i t
demand bad now been absent the full rime 0;
cessary for his journey: and" beady' expeetine
his arrival, the Conte .: Luigi and his bride 1.1
beneath a veranda that commanded an -amp 6
view of the lovely.bay. . r '- ~.' • '
The moon was slowly' rising in het folk' a
majesty, and had. already,: silvered .with , b r
light the edges of the lofty cliffs, rising high',
1
over the picturesque Castel
,c;Clvo, which,witit ;
itself lost in their d eep shadows- The CIPO't
isles beyond just showed inihieitreme d' s:
tance like globes of silver floating on the da , k
bosom , or the glassy 'sea. Not fat
,ter oo t ' d'
might be heard the cries o( the fi shermee., s'
they hauled their boats aboveihe meat of t if;
' waters. accompanied by the hoarse lowriiitri f
thesurf, rollingtin round the long-contitined liti.
of beach. Nearer the palace all wiethrowirib i O .
deep shadow by the stately silver piaci; ishichi'
planted in thick row., covered it in front.ii iv
a noble guard. while many clomp* of swee t] •
scented- shrubs were made to encroaehito
within a few pacesof the window . where cat •
lovers. -
Constance listened with -a : , .charmed : eari to
her lord, as he pointed out the various 4;04
of the scene, with all the enthusiasm of "a
poet,,
and with the !pie ; of :`a patriot for his native
Napres.
- But the night air is freshening,,and ji?o,'
love, must be wearied With iny, legends or he,
past glories of Naples, tin& of iriipsriiit Ca ri
„and its horrors. They are twice dear - to a
for they are associated with my evelychildi
joy and sorrow. , They first stole'on mY wt
doting eag„r ears, in all the exaggerateckiel
of my good old nurse, and were, in after d'a
made the reward of well-doing, as on.thiev
spot they were described in the grandeur
simple history, made still .more noble by,
glowing eloquence of my aged • prece-plor s •
excellent Carlo Mattel. Come. we will e
die apartment—see, the lamps are,. alre
lighted : come, and you shall shame iny i t
ousness by playing one.of ,those wild . silo
tain.aiis we have so often sung together
we sauntered throug your'sweet 'vale
Salmona "
"Ah !" said Constanza;viith i sigh, -- as In'
recollection of her own birth-place rose f •eili
upon her memory, " loved - valleyi Shill I.
ever again behold 'thee? ever vig,ain wanderiby
those clear waters, where 4..:11ave iss•• 0 e ft
bounded on the light toot of childhood-: -,.!
" And triAlie. young days-of .our, love: 0. 1-
1i
whispered , Luigi. ..• Oh. r fear . not, tlearesti
your uncle will scarce date abide the sovereign s *
command, Which he knows :must fellow, likr
father's appeal. fle will Yie(Li to swFing-Re Is*
sity, doubt not; and soon again shall yo*A
iii the antique..br4 of yOur castellik, and sin to:
me the country's gentliftiOngs in piraise:ef to e s *
l
own poet andMmonn: s e pride . . - .:: .' i
TogechWth'ey sip , W: entered' the' apartin
throwing 'W-11.1Vilib c asement, which, opener
the ground. cot : imhnia seated heiself ciPtin
to it, -aiitl in i t of anxious metancluidyl
tinued - -- I" . --- ' -•-t
4.l•lriintv nor, my- imigi,.ivhat so:opisre
me, ban my heart is ever and anon 'Sized
a throbbing which threawns , ereft;:to , lntrail
my mind. too, has been.allihia dar.-fdled
dismal. fancies.".. . " •
What can chill thee,thuar.. answered
Conte ; as he roadly fifisied
marble.,brow.. ..Thou an happy,, my
Coastanzal?" _
neinting with, .tenderness: Ate
eyed upon;,her' Se
pli e d= • ' • .
• Happy ! Luigi, am I not with thee
I not thine owd'eonstanza 1 BitV. - wettitd
this tardy courier- were returned
not the fierce nature of Carlettertli - ;
NV hen trellect owhis.hatreili ott:bis darini
his vengeance—oh I. Luig4: can speak)
but at this hour youilife.is petits'
at the will.of• the most,
reckless of men,",
"Tush,.titsh!indeed
what, do you . think lfirialva..hae.
himself? Too Well' he . .k - nows . ..,
vigor and our house's "poWei,, ft
any 'evil wrtiught•Ori itte; his own
structinn. I would I were but bal
Of the safety of risq riner•Zingardial
I , fear me. was unitised - brieflaw,
gle. this eery. Wins; . - thir . hissi= hot
and hawk - f Own to save -him from
and that is higher prieing than was
put on him or any of his,kind.;"
They arc indeed 'a .wayward,
sore.rutrering race," repli ,d Corset
if eyer.l am again, , restored IR,
_the"
fathers . ,-;yoe. Luigi..;nu s I ook *nisi
dcring;isettfor *e sake.O(liiiiiivt
forte ihe springs id ca.pofJ
died to, have that fortimeAt
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