, 1866-10-20

There the train stopped for the night. No
hncl omnibus at the station iu the
suburbs, md tue two CT thnc cur
raScs were Instantly filled. Eotcls
nile and half away mud nothing t. be done
but to n ak there In the black night follow
O'Clock. but no accommodations tobc had.
Try another; same result. Go to third
no better success. The case Is getting 10 be
serious, especially for my friend and Us wife,
who are very much ascrse to nigh; on the
SStreets' Str,.a The boy.gutie speaks nothing but
We meet, SO TINT Inquiries ar, vain.
! notice 4 gentleman coming out of coffee
house and accost him In French. Ppyiden-
TALLY, he understands little OF thai conye-
nient Language, and conducts us to apriratc
house, but they cannot receive US. Yet they
house, which Is, Of course, closed Tor the
night. A stone tossed against tie vim
dow brings the good woman there.
who, compreheudIDg the case says
"come In" We enter and asceid, and
she shows one room for the three! She has
sity. After sundry ingenious Yantec con-
trlrances to fit the rooms to the c.igeucies
of the case, We were at last slowed WAY for
the night. The clock struck twelve aud VIC
entered with various success upon he task
OF sleeping rntti five O'Clock, when We rose,
and as soon as dressed started for the sstion.
Great dclay was here encountered ID Weigh
ing and registering the baggage, aggravated
by our inability TO speak italian, md By up
prehension of having the trnin maye off
without us. The train served ~ abtut half
an hour, and ut alorana we were fofced to
hire carriage to Mestrc. nine mixes, be-
cause VIC were once more approaching the
nrmy Of Austria. AtMestte, We took d con-
dola, after another inspection Of baggage,
and three goudoliers rowed US along Iarious
the door OF the Vit:oria Hotel,
Venice, into which nc, stopped hungy aud
joyful. Do you know mot romanticaly II i'm
asinel What gondola Is: The most coietul
Of objects In appearance; long boat with
bow md tern curying upwards, covered
part, just high enough to sit In, and with
openings at tue sides, and painted let black
NIL over. Take the wheels Off d heaBc and
place IT In the middle Of black canoe,
and you have gondala-just ,dapt-
victims during pcstl1ence to the pesihonse
o. to the grave-four thousand Of these
cheerful convcyanccs ply around the canals
Of Venice and enliven the scene. viii not
describe the buildings in this peculiar city,
with their regular architecture, blending the
airlucss ofthe East with the massiven.ss Of
The West, and adorned with varitgated
marbles in profusi0n that las no approxi-
nation with us. 1t cxcitcs wonder, it draws
Upon our admiration it makes plc:uresu ,,c
panorama; it occasions resolution to read
and re.rcad Ruskin's stories OF Venice it Is
rr1quisite by moonlight or sunset; but 1t
does net suggest q model for imitation, nor
produce the sublime Impression Of the ca
thcdral Of Milan. The cholera has not
visited Venice, though rnsiug at Tri-
este, only six hours by fail hence.
This exemption Is claimed here to be owing
to the 'nsular situation, the rigid quarantine
enforced and the strict measures Of prccau-
tion taken by the authorities as to the re-
noyal Of filth, the prohibition OF unripc
fluit and the prevention Of the sale Of laXa.
tive medicines, with the consequent feeling
OF cheerful security BY the people. OuF
plan is to go hence to Vi.
enna, md down the Danube to
Const sntinorle and thence, II Providence
permits, To Palestine, The thunder Of the
political endIict in America is hcard across
ihc ocean and a'l eagerly await the result.
God sptta III right W. W. PATTON,