Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-23
FROM fhe Nrp York Mirror.
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EUROPE
ny n y WILLIS

BY WILLIS.
Esoli-ruins Of the baths OF Docletian-Fails of
li-Cascatelli-snhja OF one Of Coles
landscapes ruins of the village of MeCRnas
ruined villa of AdiIan-the Forum lem
ME Of Vesta-the Cloaca Maxima-the river
burma, etc.
haze spent day at Tisoli with Messrs.
Aa,bmuty aud B,sse.l. of our Navy, and enc or
taa others. forming quite an American party
We passed the ruins of the baths of D,oclet,an,
with heavy cloud over our heads; but we were
.,aree. hruush the gate, When the SUI broke. the
ain swept of over SpraCte, and the sky Vas
clear Hli sunset.
Have seen MANY finer falls than Tiyuli; that
=. more water. aud falling farther; but do not
hluk there Is 10 pretty place in the world. -
Avery dl,SJ village. dirtIer hotel, and a cice-
rae all rags and ruifisnsm, are somewhat damp
,rs to anticipation We PASSED through bro
Ken gate, aud with step, were IN glen OF fairy
and; the highest aud io.elesi vi antique teE-
PIES 90 a crag above. snowy waterfall oil some
hundred and fifty feet below, grottoes messed to
the mouth at the rivers outlet and all up and
down the cleft valley vines twisted in the crew.
Ces Of rock, and shrubbcry hanging on every
ledge, With felicity Of taste or nature, Or both,
hal is uncommon even in Italy. The fall itself
comes rushing down through q grotto to the face
81 the prsclpiCe, over which II leaps and looks
ike sub'erranean river just coming To light -
Ii bed is rough above, aud it bursts forth from
i, cavern IN dazzling foam, and tails IN one
pray sheet to the gulf. The tails OF Montmo.
rHc, are not unlike IL.
v. descendcd TO the bottom. and from the lit.
lie terrace, vet by the spray and dark with over
nnglns racks, looked up the g cavern Of Nep-
nne," deep passage, through which half the d.
hded rSrr raShes 10 meet the fall in the gulf
lhta remountins To the top, We took mules to
maze The three miles circuit of the glen, and see
shat are called the CascGfeiE.
No iairy.work could exceed the beauty of the
Lite antique SybiI's temple, perched on the top
d the efsg above the fall. As we rode round
A' other edge Of the glen it stood opposite US in
al The beauty OF its light and airy architecture;
u'aS that might be borne, like Loretto's cha
pei, thru the air, aud srem no miracle.
A mile farther on began to recognize the fea-
lures OF the scene. At most lovely point sf view.
II was The subject Of one Of Coles landscapes,
Which had seen in Florence; and need not
@y to any one who knows the works Of this al
mrabe artist, that il was dune with Truth and
h''e The little town Of Tivoli hapss on jat-
"ns zap oi The mountain, on the side of the ra,ine
opposite 10 YOUR point Of view. From beneath
a' us foundations were laid upon rivers ioun-
mnS bursts ioaming water in some thirty different
l'''; aud II seems to YOU as il the long decliyi-
or' were tLat moment for the fist time uyel ilow.
w. 'Or The current socs overlapping vines aud
y, appearing and disappearing CONTINUALLY,
va u'ey all meet in the quiet bed Of the river be-
Nv "hwas made BY Bernin," said the guide,
a'"e stood gazing att; and, odd as this iniurlna-
IVA soanded, while wondering at spectacle wor.
a! VI lhe happiest accident Of nature, will ex-
r'4n The phenomena Of the place to vou-the ar
''' having turned mountain river from its
.Oar'e, aud leading il under the town of Tivoli,
u'e% over the sides Of the precipi,ous hull up.
W "tish II stands One Of the streams appears
" p beneath the ruins Of the "Villa Of Mecenas."
,, n"a 'oppels over precipice just below the
WV, 'OoAlns over the campasna towards Rome
W situation worthy Ut the patron Of the poets.
''ae through the immense subterranean ar
aF'' winch farmed its court in ascending the
""ua'an again to the town.
wear ii'oli Is the ruined vile Of Adrian,
'"s's VAS found the Venus de Medicis, and
n;, H1 nv way TO Rome, (near Rad,eofani, I
ss" n.' We passed an old man. whose pictur-
;us 1sare, developed in his brown cloak and
, 'Susnea hat, arrested the attention Of all my
S ,a had seen him before. From a
n,d minutes sketch in passing, Mr.. Cole had
,Sm;. que Of the most spirited heads ever saw,
Srrs sOly IKE; aud worthy Of Caravaggio for
'''ce and expression.