, 1874-04-04

distance oil. mi!es, and, IN ono part, 1t e,-
touds buck about ulcB. But. for tho groator
portion of ts longth its brendth is much less, aa
there WAS not room to build n wide city between
wholo space ooyorod By Naples ia not larger than
! TINT embraced by tho South Division Of Ghicngo.
But upon that space there is packed population
| which oxccedB that Of all Chicago by 100000.
Tho stroots, with q fow exceptions, nro moro a.
"cnAoKs nETwEEN wALts,"
and tho buildings nre tlvo to sovon stor1cH high,
and pnrtitionod OF into small apartments. THO
paa s ro s' a e sapst pea9 Sa Of Of hs
building Ia cram1nod with families and lodgore,
| from baBomont to garrett. And then thousands
Of tho lower raobe 1.-Two and sleep out Of doors,
nsr yea d T. the aaym0 when tic s
lation seom to live out Of doors. Tito crowds
| that throng the streotB IN eyory direction aro
amazing. Thoro arc no Sidewalks on most
o tue 5onTsx.rs s5Ta9s dna Sa9sranf and paG
mixed up tosotbor, with e9' tic thousands
| Of Idle. mondicant nonlsH. and tons Of thousands
Of importunate, ragged, filthy boggars. Of NIL
agos, BOXES. sores, and conditions. There arc
| tho p)Hce requires, aud 200 fowor Hchool-houBe8
tilan tho educational wants of tho city domand,
Tho mass Of tho population ia sunk In ig-
noraneo, poverty, and superstition. Tho throe
but In no part OF 1t 30 conspicuous aa in NIPPLES.
Howoyer, somo progress hns beon 1nado since
tho uniilcatton Of Italy. Tho number of beg
gars haa been reduced more than half since tho
Dourbons wore run of 10000 children attond
tho public schools, whoso, under tho old Htato Of
| things thoro woro schools provided for tho
ol,ildron Of tho poor. But thoro still C0,000
Or knew d o E,
Tho friends Of united and progressive Italy
complain Of the
| HOSTILITY OF THE cLER1cA1s
towards tho freo-scllool aystenl ansl charge them
with Keeping tho children ont Of school by poi
/ eonlng tho minds Of tho mothers agninst tho
system, while they aro too lasy or indifferent
Themselves to opon schools and touch them. It
ts charged against tho Olercals tint tlloy arc In
favor Of ignorance for tho salsc OF superstition,
md nre afraid OF popular education Of the masaeB
lest It may cause them to loso tho abHoluto co,-
| troll tlloy exercise over tho minds OF tho lower
ordoro, ospaoially of tho women.
1 Of tlso friends OF tho Government, is very Bit
ter but tho Oloricals reciprocnto the luminosity
with intorost, md wait and hope for tho OK
pectod French intervention which is to dothrono
| Victor Emanuel aud broak Italy into fragments,
as of yoro. But, from proaont Appearances,
| that event is long way of. Every day ID
strengthening, not only tllo discrimination Of
tile pooplo to maintain national unity but to de-
! fen1 1t against Franco or any other Power
| while the feeling in Franco against Interference
in tho affairs OF Italy ia stoadily gaming force.
The Italians have standing army Of 25o,o00
men,. Eaoh year there. aro 80 900 young mon
called to 6orvo in the ranks, and IN equal MINI
| bor who havo served threo yenrs arc fur1oughed
and Bont homo, until thor services nro needed
in timo Of war. Already over 100000 men have
boen thus drilled mud fnrlongAed. In a fow
years moro, tho Government viii bo ablo to oal
\ out
Of wclltrained and disciplined soldiers to dcfend
Italy against invasion. All classes of young met,
nll,st serve in tho raukB, without the right Of
| substitution, whether prlnce or peasant noblo
! or workman. Those who aro unable to read and
| wrto whan they cnter tho ranks arc required to
learn, and cannot receive d discharge until they
can paes an examination in reading, writing, and
tho elements Of arithmetic. Tho company
teach tie li1torato prlvaies. From South
ern Ita1y, throo-fourths Of nil the oonscripts,
when they enter the army, can neither road nor
writo. In Central ltaly, tho proportion is 60 por
cent. Sardinia only returns a3 per cent Of
- know-nothings )" whlle some provinces of
Southern Italy returned 80 por cent few years
ago. The l,tberalu say that tho Clerioas mny
| vent the CaptasnB and Lieutenant6 from teach-
| ing the young men to road the newspapers, or
tho Dtblo or tho history Of Italy, aftor they don
the National uniform: Another thing is done:
! The consoripts arc mixed together in the reg-
| n,ents. The better educated aud mere patriotic
I young mon Of tho Northorn States nro put into
regiments With tho lcaa-e educated conscrpts
Of tho Southern and regiments cona-
in tho South, and, vice versa, those Of tho South
arc sent to tho Northern Sfntes fow yonrs
ago, the paop]e Of tho several States Of Italy had
scarcely any intercourse or acquaintance with
differing from each other. But tho method OF
mixing and educating the young soldiers il
having the huppiest effect in curing these de-
fccts, and IN producing and diffuaing national
| and patriotic sentiment all over Italy. In maxi
ing tho people Of tho dioront sections acquainted
with each other, trade and commerce. arc fos-
tored and Increased, aud national prosperity is
| thereby promoted.
But returning to Naploa after this digrossion !:
The fashionable part Of the city il
| THE "wEsr END"
| which il long strip between tue sea-wall and
the ridge callod Mount posolipo. On this alop-
ing strip Of ground Is lad oit, next M The ssa,
Avonue Lako-Park, and perhaps n mile in length.
Tho park is beautifully decorated with mnny
kinds OF Bami-tropcal troes Which aro over
grecn,. with fountains and grouna Of statnary,
round temples, with atatuary within, after tho
Groek style, md two or thrao handsome ico-
cream md cake restaurants, are also in tho park,
for the dolecsation Of vlsitors.
4 wide avenue runs along this rark, the outer
thirty feet Of which ia fenced of for the usc OF
eQucstrians, and the inner seventy foet IL pnvod
with broad granite tagging for the carriagc
driveway. Tho opposite side Of tho street is oc-
T cupied by numerous four or hYo.story palaces,
md hotelE, aud residences Of tho wealthy classoB
Nearly all tho strangers who visit Naples take
up their quarters on this fayorito, sunny avenue,
called the
l -., RIVIERA III CI1AJA,
which looks out to the south over the park and
bay, and commands Wow OF mountain ant
ielalal-sconery hard to sl,rpaas. Eyory after.
noon, all the families Of Naples who can afford
to keep or hire n two.1lorso opon carriage
"take the air on this "Chlaja" nyeuue. Tie
gentlemen who nre fond OF horaaback-exerciBc
take sadlle; aud those who hayo neither car
riago nor horse walk iu tho plrk. from III,
window hare seen four lines Of carriages fill
ing the avenue its whole length. while hundreds
rode on horseback on the ':row," .arltl tons oi
thousands of well-drcssod persona swarmed the
root-paths Of the sllady park, or lotered around
tho military band, which plays any AFTERNOON il.
an open space IN the park, with statuary AMI
fountains around 1t. Tue Kfug (wao spends
| .aaxt II Lila ,si1.fara ha,al in ,alai., a,,a.