Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-06-28
From the Portland Advertiser.
Sketches Of European Travels.

Sketches Of European Travels.
Prorokiag Delay at Cipita-T The Balkg Horse
and The Cattte of Itaty-A sleep in Panicum
= The Palm Tres-The Campagna First
Greeting Of the Eternal City ss1G aI.F
ROME, March, 1855.
DEAR vat six o'clock on the morning oil
the a6ih day Of March, the Scilian steamer Gala
brese, bringing us from Leghorn passed the Moe
into the little harhor of cvita Vecchia and drop
! ped auchor few rods distance from the Quay.
There was the pleasant bustls and expectation
OF lmneaate Iandiag.. Il lovely morning
we FASTENED -alts, we had no Use for any such
haste to rapid survey of the we>builtdnd we'll
protected haihor some OF it constructedby Trajan;
and of the French soldiers as they mustered on the
ramparts in answer to the rpreiHe.--Every thing
pleased. Strangers that had uot spoken together
during the passage, now suddenly laid aside then
reserve and addressed eac h other. The lime when
we should arrive in Rome was nicely calculated.
Soon the French steamer, following hard after US
from LeghoFn, came IN, fired her gun and dropped
anchor near us. Then came the French ame r
from Naples, and third from Leghorn But we
saw indications yet os cur being permitted 20
Hand. At last. BIO It with revenue officers was
was seen; bat it went to the French team
er. Ii seemed unfair, as Were first in the har-
Dor and were all in hurry, but there being no al
Tentative We took it out liz murinuring We
watched the soldiers rowing across the lutte circu>
lar hntbor; the fishermen, dropping alongside 10
supply the ships stores and offering for sale some
oil the ugiiest looking creatures such as ought new
er TO have visited the sweet light Of day. should
as soon thonght ofeatipg basket Of Breughel s
devils The sun, risen higher, bryan to scaid We
beheld the three other steamers, after another,
boarded, aud their passengers ia ken ashore;-and
the faet is, we weie no longer that pleased ship
company. Ladies that had stood with their shawis
and satches their for five hours, moment
~ expecting to land, locked weary. There was
quite Il sprnkhng of Americans; and when it was
eleven O'Clock andstill no signs of delivery, We
ionged for some chivalrous lngraham to appeal
and demand us out of that vessel But at last de-
liverance came. We welcomed the contemplate
fornallties, joyuy ran the gauntlet OF the beggars
and porters aud vetturini avn up OH shore to re-
ceive us, and hastened 10 the diligence office. But
our passports wer. all at ths Police Office and
we mast wait for their Inspection. Paul Went to
get them while stood Dragon over the baggage.
After waiting at the Police ,flice two hours, he
returned with violent head ache, but without the
passport. lie had given up in despair, leaving the
matter with an American, also standing there.
who kindly VOLUNTEERED 20 take charge OF it.-iIere
was tlie ending to the promise oil the morning.;
the FAR prospect of my companions lying two
days III Civita Vsccha with the sick head ache
A. lebgth the passports were all dclIveteddn. " 4
Americans had been longest detained that an En-
iishmen, acting American Consul, might lake
dollar from each Of All the coaveyances
had either started or ere engaged.
A gloomy prospect. bile meditating il, som,
BostonIans, who had taken a vct;ura announced
TO Us th'y lad OF spare scat. Al my so icitatoi
Paul took il, anGI took my chance at finding some
other conveyauce About four ciock, an oppor-
tuuty uddeny Offering. engaged remaining
seat III vettur; lhat Just starting aud so get
Il at
last permitted pass of he gates OF the delec-
abe lutte town of Civita Fecchia, my recoliectionS
Of which like disturbed cam Of puigatury
/ IL rather please me than otherwise 10 had that
one OF our horses was baiky, aud would stop AT
every whim, and whnl areuld IN The road; !or the
pitch of my former vtxaton made tiese minor
troubles seem only laughab'e. 1t was such de~
liuhl to yet out into Gods orId again, 10 The
mountains the fields, the foreIsthe blue sea along
wh Csc shore rode. aud think that this was tn
last link in my conveyance to Roine.-IhouJh !
have 81 circan@tAn tally narrated my troubles,
| they were no longer felt. Looking out OF the win
! Aureila Roma XI.NI." AS If 1t were Iothlng to
be the Aurelian way and only forty six miles from
RomeO II made wild with delight. wished
to say something somebody, but my Americsn
| words were lost on my companions and retained
! to me void 1t first amusement to wit
| ness, without power to take part nj, the endless
/ clttttFlHg DstWetti our NrtluT!uO dHH the UtSseh
/ gers, at every time the horses stopped: which was
/ pretty often. But this becoming dull and our pro.
| gress slow on the average. got oft and 10 TX d
! long walk along he road.--For the first time |
passed large tlorks Of white goats, browsing the
tail thors the ~ayside, in preference to the
dashed fields which The sheep were pasturing. The
rocky aud lideltss strand OF the was still in
my sight. On the left, al little distance. noun
tams. The country seemed booi and waat few
! i.h.h 1 II
| Save the scattered sails of few little fishing
boats, Fastening homewurd, the Mediterranean
was vast solitude. Not wishing 10 proceed lur-
! Their alone after niahtfaI', | returned along the
road came. aud at last found,nv company hat
I'D at the fool Of Ia he hill ard fou G perfect
storm OF liauinvective upon our poor vetluilio
1 ne fact is the fellow Anew his horse was balky
before lie contracted to take to Rome but
miracles have happened in Italy aud might again
aud there no knowing but that with the aid ii
| a few prayers to the Virgin, he might 90 this time
/ AT any rate there no harm IN trying t-and
the money he was to have was a tenptaiion But
now The experiment had failed and IVES abairdoli-
| ed on all hands. What TO do with us was lie
next question. II was night aad chilly and We
were all standing in the middle oil the road There
was only one being in the crowd that seemed de-
ciied on any thing and that being was the horse.
lie had decided not 90 a step further.
stood By silent, TIL my patience was gone at
50. | thought under the circumstances might
venture to swear u little in bad Duch--so bad /
hoped der Teufei himself would not understand me.
But was beeistaken. \ fellow seuger that
had hitherto spoken only Italian instantly add ess>
ed me in German, aud from that me | was
counted into the ring. We tumed the horses
heads toward Civita Veccha and they started al
once So we al mounted aud ode back to barn
! like looking af,ir, the foot of the little bluff on
which stands the dsmaniled castle OF Santa Mar
inella, once the ancient Punlcum, and within "a
/ bout SIX miles of the place whence we had start
i ed. There pretended to sup and TO sleep,
/ while vetturtno nude search for other horses
! fhe sound Of the water breaking the shore, for
a long time brought memories sweeter than sleep,
aud al last shaped my dreams.
Rising early, sailed forth--but who shall de-
scribe the establishment with which L behe'd a
magnificent Palm tree standing solitary IN the
castle yard not far off. IL was the first had ev.
er seen. 1t seemed to me that | must still be
dreaming. Sfar~shaped, with Infinite rays of long
tape'ing leaves, how il seemed calling to one from
! the depths of some other world. How the myste>
r'ous waving of its spirit like sci all tie soul
/ asilr; made the heart heave with new revela-
ton of the beautiful; voked The youthful dreams OF
the marvellous East with poetic reality exceeding
at,