Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-10-06

The day sfrer however we had fine dish Of fish
Tor breakfast, and were tod that fisherman
had passed over from the lake, and had offered t.
conduct Us there If We wished. The fisherman
was called, a fee stout lad about l6l md bar
gain Immediately concladed breakfast finished,
we guided our ioins and took up our line OF march,
The guide at our head. When we left Teilitriao,
I il commenced rsining end the heavens cloud
ed over; after ascent Of two or thf hours, we
walked into snow storms and shortly after got
I out Of the cloud entirely into clear atmosphere.
I Our road was sn unbroken monotony OF snow, save
where occasionally black cross showed itself e.
boye the era-l. making The spot where some irav
eler hid persisted. On descending the mountain.
passed through the ssme course; FIRST entering
the snow cloud which turned into rain as we got
lower. The unp d thi. ridge is The boundary be-
tween the Roman States and the Kingdom Of Ma
piles and the foot, situated on a small spur,
is The frontier town Of Naples, where We had to
shew ourselves at the dogand. The officers were
taken By astonishmeut seeing travellers in that
region. that they permitted to pas. without max
ing US pay or giving us annoyance in any manner
Our appearance in he village caused a great stir,
and several hundred people were gathered around
the shop where stopped to refresh ourselves.
Having with some difficulty caught one of the chill
dren and Gained his terror, patted him the
head and gave him gram, small Neapoiisn
coin. An old man, who standing by. observed
to us, " Gentlemen, he will remember this wien
he is old
We went ten miles further to Ave.zaAo, which
is situated on the banks Of lake Facino Our guide
turned out as sharp ms he looked and | was amused
highly at some of his rascalites. As we neared
the end Of our walk, observing that we were we'll
contented with bin, he commenced telling how he
had prayed to the Madonna for safety when we
were crossing the mountsns; and wound up by de-
handing FIVE cayiint more than his due. We told
him that he must stick TO bis bargain and that the
Madonna dill not listen to the prayers OF people
who broke their bargains. This staggered him for
time, but finalls, after twisting his cap into all
manner of shapes, he replied, "Yes, but you can
pay me my due. and then make me present of the
FIVE oarlini." ! told him was not willing to hum
bug the Madonna ia that way. He humbugged us
however; for arriving late at the town, instead of
taking Us to a hotel he took TO the house of some
relation of his--one of the most wreched and sus-
pcious looking dens ever passed night in; and
that is saving great deal We slept with Our bed
against the door--clolhes on--snd pistols on the
table beside There no attempt however
to rob by force but it was done in the bill next
morning. and the little scamp made his five carlini
extra in that way.
The lake Faciho is noble sheet of water. about
fifty miles in circumference, and bounded on oil
sides by high hills. The ernpnror Caudius had
subteranean passage cut from This lake under the
mountains, to prevent its Overlooking as il some
times did This passage is three miles in length,
and employed 80 600 workmen for eleven yeaIs.
We looked down several Of the shafts, which were
sunk TO give light and ar 10 the workmen. They
of immense depth one of them 500 paini, Ne
apolitsn measure. canno, translate this into En-
elish, as do not know how much polmo is
From Arsz =ano wa commenced to make circuit
Of the lake, but my friends found himself I'M
able to walk; having killed himself up the day be-
fore. We were obliged to hire d mule to get him
along, and joiring company of mueteers we went
with them ,h' ee days journey to Sord, where the
level and cultivated country begins to appear. My
companions feet still continuing sore. we hired
Veturo, and between walking and riding we made
orr way through S. Germeno and CAruA to Ma
plies. This part Of the Kingdom Of Naples is the
finest part of Italy, and though not thoroughly
eultiv iied as Tuscany is beautiful county.
The 'Neapolitans the only people of Italy who
fulfilled entirely my pre- conceived notions of lal
ans. In fact they the only pure ltaliaps-the
o. hers being mixed with the Germans and other
r.orthern nations. can imagine nothing more
agreeable than the transit from the dark Roman TO
! the cheerful and brsu, Neapolitan. The differ
ence flashes you like CLEAN Of sunshine on a
cloudy day.
We are in Naples, the Paris of Ituly and
according to one, tho most beautiful city in the
world. fthe road by which got there has not
interested you, can't help tit did me very much
As for Naples, Vesuyius, Pompeii, &c . &c, with
end, will take some other opportunity TO en-
large upon them--ip the meantime addio.