Miscellany

We find ihe following exiraordinary series of personal advonlures reialed in ihe London correspondence of thé N. York Sun : I hfive a bit of news to giveymi, which provea fanaticistn nnd ils evil fruits are current hete as willi you. There is u feeble old ariist in Lotidon who modols figures i piasters nnd clay. He is only second to Pestrucci. the modalist fur the Mint. He was in his youngdiys a chief ofguerillas in Italy, a near relativeof the Bi.shop of Milán, served under Murat when he was King of Italy, jmned n an attempt at revolution, was expniriated, wmt to Florida witfl Murat, vvhere he plan'.ed a vinevnrd nnd livcd severa! monlhs. The vineyard failing, ha ver;t lo the north, marned an Americ;ui woman and caine to Englnnd, where he turned his (ittenlion o modelingand becatne sec" ond lotione Some of his clay dogs have m-ought J240Ü or ê2 00:). After living happilv logeiher sixtoen years and rfaring a beautilul gpnius of a boy, the wife iately ran off frnoj London, svhile the liusband was at Brightor,, taking the bny, house furnilure and about S5U0 in money witli lier, ;;nd hi gone to the [Initftd Stts with a Morraun prlect. Poor San Giov.nnni, for th.-it ia his name, has cast down his soul n utmost aiilirtion, firsaken his labor and almnst himself. He lives only to recovsr his boy, for which he offers $100 rewarrl. The wile he says rnay stay with her spiritu.il grooms ilie Mormons. Poor San fïiovnnni, he has a deautifiil rifla and pistolsthat ouldgrace n Cor.air, but hiseye i dim and his nerve unsirung by tliis calamity.