Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-13
The Ctr Of Yeuse.


following interesting skeeh is given by
the foreign correspondent Of the St Lou
IS Intelligeucer
The city of Venice is formed by the
Junction Of 20 shoals. banks. or islands
large aud small bv meausof sos bridges
mostly Of marble or stone 1t is cutinto
two nearly equal parts by tie grand canal
about 500 feet wide. exceedingly serpen-
tine, and about three milesin length from
one extremity to the other This canal is
spanned by single bridge Of a single so1a
OF 46 feet wide called the Rialto The
smaller canals are some l5z In number.
while Of streets, exceedingly narrow. lab
}r.ntAine and intricate. i has about ; =
100 From east TO west its extreme
I length Is about three miles and from north
to south about two. while is general CIR
cumiereUce is some seFen lniles embra-
chg an era Of 1--WE millions of square feet
! The number Of its edJfces IS estimated at
Is ESQ, of which more than GOO are on
+ the grand canal and that Of its iuhabi-
tauts ! Is 600 though in It's best davs it
exceeded 200 GOO Its religious struc-
lures l2in number so Of which are now In
fdil occupation although once there were
rs. La the Laguue around Venice are
about - iHslaEds Of various sizes and AZ
various distances from the city. constitu-
+ ting the Adriatic Archipelago. the pruci
pa Of which are Chioggia with 20 600 in
ha5.tants. Burano with 10000, and AIura
no with 8 600 There are also some thou
sands Of people al Lido and Malmocco
TIE population OF these villages united
with that Of the city and the lesser islands
and the hamlets along the Laguuei is es
t.mated to have made an aggregate indie
pendent Of soldiers and strangers. at tle
time Of the siege. Of 200 600 souls
/ The sole connecting link between Ven,
ice and the main land is the bridge belong
/ iar to the rail road leading to Verona. and
dcsi gned to extend to Milan This mass
! i've structure Of stone is about two and Il
half miles in length and so feet in width
on an average. between the arches. 1t
has ~ arches. WAS and a half years IN
course 0f construction, and vas finished
+ IN l545 at a cost Of six million Of Austri-
an hru, or about one million of dollars -
/ Its foundation is 10000 piles Of lanch-
wood forced into the soft mud which mud
Is covered with water to the depth OF from
three feet to thirteen Along its para
pets aquoducts convey fresh water to y e
nice In the center Of the bridge is u
space 14j feet by 98 called Pit--a and
ON either side at regular distances are two
others 3 > feet by 55. called each Plp1-
t.'tu. which serve well their desicu-tie
n!a.t;ug Of batteries About half a mile
truin The head of the bridge stands the
stormy fortress of Malghera wnict, with
those of bro1dolo and Freporti, Is the
chief defence oi the city upon terra frf1u
pen the islands however, at the ports
aad along the whole length of the Ag-e e
rise series of stro1g forts and batteries
some twenty or thirty III number and en-
crclug two zones OF more than seventy
miles in extent
The DAN1Ea or srnAiN-e WOOD ii
GuapO3elicr Piot.-Mr Thomas Middle
ton occupies a suite Of apartments IN one
Of those tail bat not very superb houses
ou Water street. Mr. Sias Kemp iHnab
ts another portion OF the same bIlldiag.
Iae cellar used for slowing away fuel. IS
Ia common On the right hand side Of
this cellar Middleton has deposit Of pine
wood aud on the other side Kemp has
lalf clrd OF oak Now Kemp, being Of
suspicious temper, imagined thai his
ns ghbOr Middleton m.54t poss BY mis-
take lis le.t hand t nis rlgut, wnea he
entered the cellar u bring cut wood for
cooking purposes; so -'iu the dead waste
audmidlie OF the niglt," when wttcacratt
celebrated pale Hecates Offering Kemp
descended into the ce!ler, armed with d
b.- giJulet and powder horn and after b0r-
ing d hole lougltudualiy IA tue end OF q
iug Of hs own wood. he pat IN a charge
of powder and plugged up tie aperture
lie then moved back. with Tar4pius
ratishing strides to his truckle bed and
slept as souualy as a spufoTdcr Yl0tte.
may be supposed 70 Sleep, between the
planning of Il desperate deed and the exc
cut;on The next day. Middleton had a
m,ud to treat himself 10 a rich dinner
corued beef and potatoes and while his
w5ie WAS placing tue viauds rs kettle fit
;ed IN tie back part Of ten plate stove,
M.dd.eto himself weAt down after fuel,
and la mere absence 81 aHlud We presume,
took several sticks oI heAps oa6 Instead
of his own pune Among the b.llets ia
aen by Middleton. was the one Kemp had
prepared II him aud winch had been left
iay.t ugly exposed ou the top Of the pile
! bat As uuoceuce is proverb.aily uususpi
c.oas. tuis loaded stick was pat IN the
stove among tae Others the end that con
tanned tie guuPowder being placed imme-
dlatciy uuder the dinner pot. Middleton
taeu seated himself behind the stove, sm0-
6ed his pipe AID snuifet the aPpetzug
odors from .Ae steaming kettle without "a
iaougut Of danger. Suddenly an awful
detouation took place, tie kettle with lta
contents, shot madly from its sphere and
dew upwards like bomb sueu projected
from a mortar The half boiled potatoes
flew about like the small Shot. slusa AID
other dangerous missiles VITA which bombs
are 4sIa..y filled One of these yegeta-
Die bullets struck ur. Middleton IL tue
eve, and ~buuged II up very badly Hap
ply no greater personal injury WAS sus-
Iatred by any CT tie inmates OF tie room
where the explosion took place, but tie