Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1843-05-09
A MODERN TRIUMPHAL CAR.

server has furnished an interesting account
Of the sumptuous festival of ST. Rosalie at
Palermo, the capitol Of Sicily, in July last,
from which we take this description OF the
triumphal car.
Tuesday night was the time chosen for
exhibiting The Saint in her trlumphal car.
This consists of an enormous structure OF
somewhat pyramidaI form, placed on
foundation in shape like an ancient galley.
Wheels supper: and give motion to the
whole. Around the upright part are plac-
ed figures Of angels and saints, and even,
as appeared TO me clouds. Surmountlng
the whole, on the very pinnacle stands the
figure of ST. Resale, in a simple white
dress, holding cross in her outstretched
hand, and wearing crown lot stars 1t
mistake not) The whole of the car was
richly decorated. Thus prepared,lt had been
drawn up Toledo, the principal street OF
the city on Monday evening about O'Clock
by D yoke Of oxen. But this was only pre-
paratory TO the scene Of Tuesday night
We went on this last evening to the ele-
CANT mansion Of Baron =, to whom
we we're introduced by our worthy consul
of that place, of whose kind services to US
in land Of strangers and in days of sick
! ness andsdistress, this was one of the least.
And our visit to this house gave us an OPP
| portunity of seeing something more OF
very interesting Sicillan family, with some
| Of the members Of which we were already
acquainted. The balcony Of the house in
which we stood overlooked Toledo The
street was already Illuminated in It's whole
| length, and as we looked down its long VS.
ia with its line of lamps, like thousands OF
bright stars, and the crowds that filled It
from one end to the other, in their holiday
dresses, and a light like that Of day. the
scene was most imposing.
Opposite TO us, on the balconies of some
Cardinals splendid palace, stood the King
Of the two Scilies, with his consort and
the other members of the Royal family,
among whom were the intended Queen of
Brazil, and the heir of the NeapoliIan
throne, now boy. We had before seen
them all at Naples About O'Clock the
car came slowly on from the upper end OF
the street, the summit of its ponderous pile
towering above US, though we were in the
third or fourth story Of the house, far
Their idea will be formed OF It's size, when
| state that whole band Of musicians sat
in the front part Of it. below. It was IT.
! self Illuminated; and observed, thrusting
out their heads amongst the angels and
clouds, some less ETHEREAL figures, which
supposed were put there to watch the enor-
NOUS wax candles placed near The top, lie st
pcrchancc these should burn up both the
clouds and the angels, with St. Resale
herself. TIE vast fabric was slowly NOV
ed down Toledo by the oxen which had
drawn it up the street the day before. But
z as there was now some declivlty, eleven
out Of the twenty two pair were were plac-
ed behind, 10 control and steady the mo-
ton Of the car They were all red, and Of
I the long horned breed commonly seen in
Sicily and in other adjacent parts. The
car stopped before the building, which was
brilliantly lit up within and without, where
the royal family were standing, and the
band playing until the King, after showing
the Queen mother, as we observed, the de-
ference of consulting her, gave signal,
through some person Of the court, for it TO
move on. 1t stopped afterwards, at fire.
quont intervals, from the music. had
strange feelings as the vast pile approached
and passed US, blazing with lights, which
displayed every figure and dccoration-the
image Of the Saint standing solitary at the
top, az if in mid -heaven, a crown on her
head, crowd OF angels and saints beneath
her feet! could almost fancy was be-
holding the car Of some Indian idol.
New ENGLAND WINTERs.-In the last
number Of the Gazette, we had an extract
from Curwen's Letters, in which he stated
on the authority Of Doct. Hoyoke, +" that
the wInfer Of 1880 exceeded any since