The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-19
European Correspondence Of the Bulletin

European Correspondence Of the Bulletin.l
HOTEL MILAN, Naples, February, 1876.
y Dear Bullain-No one can properly appre-
ciate the force Of the injunction "See Naples
and Die until he has benin the abominable
hole itself, and then it y easy to feel that
death would be particularly sweet to the tired
soul in this swarming. beggarly, dirty PAnde-
uonium Of place, where one-half the in
habitants seem to be donkeys, some with four
legs and some with two, but all living CON-
tented and happy in their crowded little dens,
and all working harmoniously together to
render the atmosphere Of their delectable city
q nearly insupportable to the civilized for
eigner q it is possible to do.
II is easy to fancy how welcome death would
be to stranger here. provided he saw no i'm
mediate prospect Of getting away. As regards
situation, Naples Sught to be an earthly para
disetBor IT lies ID the very ceuter of as luxuri-
ant . gasden spDt'as lavish nature could create.
Itspatural surrounding, its scenery Of noun
tain, - andeky are as beautiful as poet
could dream Them the soil yields quantity
and variety - luscious fruit unrivaled by
any favored isle Of the Indies every element
OF what could contribute toward rendering q
thrifty people rich, prosperous and happy is
here but great heavens what perditlon of
beggary and wretchedness, Of disgusting
squalidness and poverty this Naples is
II seems strange how the different races Of
men are constituted and how apparently in
consistent mother Nature has been in assign
ing them their various territories. Look at
Holland, country that has literally been won
inch By inch il battle with the sea, and which
has TO be defended against the inroads Of this
untiring, relentless enemy, night and day,
forever; but there is no country under the
sun more materially prosperous than Holland.
The explanation is, that its people at large are
the most industrious and thrifty in Europe,
and they not only manage to keep their
powerful foe, the So completely at bay,
but also 70 coin riches BY thousand devices
Of their own, and though We all joke about
the " Dutch, they are in position to be en-
We'd umany respects by all the other nations
of she rorlALs Ga the other hand, sec the
Italians. ths Spaniards. the Mexicans. people
Who live in the most favored countries Of the
globe, and yet their different lands are over
run With poverty and crime, and they are
held a. fragrant examples Of practically worth
leo people BY all others. But Italy is now
beginning to see better day, and it is to be
hoped that the beneficial influence so power
fully exerted by the new government in the
northern and central portions Of the PENN
sula, will be equally extended to this
"benighted region" where the rule Of bri-
gands is yet felt, and where, - it would
almost appear, one-third Of the people live by
begging and other vagabond practices.
We landed here early in the morning, hav-
ing journeyed from Rome by the night
expressly the way, Robinson. who is from
England. jokes constaa1iy ABOUT these Italian
express trains going their twenty and twenty
Ave miles an hour-and putting up at the
Hotel Milan, which enjoys the benefit of q
position close to the sea, we sailed forth to
see the town as soon as We had rested little
and refreshed ourselves with breakfast. In
all the other places we have been to, there
has always been some particular quarter in
which the streets were better built up and
the shops finer than in general, and we set
out to discover this superior part of Naples,
but we know now that no such quarter exists
here.
There are one or two broad straight streets
in the new part Of the city, but as for elegant
shops and handsome buildings, such as We
naturally expected to ind in the largest, that
is the most populous city Of Italy. We are now
satisfied that they are not to be found. In
the early part Of this tour Of exploration We
plunged boldly in the labyrinth Of little
alleys they have for streets in the old town.
and in fifteen minutes had succeeded in pretty
thoroughly losing ourselves amid q perfect
,thropQ Of the miserable people who inhabi
che quarter in question. Such din Of bray
ing donkeya, screaming children. yelling ped
dlers, organ grinding. frantic singing. with
a fearful jareon Of language, fancy could
never picture to the human mind, unlafs tha
mind belonged % person who hsd been t
Naples or dreamed he was in H. that is t
nay Halifax or.in ahuxlicane.
It.nns Ill - could a . mako any had
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