The New York Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1875, Page 7

KAISER AND KING, The Meeting of Francis Joseph and Victor Emmanuel. VENICE IN FESTAL DRESS Renewing the Republican Splendors of the City of the Adriatic. THE GREETING OF THE MONARCHS, The Cortege on the Grand Canal---[llumina- tion of St. Mark’s and the Bay. | HOW VENICE AROSE FROM THE SEA. Her Ancient Glories and Modern Shadows. THE KAISER DEPARTS. A Scene on the Lagoon—Voy- age to Pola. ‘ VENICE, April 8, 1875, ‘The imperial guest and the royal host bave left 28, and With them the beautiful sunshine; for a few hours alter we had returned trom the sea, where we went with the thousands of excur- Monist Venetians to give the Emperor farewell shouts and cheers and Clapping of bands, a dense log came upon the city from the Adriatic, and a little later the rain tellin heavy turrents, the flags were hastily taken down, and at night Venice bad resumed her usvai quiet, beautifal and melancholy appearance. People interpreted the rainfall in very different ways. Ihe fow Austrian eaters said that heaven tous washed away all traces bf the footprints of the old oppressor; the more enlightened portion of the population, however, thought that heaven had been exceedingly gra- tious im permitting the most glorious weatner during the whole time of the /étes and consider- ately waiting until the imperial guest had got well put at sea and nearer the Austrian territory again before sending down its accumulated masses of water. THE IRRECONCILABLES. It 1s Imexcusabie, In my opinion, that any Vene- | tans should nave permitted tuemselves to show | any feoling of hostility toward the Emperor of | Austria, 1t is true that a few families left the city lm order vo escape the sétes and to show that they stiliciaimed to be considered irreconcilable ene- | Mies of Austria; they said they could not Jorget the @ead iriends snot by tne order of thissame Em- peror guest, and would retain thelr hatred until death. They forgot that Francis Joseph had far More to forget tuan they; that the Emperor him- seif Was notto blame personally jor the tyranny exercised by his government; forgot, too, that no monarch in Europe has made such great prog- Treas toward true liberalism as vbis same tyrant 1 the pre-1866 period, If the Exposition at Vienna | did cost the Austrian government an immense | Sam of money it at least brought about one good | thing—it brought the worla to Austria, where they had an opportunity to examine the country and the g vernment; to become nearer acquatnted With en Emperor who through his very losses gained in strength, and from the mannerim which | be vore them the esteem of the great world. Happily, only a very few Venetians and a jew in- | ternationalistic sheets gave expression to feelings a of en the two countries is douviy | vealed by the personal iriendsulp of the two mon- | irchs, Austria bas certainly given up all hope of aver regaining ber old Ivalian possessions, and | Italy, on ber part, Das come to see that Trieste Must be given up forever. In fact, it would be preposterous for ltaly to make any demand ior this city aod the neighboring territory, the oaly #08 port that Ausiria possesses and a necessity 10 her existence. THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE. Especialiy the Vienneve aod the English journals atracned @ great political significance to the Meeting, The Austrian papers bave publismed ¢olumn upon columa of conjectures about the re- sults thereof, Some have declared tt to be an act of hostility toward the Papacy; others toward Prassia, and soon through the whole ganfut of political fancies. The only thing that imparted to the Austrian corréspo! OMicial sources bere amounts to this, The present ‘Visit of the Emperor of Austria is paid in returo for Vietor Emmanuel’s visit to Vie im 1873; 0d Gs the jatter was only paid by the King en | route (or Berlin so this 1s paid by Francis Joseph Of bis way to Dalmatia. Tao meeting is also to be considered as a hint given to the Popo that be must not hope for any support from Austria in Dis hostility toward the Italian government, Every AQstrian correspondent here has been fed with this news, so I senda it and you can place upon it any interpretation you please. The tact is patent, however, that the Vatican did not need this assur- aBce of Francis Josepii’s disinclination to support by deed of arms his great title of “Impe rial aad Apostolic Majesty.” Tue world bas Known Austria’s position and intentions long | ago, I am inclined to the opinion that politics bave been scarcely touched, reasoning from the pretumption that political questions between two countries can be discussed secretly and by letter to much greater advantage than at times like these, When all the world is looking on. The det that European peace can ve sealed by these per- sonal weetings of friendship of kings and em- perors does not need to be entertained vory seriously, Not many montns ago an Englisa prince married 4 Russian princess, and tno Czar paid a Viait Of state to England. People said peace bad — deen ratified between the two nations, yet wo | ‘tnow that they are drifting into bostility as | Fapidly a6 it 1 possivle to do so. | THE LAST DAYS OF TUR FETRS. enough of political discussion ana conjec. | tures. Permit me to close my siory of the sétes, | (o my last letter Lapoke of the banquet at the lage and of that disastrous court bail, at Which out Of us lost Our wrappers and overcoats, It Bay interest you to Kuow that at the banquet the Emperor ocoupied the piace of bonor; on bis rigut Wat the Princess Margherita, looking not quite so deautifal om in years past; On bis leit the monarch of Italy, V. EK, WD. L—Victor Bmmanvel, 16 a’l- Wiideeand that toasts were givea and replied to, And the best of Jouannisverger and Tokay were imbibed. Tnore Were 149 covers, and here is the OLDE OOTETOEI TE LOTETOLELLTOTELOTEIOLE VOTE ELE TEED MENG 3 camielvus 4 ia Mazarine, 3 Kstoryoon a V Aural, sauce crevet | | 4, Dots de veaun oy de Vimpertais, iroae @a branches, sauce alle ainda, Wons Dia! Potits Jambonnennx & ia Valencion: Nes, Ot fo18 gras wu mituir. UNCH AT CHAMPAGNE, v Joannisbergen, Grand pA nA wma periale, pistagne nia vaniti | stage & ia vanilie, | ¥ aeurac au Tokay 1760, i OO RPOOTELE LC ITOU DOLE DEDD LECTED OO CEP ODIDEOLO TED, And, witn too #parkiing “Grand Crémaut Ia | poriel Victor Emmanuel rose Gnd said d="l | | Emperor cortége as far as the sea. | fag | and now drink to tne health of His Majesty the Emperor of Ausiria and King of Hungary, my dear guest, | brother and friend, and to the prosperity and — constant union of our peoples forever.” To | which the Emperor Francis Joseph replied :—“It | 1s with sentiments of lively gratitade for the sym- pathetic and cordial reception which I have met here, and with sincere friendship for Your Mi I arink the health of His Majesty the | King of Itsly, the health of the royal family, | and vo the prosperity and well-being of | Italy.” After this came the dessert and the | Tokay, that was grown just avout the time when | good Emperor Joseph II. of Austria, of legendary | memory, came to Visit this same queen city of the Adriatic, aud was received by the Doge Alviso LV. Mocenigo, and when visiting the room of the Grand Council he gazed on that picture represent- ing toe first meeting of Frederick barbarossa aud Pope Alexander IIL, under the porca of St, Mark, he exclaimed, ‘‘Tempi passan !’? And the mon- archs, witn souls filled with gladnesa trom the glow of the glorious Magyar elixir, stepped to the vbaicony of the banquet hall and received the ap- plause of the thousends who stood on tne illam- inated square of St. Mark's. THE REVIEW AND THBTHEATRE. Ihave omitted tu tell you anything about the review near Padua for the simpie reason that [ Gid not go to see 1% Knowing the wearying seme. ness of these spectacles by heart—now the 12,000 troops would file by their Majesties on horsevxck and how the fleld would present @ sight of brill- Janut uniforms that couid be as well described in Venice as at Padua, though I bad a great yearning to visit the home of the celebrated St, Antonius, of blessed memory. Francis Joseph must have jelt a pleasant satisfaction in knowing that the army displayed before him had been deieatea in almost every encounter with his own troops in | earlier yeurs. Later on im the day the two imonarcos, Wish thetr suites, made an excursion Gown the lagoon to the island of the | Lido, and examined irom the paddle box of the wanboat the baching establishments and the torts, | und probaoly enjoyed themselves, Alter the pan- | quet came che jestal representation at the Fentce, | tor whitch again | bad no desire to pay $60 or $70 | in order to Witness the brilliant uniforms, the opera of “Lucia” and tne ballet of “Satauella,” all of which I knew by heart. ‘Toe monarchs made their appearance in the theatre about hall-past nine. ‘they were greeted with the Austrian na- tional anthem and a chorus written for the occa- sion by @ Venetian poet and set to music by th composer Tessarini, The words ran tous:— Hail, monarchs, hail! from the Alps to the sea, All Itaty joins in this glad jubilee; Ail Italy echioes the glad’nlng retrain Hail, monarchs, hati! from the mount and the plain. O earnest the prayers are we utter to-day, ‘That the fountain of peace tlow for ever and aye; ‘That the voice of the people enraptured may rise With ine praise of your names, from the earth to the skies. For me the greater attraction was the repeated illumination of the Piazza of St. Mark, the thousands of lights, the fairy jountain in the centre of the square, the lighting up with the orilhant colors of Bengal the figures und carved work, the domes and the glided horses and the winged lion on St. Mark’s, and the iear and fluttering of | the doves that were disturoed from their nests | by the noise and glare below them, THE DEPARTURE OF THE IMPERIAL GUEST. Then came tae morning of Wednesday, the 7th, and Venice again axsemoled in her taousands to | Witness the departure of the guest and to give him greeting on the way. By nme o'clock the Piazzetta aud the jong river ironting the lagoon were crowded With thousands upon thousands af | Venetians; the high tower of the Campanile was | crowded With spectavors, and the long balcony of the Doge’s palace was gay with the dress and beauty o1 the 1uir Women of the lugoon city. Along the quay a line of Italian soldiers extended irom the Piazzetta toward tbe public gardens. ut | on the bay it was @ scene of great beauty; the two Engish steamers, gayly deco- with bunwing, the hundreds yoodolas collected together Uke an island oj boats | fore the palace, their occupants waiting pa- | tently the first glimpse of tae monarchs, Five | or six excursion steamers, laden with bumanicy, waited With steam up 1D readiness to give the Exactly at ten o'ciuck the royal personages and suites were con- | ducted lu state abourd the royal gunboat, hasuly | draped lu p.ue and white, tying on toe joremast | tne imperial Staudard und tue italian | at the stern, The twelve municipal jairy = gondolas were aiso there, fut. tering about the gunboat like aquatic sea birds of brilltant plumage. The military bands struck up the Austrian anthem irom the forts aud the shipping boomed forth greetings, and the Taousauds on shore applauded and clapped their hands, just as tuey would in a tueatie, deligated With the spectacie beiore them; and as the gup- boat proceeded aiong the quay for a distance, | yoliowed by tne brilliant litue municipal barges, | | wito their silken trappings flattering in the wind, and the huudreds oi dark gondolas and the ex: cursivun boats crowded with peopie, the sight | was ove of encnantment, only excelled by the | aquatic cortéze on the Grand Canul un tne frat Guy 01 the fetes. OUT To SBA, | Slowly the cortGgze proceeded, gradually leaving the butterfly barges in 118 wake, down th a | counnel, past tke ors and the shoais and Is! ouc to (he Maramocca, where tne imperial yacat Miramar Was aochored in watting, As the gun- bout stéamedaown to® chanuel the irout aeck Ing Of the stern, conversiag in airieudly manner, | d then acknowledging the homage of the excursionist+, OF gazing back at the lines of tue city magicauy lighted by the sua, Past the iorts, wiose parapets were iined wir %. troops; past the Armenian Co: Byron live aud wrote; past the I; with the music of «dozen military ships thundered out tne adieu: saw the Emperor last the stern deck of the a tanding on looking out upon Toen we returned in, Fain iell down in Torrents, . This morning, asl write, Venice md ner usital app nd 1 pol Das again nothing remains, even raace, fouataio on the square is LO More; tuere is Notuing to remind | Us that the scenes ol th * three days were a eligntiul dream or cient spiel Dice io BOMe EXQuisite Operatic pageautry. ANCIENT AND MODERN VENICE. Venrox, April 6, 1876, A tangied mass Of tropical seaweed is grounded on astrip of yellow sand, Long rivbons of deep- haed kelp, pulpy leaves and the matted nair of sea. grasses, bite Of Gecayiog wood and twigs, with | Scarlet berries, bright leaves of tropical nowers— | ail these iragments irom many shores woven to- | gether by the motion of the waves furnish a wel. | come asylum for hundreds of insects and creatures of the and the drifting island is tall of busy | | We, Curious shelifisu rear their pointed spirals above the suriace like tiny spires, others cluster in shiny rows along the water, the opal tints of the curved lips reflected in the ripples that gently | rock toeir perc tiny limpets wriggle adoutin the little pools and insects gather on tue dry places, lazily siretching their wings in the sun. There are the gorgeous shells of tue tropical shoals and the common barnacles trom the rocks, the extremes of beauty and ugliness side by side; Opposite natures meet and destroy one anotoer; the crab eats the defeuceless sbrimp, and Lipatian Wars are waged between the mem- bers of this marine colony, Now a wave but little higher than the rest sweeps away part of the busy swarm and tears off a portion of the curious jabric. There ta constant strife and con- stant change, The history of this little colony is full of color and contrasts, One moment aii 1s life new lie and revived activity, and soon the sea- we warms With creatures as before. LA BBLLA VENRTIA. ‘This little (ragment from the eudless story of the sea is typical of the fise, the existence and the history of that most curious and beatiful city, Venice. Sea born, like Venus, she spreads her sold foundations seaward for miles where once, peroaps, & Mass Of driiting grass, »hoaled oo the broad sunds vetwoen the river mouths, raisea the surface oO! tho land above the water and jormed & nucleus around Whig’ clustered, as conturies Tolled along, the low, flat isianus that skirt the coast of the upper Adriatic. la the midst of this network of tortaous channels and jabyrinth of shoals stanosor rather seems to doat——the great city, @ league away trom the main land, a sitaa | tion Without & paraliel, the city a wonderful | monument of the triumpa Of the patient imdustry | of generations Of Men Over the pitiless opposing forces of the sea, Her history is aa wniqae aad in teresting 48 her situation is surprising, and is as {Uji Ot rion pictures of the past as the mogern city 1s stored with relics of medieval architecture endart, Prom her peculiar position Venice tas Ql "ays been & great commoroia) city aud her early history 18 the bistory of trade, Shut out ia a mi ure irom the ross of the world, the Vouetinas have beea, from the Very foundation of the city, a Gople sull- reliant and Gevoted Lo the material in." toveste of their city to an extent Which iB quite incomprehsosibie in this age of cosmopolitan teu’ | Gencies, sod their siruyalos with rival | cities «=O MativORtiOs, «always |= ation | trousseau trom the treasury of St. Mark, The gir! | containing her | bration was neglected aud fell ito disuse, | parge or galley, rowed from questions of commercial interest, have been among the mosc remarkable scenes in the history of Christendom. Tae very height o’ her commercial imporcance was toward tne end Ol the fliteenth century, when she was the trade centre of the word, Her merchant fleet of 3,000 vessels emptied the riches of the Hastinto the lap of the West, and the markets of the world were supplied by her traders. The winged lion Huttered ac the masthead in every ctyilized port; the exquisite products of Venetian artistic work- manship decorated the saloons of s:vereigns and princes of the remotest lands; the climax of lux- ury aod splendor at home was the natural result of this unexampied commercial prosperity abroad, In those days of opuleuce stately palaces, with gorgeous agades rich in Oriental marbles, walled the canals with a succession of varied and beau- tutul pictures of architectural splendor. Interiors, filled with the luxurious draperies and inimitable decorations of Oriental magnificence, found no rivals im brilliancy and richness .except in the superb costumes of the princes and nobles. The city was ‘more like a description from the “Arabian Nights” than Teality, Bat the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope passage to India and the voyage of Columbas, placing England, France, Spain and Holland 1m the rank of maritime nations, was the death blow to the Venetian Republic, and from that day her prosperity waned until the population dropped from 200,000 to only 60,000, to iise gradu- ally again to the 130,000 of the present day. A VENBTIAN FESTIVAL ig the synonym of all that is magnificent and romantic, From the earliest history the /eles have been events Of the greatest popular intereat and importance. They have been celebrated most irequently to perpetuate the memory of some triumph of the Venetian arms, and the patriotisin of the people has been kept alive by these /éles quite | as much as by the consciousness of commercial importance and power. No Venetian was allowed to lorget the great deeds or his compatriots or the Special protective acta of the patron saints, and these festivities, celebrated with more or less pomp for centuries, have a world-wiae fame which isonly Magnified ta the opinion of the fortuuate spec- tator of even the tame modern echoes of the old time festai splenders, Perhaps the earliest commercial festival was celebrated in 829, on the reception of the body of St. Mark the Evangelist, secretly brought from Alexandria by some Venetian merchants, and on | this cccasion the winged lion of St. Mark was for the first time hoisted as the symbol of the Repub- lic and s'amped on the coinage. Tae lion was Winged to symbolize activity, in a sitting position 10 denote wisdom and with a book in his paws to signify the devotion of the Repuolic to the in- terests of commerce, For centuries THE MARIAN FESTIVALS were the most important holidays of the year. It was a custom introduced eariy in the tenth cen- tury to select trom the different parishes of the city welve poor maidens, distinguisted for virtue and beauty, who were provided with dowry at the cost oi the Siate and fitted out with weading were dressed in long roves of white, witn loo: ened pair interwoven witn threads of gold, and in @ rich barge — were carried To the Churcli of St, Peter, tollowed by a cortege of | gayly decorated gondolas, with m and stingers, the Doge ana Sigoory accompanying tne proces- sion, Kuch maiden bore in ber hand a small box wry and met her appointed hus- band in che church. Mass was Celebrated and the | bishof oficiated in the marriage ceremonies. To1s was tne beginning of the féie, which lasted a whole" — On the first day the maigens were entercar.3 by the Doge aud on succeeding diya by the noule lamiiies of t) ecity. On account of the great importance of the festival itis believed thas ail Weddings took place at this season, that the newly murriea mizat rejoice ail togetier, With the growth of luxury and laxity of morals the fes- tival lost Its original Coaracter, aud it became necessary to Itt 1ts Observance, aud durtug toe Genovese war, in the fourteenth century, th cale- ' o Jocident wuich happened in the tenth century during tne observance of this jestival bas lon; been @ favorite theme of artists and poets, an ilustrates too well the spirit of tne day and toe lsdiavion of the new Republic to be omitted here, long watched an opportunity barge of its treasares, both human and mon¢ttary, and ove une morning of St. Mary’s eve they bust open ths doors of the cturcn, surprised the congregation anu escaped with the brives and the treasures. The Doge, wao wi present, urged immediate pursuit, very boat capavle of carrying Towers Was inunbed and put to sea in the gre, test laste. Venice rose a8 one man to jotn in parsult of Od to easist In the recovery o1 the of the entrances to tne lagoon, Not a pirate escaped, such was the {ary of tue pursuers, The brides were recovered entirely un- harmed, and tue ceremooy of marriage took piuce with increased pomp tne same THE BUCENTA! In the same century the cunquest of Daimatia and signal Victories over the pirat ‘Wus ab event wolen celebrate greatest pomp. The immense Bucentaur conducted the official certain rites were observed, th un w @ided to the originat iorm of observance, Jette came on Ascension Day. The Bucentaur wast in use, destroyed by the Freach in 1797, was @ mary of rich workmansni, florid decorations. 1t wa: or workmen of the arsenal, The wuole exterwr al looking beaks 0 anu supporte by groupe of gilded figures, pro- ected irom the bow. The upper deck was al- Viced into two corridors, twenty yards in lengt: for the reception of the ret it the Di awning of rich velvet was caryatides and covered ia the turoue raised on a low dals. Th lema po. this Significant ceremony surpassed tuat oF all other public di#playa. The mateaiess splendor of the scene tar out. shoue the glowing canvases of ‘Titi r 2 in |rout of St, Mark's caurch tree Crimson Wwaati wave the broad banners of ine Repuoid, almust touching the beads of the surging mass of peuple who Gil the vast piazza | live @ tide: wave, Every window is hung with rich tapes.ries Aud the Most brilliant of Urieotul Japrics und gariabus of Mowers, ‘The ducal jalace, itself & sparkling wem of aronirecture, utters With erimsou VetVet and great trailog curtains Of gold and silver cloth, Now the brazeu figures on tue top of the clock tower slowly strike tue huge bell. 1) 1 nuon, and the fret sound of the bell 1s the Signal to les ivose a multitude of cianging tongue#, and the cannon and fireworks and the cries of the people impatient for the parade fill toe air with a migaty soutd. From the principal Way Of the @ucai palace siowiy moves THE GORGEOUS PAGBANTRY, Trumpeters und simuuard bear precede the diguitaries 01 State, clotued im roves of tne richest velvet, sparkling with gems. Tne Oaptaim of the Uicy, io His Superb Uniform of red, and the great Chancellor ware vewore the Loge, who with diguity und pride slowly mov long, oardened by Vhe Weigut of rich stud aud jewels that agorn aim, A ivong cloak Of One ermine fails trom hie shouiders, coverimg & biue Cassuck add robe of gold cloth. Goid DUtons and Clasps u! dismonds fasten bi » aod the rieh ducal crown eo oo coucal bouuet of gold clot. Bebiad jollow =the = ambassa- dors ao rand Council, emulating the actors MM Che Powpous dispi Joot of tae TWo yrauite cola Jy Jecoruted Pucentaur, | Chariot of the auctent s tritons aud ‘the solema payeautry wi: ured ab the tae gorgeous- Ke some hage wate Goda, with tuo giide n ed at sides. the sound 01 music aod Cannon, 01 tue Our te takes 018 uppulul ve raised throue in ¢ trom the shore and thanders of cau- 2 Shipsol-war tee moorings are cust of, TWO HUNDRED SCARLET OARS flash and dip simaltaceously, tae High Admiral ands at too heim, sad tae w eralt sails yy ‘yusl¥ aWay, the contre of a ee aur perb barge meeis the fleet, wd the Puri tue City, WIth ) Tledta, COMes On board to v, Which Is thrown Into the of storms, the Bacentau out of barrow port of St, Nicolo to the open sed, Aha HOW! CUTDS ALOUL YO 4 sidali galiory nyh up i tee stern, stands the Dow proaounciog with formal solemnity tw words, “Lespons anus te, mare, in signum vert perperuique domints," aud drops into thy soa the royal wedding rigg, | return ot the flees and beaqueta Gloi ativities Of the dy aud ooK Iwit, Whicl i wo Weeks, Tae pieeda is oed With Youths anu ral of foaseers, as ju caraival time, Toe air is tiiek with (be suioke from @ hondred A cooky the Juvorite Jrittola, la tue tem porar mate die played @i) the Varied products oi \ hon Indux try ond the rienes Of Venetian ar. bxquisie lace Vessels aod dvitoate luce, arms aad ormor | 0) Oriental: muguiticence, the choiwest productions Of the painters ald the sculptors, the Gnery ui tue MANOLAUIE MUMNOrR, the COAteO arMenIs Of the poor and the furniture Of Fhe @oUIMONER KILCHOndm OH this Gad sOOre that Gaunoe he Winted 8% Béseubied io luekMaUsLdie quanntcs, ‘ae | | bualing uttering in t | Francis gotten the defoat ne cension Fatr filled a fortnight with all the amuse- nents anu di versions of the carnival time. THE REVERSE OF TAK PICTURE. But the waters o! the jagoous did not alwa: reviect bright colors, The terrible season of the great piague o: 1348 hair depopuiated Venice, and the Same boats, once so guy with Jesiai decora- tions, were now piled high with naked corpses (railing their stiffened limbs in the water, Rough boatmen, changed to human fiends by constant assvciation with scenes of indescribable borror and awiul repulsiveness in that fatal year, trans plet over the slippery corpSes as they shoved ibeir barges of ghastly ireight between the dark and tenuntiess houses of the deserted canals. ‘There was Qo sound of mirch or joy. The wailing of many women, the cries of orphans and curses of maddened men filled the air, Along the Riva huddied wretrhed, dying mortals, awaiting their vurn in the junera) barge, and Lue gondoliers fled with tueir bouts, 1 brigut colors iaded on the Nagstats and dropped off in scales; erase grew between the stones of tne Piazza, and the lapes- tries and banners mildewed in damp closets. All the city seemed draped in black, Toe greca water looked Slimy and hideous as it stole up tue recking canals, jul of filth and mnd, and lapped tue steps ol the Water doors like a myriad of hide- ous tongues Of peat-spreading monsters. Venice, proud wnd magnificent, seemed to return in rapid course of neglect and decay, to the sea and sbouls that gave her rth. ‘The scourge of nature had sts counterpart im the destruc- tive wars thai iollowed, The second Gen- oese war, in 1349, and a century and a qaarter Jater the capture pf Chioggia by the feots from Genoa, were both events disistrous to tae Vene- tans, At tue defence of Chioggia 6,000 Venetians were slain, and many of the nobies perished, Tne loss of their principal seaport was a great blow 10 the Veucsians, Lhe whole city mourned and sang A HOPELESS DEATH SONG. Divided azainst ise f m numerous factions, the populace were united in an eazer army of volun- Leera, under the lead of the Admiral Pisani, whose liberation irom false imprisoninent proved to be the salety Of the State, The whole naval power ot Venice was manned aud enthusiastically pro- ceeded agalast the invader. Tie sunges of mourn- ing becume cries of joy, and the fleet moved down the lagoon ta’ triumphant array, tull of hope ana contiaence in victory, Venice saw no happier bour than the return of this victorious fleet, bringing with them toe remains of their own conquered galieys. Yoese scenes of plague and war ure the shadows in the great picture ot Veuetian history, contrasts whieh neignten the cheerful tone of the brilliant hghts and lend & never-Nagying interest to the composition. Who stiali Gescribe the spieudor of tne RECEPTION OF THE LADY OF FERRARA in the middie of the fliteeuta century, wuen the reat bridge of the Rialto broke down under the | Weight of tue peopie that thronged upon it to withess the aquatic display? ‘oe must extensive and superv reception of Catharine Cornaro, the Queen of Cyprus, woen she returned tu Venice | aiter ceding to the Venetian government her island, im 1449, taxed the invention of the most luxuriousiy inciined Power im the wortd. {n re- turn Jor the cession of her domaims all Vevice did the Quecn a homage never bejore offered to womin. ‘The processions of maidens with flowers, the symbolic decoration of the gondolas, the festal attire of the whole city and ihe enthustasm awakened at tne com- Mand of the Doge—these are vat lew of the detatis of this festival, which has furatshed a theme lor anarmy of poets and painters. Nearly a century later Henry ITL witnessed from the baleoutes of the Pajazzo Foscarl toe grandest regatta o1 tue age, wieu tye Grand Canal was one solid moving Mass of boats. Near fie Palazzo koscari commonly Stood tue pretentious Stiucture Imncifully de- Signed to serve as a goal, and here the victors re- ceived from the authorities the prizes won, and the last oue fn at the race came up amid the jeers Of the crowd to recekve Uke INOCK prize Of 2 suck- ing pig. ‘Two great disasters mm the last quarter Of tuls ventary make profound shadows i (his pieture. They are the pluyrae, in which ‘Titian perished, aud tue great Ure, which destroyed a jarge part of the Ducal palace. ‘These cutastrophes mark also the beginning of the deciiue of the power ot the Republic, and trom this une lorward lew events occur whica must Rot be coronicled as adverse to (he ‘prosperity of the State. Tne prominent causes of the dectine 1n material prosperity huve been spoken Ol avove, but there are urher moral causes which were quite as instrumental in the decay of the proud Kepubdlic. It is evident that Venetian soctety Must always have consisted Of distinct classe ‘ue nodies occupied the palaces and commodio dwellings, tue Dourgeorsie had 118 quarters im re- speciable localities, while tue muss of the people hived in ctose, unventilated, suaiess hovels, hud. died cogetier on the narrow canals, Great opu. lence aud extreme poverty existed side vy side, aud With the increase of Wwealtn deveioped aiso systems Of corruption and customs of licentious- ness which ended in the sefisu apathy and sname- less ignorance of the wuois population. THE THUMPHAL ENTKANCS OF NAYOLEON in 1797 is a landmerk in toe history or the city, Jor thie military pageant celeorated tne death of the Kepubilic and the occupation of the territory by the srenvet, Wo, envious of the Wealth of the city, plundered her treasures of money and of art, burned her vessels and crippied I Many ways the fa.ien Power. it is awakening Of the old spirit im the Venettaus, aad prophesies @ revival of the Old time prosper.ty. ‘his is tne Jamous regatta given in the olu man- ner in honor of tne Empress of Russia and her daughter, tue Grand Duchess Olga, A lew woexs alter this Magnificent révival of earl alsplays, the deata of Pope G Ty an cession of Pius 1k. was the signal for the popular exhibition "of patriotism which bewan at that moment to make itse’! elt et the Austrian Court. Venice tad been, since the treaty of Campo Formio, wader the tyrannical raie of the Aus- triavs, and the political excitemeat now breaking guadeniy forth in the Mondotonons, apathetic ex- istence of tae oppreasea Venetians, grew into dimensions of sofficient extent to admit of tre estaoliapment of tie Republic of '43 aud to de- velop the spirit which resaited jater in toe ually of the Italian States under the ent King. TOE LAST AQUATIC DISPLAY St WAS the triampbdal entrance of 1863, and 1848, which bore tne tor Marini ana deposiced e being written the slender of the Itallan feet are seen i the horizon the port Oi Maiaimoceo, Tae lagoon is fail of boats Witu gay fags ana load: ; ‘The Grand Canal aud the Gin i harbor is astir, Curling smoke from the distan' war snips and toe dull rumble of the \ar-off ata’ snuounce the arrival of His Royal lmper Majesty Francis Joseph, tue Bwperor of Austria, to mi this deantifal city, which, of all others, ki togive @ princely reception to @ iorciwn raler, ‘foe sete promises to equal in maguilicence tucse Of Past Bges, KOd promised & KpeCtac.e without paraliel 10 toe present co ry. The Venetians arto bave bufied the hatred o/ the past, au Josepn, in traly noble spirtt, to a rT red in tuis very eity. THE NALIONAL GAME. HARTPORD Ys. ATLANTIC, The game iu Hartiora yesterday afternoon be- tween tho Hartford and Atlantic clubs, resulied 88 OLLOWS Temas. Let, 2b. WA, Beh. GAM. THA SOL Oth. . F 2 ¥ Qo 3 Us o 2 9 v9 0 0 0 OS 23 Umpire—iir. Onaries Daniele. NOTES AND GOSSIP. Rain yesterday afternoon prevented the Bos tons and Wasningtoas and the Athietics aud Phii- adelphias playing. ‘To-morrow the Philadelphias and Centennials play their return game at Phijadelpaia, the Wash- ingtons and Bostons play at Washington and the Atlantics at New Haven. ‘Tuesday oe t the Matuals go to Philadelphia and play tne Conteanials; and on Friday, the 30th inst, th@ same Hines pinay Ou the Uuioa Grounds. Marun, the great siow picct wil provabiy pitee the Aliantics this sea: a9 Roseman as jailed to meet ta: ‘pectatious eutertained of is Quire: The ditieulty between the Athletic and Bostoa claps bas beeu amicably settled vy tae latter's ‘Withurawal of their cemauds on (he Arhietirs. 1he@ Mutuals Have Leen practising every aiter- noon the ther would permit, aau are now ia pretty trim. Gerhsrat will doubticas play third Dave im Urst class and, in the way of respectasility, is the grew soquisitiun to the Mususlrauks thas bas been Witnessed for some time. ‘The Fiyaways aunounce the following nine Purroy, pl first base; Loughiin, ©. Fallon, snort stop; jes, contre Geld, and Buok, right Meld. The Uoucord Ciad, vi Brovalyo, have recently Moved 1At0 Rew ciub rooms on Puitou avenue, op posite Ormoud place, She Nameless, of Brooklyn. will piay toe oliow- ing ning:~Malono, pitcher; Crosvy, catcher; Smith, Orat base; Martin, second bas’; Grierson, tuird Base; Ovien ort stup: Valentine, iets Held; Prifgle, ceutre deid, anu Nelson, rigut Bed, Presideut Shea, Of ie New Jersey Stute Ama- teur Association, announces te folowing wp S | POMIMeNts:—Cog mittee On Rulgwent. 8. Kits, of drenton, Coulrmau; &. Ross, W. Can, B. Pearson and f, beczgeraid; Committee on Nomimations— ©. A. surope, bi. Ross wid M, West; Judiciary Committee—Coione: B. L, Price, 0 Newark, Giair- man; Committees Go Priaiag—v. F. Desneimer, Cuairman, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The {cllowing record will show the changes in | the tefiperature for tne past twenty-lour noura, ja compariaon with the corresponding date of last yeor, as mdicuted Ly tie thermometer at Mud uve Pharmacy, ee) Buuding — 1874, 187 1874, 1875. P. Musee. OT “a 6 “a a ss Average temperatore yosteriuy..,, vi temperature jor cucrespondin, i] another festival that marks the new | t Vicwr Emmanuel, tae King of Italy, in | BOYNTON'S GREAT FEAT. His Attempt to Swim the English Channel. SCENES AT THE STARTING POINT. The Life Dress and the Mode of Propulsion. FIFTEEN HOURS IN THE WATER, The French Pilot Responsible for the Failure. BOULOGNE, April 11, 1875, At two o’clock yesterday morning the parlor of the Lord Warden Hotel, in Dover, presented a curious spectacle, A brignt ceal fre was burn- ing in the grate, throwing its ruddy glow over a number of queer-looxing objects and figures that were distributed throughout tne room—a table on which were the remnants of a banquet, consisting principally of champagne glasses and bottles, the latter looming up in the seml-obscurity of the place, with their gold and silver summits catching and throwing back the ruddy glow of the fire, like mountain peaks ander tne redlight of the settingsun. Strange, outlandish looking [objects were scattered about, such a$ an oar or two, @ minature sailboat, tackle and ovher things suggesting thoughts of the | sea, and a number of still more strange and outlandish figures were stretched out on the floor, some along the walls, some under the table, some with their to the fire, with their heads on travelling bags or the backs of chairs turned up, and wrapped in blankets, shawls and Ulster overcoats, all asleep, Standing up against the wall, like a sentinel on his post, inaistinctly seen in the fitfal flashes of | the fire, Was a strange figure resemoling a cross between a kKuight in armor and an Esquimaux, the only thing that seemed to be awake, and which giowered over the sleeping figures on the floor in @ threatening way that | oaght to have given them most unpleasant | dreams. [he sieeping men are the press delega- tion who have come to Dover to witness Captain Boynton’s attempt to SWIM THM ENGLISH CHANNEL, | and the Esquimaux or knight in armor is the life dress usea by the intrepid swimmer in his bardy | undertaking, which has been set up against the wall jor exhibition, & veritable suit of armor for his struggles with the winds and the waves. He was to start at three o'clock, and woe all de- cided that it was not worth while to go to bed, and so we turned the parlor into a battlefeld, | whereon peristed many @ bottle of pale aie, stout | and champagno, and then went to sieep until the | hour for starting. Suddenly toere is the soand of | ® horn anvouncing tne hour of departure, and we | ali start toour feet, We gather up our effects, | get on our sea clothes, swallow a cup of coifee, | While the giowering Knight leaning against the | wall suddealy takes Ilie and staiks out among us, | inflating bimself by biowing through little pipes | until the knight disappears and only the Esqui- | maux remaias, Then we all troop down to tne | quay, whence the swimmer ts gomg to take his start, and amid a great crowd that have gathered | to see bim off, 4 most horrible din, uproar and | | confusion, caused by the shouting and rush of the people, tne whiz of rockets, the pufilng of steam- | boata, the hoarse voice of what appears to be uacontrollable speaking trumpets, tue giare of Bengal lights and burning pitch, ‘age to scramble aboard — thi timed to convey us along with th ‘Then we look down and see @ hage ovject like a we man- G | devil fish sloppiog aboat in tue water rignt under our wheei, which has slowly commenced turning, but with a vigorous push it glides out irom under us among the boats and ships, ana passes | out from the circle ef light into the darkness be yond, Then there is an ear-splitung report, a sea of fire rignt under our noses, which biazes in tne faces of the crowd on the quay, When the smoke clears sway we behold what | appears to be ral haman heads foating | ta Une water, whieh turn out to be only hats, car- | ried away by the force of the explosion. It was toe tug’s gua which had been stupidly fired rigat loto the crowd on the wharf, not more than tea feet distant. We were greeted with curse: id imprecations as woll as cheers as we slowly got under way; and I would not be at all surprisea to hear that somebody had been seriously tujured by the flash of the gun, aod @ good many must have bad ther hair, eyelashes and eyebrows singed, besides the damage to thelr clothes and the loss of their bats, Bat WHERE 13 BOYNTON? We can see nothing of him although we strain our eyes in every direction as the tug siowiy steams out into the darkness, At length we hear | us horn far out on the water and we immediately Make for bim im order to take the lead aad show ‘him way. Tae lights are put ous because they oniy take @way our sight for soything outside the | ship, Dat althougu we bear the sound of the | swimmer’s hora DOW and then and the plasn of | hia paddle coming to Gs over the water, dark. ness is too intense to allow ua to eaich a glimpse | of him. We push slowly forward, keeping him within | hetl, asthe lights of Dover gradually grow dim | and indistinct in the distance aud the lighthouse on the Goodwin Sands shines clear and bright like | tue star of morning. it was @ cold, raw morning, made all the rawer and colder by the thougnt of the man paddling along im the cold gray water beside us, It made one shudder to think of the water dasblig over his face, notwitostanding the fact thac ably warmer than any of us. At length day be; to break, cloudy and gray and cold, and soon we began to caten gilmpses ol the swimmer, tossed about by a chopping sea, but paddling cheerfully along. At five o’ciock we Were a00at # imile of Goodwin Sands, te tide Davig carried us 10 @ direction about eustsoutu- eastirom Dover. | Tbe plot employed by Boynton was one sent over irom-Bowiogne by the French Société Hu. maine, said to be tae bost on the French coast, The course agreed upon between nim ton Was a8 follows:—Take the tide running northeast from Lover at three in the morning, whieh would carry them seven or eigot miles | io that direction somewhere of Goodwin Sands, Here the tide turns at about six o'clock wand rans | southeast down the Channel, They would iollow thid tide to & polme eunsiderabiy south of Bou- joyae, Where the current turns aud sweeps again oor, Wea O'ciovk in tho Giternoon, making @ distance of sixty miles, It | Was @, Very reundavowt cour wad 1 thiok it Would have been jar oetter to have scrack atraignt across the noel, Cutung acrogs much bie, astead of follow! ways, although tbe sWiaimer Would have been uo- | doubtediy driven far out of hia course by ti Tents, 6@ would heave been carried back agai vy them aod would at the game thie have mauve | Much hore progress forward, At Ave o’viock, | Woon davligot came, everytuing was goiog weil | and the @Xact Cuarye indicate. by the pilot nad | been /olowed—only we had started about twenty ininutes late, Boynton now swam alongar CALLED FOR H18 SALL, | Tole was fastened to of wooden skate, to whi tin tube for the lusertioa of the tay mast. The Sali Was Gbout jour leet high, and was braced by cords attacned to & strap around the swimmers neck. Agi well known, a swimmer Wearing We ife-dress swims ou tis back, his Read reating | Upon & Kina Of air CusniON like ® pillow, He may | BWM Gither fot or bead Lovemont, as be chooses; | Dat Moy Gtom, GOFine at this dae. AWaim teat sores feet | d Boyn- | most, owing to the sail, which mecessita' this position, a sti litue breeze wat blowing, and, as scon as tho sall was rigged, which was done without his getting out oF the water, be called fora cigar, Ut it, and agalm struck out, The little sneet instantly filled and commeneea pulling nim along in fine style, Make img a very appreciable difereace in his rate of speed, At six o'clock we were off Goodwin Sands, @ lite tle short of the point that 1 had been planned to reach, The tide now commenced turning, aud we were svon running down tbe Channel under @ light, ‘averable oreeze, but & Dasty fea and thickening weather. Nearly m the middle of the Channel there 13 @ sand bank ealled the “Midge,” of by the French the Colbart, which splits the carrent in two, throwing one along the French coast and the otber along the English. it was, of course, the intention of Boynton and the pilot to get into the French current, but, eltuer because the swimmer did not get Jar enough to the east, with the tide running out, or what seems more provable, because the pilot, owing ta the thick weatuer, Whick bid bovk the Frenca ang English coast, missed bis reckoning, they were swept down the English side of the “Kidge,’* and allcoance of reaching the French coast bee fore nixlt Was lost, Boynton resolutely attacked this ridge, hoping to get over it and reach the French current in time. It proved to be A TRRRIBLE STRUGGLE, ‘The sea here was joaming and tumbling about ima feartul way for the swimmer, It was not ® regular roll or swell, but short, quick, chopping Waves, tumbling about in all directions, that whiiled the swimmer round and rouna, rolled lim over and over, rendered bis puny sali utrerly useless and biinded him with joam aud spray, It was a strangely fascinating spectacle to watch the swimmer in bis band to hand struggle with the ocean. The waves seem to become living things, animated by @ terrible hatred for the strange being battllag with them, Taoey roll and toss him about, They struggle and wrestle with him and how! around him, Sometimes they seedy | to withdraw lor 4 moment, as if by concert, | and then rust down upon him from all | sidex, roaring like wild beasts. They seize | him around the neck and drag him down, grappling under the water and strangling nim until, like @ giant athlete, he saakes them off, and appears again triumphant on the top, as they rush off howling. For two hours the struggle coutinued, during which time he did not mak¢ more than a mile, but at last he came off vi« torious, and reached the current running slong the French coast, where the sea, although nasty, was not 80 unlavoraole, But it wat now one o’ciock, and, instead of being several miles souso of Boulogne, af he had hoped, be was almost opposite and the current had already turned again to thé north, thus carrying him far past the piace. He determined, however, to push on and eudeavor te land at Cape Grisnea, avout teu miles north of Boulogne. He did uot seem tired, although he hud eaten nearly nothing since taking to the water. He now LIT ANOTHER CIGAR, which he menaged to smoke, and altogethes seemed much happier than we who, in the dirty old tug, Were waliowing about in the trougn of the sea, most of us horriply seasick, There waa pleaty to eat and drink on board, but there | were few of us in @ condition to take food; the weather grew rainy, foggy. coid and miserable; the thick black smoke from the smokestacks set tled down over us and sickened us; and, altogecner, there was probably never a more | wretched set of beings thao the press delegation on board that tug. Boynton worked steadily jorward, but the pilot began to grow anxious. It | was evident that the swimmer would not make the French coast before dark, and he expressed his determination to push on all night if necessary.” But the weatuer was growing thicker and thicker, Wwe being at times uuabie to see More than aquarter 01 a mile from the ship, and, as we bad not seen land for nours, it was Impossible to tell where we were, The wind and sea were both rising, promising & | dadmight It would be impossible to follow the | swimmer in the darkness and fog. We would in- | evitaply lose him, and if he shouid miss Cape | Grisnez, he would be carried up imto the North | Sea, At lengto, toward six o'clock, the pilot declared that be wonld not be rosponsiole for the safety of the sbip, go near the coast in the darkness and fog. The Captain was, of course, unwilling to risk nis sbipj | @ general council was held of every one on board, | and it was decided that tne atrempt would have tw be given up, Captain Boyuton and bis brother, who was on the tug, both protested againss tule resolution tn the most energetic maoner, The former maintained bis ability to Sinisa bis under taking, declaring that be was not im the least fatigued, and to prove ma Tapidly around tae ship. It was agreed, howover, that he had thoroughly Gemonstrated his ability to cross the Cha: aoe that it would be jolly to risk the sbip, the life of everybody on board, a8 well as the swimmer by cruising along the coast all night in the fog and darkness, He at last, therefore, agreed to come | aboard and gi it up, matotatn: however, bus | abuity to stay in the or all night. Iwas jast | nalfpast six e’olock When be s@ /00t on the deck | of the tug, after heving been a little more thas Griteen hours in toe water, He undressed aod wos immediately examined by the doctor who was on board. He tound the | temperatare of his body only a dogree Jower than when he went overboard. His palse, Lowever, was eiguty, and feeble, wniou would be partly accounted for by the jact that he had been sumer ing irom diarrhea jor two or three days pre viously, yy Was the opinion of the doctor he might have stood six hoare louger im the water without damage The head of the tug .Was iuetactiy turned toward the French coast, aud In a ‘ew minutes we sighted Cape Grisnez, When we went avout fer Boulogne. As nearly a8 could be made oat after ward we were avout five miles from the Frenel | coast wien Boyoton came aboard, so that be fulip DEMONSTRATED BIS ABILITY to accomplisa the feat. The course made from Dover was east past the Goodwin Sands, thea south on the Englien side of the “Ridge,” which he crossed at its southern eZ» tremity, then east again toward Cape Grisnea, making the distance traversed about dity miles lengtn, It is certainly @ rewarkaoie feat, and fully demonstrates the ficiency of the life drewa, 2 have no doubt that if the proper route had peel | taken ne would lave accomplished the passage ip | tweive hours. | Upon arriving in Boulogne the bosiness of lan@ ing was so badly mismansged by the pilot that tae | whole press delegation was ie owtnudd the harbor on the tug aatil one o’cived in the morping. The pilot with tne two Boyntons, covlly went ore halfpast eight and leit us to follow wita the other boats, but without 4 siugie maa On board who knew the way into tae harvor, We tried to get in, bat got Stuck on the bar, andcame near Knocking the bottom out of our boat aad getting drowned. We bad vo Wait uuci the tide rose the tag coald gO |i atone in the morning. 1 60 Dot think aay of tue pros delegation present will wish to ores the Cuaonel agaia Guder such Circumstances, ANOTHER SNOW STORM. If spring—the rina’? whic poets love to sinz avout—were to bring an action-atdaw against old gray-headed Wiuter lor treepassing on her domarns, aay inteiligent jury would oring ine verdict for ine plaiatit tere it i im the last Week Of April, When the crocuses and the hya Cin tos and the valips oF to be displaying theit Variegated apiendors ‘ann soeacing pertacs OB Lhe OBIMy Mir, aad uote sing) arse ite winter onda Last eveume, at the th The witanad ted tere Would be & oon, had pinpeu shew deceptive pampalet aud imdaiged OF “woonli@ht rides aud #toten irait? id SHOW storm aot in, Pedestrians who 10 provide tnensoiy eather, it was vot en Ww storm shoaid prevatl, but it Was With » ari KOUbUOUSEOrLY ak OC sony ond the Norte aod bast | behind tame, 1 due Whos dosared,