New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-01
SUMNER FESTTTfLS 1T ROME.

June, beside its sunsets blooming o'canders,
pomegranates and summer roses, brings in sue
cesson If fctes The 18th was consecrated to the
Corpus Donini; the 2lst, the anniversary OF the
Pcpe's coronation, with three nights Of public illu-
miratioD; the 2itb, ST. Johns Day, aud the vigil,
the reyel night of the witches; the 25th is the
fete of st, Peter; the }0ih, that Of St Paul.
When you recOect tbatthese days are required to be
kept as Sundays, except the coronation day and
st. Paul's when labor is permitted you will see
these people have much more repose or play
than We; and besides, you can family im1gine the
vexations to which an uninitated hereto may be
| exposed, when three times in one month, on week
days, he finds tie shops all closed, workmen all on
sprees and the execution of any project deferred
Until another day. If he desire carriage for an
excursion, its price i, exorbitant; and if he wish
| lis trunks removed he must wait or run the risk
Of the gems darmes Selling them in the street.
| The laundIess dare not bring home his linen. lie
has no redress, no solace but in patience. 1t is
fesla and, no matter how often, comes as natural
to these people Sunday once week with us, or
Fourth OF July and Thanksgiving once year.
ST. Peters Day ba ances Easter in public displays;
then We have the cupOla illuminated, and the grand
| Grew orks on the f1caGe of rhe Pincian hill. To
pyrotecbnic lovers, no shows can be more charming
St. Peters ard the dome is great pyramid Of light
ret I'D against the sky whose usual starry blue it
turns to darkness, though this time the lingering
bues of the scarlet sunset fought long with the first
faint fire lines; but when, later, the goh light came
out its intenser burnish put all other tnts to flight
The change to the yellow light takes place about an
hour after the first illumination, and is caused by
the simultaneous lighting of pans OF pitch and
shayipes, arranged on the church from the top OF
the cross on the dome down to the columns the
| cOlonnade around the piazza.
| 1t is conceded that Rome surpasses all other
places in its fireworks and every time they seem to
Guido themselves. But yon can make them brighter
in imagination than on paper. with Bengal lights
rockets balloons, bouquets, fiery fishes, flaming
temples, fairy palaces, iOanlns fountains, golden
| feeres: then crackers, cannon, lshtnlng-DaDgs-
clans and applause Of the mutitude-lnuslc OF the
h,nJs-tbe silent olscrya alton of the Obeisk and the
Eeyptian lions; then siodcn rush out from them OF
strcaks of flame that light red firesall round the
piazza TO light lis home 1t is grand display ana
to satisfy our national patriotism we set 1T ahead
| week in our almanacs and called 1t independence
| Day. Emf:
Durina all this time of ctes professions, llluna-
tiens and fireworks the Pope has continued absent
ON his tour sending us daily bulletins by the G'or-
nate di Roma, which by the way is somewhat larger
| than YOUR two palms and costs five cents-the only
| Gazette Of the town. You would think me prOian-
ing sacred words should repeat the titles and ePl-
thets applied to the Pope, when 1t Is todd now Ills
| Holiness or the Immortal Sovereign, or his DIVINE
Majesty or our Sacred Father, administers .Io
Apostolic bcnedctiOn in various cities, comforting
communities with his words, and above all sOacnR
| them with kiss of his toe. And nothing Is more
amusing than TO CINE the Secretary OF the Bureau
of Protocol, behind his desk, with one hand scratch
ing his lead Tor these aduatOry Titles, ana with the
Hot no. IA. All lfsh
| the Vicar and all his Leyite crew-so thoroughly
| repuopant the pre sy government seems to every
On. who ventures to speak OF it. 10 rule the altar
and the coufes siona are prerOgaNes willingly al
low cd to the Apostolic succession, but tie helm OF
State all parties but the presen. proPretors d 1t
| would wish in Oih,r hands.
| Afcr st. Peters Day, the Romans retire to their
country villas or to the ashore Most foreign resi-
dents 90 to the hills or further off, and SO, to those
| few of us who remain, Rome s undivided and I'M
pessesspd. Offering us all her charms The keepers
of the villas are glad to allow the freedom Of the
erouTd d., the fountains and swans, the flowers o.
Spae trees lex groves box avenues aud pine-shad
| owed fields are all ours The long, cool, maroie-
foored halls and galleries OF the palaces ana inl-
sums will receive us in the heat OF the day, and Tor
| a couple of pauls we can drive to any OF them, or
| 90 To the Coliseum by twilight moonlight or star
ioht without fear OF meeting levce OF 900 English
| or Americans with Byron under their arm. In line,
II il All sad mistake to prefer ones stay in Rome
| 10 fall in Winter, unless 10 avoid greater evil, ~
being in s,me woise place. 1t needs Nh AM June
10 make her ripe and luscious, and before that sue
is 10 her proper self rs a green, hard peach. Inc
siaLts" and monuments, which IN the fashionable
season are oyerrun with visitors and guides, are no"
o,,c, and uptreauented and in -. Peters the other
day we could without cOnceit, claim ourselves lords
! Of all we surveyed. Only now and then a silent
Il cd monk. or beggar come in to cool, crept over
| tbe olisteuing marble pavement. St. ieters is as
| delightful in Summer in Winter-as cool now as
Warm thcn-as from season 10 season It's temDeri-
| ture changes but degree or two.
We proposed going up the dome. Young Amer
lea is along who has walked fifteen miles up bill all
! Cav in Switzcrland-likes Canoyas Perseus better
| than tie Apollo thinks the dome OF the Pantheon
too fat-says the dome OF st. Peters is three feet
narrow er in side and larger outside than that-knows
Murray by heart-has been in the ball Of St Peters
five times aIready-twDslstes all the ID. o. Ms
and S. p O. RS at sight in freshman Latin
Jocks out for 81. Angelo when the gun fires and
takes out his watch at every Signals IA years OH
thinks the mosaic copy OF the Transtiguraton
better than the Original picture, and Guido Arch
anyel better than aDy Of the others-dont recolect
any Titiss-s,les on the banisters-skdtes on the
psrplyry-tbinks CanOva's Clement Ill. looks BABY
| ish-buys mosaicS and scars at Wh0lesae-lsa rs tu
of facts as a dictionary OF words-a smart cnarn-
inc hoy. who asks what everything costs and thinks
it stupid TO pay ~ cents tor coIee a, opiileiaahs
when Ven can cet il for two at the Grego-tul OF
GOOD .en,e and good nature for his years, and keeps
hi, elder COMPANIONS in constant state OF ahx0us
responsibility e.the violate some idol conventional
i'm and ESCAPE without repro0f. Go Ahead slglls
| orr ticket of admission at the lower door OF the
| Stairs ~ The dome. and then PUSHES on, while the
rest q us take slower pace, though the ascent is