New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-03-23

h,;,d;np is a stone seat, which was the ancient
/" General Bankrupt Law for by sitting upon II
sor an hour in public he became free from all his
obligations and new man again. Ii ne mao
been dishonest in his bankruptcy he received
from the surrounding crowd the reproaches which
he had merited if he had been unavoldaby un-
fortunate he doubtless had their compassionate
sympathy. Two fine fountains decorate the
souarc and one of them is surmounted by
statue brought from the Roman Capitol IN the
wear $50. The market is held IN the middle OF
the Piazza, which rcsounds with the deaienlng
shouts of the vendors of all the articles, each
praising his own with stentorlan lungs, and
every bargain for penny worth OF garlic beng
made with enough noise and gestlcuahon tor
the purchase of the whole market 1t was curl
Gus to see grapes and figs side by side with pota-
toes and about equally valuable, and lemons and
oranges mixed with cabbages. Every one was
talking and laughing and rushing about with
such violence that the whole scene was more
like a riot than mere market. To complete
the characteristic features of the locality, monk
threaded the throng with a crucIfix IN one hand
and tin money box in the other. He said
nothing, but only held up the cross to every one
and shook his box, and not single one OF the
very poorest and most ragged peasants failed to
drop in his mite.
The tom5s of the .Scalgeri arc approached
from one end of the Piazza del Signeri, and are
unique in their air Of pompous arrogance and
towering magnifccnce. The finest is that OF
eau Signore, who died in 1875 after erecting
for himself this most sumptuous mausol3um. 1T
is rather a temple than tomb, rising in four sto
rcs fifty feet high and branching into Gothic
pinnaces and turrets all surrounded with statues.
The first story is sustained by six rich columns,
and surrounded by full length figures of the SIX
warrior saints Above them is a magnificent
sarcophagus upon which lies the statue OF the
Prince. In the shrincs which surround HIM are
various virtues, Faith, Prudence Charity and
Others which probably he knew nothing of IN llte
Other pnnacles shoot up around and from their
centre rises pyramid on whose summit the
warrior sits upon his marble horse, at hight
from which he can overlook the city which he
once ruled. The other tombs arc similar, though
not so sumptuous, and all are surrounded by
richly commented iron railing, which shows how
much fancy and ingenuity were ayished on the
most mechanical works of the Middle Ages.
But these memorials Of tyrants with all their
magnfcence lose their interest beside humble
sarcophagus, which has been hallowed by the
poetry of Shakespeare, and which is now rever-
enced as the tomb of Romeo and Juliet. 1t is
Ill l -,
dentaton in which reposed the head Of the fair
Juliet, while beside it the consecrated candle
placed in a socket still remaining showed her to
Romeo a seeming corpse! What pity to have
all ones romance knocked in the head by the in
qury Of the guide, if we wished to see the
other tomb!'' Which do you call the true
onc?" we asked, cob they are both equally
true said he ; and doubtless they The
present one looks like bathing tub and was
used as washing trough till some antiquary pro
NOTED it to it's present honor. II ever Juliet
lived-and died-this might have been her tomb
At least no one can prove the contrary, but after
the nconsderate guide had given such shock
to our trusting sentimentality, it seemed time to
bid adeu to Juliet and to Verona.
The road to Vicenza skirts the battle field Of
Arcoli, where Napoleon was in such imminent
personal peril Poets may write most elo9uenty
of Nature showing her sympathy for the suffer
ings of her children, but the most sensitive Of
them might pass the most famous battle
field, even that of Marathon or Thermopyla,
without being told by any outward sign or inward
feeling that it was more than large potatoc
field. 1t is no wonder then that Arcoli should
look as commonplace as if no battle had ever
been fought there.
Tore del Confni, hamlet of a dozen houses,
was the stopping place for the night Here the
manners of the people were very primitive and
unsophistcated. We dined in bed room, there
being no separate saloon; the northumberland
began to arrange the bed while we were dining,
and could not comprehend why We objected to
sleep all in one large room, which would be an
commodalion to him. The next morning three
hours brought us to Vicensa.
PdUadio was native OF VIcENZA, and has
filled the city with fine specimens of his archi-
tectural genius. One Of the most curious of
these is the Olympic Theatre, IN which the scenes
are not mere painted canvass, but real streets
and houses of wood, carved in various STYLES of
architecture, and diminishing in size as they re-
cede, thus reducing perspective to practice. The
seats rise in an elliptic form, like the ancient
amphitheatre. The Italian who showed the
building was very handsome man, and lady
in our party very openly expressed her admira-