The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-08

very lODg unuer ZIP, ulppluS up SSgo
with very, small spoon, while my
friend on the left, who is very en-
thusiastic admirer of the President
and strict Oonstitutionalist, would
in a highly excited manner punch me
in the ribs, to draw my attention to
the above described conversation,
with the remark, The Admiral is
sound ON the goose; we're all right in
u the Navy gif 1a 8
Our rambles through Marseilles
day before, yesterday we're exceedingly
interesting After viewing the Paris
ian-like innovations of broad streets
and magnificent buildings, erected by
the orders of the Emperor, we cut
through the old quarters Of the town
toward the quay. following streets as
tortuous as cowpath, and permit
ting no more than three men abreast
to pass, the FIVE and six-story houses
inclining toward each other so
as almost to meet at the top.
One of these lanes brought
us to kind Of fountain or town.
pump, where innumerable women
/ were on their knees washing clothes.
g This scene in the foreground, with
two narrow streets running off at a
very acute angle in the distance,
10 would have furnished abundant mate
rial for what in our country is, only
known from paintings or the idecoraL.
tons on the back-scenes of Theatres.
Near the quay, we were attracted by
magnificent large building inathe
Byzantine style, unfinished, and by
its side we found, what at first
was taken to be dilapidated old
school house, with a bellfrey, but
Il found, when we entered, to be anoldi
"a church almost in ruins, and ofvery
q primitive construction and masonry
A priest, who, when he learned that
we were Americans, seemed much
~ pleased, told us that the little old
q, church was the ancient Cathedral of
Marseilles, and the magnificent build
4 ing by its side the new one. unfn-
3 FIished. & In the Bourse or Exchange,
81 splendid modern edifce, we found the
IN hustle and noise usual in similar
oqplaces of so important a seaportaas
this aLet no one coming to Marseilles
neglect to climb the hight at the
o southwestern extremity of the city;
1T is rock of at least FIVE hun
10 dred feet high, capped by the Chapelof
yi'1'Notre Dame de la Garde," abeauti-
IL ful castle-like structure, in the By
santine style of architecture. 1t over
81 looks the city and its surroundings
inland, together with the harbor, its
defenses and forts, the islands upon
which they are situated, and the blue
n expanse Of tie sea outside; altogether
forming magnificent panorama. The
I walls inside of the chappel-which
VI are very beautifully decorated-are
covered with all kinds of little paint
ingss engrayings and Autographs, gar
} lnished and trimmed with little silver
q hearts, anchors and crosses, vowed and
donated to the Virgin by relatives of
safely returned travellers and marin
Q ers,i many of them representing 1dirac-
Il ulous appearances of the Virgin, ships
battling with the raging elements, &C..
giving the otherwise beautiful interior
J rather taWdry appearance. The all
y tar is embellished with a finely exc
euted virgin and child, in silver, at
ii leastlfour feet high lal ia9sa1g 5hi
aud Time did not permit us to stop at
odAEignon, ), the ancient city Of. the Popes,
vit7andi their residence, for aover. fifty
o years--withits lofty walls and Roman
ruins. Ia the Church of the Corde-
8 iers Petrarch' 81 Laura was buried,
81 Not far from here is Vachise and the.
shaunts of Petrarch. Ia the neighbour
sqhood of Aries, situated on the River
si1 Rhone, little below Avignon, is a
"a Roman amphitheatre, excavated in
ID 1880, able to hold twenty-five thousand
all these places are in about
the madden district of France.
"a 1t is also interesting for travellers
to make short stay some
4 where near Dion, in the. wine
n district of Burgundy-now divided
into three departments, embracing a
gatotal Of two hundred and twenty FIVE
% thousand acres of vineyards, produce
ing IN ordinary seasons over fifty mil
lion francs worth of wine; We had
3 burgundy wine grower for travelling