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LETTERS FROM EUROPE.
Monuments-From Venice 10 Trieste
TRIESTE.

In the church of the Frat, the burial
place of Titan, we were more interested than
in any other church in Venice, after st.
Marks. 1t is principally interesting for the |
many fine sepulchral monuments which it
contains. The monument to Titan, first |
opened to view last year, and reared to his
memory by the Emperor of Austria, is strik-
ing and fit memorial of the great Venetian
artist, in the church where his remains have
mouldered away. For centuries simple slab
was the only marble in his honor it is now
replaced by noble and graceful Corinthian
canopy, under which is sitting statue of the
artist, crowned with laurel, surrounded by
allegorical statues. The statue of Paolo Sarpi,
with his canons of the Council of Trent, and
that of Trevsano in complete armor, are
beautiful and striking for their simplicity.
1t was this Melchior Trevisano, who brought
from Constantinople and presented 10 this
church its choicest relic-some of the real
blood of the Savior A triumphal arch is
the appropriate monument of General Bene-
detto Pesaro. The statue of the unfortunate
Doge Foscari is a noble columnar monument,
surrounded by statues. 1t is $50 years old.
The monument of the Doge Ncolo Trovi rises
to the height of some 70 feet in stories. 1t is
so feet wide and is adorned by some 20 full
length statues of scmi-colossal size, besides
other sculptures. A monument rich in ORR
entail marbles commentaries Jacob Pesaro
A most striking, singular and stupcndous
monument is that erected to the Dogc Clio
rami Pesaro. One would think it was as
much a monument in honor of negro slavery
as Of the Doge, although ain not informed
that he had any connection with that ennis
sionary institution'' of our day and our free
country. The tomb is supported by colossal
negroes( caryatides), sculptured in black mar
BILE, dressed in white marble ragged and rent,
through the tatters Of which their black
knees and elbows stick out and their ebony
skins are exposed. The monument rests as
it were upon cushions, like pillows. on
their woolly heads, and within sits the
LUCY Ill Nllte Lie contrasts are
novel and the whole aspect is striking. The
most interesting of all is, however, the mon
ument to Canoya, pure, chaste, graceful and
beautiful as his own mastery genius. 1t is
pyramid some 25 or 80 feet high, of white
marble, Unto it's huge door, thrown open,
funeral procession in states of white marble
as large as life is just entering. Art, Genius
&C., bearing an urn with the ashes of the
dead, are the mourners, and their arrange
ment, attitudes and expressions are exceed
ingly interesting and solemn. The design
was by Canova himself and was intended
for Titan.
Being compelled to make but a short stay in
Venice, we determined, before it should be too
late, to search. out some of the antique laces,
which are found in this antique city. In
doing this we saw another portion of Veni-
tan life and trade. What narrow lanes we
threaded, what crooked and dingy stairs we
climbed, what dusky and shady shops we
entered, and how we chartered and bargained
with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, who
professed to keep them as their hid treasures :
We, however, got all we desired, and after
going to the upper lofts of the mandatory
of the famous Venetian gold chains, and
suitlng ourselves there, We stopped in at the
Consul's and there encountered number of
our New York acquaintance and neighbors
who had left America after we did. Much
as we admired the local sights of this city of
the islands, the sight Of home faces from our
our own island city was exceedingly agreeable
and refreshing to us, you may well Imagine
1t was here that we determined upon change
of route; instead of resting as they were to do
in Venice, learning from what they had heard
that the rains were still abundant in Swift
erland Il abandoned the idea of going to Milan,
and so on to the land of torrents and glaciers
and avalanches, till a later period, and deter
mined to leave Venice by steam, crossing the
Adriatic Sea to Trieste. soon learned from
my valet that q steamer left late in the after
noon and another in the morning He
thought | would prefer the one in the morn
ing but supposed he thought so, because it
would be pleasanter to travel in the day than
in the night time, however preferred not
only to have departing look at Venice by
day light, but also a (day Light approach to
the Austrian shore. instead of arriving there
in the evening. We went to the Office of the
boat, and l took my passage in the evening
boat, though it was quite plain that all
thought it strange that should do So An
hour later than the time appointed to sail,we
were taken with our luggage in an open
boat, mile to reach the steamer and for the
last half mile in most pelting and pitiless
rain. With awkward and dangerous ar
rangements tor it was now dark we were
lifted on board, and our small boat started
hurriedly back for the city. We worked our
way through a crowd into the cabin-low,
small and dark. The steamer was filled with
at least a battalion of Austrian soldiers
no cabin passengers but ourselves
no state-rooms-no berths-no beds
no supreme tea-no English language
no French no nothing " but soldiers
1t was now plain why they thought would
have taken the other boat. The heavy and
confused tread of the soldiers on deck, min
Cling with the raging of the storm, were all
that interrupted our solemn imaginings in
the dark and dingy little cabin, as we waited
oh, how long-for them to get un ierweigh,
almost wishing that we might not move till
morning, and hundred times regretting that
we had not waited for the other steamer ; but
we could not go ashore. We were at last
started, and by signs and few words that
could stammer out, succeeded in persuading