The Nevada Democrat., 1856-08-27

A SUBrERANEAN PAIACE.-Some interesting
discoveries have been made in Door mans
garden in the centre of village in the Isle of
Capri. Here while planting his vines, the pro-
prietor had often turned up bits of mosaic. lu-
ceran@ and coins, and it was determined to pen-
citrate somewhat lower, even to the roots of this
plentiful crop of small objects The result has
been that portions, evidently of an imperial nal
ace have been exposed to view; and a palace.
too, which it is fair to conjecture, must have
been one of the most splendid not only for situ-
situation, which commands view of the ;Bav of
Palermo and Naples, but from the nature of its
fragments. The largest chamber must have
been, in the opinion of Binucci vestbule. II
is just at the entrance, and its dimensions are
greater than those of any room yet found in
Pompeii, measuring thirty-sx palms in length.
and twenty-eight in width, and yet the whole
extent is not yet ascertained. Even the door
way which is of white marble, measures twelve
feet in width. In this room were discovered
five hundred and thirty pieces of marble, varied
and rich, evidently for floor work. together with
forty pieces of rosso antico and seventy of "gi-
allo antico," which were fragments of cornices.
These pieces were placed one upon the other as
by intention, showing that this chamber had
been used as depository, and that there might
have been some idea entertained of a restora-
ton.
This room-the walls of which are painted vel
low, and the pavement of composition of
similar color-is separated from the other por-
tions of the palace by the public pathway; but,
resuming the excavations on the other side.
there have been discovered two corridors paved
with white mosaic, with double border in
black, of similar construction. From these
we pass into another room, which is paved with
a variety of colored marbles of regular FORMS
Adjoining it is a room paved with white mosaics
with black border while the nevt ohap,bor
has back mosaic pavement with white border
The walls of these rooms are painted, some vel
low, some red and some blue. Two rooms which
from the fact of their being in a great measure
still under the pathway, it has been impossible
to examine thoroughly, they have the appear
ance of having been baths In one of them
there is canal for carrying off water. Three
hinges were found in one part of the ruins, and
the inference drawn from this fact is that the
doors were not removed son purpose" in obe-
dience to any command, but by the gradual op-
Grafton of time
Since | began this letter have received ad-
dltional intelligence, from which gather that
| 700 pieces of varied and colored marble have
been dlsinterred. Several coins, too, of the
reign of Augustus and of Tiberus have been
found, with the altar and legend "Providentia"
while the reverse of one has'Imp s. Mesp. Aug
rest'-disclOsing curious fact, though one not
altogether unknown to the antiquary, that the
coins OF one reign were at times reconed in a
later reign. Another coin of Antominus has
the legend ''Muniicentia Aug" and "Hippopot-
anus" one of the wonderful animals then in
trOduced in the spectacle of amphitheater. The
work has now been suspended for want of funds
The liberal grant of 100 ducats has been expend-
ed, but an application has been made for some
thing additional, in which case the excavation
will be resumed.