New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-06
NUMBER 9s5.

the muddy Po {is was muddy when T ssv it-.s
muddy as the Mssssippi towers away up into the Climbs
the monastery Of San Mcheii-certanly one Of the me-.
remarkable monuments in Piedmont. The mountain ~
which Is situated only be aseended ON fot Or o
rnusa This higher portion is covered with exceedingly
fine groves Of chestnut trees through which you puzus
your winding path St higher up most secluded and
pctsrssqus farms which with the woods constitute nj
mos all the property that the opulsnt monsatery
retains Like most Of the monasteriss dedicated to st.
Michael this has the character at Of castle and
church. union of church and state which In Europe ia
oy no means unfrequen The drawing guide points out
70 you IN tad Italian, the rock whence the fair Aida il
W nave ieaped and what Ia to have reached the
IN safety under course the protection Of the
virgin But Who Aida was Esd guide knows no more than
tie only such to be the fact an he further
s you glorious and rash she attempt
ed the second time and perished by ths fall You
down the dreary steep and are mush ,ora i.1;.a5 ;.
give credence to the latter than ths formar .1r ~
story Or II you would fain believe all you
yourself that in the first instances hoepad psttsaat.
have had az much to do with the matter as the yir1
Mary was much amused in Lyons lately Ia city sy thu
way which presents but few objects Of attraction 10 d.
Strangely by visit to the Virgin It Is situated on
bold cliff and you ascend to 1t by don't know how u,anv
hundred steps cut in the solid rock From ths summit
obtained of the most enchanting prospects that ever
delighted the humsn eye. Below you are the diminished
towers and black roofs Of the city-hs valley Of the
Rhone and Of the Soane ia sumberng for leagues away
under the cloudess sky-immediateiy around you rise
the terraced heights encloEng the city covered with
grape-vines and wooded gardens and summer hou.ea
while the horizon is shut in by the immense circle M
the Alps their naughty eress powdered with snow and
Mont Blanc towering above them a hundred and ofty
miles away. You enter the Church your eva is u,me
dately attracted by the bizarre decorations of the walls
They consist nrst Of of little framed pictures
about large and Of about the intrinsic value as
common sixpenny ithographs. They generally CON-
sst Of few words Of thanks to the Virgin for having
saved come relative one's own self from some
calamity danger Now it son who stspped safely
out of fourthsory window when the house was on fire
now little daughter, who near tHmblin9 into A
tub Of waternew brother, who had successful run
Of the measles You smile at the idea of all these won
dsru and preservations being attributable to the
Vrgn-but you have not ali yet You nd one side
Of the building covered with little wax figures Of arms
and legs aud other parts of the body too numerous to
mention all hung In and all about the size of the
corresponding members Of goodsized doll You ask the
meaning of this mummery out Of character your est
nation with place of worship Tits very simple a man
suffers amputaton-ssy of his arm Poor fellow he
doubtless deserved it and more but then it might
have been leg-and he thanks the Virgin for the
forbearance by dedicating to her an exact COW in
wax Of the missing member. Another man breaks his
leg-he thanks God that it is net his neok-aud the
damaged aid to ocomotion goes to swell the Virgins
anatomical This recalls my mind the fact that
the Pantheon at Paris just the high altar is little
said to contain the bones of St. Gepeyeve
the patron saint Of the city These were the first reics
had approached and naturally gazed upon the shrine
which enclosed them with feelings somewhat allied to
awe Unfortunately however, for my religious aspira
tions learned from medical friend who was with me
and upon whose word could place reliance that ahourb
Ii.
tanned in this gildsd box they amounted in the sum-
total to two teluens and what is more that these fn.
both belonged the rigAs But am dgressiBo Most
Of the clocks in Turin strike the now twice in spc
cession, and some, even as the clock of St. PhiIn;s
Church. repeat every quarter the number of the hour
last completed This incesssn announcement of finn. ne
it passes makes impatient and oven sad oue,s life
thus to be hastened along and clipped inte dis
jointsd fragments The noise of the clock continually
hammerng out the hour brings back recollection
the comic motion of Count Xavier de Maistre in his
Journey around my Chamber" when after hearing 1t
strike twelve three times he exclaimed stretching out his
hand towards the clock. Yes, know liza tyelye-I
know it'll know it but too we'' The principal objects
Of interest to stranger in Turin the " Saue d. es
the Egyptian Museum and tho Church OF the Superga
the burial place OF the sardnian Kings The museum of
Of ancient formed by King Charles Albert near his
apartments very rich and very well arranged ia said
know not with what justice to be the collection of
in ths world Perhaps but the jewels alone on the
contained in the Sultan Museum at
worth ntrinsicay many times than the sardin-
ian collection and then the Turkish Museum of Arms
exponent and reward of Turkish vaor while the Sandman
has besn fairly purchased with gold There is suit Of
srmor belonging that belonged Henry St Orcomes
kind Of trophy here but instead Of being the fruit Of
conquest would naturally suppose in the battle of
st. Quinten it purchased at Paris like most of the
rest The Egyptian Museum s certainly the finest in
Europe 1t purchased by King Carlo Felee in 1921
after many but unsuccessful negotiations had been
ed into for the purpose of securing it for the British
Museum. The articles used in the various business of
life are numerous and most interesting Among the i'm
pemsns of adys toilet noticed little ivory dogs
exquisitely scuptured of which still retains the
thread that bound on it more than two thousand
years There also many specimens of agricultural
implements and arms several models of plows a yoke
for oxen arrows, helmets ETC., and fine aeimar of
bronze But what particularly attracted my attention
the celebrated Isaic Table 1t tablet of bronze
Of about four feet by three covered with herogyphics
and figures of Egyptian deites 1t has sorely puzzled
the brains Of most antquarians has discovered on
it the whole mythology of the Edda Another has trans
lated it into substantial Latin and found that it con-
tanned admirable theory Of the creation of the world
Still another has extracted from system
of theology SO much for Archioogy. As gazed on all
these musty relies, could Rot help imagining that the
uay Cume Wueu OF all monuments
marble and bronze also the magnificent evidences of
power and glory will be shown in the museum of come
now savage people in desert yet unknown lake
of which have heard, in the bosom of impene
trable and gloomy forests of lofty mountains hardly
discovered. The Youngs and Champolions of another
world will in their turn write dissertations obstinate
y defend their different systems, and will hardly know
whether to regard present civilization fable or
history. B.
GREAT FLoop IN TEHNgssEE-0ur Tennessee exchanges
contain accounts of damage done to property the high
water in the rivers in every direction the State Se
Vera lives have been lost Nashville by the high wa
ter and much distress has been to the
Inhabitants in that city oyerowing the lower part the
town, The True Wing of the 2Sth ut says:
At this moment FRIDAY morning) the waters already
spreading considerable portion of the city above
and below the bluff rapidly rising and well grounded
apprehensions felt that the high rise Is4 will be
equaled, if not sxceled.
A MURDERER ARREsTEDt-We learn from the Evans
vile Qlinos) Enquirer, of the 27th that one J. E.
Berthe who it will be remembered, about two years since
killed of Gen. Bingham of Rodney Miss has been
arrested in that city Berthe has been until quite
Gently, in South America; but thinking the affair was
forgotten returned few since to the United States
reward of five hundred dollars offered by General
Bingham and like by the State of Mississippi for
his apprehension,
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THE RIvER-The Little Rock Whig of the 2sth sayas
The last week has been extremely cold. The river has
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