Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-09-30

Campaona-tat while il rarely absolutely can the wind
is hardly clustering and clamorous The breeze ns
ssing qualify which may bs felt but not described l!
blow from any point but 10 stir the air
like The motion OF wing In walking. II is hardly ooseS,
ed; but when pause to resi- 1t comes upon Us Ike '.
seting presence fan the brow and refresh the senses
Ii cannot be denied that after the excitement and exhaus-
ton of Florence and Rome is relief 10 lind ourselves IN
place where churches visit no picture gal
leres through palaces and villas that must be ex
amined-wherc incSorablc Nemesis chases Us with
guidebonk in one hand and watch in The ohe-where we
mny without self reproac rr ourselves 10 unfoe-
seen impulses and not rise In the morning win duy In
the Disguise Of pleasure against every hour In the day
The beauty Of Naples and its envrons can as little be de-
scribed as exaggerated.
The whole line Of from PoZzuoli TO Sorrento repeats
and The same curves and OF beauty The land
s rounded scoopcd and followed; holding out Juns pro.
nhn'tos and projections like arms OF n'llao 70 me sea-
no ned lines OF defence thrown np no castelated
masses OF granite stand along the coast Ike ne OF battle
ships drawn for engagement; where is nm express
sion OF defiance stamped upon the same Along the rocky
and bound shores OF New England the meeting Of Tile
sea and The land is like the meeting of enemies under flag
OF truce Even the sunshine and tie calm speak of con-
ict past and 10 come Upon The practical and unromantic
coast OF England their meeting s like that OF men Of bust.
who have come together TO talk bargain. But
in The Bay Of Naples the aeeling OF the and the lard is
ike the embrace Of long parted lovers The earth ~ beau
fu and mpassiUncd Hero and the waves lie upon her DO
son Ike the dripping locks of Leanter.
We remember England or Germany as remember a
valued aud esteemed iend but the image of Italy dwr!ls in
our hearts like that Of woman whom we have loved.
TO the Editors Of the Enquirer
SAN FnAHcIsco, Sept l, 1853.
My attention has Just been called "extract from
private letter, communicated for the ~ T. Tribune" writ
this place. dated Dlay 26h, signed "Wm. F. s., re-.
published in The Alta Californian OF this city August 2lst
would perhaps be difficult get the same numter Of ms
statements misconslrucons and inuendoes in the same
number of lines published in any other than New York
paper. Who "Wm f. s." Is | neither know nor care
What he S may be evident TO many, but what he Is not
is plain as ALB G. He is not sensible, had working
One who is satisfied TO earn three times as much as
h, rho hpSin Tho m
East who that any decent respectable business
bickcd with sufficient capital and business Qualifications
cannot fail Of doing much better than the same business
would do East If 'Wm. F. s." lad been engaged in bus
in this city, he would have found by experience
that taboer be hired t1r less than dollar per hour
sf at a hf
many working for 500 and $50 month"; and others
for their board and glad Of the opportunity DO not IKE
To hurt "Wm F. SIS" feelings, but am under the painful
necessity OF believing that he knowingly and wny lies In
this However work may be- no man can be
engaged for less than $50 per month and from that to s5 and
l5O for abprers for clerks from S00 300 per months me-
chanics from sl2 per day The lowest is for wal.
and they paid at from S5O 10 SUU per
monh aud their board Does "Wm. +. 81 know OF any
country labor we'll paid7 There here as In
every large city many who cannot get and
many more who will not. What does Wm F. s." mean
when he says that ninetcnIhs Of The population oil This city
deprived of the advantages OF social intercourse and CIV
zed society cl Has he taken walk round the h and
beautiful valleys OF city, and observed The many reTy ma
ny beautiful cottages which have sprung up within Inc last
lew years2 Has he visited sirtecn Churches where
public worship is held nearly Fifty times week. Why should
we have so many public and Sabbath schools? Why SO
many temperance societies. Divisions OF the Sons Lodges
Odd Fellows and Masons debating societies, Mercantile
Library ton, and many other similar unions but
Wm f. s." may 20. California has outlived all the abuse
that New York papers could heap her. and needs no
such weak defender as aa uud more especially IN
such attacks this silly "Wm F. S's have hved mere
and half years and better off except in eXpe
ricnce than when first landed here This is partly from
misfortune and partly from want of Judgment ana exper.
encc on my part. do not blume California for H. w
f. s." can scarcely hope do well here He hasn't The
first qualification for Californian. There Is only one thing
in which he can excel He had better his attention
exclusively that He has every requisite for cores
pnnicnt N.r York paper. He can write up whole
sheet and have single fact not single truh, no.
single word .. reason justice, in his letter A J. Y.