Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

A SInnce at Italy.

glance, like resumption To attempt to add
anything to pe pCpul II knowledge of it.
A. geneh,l rule, however, the very
geographical lerm5 which we oflenest ro
nounce are those with which our acquan
lance is leiBt accurate. Every polite
scholar is aptto fix in his mind such in
| formation as history has preserved of the
topography ofBaby!on; but how few have
ever taken the trouble u trace the streets,
or falhom the wonders OF London. We
know Italy ON account ol Rome, and Genoa,
and Venice, AID. especially, the Pope.
The modern history OF IaIy is less studied
than thar of almost any other region. AS
the Peninsula il about becoming the thea
ter Of the greatstr fe between France and
Austria. we have prepared some figures and
facts which ou' readers will find useful!
in tracing the p'ogrrss of Ihe war;
llaly proper exIemds from the south -eas,
extremity Of Sicily, latitude 36 deg. Al
min. 80 sec. NJ, TO the Rhoetian AIos. At
deg. N, and fam the West point of the
Cottian Alps. longitude 6 deg. 35 min E
TO the Eastern extremity of Terra di o.
tranto. longitude i8 deg. 35 min E. 1t
is bounded EasI by the Adriaaic and Ionian
Sea, South By the Mediterranean, West by
France and The Mediterranean and North
by Switzerland and Austria. Its natural
| contines are the Alps and the sea, and
within Iheae limits it comprises thirteen
divisions, including Italian Switzerland;
the eaa:on Of Ticino, and part of the
Grisons. (Grigon-) and Vailais; Austrian
ltaly, the Italian ryrol, the Kingdom of
mbardy and Venice, lsiria. TrIest. DC;
French l,aly, Island OF Corsica; and Eng.
lish Ialy. the Maltese Islands The ell.
tire area Is estimated at 1885 square
miles. and the population at upward Of
"a, ,733, 1886.
The area, popula ion, DC, Of the differ
ent divisions may he thus stated:
The Lombai do Venetian kingdom. or
Austrian Italy. has All area Of I7.5Il
square miles. aud contained in 1850 | II
population of 5,O07.472 The capi al
ci,y is Milan.
The kingdom Of Sardinia has an area of
90, 229 square miles, and in 1852 con
tanned a population Of 5,O9O,94 Capt.
tai rn! s',y' kingdom hsyi"i Of sseis., (inslu1iny
Sicily has an area of 1896 square
miles. and contained in 1851 population
OF 8. 8.7U4.472. Capital city. Naples.
Ponlihcial Safes: Area. 1910 square
miles, population in 1850, 3o06,77l,
Capital city. Rome.
Grand Ducry of Tuscany (including
Lucca. annexed to Tuscany. October ii :,
l847): Area. 8 1856 square miles; popula-
ton, in 1854, l,8l5,o86. Capital city.
Florence
Duchy of Parma: Area. 2766 square
mile population, in 1858, 5J7,831. Cap
iJal city, Parma.
Duchy, OF Motena: Area. 2.o73 "a uare
miles; population in 1859, 586. .468, Cap
ital city, MoJena.
Republic of San Marino: Area, %
square miles; population 1900. Capital
city, san M,rino.
Principally of Monaco: Area, So square
miles; population $500. Capital ci'y,
MOnato
The AIpsform vast semi-ci.cular bar
rier to Italy on the side of France, Swl ger
land. and Germany.
L"mbaIdy fell mo the hands Of Au'ria
early in the last century. The Lom
bardp Venetian kingdom nearly CORES
ponds Ia the ancient Roman dvlSiois Of
Galiia TrHnsl ladana, and Vrne ia, will,
name to the Long"bardi (''Long Bear !s'
81 powerful nation from the North, o,
ouevic origin, who, in tine latter part of
The sixth centu'y, made themselves mus
GERS of the whole country. Toward the
end Of the eighteenth century, Austria
became sovereign of this region. NApo-
leon afterwards rescued it from her
grasp; bit after the downfall ot that
Emperor, it was restored to Austria
L"mbardy is the richest and most
beautiful OF all the Italian provinces It.
occupies the Eastern and North eastern
portion OF Italy. adjoining Austria lis
territory eX;ends westward to the beau
tiiul Lake Magyinri and the river Iiclno
The TicIno flows ina Soulherly di,ec
ton into the great river PO. and forms.
with the Lake Maggior, the boundary
between the ,moardo- Venelan king
dom AMI the kingdom OF Sardiuia The
Po flows in an Eaolery direction into
the Adrialic, separating. also, through,
part of 1T, course, Lpmbdriy and Sar-
dlnia. The beautiful Lake Como. and
the beautiful ci les OF Milan and Venice
are in Austrian lldly.
! Lomb Irdy is divided into nine, and
Venice in.oeight provinces or delegations.
The central government cf the unl,ed king
dom IL III the hands ul VIceroy, resident
III uiiAn. The chief townsso Lnmbaruy
are Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cieinuna,
Lodi. Alantua. Milan. pava, Sondrlu.-
The chief towns oi VenI"e are BrlIunu,
Padua, Rovig'S Tievlso, Uline, Venice,
Verona, VIcenza. Each OF these places
has Witnessed n carnival ol blood and
some of them are famous for the most ter
ritc battles oi history The Austrian
armies, il will be observed, We're, at tie
last accounis, concentrating along the
Eastern bank Of the TIcino, and preparing
to cross the river iutu SARDINIA.
+. S.-Since writing The above, We
learn that The AuslIians. one hundred anu
twenty thousand strong have nlyea,Iv