Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-03-23

"i 'ofnef greatness every where puiai il GU, a. oncc
Inc seat OF science ard ar We srtvcd here last sun
Gay, me 9th oi this month. after pleasant two days
Journey In the Diligence from Naples and iouud tav-
e'efs home at the notcl Allemsznr " heh Is very well
situated In one of The principal streets,
must deicr description III our most Agreeable trio
ih"usha most interesting county, uutil We arnve Al
fi'reaee. where We propose fading resting place aud
Viii have leisure. and. Tor he present. spend the
e" Indoor mumcntsalla"ci myself tn ten, you Of sone
"i our movements and observations in Rome lone mn.
her ct dead empfrs.' Our arrival wa. father late In
tie setnnna, The sky was east the air rather call
AID The evening alnuy.-s Ne kept within iiI early
tie urxt morning, when msdr s4rt in a carrla,e
10 view olhe ruins AMI SION found ourselves NJ
The mighty Coliseum. Aud hoN eau | GIVE ynu any
dea ii It's "onjer MS masuiireacr! T1itll you ii coy
ers mue than six Of rr5uad tia, the outer wa, IS
one hundred and dny.seven feet high in II. whole ts
ten-that contained inside Of this vast space eishly
ranks ol sfa's all Of marble. covered wuh cushions
where hundred thousand men mi,ht s at their
casr--thal Titus, al lis dcJrailn, threw into this
Amphitheare thous,nd ostrlr5es. a nnssnd Wild
hears and thousand allw depr IL ne kle by the ppo
hundred afra fl rec iuns, tundred ltoards and three
hundfed hears, I" be hllled IN his presence and III The
lhtrd day senterlanmral, tnal he made rer hundred
fracllsed eaJalots iiln II In the la,t-ru tell IN
ri all lhtsr thugs woold i've yau hui idea Of s
vast Dimensions and u the naseernce oil The specacles
exhibited there. Ii I,u,aably tue nus. Imposing
bulldog in The world. Some have ,honsh l. e Aa,phl-
theatre ut Verona supcfIur hui NY humble opln-
ION II hrars NJ COMPARISON It ISL tra-t ese,ts
"hlch descended 10 ihe supported by ely hty
c5ossai atchrs--
Arches IN a et.>! as il thai Rome
''Colit' ttug fhr ei,iet ItuIhies al her imr,
Nv onld uutid up all hrt iuumlts one DUNE
he fist hodge tlef ii seals III no Empe1or
aud the sesai*, whse Iod-e olI silt. to that III he
= nperofhc ir The s,qlaor, tb,fd iur TIE
EqGeenan lhe others were afpra praud olhe
people. The mo,t otautllu Wild flowers are Ia, sne
~ clusters over lis Lugr arches. We aseended IL he
Top, "hrfe pIr,uftsqn vie" oi H"ne was SPREAD nnt
fare Us n all II, htaanfu erdhdtnr necrd Ia ~
tfy arch or column ln'tsc lo,s, aud upan asking he
guide. Why SUI Her pied II me IT. HE nafharl-
an cot qaerfs lad taken of THESE places. We IN
tr"d lie io"'r Where Nero Ila,ng The dddlr. Is ,a'd
IN have aitHrestd the tut sr,n. I l.olt on fine
lew aids distant from The aIlseu ar. The remains al
an olI tnntaIn from which The radiators dank-lhrn
short distance farther the beautiful acl, u Con>ian,
tine. erected by he Senate and people In cammoarale
his victories over MaAtnIius AID l.icn,us The. Ia.
el;cs are s,ry dlSilugushabr AID prrect things The
nuns I" ten pies aud lumeTs and Iunc buildings aud
m'nnhfhis Ia Rome are retlanly very heaufui-6ul
they rannoi we with those oil Greece. The ancient Fa
nun IL almost nilstlngnshabe irum lie RUBBISH aud
houses accumulated IN Me 81 Ime vet There ar.
many ands"ne pillars al anclthi pes-lfosp ii HE
palace o The a-ats and The Arch oi Inns sfa,rp, IN
aaty grandeur Ia allfar al,h.iul lie Tarpei~u
Il rk - tltst goal i Irci>aus rare
"lie promoniory mheace Tt ifaur's lean
'uita al d"9ili9h - Is NOW only
ssltI' In one saall spo--huusps occupyinr much ii
lie space and obsiruetIng the view But really
there is much 10 and much 10 write abuul
HAT luss what select Tor description nt 81
nany pants Of deep interest," ana nr prerious here
e"e hads but ule leisure Gtvnlr to wiring y shin!
!" spend every moment in gs2na on llr humorous OH
ltcE al attention, every Where surrounding hrm. and
All say M more a present.