Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-03-08

Canal, looking upon those palaces, once
dwelt in by princely merchants. Their mar
BILE front still retains an appearance of wealth
although the statuary and carving has been
marred by Time and War. What picture
Venice must have presented to the stranger
four centuries ago! 1t is hard to realize
that Venice, whose name was so long associ-
ated with all that is glorious in the arts or
sciences, will never again be as she was.
True it is she rose, fourished and decayed
like many other cities, but she still retains
much to prove that in her watery home the
Beautiful has been carried to high state of
perfection. In visiting one palace we were
in twenty-eght rooms, and the gold and sill
yer ornaments, the choice paintings of ltaly's
best painters, and chief works OF her sculp-
lures, deeply impressed us that the Italian
mind craved those things for which the land
of beauty is noted.
On the Grand Canal are seen the palaces
where lived the "O,hello of Shakespeare,
and where Lord Byron composed " Childe
Harold, ;" a book which every visitor 10 Italy
ought to have. A short distance from the
Ralto' is the house occupied by Marco
Polo, ' the distinguished traveller Of the 18th
century,
Ono afternoon we 90 to the Mole, built in
the form Of u crescent, and on which you see
a strange mixture of the human race. The
first which attracts your attention from ne
cessty is the gondoliers, who surround you
like a swarm of bees, and commence to jab-
ber " .Saior, gondola." Wishing to have a
little sport, We say to them in English We
do not understand you-then another volley
Of words is poured out" Grand Canal, y
"Ralto, Lido "Lasuner, "uno form"
(ffty ccnts.) We tell them that if they wish
for customers they ought to speak English.
Then follows signs, gestures, accompanied by
a deduction oi their priccs-still We eare deaf
to all their explanations, and finding We will
no, 20 with them they take of their hats
and Commence to beg-&nto " Nare7na'
and kiss their hands extending them to US.
Our conscience having become somewhat
look upon six companirs Of soldiers which
are ON their way to the " field Of Mars as
they call their review ground. They are
mostly IIunGarians, for the Emperor Of Aus
tia is crafty, sending his Italian soldiers in
to Hungary and the Ilnngarians into Italy.
Walking along We sce an old woman with II
small pan of Goals cooking ehestnats, anoth'
cr making coffee, while q man is burning
,. the coffee in cylinder that looks just like an
old-tashioned electrical machine. Around
these open air kitchens are squalii children,
playing with marbles OF sclin, matches that
are good for nothing. \ company OF monks
are out taxing a walk, clothed in a long,
coarse garb, the collar Of the cloak serving
Tor hat. They wear no stockings but stick
their feet into pAi9 Of woolcn sandals, -
Their heads re shaved and their countcnan-
ccs are horrid looking, worre t an the cigar
girls in Seville. the gipsirs in Granada, or
the IT. liam Iaz1roni who are lying on the
mole asleep.
You meet Greek merchants irho Herer fail!
dressed in their red cars, rich pants, heavy
cloaks, and you look at their signs over their
stores in Italian, French, German, English
. and modern Greek.
, You hear " hand organs that are worth
listening u, wallo Italians sing with their
rich, deep and melodous voices. At the
I fruit stands You get oranges from Malta or
Syria, dates from Corfu AMI fss irum S.nyr-
: M. The view from the Mole is fine. YES
sells sailing under various tlass, men of war
I that would stand hard chance against the
combined fleet of united Italy and giant
: France-steameis coming in kom Trieste or
5 Ancona--a hundred g1ndots gently sailing
c to the different Isles. Uniting these things
you have IN idea of an hour in Venice III
Feb. when not a particle of snow is to be
r seen, and overhead is the blue sky OF sunny
italy
; The Italians hate the Au,trians and show
it in every possible way. II an Austrian
enters Cafe house where there are Italians,
you will see the Italians leave When
band of music, ,elays on San Marco Square
the most Delightful music. hardly an Italian
will be seen. At the theatre, although a
place the people love, you will not find them
there. No. carnival Of earth, tue mosque
of Italy" takes plice. All Of their demon
STATIONS 90 to show their feelings, and a
melancholy spirit seems to rest upon thus
beautiful spot, which none can appreciate
who has not seen it. Yesterday, taking
condola ride, we felt little enthusiastic and
cried out, " pira IL re rictor ImHanuei-
Cayour and Garibald." A dozen gondolers
: shouted Z" Gari5aidi"--an officer on the mole
smiled. In the evenin: our American Con-
: sui told us that we were laying ourselves IL
able to be politely told by an officer to take
+, our hare. We laughed and had the consola-
5 ton that we had seen Venice for two weeks
and we're quite prepared to g, except we
were waiting for two 'ngiish friends who
are to ioin us on the l4th of Feb, when we
9 hope to leave Trieste for Alexandria via Cor
fu, in an Austrian steamer.
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