The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-03-18

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scenes " ich no repetition can rob
of their power to charm, whether "a
objects OF ocular delight. and of in
tellectual associations, ar as vivid
pictures traced Ivy the pen OF the en-
frightened traveller. They are ex-
trat Is of private letter from Ma
pies.
NAPLES.
Even now. from the window where
| sit, my eye takes in rs much love
lincss in inanimate nature rs would
make the excuse OF little Journey
in England to look upon.--D'hc san
has Just sunk down behind Pausilipo.
whose vine yards n caves, cottages
and palaces. are beginning To fade IN
the decreasing light. The bright
waters oil tire bay, rejecting tie rich
sky above, are highly curlcd by the
cool pure air that brcathes over them
in the distance, Capri lifts his dim
shadows in tranquil majesty above
the blue ocean, and along the moan-
tain's ridge soft and mellow
amber tinge shews in dark distinct
ness (if may say so) the trees and
villas that crown its summit. "Ne'er
saw |, never felt, calm more Deep
The very things that contribute to
this feeling Of stiffness seem them.
selves to have a sense of, and parti-
eipation in it, and one might almost
suspect oneselfin the neighbourhood
of the happy isles. Il forget their
names) where virtue found her rest
ing place but that COMPOUNDED Aus
trian drum, which has just began
beating its night call, breaks upon
my mcditations. like the thwack on
Sterne's ass. and tells me ] am en-
tirely abroad in my appropriation OF
Naples. Custom has iamlliarIzed
without reconcillng ne to the sigh
of these DISTINGUISHED guardians o
Italian liberty. Upon my first ar
rival ia Milan, / cannot describe II
you how much was disSustedto OBJ
serve the wanton exercise Of foreign
authority over a people whose pro
geni ors had ." humblcd the proud
ltyrants Of the earth, and set the ma
tons free" But now habit has
hardened my heart, and perceising
they are no less indifferent than
Charles Surfaces unclcs and annts
to their change of masters, adopt
his philosophy, and d" as they never
move a MUSCLE" ask my self " why
the DEUCE should :" And yet it is
not easy for an Englishman on en-
tei-ing Italy, With the thousand me-
mories and associations that crowd
around him, and the Intoxicating
sensations which the consciousness
of where he is excites III INN, to lay
down at once the preJudlces which
he owes TO his country and her con-
stitutlon--atle least found it SO, when
l first stopped at Milan from Swift
zerland.
MILAN.
In this magnificent city, once TIN
rival of Rome, and long The capita
Of an Independent kingdom, listen.
ed with some impa ience to the detaIl'
of Austrian impris nmenis and The
frequent arrests Of the Italian Nobi-
lily for Carbonarism. 1t may be
said that the condition Of slave can
scarcely admit of aggravatlon ; but,
in the case OF Milan particularly, q
Italy in general, Napoleon at least
giIded her chains and hung them less
gaIlingly upon her f: no" l believe
she feels the naked iron AT her heart.
/ he eXactions OF money and ncI are
doubled by the Austrian Govern
ment, and no ppbllc benefit Is con
ferred, no public Improvement CON
tinued.- Cathedral there is on
Ily second in spIendor, among the
Italian churches, To 81. Peter's--
Yne architecture, which is not beau
tilnI, is Gothic but the boast ofthis
gorgeous cdiiice Cat least with the
hierarchy, whose taste IS corrected
by the rules OF multiplication, addi-
ton, d other extracts from COCKER
is the subtclranean chapel of san
Carlo Borromeo, valued at more
than two millions. | must confess |
was more gratificd by my ascent Of
the tower, and the view from it. The
plain OF Lombardy,. covered with
vineyards and cornticlds, extended
on one side to the Alps, and on the
other to the horizon; immediately
the palaces and beneath me rosc the
furrrfe 4. suircS. barracks, the D,.ifp