Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-11-15
LIZ ER FROM TIE MEDITERRANEAN
lCoIespondence ofihe journal OF Commerce
u. >. Slap Constellation, off SARDINIA. ,

We am ., September i5, 1888.
auc where our national ships have not been for sever
ears, ana where The condition. OF our relations
eeu 70 require the presence Of flag There are no
arguments so effective in removing those small ebarross
mens which occasionally CONNIE! CO. as the ap
PeaTahce oil an armed force There il pore IL, e.
gaping gun than in fifty diplomatic circumstances Ma
ohs nave generally conscience they are inst trom
necessity, and faithful 10 tleir contracts .
Ee'ou' 20 DC Otherwise But the inDgcments at Trieste
when our merchantmen experienced, az now in a prot
measure removed, and ii is happy circumstance Since
~ &c " in That port has than doubled with
III lew years The Commander of this station has ho
IN MS endeavos 10 protect and place upon am
advantageous iooting our commercial relations
AZ trieste Us in many ether ports we experienced
warm ana generous hospitality Entertainments we,e
winch have no doubt will Tong awaken a mutual and
pie"suraOle remembrance. Our slips were Vii cd h,
hnnd'eds may say thousands. 1t appeared TO me- in
inso Tsoss,. t@1 UpG,ason came OH board
daon ladder TO the deck, with the lofty air Of one WHO
Fceoees mat her own King has also got big cc there
was me German lady with her shorter and more reilly
VoFen form, preserving less presuming carriage and
wondered mat she had read little of people a nos
,essed snch strong aud beautiful ships; and tere was t
Italian lady with her soft blue eye and easy gait mot
chuen by yonr most piercing look, and mellowrg doc,
e"ch thought into something hit might sweeen the occa
Oh Bht OF all that saw, two Young Jeyesses mo-, 10
tenseIy rivetted my eye They were sisters and o
IKE III om conpleSon cOuncnance and voice that voi,
woui! have said they have been cast in the sSrne
mould and animated by the spirit. knew not whe
her they were twins but beings moro truly oI oI,,
anu alKe, were never apprchend rocked in the same
cradle ihcy seemed TO smile, speak, and move 10
lHc impulses OF some mysterious sVmppthv
I no''zed III heiT individual feelings aud wishes into the
10" OF one full uacIouaed soul Long ma, pv liy b,
wheh 'hey 90 pay The sad debt nature il viii he sad
Of them, 'they lovely in their lives and IN i
deaths they - ere not divided - ''''
"tne at Trieste, visited in company with Captain
read the magnificent grotto of Santa MadelIeno WHY
heS distant about forty miles, the great road ,o vi
emma The route lies through country broken into wild
hospI"bie hills, with here and there valley Of cheer
ing fertility and freshness The peasan,rv who arc
e German extraction, appeared equally induslrious
coniehled aud Poora combination of habits and disnosi
lions rarely met with in our country One half Lc no.
ceeJs Of heir labor, a,n informed s ,vrrncb II ,
hc IN support OF Church ard Stale; and vet ostonisL
ing to say, they have Sunday mail! So that ts rir
4 rn H'or"""'ry alliance may exist oven where Ieucrs
would not awaken Colonel Johnson's appreheusions 49,,
merely pat bin on the qu uiue We found the Gcrun
hoie' tie most gloomy and disconsolale things in the
woHi &c The party large small they must eat and
lodge IN e same ROOM The beds are arranged round IN
wall am cac $50 snort That one stretch himsef
ugoh il, and Tic covering so narrow naf n, can, @
himself IN =; much like mans self RIG heousnesa
Arriving at TIC Groio we found that lis Imperial Ma
lestj had anticipated tie wants Of every visitor bv lii
r'l provision OF guides and torches I'VE first ensrsJ ,
gallery with high walls and lreed vault which took ia
tor mile in descending line, towards tie centre of dc
mountain. We were here admitted TO theatre Of the
most si"pendous proportions. Above u.s. at bs beigIt
exp nse was In harmony with its sublime elevation Re
ne''h "s roed torrent, dark, deep and uedng voice
o' "h''sl ,hunaef' while over this torrent stretched
mario" on" gIdy bridge, upon which were now
t"utng and which was lit by hundred torches, whose
haum2 hg'd reached the vault above and cast lurid
,lram on the food beneath Nothing can exceed Inc
Inspires. Space, night solitude, and the hollow sound of
broken waters all conspre 10 enhance its grandeur and
terror Proceeding half mile further, through an
her winding gallery, we came to an immense hall with
4 smooth pavement, lofty ceiling and walls relieved bv
salcGcal pistcr An orchestra at one end while
o gorgeous chandelier hung bright and s in the centre
all ,hc sole work Of Nature. The is called the b,II
4 rron; anl j. annually scene Of the eayest lestyitv
oc" music da"c"g and the Laughter Of hundreds seem