The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-28

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:; " Ts TURIN, ITALY, May 20, 1871. /,
rr,ved here last night ut 10 O'Clock as
t;rnd and disguised % any one codlu De.
| We we're thirty-four hours coming from
/ p.r;s ana about six changes OF, cars and
! one examination Of baggage, During that
t;tnc r found no one with whom to speak a
| word. 40 YOU can imagine how I managed
I'd Change cars, and get into right COM
| partmerlts. This continental travelling. is
miserable to one who does not understand
| French or Italian, and there are no con-
! veniences on cars, fol, the, various, wants OF
] traveller. It is twenty hours from here to
| Rome by fast train, and then no chance OF
getting a hotel. T came within an ace OF
losing my right eye In Paris by being struck
1 with drivers whip. Have grand room
I here at the hotel: md have eInployed "a
guide, who speaks broken English. BY TINS
/ means I Wills more in day than could
! in, a week by myself. We had the finest
| Sicily wines at one franc a bottle, which
would have cost me by myself three. The
little Italian girls at the Gates would lean on
their elbows and look at me by the half hour.
| I visited all the principal churches and
art galleries, and lastly the Palace OF the
King. A palace is much finer than bad
imagined. will not attemptsto describe
il. Suffice it to say, it is gorgeous and ex-
tensiye beyond the fanciest flights. Such
paintings and freScoes rs | saw far exceed
ed anything at the Centennial, and we
Thought them grand, but assure you they
are nothing compared with those we have
here. The gates OF the city were built 81
wears B. c., and the old payements are two
feet thick. Some Of the old streets are
not as wide as the alley back Of you,
and in Naples two persons cannot
pass on some streets with an I'm.
brella hoisted. You see nothing but
works OF art OF the finest character. I came
. through the famous Mount Gents tun-
mel, over eight and 4 half miles long, TN.
der the Alps and thought we would
never see daylight again. Then followed
a series of long tunnels. The Alps are
grand and covered with snow until Au-
gust. The clouds come below the sum-
! nits. AT all fhe hotels there is some one
who processes to speak English, but it is
generally so broken you can scarcely make
mock me, talking French to me, asking
for directions, ETC., when Ihaye .tumbled
somersaults TO convince them that don't
understand them / am travelling very
fast in order to reach Rome before the
29th, as I should have been there before the
sE21st. It is much more expensive than sup
posed, and especially toian American-Tou
have TO see everybody and everything. / can
4 well realize why they call ours new coun-
try. Everything is so modern and different
! with us. Still / will like America all the
more. I am glad we have no kings. or
queens, or emperors. Such masnifcence
and grandeur for one man or woman is alb.
surd. l went into one Of the narket-placcs
here and saw some queer sights. Near by
in the streets was collected large number
OF country women, sitting down waiting to
be hired to cut hay in the country; wages
one franc per day, or twenty cents.
In going from here to Rome l pass
through Genoa, Pisa, Civita Fecchta, and
other places, but cannot stop. There are
many things about which would like to
express an opinion, but will not do so until
I see further. There are many customs in
Europe, especially in Italy, which would be
considered most shocking in America, and
vet, under the circumstances, don't see
ANYTHING wrong about them. We are Il
young, Puritanical country. l have not
seen . drunken W oman or man since LAND
ed, and everybody drinks. No one APP
pears to chew tobacco here, and they
don't know what whiskey is. The
French villagers are very happy. Paris
would set one crazy. You ought to
sec the Boulevards on Sunday night.
Our churches are mere chapels compared
with those in Europe, and yet like the vii
lage churches we pass on the railroads. l
| expected to see Europe modernized, but
YOU see it just as it was hundreds OF years
ago. causes rush Of recolleetions to the
mind. Every house has history. L have
passed paintings which would like to spend
day in looking at; and still Turin has not
| the greatest collection. It is a terrible long
trip to Rome. Will leave in few moments
for there. Will spend some days there, and
then 90 to Naples, Venice, Milan, and other
points. Before / write you again hope to
have the happiness of seeing the Holy
Father. I am afraid he will take sick be-
fore ! get there, and it may be some days
before can see him. T. III. R.
ROME, ITALY, May %.
| arrived here at 2:30 p. NJ. yesterday,
after a long and tiresome ride OF twenty
hours from Turin. Am now waiting for
an audience with Cardinal Franchei, OF the
Propaganda at p. M. / am the most for
tunate person you ever saw, and although
it is difficult to travel alone, yet / have
never missed train or gotten into the
wrong car. An American is bound to
work his way through in some way OF
lother. When got here I made signs FOL
the Nuncio Hotel. The driver by panto-
mime gave me to understand that there
was no room there. I insisted on him dri-
wing me there anyhow. When got there
they would not accommodate me under
any circumstances. l was perplexed and
knew not what to do. However, the pro.
prietor introduced me to young man who
spoke little broken English, and who took
me to his mothers house in carriage and
gave me room. But it is very much like
living in castle. Long flights OF stone
steps, grated windows, and all the sur
roundings remind me that am in Rome.
There don't appear to be any woodwork
here. have travelled so fast that am q
kind Of an American ruin. and have seen
enough to have taken year il it had been
properly done. How fortunate was to
find that Miss Z. had her sanctum within a
few feet OF my room. Rome is terrible
place for fleas, and would be ut ease now
were it not for this terrible annoyance
Miss E. intends being very kind to me, al
though she is very busy. took long walk
with the young man who lives here and saw
considerable. like Rome very much, and
will probably remain two weeks. hap
pened to be at the Quirinal, and saw the
King passing in carriage. He is beastly-
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