Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-13
FIRST EDITION.
FROM VENICE.


oTHELLo-THE QUEEN or THE ADRIATIc' AN
oIENT AND MoDERN-NEw TRICKS FOR the vE'
sETIAN BEadARs.
From he COMMERCIALS Special Correspondent.
"GnAND HOTEL VICTORIA
VENICE, Seventh Mo. %, 1873.
In the terraced stone courtyard below me,set
round with trees and shrubs iu boxes till it de-
ceives us into seeing it a lovely natural garden
little Piccolo runs with plate Of ice, in answer
to stern voice somewhere from within. Pietro
is summoned in two quick calls. and conversa-
ton quite audible, but wholly unintelligibe to
me, goes on rapidly, with nothing but vowels and
hard c's apparently.
Among the luxurant vines which cover the |
balcony opposite aAd which hang over the rail-
| ings on the side next the canal, sits softeyed
Italian looking child, who turns in attentive |
manner when the young mother calls him " An |
tonic" Our sturdy gondoiers on the grand |
canal. and on all the other little winding water
| passages that twist like snakes OF dark, lucent
| green among the cfumblnB old houses are
| named Beppo Il Marco, while our prince OF
| guides percned on the black prov OF our Condo
| Ia under our gay star -spangled banner rejoced
in the euphonious name Of Signor Antonio Visen-
| TIM.
| no mt these names OF another race, and
| known to us only in books, make you think OF
| walking in dream, or acting part in story
They do me and when to-day, without noise OF
hoof or rush OF wheel. aud with only the soit
| plashipg Of oars in the surface npples, these
| coffin.liks gondolas bore US past the mouse OF
| Desdemona all stripped OF its marble faclngs
but with the stalrways aud balconies stI, re re-
| naming and on again to the mansion OF Oihei-
| In with Ills own bust over the doorway telt as
il l must be Iago, fwthout his schemlng anu ms
| putO for know all about the handkerchief anu
| wanted to knock at the door and tell Otneilo DE-
fore il was too late OF his young wifeH innocence
| And when We went to the great Rialto, still
thronged ket-place-though instead OF the
immense money transactions by the merchahts
Of the uast it is now the scene of petty sales OF
fish fruit and fowls. trinity OF hlth-ahd saw
| In the pawn-brokers booth that il still there
| stoop shouldered hawk-faced jew in dirty green
cap with faded gilt embroidery, ten that nsu
sesn the yeritable Shylock. and voluntarily
shrank for fear he would claim his pound OF nesh
of our guide for his names sake
Then the palaces of the thousand MOBILES OF
Venice, now reduced to thirty families the
| churches rich in the grand paintings OF Titan
and Paul Cagliari the VerOnese, and the sculp-
lures Of Canova and his pupils the galleries oi
! Art where Bellini and the Palmas, elder ana
Younger, where Tintoretto and Clshl placed thelr
choicest works the result OF long and loving la
bor seeing all these. realizing their actual, ma
tarial EXISTENCE and feeling their "splrlts sui
D rule us," when we have been accustomed TO
| think of them merely names for shadoWy I'M
A | realities we have to turn and think II we, VINO
| come and look aud pass agaln In moment, are
Q | not truly the shadows. and they the substance ;
: for they remain they will still 1--we Tor huhureus
| and Thousands to come ana see' Anu u htuuy'
2 when we have long passed away
In our mode of thinking and speaking, Venice
o ia dead. nothing is OF later date than the l6th
century nearly all her commerce. ner "ealsn aua
her enterprise are ancient and exist no more.
j. Far one Thousand and forty years the great ne
l. public was Queen Of the Adriatlc ana OF
a the world her empire undivided and undlsputeu;
in seventy years her government has chanBeo
seven times, and now this only part OF an inie-
| rior unit-The Kingdom OF Italy. - .
Most Of her grand palaces with marble and
k | ornaments stripped of and sold, are either ue-
in serted or rented out to numerous small shop'
- keapers and artizans, who ply their trades III
10 little dark compartments ON the gfouhd noor
80 | crowded and dirty, aud lily ventilated. NO won
N der they have tine cholera ana no "ohueL u,
i, people here az elsewhere that we have noticed
n live IN the open air almost ali the time.
Many of the streets arc not over tour ieeI
NJ wide 70 that we have to pass IN single me- ahu
50 the houses are 30 high that the little strip %
10 blue sky showing between them at the top ooht
30 only thread of light which docs not penetrate
'n to the dingy depths below And yet even N tnes
filthy and bad smelling alleys we see Saudy Jew
IN elry Shops and Haunting dry goods stores VIII
X a very respectable show OF stock.
d. ON st. Marks Square, which is the largest on
ul | in the CITY. there are handsome stores OF al
he | kinds with restaurants and shops Tor eVerythu
he npder the Kings Palace, the Library ana the Oh
b. | mint IL iz really beautiful, open space ana
is- ornament to any city In st Marks chnrch the
or were having High Mass at the annual funeral o
es i some great man VINO deu my years nbo' ~ ~
ar who left large sum OF money to secure th
rts | service from priests and people, three Gays
July of every year We went in, OF COURSE an
va were we'll repaid. These Italians know musl
ia | by inati net and breathe melody as we 40 air;
L. | "A choir OF A hundred voi ces and full band {
AZ instruments filled the high vault anu tNe pilla
on ed asles with echoing sound that rolled IN so
in | waves, but did not stun nor CONFUSE cahh'
on | tell what il was, but no opera 10 me was 1E
ma | iner and the tenor was equal to Brignoll,
nil thoughts Che will never know of the disparaSil
il | comparison ,, L.,
iii. These stawart gondoers, graceful and br
the papdish looking two to each boat load OF fou
lie and there are some dozen boats in our neet'
a ia sing magnifcently as they stand one ln ea'
end and push the gondola along each with OF
oar. Yesterday it was Jerusalem Delivered,
Tasso that they sang in parts and in choru
with fine effect We lazlly lolIed on the -
waters of the Lagoon on our way out 10 La
ice, the watering place of Venice, where there Is u
OF | surf breaking up from tho Adria'ic, whch ~
- | tens aud shimmers blue in the sun, ana Whe
LOO the strong sea breeze refreshes aIter the
es air Of the city. There ID the wide white 70
and | down to the beach, along which Lord byr
aln loved to cauter on his pony every afternoon lnl
re- .ummers Of 1922 and %. when he was IN Nehl'
ure The curling white crested waves wash up Den e
cold uful little shells which we gathered with chi
With ish eagernezs and carried home IN wet SOL
und bapdkerchiefs, the soft sea sand cnnBlng
lght dress and boots and staining them too. put WI
matter Is it not the same sea thar pore
It's merchant-ships of Venice, out 70
l
and the great ones OF the Republic trod IN her ua
| of power and are they not hallowed thereo.
y OF Going out, we rowed up to the walls OF
pair public gardens OF Venice, to get glimpse OF
shady walks, and to take into our gOndola
She conductor who met us there !; and one OF
lect- sghts Of the city met our view apertecly De
ook- tIful. white Egyptian pony, belonging TO
,ular proprietor of the Hotel Victoria lie Is one
the the only three horses in the whole clty,-a pl
arti- ent from some one in authority in Egypt ant
made rare stock for the YicerOy never permitted
by | other to leave tho country Just thlnk OF
NJ one hundred and fifty thousand inhabita
until and only three horses No street cars no cla
,ding and dust They sweep the streets all ihe
life with broom and dust pan, AZ they 10 IN
German towns (all but Cologne suspect.
AIKEN pattice of fertilizng material Is allowed 10
body waste 30 they make. their fields, and even
} the almost inaccessible sides of the mountains,
som in little patches Of grain and grass
!, re- round Venice the country is very nat, Dut
dead pears to be productive. suspect II mar U
tead- drained We have fruits iii great variety
quite cheap, but we do not think them o.
COED quality as our own, except piulns
rican oranges. =, ,,oo
We have not come to the country OF beg
le ar yet, 30 many tell us but We have fouhu
Wan in focLs, thick as the heas and the morqul
| which have left their marks all over my