New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-10-04
THE AUTUMN IN ITALY.

SENATOR CHARGED WITH FAAUD-AN LhOAAAf
WRETCH IRRTEsTED.
ivRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRrBUNE.l
ROME, Sept 1O.-With you of the young, as with
us Of the old world Autumn is holiday time. II not
that you have initiated any from OF In
deed that the European cities have initiated each
other in this respect Nature herself and the course
of the year point 70 the pleasant and welcome prae-
tice. And it behOoves correspondent at least 10
look ike the time 90 Lady Macbeth says az far as
lie can. And above all is this the ease with your
Roman corresDondent. London, ii like Johnny Gill
pins wife, on pleasure il is bent, has yet like her,
"a frugal mind;7 and never altogether reiaxes the
great work Of money-makng, whatever other
business he may suspend. The main relaxation
of Paris seems to consist in suspension of quarrel
ing. And very good way Of keeping holiday, too
But Romel II Is there that people know what hoh-
day making really means-there that the seasons
difference makes indeed all the difference. The
mum Der of Americans who know Rome as well as
they do Broadway is very large; and Of English
TO whom the Eternal City is a. familiar as Picca-
dilly, il smaller. But very few OF either know
anything OF Rome il ~ ts holiday Autumn garD
Everybody " who is anybody has gone away. The
King has gone. He Is stalking the Stdmbucco III MS
beloved Piedmontesc mountains, witnessing An
tumn maueuvers OF the troops. The Sen
ators and the Deputies have all gone.
They are amusing themselves in various man
ners, and are not making speeches at public
meetings a. the British and Americans are. The
foreign diplomatic corps have all gone, and are
scattered the face of Europe, save here and
there some hapless secretary sighng the anal
ogy Of his fate 10 thai OF the last rose Of SummerE
unless indeed he be an old staeer, who, though not
to the manner bcTn,7 has become sufficiently ac-
climatiZed 70 things Roman 10 be able TO take III
good Part and enjoy the special characteristics OF
the time and place. The foreign residents and VIZ
itUrs have all gone save very few, who never fail
when their friends come back al the beginning 81
the next Winter to declare thai the Autumn Is
the most enjoyable time az Rome, aud that he
who has never known il NJ that season knows
nothing Of the Eternal City under its most
Characteristic aspect And IL fact there IL some
truth in tie assertion. For Rome is then living its
own life Al the rest Of tLe time it il adapting
itself as best 10 can 20 the ways and wants OF IT'S
various classes OF visitors from every part Of the
world This IN point Of fact the main business OF
the Romans during th:ee-Guartcrs OF their lives
TGcv live 10y the Roman population Of the city
and their Occupation ~ 0 cater tdT tIu IN way
OF another. When once these are al away beyond
the hills which inclose ihe Campagaa, Romcs occu-
patton. Like Orhcl0's, u gone. But ior mat very
reason Rome is itsolf a-ain. What once asked
of q Roman. ise0-and-so doing uo " "OaE replied
uiy fricna his affairs turnrd out - wei, and now
he leads rita beuap That meant 81, lie indigd-
ual spoken OF did EotiIug on clrtL ~ morning I'll
night. In the Autumn months l'1rr i,aIs eta
beata.' great uumhcr Of the hoi'is 0nd larger
shops are shut up. 4 sleepy quc,ldo bToods over
the city. During the hot hours Of the d'y Che
streets are absolutely deserted. Rome is taking its
=esta In the cool hour Of the evening" at the Ave
Ngria-";he hour OF love" and "bour Of
PRAYER" "a more than poet has sung
they come ont for The mos. part in the lightest AID
NEST unconventional Of deshgbiLies, 10 enjoy he
freshness. And in truth, Rome il highly favored in
TING rcspact TIE NIGHTS are ralcly hoo there, az
thev often are az Florence. The for Tins is
that II is so much nearer to the sea, and that
there are no mountains between 1t AMI
the Mediterranean 10 Obstuct the sea breeze, ~
there are between Florence and Leghorn. Nothing
IN the way Of climate can be more delicious than
the evening ard night hours 81 % Roman aatInmai
day. Whole families may be seen sittins-not in
drawinc-room atfitudes-around the doors Of their
dwellings. And in tic poorer quarters ri the city
such gatherings viii probably be enjoying Hccies
caacsQ7e Gcftu, in the shape OF chat and song,
crust Of bread aHd onion, OF a bunch Of grapes
and flask of the proaGco Of tho Castelli kOnanl
Many Of tie churches are Opcn, lighted, for the
most part, solely by the twiuklme Rlimner Of the
lamp that burns before Our Lady altar And there,
II Won VIII penetrate the cavcrn-ike obscurity IN
which, after awhile, the eye habitaates itself
sufficiently 10 discover the faint outlines OF
forms, you win generally find one or two
loiteTeTs III pursuit probably OF one or the other
# the two purposes for which the poet has declared
the hour OF the Ave Maria to be specially adapted
perhaps intent on both of them-t0r the Roman de-
voice sees no reason why they should not be pursued
together. So delightful is the sweet cool breath
Of the Autumn night; so infinitely preferable is the
roofing of the serene star-spauGlrt sky 10 that OF
tie wreteh he'd fetid hot homes from which the poor
classes Of Roman citizens have come FORTH that 1t
is difficult 70 make up ones mind to return 10 the
latter. Many accordingly cannot make up their
minds 10 DO so bui remain 10 pass the Eght ON the
cool marble steps 0f church, or by tAe side OF
some FLASHING fountain mUrnurng IT'S pleasant inl-
laby. Such slcepeTs may be seen any Autumn night
by the dozen in many parts OF the city, BuJ
they ere taking their pleasant nap at the risk OF
shortly resting IN lonRer sleep. For it is specially
by night thst fever pgowls abroad II the streets Of
Rome; and the malaria, which mngles with the air,
that seems 20 all the senses 50 balsamc, is particu
larry wont 70 seize it, victims during sleep. The
uolice do what they cain the inefficient half
hearted way H. which such things done az ROlne
to prevent this al fyesc0 sleeping; and the munich
pality has provided dormit0ries, into which those
nav be driven who have no homes OF their own 70
he taken to. Bat The marble slabs, white and cool
in the starlight offer attractions couches too great
70 be resisted and the Roman hospitals, CvercIowded
ever at ,his season, owe annually large number Of
their cases to this cause.
For September ia the worst month in the year for
Roman fever. The statistical returns show that
feyers BEGIN to be more numerous IN June they be-
come very much more 80 in July and August and
are perhaps lees numerous in September. But all
medical testimony in Rome goes to show that the
fevers from malaria, il fewer in number in Scptem-