New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-13
M palaee. over the Tabularium-on'y little way

not clear down 10 the Forum but to this iron grating
fhat opeus into the side Of the Palace, oy whch we
may enter the ancient Tabulanum ana measure I've
colossal blocks Of volcanic stone, anu iooA no e
old arches down into the Forum; VI eeeonu t ~
lof,v tower where. with special slsnlhcance, the
DcyI m;obi have shown US al the kingdoms ell tne
18Th ;n' a moment VI time; oil once cenlered la
Pre- and Rome's hearts the Forum at oar ieet;
broken need not say, but crushed ana WltneIeu ~
pieces and powder by the grinding down o ,,no anu
Tho breath of the eternal Providence. iheIo
something choking IN it, and the attention sees vi
version in details. The Wa sacra IS uico'eieu ~,a
eIesn suept under the arch Of Septlnus SeVerus,
hat still stands firm on its tops, though eSdehuy
bav NO undergone hard roastings from The COINS VI
VapAals and still kept warm as piece OF 'ne pas',
he the dressing and hastings Of time. me columns
AID frezes ad0rn the rest OF this part OF thc 0,uh
next TO the Capitol, that now disnferIea sahs Inc
cellar beside it, Between this and the "thst 80
yations interyeBes the modern highway, Win IL
kev.carts and young planted trees 70 oegune
N: 9esola.ion. and then more cellars WIN
white marble bottoms, and resting on IL tne
,cdcstel Of the "nameless column WIN d oui'ou
base Beyond, sre the beautiful Corin1hian COZ,
umns seen in all the shops modeed III coiA Gu 90
stone and then embankments OF mere sou up 10 lle
nresept level of the road leading straight III front oi
rs soutb. to the arch of Titus and Vsspasia, under
ub;cb they say. no Jew walks, and whence thOu-
destruction of Jerusalem by Titus. A little to the
jef, lawns the Coliseum and near it Is Constantine
arch st,led the first Christian Emperor, and ABOUT
as Christian as Charlemagne, who found Tor the
Saxons at the point of the sword, 20 literal reh
A,ring Of the doctrine of salvation III baptslhai
regeneration 49,. -:
But The catalogue is getting long OF what rses
before us here In short, there is all Rome, ancient
and modern, its temples forums, baths and aque'
duets. then its new churches, tiled houses, modern
villas enwrappng the former like new cotton CLOAK
over the faded purple of former glory
On the west the snaky, Shiny Tiber sqnrms
alonc. Gliding under the Z Jn.e BOttO, the Ponte
Sisto and around under the Emilian or Bridge OF
ST. Angelo. Snsll boats lie in its current at the
Port of Rome, but not to be discerni6e TO
NewYorker without his glasses. Besides, there are
It's revolving fsh.nets, IFS floating mills grinding our
bread. and, turning back again uto the past re-
mains of the old bridge where the brave Horatius
prevented the entrance of the army OF Porsenna.
Bnopd the Tiber toward the northwest, Monte
Mario stretches out lis arms to the Janlcuun,
which. on the other hand, reaches down to the
Campagna, gradually falling into its flat horizon.
Roth Hills are guardians OF modern Rome; the one
overlooking ST. Peters and tie Vatican, the other
b,istlng With the Doric pines aud tapping Tres-
teyere. But mist is gathering over the Jancu.
um like that which envelopes the history Of its good
King Janus who reigned here when Saturn he'd hls
court on the Capitol, long before ROmulus AMI
Remus took to VOLTS milk. We family distinguish
the Pauline Fountain, high up It's side, and rather
turn TO hear the rush OF its water from the Aque-
duet with the force OF nhll-Iace, which Yankee
utism would soon make supersede the rivers lazy
mills and the bandsaws and hatchetS OF Rome.
Beyond the Aventine - along desolate way
near the Tiber--long, high, white and ugly like
cotton mill, stands St. Paul's, the famous new
great Basilica, on the spot, they say, where the
Apostle TO the Genies was beheaded, after escaping
from imprisonment. Peter, his companion, taking
another direction, was arrested and cruched, his
head down, On the Janculum Their bodies were
placed in the catacombs of st. Sebastian; there tue
one taught at the feet Of Gamaicl, the other, fish,
erInan OF Gahec were laid in their tombs, now
the most famous monuments in ChristendOm. Like
its patron, st. Paul's has suffered every peril.
Founded by Constantine, it was destroyed once by
the Vandsls, once by the Saracens and the third
time by an earthquake; once has il been struck by
lightning and twice has it been burnt. Between us
and ST. Paul's stretch the city walls, huggng II
the pyramid of Caus Cestius, orc side OF which
helps incose the Protestant buryDg-ground, whose
expresses sigh over many dear friends of our country
men left behind little further on, tradition has
marked the spot where Peter and Paul separated TO
suffer their martyrdoms-all the field huSdled over
with associations and contrasts such as are only
found in Rome.
In tie same coup dGil of st. Pdurs and our
burial. ground is Monte TestaccO, veritable little
mountain $50 feet high, sprawlcd out like a snooz-
ing elephant covered over with grassy heritage OF
hairy gray aid green, all heap of broken earthen
pots. by some edct or custom gathered in this
place. Wine vaults pierced in its TANKS Illustrate
on large scale the preserving qualities OF Roman
aarthpnNare,