The New York herald., 1851-11-06
Our Florence Correspondepee.

FLORENCE, Oct 8, 1861.
Am1ican Pis,trs IN Tuscawy-TSe Ro,te from
vmics 10 F2ore~ee-Ameteaw A,rists Ahoai.
The beautiful capital of Tuscany is full of Amer.
cans; several families ara residing here, and tn,
autumral current s bringing host OF tourists
south, on their way to the "Etsrnal City" Apa.-
ty Of fve accompanied by the United States Consul
at Venice, left that city on the lst, and reschsd
here on the evening of the 4th. The party consist
ed Of E. H. Ewing, J. II. Price, and r. w. McGa-
voch, of Tennessee; w, G. Johnston, of South Ca
rolina; and A Kimmell, Of Maryland These gen.
tlemen are all destined for Rome and Naples, via
Pisa and Leghorn, after short visit here; andfrom
Naples they depart, in company with MIR. Foster
and some others, for Egypt I E. zsu, OF Phus-
delphia, with j. z. Quincy and George Bemi, os
Boston, and some others, leave for Rome, today,
via Terni, by pett1tu. Il is the vintage season,
and the route is said to be peculiarly delightful
The distance is but l5i miles; but five days are re-
qured to accomplish it, travelling only by day. and
resting all of every night. Tne entire expense
everything found, is about Sl4. The diligence as-
coppshes the whole distance in thirtytwo consecu.
tive hours, and is somewhat more expensive. A
third route is by railroad to Leghorn, 90 miles,
thence to Cveta Vecchia by steamer, and thence to
Rome, so miles, by dligence-an done in shirty-siK
hours, at an expense Of about $l6.
From Venice to Florence the route is delightful
at this season, by uatt1a. Starting from tina
"City Of the Sea" by cars. at I0k A. M, you at
Padua, about 40 miles distant, before noon. Hera
you engage your pGtui ina, visit the old University
with the countless armorial bearings Of its count.
less students of former days. eat your dinner, aud
start off at about three, your route which, during
the whole afternoon, lies along the Brsnta, with It'd
lovely villas and the canal OF Monselice skirting
the bare of the Eug hills. Passing the night
at Rovigo, lorg before the dawn yeu are rattling
through it's arcaded streets and, crossing the 70
few hoursater, you enter the States Of the Church
Here takes place general vseiug OF passports and
examining of luggage Happily freed from this a. 2;
last, you are of for Ferrara, 20 miles where, at 10
an hour wandering through its s wide and grass.
grown streets" and under its endless arcades, and
wondering at its strange old cathedral, and that
lonely old palace of the Estes where Parasina ant
Ugo atoned for their crime with their lives; and,
after half dozen examinations of the evsrias.-
ing passport, you are off for Bologna, which you
about twenty. seven hours AT this old city os
puppy dogs and sausages, as Becktord calls it, you
pass the night at the grand Hotel Bruu, and next
morning spend several hours In visiting tho Otser.
San Petronius, and the leaning towers, and q.
Apennines, nearly every mile Of the journey being
up hill or down. But then the scenery! That l,
grand, msgnf cent, sublime The night you pass
at LojaI o, one Of the widest and most romantic;
places you can imagine, and in an old stone hostel.
more savage still, ard you DIRE am all night of tao
brigands who once infested the spot, and Salvador
Rosa, who painted both spot and brigands. A.
dawn you are off, still ascending the mountains
the scenery, at every step, becoming more and mora
hours your passport and luggage are exa mined at
the Dogana, on the frontier Of Tuscany, at Figars
and it Is noon when you breakfast at Caviglia
10. -Four miles from here you are 1900 feet above
Mente Benz, Monte di Castro, Monte d For, ana
others, tower more than thousand feet higaer Al
around the pass, and present a scene OF grandeur.
and desolstop, and loneliness, indescribabls Ra-
min lu lin WI a~aa0 ha yaI
viney ards and olive groves Of the wales Of Tuscany
Pen cannot describe the glorious scenery that now
surrounds you. Passing the palace Of the Grad
Duke at Csfag ggiolo-erected by Cosmo de Msdici.
and once the residence of Z" Lorenzo tie Magaii.
cent" and the future Lee X, and which, among
the many crimes il has witnessed, beheld that OF
the cruel murder Of the beautiful Eleanor OF To-
ledo, by her husband Pietro de Medici, three hun
dred years sgo-a few hours brings you to Fon.e-
buona, where was erected gorgeous villa for Bian.
ca Cappello by her princely lover, aad Pra.oiino.
from the browofthe An-snine: ,Ss lock down ga tas
towers. domes. campaniies. coamns, and paiac.. IL
beautiful Florence, in the sweet valley o. the Arao;
and, as the magnificent scene is bathed in the las.
beams Of the sinking srn you clasp yeu- hants aud
exclaim with Rogers
OF all the fsirest cities Of the earth
None are so fair "a Florence. iris gem
OF ppreet ray--a treasure fcr aessket"
no manner Of means II has been done too oftsa
for that BESIDES, al the description in t5e wor,t
would never convey an adequate idea OF its DuomD.
Baptistry, churches, galeres, palaces, bridges.
gardens, and its COUNTLESS fairy like villas hanging
on the mountain sides all around
There are about dozen American artists rssii.
ing here. Among them are Page, Sanders, ksl-
logg, Nichols and Crockett, painters; and Pogs-s
Ives, Hart, and Gait, sculptors The studios os
Powers and I've. show that they have been busily
engaged, and are still 90. Among the models in
the studio Of the latter, from which busts hay.
been, or are to be made, are seen those Of Mayor
kipgssnd, of New York; and bis brother, Dasot
KipgslaLd, Or. Horace Green, Mr. Hastings, Of
the same city; President Day ard Professor Taylor,
Of Yale college; General scott, Mrs. Ames, Mrs.
Lambert, and Daniel Appleton, Of Boston; Il.
5. Tuchsrman, Rev, DR.. Bushnell, Of Hartiori;
ard Nicholas Brown, formerly United states
Consul at Rome, Busts in marble Of ID. ID,
Niagara Falls, are nearly completed, and several
have recently been shipped to the United states.
They vary in price from 400 to $500. The marble
employed is that Of Servers, the grain of which Is
quarry lies. Mr.. Ives has beautiful Baechaats
bust, which he has often repeated, and full length
Pandora model, which is exquisite in conception
and execution. Mr. I. is about removing TO Rome.
In the studio of Powers, No. 2,5is Via Chiarl,
are seen an army of models, which have been, or
are to be, executed in marble. Among them, ars
those Of Webster, Calhoun, Preston, Everett,
Jackson, Van Buren,, Adams, Calvert, Judge Mag
shall, Judge Burnet, Abbott Lawrence, Rev. l..
Smith, Lieut.. Seaton, Capt. Grant, the Grand
Duchess Of Tuscany, Mrs. James Gordon Bennett,
oil New ork, Mrs. austin, OF boston. ant q most
beside. A bust of Washington, for Philip Slsugh-
ter, Of Petersburg, Va is nearly completed, aui
one Of Franklin, for the Cincinnati Art Cnion. Nu-
merous busts Of the Greek Slave are seen in thestu-
do Five COPIES Of the original size have been exc
cuted by Powers. Lord Ward and Capt. Grant, of
England, have each one, Prince Demidoa another,
and two in the Unite States The price now
demanded for the Greek Slave is about 1000 Tbs
Fisher Boy with the Shell has just been repe s.ed for
Prince Demidof The model of Eve Is to be seen,
but the statue has not been repeated in marble IL
was lost on the coast after being embarked for the
nited States, but was recovered and after much
dispute about salvage, has at length reached its
beautiful bust of Proserpine is also
seen in this studio. Powers has a large number
Of orders for busts, from Americans, among which
are those Of Mr.. and Mrs. Penniman, Mrs. Hem
ming, &c. The artist is man Of about forty five.
Of medium height aud proportions; erect figure,
lark and percihR eve. sMarfhY cnmnlexio Hhisk-