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Newspaper Page TextSHROMCLfc Ai\|i SENTINEL. A U G i; S T A. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7. The Census and (Jen. Glascock. From the Con titutionalist of Thursday we per ceive that Gen. Glascock says he has been “ again assailed ty the Chronicle & Sentinel in relation to the Census.” Veil, it is have been in the habit of assailing the hirelings of this Administra tion, ai d we shall continue to do so of this and all other Administrations, when the duties have bren discharged in such manner as the taking of the census of Richmond county. We have yet to .earn that he can receive an office and neglect its duties, to travel over the State to electioneer and escape that exposition which his course merits. We knew the taking of the census had been neglected —that the time which should have been devoted to that object, had been devoted to the cause of him by whom that office h id been confer red—and we farther knew that the census had not been correctly’ taken, and we mentioned three heads of families who had never been called on — or their census taken—and we have since heard of others, and we have no ioubt there are many more still. And if they’ will report themselves to us we wilTvepoit the facts through our columns,and show the people how the duties of officers under the Gen eral Government are discharged, regardless of who may’ or may’ not be “ assailed .” Pennsylvania Elections. Pilot Office, Baltimore, Nor. 2. Twenty-three Counties give a Whig gain of 2,396 votes. The State is safe for Harrison. P. S.—9 o’clock, A. M.—The mail is in, 24 Counties heard from. Whig gain 6,503. The Baltimore Patriot of the 3d inst. gives re turns from 35 counties, showing a nett Whig gain of 5872 votes since the Congressional election.— The Madisonian,of same date, gives returns show ing a Harrison majority 4,210 in 42 counties, which gave aV an Purcn majority'of 4645 at the Congres sional election; and adds, that the remaining 13 counties voted as follows on the 13th ult. Van Buren, 15,727 Harrison, 13,207 Van Buren majority, 2,529 The Philadelphia Ledgei, of Monday, says that Harrison’s majority in 42 counties is 4210, and the 14 counties yet to be heard from gave a Van Buren majority of 2>oo at the Congressional election. The Philadelphia National Gazette of the aftcr tornoon of the 2d, gives returns from ail the coun ties in the State but 18, and makes Harrison’s gain so far 4391. The vote in Pennsylvania will he very close. Ohio Election. Wheeling Times Offjce,} November I, 4A. M. 3 REPORTED MAJORITIES. Belmont county—l7B gain for Harri on over Corwin’s vote ;3U for Bimey—one district to hear from. Jefferson county—not all heard from—Old Tip runs ahead of Corwin 5b votes, and may’ reacli 100_ \V ashington county’—2oo reported as a gain for Tippecanoe and Tyler too, over Corwin. Musk ingum, complete, 1600 maj. Guernsey, complete, 420 maj. imported large \\ hig gain in Pony, Hocking > Coshocton, and Fairfield. We have several letters from other parts of Ohio, all going to show that Harrison’s majority'will be immense. The majority of Mr. Geddings, (Whig) recently elected a member of the next Congress, from the 15th Congressional District of Ohio, is 5,682. Virginia. The Richmond Whig gives the returns of Rich mond city and Henrico county. In the former, the whigs have a majority of 405, being a gain of 88. In the latter, the whigs have 98 majority In Chesterfield, the administration is stated at 294. We gather the following particulars from the Norfolk Beacon „• Norfolk borough, Harrison majority 231 ; Norfolk county, do 80; Princes Anne, do 132; Suffolk, at 2 P. M., do. 147 Rawle’s precinct to be heard from. From the Baltimore Patriot, Nov. 3, Maryland Election. The result ot the election in Baltimore c ty is given below. It will been seen that, the Van Bu reu majority is reduced to 31, being a Whig gain of 239 on the Slate election of the 7th ult. CIXT OF BALTIMORE. Har. V. buren. Har. gain. V. B.gain. Total, 7295 7326 262 24 Van Buren majority 31. Our account of gain and loss is by comparing the vote of yesterday with that of 7th October. At the election for State Senator on the 7th October the Van Buren majority was 270, and and at the Mayor’-selection on the 19;h, it was 232. Making a Whig gam of upwards 200. At the October 7th Election the whole num ber of votes polled in the city was 14,414. Yes terday the whole number was 14,621 —showing an increase of 207. Correspondence of the American. Annapolis, Nov. 2, 1840. —The boat leaves to-day earlier than on the day of the last election. At half-past 12 o’clock, the Whig majority was 40. We expect the Whig ticket will prevail by a majority of 40 or 45 votes. BALTIMORE COUNTY. President, Nov. 2. Senate, Oct. 7. Har. V. B. W L. F. Ist district.. 196.. .405 190 358 2nd district,. 210. ..253 178 2*23 9th district,. 1 55.... 257 170 244 Apalachicola, Oct. 24. More Ixdi an News.— liy the steamboat Lou isa, Capt. Smith, arrived this morning, we learn that a party of Indians attacked the plantation of Col. Gamble, in Leon county, and carried away one negro woman, but shortly afterwards meeting a party of whites, they permitted her to escape. Not far from two centuries ago the Scottish Legislature enacted, that “ a good and sufficient school shall be erected and maintained in every parish.” To these five hllle words, “a good and sufficient school,” introduced into an act of Par liament. not longer than a man s thumb, is Scot land indented at this day, for nearly every solid glory she possesses. ELEC TI « N H ETIRXS. PRESIDENTIAL- CONCRESSION AL VOTE. ' VOTE. A tr, £ 11 =: £ Q “ 1— 3 1 -i COUNTIES. -• w 1 3 * ? 1 : :f ? | Anplirg,.... .... 100 115 Baker 199 239 Hauhviu,.... 731 533 ....| 33*> 323 Bibb, IS 1 675 676 Brysui, 63 j 89 36 Bulloch, 25 386 7 36 j Burke, 593 195 523 271 Butt* 233 392 Cam Jen *96 227 Campbell *99 030 Carroll, 256 4.0 l Ca55..!....' 147 .... 489 662 Chatham.... 591 647 .... 556 6(1 Chattooga, 211 268 Cherokee, .... ....: 361 004 Clarke 630 319 619 360 Cobb 42S 6>B 407 6n9 Columbia.... 470 223 .... 479 27 4 Coweta, 50 1 68 i 654 Crawford,.. . 435 459 4171 448 Dade *4.5 Decatur, .... .... .... 4->4 24S DcKalb, 6J4 753 ....l 616 753 Dooly, ! 228 339 Early, 24<> 354 ! Gffitigham,.. . 1-58 35 -•••! 173 75 ! Elbert, 958 103 909 133 Emanuel,,... • 124 170 Favelte, 130 j 406 543 Floyd, 271 266 .... 26. 281 Forsyth,.... 348 457 ....i 33b 511 Franklin, .... ....j 433 813 Gilmer, .... ....j 84 338 Glynr. r 110 28 Green 594 127 ..J 840 106 Gwinnett,... 125 : 703 680 ilabcisbam,.. 290 ‘6l ....( 344 802 Hall 443 304 527 624 Hancock,... 482 241 469 24S Han is, i 933 3>6 Heard, j 328 374 Henry, 931 794 853 782 Houston,.... 97 657 6*7 Irwin, 60 I v ß Jackscn, 30 544 569 Ja-per, 495 494 .... 510 509 Jefferson.... 457 89 .... 438 96 Jones, 107 497 458 Laurens, 442 4 Lee, 302 153 Liberty, 65 151 121 Lincoln, 317 123 294 ?54 Lowndes 412 123 Lumokin.... 355 736 .... 294 748 Macon, j 355 3-5 Madison, 357 286 1 324 297 Marion, j 357 312 Mclntosh 16 j KK 145 Meriwether, 736 790 Monroe, 796 675 .... 818 733 Montgomery’, •••• : 202 7 Morgan, 478 278 .... 4SI 330 Murray, .... , ...j 234 481 Muscogee,... 235 m 959 848 Newton, 988 355 .... 959 39n Oglethorpe... 654 127 .... 604 132 Paulding 243 263 Pike, ; 526 626 Pulaski, 37 | 21' 315 Putnam,.... 468 310 .... 4 ~*‘ l! Rabun, 26 31 1 Randolph, 540 592 Richmond, ~ 939 406 .... 893 501 Scriven, Ino 199 .... 172 237 Stewart, .... .... BS7 775 Sumpter, .... .... 446 371 Talbot. 152 ’ SBB 820 Taliaferro,... 431 47 .... 396 6) Tatnall, 259 24 Telfair, .... 187 131 Thomas, \ 440 145 Troup, 1116 433 Twiggs, 24 376 423 Union, 94 422 Up50n,...,., 632 293 .... 637 308 Walker, .... .... 380 509 Walton, 102 .... 528 681 Ware, ; 201 46 Warren, .... 552 213 ... .1 582 336 Washington . 593 453 ....; 579 517 Wayne..... .... 75 SO Wilkes. 438 3-53 .... 462 3*4 Vl.k.scr .... 47 465; 60'’ New description of Cotton. —The New Oil cans Bee says—A new species of Cotton has been discovered by Mr. L. C. Hornsby’, of Covington, La. He says the bush grows from 8 to 10 feet high, branching out in proportion, producing from two to thiee thousands pounds to the acre. This Cotton is of long staple, and very fine texture. Mr. Hornsby thinks it as fine as ordinary silk. He says one seed was found two years since in a chest of lea, import ed from China ; he planted it, and saved the se--d which was its production, and now offers a few for sale. If this Cotton proves as good as represented, we can then count upon a new era in the cultiva tion of the great staple. We think at least some attention should be pa id to it by our planters. They will see a specimen of the Cotton, and its seeds, at tti* store of William Dinn, Esq. 17 Common street. By reference to our advertising co umns it will be seen chat Mr. Bryson, of this city, offers the above seed for sale. From the Savannah Republican of the sth. Late and Important From Florida. The steamer Charleston, Capt. Pitcher arri ved here yesterday from Black Creek. Captain P. informs us that a report reached Garey’s Fer ry hefere he left, that on Saturday last, Lt. Jtr dd and lour soldiers- were supposed to have been kill ed by the Indians, near St. Augustine. A dis missed soldier w ho came into St. Augustine, states that he was ahead ol the above named party and heard the report of the rifles and saw Ll J. and the soldiers fall from their horses. From the fact that nothing has since been heard from them, it is leared that the report msy prove true. Extract of a letter to the Editors of the Republi can received from an officer of the Florida Army. Pilatka, Nov, Ist. 1840. By las) night’* express, I am enabled to give you the lesult of the conference of the Indians with Gen. Armis»ead at Tampa Bay. Halleck Tustrnugga, Tiger-Tail, and six oth ers, came in at the appointed time, and among other things, ag'eed to meet the General with 3i)o of ihcir people at Fort King on the 7lh inst. for the purpose of further negociati.»ns. Itisexpect- j ed that the two Chief's named, will proceed to Washington ana visit the President in propria persona. If they should deem it their interest to come in good faith, it mav end the war, as they probably have it in their power to dictate terms of peace : but I opine that if the war is ended only upon ihe good faith of the Indians, it will last forever and a day. They are like England on the boundary question: they will appoint commissioners and negotiate until doomsday—and until doomsday hoid on to tnecountry. Col. Worth, the gallant commander of the “Republic’sown” with two companies, lefi here a few days since for Fort King, where he vvid meet the balance (8 companies) of his regiment. We are indented to our attentive correspondent at St. Augustine, for the “News” of the 30th ult. torwarded by the Charleston, from which we ex tract what follows: CONTINUED OUTRAGES OF INDIANS. On Wednesday afternoon last, from sixteen to twenty Indians made their appearance on Colonel Hanson’s plantation, about two miles from this city, robbing the negroes of all their blankets and winter clothing. Their intention was to fire the buddings, and make prize of the negroes—but some of them having escaped, and making their way to town, was fallen in with by one or two gentlemen who had been hunting, and they push ed on with the intelligence. The quick appear- ELECTION RET aace of a lew persons from town, tended lo hasten then; away with their plunder, and enabled the j negroes whom they had w.th them, to tall back in the eogac cano held, and thus escape them- One Indian, without baggage was fired upon, supposed 1° be JVifd Cat. as he left the enclos ure without any of the plundered property. They fired one rifle into the dwelling house, which near ly wounded the overseer. The property taken, amounts lo a considerable sum. INO other dam age , Lieut. Brown. 3d Artillery, was very promptly on the spot with eleven men, and remained du ring the night on guard ; and yesterday morning proceeded, in command of Lieut. Graham’s de tachment of dragoons, and his own command, with Lieut. Wcslcott of the Infantry, in pursuit. We ask. why has not this plantation been pro tected ? Why the zeal of establish inga post two miles from it, when the owner has repeatedly and again asked for protection 1 An unfortunate and truly melancholy occur rence took place at Col. Hanson’s plantation at half past 2 o’clocK. Thursday morning The sentinels having discovered, in two places, per sons approaching, retreated to the house, within which the small force on the plantation were, and apave the alarm. Immediately Lieut. Brown, with his men, proceeded to reconnoitre, as well as the four or five friends >vho had offe.cd lo remain on the place ; and having been on the watch for ; upwards of 30 minutes, t!u-y discovered persons j moving quickly up, the'Scjeant tired, wounding Lieut. Graham, of the Dragoons, in the arm, and i killing Serjeant Wolcott, of his company. Lieut. Graham, it seems, was approaching with great ! caution, (he having, at Picolala, received an ex | press, informing him that Indians bad been at the plantation.) and ihe fact of the alarm having la ; ken place some time previous, brought him in I collision with the troops in charge, who were anti cipating the approach of the enemy. At tae mo ! ment preceding the fire, they were heard to spring ■ their bayonets, which sounded tnui h like the click I ofcocking a gun ; and it was under these circum \ stances the accident ociured. Fortunately Dr. j Barnum was one of the gentlemen who had re mained for the protection of the place, in connec tion with Lieut. Brown and 11 men of Ids com puny, and his services were very promptly and beneficially rendered Lieut. Graham. Serjeant VV’olcott was brought into the house immediately, but he was dead, Lieut. G’s wound, thought se vere, is by no means of a dangerous character, and he will, in a very short time, rejoin his com pany. A detachment of Captains Micker’s and Pelli i cer’s mounted volunteer force, proceeded on Tues i day last, at day light, to Musquito beach. The Indian signs were fresh in that neighborhood; and a.small party of gea.lemen hunting at Mala i Crmpra, discovered such evidences of their prox j imity to the enemy, that they left foi this city. The escort which came in with the Mail on Wednesday last, when about fifteen miles from Jacksonville, discovered a poney feeding in some high palmetto grass. On nearing him, he pul led as though held by some one, and succeeded in escaping, although the escort made every effort to overtake him. From the fact of his be ing discovered in that situation, there is every reason to infer that he belonged to Indians. from the Charleston Mercury of yesterday. Six Days Later from England. The ship Florida, Capt. Moran, arrived here I yesterday. By her we have received Liverpool papers to the 9th, and London to the 6th ult., inclusive. They oxhibit still a state of gieat, and j iu France, increasing agitation on the subject of '■ the Eastern question. In England the press is almost unanimous for peace—in France for war, but the “dreadful note of preparation” in both countries is swelling. Still it can hardly he said that they have advanced a step farther towards war than by the last news Beyrout has cer tainly been bombarded and taken, as well as some ; other fortifications, but thougn Fiance has there | upon quickened her preparations, still mere is no intimation that that alone will be considered a I cause for war. It is said in the London Sun of 1 the Bth, that M. Thiers had despatched to the English Government bis ultimatum, stating ( n what terms of forbearance on the part ot the four powers. France would abstain from hostilities. Tais paper, the contents of which are as yet un known, is of the utmost m erest. It is, however, said that France will certainly resist, if a Russian i fleet passes into the Mediterranean, or if any at i tempt is made to execute the decree of deposition against Mehemet Ali. The London papers also say that Russia is concentrating great forces at Odessa, and that Turkey had her aid. na val as well as military, to put down the Vice roy of Egypt. This is the state of the Eastern question. S iat i is more quiet, and it is said that Espir tero is in a fairway of reconciling all diffieu.lics and r-storing order. We subjoin such extracts as it is in our power to make from papers that came to hand at a late hour in the day. The London Sun of the Bth savs:— “ The excitement caused yesterday afternoon by the warlike accounts from France, and the report that the Bank was about to taise their dis count to 6 per cent, still prevails in the money market, and consols have again receded, fluctuat ing from 86-L down to 85§, at present may be quoted 85§. The speculators ana jobbers are now anxiously waiting ior further intelligence from Paris, to ascertain the result of the French Cabinet Council, which was to he held on Tues day, which we expect will be received in the coutse of this day.” London, Oct. 5. Our Paris correspondent writes that M. Thiers has already proposed and insisted, in the Coun cil, on a declaration of war. on sending troops to the Rnine. and also to Alexandria, in despite of the blockade. On these questio s.M. Thiers was in the minority. On Monday or Tuesday simi lar proposals will no doubt he made, accompanied | by oilers ot resignation. 8o that, whatever be i the result, the moment is critical. We stated yesterday that the decisive war mea sures could not he taken hy the French Cabinet, j without an immediate split therein, and the with drawal of three or four Ministers. We have but | to peruse the articles of the Constitutionuel and the Journal dcs Debates of Sunday to be convin ced of the truth of this. The Journal des Debats, the organ of the Court, of the Conservatives, and of the peace i party, though not of paiz a tout prix, declares 1 that the events of Beyrout, however serious, were still nothing more than the foreseen consequences of the treaty, and that those who did not quarrel with the treaty have no right to get into a furious passion and declare war on account o the conse quences. The organ cf M. Thiers, on the con trary considers the events of Beyrout as quite i altering the question—as being a direct blow to the hopes which the French had entertained ot conciliation. The bombardment is represented, as substantial violence lowatds the Pacna, —mor- al violence towards France*” The result of the trial of Louis Napoleon was, that the Prince and his principal companions in the insane enterprise were found guilty. The following are the sentences passed upon them: Prince Louis Napoleon, perpetual imprison ment in a fortress. Count Montholon, 20 yeais detention; Voisin, 10 ditto; Mesotron, 15 ditto, Parquin, 20 ditto; Bouffet Montauban, 5 ditto; Lombard, 20 ditto; Forreslier, 10 ditto. Second Rank.. — Batail'c, 5 years detention; Aladenize transportation lor life; Lahorde, 2 years detention • Desjaidine, acquitted; Galvanj ditto; De Lambert, ditto; Bure, ditto. HNS. Legislature. Nut cm it XH 4, 1840. The following standing committees were an nounced bv the President of the Senate: On Priv, leges and Elections. — Messrs. Wil liamson, Gordon, Floyd, Echols, and Dawson. 0/j Enrollment. Messrs. Cone, Waters, Waldhauer, Morris, and James. On Petitions. Messrs. Guess, Chastain, BmitU of Bryan, Strickland of Ware, and Coii nor. On Eng osfting Journals. —Messrs. Vincent, Godard, McConnell. Mays. and Cameron. Among the bills introduced in ine Senate, there were three by Mr. Mdler: one in regard to taxes and fixation; another in regard to the purchase of the Augusta Bridge by the City Council, transiierring all the privileges of the former own ers to the present owners, &c. And another Dill for the organization of a Court for the Cor rection of Errors. The bills i.; regard to a sys tem of taxation, and to the organization of a Court of Errors, was ordered to he printed. A resolution was adopted by both Houses, ap pointing Friday next fur the election of a Judge tor the Superior Courts of Coweta Circuit, of ao Attorney General and several Solicitors General. Constil uti onalist . Fromi the Louisville Neil's-Letter. Ignatl :s JPerez. BY J. ROSS BROWNE. I. THE DIS OTERY. i Great was the excitement in Padua ! Crowds of j anxious citize s and strangers poured into the cha- ; pe! Nostra signiora Monte. I lie death-bell toiled; I dismally swept the knell from the bourne of the ; dead.* Hurried along by the human tide a tail I and handsome < avalier. in a superb chariot, drove ! towards the SantaCasa.f Alter some fruitless es- ! •Previous to interment the body of a deceased person is u-ually deposited for inspection in the [ chapel in Padua. + Hoiy house, forts to elicit a woid of information from the foot- I passers, he addressed a shabby mendicant: “ Whence this crowd, my man, and wnat is the object of curiosity r” “ Ah, sire, little I wot of ihe matter: there is a ' mystery —the whole is a mystery.” But quick ! what is it ?” “ A mystery —a foul mystery” “ Tell me, or hy —?” The mendicant had dis appeared, and the threat of the cavalier fell un heeded on the crowd. Onward they pressed. The chap. 1 was tea lied, and the chaiiotcer descended and entered the holy house. With difficulty* he won his way to the altar, where, stretched on the sacramental tahlc,|lay a corpse, clotted with blood, and evidently, from the costume, that of a female of high rank, beside the dead lay a knife, also stained with blood, the sight was truly shock ing ; bu*. its honors seemed doubly magnified to the cavalier He turned pale—trembled violent ly—ami retired in the utmost confusion. “ Follow !” cried a voice from a secret place of observation, “ ’tis be ! ’tis he ! —follow him ( guards!” Several officers fol owed the retreating person, who, mounting his chariot, drove with the greatest precipitation to a in n-ion in a fashionable part of the city. The primers placed themselves iu sight of bis door 11. THE CONSULTATION. “Zounds!” cried the fugitive, dashing a stout bolt across the door —“Zounds, I arn betrayed!” and for a moment he stood stili—his hands clench ed and his eyes fixed in th ught. Suddenly he darted from his reverie,and drawing a small w his tle, blow three blasts. In a moment several armed men stood in the passage. Motioning for silence he addressed them in a low voice : “My comrades, we are betrayed I The sbiri arc upon us ! An hour hence we may be in the hands of the Podesto !” “ Nay—these swords shall save us !” “ Be calm !” “ Death to the tyrant!” “Hist! no noise!—,io resistance! Stratagem may pieserve us, but fuice cannot ! Maroli, the cutler, mud be sent for. lli» knowledge of the city will aid us.” “ True—away Alexis !” HI. THE CONFESSION. Shortly after the sbirri, or official guards, had stationed themselves near the mansion—which they discovered to be that of Don Ignatius Perez— a servant wes seen issuing from the door, in great haste. Followed by a couple of trusty officers he was observed to enter the shop of Maroli, chief ! cutler in Padua, t rescntly, he returned, accom panied hy the cutler, w ho glided stealthily into his master’s house. Ihe guards watched impatiently —nothing transpired for an hour, when Maroli made his appearance and hastily wended his way to his shop. Here he was apprehende bytiieoffi cerr., and carried before the Podesia. He refused for some time to answer the questions put to him. “ Let him suffer the torture !” said the Podesta. The horrid instruments were produced. Maioli | fell upon his k. ees and cried, | “ Have mercy ! lam guilty !” He was then or.lere ; to confess his own crimes, j and also his implication with Don Ignatius. The cutler paused— hen procet ded .* “ It is now several years since a tall peisonagc, diessed in the costume of a Venitian nobleman, entered my shop, and draw ing a knife of peculiar shape, demanded if I had any to match it. 1 re plied in the negative; but said I cou d quickly | manufacture one. He left an order for some thirty i of a similar kind, for which he paid iu advam e an j enormous price. His mam ers were polished and ; insinuating —his person the most perfect specimen |of manly beauty 1 had ever seen. During eur re- | ; peated meetings he managed lo awaken my avarice I by glowing descriptions of tiie lucrative profession ; he lo lowed himself; and lu’nig by similar ad dress despatched my lew qualms of conscience lie completely won me to ihe < harms us a piedatory life. In order to lull suspicion it w-as agreed that 1 should continue in the cutlery business, which w*ould serve not only that purpose, but lo enable ■he company (for there were some twenty concern ed) to have professional implements in the way of keys pick lotks. and. knives, manufactured with out expense, or danger of exposure. < >ur nightly meetings took place at the residence of Don Igna tius Perez —the chief of the fraternity ; and tame we concerto i schemes for the succeeding night’s depredations. Neatly' all the accomplices of Don Ignatius wi re young men of the greatest apparent respectabilry ; their manners weie assiduously cultivated ; their persons naturally captivating, and their address c r summate. Each had a flat tering title ; and each acted his pait independent of his fellow. In company they were perfect strangers—except when such accidents as a mutual introduction rendered acting of this sort unneces sary. So excellently o gani-ed. and so ihotoughly systematic were the rules of the society, that our depredations were carried on with the utmost impu nity. Regular hours were set apart by Lon Igna tius—who. being himseli a great nobleman, though one of very dilapidated fortune was well qualified for the task—to instruct us in the refinements and courtesies of high life. Uur proficiency was won ! derful. However superhcial our education, we always had on hand such a stock of bon mots, high j mounding phrases, ana titles of the newest works, | as caused us to be looked upon with particular re i sped. We also managed to be first in all the fash ions and adornments of a personal nature; and S when we figured in society it w as of course in the i highest ranks. By these means we had access lo | the jewelry and costly ornaments so much in vogre i among the rich ; and hy means of our address we | occasioi ally manied a lich heiress whom we thought proper to ie;.\e as soon as we had secured her fortune. It was ihe usual policy on orcas ons of this sort to wear large moustachios and whis kers, change the hair and complexion and alter the voice in a suitable manner for a thorough meta morphosis. Another lucrative speculation in I which we were particularly adep was that of transforming ourselves into prieMs whenever the death of a wealthy nobleman ollercd a chan e lor money-making; noi was it at all uncommon for the most ungodly to perform Christian penance and surprising feats of piety at the c hapels of St. An thony, St- Chivos*on or N’ustra Siguiora Monte, to toe admiration ol the worthy citizens of Padua. It was not a little curious that those who performed these parts received not only the ingenious confes sions ot the rich, but double the amount of chari tal ;e donations, which H o e waoassume 1 the garb of beggars could extract, with a i their skill, Cur i favorite mode of speculation, however, was supe- I lioi in invention to any ot these. There was a soitof hell in aby stiect, which the fashionable Legislature. 1 voung prodigals of the city Irequeuted, to court the sjniles of fortune W itil admirable still wc were accustomed ;o fathom the depth ol their pockets and ascertain the profits likely to accrue irom a dexterous attempt thereon. '1 his matter settled to our satisfaction, we would seduce the victim in to a carriage prepared for the occasion, and drive otf to a remote part of the city, where we had a house prepared for our purpose. Arrived here, nothing more was needed than to administer, in a giass of wrne, a certain potion prepared by l>on Ignatius, which quickly set the victim to sleep ; and in that situation we could easily rifle his pockets, and carry h:m to the public square, waere he’d he caiefuliy laid and hit to dream of uisers miracles —all of which would appear to him no less true than mysterious on awakening to a scribe of his misfortune. For some tune we conducted our predatory amusements with a contempt of offi cial strictures, truly admirable ; and during the first |few 3 ears of our ghavesting we scarcely as much as drew blood. At length Ihesbirri —a class of people whose society we studiously avoided — managed to ingratiate themselves into some of our schemes, which they h d the impudence to frus trate ere we were thoroughly advised oi their in tentions. After that we found it necessary to con duct our affairs with more secrecy, and good nature. By ha.-tiiy changing our p ace of meeting and disguising our persons fteque lly, we entirely eluded the vigilance of our persecutors ; but the most piplitan.e part o. our bu iness was either monopolized by the official thieves, or jea ously destroyed. The extravagance of uur mode of life require i constant supplies of jewelry and money, and to satisfy these demands we w ere compelled to si. ike out a bolder plan of depiedations than any we had hitherto followed (me evening,when matteis had reached this crisis, Dun Ignatius Pciez made his appearance with a face full of import, and : thus addressed us : “My lads, no later than this | evening 1 bad the good iortune to fall in with a I young nordeman named Don Sebastian Dio, who ! lias recently passed a week in Venire on a tour I through Italy, and who fancies he is a most con | surr.mate shrewd one.” • The cream of the joke is, that bavi g won his good graces, ne assured me, and satisfied me by [ eccular demonstration, thar lie is at this moment j master oi thirty thousand piastres, which he in i lends to venture at the heli this night. You are well aware that the pla~e I mention is pre-oc | cupied by the disciples of our excellency, the Po | desta, and that there, there is litt e chance or suc i cess. 1 therefore suggest with due humility my | own views on tne subject, and beg none of you wdl offer any objection till you are quite satisfied of our desperate suuation. At a certain by-alley on the way to the gaming house, I think w* should station two trusty fellows, aimed with Signior Maroli’s best specimen of cutlery ; which they are not to make use of unless attached by the sbirn. Thus stationed lot them watch till your humble servant approaches Ihe lamp-post, at which he intends to meet Don Sebastian ; when they can rush out and have a desperate battle with the j joung nobleman and myself. As a matter of course, Don Si bastian will be overpoweied, and they can carry him to our humble mansion. Mean lime 1 shall l-ike care to make my escape—enter ; by a back entrance, and thoroughly metamorphose my pe.son. 1 shall then see what can be done with our gentleman." The plan of Don Ignatius I was warmly applauded ; and indeed it showed great fertility ol genius. Two men were accord ingly selected ioi the enteiprise; end so well did it succeed that the very same night they returned with Don heb stian Dio, whose mouth they had prudemiy gagged. Not many minutes alter, our excellentchiet, Don ignatim-, appeared with whis ker? and nr.ustacbios that wuuid have dune In nor to Bomba-Aes Furioso,aud with admirable surprise demanded whom we had snared. While busy with our vie im, the latter had the temerity to break from our clutches and make a gallant resist ance. Don Ignatius, feanul lest he should alarm the police, struck him a grand coup depoing, which completely up>et him ; but unfortunately, in fall ; ing, his head struck the stove, and tiie blood spouted cut at an alarming r ite. For some rno ■ , menu he heaved convulsively —then stietched his limbs; his muscles relapsed—his features became rigid—and poor Don Gio was as dead as a door nail. The next difficulty was how to make a sui table disposition of the body, borne who were not parah zed with horror off- red to take it to the Im perial Hospital, but Dun Ignatius was 100 fearful i of exposure to countenance any such proposition. It then oc urred to us that in the mansion of Don j Ignatius there was a secret door leading to a vault underneath. To this the corpse was carried ; and without prayer or benediction committed to the gloomy bourne. Few among us were at thit time sufficiently hard-hearted to look upon this murder with indifference. To the murderer, however it was a mere matter of necessity: he was evidently an habitual homicide ; for he merely laughed at our fears of futuie retribution, and argued us out of our qualms ol conscien e. It had at first seem |edtome as if the deed w T as accidental ; but when 1 became better acquainted with the ferocious and relentless c haracter of our chief, I quickly discov ered my mistake —it was a co d-blouded muider He haa not only determined on the death of Don ; Gio, but had, from the beginning, looked upon this most terrible of crimes as ihe o ject oi all our la | bors. The next grand signal adventure upon which we had reason to congratulate ouiseUes. was no less bloo-iy than the one I related. In the vicinity of the chapel of St. Chirostem there lived a wealthy nob .email named >igniar Dont-ulLo, upon wnose fortunes we nad long meditated a .e --scent. This gentleman, however, was partially aware of our intentions, and he generally kept a vi„il..nt band of sbirn close to his mansion, it was evident tnen, that in order to 'ucceed, we must try some other scheme man that generally practis ed on occasions of a similar nature. Dun Duliio was in the habit of tiding out every evening to a beautiful country residence some distance from the environs ot Fadua. lie was always attended by a , handsome retinue wnom we well knew to be bet -1 ter armed than *hey clu.se to appear (Jur entire company stately numbered thirty : but these thir ty wer..* mostly bold and skilful swordsmen, and well able for double their number, of ordinary men. In fact it wa? one branch of our studies to attain superioi skill in the use of the most fashion able weapons then in vogue; for we not unfre quently lound it convenient to pick quarrels with impetuo.is youths, whose purses rendered them worth killing in single combat. Finding it impus sib'e to tiled our designs on Don Dulho, without a concentration of our forces, we one night had a general meeting, at whit n it was agreed that the ensuing evening wo should attack the retinue and person of the nobleman, while passing through a small wood on the ro.id to his villa. Ihe cvent lul evening came. At the word of command we sp ang from our latr—a lor.g and doubtful stiife ensued ; but the ferocious valor of our hero finally leirmnaied the matter in our favor. Don Duliio was bound and carried to our residence, after wc had secured each of his followers to a tree: The venerable victim stoutly refused to sign an order on his ranker for the ransom demanded. Don Ig natius was equalled as determined on having the money, or a suitable equivalent; and l.c accord ingly ordered the prisoner lo he carried to t e se cret vault which now contained several bodies in addition to that of Don . v ebastian Dio. It was shocking in the extreme to see the ghastly and pu trid corses stretched here and there, withou the least respect to quality or age. Don Gulho sick ened at t.e sight. ‘ln one short hour,’said our chief, * you, Don Guilin, shall number among the dead—hi re shah your bony lie and rot, if you do not immediately comply with our demands.’— Money was evident y the go ! of onr victim. He obstinately refused to part with a ducat, and Don Ignatius per eived that the must effective measures must be put in practice to extract what we so ea gerly sought. Accordingly he sent for an instru ment ol toiturc, wnich, with his usual versatility, he had invented for bringing the obstinate to a pro per method of thinking. Tins was a small fraine i work, s constructed that by fastening on the foie head ai d temples a screw could be tu;ned so as gradually to pieice the victims eyes with two large needles. '1 he most protracted and horriok- kind of agony was caused by this machine Don Gullio being securely bound was first admonished to yield his treasures, but failing to • omp y, the horrid tor ture was commenced; and amidst the piercing | cries of the sufferer, Don Ignatius calmly turned the screws, till slowly and horribly the eyes were forever destroyed. In the most exquisite physical anguish the prisoner made some confessions which led to the consummation of our design. It was too much ol a risk, however, to liberate him even then, and Ly or.,er of our chief he was cruelly be headed, and the bleeding trunx thrown aside in the vault, from that time om depredations were car j l ied on in the most heart ess and blood-thiisty manner. Scarcely a night passed without an as sassination or a murder. '1 he residence of Doa Ignatius became the receptacle of our plunder ; aud ibc bloody Vault—a name which it rn strewn with the hones ami gore of ? lfi K this way we continued to flouiis 1 , . . Vlc Hm s rnense riches, till about a month a*o n quit ' was introduced, at a ball, to a lady, of high rank, named Donna Th, J S W Ho affected t„ be greatly % and used his utmost exertions to plea,.?' l * • ivdy was naturally susceptib e • a, ld .. ,er per-on, aud menial accomplishment* nfrP*’ tins, completely won her affections ex cessive evenings he addressed her assiduity. At length she consentedl visits at her villa, a few leagues Padua. Ine suitor, however, nrot’JS t,: -’ rather distant, and did not iinmeSai/??..* 4 his advantage, lest sne should Misnernr ter designs. Two or three weeks lr,d „ of K one evening after dusk, us he passed * tollable street, a servant muffled i Q a , Sif »- put a note in his hand, and basil v a K . Dun Ignatius repaired to his the contents aloud. They were i * collect, to this effect; ’ i “ You are known. You have baselv I 'ne. Much as 1 pride myself on bein* (InlT* | accomplished a villain, I am determined ST ' ! criminal desires sliHl meet their iociffi ' ID The heart that has truly loved may break, but it shall do ?o unknown to t.te w morrow you shall atone at ti.e al’ai of »• by no feelings of a p.-rsonal nature am 1 a**' ip delivering you to the fangs y( t s, e ’ j tilf r that others may avoid tl, t homir.!u3 coming your victim. Theresa \ lm ° ‘ On reading this Don Ignatiu turned very and muttered some excuse for retirm ' n J 5,1 ed no more that night. No later than this | 1 was busily at my shop, wheniT ' I that the house of onna Theresa was broker. I —the lady her-elf discorere.! lying on ht-r j stabbed and mutilated in a shocking manner linger on wh eh she was accustomed'to wea ’ uabie ring cut off, and her head almost from the trunk*. The corpse was car.i #( ] tt( ty,as you are awn-e, and deposited in the chJ Nostra Signiora Ment«. Led thitlier by curio"’ Don Ignatius j erez descended and entere 1 -' the knife with which the murdpr was commit - having been forgotten in the guilty moment sealed all by confusion into tne heiV the murderer. The rest is already known. - IV. THE EXECUTION. While the cutler, Maroli, was making his conk sion to the Fodesta, tne si.ini an I oiliculspike< h ral.ied round tlie residence of Don Ignatius I'en and after a desperate nattle succeeded in maku him prisoner, together with eight of the gan?rot cerned in the robbeiies. All Fadua was thrown r to confusion on learning the particulars oi his cot session. He—the gay and accomplished oohlemat —whose person was the admiration of the fair a: whose genius and learning surprised even thos? who professed the highest erudition,- —was a rna-- deior .'—a professional—an atrocious assassin Sentence ofde Ah was pro no uni ei on Perez and h accomplices, by the criminal ju -ge. The magn, cent establishment of the chief culprit was seaict ed, and here new revelations asmuishedthe horrm stricken citizens. Wardrobes containing all so - of disguise, such as paints, masks, and garment and secret rooms filled with tne most valualk merchandise, and jewels of (he costliest kind, wc all laid open lo the pubiic gaze ; hut on approach ing the Bloody Vault the crowd became tra,is.i« ; with horror. An almost insulferable sj e n h aros from the putrid bones ; and here and Hide a glur Ijr countenance still wore an agonizing expre-n-, I of a bloody and honihlc death Nickenrd stij sight the beholders fled from the feetid and until, lowed haunts. On the day of January, 1786, an Iminn* crowd assemble ' at the grand square, in Padua.a witness the execution of Don Ignatius Pereziti seven of his principal accomplices They w« co idenmed to be broken alive—which revolt:.;, out merited sentence, was performed amidst '.he hoots and cries of an unfeeling multitude. It i> pcared as an instance of divine retribution, (hi ; though all the criminals suffered the most dreads - anguish, both physical and mental, Don Ignitus I was doomed to die in almost inconceivable ag :v ■ ; For three hours after the execution of the sc ience he experienced the most dreadful and excru ciating pain ; and u termg horrid imprecation*on 1 his executioners, he expired. Most of the gan- I had been captured. Some, according t-s their guf were condemned to be strangled, otheis tran-porte. i to inhospitable deserts, and ihe chief part bouudU the gallics for lifts. Such is an unvarnished sketch o’ crime in Pudta j It is no fancifm work of the writer’s brain, butthi ; narrative of an incident well remembered by some I of the old friars whose orisons are yet heard at to , altar of Nostra Signiora Monte, it is true to author has employed the license of invitation fill up tne crevices which lime has made in the in cidents; but so far from being improbable, it is b | their frequent occurrence that we owe the loss 1 one of the mo-t interesting details in the annals ! tragedy. Don Ignatius I’erez, is, no d iubianss- I I sumeo name, and also Donna Almeda; they » I however the names ny which t- ese individua'* j were known; aud tne same which occurred on | paragraph quoted from a private letter, dated‘Pi ilua 17Sf>,’ —from which a partial outhof our ,tale is taken. The atlai seems to be enti.f- F- forgotten—at least on this of the Atlantic. “A Vulgar Woman.” Says the Richmond Star, ‘ is one who stays: home, and takes care of her children—the races nearly extinct.’' The Boston Transcript, u;o this text, discourselh at some length, and tel I some truths which will bear repetition. him : Pity ’tis, Ms true. It a woman who stays i home and takes care of herchdren is vulgar, ihei commend us to a ‘‘vulgar woman.” A wona who neglects her household affairs, and goes ilmg abioad, lo see and to be seen instead oltlv ing tier duty at home is one of those persons society who should not meit w ith the counter ance of tin: public. There arc domestic dune which every mother of a family is bound t<» p er ’ form, and she who neglects those duties is no worthy to be at the h ad of a family. The duties of a wife and mother arc plain ar,- obvious. The wife should be literally the hea of the in-door affairs of a honse. She shou superintend the whole domestic machinery house-heeping ; not by proxy butin person - s should know, from personal observation, th-'- every tiling is done *• decently and in order that thing is in its proper place. F ■’ should be up betimes in the morning; sheshou ,u not be afraid of the kitchen, but should be lan ' iar with the whole management of it. ? - should not sit down and hold her hands, or ca..- servant to hold them for her. She should n ■ jti ring the hell every live minutes during lb s^a? for the purpose of calling a second servant wait upon her. She should not be afraid to * va ‘- upon herself upon any and all occasions. & should not he afraid to take a needle in her ban- - - and use it too. Pkdf.stui a x Feat.— On Monday evenin?- John rownsend.thc celebrated pedestrian, wh*> rs centiy accomplished an arduous six days tad\ the Prescot road, undertook to perform, foraben elit, on the holing green of the High I’a'k fee House, the following feat:—To pick up ■ 1 stones, each a yard apart, with his mouth, deposit them in a basket without touching j with his hand?; to run a mile; —to walk ' ■ miies forwards, and three miles backward?; 3IA " finally to run a hoop two miles, —the whole accompli-bed in tnree successive hours commenced operations soon alter live o’clock. ' in “ accomplished the feat with great ease within - i teen minutes of the presciibed time. He u f I wards, byway of afterpiece, picked up 40 A ’- ' in the same manner as before in almost 11 'j 111 utes. This extraordinary pedestrian is upwar » 1 50 years of age. A vast numoerof person? "" nessed the feat.— London paper. Lugubhious.—‘-If Harrison is elected 1 r '' (lent. I’ll I'lovv my brains out,” remarked a ginewine” Loco Foco the other day, in f' l ? z ‘ - ; for the waning fortunes of Mr. Van Buren wonder where he will point the pistol,” obs er '* a ilry hut acute measurer of ihe gentleman s ,ntl lal calibre.— St. Anjgn*tinr .Veto*.