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

contributed to give them q reputation
for cunning Doubtless, there is a
habit Of feigning among . people that
have borne so many yokes; but we
must not always attribute their rapid
changes of manner to Discrimination.
An ,indammable imagination is often
its Cause. Reasoning people may
readily preserve their consistency ; hut
all that belongs to fancy is urpremedi.
tated; she overleaps gradatiOMs, a tri-
fe 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,
aud iii, il there is no calculating ef-
fectso by causes. ~ For we. wonder
what entertainment the Roman mobiles
find in driving from one end Of the
Corso o,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 ennuii, packed up in the ldrollest Of
dresses, sad harlequins and silent
clowns, who satisfy their carnival con-
science by merely seeking to divert
themselves ~ *.it5'i'i'a. T
ID In Rome they have one kind of
maskers that nowhere else exist, who
in their own persons, copy the ant::GGn"ee
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, strikeso 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 ofdoors: 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
tiers, 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-
ton 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
hons ON the passers by 5confound 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.
{ ling appears stranger than such activi.
ty Of noisy enjoyment, while the soul
is pensively retired within herself
; They stopped in the Piazza del popolc
to ascend the amphitheatre near the
, obelisk, thence to overlook the horse
racing. Nelvill expected'to see race
like those of England but was sur.
prised to learn that small Barbary
, steeds were about to make the contes,
without ri,lers. This is a very favorit*
sport with the Romans. Tf.g OIL rs.ao
When it was about to commence
the crowd ranged themselves on each
side of the street. The Place, late &c
thronged, was emptied in a minute:
every one hurried to the stands which
surrounded the obelisks; while a ,mul
|titude Of black heads. and eyes, were
turned towards the barrier from which
, 1.-The barbs were to start. They ], ap
, peared, without bride or,saddle, stheil
, undiscovered with bright hued st,,ffis
They were led by we'll dressed grooms
q pasSionatel y interested in their success
AS the animals reach the barrier, theij
: eagerness for release is almost .uncon
+ trolabie they rear, neigh, and paw
i the earth, as it. Impatient q, the glory
). they are about to win, withoutsth ail
8 or guidance Of man. Their prancing
. andeothe sraptimUus cry, Of s.rodn,
|. as the barrier falls, has a perfect,
theatrical effect. The grooms are al
!, voice and gesture, as long as thei
!. horses remain ii, sight; which are "a
). Jealous as mankind Of one another ), tn,
! sparks, fly beneath, their fest; .thei
: names float wildly on. the. breeze: !. an.
d such is their desire to reach the goa
: that Observation-Disclosures dead i T.
= look. on<these free things, all ,animatet
j by personal passion. is astounding a
: if one beheM f Thought itself flyinr ii
!! that fine shape. I'd The crowd bfeal
! their ranks al the horses pass and fo]
low them IN a., tnmult. The; Venetig'
q palace ends the race; then may b
y heard EXPLANATIONS Of disappointment
= from; those whose horses have bee,
r beaten; wAile he whose pethas wonth
, prize throws himself on his knees be
:. fhre'stea victor thanking and recon,
!. mending him to the care Of St. An
thony, patron Of the brute creation
!. with al enthusiasm as eriio5usly felt, a
..IIit is comicaAx expressed. ~ The race
f[usnallY conclude the day. Then begin
+ apother kind of, amusement, less, at
i |traotiye but squhlly loud. The win
widows are illuminated !; the guard
+ lesveatheir posts 70 joiti insthe genera
ssIjoy..i Every one carries ! little torch
nnd each tries 10 his extinguish hi
neighbor's repeating the word 6 am
,,|,easq,s 4 lki4:) With, formidable ! u
. yacity. KS CNs. u s6slls l,ri,.oipe.s,