New-York daily tribune., 1842-11-29
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BY MRS. TRoLLoPE.

ouarries with such recollectiops as may be easily
IMAGINED, and raised thereby my estimate OF the
power OF man to pretty nearly the highest pitch,
turned TO examine the mode in which the blocks
of marble were conveyed down the descent which
leads to the town of Carara. The utter and en-
tire ignorance of every species of mechanical aid
with which this process effected appeared al
most incredible, though there it was gong on be-
fore our eyes. In the first place, the approach TO
the quarry is among and over masses of marble
rock, which the labor Of score of able bodied
men for week or two would suffice to remove foI
ever and ever leaving free the to this tesoro
aero I'LL the slow chisel had removed the mighty
mass.
The way thus cleared, an iron rail. of consider
ably less than mile in length, would enable cars,
bearing the precious blocks TO be conveyed to the
door of the saving mill without difficulty risk OF
any kind. Instead of this, however, this finest
quarry of the world has its produce ra'tled down
the descent in manner which perpetually causes
the blocks to be broken,-for instead of its being
an affair thus simple it is of such danger
and difficulty that it is reallyterrble to behold
The carriage upon which the blocks are placed.is
of very massive TIMBER rudely and very unartist-
cay put together;-lo this six oxen are attached,
but tbe number is reduced TO two when the vehi.
Gle, as frequently happens, reaches some point oi
its progress at which it is rather permitted to drop
down than to be drawn. At these times, the tx.
ertions of the men who have charge Of the convo.
are really frightful, and frequently attended with
dreadful accidents. In order TO prevent, or impede
as much as may be, the violent fall OF the vehicle
from one mass Of rock to another, they spring, al
the most imminent risk to life and limb from one
part Of the rude machine to another in order either
to produce balance favorable 10 the manGuvre. !
or else to coerce the movements of the oxen, who
h,
any ordinary mode of driving them impracticable |
The barbarous ignorance with which all this brute /
force Is required and applied, has something in ii
truly amentable, and very directly suggests
doubt whether the intact purity with which his |
Highness Of Modena labors TO preserve his teri |
tory from all intercourse with other races OF hu-
man beings, is calculated 20 produce benefit I,
those who have the honor OF calling him lord l.
appears utterly impossible that this Robinson Cru.
soelike style of engineering could be severed
were less pains taken TO keep intruding eyes ard
blabbing tonguea from the district where il is
riea on. To those who are aware how low the
rate of wages is In thar part of the world 1t ma.
convey some idea Of the toll and difficulty OF this
work, to be told that the men employed worl
but for four hours in the day, and the price the.
receive for this is the value of five francs Tn
appearance of the poor fellows when thus employ &c
is really terrific. The whole of the upper part OF
the bodies is without clothing, the skin the color Of
bronze, and every muscle and every feature 60 dis
rorted by the vehemence Of the action they using
as to make it exceedingly painful to watch them.
ROMAN AMpAlrHEATREs
VKRoSA.--I almost lament having seen the stu
pendous Roman Amphitheatre here. am
half angry with myself, think, for being so great
ly struck with the grandeur of this unholy edihce
/ an less an antique Roman than most people,
1;.,Io heir
which neither in its origin end appears to me o.
the best quality. But | felt it impossible, as
stood on this boldly conceived theatre to deny that
their brutal Joys must have had as much subhmity
thrown around them genus and power could
bestow. Why is it that, with all the accumulated
science of many ages To help US, we can no
longer rear such works this ESQ beautiful in its
grand simplicity, ana at the same time so COM
Petely fulfilling the purpose for which 1t was
planned, that the grace aud the dignity seem to
have grown out of it as if by accident. Fitness
Of form seems to constitute beauty in the same
manner that ease of movemen, constitutes grace.
In both cases, sort of instructive common sense
tells vs. that it is rght-the mind is satisfied, aud
the spirit pleased. II is pity that what seems
so simple, while acknowledged TO be SO admira-
bic should ever be departed from. The object
being to accommodate thirty thousand persons il
the best manner possible for the purpose OF thei
all having a perfectly commodious view of what
was doing in the arena, it is impossible to imagine
any other mode or manner in which il could. be
done SO we'll. So gracious is the form, so muie>.
tic the proportions Of these bare rough elements o
building, that all the 'glories of Paadio, which
had SO lately been gazing at with delight, seemed
little better than so much Dresdan china, by COM
parison with them.
looked, and looked, till began to quarrel with
all human improvements the nineteenth Cen
tury was rapidly descendingsto q discount in m
imagination when happened TO fix my eyes upon
supdry openings, which evidently not intend
cd either for the entrances the vomtaries of the
thirty thousand spectators What were those
apersures for 2 said l. Those were for letting in
the wild beasts upon the gladiators,' was the re-
ply. 1t is wonderful how suddenly the ideas sug.
gested by this answer dis-euchan,ed me.
ITALIAN LAztNEss NEAR GeNoA.-t Besides
this, had another study which detained mr. .,
this same window. Immediately unaerit a sroup
OF nine boys, all clothed in Murilo tinted rags.
and varying IN age from abour ls to 5, had con.
gregated themselves upon heap OF sand and peb-
bles, and during the space of ;wo hours that re-
named either al or near the window they never
changed their positioa,-au of them lying upon
their stosachs or their sides, easking in the ss,
with their heads towards one common centre.
never witnessed spectacle OF such utterly i,,es,
i5leness Thei. Only amusement was the picking
ou, little pebbles and inging them g, one another
bu. SO TRANQUILITY that no qaarreiug or noisy effect
of any kind was the result. Most certainly
In their warm cheeks The sutsy season gow'd,'
but could this alone cause the perfect stiffness Of
group, all of whom, were of sex and age that
! had ever seen elsewhere appearing to dete:t still
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