New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-30
AT EUROPE. No. XXI.
CENTRAL ITALY-FIORENCE

! IN no nuffJ 10 snuIUt on tnlS mortal Coll,
and rather " cary Of seeing. | think should
have found few choice friends In Naples, but
NY time is limited, and the travelling through
Southern Italy neither pleasant nor expedltious
OF vesuvlus IN It's mider moods / never had a
high opinion. and, though should have liked TO
tread the unbufed streets Of Pompci, yet Rome
has nearly suTfeitod ne with runs. So short
sned my tour in Italy by cutting off the farther
end q II, and turned my face obhquey home
ward from the Eternal City. what has the
world to show Of by-gone glory and grandeur
which she cannot at least equal
Let no one be sangulnc as to his good resolu-
,lons ] as firmly resolved, when first shook from
NY feet The dus, Of Ciyila Vecchia, that never
again would enter It's gates. as ever did to DO
or fortear any act whatever. But, after te-
dious and Intellectual attempt to make up party
of Americans TO come through from Rome 10
Florence direct, was al last obliged 10 knock
under. All the seats by Diligence or Mall on
that route were taken ahead for a longer time
than could afford 70 wait ard offers 70 NIL an
extra coach II the propnetors would send one
were utterly unavailing Such thing as En-
,erprise is utterly unknown south Of Genoa, and
,he it,a Of any obligation on the part Of proprIe
tors OF stage lines to make extra efforts to &C
cOmnodate an extra number Of passengers IS 50
queer that / doubt whether Italian could be
found to express II. SO some dozen or more
who would gladly have gone through by land to
Florence were driven back upon Civlta Feccha
and Leghorn--i among the number
Three Of US left Rome IN a private carriage a
noon on Tuesday The lsl, and reached Civlta
yecchia al 10 minutes past p. M.-the inner
gate having been closed a, O. One OF my com
ranions was known and responsbly connected
at the port. and so was enabled to negotiate our
admission though the process was tedious
one and our carriage had TO be left IN the outer
court or between the two walls. Here left It
al 10; II may have been got IN afterward. We
found all the rooms taken at the best Hotel (Or-
,andi.) and were driven to accept such as there
w,re left. The boat QLangucdoc) was adver-
used to start Tor Leghom at next morning, by
which time succeeded IN getting my Passport
cleared 0or no steamboat III these waters Will
awe you permit TO embark until you have
handed IN your Passport, duly cleared, at It's Of
fee as well as paid for your passage but the
boat was cooly taking IN water long after lis ad-
ver,ised hour, and did not start until half past
eight
We had am unusually large number of passen.
rers, about one hundred and fifty, representing
nearly every European nation, with gsodly
number OF Americans the day was cloudy and
cool the wind light and propitlous the
calm and smooth 80 that ! doubt If there was
ever a more favorable passage. ! was sick my
self, a result of the nlght-ar Of the Campagna,
bad lodging and inability to obtain a saltwater
bath in the morning, by reason Of the Passport
nuisance, but for which should have been well
and hearty. We made LCghOrn (l20 miles, IN
about eleven hours, which is very good time for
the Mediterranean But reaching the harbor OF
LcghoIn was one thing, getting ashore quite
another, an hour OF more elapsed before any OF
ms had permission TO land. was one of the two
first who got of, through the preconcerted inter
position OF a powerful Loghorn friend who had
procured special permit from the Police, and
a, whose hosWiable mansion we passed the
night. was mwcll throughout, but an early
ta,h IN the Mediterranean was the medicine re-
quncd, and from the moment Of taking II began
10 l,co,er By scasonabe effort, | recovered
my Passport iiom the Police Office, duly rs d,
a, l0A NJ aud left by Railroad for Florence at
lo,, r,echpg The capital Of Tuscany (6o miles,
about o'clock, p NJ.
Florence Qtalm Hrws0 Is pleasantly To-
Gated on both sides OF the Ano. some forty
miles m direct line from It's mouth. The rlyer
rs here about the size of the Hudson AT Sandy
Hin OF the Mohawk al Canalohane, hut subject
to rapid swellngs from rams IN the ApennueS
above One such occurred the night was
there. though very little rain fell at Florence.
was awakened IN the night 10y the rushing and
roaring of It's waters my window having only
street between II and the rivor, which subsded
the next day, without having done any ma'eTlal
damage
That day was the ith OF July, and spent
most OF 1t, under The guidance Of friends resi-
dent at Florence, IN looking through the gale
mes devoted TO Paintings and Statuary IN the
two famous Palaces OF the regnlng family and
IN the Academy Although the collections EN-.
brace the Venus de MedlclS and many admirable
Paintings | cannot say that my expectations
were fully realized. Ill health may IN part ac-
coun, for this my recent acquaintance with The
immense and muluiotm treasures OF Art at Rome
may also help explain my obtuseness al Florence.
And vet | saw nothing IN Rome with greater
pleasure or profit than derived from the hour
spent IN the studio OF our countIlman POwsRs,
whose fame is already world wide, aud who |
trust is now rapidly acquiring that generous
competence which Will enable HIM 10 spend the
evening Of his days IN and comfort Ia his
native land. The abundance OF orders
s,an,ly pouring IN upon him AT his own prices
does not induce HIM TO abandon nor postpone his
efforts IN the ideal and more exalted sphere Of
his art, hu, rather to redouble those efforts and
n will Vet be felt tha, his Greek Slave and