New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-16

| the Julian A., wheeling N splendid arc around
I y. Iss5 of the Adriatic from Trieste nearly 10
| Venice. During the night we crossed the mouth
| NJ the Gulf of iume, which you may remember ss
,he only outlet Of Croatia, much talked oi during
n. Hungarian struggle, in connection with tie
design ofunting the Slavic races with the Magyar.,
and securing seaport for the new nation.
cheerfully testify that the Gni OF finme is as rough
| n niece of water as the la! of Biscay, aud this i.
| All know abcut it, for BY sunrise We were at
anchor IN the harbor OF CARA, the capital OF Dal-
| malta.
| Most gentlemen have heard of this place, from
| reading on the labels of certain square. wicker-
| encased bottles" NGrascLino di Zdra.r Those
/ who have dipped into history far enough will re-
| member the famous seafght fought here during
| the Fourth Crusade, and the happy few who know
| Venice have not forgotten the famous picture in
| the Doce's Palace, wherein the son of BdrbarOssa
| is taken prisoner by the Venitians the most IA
| grant case Of lying which the world can produce
no such incideIt ever having occurred. cara,
suspect, lcok. pretty much as it diHln those days
Its long. creneated walls and square bastions
looked familiar TO ne, from the aforesaid picture.
OF its anceLt history need only Say that it was
the capital of the Roman province Of Liburnia
and place of note in the days of Augustus.
The sun rose over the snowy range Of the Vele
bicb which separates Dalmatia from the Turkish
pashalc of Bosnia. The land, under the clearest
Illumination, looked intensely bare and stony
Around the barbor were olive orchards with
spry Italian cypress or two, and some leaiess fig
trees. Dalmatan boamen thronged the low quay, IN
front of the water gate and lowered about the steam
er in their red caps loose shirts and wide trowsers.
The picture was neither Italian nor Oriental, yet
with something Of both, and there was enough Of
Frank innovation to give it a shabby air. know
nothing more slovenly and melancholy than the
pect of those Mediterranean ports which are in
transition state-where the old costume, habits ard
ways of living have been for the most part given
up, and those of Western Europe are still new
enough to appear awkward and affected. The in-
terror Of the town produced the same impression;
there was everywhere the same curious mixture of
two Heterogeneous clements. Only the country
people, WHO had come in with their market-carts
and were selling vegetables in the principal square,
and some shagg! fellows, whom | took to be Nor
laks, or Mountain Slaves, seemed Ia be purely Dali
matan, both in blood and habits. Their Slavic
ancestry was to be seen al glance. The deep-set
eye, the heavy brow, the strong nose and heightened
oval Of the face-he expression Of courage, cacu-
latOn and ObstiDacy--the erect, rather naughty
form and free, graceful carriage, are characters
ties which belong to all the branches of this widely
spread race Some of the old men were noble fg-
lu. ,,n nlo bar fha
were much handsOmer than the women.
Zara is a little place, and one can easily zee the
whole of it in an hour. The streets are very mar
row and crooked, but paved with heavy stone
slabs, and kept perfectly clean. At one corner of
the public square stands COrintbian pillar sur
mounted by winged griffin, which is believed to
have belonged to temple OF the age Of Augustus.
The Cathedral low building Of marble Byzantine
in style, was founded by old Dandolo who wintered
here in 1902, on his way to take Gonsant.nope.
We went into cafe 10 taste MaraschinO on its na
tive SOIL but the specimen proved that tine flavor OF
the liqueur is improved by banshment. !. made
from the berries of variety Of wild cherry, called
the m0rdScd, whence the nane
We left at noon, and running along coast
which appeared barren, although every valley
which opened to the sea was silyer-gray with olive
orchards. reached Sebenco little before sunset.
This is a wonderfully picturesque place. built along
the side of hill which rises steePly from the
water and dominated by three massive Venitlan
fortresses, behind which towers bald, barren
mountain Our steamer was hauled in beside q
mole which protects the little harbor, and We
stepped ashore TO see the place before DARK
Crowds of grizzly, dirty men, dressed in wide
trowsers and shsge, sheepskin jackets, stared at
us with curiosity. 4 few Ct them begged IN unln
tellieibe Ill,rian or bad Italian. The women,
some of whom were quite pretty, wore very
picturesque costume, consisting OF crimson bod
dice open TO the waist in front, disclosing snowy
linen chemise in which the full breast was enye
oped. A petticOat of red or dark blue, and gay
handkerchief twisted through the long braIds OF
their thick black hair.
The streets were so very narrow, steep and dhfk,
that We hesitated at first about plungng into such
suspicious labyrinth, but at last hit upon lane
which led us to the public square before the Cathe
dral the only level piece OF ground IN the city. IL
is all artificial terrace about halfway up the hN'
and may be hundred feet square. On one SIDE Is
the Cathedral, very quaint, squat old building OF
White marble, in bastard BY zantine style; on the
other building resting on an arched CORRIDOR
which reminds YOU of Venice Broad slabs OF SLIP
| perry marble paved the court, which we found
| utterl silent and deserted. As the yellow luster
| Of sunset struck upon the dome and the front oil
| the fortress which frowned high over our heads,
and glimpse of purple sea glimmered afar through
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