'.TUB COMMERCIAL,, ,
i Is uutilishoj every Tuemldf, Taurtday and Saturday,
at S,0tf par annum, payable in allcaaes in advance by
THOMAS LORiNG,
: EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR! 1
. benjamipTThowze,,
' ',' - ASSOCIATE EDITOR. -V ;
Corner of Fhht'dU Market" Streets,
bates or JWtSRTISINO.
1 sqr. 1 insertiun. $050
1 " 2 " 75
1 3 " 1.00
I sqr. 2 months,
Si
5
8
12
1 a "
1 6 "
1 " 1 year,
I li 1 month, 2,50
TivwIirA liiipu nr liaa makes a square, it
an Advertisement exceeds twelve lines, the
price will be in proportion.
All advertisements are payable at the time
of thp.tr insertion.
Contracts with yearly advertisers', will be j
made on the most liberal terms. !
i-All Advertisements inserted in the i
tri-weekly Commercial, tin entitled to one'
insertion in the Weekly, free of charre
JOB. CARD and FANCY PRINTING !
executed in superior style. !
WILLIAM J. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
RALEIGH, N. C.
fSeput2th. 18,19. . 7g-.tri.e.
CARROLL & FENNELL.
Grocers & Commission Merchants,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
MAVK ALWAYS ON HAND A GENERAL ASBOflTMENT OF
F1IIIW CR9CEKIES, LIQUORS, W1MS, &e-
AND WILL PAY P.iBTICULAR
Attention to the sato of all kinds of Produce
1. J. CASBOLL. C. K. riNNBLL.
July IX, 1848.
FREDERICK CLARK.
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OT
CABINET FURNITURE
tHAIRS, BEDSTEADS, WRITING DESKS,' MAT
TII1SSES, PAII11STERS, kt
FRONT STREET, NEAR MARKET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
April! Ith. 1R 19. Illy-
DER0SSET & BROWN.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
BROWN & DER0SSET.
NEW YORK.
(.t:rii.l criM.wssiox AtxncitA.ws
M.ircli 17, HIS. 1-y.
J. & W. L. McGARV.
P 0-R WARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
WI.MIN'GTON', N C.
MirehlUSH. -V-
ROWLEY, ASHBIRNER, k
Ucncral Coiiimisxion Merrhnnti,
N'o. ' A 6, Sul'TII Whabves,
PHILADELPHIA.
irf p'p'jviri'il I ) 111 ik" liberal advances on ship
11 nis'il iv il S 1 1 r 1 . Ac, consigned to us for sale.
Iti'M- I')
M'"-r. llvLf. iV Armhtfionc', C
IJennett I-'lanner. Wilmington, N. C-
Oimikie A'. Davis. (
1 1 1 11 v i -, 1 - n
123-ly.
iii:0Ri;K S. GILLESPIE.
A..I.N I' T'Hl Till! SAl.K OF
I.I'MllKl, .V.I VAL STORES, (
i ili-I'll i.lvnrvps nn alli'onsigntrtents
of produce.
VI .III Mi
V II .
Mf. I. t'
GHORGT W. DAVIS.
(;01.11.SSK)X MERCHANT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
s irrli 17. ISIS. 1
J. C. LTTA.
C O M MISSION ME R CIIA NT,
AND GENERAL AGENT,
WILMINGTON. N. C.
Oct. 10, Hid. 67
CASSIDEY, SCIIRADER & CO.,
i:.x(;im;i:us and mechanist,
WILMINGTON, N C.
THC A n O V K ri HAVE KBCCTEU AN IXTCNSIVI
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDRY,
TOOt TH EH WITH
Machine nnd Blucksmllh Shops,
kVhere 'irders f.ir every ilescrlpiiun uf work in iht ir
line ot business, will tj expeditiously and
luilhfully executed.
July '-'r). R-i. . 55-If.
MARTIN A fRONLY.
J UCTIONEERS,
COMMISSION MEUCIIANTS,
(ilONKR.uJ ACE NTS
Wilmington, N. C., Get. 3 HI9. 5-tf.
riTFTNTlrTv N C E
iS THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND SO
CIETY, OF LONDON.
A Nil
FIRE INSURANCE
IN THE ETNA INSURANCE COM
PA NY, OK HARTFORD, Conn.,
OB, l TMS
HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF NF.W YORK,
Mar be elTectfd byjinnllcatloii to
' DsROSSF.T 4 BROWN,
Nov. 25, 1917. IU9
ANOTIIKR INVOICE.
Of Furniture, hi ths -Srhr. A J. Ikjiosut,
From Neir York
) FINE SoIbb. a faihlonable snick ;
0 0 Ikiw Pim Bedsteads;
12 CoUB single and double sliest
An Biwottment of Looking Glosses ;
12 Rocking Chairs (
12 Siok Chair j
12 high Chairs, for Children;
UJ fiulling Chairs; Alio,
T haodsorue Sideboard.
V. CLARK.
New Vork Furniture Wrr house.
Pec. 21. i9
VOL. 3 NO. 123
JOHN II ALL,
SHIP AGENT .
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 30 GRAVIER STREET.
New Orleans-
Apfll 13, 1843. UO-ly.
F. J. LORD & CO.
Rice Factors k Commission Agents.
Nov. 25, 1847. 109-l)-p.
Seller & m rae,
LUMBER AMU TIMBER'AGESTS, KKSERAL
CilMflSSlON MERCHANTS, and GROCERS,
Store formerly occupied by Hall & AaaiafaoNO,
NORTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
HECTOR M'BTLLAR.'
Nov. 11, 1848.
ALEX
M'SAK.
102
L. MALLETT,
AGENT FOR THE BALE OP
Timber, Lnmbcr, Naral Stores, &c,
Natt's Building, North Water Street,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Nov. 9, 184H. W
BARRY, BRYANT & Cd.7
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
March 17, 1848. ' 1 tf.
WILLIAM NEFF,
(Late of the find of NfcFF & Wakneh.)
ct'U'JLESALE and retail dealer in
SHIP CHANDLERY, SHIP STORES
AND GROCERIES,
CORNER OK DOCK A WATER STREETS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Doc. 7th, 1849. l'3-'f-
wTbranson,
AUENT FOR THE SALE OF
UMBER, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES, &c
Xutt's Budding, Xnrlh Water Strci.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Sept. 28 1848. 83-c.
N. B. HUGHES,
AUCTIONEER
COMMISSION0 ME RCtf A N 7
RALEIGH, N. C.
finliclts consignments, and will attend to nil busi
ness iTitruslcd to hint, n ml pledges hlrnsrlf tlmt all
roiisl!jnmnm and bualnuBs shrill Be strictly done In
conloi'inity to ttte widhes ut' hit cm pluybr ij.
REFERENCE
T. Lobiso, I'.ai)., V ilininiiton.
E. W. WIlkinoh, Em;., Fuycttcvillc.
Kn. ,.Ti, 1948. G!)-ly.
JOHN D. LOV E,
DKAl.KR IN
CABINET FURNITURE,
BEDSTEADS, CHUUS, IIURISSES. it,
ROCK SPRING,
WILMINGTON. N. C.
S10TT, KEEN k CO.
MERCHANT TAILORS,
AM) UKALLHri I.N
S U P 1M O K
UAoliung.
MARKET STREET.
V 1 I, M I N GTO N , N C.
Ort.l.HW. 9J-y-
( ORNEI IIS MYERS,
M A N U F A C T U R E R,
AM) DEAl.KR IN
HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS AND
WALKING CANES, &c
WILMINGTON, N. C, Markct-st.
Oct. 17 lti4,s. 91 -tf.
W. L. SMITH,
(La ri: of rut: rtflM of flANDFonn & Smith.)
AUCTIONEER AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Store on North Water Street, Parslty's block.
Oct. 14 1S41 DO-yc
J. S. WILLIAMS,
Fancy & Staple Dry Goods Store
ONE DM WKSf OF Wm 8U1W S DRUG STORE
MARKET STREET,
Wl LM I NOT ON , N. C.
Oct. 14,1849. 90.
JAS. T. MORRIS,
Lumber and Timber Inspector,
WILMINGTON, N. C
Oct. I2.1R48. 89 6in
JAS, T. MORRIS,
agent for the Sale or Purrhiu of IKGROfo
WlfMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 13 IS43. 8J-6m
$25 REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the Eaiat- of Wm. B. Mearw,
InJunalut, a neiru fellow called HENRY or
HF-MtY HILL. He 11 about 6 4 to 4 fool 6 locHe
hlh, well Biada and li kc j , h U quirk Mke sod
than. Ha U probably Urkkn fiout VVHmnton.
trvr be has s good inny raiationa. 1 will ge
rswnrd ol tlh fur Ida annrehension and delivery lo
; me in W'ilniingtun, or to VVm. T. Brav at Mearca'
' Blurt'. T. V. MEARF.S.
I ISov.9. ipi-n.
PUBLISHED TRMVEEKLY,
Wilmington, Tuesday
J. r. blossom,
FORWARDING AND CllJWISSIlft MERCHANT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Liberal Canh advnncri nmdeon consignments lo Mr,
Benjamin Uloseom New Vurk.
ALSO.
AGENT FOR THE .PTUIL BENEFIT LIFE INSC
RINL'E CUMPA V.
Capital liablefnr Losses, about $700 00f.
Dec. 19; 1849. 119 6m c.
BENJAMIN BLOSSOM,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
NEW YORK.
Liberal advances made upon Cnn&ignnienlt) of si
kinds of produce.
References.
Mensr. J. &, D: McRae, J
G. W. Davis, Eh Wilmington.
J. R Blokhom Esq. )
Dec. 19, 184? lib'
F. J. LORD & CO.,
Agenm for the
NAUTILUS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANT E
Accumulated Capital, $130,000.
ALSO FOR THE
EAGLE LIFE it IIICALTII INSURANCE CO.
Capital, $100,000.
Will take risks on livei of Slaves.
Office 2 3 North Water Street.
Oct. 24, 1818.
MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE.
THE Subscriber having received the Agency
the
Camden Insurance Company. N. J.
CHARTERED 1832.
WITH A CAPITAL OF $100,000,
urn i . A ..:..iu ; il C.i;... - ....
cargoes, freights ami vessels outof this port; and also!
take Kire risks on ns reasonable rerms as any other small, neat ilwClling, irotn I lit; garueti Oi
Institution Losses sustained will be promptly nnd whjch mjKhl be SPe R fli(,r prou,Uy float
hunorablv adjuslnd and paid, and in case of difference 1 . , .i i
the Courts of NorthCarullna willbe acknowlejfed. j mg n the air, beartnjr the simple nibcnp.
A. MARTIN, Art. i tion btf 'Mattnro, IsOO." With tln late
Dee. 14. 1847.
116-lv-c.
WM. M. HARRIS. . El'UCNE B. DRAKE
IIARRISS k DRAKE.
, General Co iuiiissim MerchaQts,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Retebences :
O. G. Parsley. Esq, )
(.'ol. John Mcltae, Wilmington, N C.
Messrs. Bulliird & 1 1 n n 1 1 nt on . )
Will Peck, F.sq . Rnleiyh.N. C.
!;k; C0-(Kaye,,vie,N.C.
Messrs. James Corner 4 Sons. Bnliimore.
" K. A. Souder & Co , Philadelphia.
" hompson ii Hunter,
Pillsbury A Sandford, lyew.
York.
Hurltiiiir & Tufts. Boston.
" J. A G. P. Titcoiilb, Kennebunk, Mo.
September 14th. 19IP. 77 tf.
COTTON YARN.
10
Boles, U. C. Yarns assorted numbers, for
sule by J. C. LATTA.
Oct. 24. 91-tf.
A Fine Set ol TVetli for 25 Cents.
White Teeth, Foul Breath, Henlthy Gums.
Yellow and unhealthy teeth, after being once or
twice cleam-d with
JONES' AMBF.ll TOOTH PASTE,
havetheappenranceof the most beautiful Ivory, and
at the same lime it in so perfectly innocent and exqui
sitely fine, thai its constant daily use in highly ad van t a
peous. even to those teeth that are in good condition,
giving litem a beautiful polish, and preventing a pre
mature decay. Those alre.idy decayed, il prevent
from becoming worse it iUso fastens such as are be
coming loose, nnd by perseverance it will render the
foulest teeth delicately white, nnd make '.he breath
dclciously sweet.
PRICE 25 OR 37 J CENTS A BOX.
Sold in Wilmington, by Llppitt A Wlllkincs
MILLETS.
Mullets, fre-h paekid,
HOWARD A
50
BBI.S.
low at
nnd lor sale
P El) EN'S
Nov 25.
FLOUR AND BUCKWHEAT.
.II tiBLS. Extra Oauil flour; 20tnll
lo extra ("a
vv n il Flour
25 I banels d ;
For sole at
Nov. 25.
25 ti:i lluckwheit; .5 boxes do.
25 t b irreltf, do. ; 5 hall bbls do.
ilOWAltl) A PEDEN S.
10-tf.
LONDON BROWN STOUT.
C.- i DOZEN best Brown stout Purler, in quarts
0J and pint bottles. fo tale al
HOWARD A I'EDEN'S.
1 03-if
Nov. 25.
X TONM HOOP IRON i '
t) JO obis. Super Family Flour;
Goshm and Mountain Butter)
Lard in Kegs; On consignment.
Fur sale by WILL. O. JEFFREYS.
Nov. 23. 107-tf.
T ADIES MERINO, and Silk Vests, for sale by
1J
J. S.
WILLIAMS.
Nov. U
103-tf
WORTHY OF NOTICE.
THE Subrcribet htsalwayson hand a good stuck
of
Pure Sfom Oil for machinery :
Also, low priced Oils ;
Linseed Oil i and Is agent for the Langcrteea
Whit Lead Co ;
He ia also the agent for the solo of
Ooodyear'B Metall'O Rubber Belts
Ruse A Hoyt'a Leather stllched Bands i
GuliaPereha Hands
West A Thompson's Coupling joints for Steam
Francis' Metallic Life Boat ; Pipe
Metnllio Letters for .Stuns ;
He la also agent for the sale of Steam Engines,
Lathes. Looms if- Carding machine, and manufac
turers articles generally.
All the principal articles sold at maker's prices.
LEWIS M. HATCH,
7f) Meeting .Street, Charleston. H C.
ChnrltAhm, NQT. 27 m. 110-if.
spirit RiRnriQ
ni Hill D.lKllbLcl, .
90 F'M,TV Bbl.; large sixr and in prime or-,
aer. juh receiven ana mr saie oy
der
UAKK) . mi A .VI Co.
...... ...... . . . .
Oct. Bth-
6 t
BY THCMAS LORING.
morning, jmuary 2,
ftm tfu LmdtM Kttpaakt, for 19-19.
FIOftDISPINA (i ADO VAN I;
i
OR, ,
CR8ICAW VEJTCEANCE,
W LORO WILLIAM LENNOX.
' "My wronjj too unrepaid, '
My youth disgraced the lone long wasted years,
One blow hall cancel." Byron.
, The (dand of Corsica, famed as the
birthpladK of Napoleon, has undergone
many political changes and revolutions in
its government, having been successively
ruled lt the Carthagenians, Romans,
I nihil Sl -aAa L'r,, n lo thn nn I'laonj
Oenoes.-, Fngiish. and French. Its htstor-1
i l rprnllertunw w shall, however nnss
unnoticed, except to sat that at the period
we write of. this highly-favored spot con
-
tinned a department of France, under the
prosperous reign of Ixiuis l'hihppe.
Hastia, which, before the Francli revolu
tion of 1789, was the capital of the island
and could boast of being the seat of the
governor, the principal judges and officers
of state, the see of the Bishop of Marian
and Acci, had, ,at the period of which we
write, butlittle to recommend it ; its mag
isterial dutie3 were performed by a spus
prcfet, and it still held its civil, criminal,
and commercial tribunals. The town,
where the scene of the present drama is
laid, is situated on a hill, in the form of an
amphitheatre, and stands on the north-east
part of the island : it is irregularly and ill
built, the streets being narrow and confin
ed ; it possesses, however, a strongly forti
I fied citadel, a mmpart flanked with bas.
; lions, and a safe and commodious harbor
j for small vesseis. At the extremity of the
I town, facing the sea, and near to the forti
fications, the stranger or wavfarer could
not fail to have his atienlion attracted by a
inmates oi this house are connected the
main incidents that have given rise to the
present narrative.
Pietro Gadovani, the last occupant, was
the only son of Serjeant Jerome Gadovani,
a brave nnd honorable soldier, who had
served with distinction under the celebrated
Pascal Piioli, in his successful four years'
warfare against the tyranny of the Genoese
When. at a ubsequent period, the island
had become a department of France, and the cliffs, his foot s!ippcil, arul falling into a
was attacked and captured by the British j frightful char-m, he was taken up apparent
force, the veteran Gadovani, then in his Uy lifeless, and conveyed to Gadovani'g
sixtieth year, again) found himself at his house. For several days ho remained in A
post, assisting to man the guns of the cita-' slate of insensibility. On recovering his
del During the operations, the serjeant ! consciousness, he found Fiordispina by his
fell mortally wounded by the side of his J side, gazing upon his pallid features, coun
son Pietro, a youth of sixteen, who had j ting the rapid vibrations of his beating pulse,
volunteered his services in the hour of
danger. Witn his dying breath, Gadovani
bequeathed his son to the cafe of his sup
erior officer, Colonel Franchi, whose life,
upon a former occasion, he had been the
means of saving. 1 his gallant onicer mi- j
plicitly fulfilled the trust imposed upon J
him, to succor and protect the orphan of.
1 I . 1 . I ...l .L - I
n comraue anu preseiver , anu wiieu me i
youthful Pietro, inflamed with military nr- j
dor, had attained his eighteenth year, he
sought his guardian's sanction to join the I like the sun, and all which rolls around i
standard of Napoleon Buonaparte, then i drinks life, and li;ht. and glory, from her j
appointed chief consul to the newly-forin- j aspect " But it is a sad and mournful sub-
ed republic To this request Col. Franchi iject to view her as the neglected and crush- i
not only gave his willing consent but fur'ed flower, torn from t!ie cherished path ol i
nished the youthful nsjnrant with every 1 innocence. Vet such was Fhrdtspintt's 1
requisite, nihling a letter to his old friend melancholy fate. She was an artless, con-!
and ally the Corsican general, now raised fiding creature, susceptible of bein; innul-1
to the highest osition in France, urging ded to any form trusting implicitly to the1
him to. forward the views of his adopted man who swore to love nnd cherish her. '
ward. 'bhe m an evil hour yielded to the base -1
Pie-ro ( i idovani took leave of Ins o-unnli-,
an, and ipi'lted the shores of his fatherland i
to follow the fortunes of his brave country-'
man. Keacninrr 1'ans he nreAnio,l
i , . i
" O -- - u tug I
letter to the pror authority, nnd was short
ly afterwards appointed to one of the most 1
distinsruished reriinents in tbp sprviep ,
Thp vourr snl.lior nrnmnnin,l Viia xnmc n
Marengo. nnd took a distinguished part in ! r,t'tl 1,18 "trocity so far as to propose to Je -
that victory, which cost the Austrians fifty j tome Baltini, a contrabandist residing in
thousand men and decided the fate of Ita-! the Monte Rotoudo. and who had formerly
ly. Townrrigthetertninntionoftheactioa'Pdtothe hand of the poor betr yn!
detachment to which Pietro Gadovani be-' t0 vow himself the f atherof the child.
capture !
a color from the enemy, and as he was the
ama th
only survivor in that gallantcxploit. honors
were thickly ttrewed upon him. He was
promoted on the field to the rank of captain,
i and received an honorable distinction from
the hands of tho victorious general.
We will not dwell upon his military
career further than to say he was presnt at
Austerlitz and Jena ; nnd when bythe trea
ty Fontainblenu the emperjorwas compel
ed to retire to'Elba, Captain Gadovani wasa
mong his faithful followers. In the Captain
that Suceeded the) escape of Napolean, Gad
ovani now promoted to the rank of colonel,
was appointed to the command of a battalion
j of the old uard,and formed one of that
i chnrpe in the eventfull battle of Waterloo,
j upon which rhomne in tWlt seemed to rest
j his Inst hopes
' When leading his men boldly forward to
.! - 1 . L . L :i I . . I ' I f
uiijoiicia ui
th British line. Gadovani received a severe
WOund in the knee thnt rendered the ampu
tation of his Ipjt necessnry After recover
ing from the effects of the operation, the
j849. whole No. 435.
maimed soklier returned to his native island,
and it wat not until thn dfath ofth fxilml
ein)eror that the brave warrior nlmrKlond
all hoperf of being aain cnllpd upon In
nerve hm country. When thnt evnt took
place, Uadovarti pnve up nil 'idea of active
HHiplovnwnt, and having mamed the rlfuijh
ter olf one of his father's most valued friends,
who 'brought him a handsome dowry, he
purchased u small property m IJastm, from j
the ararder? of which (lowed tha banner we
have already alluded to, oil the identical
Staff that hurl hr-rn rnnfnrn,! t Mnrpnrrn
In the following- venr. to the inexpressi-1
; grief of the f.ahrr, Iim wif. died in giv- i
. .. """'o
OH." ITIiei 01 llie I.lliif f. Ills tVitr! (Il.'ll in frlV
bl
'B lh to our heroine. This was a sad
I blow", an. was rendered more acute bv the
i dutli ol lus guardian, Colonel Franchi, who
is, . n . r i
ieu n ,icum io a lever men r.irtng in the
low, swampy grounds of the island. To
rear his only child. Fiordwjpiri , in the pnth
of peace and innocence, wan now the sole
Object of the almost heart broken soldier
Alas I for his and her happiness, these fond
aSIUratlOIIS Wprennt rlnomril tn ho ranllonf ,
We pass over tno early years of the mo-1
therless child, and bring our readers to that j
period whe the beautiful Finrdianinn h..a
attained her ei.rhteenth vear: nnd whrr,
unhappily for her, she had attracted trie at
tention of an officer in the French army.
Lucien Franchi, the only sonof her father's
guardian, who had just returned from Al
geria. Fiordispina was indeed a bein (o love,
tall ami well formed, her colour brilliant,
her teeth regular and of a pearly white.
Although her complexion sln-weir her to be
the daujrnlfr of a sunny clime, her ever.,
which were of the deepest' blm, beamed
with the lustre of youth and health, and
proclaimed, in characters too marked to br
misunderstood. that she possessed an intel
lect which only required proper culture to
produce the ririest harvest
The mutual affection which had sprung
up between the tw0 seemed '.o incre;i.e
hourly, an. I Fiordispina. having Ruined her
father's cogent, became affianced to the
son of lo r f.itlier's friend It was arranged
that Lunen should immediately repair to
his properly near Olptta to make arrange
ments for the reception of his bride, ad
that tTpnn his return he was to lead the art
less jrirl lo the alter.
l'he evening preceeding Lucien Fran-
chi'sdeparture.whtlestrolinn'Hsllcsslvalon'r
and refreshinrr his fevered brow with cool
ing applications. The unwearied care, the
anxious solicitude, the all-absorbing affec
tion, which the devoted irirl bestowed upon
the sufferer, seemed to atone to him for the
loss of liberty and health, and he renewed
his vows of constancy and love.
We must here pause in our narrative. It
- . I . I r
is a ginteiui ineme 10 speak oi woman in
her purity, tempering the rude nature of man.
and towermir in that v:rture which -stands i
duclioiis of a reckle; libertine 'l'he eon-1
seimnce of her fatal nttaclunent hern me
out u0 srtjn apparent, and when, with n
i- , i . . . .
sorrow u neart. she ni n e known fo ,m.
- i - - -
cie" 'ier hapless situation, and imploringly '
ur"''' reparation from her b-trayer. he sin:!-'
ed witli aisdaiu at tier apnea
tint hite.l '
suspicions of another lover He even car-
1 'll
1 us nroiw.Mhon t he on: awed man retec-
ted with in 'isnation. and declared that tho
seducer should fall by Listund if he repea
led his calumnies against Fiordispina.
Days, weeks, and months circled on,
and the ill dated creature became ft mother
without a mother's honoured name. Hap-
pily, her floating father, Golovuna, had
been called to Porto ecchio, ulthc extrein-i
ity of the island, upon business connected
with his late wife'saffairs. 'l'he wfe ched
victim, bowed down with bodily gutfermg,
dejected with the pangs of remorse, l-the
worm that never dies.'' contemplated self
destruction, as the only means of relievin?
herself from the emit in which sha was in
volved Bui the -still small voic" of con
science whisjiered that she would but add
a deeper crrnie to her aWeady sinful doe I
eekint: the cure of tho town, the en
treated him lo exert his efforts to induce
Franchi to yield her lardy justice; if not to
restore her lost peace ot' mind, at least to
protect her from the scorn of her father and
mankind, and to save her hapless babe from
wandering forth upon tho wide world
with abjec penurjr and miierjr, or.tli'r
compaaioru and gui'Jc ,1 kiadiemd
pastor, who bad tbeD; nWu; BCrjva'tcd
with every $rcumtance. connected with
the .cause of the poor pfii:eiit' jpiery, did
nil in hi power to alleviate, ter lufleringi;
but hers was unlike that sorrow which .
finds a healing balm the' cotsdlations of
religion V: i . . ' c . l w(t A
"And rrijr mjtrrei' parmt fe3clairr(l
Fiordisbfna. Will he forgive theVrctch
who habroobt didono iipdn'hU hither
to untarnwhed name 7 V'iH'he 'taktf (fu
h'a arms his lost and abandoned clilfV,
The ofllictdd minintrr wipl away tie
trickling tearthat would force themselves
down his furrowed cheeks, anil proraw0
touse influence tt bring the aedtieer foijv
proper sense of his fluty'. Vafn, however,
wasrthe ntfempt, for F.ncierr "Franchi sforn
ftilly rejected hi! in re rferfti.ee, and (lecrared
'that, hehourty awjited llie arrival 6( n
f'un? arul Wmin?:b'irl to witou) he had
'irothw in I'mnce, eiul who, wiih
i
I Vf'sstl fr""1
were expected by the nctt
Marscilh '1 he cure broWe
u; . c i .. c- . . -i - . i . - t
l"ls "Hai ""ormauon io me unrmppy
cpaMre wl,,.fr.iggl.rt? with her feeling;,
! " '"n V, V ? ,' r. i 1
i . . . 1 u"? ''' ,n'l',ft,, H J'wl bLe tittered,
hid..ig
The
lit-i ir.e in il,.-r r.uu.L4.
pa ,:ir, i'.ii.diiii;- litr iuor calnvarid
collec ted, to'.k h:s leare, pronusin? to re
turn thei.ionu at his avocations weuld pef
mil him. '
Upon the same eveivti?. nh)ci?b Frn
nchi waa seated by the dour rtfa'ca,
near the harbour, surmoiited ly a set cf
fllssoIu,f . cornea rnoi.s.pL, ymg at cardj aftd
sl"S'"S Cacchana'.uu .ongs,
"ai1 in 1 ' exr.la.m.;-! tn siitmlr
man," maktiig tor llus port,
1 he Jean d
liart, from Marseilles!" contind th' lookr-
as, after it hiji.se of tune, he iiule out the
number
"Then Marietta I'tJsirangQje ut on board!"
said Lucien. ming from hweeat. A we
lcome to iatxM'tl'ari&mii$i pta(itdelti
as, filkng hipwinrlas he quailed ii to th
health ot the lovely Manerta Abunier
to Lncien's betrothdF' shomttL'n luaeVt?
voices1,"1 with thre chceri" for ljefffl
groom'" ' ' v
The booiuing of a un now annotinseil thrtt
tho vessel had entered th hr1)ivr. Fran
cht rose from his seat. At that very ho-
mmt the repcrt of n pisfrd was heard, the
none of rnmh and el.niiour ceu&ed as the,
ill fittd yuiiih IV,-1 ; lii'eluss uu the ground.
"Scui: the murderer",' shouted a dozen
voices.
She's here!;' rfls)ondeil Fiordispina, m
a coinininidinr tone, no with ih disehnr"el
istol in tier hand, she stood bj the body
of her faithless Jedvcer. and ei!aimed
-Tanto j'ei cnlucmiatore et perjurati."
The court ofas.-ii:ccornu)ccel its sittings,
the following week, uiul Fiuidapioa Gadi
ov.mi was urrainged for the wilful murder
of Lucien Franchi The wretched pnsnr
knowing her guilt, nnd the evidence that'
could be brought against her, ernplojed no
counsel, but stood in ?he dock wi'th . her
child nestled m her arms, awaiting patienily
the doom that was to deprive tii inu9CCiit
orlijiring of a mother's care.
When called upon lor her defence she,
utterred not ,a,wurd Wl the iws pf her
infant, as if cdifstfidifs offer iruilfe'fs fate.
ascended to the roof, and fdhtl the hearts
of all present with sorrow arid dismay1
Silence was nour proclaimed. m The juJg
rose to sum Ur the evidence, when 4 noise
washenued in the body uf the court.
' Stand back!" excLuued ihv uiher-
I will be heard , ; responded the intru
der, who, forcing hn way toward th
Ix-nch. confronted the pubhc nertter
Pietro Gadovani for it was lie stood
ect, supjiorted by that staff which hi
bravery had captured in hU fust rauipjugn
'hrowmg back his clK,kr and peniu lit
grizzled hair fruinhia !irt'b"al, lie shewed
Lt niaiiued l.mh.ii.d tic .v ;iret' i wo deep
sabre-cuts tVhad rc-ived m ..ction -My
t'hild us inuocei.t 1 he txclaimed.
'l'he silent appeal made by Amymasfn"
behull o.hu condemned brother A-ttbylfcr,
nliohi.ng tiplm ana that had been
inembered at Snlanus m the service of hi
country, ha J no: a
more powerful 'efftct
than the appear. u( e of the gullaiu vettrau
li.l'i-.,' il.i'V vi-'t'i 'nn !! ., .! i i , r it -. f .
meuta! sui:er-
i ...I . .i .........
iau , inn wia a i.c iie,ti,i iuc u;.ueiu
and V!ie:i hj
! i i
',w uearl 'h.t bauftei wbal: once ha,!
been ins pride and bequeathed thtf tmpnv
i' nii co jtiirvmen, imi a vtti r.m-tiue r
'unmoved
j. v.-e rti. ukc to TtdotX
( " llc vci.crable cure ruihtd n.: . c-r: with
' n locket uf let'er. which he pn scLlcdjo
' he judgo , they couUui.wd the proof , of
Luc.eu ir-nchi perjury ih! guilt.
s.ience Wat atriri itfyi amen, and If
accused w8 dec lu rod gui'.ty iti murder,
with extent nn t ire!itrrstrre-s imder
strong provoc.iUoii. and fuiei.tcd fo fiftee'a'
months imprisonmeut But death'inierjo-'
sed between the law'ftnd its victim. , Fior-
dispina Gadovaiu had recwed a, 6hock
OIIi which she never recovered a fever
was the coi,equince her UtssorJtr Uouriy
increased .die had wasted to a uxn ,
shadow her last hour wh at hand "
'My fathct. will he forgive'" shf;
ruurintrcd. "WhtrA'ip he ? Bki bin,!
my voiew -falls ine " Her eyes closinl
iho soint had passed from its earthly
ment.
Little is now to be added. for it woulJ
ba a painful task n follow her innocent
olfspnnsr; to the turn!). to describe the last
days of one of N r eon's bravest soldiers,,'
consumed aiuuUt :1hi horrors ol" a madhouse.
In the cemetery ot St Fiorenro thereare
two graven ?he banner of MftrengokAtifj
listless over one. they are side by de,
the c.uiv sjiraigrlu'wci'3 b'.jotu around
them.- -'.lie villii1 Y'vrhs aud mulenx
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