The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1848-09-02
Description of PCmpeii.

PoMpEll IS getting daily dlsencnmhered,
and avery considerable part Of this Gre
clan ely is unveiled. We entered by The
. Applan way. through a narrow street of
marble 'omb-, beautifully executed, with
the name Of the deceased plain and egible.
We looked into the conmbary below tina,
OF MhrIus A:ius Diomedes, and perceived
/ jars Containing the ashes of The dead, w til
small lamp at tle side et zach. Arriving
al the gate, we perceived a sen,ry-box. il
which the skeleton of soldier was found
with a lamp in his hard; proceeding up the
street eyond the gate, we went into several
Streets. and entered iIto what is called a
coffee house, The marks OF cups being visi-
/ bic on the stone. we cane likewise "A tavern
and found sign mot a very dercn one
near the entrance. The streets are lined
with public buildings and private houses,
most Of them their uiginal painted lecora-
lions fresh and entire. The payemenls of
the street is much worn 10y Carriage wheels
and holes are cut through he side stones
for the purpose Of fastening animals in the
market pacc-and in certain situations, are
placed stepping stones, which give Us rah-
er all uniavorabIe idea OF the state of the
streets. We passed two beautiful little
temples, wcut into a surgeons house in
the operation room OF which chrnr.iral in
Strumens were found; entered an iron mon
gers shan, where an anvil and hammer
We're III -colvr',t " So pio'S and baker ;
shop, in the IA f.. Vi which may be seen
!,...f i, al .,b
Iu1ns. We examined, likewise an oiIma Is
h p, AMI a wine shop lat, ly opened where
money was found ~ q ILL., Il schoai, il
which wa, found asmall pulpit, with steps
up 10 il, in the middle OF he department, a
great theare, il temple of Justice, al amp,-
Theatre: about two hundred aud twenty feet
in Icug'h various temples barrark ioI
soldiers, the columns OF which are scrubbed
"nh their names ana jes:,, wells, ci>trrus.
seas irjcliNiunS, beautiful Mosaic, alters,
, descriptions, fragments OF statnoS, and many
o!hcr curious remains antiquity. Au,n-
The mos remarklb'e objects was a. az
cletd wall, W:tu rdlt Of L still more ancient
martie iIezc, built in il as common : 0 e.
AID a stream "n,'h has flowed unie, the
oNce ,ubteralelu~ cry long tiore i 5 burr
al. pipes, of Terra Gotta, 10 corey tie waller
20 HE different S'r4">. socks tuf PRISONERS:
II one of which a sse Goa y%as found
| \ Il these things incline one almo. 10 |ouk
ior The inialIla lis, and woniev al iAo des J.
late silence Of h, place.
Tie houses, in genera. arG very low, and
IT, 10 tm2 are suui.--! ,,.oIli lh,uk not
above ten feet hi-h. Ever h MISE |, pro-
, sr,e @ith wei ald c~orn. Every thing
Gems be Id Dr p'rnon. J h. princIpie
stress !, not exceed sixteen feet in width
win dc pavements .! three feet. S'me
, Of he subordinate streets are from SIX tl
ten ice, wide, with side rlvencp;, !; pro-
+, portion. thee are occasionally high AMI
are reached y steps, The columns of the
I barracks Az about fifteen feel III height
lhcy are made Of .utla, >turco--one third OF
the shan IS smoothly p'a>tcrel, the rest Ilu-
ted to the cari,aI. The walls OF the houses
are often painted red. and some OF them
have bodies and antique ornaments,
masks. and limitations Of marble, and in geu
eraI poorly eAecued. have observed on
Ihe walls Of all eating room various KINDS
Of food and game, lolerabIy represented.
ono womans apartment was ornamented
with subjects relating 10 love, and Il man
with pictures o! a martial character. Con
siderEg thai the whole Las leen urde,
yrould upwards OF seve,een centuries ii is
certainly surprising that they should be "a
flesh a. a, the periol Of their burial The
whole extent of the rl'v, now one.half OF
which is eycavated, may be atou, four mics
From JTlN'am's "1farels, in M,y, Greece,
&c.
CHEAP rLEASUREs.-Did you ever study
{ the chcapn of plelsure Do you know how
little it takes TO make a man nappy' Such tri-
! flies as a penny. or smile do tho work. There
are two or three boys passing along give them
each cll"snut, now smiling they look, they viii
not he cross in some time. A poor woman lives
| in the ncghborhood who is the mother of half Il
dozen children: send them half peck Of sw &c,
| apples, and they all will be happy A child ha.
lost his arrow-a world to hin,-and he mourns
sIdly; help him to finu it, or make him another
and how quickly viii the sunshine play upon hi.
sober face! A boy las as much as he can do tt
pile up load ofwood assist him few moment:
| or speak pcasa word 10 him, and he torgets
! his toll, and he works away without mndrg 1t
Your apprentice has broken mug, OF cut the
vest too large, or slightly injured piece OF work
say 'you scoundrel." and he feels miserable; re
mark, 81 am sorry" and he will try 10 do better
You employ mln--pay him chceriuIIy, and
speak pleasant word 10 him, and he leaves your
house wltha conlented heart, to light Up his own
hearth with hclti, and gadnes,. As you pa a.
long the street lou meet a familiar hce---say
Good morning" as though you felt happy, and
il will work admirably in the heart of your ne
Dor.
Pleasure is cheap who viii not besow it III
orally; lfthere are smiles, sunshine, and flow
! ers all about, let us not grasp them with u ri
ser's fist, and lock them up in our hearts. No
Rather let Us take and scatter them about us il,
the cot Of the widow, among the groops Of ci !,
dren in the crowded mart, where men of bus, .
ness nnureWate. Ia our families and cvnru ,.,,..