Southern telegraph., 1836-07-15
No. ss.--whOIe No. rsz


% oy any such, or any o.her iniilences Let
you come upon that hill in what mood voa
may, aud the scene viii. lay hold uDon Won
as WIN the hind of giana / scarcely
HhiY how to describe the impressi,n-bnt
u seemed 10 me, as if somethiBa s,soso ,n5
safely, like the sl5w aud nilisslie IA S,h of
mighty whirlwind, swept arobhd those
eternal towers; the storms Of time tb,, l,,5
prosiraied the proudest monuments ~ ~
"nf'a' seemed TO have left vibration N tbs
sun ana solemn air; ages Of history passed
0eiore me; The mighty procession Of nations
sings, consuis, empesors, empires and
generations, had passed over thar sohl,ns
theatre. The fire, the storm. ,be ssr,b
quake hid gone by; but there vy,s vstlae
the still, small voice-like that. At which
the prophet wrapped his face IN his
lmantle.'n - M
The reader viii scarcely agreo with oaS,
author that he has not described the CoIill
scum; and most wildly too, in the annexed
paragraph 81 $50. ~ IA. ''''''o-o~ = 'O'N..
lhIs evening / went to see the Coils
scum BY moonlight. 1t is the monarch
tne majesty OF all ruins-ihere is nothing
like II. All the associations Of ibs pI,ss,,
too, give it the most impressive characters
When you enter within this stupendous cir,
Gle OF rulnous walls and arches, and Grand
terraces OF masonry, rising one above an
oher, you stand upon the arena Of the old
| gtadiatoral combats and Christian martvr-
doms, and as you lift your eyes to The VAST
ampli'heatre, you meet, in imaoInation. the
eyes OF thousand Romans, assembledto.
witness these bloody spectacIes. What !
multitude and mighty array ofhuman beinqs,
ana now little do we know in modern times
o. great assemblies! One, two and lhree.
and at IT'S last enlargement BY Constantine.
more than three hundred thousand persons
could be seated in the Circus MaximusI
4 "Blt, to return to the Coliseum
went up, under the conduct Of a guide, ,uBoa
the walls and terraces, or embankments
which supported the ranges Of seats. The
seats have long since Disappeared. and
grass oyergrows the spots where the uriaa
and power, and wealth ana BEAUTY of Rome
sat down 70 its barbaroas enteftainmenI
4 What thronging life was here then! what
e voices, what greeting, what harryins foot:
i steps up the staiIcases Of the eighty arches
4 o' entrance .-and now, as we pickedaour
Q, way carefully through decayed passages. or
g cautiously ascended some mouldering flight
n q steps, or stood by the lonely walls-our-
- selVes silent, and, for wonder, the guide
ne silent too-there was no sound here mt u
"a .,e pat--and none came from without bui
Iu- ,n9 to!i oi distant carriage, ofthe conveni
81, pen, from the summit az tie no;rbbor;,,,;
We hsquHlne. II is scarcely possible to des-
le cnoe the effect oi moonlight upon this ruin.
b. Through a hundred rents ID the broken
ie walls--ihrough a hundeed lonely arches,
and backened passage-ways, it streameri in!
e. pure, bright, soft, laalbent, and vet distinct
/ and clear, it it came there al once 10 re.
g veal, aud cheer, and pity the mighty desoa
e ten. Bat if the Coliseum is noournf,l
= and desoIate spectacle as seen from within.
r without, and especially on the side which Is
IT IN best preservation, it is glorious. We
J. passed around It; and, as we locked no.
l. ward, the moon shining through lis arches,
IS from IFS opposite side, it appeared as If IL
le were the coronet Of the heavens, so vast
y was ii-2r like a glorious crown upon die
ID brow Of night. ss5aa f
SO - tee that do not, and cannot describe
re this mighty ruin can only say that /
sp came away paralyzcd, and passive as n
IN chlid' Asolder stretched ont his hand for
he : H1 doao," as we passed the guard and
no when my companion said did wrong q
'e- give, told him that | should have given INV
to cloak, II the man had asked it. Would vo,
break any spell that worldly feeling or sci
We hsA sorrow may have spread over you,
er, mIn5t-go and see the Coliseum by moon
lsr light" F -. '''s''
en- Lo3me notion Of the interest throw,
A around that portion Of these volumes whidI
relates TO the scenes Of Rome, may be ga
thered from single paragraph, shown,
ose how the writer was affected BY ihem.j
asst N0thlng specially worthy of note call
The tor record this evening. have passe,
md the day mostly indoors, as it IS one Of II,
ted many that 60 to make up the yery larg,
the proportion Of the damp, cloudy and disagrese
zen able ones we have here. Yet every a.,
at passed in Rome seems memorable Whs
ell an event should not have tho,oht /, ~ - -
ore former period Of my lie, to have passed
ere day IN Rome! think It such sin IA
! it aot see how lli6 can ever be conamon l;s, =
me on such spot In truth, Il seems as Il 81, ~
ing had no right e enjoy the common cor,fsr,
in OF lie amidst such ruins-thc rains "a
me world passed away-.he mighty shad.,u,
ore ot ancient glory, Spreading over every b;Ii
ain the very soil we tread upon, no Ion 5er NJ,
the pathways Of the old R3niar masters og M n,
ons world, but the moaldering rubbish IL ,bo;
ong temples, their palaces, their firesidcs IT,
NJ, yet almost breathing dust Of life s;gs II
irt- izod beyond all others inthe works. grss
ny; history. One feels thatit would bA a5 = =
no proPriate life here, to sit down, like Mar;p
up, on the ruins Of Carthage--or to bntra,s + !;
the the Coliseum--oF to pitch ones tent sIans
me IN the waste and silent folds, amid *
$ if rank grass, or the thick towering reeds N
the have oyergrown large portion Of tia II