Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-15

horses with lea kettles tied to their tails, and
let the scared brutes race down the crowded
street. That's the carnival VOLTA tout
And this miserable mockery is ushered in
with all the tormalities of papal blessing,
and that too when the Pope is so sparing OF
his benedictons that railroad to Naples,
long since finished, is still imperative, be-
cluse his Holiness won't bless the rails 0
tempora, 0 mores And where are the CT
ceroes
Disguised with the farce, in which the only
participants l noticed, aside from the stran
gers ucho had come on purpose to see it, was the
ex-queen of Naples, and few more of the
same sort, strayed down to the forum again,
to escape from christian follies, to pagan gran
deur. There l was surprised to find CON
course OF grand intelligent men, walking back
and forth in serious conversation, but without
the least disorder, or even confusion. l after
wards learned what it all meant. A few Sc.
cret hand bills had been posted, stating that
Rome ought to mourn, and not rejoice that
she was disgraced, enslaved, while all Italy
was emancipatng herself; that therefore every
patriot who loved Italy, and Italian unity,
would leave the corso during the carnival, and
resort to the forum, the centre of Rome's an
cient grandeur. Accordingly, not a single
respectable Roman citizen Joined in the carni.
val this year. Yet this quiet assembly in the
forum was actually dispersed by the soldiery,
while the namelesS friVOlities of the corso were
encouraged.
Our first object to visit, was of course tie
Capitoline hill, from which we hoped to get
the grand lookout upon ancient Rome. Judge
of our surprise, to be informed by the guard,
that it is absolutely forbidden to mount the
tower of the capitol Because, forsooth some
time ago, Garibaldi flag was found floating
al -, al, g.
has been allowed to desecrate the stair case.
So this grand and almost sole lookout upon
the ancient city must be last.
We passed next over the river, and climbed
the Janiculum. Recent writers have given
no false ideas of these eternal hills. They
are still respectable accents. The hot sun
made us fully satisfied with the height of the
Janiculum. We found a few traces of the
wall, with evidences of republican times upon
it, but no other signs of the valorous scenes
that had. been enacted on this old bulwark.
The imposing FOntGnd Pdoiind, has replaced
the old citadels, and we had to go round the
little church of St. Pctro, in Montorio, to find
the supposed site OF the famous ARK Janlcu-
lensis of ANGUS Marcias. The view from this
spot is glorious. Nearly the whole of the
modern city is before u.s. The long Aventine
stretches off TO the south. The remains ~ of
the Pons Sublicias, by constant repairs, are
still kept above water. and the Tiber is seen
for long distance. am called heather,
for insisting upon being more interested in
ancient than in christian Rome. But why
should l not prefer to look at what know to
be real, rather than enter this church. gaze
upon paintings however excellent, represent.
ing mere superstitions or listen to the cred.
ulous stories of monks, how st. Peter was
crucifed precisely where beautiful little
round temple now stands, in the midst of the
cloister?
ITO BE CONTINUED