Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-06-12

snnd on Palm sunday morning.
There is Q passage leading directly from
the Vatican 70 the Church, 80 that the Pope
is not required to pass in sight Of the peo>
pie, when be goes 70 perform mass, or Of,
iciste in any other way in the cathedral.
There 10 also . passage, or elevated cov>
cred bridge, leading from the palace to the
castle Of St. Angelo, which is nearly : quar-
Ter Of mile distant. When the Pope re-
CARDS himself 10 any danger, he is AccuS
toned to 20 over this passage TO the castle,
where he is comparatively secure. The last
time that he went to Il for security, was when
Garrabaldi threatesed Rome but the forces
Of The patriot having been beaten BY the pa.
pal troops, aided By The French, the Pope
returned u the Vatican, grateful that the re.
suit was 90 favorable to himself and The
temporal sovereignty. And, il nov seems
evidsat tAas - viii retain the government
Of the Territory which remains 10 him, ~
long - Francs gives it, scquiescence, or
renders lie aid.
The Quirisal Palace has generally been
the Popes Sumner residence, and its sitsar
tioa is very desirabls and eligible one.
Ny visit 10 il WAS one Of the most ,pls6nnt
kind. Ny companions swsr: intelligent
Americans and English, Who appreciated
whatever was sppseciable. The palace con.
tains many large and finely furnished apart.
ments, adorned with numerous works Of srt
The grounds and gardens around the palace
are laid out With great esse, asa ere really
very beautiful. There u alss very curious
fountain, BY means Of which music 10 produ-
ced, ~ from an organ. The grounds con-
tain not only shrabbesy and Towering plants,
but many large, gnesfal waving shade tsees.
high stone wall, % thAa nothing within can
be seen BY people 10 The streets. Nearly Ill
Of Quirinal Hill is occupied BY the palsee
and the adjoining gardens; ssd - ! psssed
around through the magnificent ,apeFinsnts
Of the buildings, and along through the sha-
ded walks aud avenues Of the elevated en-
closure, thought that the successor Of St.
Peter and Vicar AZ Christ, % called, was f.
vosed with one of The most delightful and
elysian SIMMER retreats 10 be found in any
land. Many popes previous 70 Plus TX.
dwelt here I; but think wAs told that the
latter has not resided in Il fos few SUM-
mem past perhaps - may, she coming ssa.
son, fos il u kept is ssadiness for the Pope's
occupancy al any time.
OF the seventy.fve private palaces in
Rome, visited the following. viz: The
Bosghsss, Corsini, Desia, Rospiglinsi, and
Barbarino. All these contain masy valsa-
BE paintings, and other works Of Art. The
Do,ia Palace Is regarded The most msSnifi>
cent Of any n tHe ~, though the exsssier
a. seen from IT, street has eothing partics-
lasly attractive about IT, The same thing Is,
however, mostly true Of al the princsiy man.
sions Of Rome. The Barbarini Palace ID .
very extensive one, and is quite noted. Isa
principal staircase 10 large and magnificent.
anast1sse is . valuable libeasy Of $4,000
volumes in il. besides many rare and choice
manuscripts, letters, and papers. The Ros-
pigliosi Palace was buik By . Roman Carr
dinal, and was Afterwards occspied BY the
Freach embassy, and finally came into the
hands Of the family now occupying i. In
this palace is the celebrated Fresco Of Bea-
trio. Cenci, BY Guido, regarded his master
piece Of art /; and Farnarini, BY Raphael,
which is also very fine painting.
Without the walls Of the city is The noted
villa Borghese and its extensive grouads. l
visited the palace day or two before leav>
ing Rome, and fcuad very much Of interest
bcsh within and withous ths building. The
park is extensive; and beautifully laid out.
The Casino, or principal resideace, is nearly
filed with various kinds Of choice statnary.
The statue which 10 the most interesting to
visitors 10 that Of the Priaeess Paulina, =
sister Of Napoleon l., who married Borghese.
They occupied the villa - . summer resi-
dence, and the palace within the cisy as .
winter residence. The statss h By the cele.
brated canova, WHO successfully endeavored
to represent the princess - the Victorious
Venus. Il 10 certainly very kue specimen
Of ait, and will bear The elsssse szanina>
tioo.
Before finishing this skssch,I must refer
to one other building, though nov much in
ruin. / allude to Cesas's Palace, "a Pales>
tine Hill. Having obtaised he necessary
permit or ticket | entered the gate~ay, and
soon found myself among the gigantic and
wonderful remains Of what vns eecs The
grandesa residence efeasthly menaschs. Der
guide took % into . number of ths so0ms
in the lower story of The building. sai thea
accompanis1 us TO other parts, and pointed
out to - many objects of iaeesest. Dnriag
tie lsse tsw ysan, extensive sssasaaioas
have bssa msde and ssexpeess9 diesloslrss
have resulted tAessffon.
fingered long among the rsiss, and en>
ioyed every monent u seensd - II were
taken back 2,o00 yean, and Vas permitted
to enter the spacious halls and sslooas Of the
magnificent palace, while still il - perfect
state, and while the mighty Cesass vsse yet
occupants Of Il /; that the very looss and
pavensnts on which I was wslking we're still
tredden ~ those Who were ruling he great
ssl empire Of the world, whose sway vas &C.
knowledged BY nearly all the nations Of Es-
rope and the East.
And il was interesting to hnsw that While
Caesar himself vas heathen end u idola>
ter, Of which there WAS evidsscs h one o.
more parts Of tie building appropriated 70
the worship Of Jupiter Ard 0ekss gods,
there were some Of Cesar's household Who
dwelt in the same palace, ~ bscsas
Christians, and constituted . past e The
original church Of Rome, as Sos11sa By s..
Paul and his associated TIE spsslle ID bis
letter to the Philippians, vritasa vhiIs IL
Rome, said that, /" his bonds in CAsisg were
manifest in AL The palace !" and At the close
Of IL sp;stIe, he used the following language,
indicating that some Of the iunatea Of tie
pAlAes, aad perAaps some Of the very family
Of ~ sovereign, we're believers in Christian.
ity. "All The sAists salule you. Chiefly
tksy tAss ere Of CesAr's household.
Bot ~ uust nov leave the imperial city
and ;ts mighty ssins, and refer to them again
in sens fsAnfs skctches.n
ASLEEP A HIS P0ST.