Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-11-02
THE ROMAN MARCHES.

lOIy 10 AOW GuG SCGuG VI
warfare, and the cause of diplomatic re.
elimination almost as sharp, will not be
without interest to our readers
The region which takes the name oi
the Marches of Ancoua, from its most
important city, is divided into seven
provinces, which, from their seven
chief towns, are respectively termed
Pesaro, Urbino, Macerata, Ferma, As,
coli, Camerino. Besides these there
are not few other celebrated cities
the chief being JEST, Osimo, Sinigalia
Fano, Loretto, Tolentino, Recanati
Cingoli; and the 100000 of these seven
provinces dwell in 423 cities, towns
boroughs,. hamlets, with the exception
of the rural population, which is scat
tered over number of cottages, because
entails being abolished in this part OF
Italy, large farms are unknown, and the
land is distributed and divided in such
a way that the rural habitations appear,
when viewed at a certain distance, to be
the continuance of the towns.
The Marches lie to the east of the
Appenlnes, and on the opposite side are
bounded by the Adriatic Sea. In
length and breadth they extend about
l1O miles, and the character of the
country, sloping gently from the Appe-
mines to the sea, is most pleasant, va
rious and picturesque. If in the
higher regions the severity of the eli
mate renders impossible the vegetation
which in general displays itself sponta-
neously, in the Piceno region there is,
on the contrary, a part of the Adriatic
coast more attractive than that of &C.
noa; one where, in midst of the ordi-
nary objects of cultivation, there flourish,
not indeed magnificent olive plantations,
but groves of oranges and of lemons, so
between Grottamare and San Benedetto,
in the two provinces Of Fermo Ascoli,
at certain hours of the day the air is
laden with such fragrance, and the
view of the sea, of the gardens, of the
orange grove, of the villas, of the flow
cry meadows, of the hills, rising above
each other like an amphitheatre, is so
inspiring and SO enchanting as to recall
all that the two great Italian poets
have tabled respecting the villas of Ar
mida and of Alcini. The city San Be
nedetto is so situated that it would be,
perhaps, impossible to find more en-
chanting locality in the whole world.
And as regards the agricultural indus
try OF the Marches, we may affirm that
it will stand a comparison with the best
cultivated provinces of Italy.
Monuments of all epochs recall the
ancient grandeur of these provinces
On traversing the broad plains, bathed
by the Chienti and by the Tenna, We be-
hold the still magnificent ruins of Fa-
leria, Urbisoglia, and Pansula- theatres,
amph Theatres, walls, arches, baths, in
scriptious recording glories which,
handed down from remote times, still
live In the recollection of posterity.-
On examining the private museums we
contemplate with pride the glorious
testimonies of an epoch preceding the
/ Roman Conquest, and among them the
early coins that mark the first stages of
social economy. The castle of the Mid
die Ages, of which all are not yet de-
stroyed, and other written memorials,
are still visible, attesting the domination
of the Lombards, the days of feudalism,
the period of the freedom of the com
munes-in short, at every step the tray
eler takes, nature and the monuments
of history and the industry of man ap-
pear to tell him that there dwelt, and
still dwells here, people worthy of bet
ter destinies, and that if the natural
acuteness Of the inhabitants has exerted
itself to counteract the fatal policy of a
government which systematically perse-
cutes, for the purpose of sitting every
generous aspiration, for the purpose Of
crushing every attempt at regeneration;
it is not less true that the Government
has succeeded in paralyzing all the vital
energies, in banishing the studies, in
Irepressing everything, in degrading to
the lower state of ignorance great por-
ton OF the people.
At time when these provinces were
less oppressed-nay, even in the times
whcn they endured oppression-they
have given to science and to letters men
of the highest eminence. Urbino is
less celebrated for the splendid and. en-
lightened court of it's dukes than for
having given Raphael to the world =
Pesaro, in the days of Perticari, and of
Monti, was the Athens of the State; it
has produced, in our own time, Rossini,
and one of the men who now sit in the
Sandman Cabinet, Mamiani, Annibale
Caro- and Giacomo Leopard were born
vrorinoaS ,1r;,los -
self on having produced the master of
Calico, and perhaps Lactantius, and
here also was born that Liverotto who
so greatly struck Machiavelli that he
was led to compare him with Agathocles
The divine comedy of Dante was
printed, for the first time, at JEST.
What efforts may be made by the pat
riotism of a people was exhibited by
Acona in the seige which it sustained from
the army of Barbarossa; for, the defense
made by the citizens equalled in hero
ism all the feats recorded in history
either of ancient or modern people. -
Neither arts nor industry were ne
elected in these regions. The best Ital-
ian paper is manufactured at Fabriano.
Fossombrone supplies the raw material
for the richest silks in Europe. The
only sugar refinery in the State is at
Grottamare. Ascoli is one of thesfnest
and best built cities of the Papal States;
it's very ancient and magnificent bridges
excite the astonishment Of all architects
The public theatres with which these
provinces are adorned will bear compe-
tition with the best of Italy. Urbino,
Gubbio and Castel Durante produced
the magnificent painted majolicas, of
which the secret has been lost, and
which constitute the ornaments of the
great European galleries. The churches
are filled with monuments of art, and