The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-06-08
From Blackwood's Magazine,
FLORENCE-sDUTNIAS IN ITATv

M. Dumas however, arrives at F,larann.
without any such dsagreeable adventure as
sleep NC IN coach house, He gives pleas
ing description OF the Elorentine people, among
whom the spirit of commeFce ha died awav
but left behind a considerable share the
veal b and luxury that sprang from it. There
is little spirit of enterprise; no rivalry between
a class enrlehing itself and the class with
whom wealth is hereditary; the Jewels that
were purchased under the reign of the Medici
still shine without competitors on the prone
made and at the opera. 1t Is people that has
made Its fortune, and lives enledly on ITS
revenues, and on what it gets from the etran.
| ger. "Ihe first want of Forentine,'' saws
our author, ''is repo<e; even pleasure is second
airy 1t costs him some little effort t. be mus
ed. Wearied of'ts requent political cunvuI-
sions, The town of the Mrdicf aspires ONLY to
that unbroken and enchanted slumber which
iell, as the fairy ale informs MS on the beauti-
I tu lady II the sleepy wood No one h. re
| seems 10 labor, except these who are tolinu
and ringing church-bell-, they indeed
| appear TO We rest neither tlav nor night"
! There are but three classes vIssibl" IN Flor
| ence he nobility the foreigner--and the
| people. The nobility, few prinely houses
! excepted, spend bur little, III people work but
lttle, and il would he a marvel how these last
lived # 1t were noI for the foreigner Every
autumn brings them their har est IN the shane
OF swarm oftravelfers from England. France
or Russla and, we may now add America
Inc winter pays for The long delicious indo
| ence "t the summer. hen the populace
| lounges. with interminahle leisure, in heir
Churches, on their promena es, round the doors
| OF coli e-houses tha are never closed either
day or night; hev follow heir re. Irious pro-
| ceSslons; they cluster with an easy good ma
| tured curiosity round everything that wears
the appearance OF fete; taking villa ever
| amusement presents itself, without c4ring to
| detan It, and quitting II without the least dis
! trust that some other quite as good will occupy
| its place. 40 Dne evening we were roused,"
says our traveller, ''by noise in the stree:
| two or three musicians Of The opera, on leaviS!
| the theatre, had taken a fancy o ga home plav
! mo a waltz. The SCAT cred population OF the
| strerts arranged themselves, and followed
WALKING. The me-. who could find no better
partners, waltzed 'ogethes. Five six hun
! dred persons were enio' ing this imp omptu
| bail, w;cb Kept rs cnurse from he opera
/ house to the Port del Prato, Were the last
musician retlded Th last musici,n having
entered his house the walters e'urned arm
in arm. $ III humming he air To which they had
| been dancing"
al follows" continues VI. Dumas. sfrom
| this C Numerical apathy, that at Fioren you
NUT seek after everything you want. Il nrV
e. comes Of Iteelf-Dever presents Itself before
| you-everv thing there says AT hOme-reSt~
| ~ its own place. A foreigner who should re
I ain only month ia be capital Tuscany
| " ould carry away a very Iai~e idea OF II. Il
first II ems iupos bic 10 procure the ting
| The most Indispensable, or those you dn pro
cure are bad; is oI.y after som" tune tn
Won learn and that ret from the nha btapi~.
HI frcia other foreigners who have res dcd
there longer than yr't!rae-Fr
10 he got AZ the end of SIX months you are
still making discoveries of tins sort 50 'ha
people generally quit Tuscany The time they
have learned to live there. l. results fIom all
this that every time you visit Florence you
like it the be ter; If you should revisit three
or tour times you would probably end by ma
KING of it second counr', and passing there
the remainder of your lives. ''*
Shall we visit the churches of Florence with
! II. Dumas! No, are not IN the VEN.
Shall we 90 with him TO the heatres--to the
operate the Pergola Yes, but not to dis
cuss the music or the dancing Every
body knows that at the greet theatres OF Italy
the fashioa able part of the aud ence pay very
little attention to the music, sunless it be new
opera, but make compensat on by listening de
voutlv tn the ballet. TIE Pergoll Is he grea
| resort offashi,n. A box at the Pergola and :
carriage for the banks of the Arno, are the an
| dispenSableS. we told at Florence. Who
| mas these may eat his macaroni where he plea
ses-nlay dine for slxpence if he will, or can !:
it is his own affair. the world is not concerned
i about the is still a gentleman, and rams
with mobiles Who llas them nOt--though pc
| be derived from the Ions of emperors, and
dine every day off plate of gold, and with a
dozen courses--is still nobody. therefore,
| regulate your expenditure accordingly, all ye
who would be somebody. We go with NJ
Dumas to the opera. not, as we nave SAID, ior
the music or the danc' q, but because, as Is
the Wav with dramatic authors, he Will there
introduce US, 70: the sake of contrast, WI n an
nstitu ion very different from that OF an opera
tic company
..Sometlmes in the midst of cavatina or
ms. ole-ftaLr. a bel with arp, ~hrlll, excorI-
st;no s.und. will De deLia naisericordid. Listen:
fit sounds but once, IT IS r some rd'narv ac-
ciden,. If twice Tor one ola serious nature; II
!. sounds thr e times, 1t is u case OF o. attn.
vou look around, you will see a s'ght stir IN
some OF the boxes, and II will 81 IN happen
that The person you have been speaking To- T"
a Florentine, win excuse hln~et for leaving
Won. Will quietly take hrs hat and depart You
jnoure what that DELL meaDs, aud my u pro
/ duces 50 strange an effect. You are told It IS
the dplEq mise, icordia and that he with VINO q
vou we're sreakiag il brother of the order.
..Ths brotherhood of mercy Is one ot the no,
hio.t institutions II the world. Ii was fotliiueo
IN IA. on occasion of the requent pcstlien-
COS which al that period desolated the 10 u
and it has been perpetuated o the present Day
without any alte aiion. excep, IN ITS details :
w,,h none IN IFS purely charitable spirit. | Is
compo.ed OF s.venty two brolherr, called cnlel'
of the vat ii, who are each in ser zee ioul
months in the wear OF these seventy -lw w
hro,hers. thirty are priests, fourteen gentle
mn and yentv eight artists 10 tn Sc wh'
rem essen, the aristocratfc classes and hoe
.r,s are added 500 laborers and workmen, wh'
NAV be said TO represent the people
.The seal ofthe bro hefbood is tn p,ac'
lei Dunno Each br tIef has there marks9
with ms own name, box lnciosIng Dlacl
) robe like tha. Of the penitpnts. with opening
! only for the eyes aid mouth. N ofoer ma. =,
, good ACTIONS may have the further merit
, 49, 49,. e,~s,rroed in secret. Immediately iha
t Ien news Of any accident or disaster, bFOngh
, 70 The brother who is upon guard. the pc
sounds ,ts alarm, once. twice, or tilric' aceof