Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-05-16

/ by moonlight was expressed spontane
ouSly by the whole party. The Gus,
tode was reused, and we entered tho
vast arena and stood in the midst, with
the gigantic ranges of stone seats tow
ering up in receding circle, as if tc
the very sky, and the lofty arches anc
echoing dens lying black and silent in
the dead shadows Of the moon. A hun.
dred thousand people could sit here:
and it was in these arenas, scattered
through the Roman provinces, that the
bloody gladiator fights, and the massa-
ere of christians, and every scene OF
horror, amused the objects of the NIGH
ty mistress of the world. You would
never believe it, if you could have seen
how peacefully the moonlight now
sleeps on the moss gathering walls, and
with what untrimmed grace the vines
and flowers creep and blossom on the
rocky creyices of the window.
We arrived at Bologna just in time
to get to the opera. Malibran in La
GAIA Ladra was enough to make one
forget more than the fatigue of days
travel. She sings as well as ever, and
plays much better, though she had
been i'll, and looked thin. In the pris-
on scene, she was ghastlier than even
the character required. There are
few pleasures in Europe like such sing
ing as hers, and the Italians, in their
excellent operas, and the cheap rate at
which they can be frequented, have a
resource corresponding to every thing
else in their delightful country. Every
comfort and luxury is better and cheap
er in Italy than elsewhere, and it is a
pity that he who can get his wine for
three cents bottle, his dinner and his
place at the opera for ten, and his
lodgings for any thing he chooses to
pay, cannot find leisure and does not
think it worth the trouble, to look "a
bout for means to be free. 1t is vexa.
tious to see nature lavishing such bles-
sings on slaves.
The next morning we visited a pal.
ace, which as it Is not mentioned in the
books of travel, mad not before seen
the Lambaccari. 1t was foil of glori-
Gus pictures, most ofthem for sale. A !
mong others, we were captivated with
a Magdalen of unrivalled sweetness.
by Guido Carracci. 1t has been bought
since by Mr.. Cabot, of Boston, VINO
passed through Bologna the day after,
and will be sent to America, am hap
Ply to say, immediately. There were
also six Of "Charles the Seconds Beau
ties, portraits of the celebrated wo-
men of that gay monarch's court, by
Sir Peter Lely-ripe, glowing English
women, more voluptuous than chary-
looking, but pictures ofexquisite work
manship. There was nine or ten a.
partments of this splendid palace, all
crowded with paintings by the first
masters, and the surviving Lambaccari
is said to be selling them one by one
for bread. 1t is really melancholy to
go through Italy, and see how her peo-
pie are suffering, and her mobiles starry.
ing under oppression.
We crossed the Apprentices in two OF
the finest days that ever shone, and
descended through the clouds and mist
to the Tuscan frontier, entered the
lovely valley of the Arno, sparkling
in the sunshine, with all it's palaces and
spires, as Leautiful as ever. | ann at
Florence once more, and parting from
the delightful party with whom have
! travelled for two months, | start for
Rome tomorrow, in company with five
artists.
YankeeiSms-We extract from the
comedy of the "Green Mountain Boy, y
small portion of sprightly dialogue;
Homebred: Where's the squire!
Wilkins: Find out! would you have
me tell you all know!
Homebred: Well, guess that would
MT take you long!
Wilkins: You grow impertinent, il
you don't leave me sir | shall kick
you, sir.
Homebred: Kick me will you? well
talking is talking; but do you think
you could deW 1t?
Wilkins: Really this is not to be
borne! VINO are you, sir? and who was
your fatherl
Homebred: Who was my father
My father was the first inventor o.
htrashimg machines. | am the first O
his make, and can be set in operation
at a very little expense, and at the
shortest notice! so, look out.
His description of his newly invent
ed machine seemed to tickle his audi
ence amazingly. of his machine, he
says, ''you drive hog into the centre
OF it, set the screws going, and it viii
produce ready made sausages from one