Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-16
LETTERS FROM EyRoPE.-NO. =.
Foreign cesresposAence sfshs N 2. ribsne. :
Txs Stnas and Rod q Gssnsk>-Gu1 Of
Ge.os. &C.
CExoA. Sepsemhrs. 1912

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~~S' SsPs"oess Ao$s
CSx morning We we've a~akes<d BY the cry Of
iand. and - ssspred out u the csbsn ne -ssx4ed
mountains VI Afncs, The shores ii SPAN, the Slnuss
o. Sionssisfs snd ever AL ne sIcfious rw,ng Sun
sons ON The sight The steady cnfssnt Ma setting
npsdiy 's tas ssediissrsnesn 80 al wss sieni q
r'eaa ave see me low crashing sound . heavy tide
always ns<es IN US paseee. The smoke that rse
ir0sn osrssos timber "a sks hill tops and along the
sa'ore 'sesuy inclined towards th~ Strsits ~ ii BAL
|ang 90 10 e"ser. while over all wes thsi dreamy
haze w<ssch ssno<fhs even the sosghesi srsuesy ir.sp
. 2 'ist aspect Our keel cut tho ~ssers Where
rude me keeis of Lord Nslsnsrs Sect bsturs the bar
Tie ~ TfafaigaL. Land Was Scr Z momeuf furxusspn
~ my fancy painted The line of ba,ie ships sloul v
'nssins To the confiics saw. or ihoughl q sa~ he
long row Ut bannes .aoaiins IN The bre, Ne. The cloud
VI smoke - brssdsids after broadside fhuzdered o.
yer the sea- There was the brvken md shaversd
mast dangling amid the ropes. the cii.s u men. the
null OF The drum. and the confused noise Of the bat
lie. The mountains we're alive with Fearful echoes
and The ~sases ran blood. A cheerful ~oice beside
mc called back my crring fancy. and the quie,ne.s
Of summer muruing resed on ali he scene. =
Whether 10 was owing TO The fresh virw OF land
or The beauty OF The dsy. q We scene iiss,L kpp,y
not. hut that day Was one uf enchanrmen, 10 me-
lie remembrance is mere like q rich dream thar n
reality. There WA q combinanon Of scenery. a
otect.atttu< mlItWe0 Oy rapid na<lrCf1-
ueas dat here me away for a time like a child. 1
sssesSersd my heart 10 ne impulses aud lei IL
regulate ne own besiings. BisianI m ,unlans bury
ing heir heads in the smoky sky; tswer. Grtresses.
abrupt pcks, smiling ~villager; viaeyards in which
nestled ~hr'e c"ssgcs; a coninesn ON either hand
end tho blue Mediterranean befre me; al coming
or passing on my sight. and shifting every mom@ut
made nseem like q wizard land. Al length Gibe-
rl,ar-thai gray old solitary rock-slood before me.
Lying somewhat diagonal to The strai,s md nm.
rentiy isoiaied from the main lands u rse aim. -
Perpendtcuiariy i47O feet above; cutting with ne
ihin naked ridge the air in an irregular waving line.
Before 4 had never seen any object that did Not iaI
snon OF my anticiIaiions. This exceeded them
l nad imagined . perpendicular rock on the front Of
. mosaiain- e"iioweo out Tor n %foriress. But a sin-
s'e bald cock, s'andi"g clear from The main land.
and rziIsg 10 that immense height in nakesl. SOLITARY
srsadeur from the brsom Of the : a. was an uner.
Pecied sight. and awed while il asionshed me
The town lies at the basis Of the northern exire
m'y: while the southern and eastern are Perpen-
dicuiAr ehhs beating over the sea. Az we passed
H. the ossnsns OF cannon came over the water and
s'ed away on me rocky shore OF Africa. That rock
was to me f"r q while the cenre Of associatioHs-
efa"d ana gloomy u Stood and had stood and while
ages had slowly rolled away-stsel uloae snchan-
ged. once looked down on the Roman galIeys
and on the vessel that hcte Cesar and his fortunes
on. II had seen the pride OF nations come and go
win The same haughiy iad difference. I look no note
OF time ior Time LETT not DIS mark upon il. Its stern
gnviiy had not changed with changing empires
IL had ieit the shock Of cannon, and The no, meeting
OF FOES had made its sides red with the blood oil
men. and yet u retained lis old composure. As I
looked on ITS gray TOP. Us seemed conscious Of iis
own greatness. and 10 utter q silent mockery on the
pride OF man. IL 70 now England's. bat the hand
that grasps IL Is slswly~ crumbIing away. The con
nlcis Tor That mountain OF stone are not yet ended
i Whose next shall II bel
The night came and with she full moon over
cur heads on her way TO The mountains of Grerada
we He'd over the blue waters Of The Med,ienanean
away. nlL with The aeuaiaiss of Piedmont on our
leii, we were slowly passing mp the gulf OF Genoa