Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-09-20

doomed ",
heirturn of amusement and by wasting little powder on
etedsys seem to tickle the Veneans into goodhumoed
slavery. I'd III .urN 4nJgl 8t e sa1 1922 li9G
Perhaps place in the world gives the visitor 1t once %
much pleasure and SO much pain Venice. There are
times, however when il be seensuch the excite
ment offs the stranger IKE the in
habtant loses all melancholy associations and gives up me-
moy and thought to the hosr Of dreamy fsti,ity. The
chief Venetian es of the year happened fortunately during
visit and presented which, hoheh too iairy like
be painted in words, have hast passing notice
Venetian Incidence itself reused by any thing like
pleasure and for several days previous to the
ete all Of projects set in motion for its celebration
even bridge Of boats was built the port the Cru
pLccA-half mile in ength-and the grand canal at sun
down Of the evening" on which the te commenced began to
be filed with gsndoas arAyed in gay colos aid ST. Marks
Place 10 be crowded with citizens and strangers every class
almost Of every nation waiting embark under the escort Of
military company snd several bands of music 6raverse the
waters in grand procession AT midnight the grand canal
the Gudecca and the harbor presented scene Of
ment The cioudess Italian sky overhead the nsJ iut
past her full flooding all the with glory and paving the
Adsc with silver thousand gondoae, each lighted by
illuminated balloons and decorated
and varegated eamefs gliding every directions the bands
playing delicious airs and intervals the gondoEers singing
their national rockets ascending many islands in
the harbor and finally succession Of ssoics from the gum
boats echong and eechong from isle isle ard setting the
waters all blaze what more wanting bewier the
and drown every feeling in that Of ecstacy And this
the fee oftbe REpArxER
The population having tasted all dsy, one hour past mid
night was the signal for turning the fast into feast Every
gondoa as il sded by discovered table spread with u1ures.
and around merry company Of both sexes, in hoyday
tune while on the other side of the Giudeccsbtdgeac
which thousands were passing all nghta grand public table
spread for the benefit of the jewellers though be said,
in justice to tsns that they eat drink to
their tastes being usually satisfied with light reflections The
following day turned into night till NJ when the
OF the waters sgsn commenced, and at shutdown
thousand eondoss and tens Of thousands Of people,
coursnp up and down the Gudeccatbe brghtey Vspe
an hellssand beautiful though all Of typo they are
in full toilette and the gondoies in the dsshng veria< Of
their several masters wearing fancifu cosumer Tukish
recan Armenian, with their long showy sashes sire anins
full standing position thst be imagined The fse was
concluded by grand LsffyySusnAr evening ION the
Place ST. MAX, which dzzngy illumna cd and pre-
sen,ed Of human hesd estimated ia lumber to have
been fly thousand. Bewlderns, snd M novel; a.
the whole the ,ime and sitting to all thought,
left impressions Of Italian character yet to DO weigh
ed in the scales Of maturer judgment.