St. Mark's Square, painting by Canaletto

Italian Life Among The Better Classes

A VENICE correspondent of an American journal writes as follows: The most interesting object in the world is man, or rather women, and that we care most to have or to read of l society. I do not mean now that “society” which half the world could give everything it possesses, including self-respect, to “get into,” but I use the word in a broader sense. It seems to me that the social life which we know in America does not exist in Italy. The visiting, the entertainments, the reunions scarcely are known here, in the sense I mean.

June 21, 1863 – The Rebels at McConnellsburg, Pa.—Help Themselves and Retire

McCONNELLSBURG, PA., June 19.—A detachment of Jenkins’s force, mounted infantry, under the command of Col. Ferguson, entered this place at four o’clock this morning. The rebels opened all she stores, helping themselves to boots, shoes, hats, provisions and every thing else they could carry away. The town was so completely taken by surprise that the citizens were unable to escape, and a large number of them tell into the rebels’ hands. The rebels also drove away about twelve thousand dollars worth of cattle. One of the rebels, in attempting to capture a horse, was shot through the neck by some unknown person. This so exasperated his companions that they threatened to burn the town, but desisted. They completely gutted the telegraph office, carrying away the instruments and all the messages. The operator made his escape.