New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-30

ms tne 10 careful study and r. ne modelling
Of the IDEAL before proceeding to commit him-
self iIlevocaoy by The gIca; work winch must
f. h.s posiuCn among SculptoTs and make OF
mar a.s destiny have grea, confidence that
what he has already carefully and exceAen'iy
doae 5 but ioretaste Ct What he Is yet 10
achIese. and that his seeming hesitation vii
prove The sures' and tUesi efficiency.
i 'hink there arc bat few American Painters
ID Florence | met none bat PACE, who Is fully
employed and expects to spend some time n
ltaly. Hls health IS De;,ef than during has last
year IN Mex YORK.
The strong necessity OF moving on com
PEELED nc 70 tear myself away from pleasant
party Of Americans assembled al dinner ~
Florence last evening to celebrate The 10Th An
niversary Of American independence, and take
the Diligence a, 2 O'Clock for this place on the
read to Venice, though 40 other American nor
even an Englshman came alorg. have found
by experience that cannot await the motions
of others, nor cen / find party ready 70 take
post horses and 50 travel a. rational hours. The
Diligence or stage-cOach travelling IN Italy ap-
pears TO be organized on purpose to afford the
least possible accommodation at the most exor-
bltant cost This city, for example, is 63 miles
from Florence on the way to Padua and Venice
and The Diligence leaves Florence for Bologna at
no other hour than PM. arriving here at
O'Clock next day fare 40 20 45 Tuscan pauls or
s445 to s.. But when you reach Bologna after
an all-nigh ride just after midday. you find no
conveyance for any point beyond this until ten
O'Clock next morning, so that YOU must walt here
twenty one hours and the Diligence might far
better, so far as the travellers convenience and
comfort is concerned, have remained in Florence
TIL an early hour IN the morning, making the
passage over the Apennines by day and saving
their nights rest Three or four travellers may
break over this absurd tyranny by taking post
horses single one has no choice but to submit
And, having reached Bologna, tried to gam
time, or at least avoid another night-ride, by
taking private carriage (retfw,no) this afternoon
for Fenara, thirty miles further on, sleep there
tonight. and catch Diligence or Maii-Coach
tomorrow morning, so as to reach Padua IN the
evening but no-theTc is no coach ont OF Padua
NeniCe-ward TIL 4 tomorrow afternoon, and |
should gain nothing but extra fatigue and ex-
penso by taking carriage to Ferarra and give
II up must make most Of the tourney from
Fcrarra to Padua by night, and yet take as much
time as though / travelled only by day. for am
IN Itav
The valley OF the Ano, especially for some
miles on either side Of Florence, is among the
most fertile portions Of this prolific land, and is
laborously though not efficiently cultivated
All the Grains grow luxurantly throughout Italy,
though Indian Corn is so thickly planted and so
cultivated that 1t has no chance to ear
or fill well THERE'S enough labor performed on
the average to insure sixty bushels of shelled
grain to the acre, but the actual yield will hard
ly exceed twenty-five And have not had the
first morsel Of food prepared from this grain of
fered me since | reached the shores Of Europe.
W heat Is the favon'e grain here, and, requiring
less depth of soil than Indian corn, and having
been much longer cultivated here, yields very
fairly Barley and Oats are grown, but to a Inn
tied extent If Rye. still less The Potato Is
planted very sparlngly south OF Piedmont, and
not 80 commonly there as IN Savoy The Vine
is auniversal favorte, and rarely out OF view,
while n often seems TO cover halt the ground IN
sight, But 1t is not grown here IN close hills as
IN France and around Cincinnati, but usually IN
rows some twenty or thirty feet apart, and
trained on trees kept down to a hight OF eight TO
twelve feet, Around Rome, a species OF Cane
is grown wherewith to support the vines after
the manner Of bean poles, which, after serving
wear or two IN this capacity, IS used for fuel,
and new stalks OF cane replace those which have
been enfoeblcd by exposure and decay The
plan of training the vines on dwaried trees.
(Which seems t. me by far the most naturally
prevails here as well as On the other side Of the
Apennines 50 that the vine stalks are large and
NAV ho hundreds of years old instead OF being
fresh from the ground every year OF
two. The space between the ,ine-rowS Is usu-
ally SoNn with Wheat, but sometimes planted
with Corn or Land down to Grass, anu mode
rate crop realized
Crossing the ApennineS manly IN The night,
they seemed little higher than the Green Noun
talnS OF Vermont but lacking the noble forests
of which apprehend the proximity of Railroads
is about TO despoll that noble range. But the
Apennnes, though cultivated wherever they can
be- are far more preclpltous and sterile than their
American counterpart, and seem to be IN good
degree composed OF whliish clay or mail
which every ram Is washing away. rendering the
Amo after a storm one OF the muddles streams
/ ever SAN presume therefore, that the APP
ennlneS are, as a whole less lofty and difhcu,
now than they were IN the days OF Romulus, Of
HANNIBAL, or even of Constantine.
We crossed the summit about daylight, and
began rapidly to descend, following down the
course OF OF the streams which hnc the
Atuauc together near the mouth OF the Pc. At
; A. Vi. We passed the boundary OF Tuscany and
entered the Papa territory, 50 that our baggage
had 20 lie all taken down and searched, and our