Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-04-02


"ee ii Which Mas adorned viii precious oraataenis ina
supposed to be ihe mistress af the hous,. TINS bull
r2 las tap stories. eAcpRiiun Tie othrr hause.
PeaPea lie f5ors are # she a,osl beautiful mosaic
Many # me roans are in heir ors ina STATE. IT,
are 'ef5 snail and tie people otfr present day Mild
scafeely nseh lhal a family etula be accommodate
u 81 Email dining toop. There The wine es.,l
10 one aparimenl- in aoolbcT the warn aad cod 1,,t
me "f'hef heated ifnn the kitchen which was ajoHIne
ieFe were Tie oseHs--tae liae mil Ia grind cura
HE hheadts tronahs, with the -four aud Ieayen i,
lheh AMI lie ,sseis 10 contain the waer-ilund jg,
~ Inc an' oil bein used In his as all other house.
f'mIel, iete Is al open court m the centre in vhir,
'"ee vas enn'ain and corridor running around sun
Po''eo ey piiais We Went out into open Piszzl and
mere sa" The garden, now oyeriun with weeds Ia
me ce1tre ef The garden there reservoir Of wall,
"r h'h u the opposite side ol lhe Va Appla are ii
ioa9s OF the family Of Dioinele. This is bni a Nm,
description of The buildings bu if you were To rplr T.,
ba" et.s LAS days Of Pompep yau could moi hay, g..
BITTER miniature Wefd3Nel the Appian way. Win,
Is the only wide street found in Pompeii The pafy
aI 'ie carriage wheels, that rolled a=aa here lloro M
seventeen hnadcd years ar, plainly seen az #
they had been nude bul ysltdy y, aad The unfinished
l"uo, Which the sole cu.lef had left escape deslru
'lo, vas Just as Tue day he le it. We raised THROUGH
"hat Were otce the gates Of The city. Thee was liz
sFhtlheis box, IN winch there was skeleton und =
iney must haze Lad faithful guard in those daws rt
10 deseri his pist during such an iul calaslt"S
W went lao the depository Tor the ashes OF the dead
lie ashes, contained In ufts arranged In hula
inches around the small tombs. The Pantheon Is ,
large building with large court, around which are ,b
f"'as d The Priests, very pfeuy painted. Peac ch,
S'eh'a 10 tie TIE iaTofe SUBJECT IT rainnns-yrt
n'w The plh!ln-s ii mJsr.4at have been removed IN
the studio u Naples. We passed through :nsny build
hlgs "fch were once stores, all Of very snail sznse
Serdl cooking houses, where the furnaces were y,,v
perfectly rfeseTed-a cente h9use--a large public
square appropriated TO washing the public baths are
very tch, made entirely OF seuplured mar5lo. Tn.
raon Ia which they eiird alter bathing is very beaol
III y adorned Around The room inches scu!p tured
IN which were placed Containing perfumes 81
warm bath ot small Dimensions adj Inc this Her,
our guide soPfed 10 iGke BREATH and asked US to 81,
a'"n. 'arl soon men came lnwards US, bringing The
lnoos egf'ia christi, as they SAID and some bread
aud cheese, with which We refreshed ourselves and
sa'ea bottle OF VINE 10 the guide, WHO said he could
talk much better alter IT. Bu The beautiful of ali
tae Things We saw Weie lae foohtains which ara
al"sl Ia perfect slate Of presvrvatiun adorned with
sI!S aud hae mosaic. On each side If the fountain are
two heads, win the eyes and mouth open. in whch
"rie placed llmIs These fountains are surroundeJbv
lie nusl beautiful mosaic pavemenis. | picked una
liifleee oI II 10 bfin2 nme aud Jeff The rest for other
Travellers, all ot hon lake their share of every min
We tien came Ia the Fama, surrounded hy martha
Columns. Tins is must Commanding sttuafnn hsv,
'ng Il tn view OF teSaylis and The snrroundinr conn
Try Ga one side IS The Baslca Or the lace Of rim.
ma ia 4.
IL slndlo. W entered he house Of >alus, and wen,
lol" 1tatoi tcerp aud the beauilu house Of G,ucps
Through all II when guide hurried Us with aslou,.f.
IL pa. kntss.- Ne then VISITED rae temple Of ISIS.
Dar'eri r.. conpp,rd II 5nck succlei aed painted
IL" San' 'ua Naieiunn Ut The Temple is placed upon
Even steps. Of Psuaa marbIe-un anoilcr step the
statue Oh Isis was placed and hen there he secret
stairs ly Inch The Priests assembled to the sp, where
they concealed themselves when they spoke or the
tue "i Their goddess All OF these things peculiarly al,
tac'td NY atentian. In front, is The altar on which
the victims were sacrificed the instruments used in
this operation found there ard we saw them in the
Museum. Tie Tu9Ie aud Connie Theatres are cry
spacious buildings. situated Tar dsant from each a.
taer Iae Iodl oilhe Cansul aud his flmily are still
shawn Upon s'ine of the pillars the names Of the
s'ildlers IN their o@n hand wiring When the guide
us Every alas tell much Disappointed. 1t see ned as
had not The hall, aud would gladly have spent
another Whole day IN anln. this remarkable CIV
which mad, Tor so many ages, been buried from the
view "i "an. Bul we could stay no longer. So,
picking up few Wild flowers growing in tie deserted
streets, and paying our guide dolIar, We Departed
ne runs OF Pom pen were accidentally discovered in
i11c-haylng been overwhelmed hy an eruption of
Mount Nesuvlus utuut .Ntntttn hundred wars IRE.
Vions. HE IHtGlal iar Al lie ely n8s Eul tntcd-
ded about twelve ee bel The surface. l. vas rot
IiAe iieFcuanenm, overnJ atd with lava, where the
"e'k OF eAcaValiog was like digging in qnarry OF The
hardest stnne and nlefe The descent INFO the lscrs
dtand slihe The descent into a II ne and Won are a-
ways under ground lighted by rurches-bul Pompai was
covered Win pumnlee stone and ashes which, for ma
ny centuries brufe discovered covered uh yene.
able soil. lie eXca vaon easily made as through
con'inon gravel. Anofenins made Al tie BEGIN
nng oi s'Iee and continued laying open TO view. as
he Wtlk ADVANCED houses eHlIe, tXeelt their rools
which ad mostly Iaen IN, u The whuie street was
sen HtG Wiiil lis tGt en edtfces, Ike an inhabited
town. AlrsI oi III ieusts are built Of lava en- iuio
nee solid blocks. The maternal Is much Us at rres i"
ta hr Tie pavement OF He streets u Naples aud other
Stone work.
We ioanJ The guide we fist met where we left hin,
who proposed 10 siu" u HE Amphthealre- so Cross
ls through hea'i,lg slue} arJ urder which is yet
buried me exposed PJmft TIL we atiiyed without the
walls u 'he city, we ouhd the Anpauheatfe II lsa