Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-09-12
From the New York Observer,
CoRNICB ROAD FROM GE-
q f- NOA TO NICE.
over THE SEA, xor oy TIE SEA.

We had quite enough Of tn
Il treacherous Mediterranean. A
). least for the present it seemed bet
Z ter to keep to the land. From &c
noa to Nice, lies famous road
| whose history runs back to the day
Of the Romans, though the ModerI
=, Caesar, Napoleon the Great, haC
! more to do with it than the ancicnts
9 1t is called the Corntce road, pro
, nounced Cornitchy, and called SC
| because it is ledge on the side o
mountains, like the cornicc Of {
= house. On this we ride a hundred
miles, over the sea but not on the
, sea, and where we can see the sea
below us all the way, By the steam.
, er from Genoa in good weather We
, can reach Nice in eight or ten hours
By this hanging road we shall be
two, three or four days, according
TO the mode of conveyance. TAX.
ing private carriage, the journey
: is made pleasantly in three or foul
days; and if there are four person,
in the party, it is quite as chcal
as to go by the diligence. II
ladies are of the company it is bet
ter to hire the vetturino. Economy
of time and money put us in the dill
igencc. To ride "a consecutive
hours was too much for the flesh,
and BY paying half fare extra we
obtained the privilege of sleeping
at a poor tavern on the way, and
resuming the same seats the follow
ing day when the next Stage came
on. The fare from Genoa to Nice
was about $S, and we paid 81
apiece, 10 rest over night on the
way!
In The diligence of Italy is an insti-
tuition of its own, slowly giving
place to the rail car, but retaining
all the features of its numbering,
clumsy. heavy and uncomfortable
character. Like the Gaul Of Cesar
it is "qurtered into three halves,'
and indeed into four, for the ban
quette above the driver holds three,
the coupee under him holds three,
the interior or middle section has
seats for six, and the rotund is full
Of four. About 90 persons with
the driver, the postillion and con
ductor, are thus carried, with more
or less comfort according to the
places they secure. We had the
whole interior and were thus well
lodged. A little incident Illustrated
the lower Italian character. A run
ner came to our hotel in Genoa and
offered to furnish us a privete car
riage to Nice at the same price we
would pay in the diligence. We
declined his offer and went to the
stage office to engage our seats he
followed us there, anc after we had
taken our places he demanded of
the agent percentage on the fare,
for hdring brought as to his office!
The rascal first tried to prevent us
from going by the diligence, and
then to get pay for having induced
us to go,
The hour Of departure was eight
in the morning; the list of passen-
gers was called off in the order of
the numbered seats each had secur-
ed, and we took our several places.
This system is carried out even to
the street omnibuses, for which you
get a number at the offices on the
route, and this entities you to aseat,
and when all the seats are taken not
is allowed to enter. The
starting was attended with more
excitement than if it had been a
steamboat or arailroad train. The
baggage was secured on the top
with great care; every official of
nigh or low degree who had looked
At us, was duly paid for his services,
and at the blowing of the horn and
'undry cracks of the whip, the cum |
orous vehicle began to move and |
was at last fairly OH the road. t
Snow had fallen in the night, and I
i was now clear, frosty morning I
n January, to be followed by a {
warm, sunny day, balmy and brac- f
ng, the qualities Of atmosphere c
rarely blended. The road lies along t
through a succession of villages I
On the sea shore, and under the :
mountains, in which the Italians are T
themselves after their I
avn fashion, and giving constantly c
pictures Of the lower I
ife of this lazy, indifferent and h
people. In the streets t
lble-bodied men are standing idle, il
and chatting, with nothing a
o do and doing it all day; the wo- t
men are more busy, but the aspect c
If everybody indicates idleness to a
,e the cardinal virtue of the coun- |,
ry. A jaggler in the midst of il
,aping and delighted crowd was t
performing antics and tricks, which s
must be poorly rewarded judging d
rom the appearance of his admir- il
rs. A travelling van contained a
rhole family, nan, woman, and
with all the appliances for n
hows, dances, scenery, music, &c, c
18th cooking apparatus; the car ri
eing home and stage in one. O
70 stopped at Savoni to dine. A d
olitary monk at the door of the inn B
sked aims. He looked to be the Z