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Our Foreign Correspondence.
NO. Il.
Route 10 Romc-Ihe Market-piocc Of Rome
Roman Cattle and FIock5
ROME, July IA, 1854

fOute 10 fOmc-fhe MARKET pt0rr 81 Rome
Roman cattle and F2ocks
RoxE, July IA, 1854,
| To IN, Editor Of N, Free Press
The early evening found US again in our steamer
the Mediterranean, and bound to Civita Necchia
About six o'clock the wind began to freshcn, and
before haitian hour it blew gale which tossed our
boat like egg shell on saucy a sea as | have
ever looked upon. All made very sick, not n
soul went to the dinner table except the old captain
who tried to eat little soup bservcd, it wa-
twice dashed from him by the sea, as chairs and
dishes tumbled down TO the lcward. Big drops of
sweat stood on his brow, and he ordered the dinner
removed. lie wa. himself evidently sick, aud lit
tie alarmed at the look OF the weather. as the wind
wa, blowing almost directly on shore. | threw my
self bed in my clothes and closed my eyes, the
best remedy find tor sickness, but fell
asleep and luckily did not wake till morning when
| was informed that the vessel had not met such
gallo during the whole Of last winter, and all man
kind board had been fcarfuly sick. When
came on deck, We in sight of Ciyita Necchcia.
which we reached about o'clock.
Here, in all the Italian ports not allow
ed to land till the police officers shore have time
To rub their eye. passports, and furnish little
took till eight o'clock. and by this time we had
learned by accident that his Majesty of Naples had
ordered our vessel to be quarantincd ten days. be-
Of rumorcd cholera at Narcotics her point Of
departure This would keep all of in the lalarct-
to at Naples ten days, before landing, which would
make a sad break Of my arrangements, so | deter
mined to sacrifice my passage money which had been
paid - Naples. They would not repay it, although
No. hal
aud | accordingly went ashore at Ciyita vccchn,
to 20 to Rome before going to Naples So after the
passports were examined by the police the baggage
examined by the custom house officers and duly tied
W with strings and sealed with lead seal and every
man that looked at us being paid small sum, at
10 A. VI. we took our seats in Roman Diligence
for kuinc.
We had been used to French Diligcuces with de-
cent positions and conductors and were therefore
amused at wen a. shocked at the beggarly latter
denalinn look Of tho Diligence and all its appurto-
nanccs, and the perfect brigand appearance Of the
positions and conductor. We uotted on slowly
with every prospect Of being detained on the road
till evening, and we're consocd by stories of recent
r"bbcries of the diligence that route from ono Of
our passengers, who, while he said thore wus no
fear, aud that he especially afraid was plain
ly troubling with dread OF robbers as night aJ,-
preached, We changed horses at inus which looked
as though they were dcns Of thieves, and were per
secuted by scores of little heEgaIs that ssrtcd out
every NV ant then, and ran by the side Of the dill
gencr for miles with a shining, moaning, under
tone, that just reaches your ears thoy run ia
sight of the w'nlcN. and reach their impioring
hands toward, sou.
" n he uuN inv
your tar, To give Smsll Jun to every conductor.
Pu-tlliou aud drn ~, called IN tuuch ''pnu bor,."
aud in Gcrwau ''H,"Ag,Li' drinkm"nry aud in Ital-
Ton "t" ~" ~.a =" g.tircaticn. The rduct,r
usually pici'lua rrntw -h'uld allow him to pay
theul VIVA, tn hId Ut to cAloct, aud at the
end at the route should ,uaau hun suoh allow