The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-04-07
From the Nec York Home Journal.
RAEIRL1NGS IN ROME.
Ronle. Eebr,laru. l!

before the mind is prepared for the actual, and
( ready to grasp the great theme before it . How,
instead 1t wnnders back to gather up those mil
! lion associations which have trHly made '.iami-
! lar as household words the names wIich hallow
! the scenes around Old college days. which
Cicero and Horace made tedious, Claimed now
the first thought. l was Standing
'.'Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome"
The seven hills on which sh, sat a queen. were
difficult to trace. Old time has been busy with
his scythe, and centuries Of ruin had crumhled
- III indistinct decay the shriues and palaces
that her glory then. The valley between
the Ninlinal and ksquilne was well-uigh filled.
The magnificent ruin of Diucletians bath mark
ed where lowered Il one; on the other, where
the Etrusc'us had their home. still stands the
ruined Temple OF Minerva aud M@cenas lived
near wHerc Is now the splendid BasIiIc;l OF Mai
ria Maggiure. Near the Palntiue, where
dweit the Arcaulan Evander covered by the
ruined palace OF the Caesars, ''where the owl
peeps ucenuIng It midulgh There WAS begun
Rone There stood the Ruminal ig tree There
WAS Nero'5 golden house :" On my right the Ii =
Der rolling its n.tse. was tie be ,ut,tui Aven-
tine, whore the twin brothers sought nugury
On its covered brow vas the cave Of Cacus,
and bcyuLd II, like sleeping leviatoaI, lay the
gigantic ruin of C'raca.lu's bath Beneath me
was the Forum, stretching to the arch of Titus :;
while under the heuutiluI monument OF Se> Gus
The via strrH. Whtre bomulus Tatius
made their peace, ANA Horace says he loved To
walk. Sleeping in tie sunshine lay beautiful
Coriutkau column. aud half lettering TO join
their fellow stood its companions of VesPasian's ;
Temple. Not far from 1t stood the single shaft
OF Phocas, with the added beauty Byron gaFc
it
Thou rameleas column with the buried basel
Beyond the arch OF Constantine rose that wonder
OF the worid-tue Colosseum On my lett WAS
the ''Pantueon, pr.de OF Rome;" and towering
high up bcyonu Il, the AGtonlue column OF Au-
renus; wnIe III jams untgualed pillar raised
itself from the hnIf-bured forum ArpOliodorus
planned. Ou the SO OF Capito line the
steep Tnrpeian, while far in tue east the Snow
clad anphItheutre of hills encIrcled Of old the
beautiful Camlagu bathed III the meiiowlHg
glow of lttlIuu sunshine. Every hill side
had IT story Of its own 10 haiIow II The siupe
of the Abrn Mount once the Alba So ga of
''the boy Ascanius;' and near II, IN the dark
wood, was the pretty lake, aud Castel GonJolro.
To the right lay L,sIuvluin, where were born the
Anton.nes, ami RosciuS. and where lived Milo.
fur!Iug III the d.staucc !Oomed the cold Pre-
nCste, and Tuscuium, where Cicero had his
villa, spaikitd III Tie sunshine. The pretty
Anio dashed over Its rock at Iivoii, aud FILLING
like shiveTed rainbow into the vale beneath,
rested Tor Il moment, as though in love with the
geuIuE UI the place, and ran kisSIngiv To the Ii
bcr Ny cream vi Sears WAS realized Ii re-
gun eel tut little effort Of ina gIHatIUu, and the
forum WAS rePcupied to hear tuly thunder III
philippe, OF see Cesar led III triumph TO the
capitol. turn III the Kaleidoscope, and the
toged philosuIhv walked side iy side with the
purple ro5ed senator or the hungry Cass.us'
le:.Iled against yoIdeT ntIf buried column, plot
ting with tie '.vuyious Casca" the blow he must
strIhc on the morrow II Paul WAS led bUand To
the MIInertIue Dungeons necause he would tell
them of the '.uhknOwn God" Away in the dis
tince stood the ..rteru round tower" Ihc Mauso-
leum OF MeteIH. ''the weaithiest Ru!uan : wife;
and III the vale below that .'nymph- c!CI sy of
some fond despair'-the beautiful Fountain "f
EGeria-uui Oh the hill above, the grove where
Numa WUUed his goddess. Near IL the
tomb Of the Scipoo, and along the APpian walk
ed Juven:I, seeking aInOu.y the detd "a satire for
the living; aud, BY his side, plpddug on his
weary way to Baise, was the honest Umbricius!
Truly it IS Mecca of the Mind this muuIder-
ing but eternal Rume-this clone mother of
dead empires - 1t was painful TO bring back
our thouShte 10 the present; Tor singuiariy dit
fereut was the scene in that forum now. innn-
mer;thle beggus iay crouched among the ruins,
reidy to assume an attitude of distress the mo-
ment some charitable stranger should pass. Un
der the arch OF SeyvruS sat curious English
man, who, unable 10 Eiginize the monuments
around him, was sketchIug the Temple of Con-
cord. y cardinals gilded calriage C'lied he;lri-
ly along, and here and there fat and well-fed
friar stood ready 10 raise, from his shaven pate,
his dirty cuwl. a vettura iingled on its way to
Naples. a French soldier WAS collecting the
'.octrul' in the shadow of the Colosseum and
the bells OF Romc's three hundred churches were
toiIing the Catholic world mass TIE con
trast was singular. Spiendpr aud poverty! Pa
glnism and Ch. istinIIity. passed again the
piazza OF the capitol. La the centre stands the
brunze equestrian statue of Aurelrus. SO great
Michael Angeles admiration Eor this heau-
tiul relic, that. while standing before it, lie is
sal ! to nave cried, '-Canlmin; :" so truly life
like are its proportions In 1877, its no>tris
ran wine to please the crowd that hailed RienZi,
s.R0ine's last tribune. The marble base
which it stands was once architrnve in Iaa-
jams forum. At the great stair case leading 10
the capitol, are colossal statues of Castor
and Pullux; standing near, their horses, COM
meinorative no douut, of the battle Like Re-
gillus. The grim Egyptian Lion, of later days.
is gone On the hill, near the capitol, IS the
church of Ara Coe.i IL stands where stnod
Tempe to Jupiter. The floor is of beautiful
mosaic, AMI the columns ars the spns of the
palace OF the Cfesars On its walls are some no-
bic fresccs, 10y Pinturecchio and Givoiamo Mu-
ziann. The Sayelli of medieval memory have
here their tomb. was shown the celebrated
figure ot the infant Saviour, said To have been
carved from tree of Mount Oivet by pilgrim.
and painted ny ST Luke, white he slept over
his work. II Is richly jewele,l, and the venera-
tOn of 1t goes far to enrich the church The
English reader has an interest III this church un
connected with religion. Gibhun says. that
'.here, while musing amid the ruins of the CAPT
tol, the idea Of writing the Decline and Fall