The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-04-07
WHOLE NUMBER 57S
Naples.
The Naples correspondent OF the New
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The Naples correspondent OF the New
York Express thus writes: ,,,4g, :,
The gayety of Noples-the gnyety pf, The
sreets--is beyond American imaginaEiop.-..
The rich live in the streets, in carriages, kIl
they can--in drives upon the Cbiajs, to Pam
salippo, or the coast, to and from--and the
poor in the streets. They cook, they wash,
they eat, they work in the streets. Isabella
there is combing het::boy Giacomo's hair, or
studying natural history ia his grea6y, net.
ted locks; ana there Madeline in stretching
out in cards, her ringlets and her curls.--
The toilette is performed in the open streets
as cooliy as in the boudor or closet. You
stop, and you stare at the fair Madeline, and
she only thinks you stupid to stare at such
common thing. The pot is boiling here
for her dinner, and there Carlo is strineine
maccsroni longitudinully down his long, lu.
bTicating, and now luxurious throat. A res.
taurant, If you want any thing, it is on the
spot; and you can sit on the pavement, ifyou
wish, and see cooked what you have order.
ed to eat. From all sides come up the per-
iumes OF fried fish, or we'll creased maccaro.
nj. The pot is hot; the fire bright. For about
one cent so they cry, you can drink, you can
eat, you can wash your face. did not try
to see il it was cheap or dear. Then they
empty the dishes and pots ell before your
eyes, and throw on the pavement the skins.
and Gebris OF things. What the unswept
/ streets are in early morning, where all these
) things are going on, ! have been trying to
rise early enough to see, but / have not sue.
/ ceeded as yet. In such streets, however,
ladies' can not walk; nay, in none of the
streets can they properly walk, except on
Cbiej' or the Toledo. This turning Of ev-
cry thing in great city in doors. inside out,
/, IS whot the Devil on Two Sticks saw on
the steepes; but is not exactly the thing to
see every day, or to talk about with any pre-.
cision. Imagine ten or twelve of New
York wards thus living, all indoors out-of-
doors. and you have an idea of Naples, more
especially of the Stradi di Parto. -.,,....,
The climate of Naples admits of this out
' door li'e-and the happy, joyous sky and
nature seem to invite it. Hence, the people
gossip and prattle and laugh, and learn to
bear with each other. A crowd gathers and
t blocks up the narrow street. The rough,
/. rude gutterals of the Neapolitan dialect
a threaten terrible row for the moment; all
e bear and forbear and the dstanglement OF
0 human life peaceubly takes place. Where
n Americans or Engsbmen would scold and
o below, or scratch;and bite, the Neapoli litans
h laugh and joke. A string of maccaronf
n makes the man happy. A caroline day
70 (about eight cents of our money! gives him
e not only life, but luxury. An orange can be
i. bought for one penny, and that will serve as
grand desert to the maccaronf Happy
@ climate, if not happy country. H..
The value Of a newspaper has been Wig.
ousl3 impressed upon my mind, since reach.
q ed MOrseilles, and came to Italy. All along
II the road we were told something terrible was
II going on in Naples. In Florence, as high
" an authority as Lord Normandy was half
i. convinced that the King OF the Two Sicilies
- had been assassinated. XIII
:, Rnmor there, acquiring strength by going,
pronounced "civil war" and martial law ev-
cry where was prevailing" Some travellers
turned back upon this portentous news
Others held back. Naples, concluded, in
lhA Rnjrif Of Tho At
l. place for me, if oil this were happened, and
70 so hurried here. What was my astonisl.
}. ment to find Naples us calm "as summers
70 evening !"-the people as lively and as full
in OF lroIc as ever-the King breathing and
'g preparing for the marriage of the hereditary
p. Prince with an Archduchess Of Bavaria, and
:" programme all out, of the wondrous things
er to be done on the wedding day--but not q
at soul knowing, as yet when the day is to be-
or os the King didn't to give "the assinatioE
ye time for preparation. The news, however
p beyond what coGld see with my own eyes
to it cost me much trouble to learn. Nothin,
;e, acGs in the Newspaper. Indeed, the news
es papers here only exist in name. The offfcia
es POPer here is an evening paper. The edito
ir- promises it shall come to you GALL dried an,
;e, under seal'--his Office opens at nine, A. M
ed and closes at three, P. NJ. but as he ha
"a to-day to seal it, you have to wait for it gen
in orally till next morning. tried my maitr
49, d'hotel, who speaks good English, to worn
lis some Information out Of him, but he woul
mt know nothing in English even. assaile
~ the tsllet d. place. but he was in like, man
q ner, sub silsntio. e.Es ri ,.i is
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