The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1848-03-31
From the Christian Mirror.
Mr.. Palmer's Sketches.
No. XI.

Aeao OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES f>f0ceSSe0n-
Voyage continued-Ezba-V esuvius-entrance
Of the Bay Of Naples-Appearance Of tile
city-Pu5Hc Gardens Lezzaroni-e
to Pompeii-entra'ace Of the city-incidents at
its suerthrow-Houseo of Diomedes-Neac exca-
cations.
On leaving Marseilles we had the pleasure
Of making an important accession to our num-
Der. We found among our fellow passengers
on board the Steamer two American gentle
men, Hon. E. r. Hoar, of the Massachusetts
Bar, and Josiah Cakes, Esq, of the firm of
Carey & Co., New York, who were travelling
in company, and had left Paris day or two
later than ourselves. OF course we were soon
acquainted, and it was agreed that we should
make one party; and we accordingly shared
together the pleasures and the pains of travel
for several weeks, until having passed through
Italy, Switzerland and Germany, we at length
parted at Brussels, our friends to return to
Paris, and we to go on to London. 1t is a
very great advantage, both as respects enjoy
making such tour. Three or four are much
more likely to find out the objects of interest
at the various points and then there is kind
of esprit ou corps in the matter of sightseeing,
which at once sustains the courage, and in
creases the enthusiasm. Efforts which 70
solitary individual would be irksome, will be
made with cheerfulness along with others.
Our voyage being thus pleasantly COM
menced, we stood directly across for the coast
of Italy, The next day in the afternoon we
found ourselves sailing along the northern end
of Corsica This Island has a bold and lofty
outline, the tops of the mountains, probably
from the light color of the rock of which they
are chiefly composed, having the appearance
of being capped with snow. In the morning
of TIE succeeding day we arrived at Leghorn,
where we lay five or six hours this detention
being necessary for the change OF mails. We
went on shore and took stroll through the
town. was agreeably disappointed at find
ing it clean and somewhat handsome place.
Leghorn began to be place of some import
ance in the days of the Medici. 1t was made
free port by Cosmo 1, and from that time had
steady growth. For about two hundred
years its commercial relations have been very
extensive and important and it is said that
it is visited annually by some four thousand
ships. 1t is the principal port in the domin-
ions of the Grand Duke of Tuscany and has
population of about seventy thousand. The
day of our arrival was a grand fete day-in
honor of what saint have forgotten and all
the bells were ringing, the streets filed with
people and long ecclesiastical and military
procession marching through the principal
streets. The only thing that particularly in
terested me, was a phaanx of the Capuchins,
dressed in the coarse habit of the Order, of
brown color, with girdle around the waist
and cruciix suspended from 1.-THE beard
long and venerable, and the crown shaven
leaving circle of hair around the outer part
of the head like wreath. Their appearance
realized my idea of old Monks precisely, and
was very picturesque. How great praise that
is, say not.
Late in the afternoon we were under way
again, sailing down over most smooth and
lovely sea along the Italian coast We soon
passed Elba, dreary, rocky looking island
from which do not wonder that Napoleon
ran away. The evening was soft and balmy,
and we walked and talked-that is one of my
companions and myself-and repeated verses
and watched the phosphorescent light in the
vessels wake till late hour. The weather
was so perfect, our vessel and accommoda-
tions so fine, and the thought that we were in
such neighborhood so thrilling, that the voy-
nnn ,pas all one lnxnry We Touched AMIN