The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-18

Mn. FILLMORE ON HIS ITALIAN TRAVELS
FUNNY DoNGs-Dr. Foote, in . late letter
from Naples to the Buffalo Commercial advertiser,
gives an account Of visit Of himself, Mr.. Fill
more, Mr.. Wilkeson and Mr.. Jewett, to the
summit and the crater Of VesuviuA. They
went in carriage to the mountain hermitage,
"by skilltully constructed winding road
After clambering up the volcano some dis
lance, including the passage Of an awful
chasm, ian old crater,) the Doctor says
Here begins the dicuy Of the ascent. The angle OF
is very Deep shout As esees trsaohsrou sands
In which you SINK above your ances, over Of
broken lava. Ny courage win own, gsvo ont 1t the
prospect but finally accepted the proer Of four stout
fellows. who carried up in char fastened to two
poles Ike sedan chair, and supported on their shout
over the lava can't imagine, but they toiisd on With
good viii, while the twea, IAN from them like rain,
IA they brought me to the edge Of the crater felt
title ashamed as becre me ladies on foot but
cmrg up them, saw they had held OF gird.es going
round the treatts Of their guides, who tus almost
more, JsWslt wiNeson) ,risd the eAaie for ,ls
ine but gave it ap through fear the bearers would
all.
But the funniest part Of the expedition was
On the return to Naples:-
The bells horses' necks rang out nerri'y, and
iauenent.. like the roll of drum drove 70
c)y through the brcDged streets The elaborate bene
oesons o. Ihe etegars me Jesu hsriss apd hal sup
sud the deep toned II suburban dandiss
drowned 10 he rspd.ty Of and ths Babel
sounds that filled The ear. London Paris popu-
itus teeming with life but nowhere does the population
ana overflow es in Naples. Other great cities
are noisy but Naples rosrs In violence OF gesculaon
and Of every bargain the prelude OF
bgbt but quarrel rarely occurs and when enc docs
bapIen 1t IS am sorry 70 say generally among the gen.
Aahn caefGv ttW haH oNnfa
pitched rattle which, before it ended, sll in the
neigh ocrhood coDtriye 10 pc counted IT,, and after
ul hair and toe scSnty raiment. they seem mach
reffeshed by the vent thus given to th-ic super
ducus energies, and are better frieads than ever.
This is exceedingly interesting, bearing in
mind that Mr.. Fillmore was along but the
following confession Of a "bit of a lark among
these fshwemen is necessary to complete the
picture. We can imagine the qualification of
the ex-President in behol0ing the spectacle -
The most amuipg and Characteristic tight have
occurred few days ago NJ eersoe Little village
the Cnto Camerels On the shore OF Baia. couple OF
women, ic!ic wed by troop Of children. insisted
dancing the taraneiis for Amusement II they ha,
been ycnrg srd good locking should, perhaps have
NAE no election pas ,hsy were pas. .or,y as aaa
On return rom the ruins fierce wordy war was go
rg 80 rbe street A stout young danae wita
bnbs thar in suppleness and agility would rival pau
theirs and who looked If she would dance the
leila with feet frenzy veiemsnty deuouncing
be antique Ladies Of the intercepted ballet j. threw 10
both partiesthe probably because they dd
understand q word be taicun!il they could restrain
longer The fight that ensued eeggars all
description. Sixteen women OF I'll ages believe, were
eneseed. The world elsewhere hardly furnish such
persanj6csiion OF ancient tes, fu'ies and bacchsnas
The nay too fercs TO last and 1t soon ended in
hasty pinnipg up Of garments whose rents revealed
more than en- ariet would approve, and IN an under
tcne Of gunbling Ike the nut.erings OF retreatng
storm.
Mark him. IF they had been young and good
looking we should perhaps have made no OBJ
lection; but they were past forty, fat and ugly,
and SO we septthem off, Can it be possible that
Mr., Fillmore was party to this invidious dis
tinction between "youBg and good looking" wo-
men, and "o]d, fat and ugly ones?" 1t 30 appears
from the historian Of the ex-President's travels
Next we are coolly informed in the case of
disturbance among the women, in which was
interested a ''s.out young damsel, with limbs
that in suppleness and agility would rival
panther's," the ex-President's party stopped,
and ''threw in few words Of encouragement
which resulted in fight that beggars all des-
cription,'' a fight in which no less than sixteen
women were engaged, and then, at the end of
the fray, "there was hasty pinning up of gar
ments whose rents revealed more than on artist
would approve Fancy the tableau, with
Mr.. Fillmore and his companions looking on.
Really, this will never do. We had suppos.
ed from his familiar associations among the
Jesuits and with the Pope at Rome, that Mr.. Fill
more was on pious pilgrimage; but when he
and his fellow travellers descend to the amuse-
ment OF setting the poor Italian fsherwomen by
the ears, in eight which beggars all descrip-
tion," the ex.President should be sent for
by the South Americans without loss Of time.
Is this the way that Americans are to rule
American
SOMEWHAT SUGGEsTIvE.-In our ship news
correspondence, in another column, will be
found the following paragraph, dated Key
West, March To-
II IL reported that both the Nicaragua and Panama
lines win make Key West their depot, Chss Morgan &
Co., tt New York, 10 opposition boat to
San Juan from New York. This line will ccal at this
psce.
From this it would seem that the arrange.
ments had all been made for this opposition
Morgan line in adv ance of Walkers coup d'dtat
Very curious, isn't it?
1PE CAsr OF Mr.. JONI FRosT.-Ttere is to be meet.
rg this evening at the Aston House, Of the friends of
Mr. John Frost, TO ADOPT = memorial to the Queen
for his pardon. 1t should be largely attended.
The sine Arts.
TIE ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
The opening Of the exhibition this year has been look
ed forward 10 with pleasure se anticipation BY the friends
Of att from the hope that It wonld show improve
ment upon that OF last We regret TO find but
little evidence OF advance in those branches in which
American art most deficient OF landscape and histo