The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-06-03
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MALTA, sST.iPAUL'S SIItPWRECKl

MALTA. sSTlPA UL'S SHIP PiRltECK
II A little 10 the south Of Messina, upo
the opposite shore, lies Rheg'um, lh
Elninr at which Panl first nticIed th
]cnasi Of Ilaly (Acls 2s:al3) .ng In icon
4 frms,lons of the accurscYoi Lnke'sInar
1Ialive, one sees thai wiIhaa ''soulh wind
I,a vessel could easily Fun up The coas, [,
4 lPdienli IN a single day. Eafiy ni III,
'I'hird dag weifonhd ourselves dndarath,
! massive. fprdfca'ions Of Valellas the POT
lot The island Of Malta. Tlis, town
situated upon an eminence, and having
hdrbnr on each side, Is one OF the mos
ll,icufesqueoaoijScrs alhat an aesstw6rt
'ousglsfFtrdsl eIiuis perhaps ahe mos
strongly fortified plqcesip The world; bpit
npon 2 rock, and surrounded With double
walls and bastjons upon basiIons i'll iht
whole CITY appears like one continuous
for'tof amszing strength and inexl,ansi
lble resources. Long ihp barrier o
Christendom against Ihe Turks, und,
Ihe knights of S,.cJahn, Il was VI Iengil
surrendered 20 NAPOLEON. and l,rn won
! byd the English iafleJla siege Of Two years
We lapdrd ipy small boats, found our
selves amid jn,gop, of tongues thai
would have bewildered 'ihe librarian ol
The Vatican, ando mdming a Iohg fiiphl
pf steps We we're ipraseniS enscdnc4dl id
. good IIoidl,mhdar English management
The city aof Vaieta isgreciaignlar, 'th.
p 'Gcipajb stfeeIs running from liatb8r al
hstbnr aud iaiets.Fied alright angles by
others graded sIeepIy 6pan eacIio side.
The h0nses are built of the siifi ryelI6w
stone that forms The island, and seyetAl
ofahe lid palaces OF the kmgiSis eivetaii
elegant galr 10 the S,rada Realeg Ole
pf hirsr contains ide Iafnim OF the
Knights, and many Of their ,fophies . ID
The Cathedral also are deptisited qhe Keys
Irf Jerusalem, won by Jthem aroai de
Turks. VsletiaI is places of ,gregi
,ciisi's; aud A. depot Eotgihe Medasi.
raneen steamers, a place ofi-oulfit fof
orien,sl travellers, ia reslingsplace iifof
Invalids, and, being a free port, goodsldre
abundant and cheap. NJ place has
bleasrd me more. Here The soldiers
and lie police exist 6oi as spies upohh' Il
the people bnt'Gn the lgener.i prcteclibn
'ind welfare. Here npdrrihe rProles,ant
fl e 81 England, A r ,man Catholic popnl-
isiipn have entire freedom 10 epip, lheir
l,sp refigioEs i-hls Is ~ i, should BE-
4 'isr havin travelled 10 Tuscany where
men aud women are, ,ppi in prison ior
reading the Bible, | rejpicsd, 10 .Gnd lbal
under a Protestant government Roa,ap,
Catholics had The utmost freedom of
opiHion and OF worship, could keep, all.
iasis md feasts wlllou, moleslsiion, and
carry, their crnc fixes Though The streets,
Under The stimulus Of English capital aud,
enterprise the Maltese are industrious
and thrifty. 49, c.
Malta is d mass Of rock, covered with.
a shallow soil, in part artificial; ibe,
climate. issso fine that vegetation grows
'luxurjan'ly. The island is a succession
of garden patches inclosed within stone
fences. i is pleasantly varied with v'i>,
'lnges hui!i Of The uniform yellow stone,
Our first excursion was 20 81. Poul'-
bay, tie repuled scene Of the Apostles
shipwreck. This is on The nurll>easierni
point of The island abou, eight miles from
Vale'ia. Prpiessor Hackeil, il his adj
mirable. cemnentary on the Acts, has
set,ls d i beyond controversy Ina, ,he
ptesen Malta was The Msliia spoken of
in Acts 2S: Ii but whether -. Paul's
bay was The precise place Of The, ship
wreck is less easy 10 determine.