New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-10
JOHN VI. Bolts IN nome.

The Ecenine Post has the following extract from
private letter from Rome, giving some account of the
travels and doings ofhe Hon. John II. Bolts ofVirgna
Ii seems that the goshead propensities Of Capt Ty-
lers exriend have not yet felt the weight OF sivanc
ing years.
We have been very much amused with one OF our
countrymen, the Hon. j. N. Bolts of Virginia. who
has recently been travelling in Italy. He left the
United States on the 2ls Of September has travelled
over all the north of Europe, has been in Sweden,
Norway Denmark, Russia, Germany, Austria,
France, Prussia and Italy. lie left Florence on the
18th of December, went TO Naples, assembled Mount
Vesuvius arrived here Rome the day before Christ
mas and left tie day after Christmas for France, In
tending to spend three days in DONG Switzerland:
This expedition thepartoi pleasure seeker and
lover of the fine arts is, think, unparalleled Naples
and Vesuvius alone consume, with the most dhgen.
OF ordinary tourists, two weeks at least.
Mr. Bots, while here, gave very funny ACCOUNT oi
the in which he made his way into the Sis:ne
Chapel during the ceremonies OF Christmas Eve Ills
courier had forgotten To tell him he mus. appear on
that OCCASION if at all, in full dress-gloves, black
dress coat and all In his ignorance, therefore, he
presented himself at the chapel "accoutered a. ne
was" with nothing but his ordinary habiments-a
great coat over a frock-and the italian quart, of
course turned him back His discontinue, no Fever,
was but mOmentary. He had made up his mind TO go
in and no time be lost in seeking other apparel
But the nyncibe Nrgni8n was master OF the situa-
ton Three things seemed to be required to be pre-
sentabe-frst to throw off his overcoat; second, %
get pair OF gloves andthird 10 improvise aswaow
tailed coat. The first he did with a reckless prod-
gality worthy of the desperate emergency. Az for
the second he would willingly have resorted to the
time bOnored eIpedtnt often resOrted 20 in such
cases by our countrymen abroad, of converting his
fIock into dress coat by pinnng up the skirts, but
as luck would have it, he had pins, and 10 crown
his desttution, he had no gloves. Here it that
invention, which is the offspring OF necessity came 10
his aid and enabled him 10 both difficulties
at once. TuckDg under the ends of his coa,-ta he
put his hands in his pocket, which in this way served
the double purpose of keeping back his skirts and
concealing the absence of kids. The want OF
pins thus saved him from the consequences of his
want of kids. lie then boldly marched up the aisle,
frustrating the objections Of one or two u the more
asdious guard who still found fault with his costume,
by the constant repetition of the only four Itaan
words with which he familiar" Non capsstO-
soao americana" ("I don't understand am an
Americana Thereupon, he was allowed 20 pass.
Having secured good place, he saw at the door
Judge b. Of Connecticut, who had been put beck Tor
the same himself, and he once more sailed
out 10 the of his countryman. IL took h IN
fifteen minutes 10 arrange the Judges coat and teach
him the magic passwords, after which they both en-
tered and enjoyed the services.
hi, is of Mr.. Botts good stories, and VII. per-
maps lind plsce in the book of travels which, |; 3
| Saio, he intends publishing when he arrives home
ne mas seen no pictures superior 70 the works OF
an ~ Virginia and he tells all the English people he
meets tna' the English language is spoken IN Amer
| III greater purity than in England.