Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-07-16

contributed to give them reputation
for cunning. Doubtless, there is a
habit of fcigning among a people that
have borne so many yokes; but we
must not always attribute their rapid
changes of manner to dissimulation.
An inflammable imagination is often
it's cause. Reasoning people may
readily preserve their consistency ; hut
all that belongs to fancy is urpremedi-
tated; she overleaps gradations, a tri-
fle may wound her, or that which oug't
to move her most be past by with in
diff renee; she is in her own world,
and in it there is no calculating ef-
fectsa by causes. For we wonder
what entertainment the Roman mobiles
find in driving from one end of the
Corso to the other for hours together
every day in the year. yet nothing
breaks in upon this custom. Among
the masks, too. may be found victims
Of ennui, packed up in the lrollest Of
dresses, sad harlequins and silent
clowns, who satisfy their carnival con-
science, by merely seeking to divert
themselves. 2'@"f't
In Rome they have one kind of
maskcrs that nowhere else exist, who
in their own persons, copy the ant:Gine
statues, and from distance perfectly
realize their beauty. Many of the
women are losers by renouncing this
disguise. Nevertheless, to behold life
Initiating motionless marble, however
gracefully, strikes one with fear. The
carriages of the great and gay throng
the streets; but the charm Of these
festivities consist in their saturnalian
confusion all classes are mingled; the:
gravest magistrates ride among the
masks with almost official assiduity.-
All the windows are decorated all the
world out of doors: the pleasures of
the populace consists not in their feasts:
they commit no excess but revel solely
in the delight Of mixing with their bet.
tcrs, who, on their parts, are as divert
ed with being thrown among those
beneath them. More refined and deli.
cate tastes and more finished educa.
|tion can only sustain barriers between
different classes. But Italy as hath
been said, is more distinguished by
universal talent than by its cultivation
among the arlstocracy. Therefore du.
ring the carnival all minds and all
manners blend: the shouting crowds
that unfortunately shower their bon.
: bons ON the passers by confound the
whole nation pellmell, as if no social
order remained. Corinne and Mel
vile arrived in the midst of this up
roar; at first it stunned them; for moth
fling appears stranger than such activi
ty "f noisy enjoyment, while the soul
il pensively retired within herself
They stopped in the Piazza del popolt
to ascend the amphitheatre near tht
b obelisk, thence to overlook the horse
racing. Nelvill expected to see rae.
like those Of England: but was sur
prised to learn that small Barbar,
5 steeds were about to make the contes
without ri'lers. This is a very favorit,
q sport with the Romans. ,.H qr.s :. r.,ar
When it was about to commenc,
the crowd ranged themselves on cac}
!. side of the street. The Place, late 81
thronged, was emptied in minute
:, every one hurried to the stands which
: surrounded the obelisks; while mul
!. titude Of black heads and eyes, wer'
turned towards the barrier from whicl
:. the barbs were to start. ~ They ap
. pcared, without bride or saddle, ,.thei
. backs covered with bright hued stuffes
!. They were led by we'll dressed grooms
e pasSionately interested in their success
!. As the animals reach the barrier, thei
: eagerness for release is almost .uncon
f trolable: they rear, neigh, and .pav
Il the earth, as if impatient Of the glor
r. they are about to win, without, the al,
). |"r guidance of min. Their prancine
J. andaothe arapttmoas cry of ''ro6m,
i. as the barrier falls, has perfecti,
/ Theatrical effect. The grooms are al
e voice and gesture, as long as thci
: : horses remain il sight !; which are "a
,. Jealous as mankind Of one another; til
/ sparks fly beneath their, feet; :thei
- names float wildly on the breeze. AN,
kaJ SuSa AS GbCN OCSlC " ICitCI VlJc kO6
~ that someshaye fallen.there dead. T.
!. look onsthese free things, all animate,
: by personal passion is astounding :.
- >. if one 'beheltf Thought itself flying il
s that fine shape Sd The crowd brea
: their ranks as the horses pass and fo
" low them in tulnult. The Venetia
a palace ends the race; then may b
" heard .exclamations of disappointment
= from; those whose horses have bee
# beaten,while he whose pet has wonth
u prize throws himself on his knees be
y. fore the victor thanking and recon
T., intending him to the care Of St. Ar
= thony, patron Of the brute creation
- with an enthusiasm as seriously felt a
. Ill., is comically expressed. - The race
,fIusnally conclude the day. Then begin
,f| another kind. Of amusement, less a,
n tractive but equally loud. The wir
Ind 4dows are illuminated the guard
a leave their posts TO join infthe gener.
Is Joy Every one carries = little torch
= md each tries to his extinguish hi
: neighbor's repeating the word e an
:. ,'sazqre'' Qkiil,) with formidable Vi
J. vacity. s(aay cHe u sdells principles