The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-05-03

had CALLED her so long. As looked across
the battle ground now fertile field /
could hardly realize that here fell In deadly
strife 16,700 stslwart men. besides thou
sands who were wounded and afterwards
went limpiDg to their graves. / saw the
mounds and the crosses where many thou
sands were buried, where they had fallen
in heaps. Here the present ruler OF France,
by whose strategy and vslor the great vic
tory was achieved, was made marshal OF
France and Duke of Magenta. These
place are memorable and intensely inter-
esting, not because the soil has been soaked
with precious human blood, but because
the destiny of nations depended upon the
issue of the conflict. The letters OF the rich
country, over which we have travelled,
were then struck off and Italy became a
great, united nation. Turin
THE CAPITAL OF SAVOY
Is beautiful city. It's location is emf
nently so. It is situated in plain at the
foot of the Alps WHOSE towering heights
seem almost to look down into the CHM
news of the houses. The streets are wide
and spacious. Many of them have rows of
trees on each side. One very marked fea-
ture is the long row of srcades that extend
for several miles on the sides of the prin-
cipal business streets. This protection
from sun and rain makes shopping quite a
luxury, and gives additional facilities for
the display OF goods. The stores of Turin
and the style of goods are more elegant
tran in any city that 1 have seen in Italy.
We visited all the most noted places,
among them the royal palace, which has
always been occupied by the kings of Sar-
dina, Victor Emanuels ancestors. In
the gorgeously furnished rooms we were
shown, by portly gentleman in livery
and gold laced, cooked hat, the portraits
of all the kings relations and ancestors,
and everything else that was of interest,
even to the queens private boudoir and
chapel. The armory contains an exceed
ingly choice selection of interesting OBJ
jects, among which are some of the most
superb suits of srmor / have ever seen,
and likewise q foe collection Of gen
uine Damascus and Toledo blades
OF temper so perfect that no
modern artisan can equal them.
saw the sword that Napoleon wore at
MareDgo, and large number of other
things of great historical interest. / found
another object in this great city well
worthy of my attention, and that was the
Tempo Valdese, or the Walden sian
Protestant Church, a very handsome mod
ern edifice, built mainly by the Sandman
government. Time, indeed, brings round
strange revolutions, and this sur ely is one.
Tnat the descendeDt OF the relentless tyrant
who herried and prosecuted these original
Professionals, who had preserved the pure
light OF the gospel in these mountain fss,-
nesses when all Europe was in the deepest
darkness-that this man, himself Catho
lie, should not only give them tree toleTs-
ton, but should build them q handsome
house of worship in the capital city Of
Piedmont is a 1sct we'll worthy of aLten-
ton. AS We passed up the valley we saw
their villages, one alter another, some III
the valley and some of them nesting in q
cosy place half way up the mountain, each
with its little church, without the papal
sign of a cross. l could, in i'm gination,
see the bands of ruthless prosecutors enter
ing these quiet villages and Staying, as
they did, Unfortunately its innocent IL
habitants. How forcibly Milton's grand
old sonnet CANE to my mind:
Avenge, o Lord, Thy slaughtered saints, whose
Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains
cold -
Even them who kept Thy truth so pure OF
When all our fathers worshiped stocks and
Forget not; in Thy book record their groans
Who were Thy sheep, and in their ancient
Slain by the bloody Piedmontese that rolled
Mother with infant down the rocks. Their
The wales redoubled to the hills, and they
To heaven
Who does not honor the stern old Puri-
tan Cromwell, who declared that If this
MASSACRE OF PEACEFUL PEOPLE
did not stop, the castle OF st. Angelo should
hear the sound of English guns. 1t is said
that this menacs had the desired effect
upon the real author of these outrsges,
who well knew the power of Cromwell's
I'D hn ftaln or De
word. The journey from Turin to the
Mount Gents tunnel, which is o only few
hours, Ia in Itself one of great beauty and
interest. The tram seems for some time
TO be approaching the great Alpine wall
that almost reaches the skies, and is COW
cred with snow. But il winds up the re-
mantle valley of Dora Riplria, passing
many curious little villages which Ee>tie
beside est rocks, and some lovely BITS
of landscape, picturesque and beautiful.
II then becomes gorge, wild, lonely and
savage. The grade OF the road
is steep as We approach the hole
unoer the mountain. Great engine ering
skill and immense labor had to be used
before this could be reached. TweD five
tunnels and Immense embellishments were
necessary in coming up this valley. The
mouth OF the tunnel is 4,277 feet above the
SEE. Many people In passing think that
vi Is ClOS5 duQ 70 OIohbno. Il
did not find it so, though ] watched its eff
fects very carefully. When We had for a
quarter of an hour been travelling into
the heart OF the mountain, and had nearly
1000 feet of Alpine rock above US, /
thought it was the deepest grave that had
ever been in. About half an hour from
the time of entering, we emerged OF the
other side, and were in France. We now
descended another steep grade, and ar
rived at Modane, where our baggage was
examined. L will here bear testimony to
the urbanity and gentlsmsnly politeness
of all the government officials we have
met, German, Swiss, Italian and French.
me country for several hours after leav-
ing the tunnel was mountainous and
sterile. Lyons, the great emporium OF the
silk trade, Is beautiful CITY, situa ed on
both sides of the Rhone. I expected to
ind 1t like the great manufacturing towns
OF England, full of large factories. But 1
nsrdly saw factory chimney. The weav-
ing ia done De 1f e;fl-