The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-06-08

sleep NJ ~ coach house, lie gives pleas
ing description ofihe florraiine people, among
whom the spirit Of comniefce ha died away,
bot leh behind a considerable share ofthe
veal and luxury that sprang fromt t. There
is little spirit # enterprise; no rivalry between
class ennohing itself and the class with
whom wealth is hereditary the jewels that
wee purchased under the Frign Of the Medioi
stu shine without competitors on thepr0me
made and at the opera. It's a people tliai has
made lis fortune and lives contenedly on IT'S
revenues, and on what i gets from the siran.
ger. "fhf FIRST want Of Ia Florentine." says
our author, ais repose; even pleasure il second.
ary u costs him some little effort q BE- mus.
ed. Wearied offs requent political eunvul-
si0ns, The tuwn Of the Medici aspires only to
that uubroksn and enchanted slumher which
lell, as the fairy ale infnrms ms. on the beauii-
fol lady n the sleepy wond. No one re
seems 10 labor, except ihase Fha are inii.na
and ringing e church-beia, q they indeed
appear 10 we rest neither day nor night
There are but three classes vlssbl' 20 Flor
ence The nobility -the o-egner--and the
opIe The nobility. few pnna y houses
excepted spend bat litlle, th people work bot
hltle and IL would be a marvel how these last
lived ifit were moi Tor the lure,gner Every
autumn brings them their bar est 10 The shape
Of a Swarm oftravellers from England, France
or Russia and, zee may now add, Amerca
The winter pays for the long delicious lrdo.
'cuce of the summer ben the popllacr
Iounaes, with mterniuabe leisure, in heir
churches, ou their promena Is, round the doors
Of coli a-houses tina are never cln~cd oiihei
a
lession.; they cluster with an easy good ma
tured curiosity round everything that wear-
the appearance Of a lele, takilg via ever
amusement presents itself, without ring TO
datam li, aud quitting u wiIhuut The least dis
trust hat s1me other quite as good viii occupy
IT, place. "pne evening we were reused,
says ouF traveller, ''hy mise in the stree :
two or three musicians Of the opera, un leaviS1
thp theatre, bad taken fancy 10 % hume 1lay
ina a waltz The scattered population OF the
STREETS arranged themselves, and followed
watzng The me- who could find No better
paftnrrs, wahzad ingeihe. FIVE cr six hun.
drpd persons were enjoying tins imp omp'u
bah, w3cb k-pi rs cnurse from Inc onera
house 70 the port del Praih w'ere the 'asi
musician retided Tn lasl musicltn having
entered Inns house the walters returned ann
In arm, N humming be air to which they bad
been dancing"
I'll 0luws," continues VI. Dumas, sfrom
THE numerical apathy, 'hal al Florrn you
mu-t ,eek after everything youwant. ltnry
comes Of ltaeli-neyer presents Ilse before
you-every thing there avs a. home--resls
20 its own place. A foreigner who should re-
ain only month + ihe capital o Tas,ay
oald carry away very al-e idea ofu. t.
tir,t u ems Wlpos bic 90 procure The tuiug
rha must indispensable, Or r.o-e vou jp pfu.
cure are b43; % Is olv after -1or uuc th
Won learn, and That nW run HE uh4buapS,
81 trm other !1rciuncrs VINO have rrs j 20
there ungeT than yourself, Whrto auyth au u
% he got Ar the end Of six non'b- yuI sre
stl mailing discoveries Of ltrs sori 90 fba
people generally quit Tuscany The time they
have .earued 10 1--we there. results lom all
this that every time You yisl Florence YOU
Ike il the BE- ter; If YOU should revisit three
or tour times you would probably end by ma
KING oft second coun r., and passing there
the remainder Of your lives '@
Shall we visit he churches Of Florence with
W. Dumas! No, we are not in the vein.
Shall we 20 with him 20 the .heatros--to the
opera--to the Pergaal Yes, bot not 20 die
cass the music or the dancing Every
body kn"ws that at the gre thea. res Of Italy
The asho able part ul the aud ence pay very
little attention to The music, unless y be- a new
opera, but make compansat on BY listening de
youtly o. the ballet. TIE pergolt Is heg tea
resort of6shi.r. box al the Pergola, and
carriage for the banks Of the Arao, are the IN.
dispsHsables. we are told. at Florence Who
mas these may eat his macaroni where he plea.
ses-may dine for sIXpence If he will, or can
It is his own affair the world is not concerned
about 1.-THE is still a gentleman, and RAM
with mobiles Who has them not--though be
be derived from the IONS Of empcrors, and
dine every day off plite Of gold, and with q
I dozen courscs--is srll nobody. therefore
! regulate your expenditure accordingly, al yt
who would be somebody. We 60 with NJ
/ Dumas 10 the opera. not, as we nave SAID, fol
the music or the danci 2, but because, as !
I the way with dramatic authors, he sail there
| introduce Us, tos The sake Of contrast, wi al
nsiilu ion very different from tha, Of an opera
\ nc company
"S1metlmes 30 the midst Of q cavaiina or
pqsds-dur. bel with arp. >hrH, rxcor
atinq :, uud, wlll De d.Aa misericordia Listen
( iii sounds but once, H. IS snne rdinary &C
| cden; 4 twice. Tor one ola serious nature;
/ T. sounds thr times, It is a case OF dfath.
you look around, you vii see a 'ght stlr u
some Of the boxes, and il wlIl 81 rn harper
| that he person You have been speaking TO,
a Flnrenfnc, viii eXcusa mmSe nr leavln,
you, will quietly lake hs hat aud depart. Yo
inquire what that DELL meaas, aud by y pro
duces so strange an effect. You are told %
the dgllq nte, ic9rdia and that be with Who
YOU we're sreasilg Is brother Of the order
"Ths brotherhood OF mercy H. one at he no
ble.i institutions The wo q. i WIS fonnde
in a, GA urcasion Of the rrqueni pcsllcu
ees which Al that peHud de-ulated the 10 Z
and It has been perpeiuated the present dal
without any ate uion, except 10 ITS details
with none in rs purely charitable spirit
composed Of S, venty Two brothers, called CHIEF
of The eat h, whl are each IN ser zee flu
months n the wear or these seventy-tW
broibers, thirty are priests, fourteen gentle
mn, and ven'y eight artists IN Sc VII
rep esent the arisiocratic classes ami hbe
/ aris, are added $40 lsborrrs and wurkmen, WI
may be said to represent tie people
~Tne seal afthe bro herhood is D III pae
el dunno Each br thei has there make
with his own name, hoN mcloslng hlae
robe Ike tia, % The psHiisnts, with opening
only tor The eyes AID mouth, IN order that b
good actions may have the further merit
being psriurmed IN secret. Immediately lh
the news Of any accident or disasters br0ng
to The hrniher who is upon guard, the b
sounds rs alarm, once, twice, or ihrc' aero
| ding 10 tn gravity Of the case and Al II
sound Of The ball every brother, wherever
: may b Is bound to retire a. me instant, a.
? hasten 70 The rendeNous. Tn re he lear