New-York daily tribune., 1844-03-16

the public piazza It's Dill WAS HuiiS uP eiiiiouo
inc the nights performance not IN mere words
as with us, but with picture of the size AM
colors of life, representing the last scene OF tn
play Two fierce looking desperadoes, with 'hen
names of Rodolpho and Gongonara painted over
their heads, were crossing their swords IN rnorta
combat, while beside them fororn looking
damsel. named Annunziata with uphfted hands
and ewes was awaiting the issue OF the duel OF
which she seemed the object. The painter had
ebreudlv left the issue doubtful, SO that those
who felt interested in it might be compelled to
co,ne IN the theatre to learn it there and to pay
far #. The more economical ones could amuse
themselves with the feats of juggier, who was
nerformipr in the same piazza and every 1e"
minutes carving round his hat for contributions
=. very effectual way of dspers!ng mob IN all
countries.
The inn was here named Croce rossa, which
at once recalls the Rosicrucidns, and, lndepen-
IDENTIFY Of all associations, is SO infinitely more
harmonious (ike every other sound IN this de-
icious language) than its English synonyme,
Red cross. So too dog was here muslcally called
Testo. bianca while in our tongue he would be
plain Whitehead. But the language In Italy
needs to be musical, for the women who speak
It have voices like ravens. The majority OF
them talk like bass-singer with cold, calling
to a friend across river, and when they get
into passion, which is no rare occurrence, you
begin TO think that deafness is not SO great an
evil as is generally believed. l have heard an
old woman on the Mohawk scold in Low Dutch,
and thought it the climax of dlscordance; but
she would be hushed into silence before the tor
rent of harsh sounds poured out by an lrate
Italian donna.
Early rising, which is generally minor virtue
oftener praised than practlsed, becomes painful
necessity in uefturino travelling. Before day
lieht. servant who wakes all night and sleeps
all day, in true Itatian fashion, brings you
light and is generally surprised and shocked to
find that you have thought it necessary to fasten
your. door, not by the lock, which never has any
kew, but by some piece of furniture or other con-
trivance of your own. If you rise, forgetting
that you are in Italy, you step upon an lce-cold
brick floor. which has never felt carpet. Every
thing else is equally uncomfortable ;; and when
YOU assemble in the saloon you shlver over
tantalizing fire of green twlgs, till your coffee
and carriage are at last ready. You start off,
Just as daylight is breaking, illdisposed to enjoy
any thing however beautiful, till presently the
sun peeps over the eastern horizon, and his first
CLEAN is as potent as the spear of Ithurlel In
all evil spirits, and when he has fully
risen, his Jolly red face and golden beams soon
put to fight the ill-humor which is SO apt to be-
set any one who is so irrational as to get up be-
fore the world is well aired
At Codisotto, we again changed countries
and passed from Parma into Austria. Here our
passports were reexamined with great care,
though we had entered Parma from Austria. A
child of FIVE years was in the party, but his
name was not down on the passport, and the
officer made as many objections as if he thought
he infant dangerous consprator against the
Imperial Government, and looked in its face as
carefully, as if he were Lavatcr himself, deputed
o discover from the child's phisiognomy whether
le were likely to assassinatc the Emperor. lie
inally decided that there was no imminent peril,
md allowed the dangerous infant to pass.
To give Austria its due, however, it must be ad-
nitted that the petty annoyances of passports
are very endurable, when accompanied by such
rood roads as mark the entrance into that coun-
ry. The change is marked upon the line of
boundary though that is merely an imaginary
one, and the moment that you leave the domin-
of
brother, you find the road wider, better shaped,
formed of broken stones instead Of brook pebbles,
by granite pillars at every twenty
feet, and measured by milestones, always such
interesting objects to travellers. The distances
in Northern Italy are divided into Geographical
miles, sixty of which make degree, so that
here the scientific, nautical and common miles
are the same; while in our measurements we
follow the bad example of England and absurdly
divide the same distance into 60 parts at sea and
691 on land.
At Salicetto the Pc is crossed by flying
ferry the barge boat or 'scow being attached to
a long rope the other end Of which is anchored
up stream and its heavy length supported by
smaller skitfs, while the rapidity of the current
sweeps the boat across the river by a very pretty
practical illustration of what mathematcians call
/" the revolution Of force" The boat was laden
with casks of new wine, which in this stage
of its fermentation tastes very much like musty
new cider.
For many miles the road lay through low and
swampy grounds, over which it was easy to see
that the swelling Po, Req EridGnus" often
exercised his nights of sovereignty, and at length
mass of towers, and high buildings was seen