Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-24

Of Ssllus, this spnrmes, !, ,ety elegant -
1hc hoo, are composed OF The mos bvsn'
u(ul marble IN waved aud minute p,rc's- -
Tn. uainsco,s arc also lined with III, same
maternal. ], sprr01olrd by eolumns.s"d
the wall. are beautifully sdornrd wnh IRE
.ooes one OF hem representing Dams N
the hath. md roof Actron hoin" chauf'd
in'o Nsg and dcvourd By ~, own hounds
hecaa.e ne most unwitnqlv had cnspnl
Clsne. st Der chains IN ihs apartment
wcr, found brncrhts, rnt rings, AMI slIs-r
mirrors. and Other articles Of The toilet. 10
r-ncrnl the walls 81 all ID" apartments m
the hotter elias. Of dwellings, are covered
with fpsroct which nre executed on very
fine md firm ruceo. TIL So fr.coc. nre
som.iim-. a'ciii'c,urnl design. md some
times landscapes with human figures -
Tho.c in The house Of the Tragic Pot"
are rich md various The chamber OF
T,oda with tho picture Of 'L>da and Tyn
darcu,' i, particularly fine though the IRE
scocs have suffered much by the action Of
the weather
I need no, stop here 10 speak Of the Fo
rum with 's numerous temples They nre
nre some Of rh"m in dllorldnled condr,on
md many of the columns md cDtahlatnrr.
of,hc purea white marble have been re-.
moved Tn" argcs, temple is the Bssllicn
or Cont of Justice. II IS two hundred and
twenty fee, long and eighty broad, with an
elevated das whore the Judges sat, and
stairs ndlnp thereto.
Nearly oil the pnblic, buildings have
h,rnishcd valnnhlc s,ntncs 10 the Museum
A cn'ona 10 runs almost entirely around the
Forum n. column. ofthe portcoes Of the
,emple. Inrn,i ing portions Of It, equal 10 the
from, of zach. The Amph',hea're, with us
.tunendon. galleries its numerous DORM,
,or;c. and broad arena In, Seen d'sl',erred
ms hnre the comic md tragic t'cn'rcs
In the exterior walls projecnn" stones
with circular hoh in them show where the
poles or flag staff. were inserted from wh'to
the awning was stretched.
The town Of PompNii was supplied with
water bv means of pipes Of iron, lead aud
baked clav The Museum contains n
bronze cock Of large size which has two
communicating ripcs-,he splashlng Of wa
ter which has been 20 long Theoretically
scnl-d there can now he heard in it 1t is
proved both BY the fountains and fr SEQ
pointing Inn, the Pompean. were acqnnInt'
o with that law OF wafer which causes
the find flowing 10 pipe 10 nscend to the
level al its source. II has always been
crnvely assumed that this property w's NOT
known 10 them. or il is presumed they
would not have carried their bqurduc,'
over such stupendous nrchs of maionry
PERHAPS in some Of these cases there ma
haze ben labor lost, bn, they mus hav'
known well the ulter imposslhlli,v OF ma
king masonry 10 r's,si me hvd rnsta,ic pr' IS
IRE where there WAS n good rad of water
Perhaps nj some fcmol" period |, may b
assnm'd ihar the Americans WIRE unac
quain'rd with that propcr,v Of find, or the,
would not have mad" the Cro,on nQnoduc
to piercc mountains and cross valleys OF
arches ms It dos
cannot dismiss Pomrpi without refer
ring TO the houses Of the fountains Their
are two ofthcm. and IN" fountains me- pc,
frct gems IN the form Of ni,rhrs incrus,r
with the most eSQnlslt mosaic and sh'l
They nrr adorn'd with masks ot mn,hl
, for lights ,nnd bronzr figures through whc
} the wn,er was dlsc hnrccd
The cxrarn,on. in II, rcuanoum hav
been very hunted. owing to the maIlrn Ia
: va having covered it. To eSravnlc Their,
fore il like cutting into solid rock Man
supcrh statues have been recovered 10 N
smnl space dug ont, showing wha, invalr
; nhle treasures still remain They are prol
nhlv ten times MS valuable n. the whol
: town Of l'orlici which stands above then
The ruin Of the town would partially 6
wholly be the resul, ofconllnuing the exc'
valion