Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-04-18


2 ries under pain of the entire confisca
: ton Of their property.-They are liza.
bic to arrest, also, if il is suspected
that they are taking measures to re
/, move. The alternatives are oppressi
on here or poverty elsewhere, and tn,
4 result is, that the duke has scarce
noble left in his realm.
i Modena is place of great antiquity
II was stronghold in the time o
| Cesar, and after his death was occupi
led by Brutus, and besieged by Antony,
There are no traces left, except some
lmutilated and uncertain relics in the
museum.
We drove to Bologna the following
morning, and slept once more in
Rogers chamber at 'the Pilgrim |
have described this city, which pas
sed ON my way to Venice, so fully be.
iore, that pass il over now with the
mere mention. | should not forget,
however, my acquaintance with snuff.
iy, little librarian, who showed me the
manuscripts of Tasso and Ariosto, with
much amusing Importance.
We crossed tho Pc to the Austrian
custom. Our trunks were turned in
side out, our papers and books exam
med, our passports studied for flaws
as usual. After two hours ofvexation
we were permitted TO 60 on board the
steamboat, thanking heaven that our
troubles were over for a week or two,
and giving Austria the common bene-
iiction she gets from travellers. The
ropes were cast off from the pier when
police retainer came running to the
boat, and ordered our whole party on
shore, bag and baggage. Our pass.
ports, which had been retained to be
sent on to Venice by the captain, were
irregular. We had not passed by Flo
renee, and they had not the signature
OF the Austrian ambassador. Wcwtra
ordered imporatively backovcr the Pc,
with Hat assurance that without first
going to Florence, we never could sec
Vence.-To the ladies of the party.
who had made themselves certain Of
seeing this romance of cities in twelve
hours, it was q sad disappointment,
and after seeing them safely seated in
the return shallop, ! thought would
go and make a desperate appeal to the
commlssary in person. Ny nominal
commission as ATTAoHE TO the legation
at Paris, served me in this case ms il
had often done before, and making my.
self and the honor of the American ma.
ton responsible for the innocent dc.
signs of a party of ladies upon Venice,
the dirty and surly commlssary signed
our passports and permitted US to re.
mand our baggage.
1t was with unmingled pleasure that
! saw again the towers and palaces of
Venice rising from the sea. The splen-
did approach to the Piazzctta, the
transfer to the gondola and its soft mo.
lion, the swift and still slide beneath
the balconies of palaces, with whose
history | was familiar; and the renew.
al of my own first impressions in the
surprise and delight ofothers, made up
altogether moment of high happiness.
There is nothing like--nothing equal
to Venice. She is the city of the ina.
glnation-the realization of romance
the queen Of splendour---and softncss
and luxury. Allow all her decay
feel all her degradation, see the "Huns
in her palaces" and the "Greek upon
her mart" and, after all, she is alone
in the world for beauty, and, spoiled
as she has been by successive conquer
ors, almost for riches too. Her church.
es of marble with their floors Of breci.
Gus stones and walls of gold and mosaic,
her ducai palace with its world of art
and MASSEY magnificence, her private
palaces, with their fronts ofinlaid gems.
and balconies and towers of inimitable
workmanship and richness, her lovely
Islands and mirror-like canals, all dis.
tinguish her, and will, till the sea rolls
over her, as one Of the wonders of
time.
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