Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-12-12

why it should have been so praised.
We had a week in Florence. saw much
Of my old friend Powers, who divides his
time between Art and Invention. His stat
ne. La PeaseroSa, which has been purchas-
ed by Mr.. James Lenox, is nearly finished.
1t Is thoroughly Miltonie, and | don't know
What more could say. The face isuplifted,
abstracted,
$50" GWithl ooks comtnt rcing with the skies,
The rapt soul sitting in her eyes," SO
the figure large and majestic, with a sweep
ing train, partly held in one hand as she
slowly moved forward In many respects
it is Powers best work, though it may not
be SO popular as his ''California.p This last
statue, by the by, has been ordered by Mr..
William B. Astor Gait had just arrived
in Florence, and was about commencing his
statue of Jefferson. -a9
We hastened on to Rome, although twas
rather arlyin,tho season. Ny companions,
however, had little fear of either fever or
ROBBERS and So after ten years Of absence, l
acted as their icicerone through churches,
palaces and ruins. saw little change in
Rome since 1876, except along the Appian
Way, wheremany new cxhumations have
been made, anda number of glaring tablets,
! headed with "Pius TX. Pout Max, insert
! ed in the venerable fronts of Roman baths
and amphitheaterS There was also tab
let in st. Peters, on the left of the Apostles
chair, cenmemorating the sublime absurdi-
tv of the Immaculate Conception. Oh, Pho
Mono YOU are as vain as your are weak,
and we who once respected you can now on
Iy pity you On the evening of our de-
parture, the Pope drove past our hotelin
his carriage. We leaned out of the dining
room windows, looked in, and received his
benediction. He has kind, amiable,
+ grand-motherly old face, and his blessing
could do no harm! Poor man! l think he
means well, but he is in bad hands, and
Rome, which had q transientsunrise during
the first years of his pontifeate, is now sunk
in as blind night as ever. a-n
/ Ny respect for the Roman people is in
creased, by comparing them with the For
entines, who are an impersonation of all that
is mean and corrupt There is honor and
virtue to be found among the Tuscan peas
ants, doubt not; but for the bourgeoise Of
Florence, one can have no feeling but that
of utter loathing and contempt. No lady
can walk alone in Florence without being
grossly ;nsulted, and even in a carriage with
a gentleman's protection, she must run the
gauntlet of thousand insolent starers.-
The faces of the youths express precocion.
Jo,,ro,.;t,. o,J +bo I1ao, o,a1 ,,I1 ,,,on elaU
in every wrinkle the records of debauchet
and degraded life. There is no help fol
such people; they are slaves and deserve
to be so.
But of all cheering signs Of progress il
Europe, there is none 50 truly encouraging
as the present condition of Sardinia.
passed through the country first in August
1916, and now. in October, 1856, l have
returned to witness what has been done il
those eleven years. Then, Sardinia wa
scarcely in advance of Tuscany, and her ma
terial development seemed TO be at stanl
still. Now, nearly FIVE hundred miles o
railroad are in operation, her commerce ha
been doubled, her productive Industry vast
ly increased, her agriculture fostered and i'm
proved, and--best of all-she has a liberia
constitution, an enlightened and energeti
government, and ahappy and hopeful peo
! pie. From Genoa to Turin, along the ole
road, where I then walked in dust through
sleepy villages, all is now activity and ami
nation New houses have been built new
fields plowed, bare mountain sides terracet
E and planted with vine, new mills beStrev
the idle streams, and thrifty and industri
Gus population are at work on all sides. Sar
Edinia has set noble example for the othe
Italian States, and her success is the sures
basis for the future independence of Italy
As King Victor Emanuel was not a
home, we were freely admitted into his pal
ace, at Turin, even the private apartment
being thrown open to us, Turin is statell
, and beautiful city, although it contains lii
tie to attract the traveller. We were oblig
ed to wait two days before we could obtail
places in the diligence for Chambery. Th,
passage of Mont Gents was made by night
we had a snowzstorm on the summit, wher
we found a diligence overturned and th
passengers scattered about, but more fright
ened than hurt Our diligence (the French
raced the whole day with one of the Sar
dinian line, so that we averaged nine or ter
miles an hour, and thundered along th,
beautiful valleys Of Savoy to Chambery, il
much less than the usual time. The mex
day we returned to Geneva, via AK ant
the Lake of Aunecy (see Rousseau's aeon
fessions," and Lamartine's "Raphael," } thro
one of the loveliest regions in Europe.
AT Lausanne / left my companions, who
had established themselves there for the
winter, and accompanied only by my faith
4 full attendant, came on to Germany, on my
way to the extreme north. B. T..
A Noble Charity.
The late Col. Stevens, ofMaryland, last
spring, gave $37, 1000 to build ship for the
American Colonization Society, to carry
emigrants to Liberia. The ship is finished
and called "Mary Carolina Stevens" as we
see by the Baltimore Ameriicaa. The Trus-
tees who had in charge the expenditure Of
the fund were J. H. B. Latrobe, Elisha
! TWhittlesey, and James Hall. The ship is
7l8 tons burthen, and in every respect is a
first class ship.
The Governor of North Carolina, in his
late Message, refers to the resolutions from
+bo Stotoc of Novu uoDo,,b;.o Ol,;o ~