The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-17


"Eternhl Cly"-on sacred ground, lon ground
once lrod by b. Paul, st. Peter, aud many
ohrly elrialians' and ulso by Agrippu, Rom
ulHs, ste gssslys Csnanrs, TrnInn. Adrian, M
ma, THUS, Constantine, and The whole SUE
cession Of lioly Fathers, fran 81 Pdp,dolru,
doion, down, 10 Pope Plus IN, tho latter nun
by the way, 10 down 10 GaeIa, but his glory -
ieft within lhe walls Of RoWe, Classical on
/ lhusasn eannm gel az, beeAuse never
was elassic, bat 6nd myself IN full posses
sion Ola dreamy kind Of enthusiasm, Al llHI
! have known Of Rome from my enrllefi
childhood, aud which ! have long desired 10
I have presented 10 The actual eye, II no" on
all sides Of me-cnn this ba Rome' ] some
times ienr tlA, I may makeup aud ilnd Us but
dream, But L,will go back aud take ybn'o
Rsmr 10y degrees According 10 our MAJ!
When ! wrote lnsl, from Marseilles,our longl'
Jude was about four degrees emt uPfurih,
nrd now we nru nbou, eight degrees further
cust, a. guin In lime Of 0hout half on hour 10
that now $50 nrs about ~ hours fhsler Ihnn
your IiIHs ia iIr Nuss Werld,nnd II We should
happen 10 find ourselves IN The land ofdrenn'"
IA Z n,cloGl,wu could tak, another nap
mud dream or home-your clock ieiiing ~
his OILY hnlf past two, The Italian lime n
quite novel. il - tie custom 20 Tcrkou ilirir
hours from sunrise TO sunset, cgpnii0g one
o'clock uu ho6f AFTER sunset. aud 20 on Ia
twenty four, according 10 the ancient cur
tom oftho AlheniaHA THIS method h Ia.
conrruicui, s,r their hours rro continually
changing, and Ihrir day beginning sooner or
laIcr according ns the sun sells. In Rome
mid day, noon-M., Is announced 10y tile ir.
ing N cannon FROM 'le G'9sile of st. Angelo.
Now Of our departure from the shores Of
, France, ~ o'clock the 27Il, OF Dee. we, u
i gip ofl"r, Hnu Pompey mot P"mpcy tho
Grcui, hut lon'peyl tirrhI, entered small
boat aud padded 81 toto The harbor, where
wns lying The Frchcli Steamer "Courricr de
. CVrsc." We boarded her aud NJ q o'clock.
, an horr mud half nilcr the appointed time,
: lihc FtSng! steamers ARE never rnncIunOnn-
der full sicah! We were headed toward iho
X lnnd Of "sunny cnaes.r mixed company
\ of passengers, 80 or 50 ~ sll--nll nations aud
, tongues represented; French, Italians, Ter
4 mnns, -Swlss, Turks, Spdniurds; me" ro"
= hIc gorlh of Africa from Tuni1 and Anglers -
Greeks, Arab, Monks aud Priests; and WHAT
y was lrcut 10 us, "A few fellow passengers,
American aud English, bending their way al
70 so 10 the ,nctrerols ofihe world. NGcr n
b smooth night, wo Hwol>e NJ u respectable hour
the .s1 morning, ard, ufHpearlng on deck,
LOund ourselves sailing along n bold mud
hcprnWShorc, IA 'thc vicinity.or high hills,
with the Alpine Appeuines ia Ila luek
ground, covered with SNOW; numcrops villa
gcs dotted down costly along tho san sliGic,
close under tho moWnuNns. Al four o'clqrk
we were iu the harbpr OF Genoa, having been
free trun'een sickness, aud dnring the dny
long ieusling our eyes with Ilalinr Sceuory,
undrr wnrnl1un, and clear atmosphere.
Aher waiting nn hour Dor the ycNalious for
malities ofilc police to he Como through with.
the passengers wore granted permission 10
land, Our passports nere first taken 10 the
board of health, quarantine laws recurring
this, then 10 the Police office for the permit,
s. we wore then taken of ia small boais. We
were landed INTO The hands Of n,olley com
pany Of Porlers;And here il was That we
found the value ofnn interpreter. Bompey
managed like n philosopher, perfectly cool g.
Sself possessed. We first went TO the Custom
House, aud paid IL lar Of Two pauls each, or
1 twenty cents for landing. aud then With our
luggage in our hands, followed porter TO the
Iioiel dc Malta; costing, by Pompeys good
management, next 10 nothing for landing eX-
klenses. A fellow passenger remarked to- rs
in the evening on his return rothc boat, that
his expense for por'ernge simply 10 the Hotel