New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-02

ively the nigh horse OF the two teams, there be.
ing alwsys three horses at the pole and some
/ time. three on the lead also. az ethers only two
( We had hall dozen passengers TO Ferrars. ia
! the best OF the way lad this extensive trNel
T ing establishment 70 myself. 10 rot think the
average member u passengers on 4 correspond
ing route n our coun,ry could be So few ss
! twenty Such are some Of the points Of differ
/ snce between Amerlba and Italy "a
We crossed the 70 an hour after Saving
Fcrrara, and here passed out 4 the Pspsi laIo
the uncQuWocsl.y Austrian tcuuioV-thc EIns
dom OF Venice and Lom5sriy There were O
coulse soldiers on each side (though all q L,
pece) police ottcers. Passport scrutiny and
fresh look INTO my capet-bsgs, mainly Il under
stand) tor Tobacco When any nie-wanes
finds more OF that about ne than the chronic II
breeding Of travelling smokers compeis me to
carry IN my clothes. he IL welcome 10 conhscate
lll possess Bri they found nO;hlng 70 eavll ",
aud passed on.
There y no town where We crossed the Po
Only a small village oa either side, and We FOL
lowed down - lci, bank n noyth.eaStcry
direction Tor several miles without seeing uy
through nearly is whole course. a strong. rrp,a
current and was swollen and rendered mrbIt BY
recent rams. | ludge that 10 surface was de-
c!dedy above the level of the adjacent country.
which IL protected nom muniation Qlke the re'
glon OF the Lower Mississippi by strong en-
bankmonts OK leyeeS. \: first natural doubtless
the product ot the successive oNeTilowS ot cea-
turies. but subsequently strengthened aai per
fccted by human labor The force OF the cur
rent being stronees, IN the center of the nver >
there Is either sullneSsor an eddy near the banks.
50 that the sediment with which the current Is,
charged tends constantly 70 deposition on or
against the banks When the riyer r,scs 50 A.
10 overflow those banks, the downward current Is
entirely untclt there and the dep0i,ou becomes
still more rapid, the proportion OF earthy mat
ter 10 that of water being much greater then than
at other times Thus great, rapid rivers running
through vast plans like these gradually form
levees IN the coarse OF many centuries. their
channels being de hncd aud narrowed by then own
deposits until the surface Of their waters, At
least IN times Of food, Is raised above the level
of the surrounding country, often several feet
When the great swamps ot LOUISIANA shall have
been drained and cultivated ior ages, they TOO
Wil doubtless be- eulllZed ard irrigated by ca
nalS as NJ great PLAIN raNcrscd by the 70 now is
And here too, though the acres are generally
well cared ior | saw tracts OF considerable extent
which. from original detect unsSllliul Inaa.
acement. stand below the waser level oi the
country. and so are given over 10 tlags, bogs and
niasma. when onlV foot or two OF cleya
.l.l .t,r th-ru a.iu mi
most productive
There many more good dwellings oa
this PLAN than IN the rural portion of Lower
Italy. These are generally tut ol bnck, 60
scred with stucco o. cement and whl,ewashed
and being nearly square IN !orln, two stories
high, aud without the long, siopIng roofs com
mon with u.s. are rather symetrical and graceful
IN appearance Their roofs are tHe,i with a long
cylindrical brick, of which fret course Is LAID
with tine hollow upward, and another over the
loints u this with the hollow down, conducting
the water into the trOughs made 10y the former
and so OF the house. The peasants cottages
are thatchcd with iags or straw, and often built
of the latter material. OF barns there are re-
latiycly few. most Oi the wheat being stacked
when harvested, tnd troddcn ont by oxen on
floors under the open sky. have not seen
good harness nor a respectable oNyoke IN Italy.
most Of the oxen having yokos which BerS
shire hog Of any oretenoiors 90 good breeding
would dIsdan to look through. These yokes
merely hold the meek animals together having
no adaptation 10 draft, wh.eh - obtained bya
cobbiing hlagrcc OF ropes around the head,
bringing the heaviest of ;ne work upon The
horns The gcsf rs a little better than thls-s
little as You please-whilc tor Carts and Wag
CONS there are lew schooibOys OF twelve to nj
teen in America who wo.id not beat the aver
age of all | have seen IN italy. Their cluisl.
ness and stupd,y Is so atrOcious that they 10
well m employing asses 10 dlaw them no man
of feeling or spirit could endure the horse
laughs they must extort from any animal Of TO-
lerable sagscIty. 70 see q stout, twohandet
man coming home with his donkey load Of fuel
from a distant Shrubbey, half day of the two
having been spent m getting as much as woub
make one good kitchon.ire. IS enough to try ths
patience oi Job
Although the Po must be nayigsblc and has
been nay!gated by steamboats, for many nles
above thu point, until Oostructed ~ rapids, yet
nothing ilSe steamboat was visible The only
craft saS attempting To stem It's surren, vas a
rude sort OF ark Ike a wicker caua-boa'. drawn
by three horses travelling on wldo iregularto"'
path along the .o.ee Or bank. presum, this
path lies not extend many mile. withou, meet
ing ImpedImenos. Qaite number .! rhno''
old ro0kerlcs were anchored Ia tAe rver, p! inter
,als, usually three to sir abreast which ionhn
70 be grlst-mis, propelled by me strong suHen',
and receiving their grain fran the shore ana
returning ths AouF by meas Of small Doat'
our ferry boat was impelled by what II tern's
Il think safe ferry a series of 'opes ind
boats made fast 10 some anchorage IN The stream
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