The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-12-30

Why, what is Tweed, or Stewart. or
Mr.. LotIex, or Belmont, or the Roth
cliilds, or the Marquis of Westminster
to Pto.eDly Philadelphus, of Egypt
who amassed little property Of $3.50.
O00,0O0. And which of otrr extrava-
CANT young ladies', in these boastcd
times ever gave her lover, as Cleopa-
ira did, 8. pearl, dissolved in vinegar
Tor tndfssoiyed.l worth $4G0,0 ,0012
That s half the expense of Miss Tweed's
wedding at dash. and would dress
one OF our Washington or Baltimore
bellies for forty years. Then there w.s2
Pauiina, one of the ton i'll Rome. who
used to wear jewels when she returned
her visits. worth $500. 000. We'll, they
boast of Mr.. Stewards marble palace
upon 3Ath street and Fifth avenue. We
do not suppose this house, which IS
about the best they have in New York.
cost more than half-a-million dollars.
We'll, Cicero, who was poor man,
gave $3.50, 600 for his house, and Cie-
dius paid SG5o,00 for Ills establish
mcnt OH the Palatine while Messaii
gave $4,000, 600 for the houee OF An
tony. Seneca-Who was just a plain
philosopher like Mr.. Greeley was
worth s12.0G0,GG0 or $4,000, COO.
Tiberius lett a property of nearly
S12O, ,O00,O0 Why, they talk about "a
mans falling i'll New York for q mill
ion as if it was Il big thing. Caesar. be-
fore he entered on any oflfce-when he
was a young gentleman in private life
owned $4,000, 600, and he purclas-
Ell the friendship of Quesor for &2.-
500, 600. Mark Antony owed az mill
ion and-a-half OH the fdes of March
and he paid it before the Ka1ends Of
April. This was nothing-lle- su,lan-
Il 81,
Major Hodges defalcation heing for
the contemplate sum OF $3.50. GOO.
And these fellows lived Well. Esopus.
who wa; a piay-actor, paid s4OO. 600
for a single dish. Caligula spent $io0-
COO on supper. Their wines were
often kept for two ages, and some Of
them sold for $40 an ounce. They
roasted hogs at their banquets. They
We're fond of ram 's-head pie. and past
ry stuffed with nuts and raisins. Dish
es We're made Will. gold and silver set
with precious stones. The beds of He
llogababus We're Of sold silver. his ta-
bic and plates of pure gold, and his
| mattresses. covered with carpets OF
cloth of gold. were stuffed with down
from under the wing of the partridge
1t took $4,000 Il year to keep mp
the dignity Of a Roman Sapato tor-and
some of them spent $4,000, 900 a year.
Cicero and Pompey dropped i'm
one day at Lucullils' ls'-nobody at home
| but the f;lnily-and that family dinner
cost over 81, ,0G0.
But we talk about population. We
boast of London and New York. Rome
had population of between three and
| four millions. The wooden theatre Of
Scaurus contained eighty thousand
seats; the coliseum. built of stone
would seat $1,000, and afford standing
space for y GOO more. The Circus
MaXlmus think of it. Old John Robin
son , would hold $4,000 spectators.
Ihere was In the city 1000. public
Daths-tlose OF Diocletiau alone accom-
modating 1920 bathers. Even i'm the
sixth century, after Rome had been
sacked and piindered by the Goths and
| vandais, Zachariah, a traveller, asserts
tnat there We're three hundred and
elSEty-iour spacious streets; eight
golden statues of the gods; forty-six
thousand and three htirrelred houses ;
seventeen thousand and ninety-sevei.
palaces thirteen thousand and fifty
two fountains !: three thousand seven
hundred and eightyfive bronze statues
OF the elnperors and generals; twenty
two great horses in bfouze two colos-
81; two spiral columns; thirtv-one
theatres eleven amphithcatres nine
thousand and twenty-six baths; two
thousand three hundred shops of per-
fumers; two thousand and ninety-o:le
prisons.
AS set-oH to Mr.. Sprague's s'mon-
umental tombitone. we may merely
mention the Mausoleum Of Augustus
in the northern part of the Campus.
MartiuS. consisting of a large tumulus
of earth, raised on a lofty basement Of
white marble, and covered on the sum-
NIT with evergreens in the manner OF
Il hanging -garden-tle whole sur
> mounted by Il bronze statue OF Angus
tt1s. At the entrance were two Egyp-
tian oielislSs, fifty feet high. and all
around was an extensive grove divided
into walks and terraces.
We have not space to speak of the
Forum BomanuFn, the Forum Juiiun.
the Theatre OF Ponlpey, the Temple OF
Apollo, the Theatre Of MarcelltIs. the
. Pantheon. the Palace of Nero, (entirc-
ly oyerlaid with gold and adorned with
jewels and mother-of-pearl). the Claud-
ian Aques!uct, the Flavian Amphithess-
ter, the Coliseum, the Arch of Titus.
, the Villa of Hadrian, the Baths oi
Carlcalla--ror the great Roman roads,
straight as an arrow, paved like the
streets Of city divided by nlile-stones.
and having houses for travellers ever,
five or six miles--af ffording uninter>
rupted communication from the Wal
OF Antoninns through. York, London,
Sandwich. Bonlogne. Rheims. Lyons.
Milan, Rome. Brundusinm, Dyrracll-
i,,m., Byzantin.n, AncYra. Tarsus, An
tioch. Tyre, yerllsaleiif-a distance OF
3, ,74O miles = + $50
+ Nor have we space: to refer te
Iaaehes in Egypt (WHICH had popula-
!, ton Of 1000, 900, and that noble pal.
!, ace with its grand coltrfhns, whose cor.
nice were ftalaid with ivory mouldings
or sheatted with beasen gold-nor Al
exandria. whose annual port dues were
So, ,OCO,o eco ard whose library, in al
! age when books We're rare. contained
7oO,OUo voiunles-iiors to Capua. flls
, second city Of Italy-por to Rhodes