New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-14

RAILWAYS AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NoLtN-
TEERs-vENICB-N AUsTRIANs AND
THE RAILWAYS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY
POPULAR IGNORANCE OF ITALIAN POLITICS
TIE PLEBHQTUM DEPARTURE or THU AUS
TRANS.
From Our Special Cone'rondent.
VENICE October n, lst6.
lido not intend TO force the reader 10 follow in ny
turnings and windngs in Venea made with the object
of reaching the points interest where the transfer
OF authority is being made. should say in general that
these changes Of base are made with good deal Of diff
Guilty To move train these railroads seems require
as much effort the transportation Of an army and
doubt IL any General is in command OF the engines.
Ariemas saws Of something he has written that' Inc
above is wrote sarcastcsl' and the nilrOad timetables
hero seem have great deal OF the same KIND V sar
casm in them. No goes on time, and IT is
painful 10 a nervous 10 see the delays which arse
nom the cumbersome system OF registering baggage in
Franco and Italy they manage 20 get through with this
large of writing AT rapid rate and with wonder
ful accuracy. But here The hDgcs OF the oheas seem 70
have grown stiff with disuse, and one would thlhk
the gray old fellows Just making their hrst essay AT
chirOggphy. watched one yesterday az fauua ana nav
ing personal interest in his reaching my own case Wthn
an hour my head swan with ,eSotion 10 see him labor
over iCgibe TothoOks ard curious caTcauho the niue
dirs the like Of which mortal man saw outside OF
Vene,a found more sarcasm in the fact That lie seemed
20 charge for the deficit OF pounds aloTdupos De-
tween the weight Of my trunk and the weight allowed ny
the regulations OF the company. stopped AZ Padua 10
n citv of Nenca which has been for bce months IN
I
and Verona. The former had It's enthusiasm IN july when
Caldni came and though the walls are oil covered With
the ri-coored ballots yet II is plain that the mighty u-
multi Of oy cannot be- reproduced ~ the coming of the
King as The acknowledged sovereign Of the province, of
the land henccforth ndvisble They Ike him better
in the saddle AZ the head Of his victorious lcgions
For the rest if Iiyy had been born In Padua Of hs
own accord should henCeforth have low estimate =
his common sense IL Is too low % be altogether whole
some, and not low enough 10 be- Ike Venice KEPT creamy
by the Adriauc The water IN most vilanous nnd INC
landlord OF my hotel treated shabby that could
help reminding myself Of the Italian hooy that o'e
-host-cOncs from the Latin hosfif, enemy.
On the train To Venice, found good many Nonettns
returning from The war in the dress Il the volunteers
They somewhat inquisiiivc about Their admission 70
the Queen City but were assured That the mnndpahy 81
Nence-now IN authonty-wcud very glad 10 see them
These BOYS tho who got away from Venice three
months ago By all sorts 81 arccs avoiding by hcrfifht
forced service IN The Austrian army They sole ont ny
night, bbed bpBtmen 20 take item acr - The Po AMI ~
cases, swan that river into lialy. The Austrian
officers who set visible IN Venice did not soc them In
red shirts with any satisfaction and the bow themselves
would regret occasion 20 prod The scfv;nis Of to
B1Ype.-,o The humoio.s palers o. Italy dehomna'e
The City touncil bear rc The National GuaTd parade
with guns md without uniform and the AusIians are The
enesfs Il tho city.
Al the stat OF wo were met ~ an immense tong Who
had expected The Italian troops "a aufe ~ ibis train md
went down The grand canal our gofdocl was re-
poaodlv asked 4" Have the soldiers come ~ There was
much disappointment over the negative nrfv"r They
had wait "a hours for INSURED freedom Venice s
civ of death Tie silence OF Ter canals tho gloom ~
the alleys, the general character Of the place - 20
stranger by no means chccli But there - much more
than this. n is plain 10 he most careless observation
that business done here, that tho post deserted
that the houses have been long neglected, and that the
mssses meet mserably poor peer, roh Nowhere
cscn Italy docs squaor seem 80 coinplc,el l.g =, ~
this sometime queen 81 the golden aud ruby Esst Ahd
ret 81 Marx. and that gem Of public square m mont 81
The duOmO ar Just a. bowiiclugy beautiful and uniquely
great a. they have been. II ever place on 'ath
WAS made grow lovely through on eternity 81 ages
10 - this gorgeous public square.
n was 20 10 hear newsboys crying the seven
- III. 49, Nss.s In Af.t
was here the Emperors birthday aud heard bomb
exploded By jealous republican on the very spot
where these ragged uTchns Who cannot read, are now
selling the DaNtd NoHia The Tempo and other newborn
babies Of the Press.
And think again a. al Verona that It IL better TO
this sale Of newspapers Tor be hrs DAY ~ eh.s tnan 70
that life has at last 20 these housekeeping agoons
Magnificent preparations ore beng made 10 receive the
King aud Ind certain pleasure M learning, by reading
the papers, that there different opinions.
In Venice is inclined 90 pinch himself and rub bis
eyes be quito certain that he s sin IN the world TO
which be has been accustomcd but when men quarrel be
certain you still the old planet which NO oil love
and hate 20 dearly do not care whether OF not the
lion OF ST. Mark have the Of Savoy or the archange
Gabriel on bic back; but dare say II Is fair matter OF
argument whether the painter OF the great gondoa nave
tho right 10 alter the Venetian lion and his acoutermens
70 latter Victor Emanuel There is aways-as know
from some inside experiences kernel Of discomfort
and pickering inside public demonstration, and dozen
people OF necessity made miserable TO promote the
public JOY.
There general satisfaction the articles inserted
in the treaty requiring Austria 20 render the archives
and other public property intact Perhaps some Teades
may not know the inside history OF this negotiation. IL
appears that when the French gave up Venice 10 Aus
ia they made lists Of the property transferred and both
parties signed them IL further appears that when ques-
iion about these archiyeswhcn Austria had ac-
tuay carried of the better part Of them aud had packed
up all the precious objects IN the Annoy Museum--ien.
lie Bouf produced these old documents aud went to Gen.
Norne There need be no controversy abou, this matter
We will check Of the articles described here as you deliver
them and the Venetans cannot then have any ground Of
ompaint So IL had 10 DO inserted In the Treaty that
Austria shall restore these documents after copying
Them" 80 far % matters Of antiquity concerned, tho
Italian Government has sympathy with the love Of old
II has sold hundreds Of nns in other cities for old
iron and brass.
It curious 20 notice how ignorant the people to
be Of Italian politics. They have been long shut up
five months nesTly-ihat they hardly know what great
m interest attract popular attention IN the king
dom The long habit taking such their masters gaze
and having 10: part In the making Of laws has rem
dcred them simple and conhdng toward the Italian Gov
eminent just now any Ministry could command the
support OF the 30 10 bel Venetian deputies. was much
struck with the ilsuccess Of Garbadan teaching pol
tics a crowd in the piazza of 81 Mark On, d'agofo
said one and the rest concured ho arr peRfdh0 nhHg
d. gBesko Siamo hLcyi bashi' The devil, We don
care about this. We are free and that Is enough
Three months from now II will BIO very different. 1hs
Venetian expects the heavens to rain gold Napocons
after the union with Italy; and they must be nexprcsslby
shocked 10 learn that liberty, like good VIOLIN PLAYS
sweet tunes only under intelligent hands They must
learn too that though Venice can become thce as
prosperous as now no Government favor give her any
such relative position as she once enjoyed
The pebisoe sctdown for noxt Sunday The male pop
uation above u years voters and Venetian yodn
teers the army matter how young they may be- Those
Veneans who live in other cities allowed 20 deposit
their ballots with the Mayors Of the towns where my re-
dom Of Italy and TO DO subjects Of Victor Emanuel and
his successorA" On this ballot each voter will write
Yes No." Provision is made for voting on the
Monday following There will probably be few hundred
Noes priests aud clerical sympathizcrs will or