Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-08-20

g of Hannibal and Caesar is near her
d When shall have learned little mo
1t Italian, l expect to visit Turin, in Sa
d dinia, by way Of this pass over the AlT
d Rather striking contrast it is, to see Il
: snow on the lofty peaks of the Alps ne
C you, when you are looking at the si
3 workers pulling leaves for silk worms,
n vine dressers working in the vineyard
: But this you can see at this little old0ow
), of Mems, of 1000 inhabitants, half Of whol
S are protestant, the other half catholic
: But speaking of contrasts, the other evci
| ing l saw circle Of young women sittin
under an arbor of vines and flowers, spin
ming silk, making kid gloves, and sippln
t red wine. They'd sing little Italian dittie
too, as they'd work away in their bowe
of roses, and then they'd scratch then.
selres riyorous.y and hunt .jleas a@AAe
But one step from the sublime to the ridi
culous, that, and when one would expec
them Peris, or Hours, or ethereal some
thing else, one is merely mistaken-noM
ing more. But horrors what u din W,
had here yesterday, Sunday 1t was tho
day of the Catholic procession of the host
"fcte dc st. Jean" and all that. The pro-
cession was nearly half mile long. Ban
ners, lanterns, little tea-bells, incense,
nuns, scattered rose leaves, Latin hymns,
tinsel trappings, &c, &c, the whole pro-
cession kneeling in the street at one time,
and the three large bells in Ncro's tower
ringing all the while. All that with appro-
pirate evolutions by the priests,we had for
two long hours yesterday. But protest
antism has gained strong foothold here,
and protestants don't take off their hats to
these professions, although couriers 90
ahead and ring hand bells FOR every one to
do so. The French government pays for
the support of the Jewish, Catholic, and
one of the protestant churches, called the
National Church, whose opinions are Lu-
theran and Calvinistic; but protestants of
different denominations here do not look
upon each other with jealous eye as in
the United States. They have one COM
mon foe to combat, and they are united in
the religion of the pope instead
of finding fault with each other. At Ge-
neva, in Switzerland, (Which is to protes-
pists, } almost all denominations may be
found, but they are all united and every
new recruit is welcomed, let him be new
school, Dunkard, or old school, Shaking
Quaker. For myself, l believe the Wal
lenses are the true church. You know
their history. They date from no rcforma-
ton, they have no Luther, or Calvin, or
Wesley from whom they date their faith.
Wrangling protcstants in the United
States could learn lessons of peace and
unity from these primitive christians. As
told you in the first of this letter, am
out on the border of their country, but
here are many Of them here. l attended
heir church yesterday, and never have
ecn so much simplicity or seriousness, or
leard more impressive music, and yet
here was no bass Or second part in it,
very note was of the same length, and {
without theatrical fourishes, Italian di- !
or appogiaturas, and the whole
congregation was one loud choir. For {
French politics see the papers, but as far {
IS can discover, republican liberty here '
n France is all humbug. All this re- S
ZION Of France is in state of siege at
'resent. Why? For no other reason than
because the people here arc nearly all re- {
all the protestants at least, and
he royalist parties in the national assem- t
'ly, when united, out-number the repub-
lean party, or the party Of the mountain. i
'hc Bonapartist, the Louis Phillipist or ,
)rleans party and the Henry cinquist {
Bourbon and party Of the legitimate {
ing,) these three, when they unite, out I
lumber the mountain. Many republican c
apers in hisquarter have been suppressed, I
nd several republican departments in the c
outh-east of France, are now under mill |
ary government. The Bonapartc party b
re making strenuous efforts to have the s
resent constitution altered so that Louis t
,apoleon will be eligible to another term, {
ut with the republicans his days are num- L
cred, unless these tickle French should d
nange their minds. But this Monday, f
umerous shepherds with their focks and n
'aded donkeys, arc passing through the C
'wn. They 60 to camp in the Alps, and {
ay with their focks till their provisions a
il. Half-a-dOzen large goats with large i:
ellis on, go in advance of the flock, the y
AIDED donkey comes next, the sheep after t
lem, the shepherds dogs at the sides of i:
lie flock, and the shepherds all behind. s.
o me these shepherds dogs and goats 0
em to show more sense in their move Il