Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-07-15
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80, "a ts,r, thai, on account Of some nioImany I
in nv passport, could not be permitted to embark.
So wa, Obliged 10 undergo the yezasions Of The
.,om-hou.e again. and return 10 my hotel with as
GOOD grace as possible. believe it 10 necessary
for every traveller who leaves Marseiles by water,
10 have permission from the police, and also Ger
,i6cete forn the board Of health, and i owing
TO The neglect OF this, that detained. After
waiting four days, got of in inferior steamer.
very glad, however, Of the opportunity, as Mar
settles is rather an uninteresting piece. We left
the port in a high gale Of wind, and nearly ell on
bourd suffered severely from sea sickness. think
the short, fretful waves Of the Mediterranean are
worse Than the long roll Of the Atlantic Feeling
il calm rcxt morning veptufcd on deck, and found
80 were Just in sight Of Genoa, which seemed 20 be
rising Out from the bosom Of the waters like queen
Her stately palace. showing one above another Ike
The seat. in an emphithestfo. The towers aud
,iomes Of the city, the green hills covered win
beautiful ylas) which surround it, aud the sea
da-bing against the heavy batteries which defend
the haibor, form fne picture The mar'tiHe
Alps with their lofty peaks are seen in the distance
and the ghosllike feloecas gliding 10 and fro like
swallows. give life to the We landed at
Genoa and passed day there. To my unskiifui
eye he town seems strongly fortified. is sur
rounded by two wnls--one Of which includes the
city, and the other commands tho neighboring emit
uence. Most OF the streets too narrow for
carriages Of any Kind, and will not admit of more
than three or four persons abreasr, however,
there are fne squares and streets, and alto
ccther think it the hnndsomest city have seen
in Europe. There is ?rincely air about every
thing in Genoa which would Immediately impress
a stranger with the idea that it was no ordinary
city, even thong be ignorant OF its history.
1t is called by the Italians, Genera La SRperba,
and well deserves the name. Genoa possesses Pc
culiar interest for an Anne rican many accounts.
and FIRST as having been the city OF Columbus. His
actual birth place was small village lG miles from
the city, but it here that he received that edu-
cation and imbibed that adventurous spirit which
prompted him to the discovery of q continent, and
which gave us country. saw in the garden OF
one of the palaces here bust and temple erected
to the rsemory Of Washington-a becoming orna-
ment for the grave of freedom. However pleased
and ntere sted he may have been, the rejecting
traveller cannot but turn awny Borrowing. lie has
seen the decay of her, the genius and boIdness OF
whose navgntors astonished the world, and whose
power upon the deep was maichless. He has look.
ed upon the wreck Of mighty republic. He has
seen Genoa, once called tie proud.
From hero we put to about sun down, ex.
pecting 10 wake in Lcghorn next morning, but We
were disappointed in our calculations, About 10
o'clock tempest arose, such as is seldom known,
even in the Mediterranean, and never do Icmem-
Der to have passed such night The sea appear
ed to boil, and the boat, whch,wss i'll fitted to
counter such weather, seemed ready to go to pieces
at every shock. The waves stuck and broke over
her deck with u crnsk like artillery, and notwith-
standing very exertion OF hands aud feet,
frequently dashed out of our berths. Ono great
wave in the sky lights and flooded tho cabin
with water. Tables, chairs, bottles, lamps, clothes,
&c, rolled from side to side reeking in water,
until the vessel seemed like great churn. was
qnck enough to my clothes and carPet-bag
from this but it uvued little the very next wave
broke in the Hndow of my state-room (Which was
Immediately over my berth) and gave mo Nile
ducking besides soaking my garments. About day
light we felt the boat running in smoother water,
and in half hour stopped. went on deck,
expecting to soc ieshorn, but found we were very
little nearer to i, than at STARTING. We had taken
refuge in the gulf Of Speziu, and the captain said
we were f,rtunate tu escape with our lives. Tie
cabin presented droll scene this morning. Here
was one shaking the sea-water and broken glass
out Of his boot, another beaailed hat, the crown
of which had been thrust through by table leg,
Paris crava, enveloped the neck Of botlle, and
six vests and hroud-cloth coats looked il they
had Just come out of the wnsh tub. In the course
If the morning no less than other vessels were
driven INTO the han Dor by stress of weather. We
remained at SpcziA the whole day and part of the
next night, but The sky having cleare about IL
o'clock, we genured out. and next morning at sun
Use we landed in Leghorn. The motley groups
which crowd The qua,s and principal streets re-
mind YOU of Marseilles. The city contains about
c.. 0OO inhabitants, 90 eco of whom are Jews. ]
,,,yeled from here to FloreRce en- voiture, that is
in hired carriage, which, when taken BY four per
sons, costs the same as the diligence but - more
comfortable and travels faster The country is
lovely. anil the villages much neater than those OF
France This comparison however, am told will
only hold good in Tuscany. The road. like those
Of France, is bcsei with swarms Of beggars, who
station themselves at the foot Of every hill to have
fair chance at the carriages as they ascend
Their divers modes Of petitoulng are quite anus
ing. Some surIound themselves with all manner
OF rags and dirt md hire children by the dozen TO
cry when the coaches pass; others kneel by the
road aide ia silent sx;' citation; some are vociie-
rous and endcavor to extot charity by their peril
nacity. The lame and decrePit will sometimes.
chase you a mile, and the blind, it YOU hold UP
guaftyiai, eill run fos hundred yards holding
their hats to catch it, without making false step
There il generally in their appearance to ex'
cite rid tcue aud disgust, than compassion. But
notv.i,h rs anding my hard-hesrtedness was caught
al la.t. Asthe cariiage stopped for few minutes,
a beautiful bouquet of wild flower, fell into my lap,
and on looking on; to find from whence it came,
saw pretty little giPsy with her great black
eyes 6xed earnestly us, and this little ruse pre-
yailed when the sght Of all manner OF misery could
not
Alter having exhausted all the suPera'ives and
figures of speech that am master OF, in other de-
han his valley of the