Show from tuesdays daffy VENICE italy jan oth otil 18 1873 editor deseret veils having completed our explorations in this city I 1 will vi vil ill now send you a few items extracted f from IV in my 11 ay iy journal the jl R over which wo we traveled as it approaches venice is built on oil piles I 1 extending about two miles from the main land before it reaches readies tile tiie suburbs of the cit eit city eity y the station was about one mile distant from our hotel grand hotel victoria our usual mode of conveyance was not at our commac command id we had llad pas passed ed the limits of cabs and omnibuses omni buses they are ire tre known only in ill story by the tile venetians but three horses could be found in all venice and these were exhibited as objects of curiosity and as specimens of the tile singular quadruped employed for service and pleasure by people beyond the sea ea ve we took two gondolas each propelled by two oarsmen oars oar men and steered for the tile hotel it was dark and we could discern objects object 3 around u us s only as they appeared in the light from lamps suspended liere here and there from buildings which lined tile tiie narrow passages through which we vve passed as we w wended ended our way into narrow lanes turning this way ivay and that until we seemed lost in in a labyrinth of turns and angles at last we terminated our eions at the lower steps of a largo large stone stairway hero here we were received by the proprietor of the hotel who conducted us up several flah nights b ot sta IN and into elegant ca capacious a c IOU lou apartments lip art in cuts venice el ll 11 c eota cota contains ins a population of one hundred and thirty thousand it fi fis situated on a cluster of small island 3 seventy or eighty in num ber her everal everni several overal miles from the main land in the midst of a broad sheet of water partially separated from tile tilo sea sen by a large sandbank several miles in length these islands are made principally of mud thrown up by tile currents of water not gunn consolidated however to build upon independent of artificial appliances appliance the tile following manner la Is commonly adopted in preparing the tile foundation the tile spot F selected A I 1 OC t lek iek d for fo r the tilo edifice 19 is lq 19 cn en clofed by some substantial work impervious to water sunk into the tile mud tiie tile water is then tilen pumped out arid and the mud or loose dirt excavated from six to eight feet in d depth th the space is then filled w ig etli piles plies driven to a depth of fifteen or twenty feet cement li IS filled in between them and the tops covered c 0 ve red with tilo tile same hame sa ni e material in at e rial thick planks are laid over this covering upon which aro are built three or four feet of rock the dirt or mud as s replaced around till tilis mass BO so that the tiie entire woodwork is perfectly t covered co vend the walls of tile the buildings coils eolis thir chiefly of smal small I 1 med red brlek brick k are laid upon this tills rockwork which stand stands one foot or more above high water mark except in one or two instances wo we saw sav no appearance of the tile walls wails giving way although sonie wine of these edifices have been standing probably one thousand years A vast amount of expense is incurred in constructing these foundations it Is isaaic hald bald that half the cost of tile the buildings in venice lies under water the grand canal runs tortuously through the city and arid is 13 1 3 the principal thoroughfare for trammie traffic or amusement the city is intersected by one hundred alid and forty six small canals which constitute the water streets of venice affording means for passengers to be conveyed to ally any quarter of tilo tile city three bundled and six bridges eros cros crossd these canals the grand canal which varies in width from one hundred and fifty to three hundred feet is crossed by the famous bridge rialto under which we passed gassed on one of our excursions cur luiere 1 here are passages alongside of some of these canals and in various other parts of the tile city leading oer over the bridges but they nix are very narrow and crooked frequently not over seven and denem generally liy lly not c exceeding 11 ten feet in width wo we visited the tiie armenian monastery ery on the tile island of st I lazarus about two miles from our hotel we nnie reached it by the tile usual mode tile tilo gondola enjoyed a pleasant ride over a broad sheet of vater water dotted ship steamers and multitudes of gondolas on arriving at the monastery the presiding monk received us kindly and conducted us through the establishment and gave suc buc such I 1 i statistical information as wo required in relation to the affairs of the tile society and the tile tion it embraces a college for young armenians Armen ians a museum a I 1 library of thirty thousand volumes a printing press and afflec office anda and a beautiful chapel cli ell apel llord bylon lived here six months and studied the tile armenian language we saw his autograph which was written in several languages A singular custon prevails of hoisting tile tilo turkish flag every sunday morning upon the tile summit of the tile monastery at tile tiie present time twenty monks thirty students and some twenty assistants constitute tile tiie number in the tile establishment tile the buildings were given bythe bytho by tile venetian government to a benedictine monk wiio wilo i had llad been expelled by persecution from froin his native cou county some of their customs and regulations are arc rather peculiar they rise in tile tiie morning at a given signal breakfast at eight dine at twelve when port portions lor of scripture lle ile lie aie read and retire at ten pm all are arc habited in black gowns none are admitted as students but arme anne anians they rhey must pos possess sessa a natural capacity for mental culture and remain in tile tiie institution till they thes the have havo acquired a highly finished education uca tion every depart department of th tilis tills is singular arld and interesting establishment bore a neat and orderly ap rather soluble sombre and gloomy owing no n 0 doubt to the tb e fact that woman is excluded from tilo the society president smith described our pilgrimage to the tile great american desert aliat ilat we had accomplished as a people and explained some of the prominent features of our religion all of which was listened to with marked attention arld and enquiries were made on various subjects connected with our history hi stort on returning to our hotel we passed a 11 mad house some of tile tilo inmates mem were M em playing llo iio oil on musical instruments others were silently gazing through their windows upon tile the sea some fiercely gesticulating la 19 as though angry at our approach w lie iio others again were rushing to and fro yelling and ebrick ing like so many demons the scene was horrible we intended a visit inside the building but what we witnessed wd answered answered our purpose we visited the tile Nat national ionnI ar arsenal arenal enal containing models ofa of hips fillip galleys ga lloys ac with specimens of various s arms and armor usa used d by tile tiie venetians in their wars at it different dif din erent period periods also many trophies taken from the turks and other enemies two statues standing together in a conspicuous position appeared to attract considerable attention from visitors they tiley represented two turkish generals gene rals rala clial chained ned together and suffering death by a singular method of to torture r ture theo theio officers in a battle with the tiie venetians Venetian 1 IQ had bad taken one of their generals prisoner whom they caused to le be clayed flayed alive ilia skin sewed together stuffed with straw the figure dressed eissed in ill his own clothing and then exhibited to the tho turkish T u rk 11 ah populace for their amusement th these eo e o olli cens cers were vere anner after afterwards wanis wants captured b by tho the venetians stripped chained together placed laced in an all exposed condition con cori diton anfe anTe and covered flym from lidai to foot with honey or molasses and left to be eaten by flies files gnats st mus and other infects venice which now fornis forms a portion of the kingdom of italy for over thirteen en hu bundled andied years yeal s maintained a republican porm form of government it had llad a succession of one hundred and twenty y two dog doges boges the last of whom daniel manin abdicated in august 1849 and was driven into exile by the austian Aust Aus tiam lans ho he went to paris where lie was obliged to give lessons in ill italian to sustain himself and arid family luilly fi lie died in sept 1857 in the brightest day of or its proa prosperity the republic possessed ed over three thousand mercantile ships and thirty six thousand sailors and considered itself mistress ot of the tiie seas several interesting circumstances connected connect edwith with the tile history of this gov bov government emment strikingly illustrated by various objects we saw I 1 should like to notice but must defer for the pre present serit SNOW 0 a the georgia papers are calling for tile tilo repeal of tile tiie usury lawa of that state none but fari farl banners liens for it legislators is the motto of a strong rural organization in iowa tile prohibitory liquor law lias ilas had the orea of closing all bu t 2 nis VIS bars in boston A missouri gernian german undertook to fast forty days in the wilderness but eed deedon med on the tiie twenty seventh two men in Brail ind lately signed da a contract in blood heverto never to is liquor again |