The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-08-08

earthquake that just preceded the storm that
1 destroy ed the city. The public square had
a cheerful look, set around as il was with
1 statues AT one end was the temple Of Ju.
bitter. Behind and beneath one Of The pris-
\ ons, another is found in the rear OF the
courtroom This court is An oblong. with
a very handsome colounade, and by some
is considered to have been school IT so,
the dungeons at its end are for the punish
ment of unruly scholars-a pitch Of discp-
line that age may have attained.
| The temples are small. and do not speak
highly as to piety of the people. But how
could people be pious worshipP'ng such
deities as Jubiter. Venus aud B.cchus ?
The smaller ct urch. the better the neigh
borhood. If the church is of the Baal order.
Outside the present excavations nearly
half mile is the amphitheater. 1t is IN a
better state Of preservation than the ColIse-
um. The sea.s, entrances. and caves Of the
4 beasts sre as when the place was thronged
with the ciizens to see their Christian neigh
bors contend with lions and to exult when
the beasts prevailed. The afrighted people
fee hiiher fAx protection when a deadiier
enemy than the lions leaps upon them from
the mountains. But the destruction they
had so often here delighted to see overtak-
ing Others now overwhelm them. And as
they had laughed over the miserics Of the
servants Of the true God, SO he who sitteth
in the beavens no W laughs At their calamity,
and mocks when their fear cometh--"hen
their feai comelh as a desolation aud their
destruction as wbirlwind. Just and true
are thy ways. thou King of Saints!
We spent day in this delightful ramble.
living the life Of two thousand years ago.
The space caused by the present excava-
tions is not less than a mil. square. Only
a third of the city has been laid open. Five
hundred persons are employed IN making
new excavations, and discoveries in art aud
domestic life. are being constantly made
There were frescoes just laid open. They
looked as fresh and moist as il the painter
had just touched them. The red and black
were especially brilliant. Figures of the
exquisite Greek type. Graces. birds. flow
ers. the finest OF household adornings, glow
ed on the unearthed walls. Exposure to
the sun dims the colors. The buildings
ought TO be instantly rooted. SO as to pre-
serve them as perfectly as possible.
The city lay on slight swell near the
sea. Probably the mole itself was of VOL.
canic origin. 1t was buried by successive
showers Of ashes. looking like strata OF
sandstone in the cuttings. The part unsx-
,avated is a broad plateau covered with a
hin growth OF grass and mulberry trees -
[t will be years before it is completely un-
,arthed. A great multitude o. articles Of
use ill many halls OF the museum
1t Naples. Hundreds Of statues have been
there; some of them unsur-
passed by any in Rome. Artistides, wrap
ped in his robes, with one hand eros ing his
breast and one rested on his side. is a statue
of excee ding grace aud dignity. So that
Of FSora, and Diana, aud Cicero, and sever
al OF Ceres. and colossal head of Jubiter.
The utensils of domestic lite curiously illus
trate the every day manners and customs OF
the people. The whole life Of the people is
before you. 1t is as the Day Of Judgment
to see thus the private and long forgotten
history of long forgotten people laid open
to all eyes. Will our times bear any better
the searching judgment Of future ages and
races