The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-30
Our Venice Correspondence.

VENICE, Dec. "a, 1858
Preparations for The Carniuat-Propects Of Rerol,ior
Eject IF the Neto Cu,re,scy-Ant Tobacco Denons,a-
hons--A,Tests at Demonstrations at Mian-IYar
tet,ueen France and Aust,ia-Poor Naly-Cemorship IF
Me Press-An american Cardina-The Dry Dock at
Poa.
"Beauul Venice is all agog just now, as it has been
for the past fortnight will during the next prepar
ing for the Carnival which the 9Th of Janu
airy and continues till the 9th of March, Tonight the
Tenn midnight mass will be sung in the grand Cathedral
OF san Marco and the anniversary Of the Savours birth
day celebrated morrow with the usual singular mixture
of religious, military and civil exercises. On Monday
the Fenice opens with comic opera and ballet, and
during the coming two months the venetans will forget
the joys Carnival time the fact that they are bending
beneath foreign yoke. to throw oil which they await
bu, the opportunity, 81 iding their time"
Since the time of the revolution Of 1913, when the
clouds which Lad been gathering in the political sky Of
Italy broke and scattered their showers from Naples TO
the TyTO that sky has never looked portentous and
threatening it does just at present, and particularly
throughout Lombardy the feeling of uneasness and dspo
son revoutionize is exhibiting ITSELF and taking shape
as often opportunity Ever the time
erred to, when France newly sprung into republican life
and liberty sent her troops crush out the feelings
ing attain the end in Italy, the same hatred Of
their Austrian masters has been ranking in the breasts of
the people Of Austrian Italy but for the sake Of peace
and because the men whom they regarded leaders
thought the time 10 strike the blow had yet arrived
and because there was nothing particular occurring to
match to light the smoulderiDg nder things have gone
very quietly. To be sure, few hundreds of those
suspected Of entertaining too ardent love Of country
too burning hate Of the foreign oppressor have been
made to dsappear-some Of them still hoping praying
for their country within The grim walls which Austria
consgns her dsobeuent subjects others roaming exile
| free n IF
time when the of liberty shall yet shine on lovely
Italy and gid the tombs Of her poets her prophets and
| her martyrs But within few months past several
occurrences have taken place which have tended to
crease the hate which the Italians naturally bear
their foreign ppressors and to revive hopes which have
been long lying dorman-quenched well nigh in food
Of despair The currency regulations which went
into operation the LIST of November have created
greater excitement throughout Lombardy than all the
evils and wrongs which the people have endured during
the last ten years combined. This affords another illus
traon Of the fact that there more efcacous mode
of stirring up dormant patriotism the heart than by
attacking the pocket Imprisonment and privatioa will
sometimes drive people TO the desperate issue of revo
on and eloquence will sometimes them to enthu-
sastic action These however, often fall but let the
pockets of the people be attacked and nine out of
ten what death Imprisonment torture eoquence failed
in producing, will be the certain result Up the LIST of
November Of the present year the people Of the LON
bardo-Venan Kingdom hat currency of "copper" silver
and gold only, the notes of the Austrian National Bank
not circulating there and not being received for duties
or taxes Of any description; but by the decree OF
April 90, by which the entire monetary system
Of the Empire was changed, the basis on which IL
was placed was made general The theory of the new
monetary system instituted by Baron Bruck the
Minister Of Finance, was thai paper money (or whioh
there were about three huncred millions of orns
culaon in the emplre) be withdrawn aud re-
deemed, and only gold and silver to be used The Old
wzansgers which the principal currency in crcus-
ion in Lombardy, deprecated three per by the
inauguration Of the system and it found that on
the first Of November there had not been a sufficient
quantity OF the coinage issued supply the wants of
single city and that the government of reducing
the currency TO specie basis, intended Mcawber like.
TO pay of its old notes by On Issue OF ones and that
therefore the only result Of tue new system TO in
crease the value OF all articles of daily use aud to throw
the financial affairs Of the people into state Of mex
trcable CONFUSION. All sorts OF market produce and
tobacco have been raised in price since the first of Novem
ber and the pockets of everybody Qor everybody
ketng and tobaoco) thus being affected everybody
naturally indignant and hates Austria than ever,
even while he, the said everybody smokes Aus.rias
segars Recently however there have been decided
tobacco demonstrations in various portions of Lonbardy
and particularly at Milan and Pavia In the former city
the force of pubic pnion" is sucn that no nan dares
smoke an Austrian segar in the street. the people thus
making silent protest against the new currency as mt
the tobacco depos III other branches of the govern
ment, all Transactions made new money! and
at the same time 50 lar in them les determined
to cripple the Empfe by refusing 20 purchase its tobacco
al any price In Pava few days number OF the
students in the University marched solemn procession
through the streets. each with an empty pipe with the
bowl turned downward Ia his mouth, signify that they
had abandoned the use Of tobacco.
Without entering here into discussion OF the principle
of the thing, must say that caunot blame anybody and
do not wonaer at their giving the nse of Austrian to-
baCco that furnished by the government as il ia the
most execrabc stuff that burned. day or two
after the tobacco ncral, the students having
one OF rather more serious description, some dozen f