, 1859-06-02
Art and Gossip In Rome.

have been many: times to the Palace OF the
Casars, where Cranch has been painting pic
ture Of portion Of the ruins. The tints are so
varying and so beautiful that Cranch would
often throw down his pen in 1nomcntary des-
pair. lie has painted two lovely pictures at the
Palace, conscientious, and ut the same time full
Of sentiment. You will have heard,
perhaps, that an invaluable treasure Of art has
lately been discovered here-an antique statue
Of Venus, much like the Venus de Medici, prob
ably By the same artist, and in several respects
its superior. It was e1cayatea in q vineyard,
lust beyond the walls, and the spot is believed
TO haze been a portion Of the celebrated gar
dens of Caesar. The discovery has caused great
excitement here, and the statue has been sold to
the Government for thirty thousand dollars,
hear
Charles Sumner has been here for fortnight.
visiting the Storys. He is looking finely, and
is really much better than at any time since his
injuries we're received. He has not been in
Rome since he WAS here twenty years ago, when
Crawford was inst declaring himself, and Sum-
ncr recognized his talept wrote about him, and
procured him IN order for his first statue, the
| Urphcus ibis best work, too, thinkl.
M-. and Mrs. Pierce were here for some
| weeks, aud passed most of their time with the
! Hawthornes. The E1.Prcsident has much i'm
I proved in appearance since last saw him-ten
| wears ayo-in Exeter, n. II, In the
evening Easter Sunday rode TO the Piazza to
/ sec tue illumination. First comes the Il silver
illumination Of soft, harmonious light
traced in patterns are seen oil orer tue edifce,
fSt Peters,, and the effect is very beautiful.
This lasts for atiue, when 1t signnl comes the
"golden illumination" when, before one can
count ten, the additional lights blaze out, and
facade, dome and colounades are streaming with
| light. The change is magical. There are said
| to he five hundred men engaged in the opera
ton, and the chance is thot yos do not sec one
| presume can write you nothing about tue
war that you cannot read in American Journals.
We may expect movement in Nap1es the NO.
| mcnt Bomba dies, and he is on his dcath-bed
Rome is tranquil, and probably will be for the
present. Many volunteers hare gone to Pied
| mout, and sympathy with the Liberal party is
re. Y widely extended. All my sympathies arc
with the Liberal party, and this time ! antlc-
pate its SUCCESS. and that Austria will lose all
ilold on Italy. / don't believe that the war will
| be long one Auatrta is in too bad condition
financially, aud moreover has acted SO foolishly
that she must do her fighting alone. learn
from Florence that nil is tranquil there.
wHITL1NGs AT "THE PINEs.n
| Correspondence Of the Press and Tribunc.1
| MAE Qr1xcr. May 26, 1s:s
| TIE rKuIT CROP,
As far as this vicinity is concerned, is. fear,
again to be very light Apple, peach, and all
other kinds Of fruit trees were in q mass Of
bloom from April aoth to May 5th, and gave
every indication Of beavy crop. Since apple
trees we're in bloom, there has been no frost
here to all appearances. Noticing that the fruit
had not set abundautly in my own orchard,
md that those trees th4t had the most bloom
had set the least fruit, have made inquiry oi
nciehbors and personally examined several
orchards and they will yield but small crop.
Wincsaps and Genetins, the surest and hardies.
yarities here, arc, as far as my own orchard is
concerned, as bad as my other varieties. From,
somc Of n1y neighbors hear the same report.
Just Us the buds were swclled sufficient to show
their red tips, the thermometer here On the
mornings Of the 18th, 18th, 18TH and 18th days
Of April, stood ut L. H.. at 80, 81, 81, 81 re-
spccfiyety, and is undoubtedly the cause Of the
loss Of greater pnrt Of our fruit crop. hope
! this destruction is confined to this Immediate
locality.
F1KLD CROfS.
Nheat looks superb, and promises large
! yield. Corn, Of which much larger quantts
than usual has been planted, looks :. Ill right.
| Oats aud potatoes the same. The rainy weather
is clothing tue meadows with 1u1uriant anc
| hcaFy crop Of grass.
Hungarian Grass will be extensively sosn a:
all who hare used it prize it highly a food fo1
ull kinds Of stock.
The rains Of the past few days will, unless i
holds up soon, seriously affect all corn crops OF
low OF fiat lands, and have already made th<
roads in the condition they hare been for tbs
| past twenty months. As road taxes are nov
due, IS soon as the rain " dries up" 'suppos'
f the pathmasters all oser the State win b
. scratching around, seeing how much time ca,
J be "put in, and the least accomplished, and il
j: | a majority Of cases doing the roads more harm
| | than good. Each farmer, however, will get hi
receipt for his road taxes, and is satisfied, in
r majority OF cases not caring copper whethe
the road is benefited thereby or not. The pres
!, cnt Road law is not doing us any good
r Let il be repealed, and road like other taxes b
paid IN money, and our roads be worked by COZ
tract, under sworn Commissioners competeu
" for their duties; for which they should be Re
quired under heasy penalties 10 perform ate
t they accept The siation. Let the Law requir
e tbat What work is commenced shall be well an
d permanently finished as far rs the money goe.
!, So that every year will add a few rods Of
T. really good and permanent road to each neigh
d | borhood.
:. The Pines" nre growing finely, this shower
+ weather being just the thing for newly pisnte
= erergreens and young ducks, but death to youn
d turkeys, rs know TO u'y sorrow. EEL.
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