Litchfield enquirer., 1860-04-05
Whole No. ls1s.

same htte peasurc-boat whicn had h. .u ,I,o cause Of all their misfortunes. He had just time to lift the ladies out of inc boo, anu to get clear of her. when she went flown Tine revenuc-cutter came up, and took ,hcu, on board all alive bnt many months pass.d before Mrs. Clements recovered the events of that dreadful night"
 "What became of Mr. Clements when they left him in the cave 2"
 " He held on to the boat for few min- utes till they got outside, and then swam to the rocks. where he found the little pleasure boat and entering it, followed in the truck of the larger vessel in time to save the Ife or Mrs. Clements and that of her sister.
 The sun Is srttiug, sir" said the samplIire- gatherer, touching his hat to me. Il must he going homewards Mayhap," he added, as he turned away on his path, "One of these days when you are stroiiiIIg or the rocks below, sir, you will look at the cavern where Mir. Clements found his wife. You can imagine much better than 1 can de- scribe what must have been their feelings in such place, and at such time. Good evening, sir"
 REMARKABLE DISCOVERY AT
 ROME.
 TIE PALACE OF TIE C.EsAEs AN EvI-
 DENcE OF EARLY CHRISTIANITY.
 LETTER FROM LEWIS CAss, Jr.
 The Detroit Advertiser of March 24th publishes private letter written by Lewis Cass, Jr, to Rev. Mir. Duliic!d, of D troit. From this letter we make the following in- teresting extracts:
 MILAN, February 14, 1860. | IVY Gropcr Drrr,p,n Sir: In fufment of my promise proceed to give you brief account of the discovery, at Rome, of an ancient rcprest ntation of cruciix.
 In the progress of the excavations on the Paatin, where stood the House of God of the Caesars, fragment of all arch, covered with Inscriptions and d.lineations, was brought to view. Further explorations in the same direction resulted in the exposure of room, on the walls of which Was found sketch, cut or engraved with sharp pointed instrument, of a cruci(x, togriner with the figure of Q man in the attitude of prayer. standing near it. The announce ment of this discovery created great interest. By order of the Pope, the design was re- moved from it's position, happily without iu- jury, and confidcd to the care of Monsiynore MAcch who invited me to inspect it, and by whose permission l procured q copy to be made. which is herewith enclosed. It iJ needless to say that this event has clicitcd elaborate spccnlatons NotwitIS Staniing D general discrepancy. the conflicting views concur with scarcely an exception in the conclusion, that the aim of ti,c sketch was to cast ridcule on the worship of the Chris f f q, which is a human figure bearing tine head of an ass. A tnnic envelopes the waist, aad sa tde ii nS ls pa pirhg sEs d nrS Rar e%ycrsd with ou ancient monuments, appears the form Of man, while below is seen the following in- Script.cn, "Alexandrr adores Gml." The execution of the engraving, as yOn will per ceiyc from the fac-s imile, of which the sraIe is onc-fouvth smaller than that of the orig inal, indicates an entire ignorance of nrt, being stiff aud hard, without case or grace whatever. Satisfactory evidence refers ife date of it to the reign of Scltimius Sevcrus. There were numerous Christians in his court, one of whom, it is supposed of the nainr of Alexander, was thus exposed to ridiculc by hS Pagan uSsoriate or companion.
 Familiar as you are with the early his- tory of our religion, it is unnecessary tO re- cali to yonr recollection the existence of the legend, current throughout :hc Roman dO- mnions in the days of the Empire, that the Christians worshpped q Divinity whose head differed in no respect fron that of all ass. In A Alrica, then Gll,d with rich ind splrrIdid cities, this Was the popular bri!cf It was inculcnted in the Alag.an school of Asia, from the sancs of Partha to the P,sIdian forests, and lev.llcd at the converts to the strange faith in the streets of NariieOrlra, Amida and Mardiu-on-thc-llill. The later GnosticS in particular, more especially the sccts of Bardesancs omitted no OccaSion to disseminate this calumny, accompanied with every cpithet of contempt and dcteStatiou. At Orfa it was proclaimed from the throne to the sounds of trumpcts, followed by de- cree prohibiting the use of arms aud the Arabac language to the worslIirpers of the God of Nazareth and requiring them thcncefortll to wear girdles of leather ID to- ken of their obnoxious creed we meet with it in the writings of Tacitns, bitter and relentless enemy to the Chris'Ians, whom he styles outcasts of the human Face. It is also alluded to in the pages oi the con- temporary Fathers. by whom 1t was repcli- cd with vehement aud irrepressible indigna- tion The origin of this monstrous invocation is lost to us. There can be little doubt, however, that it had it's foundation in the hatred with which the disciples of the pure and spiritual doctrine were invariably regaId- cd by the idolatrous nations among whom they lived. But whatever the source, the first mention of this caiunny occurs in the records relating to the period intervening between the years one hundred twenty and two hundred fifty of our era, subsequent to which epoch all trace of it disappears. Pre- cisely during the same period the room III which the design was found was construct cd. The palace of the Caesars on the Pala- tin, as you are aware, was the growth oI successive regns. That part of it when embraces the chamber in question was Du',E tby IIadrian, as the bricks of winch " IA chiefly composed attest. They are 'aIress- ed with the names and titles of the Consuis Pactinus and Apronicanus. lhis co'nci- dcnce-the prevalence of the iegfnd In the vrnrs already mentioned, and during that period only, aud the erection within the same time of the wall on winch the drawing ;s traced abislcs, satisfactorily, the ,ur,,ose of the sketch, as well us the date of ifs errc,,sion. Still more conclusive. per hans is the mainer in which the figure upon