, 1869-07-04
AN AMERICAN ABROAD.


Churchc.-C CeIeAtllAI F.LtntcEA-A
Supernatural Nnter-'Che skilctto
Inv of Ufscrcc-lA Dream Of the
Middle AEc~-Tlsc Lyric DrAnlu
Poorly Presented, I.tc%
[fI1M oE1l srEcIAt c3:.lEsIpSnEST.l
TURIN, Italy, May q.
one gets very just idea Of 1taly on entering +!
o1es Munt Senla hy way Q! s.sa ard Turin. Tie
beauty and variety Of tie HceuerJ datFns upon hln
gradually rs nc leaves Lyons and ~ lrEoachcs
Cparubcry nnd St. Mlehei. The picturesque bills
increase in size. until he md. him SELF among the
savoy aud italian Alps; and he js, therefore, fulT
prepared to enjoy tho feast which nature has
t},sead in Italy Tor cvvry cYc capaaie Of ap;rcca-
t.un aIld aduatsa.ioa.
1C1:1N
Is not characteristic 1tallan cit5. Ii II very
Interesting; hut its surroundings are nne,
presenting m attractive pslnoTaIntc Fis# VI siFeT
and valley, Of bill and woodland. 1t Is regularly
laid out, vcry clean and handsomely bn1li, al
bearing on the whole very modern appearance.
Nor Is 1t In appearance eny; for little oI the old
Turn ID ft1t
1IS EErEATEp REIN.
The citT taa been ruined IS often ~ some T0-
men, ami with 81 little seeming injnr5. II bears
the repu,a;tan of having nal1c gallant resistance
10 Hannibal. after his famous passage OF the Alps.
II mas afte1ward successfully destsosct.
i,7 Constantine, stEllgla, ALtila uud I'D
oaccr, ord stood two famous sie9ts
in the tenth and eleventh Century
the G1st when Prince Totpasso OF Sarny car:tu.
lated tn Marshal d'Ilarcourt ann tho second when
Victor .anodeo and FE1ce Enseae drove OF the
losces OF Louis XIV. All credit should be gwen
it. therefore, for the virtue that ID left iu il; and
there Is Eanch, fur offered iuuueg to the e7mtrF
Of the hotel for box Of matches, and he decEet
ia thing that acyes happened IN ans Other rars
Of Italy.
Fraucta L IN the sixteenth century demolished
the extensiyc Blburbs the Ror4la auIus.heatFc,
ans otnrr ancient wogks 80 that the sestiees OF
what Turin WAL during the empire au1 thr lnidt!r
ages are entirely ol,!lteratt.d.
CtrT nF KEYCGE-
Tie city Eas bttn tor su!ne years p2aec Of
refuge tut prosecuted pcrsoaa al oscr the
Kingdom. and II Is 5atd ttteen hundred 10
two stousRad persons ate LIVING here
who have been obliged to leave their
homes gu account Of the!f Religious and political
uEnons; those IrCt1 the Iar7i Sta!c cs tttNH vert
NATURAL, The largest IN nu.ber. TnH Isa,utAt!on
10 quite cosmopolitan, probably from It's pro1-
tu.sy 10 france and Switzerland, atd very liberal
and tolerant In Its views. There Is less tndoeucc
auu more intelligence In Turin, ! Understand.
than Ii Say city III 1toi!, Milan, Perhaps, excepted
TIE CHCncuEs
me- Numerous, Of course, and veE! istl, attcadc
but are not rema,katlc ex'cEcai!y or tn;trra.!r
The oIies: Is the Catheira or Daomo, founfrl, it
Is said BY Atsnipn. King Of the I.olbasas, nose
Than twelve cen,urlrs ago. SoDe Q! tic usisiaa!
sructu.e remains. and :hc frescoes Of the Ercsept
building, representing the glof. and 6uncEtnis of
the sttnis and Adam and Eve domestic t.puhl
! ,s,out some nostlcustasal matter, ase very la!
Tney are astrto1ted 70 Albeit Dlrer. zuc.nero and
Caselio; but incline 10 tie opinion that ter are
tle work Ct soEc ambitions sign painter.
An ARTISTIC ANGEL
The Church OF La Coneoiata CONTAINS t!etuyc
Of tur Virgin, httcEed By the painfully p,ons 10
have teen executed h5 supernatural meao-.
Jhese VITA claim to te auiho-ty IN
such m1sters, FAY It WIS done hy m nnse!
/ In single hight ! don't kaow anything ahoEt
the arx,.l: tut should have advised him or her
or IT, II tlad been about on the occasion. 10 have
taken more time 10 the job anJ have made II ett-
! ter Judging hy ,uat specimen, am obliged 10
! eve Judgment against angels as aftHtS IfancS
| painting Is OUT Of thetf tine. They are too Goh1
| 1er that KIND Of b0s!ness Ara then they must he
SO occupied npray:ne for tue sns OF such heret,cs
! as :osscN that they cannut get time 10 patnt
| uc. hare known angrls to paint-~hiic and
| red princrnlls-but thetr cfoErs were confined te
| ss.s.r a~a conp!eNoAs-
~ ErEHf-nAy MIRACLE
! II, tic Church del Corpus DoDsnl IL mpEt.e
! inscription, from which the profaae are separate,
, ii an lrca railing, concentrating the wonderful
| recover Of a RaCFamcnt2l vessel containing the
hnly wafer. which sacrliegtous soldier etole, an.
concealed In one Of tho psnuicrs Of his ssda1c.
t The heste, CT ass Il think It Hus
! hare teen an ass', te.nG Of co1sd
! cnt'ous md reslgtous turn Of mtnt, Re
fcsrec 10 pass tie church door with or ssolel
properly. lie klcse4 and -piunseI as secula.
leasrs Of bis species often do: the vessel fell L
the earth, and the waief gtrt, NTH rays OF light
snot up Into The air until the priests appeared
when It descended into their 61eredotal bosouA
soue skept.cal ptrsoas na5 consider shis Al In
probable story; but ! do not Saeh things arc Coz
stsnu5 occnniug In 1ta1F, AMI The smallest hat21e
IN the country has nye or SIX tTsi, class miracles
every year. saen things don't happen Ia o1,
land know; but this .s favored Of earth a.
Heaven, aad taSht 10 be supcrn.taraay ctsln
! Eu!shea. have implicit faith In the tale At
I; o7nfteo; such good fellows as the priests wert
four, centpIiet Ago-tne t1e The 1heotos
Ical phenomenon took r'ace-wou1d NO
| tell lie atoa. titles Ike wa:el
and na ass Indeed the miracle 1
! p!aced beyond to1bt ty three paintings renresea.
Ing the event. enc which would not hare beer
therc, Of coUrre, il the 1aess had not been as re
lated IN 1t:5 lhcrr we're no special eorrt spoc1
cn.s anu artists the spot docs that refer TO de
t4ciiyes, wonder =, md therefore Ee taye rf
| reason to think tic storF IS co,orri, though .ht
paintings arc.
! slI:I7T1l IT, rHrs1cAL rCElf1c4EoS.
Ia Gran Aadre Ill Dto i. IN inrtsttou-Fery
feeble !sctis:Ion-of the Pantheon, a2d cos
II, co'.[x pEor11S hoF Eucn money Ras5 ee speo
for q bad taflltectusal1 purpose Whcn wea
,here-I 80 70 chE.rh every dag in the week IT
1ta(y-l found 1ealocs priest lastTacuns nan
ber oi extremely dirty little buzz Il
the.r ca.cehisu The ea,eccism Is e1
| ctNcnt-.1 Is Of absorbing interest u
mc--hu. could net help thinking the
urcn.ps might harc been spared while to 81