New-York tribune., 1841-11-05

so b;ll. ,,b;- Ike ;he Palane STANDS su1icien':
:, r.lief - he Distinguished from the neignooF'hg
a..;..,.ae Yo, can trace pnrt OF lis course oE
.h min. which lie scattered among us 'e'uaht ies
,,on. of yineyard. and shrubbery / ne gray walls
-? :, convent mark the point nearest to the river
and farther on the eve rests on the naked halls OF
,,o Ba,bs Of the Caracala, al whose feet the earth
I'm. wiki verdure, while iyy-vine a
.br,,b ha. found footing on It's walls from winch
10 veuve It's flexe ycl and their ieaT:sl de-
ISOLATION.
The Gorilla is separated from the Paatne by &
narrow valley, and stretches southwark in a long
ridge OF shapeles' fragments from the Arch OF
Constantine to the Church and Palace OF The La
teran
The Esquilne, ViIninal and Quirnal, seem, as
you look down upon them from THIS hight. to form
one broad fiat OF table-land rather than success
sion Of hills. The Ba:hs OF Titus within tow-shot
Of the Coliseum designate the first rise OF thS Is
outline, and serve to mark the termination OF the
vallcy that divides II from the CGlian. l-a may
stingui>h too the highest point OF elevation By the
Ba.ca Of Santa Mara Maggiore
Turning now 10 the northeast. the last Of the
original valleys OF Rome lies before you. The eye
still falls upon broken arches and crumbling walls 4;
but you here begin to distinguish the approaches Of
the modern city and the structures OF another re-
lIgion and another aye. They ,pread through the
ya..y nj irs full extent clustering closely around
the Forum Of Traian, and ascending in succession
of churches and palaces, and converts, TO the sum
mer residence OF the pontiis upon the summit oi
the Quirina. All the rest i, modern Rome. Even
the northern decliyiiy Of the Qurina Is without
the limits of the walls Of Sevus, although 1t still
retains dim traces Of the Circus OF tlora. Beyand
il rises with gentle ascension the Hill OF Gar
dcns f.yori,c resort of Lucullus and of Sallus;,
where Belisarius held his headquarters during the
Gothic siege, and whose shady coveris. in times
though les remote yet still old and classic 10 u.
children of newer world, afforded shelter 10 the
wearicd limbs and care-wora mind of Calico.
The Pincian or I'LL OF Gardens forms, to-
gether with the luirina, the eastern enclosure OF
IA spacious valley, which, convcrges upon the Capi-
to!lne as It's base, and following the curve OF the
Janculum for liz southwestern boundary, expands
at midway into ample plain, until the waving
line of the mountain again bends inward with
gradual contraction, leaving it grded every side
hut one, like the arena of amphithcn;re. The
Tiber enters this valley Il, iis northern extremity,
winding its way through the heart of the city III
curves that can be likened only to the folds OF Il
serpent. On its western bank, at the point oi
btoade,t expansion, stands the Vatican, and the
mountnin-liko dorzc of ST. Peters swcs up above
the crest Of the Janiculum itself The greater por-
ton of the remainder of this valley, between the
left bank of the river and the hills which VIC have
designated as lis boundaries, was once the turnul-
uIeus scene Of the Comiiia, and Is now the chief
seat of modern Rome. Squares and streets inter
sect it in every direction and the eye falls bcwil-
,lered upon thick woven of temples and pa
luces, of spires and domes.