The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31

The morning of the 14th. brought | us on deck at an earlier hour than us. ual to view this Bay and country st celebrated for their beauties; for my
 self was not disappointed. The Bay | of Naples is perhaps not surpassed by l anything of it's kind in the world. and | justly been celebrated in every age | The City as viewed from the water ap' pears to great advantage; the house! are generally white and of a great al. ovation. which gives 1t a combined ap' perance of neatness and grandeur while encircfing the Bay and using tn, | form ofeamphitheatre of nearly the whole can be seen at one view. the castle oi | St. Elmo crowns the whole, place ap- l parently of great strength. which ,b5 | its position effectualiy commands tht l whole city, 1t was taken from tht French by Captain Trowbridge of ths British Navy when Naples first came into their possession by the conquest of General Championettl.
 Immediately oposite Naples stands the villages of Portice, Rasine, Toro del greca, which communicating with tho city gives 1t the appearance of sur rounding large portion of the Bay. Immediately above these villages towers mount Vesuvius, threatening
 them with constant destruction Portics and Rasine stand on the site of an cient Herculaneuni, and terre del sreca itself has been partially destroyed with in the past ten years.
 Two Weeks In Quarantine. "A more happy group than was col lected on the Deck of the Washington Seventy four on the morning of the i4th or July cannot well be imagined joy shone on every visage. and pleas ure dilated every heart: how transi- tory are the delights of man; the ar rival of our Consul disappointed our joyous hopes and cioathed each counte- nance in gloom, twenty one days quar- antine was the sentence pronounced again by the health officer. which brought us to our breakfast silent and dejected.
 "A few days greatly reconciled us to the stern decree and cheerfulness al least visited our circles. On the thir- teenth day, July 20 on account of the
 the unprecedented health of our crew,
 there being not single sick man on
 board, the health officer thought prop
 CT to terminate our quarantine. when
 we hastily packed up and bade adiew to the Washington.
 during our quarantine, the java and Erie had joined us and on this oc- casion and on our leaving the side of
 the Ship maned their yards In a most handsome style. while the Washington
 fired salute in honour of the Minister
 of our Country.
 About one o'clock we landed on the
 shores of Italy, and escorted by our
 Consul. proceeded to the Grand Bre-
 laegue, the most celebrated Hotel in
 Naples and I believe I may add the
 most expensive. we took possession of
 elegant apartments which had been
 previously engaged for us by the fa-
 ther of the beautiful wife of Mir. W
 MT. Falconett. Banker who resides
 at Naples and in the enjoyment the
 place affords soon ceased to remember
 passed troubles.
 After the lapse of few days Mfr.
 Pinkney waited on the Marquis Ger
 cello. the minister for Foreign affairs
 to arrange the time for our presenta- ton to the King. It became necessary
 to postpone 1t for more than a week in consequence of 1t being required that we should make our appearance
 before his Majesty cloathed in the uni form prescribed for the Diplomatic Corps.
 While the Taylors were engaged in rigging us out for the important occa- sion, we busied ourselves in procur- ing Carriages and Servants putting them In Livery and making every ar- rangement to show of to the greatest advantage. The day at length arrived when the Marquis in a note addressed to Mir Pinkney informed him that his majesty would receive the American ~<SGOS4Ohs aS HE dtaCG OI C4OO0e Monte, which stands on the nights about half a mile without the bounds of the city.
 The Street Toledo which leads to this Palace is about q mile in length. through the whole of which in three handsome Chariots each with three Servants In elegant Livery. we drew upon us the gaze of the multitude. and made I must needs say quite a splen- did figure, arrived at the Palace Mir Pinkney received q private audience. after which we were introduced to the King, who received us with all the politeness of which he was capable.
 The King is tall, robust old man. very awkward in appearance and man ners: To us he was remarkably scour- teous. and considering the unRracious errand on which we came we certain ly could not reasonably have calculat- ed on reception of 30 friendly a char acter.
 An Italian Diplomat.
 "on the second ay after our present. ation I accompanied MT. Pinkney, who waited on the Marcus CirceIlo. to con fer with him on the minor objects of the mission; such as to sound him with regard to the disposition of the Nea- politan Government to form a commer- cial treaty. and also to stipulate for the free admission of our ships of War