The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-08-12

monuments, and into which has been poured the
population Of Venice for centuries. AT the close
dead are disintsrrsd, and the bones consumed by
fire. Upon the surface Of the brick walls are inad
marble tablets, with the names and epitaphs of
those who lie below. Entering the iron gates OF
the Protestant cemetery, half way down on the
brick wall OF the Eastern side, overhanging the
Lagupe, the ceaseless dash of whose waves above
broke the stiffness, was found the tablet sought.
II was of white marble, and bore the inscription
s. Sacred to the memory of w lillian Alexander
Sparks, United States Consul at Venice, who de-
pirted this life on the fifth day of August, 1919,
aged 30 years" Over the grave four young cy-
presses were waving their melancholy boughs in
wonderful luxuriaDce, considering the character or
the soil, which, on throwing it up, proved to be
mere debois of limestone, bricks. mortar, and hne
dry sand. On reaching the massive box OF oak
which enclosed the coffin, it was found perfectly
sound and indurated almost to the hardness of mar
BILE by the dryness of the soil, BY the attending
ply slcans, the remains we're presumed to be as un
ments and graves in the Protestant Cemetery, are,
of course, less numerous than in that Of the Cath
ocs and but two Of the tablets besides that Of the
late Consul, (which yet retains its position in the
wall, and will SO continue, to mark the spot of his
first buiial,) bore English inscriptions. One was
erected to the memory of Sir Thomas stephen Sor
rell, British Consul General, who died March 81
1876, aged IL; and William Yeames, who died As-
gust 9th, 1913, aged SO. The most costly monu-
ment in the cemetery is that of the young and
lovely Austrian Princess Hohenloe, who died at the
design is simple Cross Of white marble, standing
n-a heavy pedestal of the same material, bearing
long pton in gold letters, in several languages
| on different faces of the cube On some of the
| graves bloomed flowers, and on some Of the monu-
ments hung wreaths Of the mmortelle, such as are
seen at Pere la Chaise. HeIe, too, in a secluded
| corner, repose the remains of the young aud brill
liant French artist, Leopold Robert, (of whom Du-
mas makes such honorable mention in g Monte
| Cristo'0 the painter of May beautiful works,
among the most celeb nted of which are .'The
Fishers Of the Adriatic," and "The Improvisation
or Naples" who long resided at Venice, and who
committed suicide at his studio In the Pi'ani pail
ace, at the very height Of his fame, because of a
hopeless love for lovely girl of an illustrious fam
| ter the suicide of his brother Alfred! romance,
embodying this sad tragedy, written by lady, ap-
| peared some years since
The remains Of Mr. Sparks having been raised
from the grave, were conveyed to the southern
| gate Of the cemetery, looking out on Venice, and
commanding a full view Of the city from the Arse
nal to the Railway bridge Here we're assembled
about twenty woHkmen of various kinds, all busily
engaging themselves in trying to do something in
the business, while one-fourth Of that number
would have probably proved far more efficient
twenty expected compensation for that presence
| And thus everything is accomplished In Venice
| Notwithstanding, however, this army Of employees,
| four hours had elapsed before the burial box had
| been encased in it's winding sheet of lead (weigh-
ing more than three hun ired pounds) and soldered
up SO as to be impervious TO air water, and then
deposited in the bed Of charcoal in the outside box
of larch cased with tar, and the box securely
screwed on; and the rays Of the sun had become
| perfectly whitening in their intensity, pouring
down on the burning soil of this Golgotha, shaded
by not single tree as if from the mo lth of fur
mace AT length, everything was completed, aad
hardly had this been done, when a letter from the
Consul at Trieste desired the transportation OF the
remains to the city by the steamer leaving Venice
at midnight OF that same day. Immediate ap plea
ton was made to the Deeg alton for the necessary
order and for officer to accompany the remains.
| After whole hours Of delay, and the agree nent
upon an exhor bitant compensation to the officer,
for service utterly useless, the indispensable order
was at length obtained The Consul then repaired
to the office OF the Austrian Lloyds to procure
transportation on the "Venezia," their steamer of
that night for Trieste when, TO his astonsh .nent,
the chief of the Office utterly refused to receive the
remains on board, without order from the Board
Of Directors at Trieste.
tel.graphic despatch in Italian, (accoriing to
rue,) was, after two hours delay, sent to the Ame
Iican consul at Trieste at what be deemet in
the United States most extortionate price, desir
ing him obtain the necessary order, and to send
it., by telegraph, without delay. That night came
no reply; but the next day came letter, by mall
announcing that the Board had the subject under
consideration, and that the Independence would
defer her departure from Thursday (the day ofdate,)
until the following sunday. Next day the mali
brought another letter from the consul at Trieste,
announcing a final and absolute refusal of the
| Lloyd's to receive the remains on board, on any
terms whatever; but that by application to tibet Cop
| cevich Company, rival corporation, which runs a
| small boat occasionally between Venice and
Trieste, transportation might, possibly be obtained
although upon most exorbitant terms. That night
the steamer arrived, and, by agreement with the
directors, the remains were the next morning
being that of Saturday, July l2th-received on
board for transportation TO the Independence, at
tended by the officer Of the delegation, who, to
crown ali, at the last moment, insisted on being al
lowed attendant for himself. That night the
steamer reached Trieste, the remains were trans
ported to the Independence, by her launch, and on
| he nj he'll sail al
from the port Of Trieste, leaving the Mississippi at
anchor, shortly to start, with Com Morgan, on her
| trip to Constantinopls.
On Saturday the King and Queen ofSaxony dned
with Com Morgas, and on Sunday morning their
majesties were brought to this city by the Lloyd
steamer Archduke Frederick, specially detailed
main here some days. They seem exceedingly
republican in dress, manner, and appearance.
The King, Frederick Augustus, is tail, thin
man, Of about fifty years, and his queen is
| about his own age, and very much like himself
in stature, countenoncc, and proportions. She has
| little pretension to grace or majesty, and none
whatever to beauty. They will PROBABLY, await
here the unusual festivities which preparation
for next Sunday, the 10th, in celebration Of the
| restoration to Venice Of her free port privilege
The festival Of the Hdewore falls upon the same
day, and s to be observed with all the splsndor Of
"tbe olden time" A municipal bulletin, announc-
ing this fact in the most pompous terms, has Just
been banded me.
The number of Americans visiting Venice the
past Ntek, Das Dten very great SNAIL euDJoin
the names Of those with whom have met, before |
close though not those OF all who have been here.
Most OF them come from Lo yer Italy, and they are
perfectly ferocious in their denuncia atoms Of the in
science of Austrian officials and the extortion Of
American Consulsl They complain mos, of the
CoDsuls at Rome, Naples, and enoa, and pronounce
the entire Consuar corps in that region insult
feiable M sance, of whose existence Americans
are only made aware by extortion Some of the
/ Consuls (among them the Consul ut Venice) have
determined to receive not one dollar compensation
by means Of the usual fee for endorsing passports
But the fault after all, is less that Of the COnsuls
than OF consular system. The right to dem and
s2 for every rise il claimed under the lth section Of
the act Of 80; and however unwarrantcd, has yet
been sanctioned by custom, and by the absence Of
all ceDsure of the state Department, IL not by its
positive approval. For many years the extortion
has been denounced by travellers, but never so
loudly and 50 deeply as now and il does seem i'm
possible that the administration should fail to re-
commend to Congress immediate reform of the