New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-17


FLORENCE.
THE swal: Indian gil with a belt Of glitter
ing beads" has been most happily made by Cow
per the emblem Of London, with It's swart and
bcgriincd body surrounded by Richmond, Green
witch, Dulwcb, Hampton Court, Windsor, and
the rest Of its suburban beauties. The COM
parison wodld also well suit FLoREHcE; for,
,hoog!, the City is happily freed from The black.
on;ng smoke Of London, It's fortress like buildings
make it rather gravcly grand than brightly beau
tia and when you first enter il, its stern and So
lemn air makes you slov 10 acknowledge the JUS
tee Of the cpi;het of Z" In jetia Fiorencs." Bu;
when you look st the lovely hills which surround
il, or explore their beauties more nearly, YOU find
the "gliltcring beads" of London replaced by
diamonds, cmera!ds and rubiCs Of The fist water
Delightful excursions may be made on every side.
On the East the hill OF BeHoSguardo richly me,
Iits lis name Of e" Fluc-vicw y on the South rises
the castcilated Convent OF San MRiat0, with Its
lofty tower, which Michael Angelo defended from
the cannonade OF the Ncdci, by suspcnding
wooden mattresses before It. and thus intercept
ing the shot, in the style of General Jacksous
cotton bales at New Orleans. Between these
points is the Imperial country scat, approached
an ascending avenue of Expresses, and said to
contain seven hundred rooms. Near i; is an an.
Gent tower used by Calico as an observatory,
and not f.r distant is the Villa which he nh 4bitcd
Fiesole, is, however, the Queen Of the Hills.
Il should be visited IN the cool OF The morning,
before tie vopors draw. from the river by the
sun have risen 10 dr any of the beauties of the
prospect You leave the City through the North.
eastern gate of san Gallo, End the triumphal
arch which fronts It, and wind along narrow
lane hemncd in between Il brook on orc side and
vineyard walls on the other, I'll you reach the foot
Of the hill a few years ago no wheeled vehicle
could mount the rude road and invadcs were
dragged upon sleds. Now mos, excellent Car
rage road ascends to the summit like miniature
SmploH. The way in which this great cfange
has been effected IS worth the notice Of or Con-
gross and Legislature, with whom constitutional
sc.uples or financial fears so often interfere to pre-
vent the construction OF the most useful works Of
internal Improvement. The people Of Fiesole
had no money themselves nor any hope Of getting
il from the Government, but they had the right 10
grant titles of mobility. This privilege they avail
ed themselves Of most literally, and drove SO
cood trade in their fancy stock that the pro
cceds were abundan,y sufficient to complete this
fac road, over which the Grand Duke himself
was the first 10 pass, as duly commenoratcd
By table, at lis summit. The title of Baron
cost three hundred dollars; Countships and
Marguisates brough; more, and were literally
bestowed on whoever paid the cash, an Eng!ls'i
dancing master among the rest The purchasers
were not so silly as we at first might think them,
for presentation at Court, with the pleasures
and privileges consequent upon 1t, is granted only
to those who possess titles Of nobility, unless they
be foreigners who have been presented at their
own Court. Americans are exceptions 20 The rule,
for anyo( Us can appear at our Democratic Court
of the White House, and therefore at any other
in the world, and we are all " soycrcigns;" but
titles are none the less reyercntly received by U.S.
especially b. the young ladies', and more than
one even sciEstyled Count and Baron has specu
lated fundamentally on this partaity of our peo-
pie Here tcn is source Of revenue yet un-
rcaped, and Congress has only to do away
with that awkward section Of the Constitution
which forbids the granting OF titles of mobility, to
raise any amount Of funds required.
This road, made by mobiles to be trodden by
peasants, is lined with villas and gardens rising
in terrace above terrace, most beautiful in them
selves and most interesting from their assGcia-
tons In the TiNa FitelL, Lorenzo the Magni-
fccnt is supposed to havc.!ived and from its vino
clad terraces to have overlooked the fair city
which he so wisely and nobly, though unlawlully
ruled. In the Tslla Pc}ntiere Boccaccio wrote
his hundred tales of love, and II is now inhabited
BY Waiter Savage Landor poet and ph:ioso
phcr too lille known among US. Ia the Conycn,
on the SUNNI; Milton passed g. week, the memory
Of which he has enbanod in his great Epic =
These arc all cmbosomed in cypress groves and
olive clusters and surrounded by the luxuriant
vegetation of the climate. The silence around
them appears supernatural so ncG- great city
and they seem cnvoloped in magic atmosphere
Of Their own, inpcryious 10 turmoil or tEouhic.-
Growing the hill is the Eunscan city of Fiesole
whose origin is lost in antiquity, but which re-
tairs the Titanic wal which seems built by the
same gigantic race who reared S:onehangc and
the Pyram;ds. TIE peak rising above it, once
It's Acropo,is is now monastery, and 50 deli
cious is the view which it commands, tina; one
nigh, be pardoncd for turning monk 10 enjoy it
without Cessation. You stand on the edge OF an
amphithealrc Of hills, carved by nature into the
most picturesque outlines covered with every
shade of foliage and yerdurc Of vines, olives, null
berries and chesnu,s, dotted with snowy riliaS
with Their tall square towers, SO thichy bcsprink
ling every nook and knoll that they seem 10 have
spou'cd out Of the GARTH and so magnificent
that Ariosto well said. that if they were ell col
eeted under one name, within one wall, two
homes could rot equal thcm. At your feet lies
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