Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-04

are Rjmans YET They are proud Of their city,
their monuments and their ancestral glory -
Ncmes that throw a halo Of light upon many
pages OF history are ntill found among the Ro.
mans Of to-day r..r-r ..l
There is not a ragged peasant boy, or girl
who can not tell you the history Of these mon.
uments and temples, and he warns with CON
sciOus prize as he tells you Of Rnmulus found
with bis mother wolf upon the PalatiDs
| was much struck With the calm dignity Of
the Roman people. Everybody Is stately, ear.
nest and serious. Although there is no bad
humor, yet there is q real absence Of thar gaiety
and spirit that you find elsewhere 10 Italy.E
Rome is Rome yet, as much to-day as q thou
sand years ego. There is no brazep racket Of
trade, OF commerce, OF Of traffic as you see
elsewhere. The vulgar hand of business, has
not yet touched the proud people Of the Eter.
nal City. There Is Just enough Of carts, Of
shops, of the cank of hammer, aud work, TO
satisfy the immediate wants of the people
But no one builds house or a temple, no one
makes anything new, no one forges iron, or
drives a furnace or mill There Is no need
of all this in Rome. The peasant sleeps upon
the marble porch, amid Corinthian columns, of
come temple erected TO the honor OF the Gods.
The noble and the rich occupy the palaces
erected years ago, when their family names
rung throughout all Europe. II is very odd the
people you see in Rome Poor young men
from the United States, or from England, or
Germany, or France, reside here dreaming ofa
time when they will become artists Of fame and
TenOwn, -
Philosophers come here to moralise and 20
away more stupid than they came. Travellers
and idleTs come here to see the city and its
wonders, or to revel in lie Of ease, luxury
and sensuality Historians come to get inspi.
ration or knowledge, aud TO write. Broken
down Kings, Queens and Princes come here 10
forget their ruin In one far greater, and
whose shadow filings their snallntss into com
plete obscurity used 10 meet Polish Prin-
cess every day upon the streets. l remember.
too, Christina, the Queen Of Spain, and her
daughters | would meet constantly. Ireceived
two bows from the Queen Of Spain" suppose
it was because ] regarded her sharply But |
remembered It said that she led life Of shame
and cruelty, and l passed her by She was
very fat and very vulgar indeed IN her appear.
ance. Her daughters were beautiful. sh'l
But l bore you with Rome, yet after all
tell you nothing of Rome. | am now in Ma.
pies, the loyelest spot ever made. II does
seem to me that Nature has exhausted herself
in lavishing beauty here. The sea, the hills
the Apprentices, the Islands in the hay, the sun
the sky, the pery air IS filled lguh beauty M
wonder this is nation Of poets, painters, an,
music. '.F 1'
| have wandered through the deserted street
of Pompeii l have gone through the shops
houses, temples and Baslicas Of this wonder
ful place. Not halt of Pompci is vet dug ou
of its bed Of ashes. also went through Her
cu'aneum, that city buried in the solid lvinj
rock for 1900 years have gone through al
the round OF sight seeing in this part OF tb'
old Roman world. There is the same story o
ruins of temples, and marble monumonts o
cost and beauty Aud lastly, | assembled N,
rugged sides OF old Yesuvius, sat down upor
the brink of its fiery crater aud looked dowI
into the horrible fearful cbRsm, deep, deep int,
the bawels of the earth flashing urid flame
aud belching hell Of fire II is the most ter
rible sight evor saw.