Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-04-22

wait on us, attach thlmaelyc- to our persons,
tilk TO Us iar1on OF Italian aud English,
wait for us, aud could only be- shaken of by
the most vigorous demonstrations. The be-
gars are exceedingly numerous. The, lie
round everywhere, ready at any moment to
spring out upon thc traveller Women, men,
children follow you everywhere No sooner
does one drop the melancholy drone OF im-
ploration, than another takes It mp, aud so
from day. dawn till We reach the hotel ia
the evening, we are besct by luzuron
You can have no idea of the life Of Italy.
The women wash in the country by the side
of all the streams, and ia the cities al large
public layatories m every square There
fifty or sixty Of them assemble, pound their
clothes on smooth stones, and 90 home The
dirt is SO universal one often wonders what
they do with the clean clothes except towards
evening, the aristocracy come out ia their car
riage', and ride sunptuou-ly through the
streets.
Our hotel here overlook. the plaza, where
the fashion of Naples is now driving and
walking The elegance Of the euupare of
the rich makes a startling contrast to the rag,
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the Old masters, and their paintings hang on
the wall while the bones Of hundred saints,
In god vases. line the sides. 1t is by far the
most costly and magnificent church | have
seen. and Is said to be only exceeded in cost
I by st Peters and superior 10 that in deco
ration. The church is surrounded by court
which is lined by the cloisters or cells of the
monks. Only four of them are now left. for
the present king of Italy has broken up the
nest. and sent the beagars adrift. looked
AT that church. and then went into the pal.
aces of Monti L. and Napoh, full of
mosaic tables and floors of agate stands, OF
Gobelin tapestries. of exquisite paintings. Of
porcelain boudoirs. of Turkish carpets, OF
velvet drapery and hangiugs, and ceased to
wonder at the wretchedness and poverty OF
I the people. There are five palaces in Naples
/ of the king Of Naples, which Victor Emmall-
i uel has now appropriated to himself, which
must have cost each millions TO build. and
which must cost millions to maintain Put
these palaces and the churches side by side
and YOU are st no loss to see where the sweat
and blood of the Italian people have gone
I Both palaces and churches are empty except
on great occasions of pageantry. Into the
one ROYALTY comes once wear, and in tho
other on some great fete day the tones OF
the mass and the glitter of vestments may
erect you; but both are for display. ant
pomp and parade--while the beggars at then
doors and gates, and in the streets around
them. 20 clad in rags, and hungry for bread
and for life. There are no schools in Italy
exeept such as charity has instituted, and il
which the instruction is specially ecclesiasti
cal. Even liit Cnlluftn VINO are DdQllLeu II
these immense churches are ignorant of God
One of them was asked by one of our party
if he knew who God was, whose name he wal
profaning. He said, No. but he though
he was some priest or other"
The social life is very low and vile while
doubtless there is much that is true yet tn,
evidences that one sees on the face of society
would indicate very prevalent corruption.
am very much struck with the barrennes
of the country. 1t could not support on,
quarter of It's population on the generous anC
full diet of New England. The inhabitants
here eat all sorts of things. The diet of tn,
hotels is very meagre compared with ours. w
have great many courses, but very littl
food In a dozen courses we will have
mouthfu each of the real food and larg
quantity of spinage, or cabbage leaves, o
plants and hashes we have never seen, an,
which could never be forced down the throa
except for the oil in which they SWIM Tn,
bread is abundant and poor, the wine is cheal
/ and very sour. The mass of the people liv
on black bread and this sour wine they ea
their meals in the streets-horses, asses, goat
, and men, all fare alike-only the one eatinl
cooked food and the other uncooked.
We reached Naples at midnight of Wed
G nesday. The Captain told the passenger
that il would not be safe to 90 on shore, a
we should surely be robbed We all remain
ed on the boat, therefore, till morning. Abou