Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-17
LETTERS FROM EUROPE. NO. 3
Foreign Correspondence Of the N. Y Tribune.
en-HiaOry-Peope--Mde Of
LIFE. &c.

efs-Hiaory-PeoPle--Mde Of
LIFE. &c
CESoA. Del. 90.
l HAVE been three weeks in Genoa. and 6rs, aad
| suppose must give You what, is called
a general desciIpiion Of the CITY. ThsI dislike
'norv man all 'hiag-drsi. bcca use IL is inde6nii.;
srcnnd. because II is undressing. Cenos. as /
stated in my 60 mcr letter. lies in The G,rm of n
segment OF a circle. and rises like an amphirAeatre
irotn IN sea. The grnund on which il rests IA ar
reeniar. and Ihtre is nI q teUei or a sfraie6t stree,
~ u. They wind and twist about like aIloys in ev.
cry d'recilon- Hence a stranger has peculiar SEN
sali'ns nhrsa wanden"gaboui The city. Unahleto see
out al either end OF the street.. and from The immense
height OF The houses. rising 80 % 30 feet on either
side. unable o. gel an upper view, ne feel n, frs,
as u threading the narrow passages of sDme dungeon
expecting every moment his ps III will open into
day lighi niid freedom. and vet finds himself ever
.encomPassed with dark gray walls. Que, however.
very s0on gels accustomed 10 them. for lhev are
Tagged the whole width andkepi aImos. ns clean
As the halls at the palaces. This Is also true Of Inc
larger siress thai admit carriages, and 4 hsiisye Co
n"a may be called one Of The cleunest cities in the
werid- 10 some Of these streets The sun light never
reaches the payemeri. and in mrsi Of them the bais
are lying ai our dinner hour. which Is 9 O'clock
S'rada. Bllhi. Nuovo. Nuovoissimo are magnificent,
streets, and lined with palaces olM ssl the entr.
way. The wealth that huilI these was wcn ltom
the East During the Crusades Genoa acquired rx.
'enslve possessions and gained great commercial adj
want ges there. She Is called the City of Palaces
With The exception Of Veni>e there is probably no
city iH The world superior 10 GsIrua aud its psI,ces
She' VSnice and Pisa were three great Repub-
hrs, and ia the time of the Culsades had ,a,re
IN the Mediterranean than all Ean,oe
besides Successfully ravageI by Mage. hroLer
OF HANNIBAL The Goihs. Seneen nd Lonbards, she
rose eaeh lime INN her ioumer ruins. aid though
her Cnfnun q rraal 49,. - !.
Is gnne she il snll Genoa ia snDe,Ba -
There Is BAT one pubic promenade, called The AZ.
na Sofa. IL lies on The verge Of The city and X n
place ofTesH L "a Is elevated ahove The
strrOUndIng streets. covering several acres. and
loOks opi nP'n The Mountains Of Pleda,ont and the
Saif Of Geana. The whole city IL surrounded ma
I"o walls; The one einclInt the city proper is SIX
n.e ~ citeum'erence' The other g,ing over The
bans 70 thirteen miies long. The gates are s,ronelv
and constantly guarded. The shops of Inc
Town pOsaess scarcely any beauty; the largest couId
De weli-Righ put in the how window of a Road.
way aOEe. The basement stories Of magnificent,
PALACES arr le, on for haTers' shops. livery stables.
and indeed every hing. A main entrance u only
reserved The upper rooms alone are Occupied.--
Genoa contains about ZOE Gee inhabitants. one sew
snih Vt whom are soldiers aud prixAs. The eom-
mon people are generally industrious and very few
seem 10 want The necessares Of life. They ara
called the Yankees cf Italy. Their grent fault n
they uriH cheat. You tannOt trust them. n has
passed iniOa prOverb that cit takes seUen Jews n,
cheat one Genoese."
OF the nobility I cannot yet speak. They ae
now all oui ct the city. They leave in The spring
4or the country and return On the eleventh Of M
vembsr. The females Of The ordinary classes wear
no bonneis in the street, but in their stead a niece
OF muslin folded across the topof The head, and de.
scending around the neck and over the shoulders II
Che form Ofa shawl. Win only this protection. I
have seen them ~iounging along The streets when
me Tram mime blowing fresh from tho Aims made
me shiFer with my cloak wrapped close around me
This iramontane % Rorih WIND IL verv cold ami
blows 50 fnriously that shITslying in port are com
Poiied 10 hcave out both a bow and Stern anchor
But Notwithstanding ihis and The vicinity Of the
mountains and the high latitude Of Gensm. being n
oove ~ deg. they have no Snow in vinies, and he
poorer Glasses do without fuel The year round. Ttis
- partly owing 10 lie dearneSs. Even the little
for cooking is boarded with The greatest
care. Ona day being IN the country VIXEN a sIroag
southwest wind was rolling a heavy surf on the
snore' saw groups Of persons along the beuch watch.
ing The approach Of every wave and rushing after
y as u retired snatch something from the wafer
could not imagine what prize could crsaied ~
mueh interest. On approaching near I saw that Inc
nnJecis ct their eager struggles were SMALL chips;
not bigger Than half yOur hand, and small
wigs ne SEQ WIS throwing sshsrc. These fbsv
we're g%a'nenng Tor fuel. 81 scarce and dear il h
none = used 10 heat waller 10 wash clIihes.
They lako Ell heir garments out TO ,bs fresb
ffeams' and N a pleasant day you will soe groups
1i women, rum four ~ fifteen. lining Inc creek on
very tdo 81 The city. They tuck their dresses M
aeovs TIE knees and k~Deciiag down among he pcb
''es lake one large smooth stone FOR a Dashboa-d
"iap q up IN he article 10 be cieansod and then
'esin 10 bnead n. Although ihsre is q great deal
, wealth IN Genoa, The poor arc liule tls bcuer
me ply o. . soldier is only a few pence per day.
md even he ofcsr, most a whom are 49,, ,obi.s
eceive oi two iraucs or two fpncs and q hall per
Notwithstanding these difficulties he com.
non peopis seen conisnied ard happy. There are
70 anxious brows as with us. Lio and ne obliys.