The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-07-20


distinct in front. The Ancient Campus
Martius is occupied by the modern city.
Palatine Hill was purchased by Napoleon
III. in 1851 and extensive excavations
commenced which are still carried on,
but we think the property now belongs
to the Municipality. The ruins are &C.
cessible but two days in week. Where
necessary to preserve these and other
ruins, repairs have been made of brick
masonry, and great interest is taken to
render them attractive. Museums of
antiquities have been established, and
the Vatican contains great number of
ancient statues, vases, and domestic uten
sils, many of them differing but little
from those in present use.
Churches are very numerous and many
of them very beautiful, and contain in
teresting sacred relics In one, the San
Prossede, church and monastery is shown
when visitors get into the good graces
of the Monks-a maj BILE column two feet
high to which 1T is said Christ was bound
in Jerusalem, and scourged. 1t is kept
yelled under glass covering. A paint.
ing on the wall represents Christ bound
with cord by the hands to an iron ring
in the top of the column. The Monk
) who showed us through the Monastery,
refused any gratuity, which is phenom-
enon not easily accounted for in this lati-
!, tude.
The Vatican or residence of the Pope,
we have visited several times, the public
rooms containing the paintings, statuary,
antiques etc, being easily accessible, by
getting permission from the Maggior.
| domo, il person once learns how to do
| it. The works Of art here are very ex-
tenslye and it was with the greatest diff
Guilty, we were able to hold any more than
we already had Rome is the residence
Of many American and English artists
and we have formed the acquaintance of
quite of a number of the former, among
whom are r. Buchanan Reade, cele
brated painter whose studio abounds in
fine works, and L. w. Volk, a sculptor of
Chicago with whom and his lady we
spent several hours very socially. His
studio contains several American faces in
marble, and one original plaster cast of
President Lincoln taken from life, before
his nomination for the Presidency. AT
the studio of Mr.. Rogers another Ameri
can sculptor are original models Of bronze
figures for Detroit, which we saw at the
royal foundry at Munich
We have also made several very agree.
able Italian acquaintances, and though
we could not talk so fuently with them,
we did manage to communicate ideas.
The Gems d Armes who are so numerous
and everywhere present, are very polite
and good natured fellows we'll dressed,
cooked hat and sword, and very obliging
in answering inquiries. We have made
the acquaintance of one young Austrian
| from Vienna, who speaks some Italian
and have been "doing" the city in his
company since our friend Palermo left
for Florence.
When in the States we seldom visit the
theatre but in Europe we have made it
point to visit one in each country for the
purpose of studying manners and Gus
toms, and in order to do this thoroughly
we must see life under all the phases pos
sible-see the poor as well as the rich.
We visited the Apollo Theatre once
opera and "6cgzetteo We thought we had
seen the ballet before in the States, but
nothing to compare with this In numbers,
intricacy, novelty'or beauty. Opera about
medium. yfse6 Esd bp a8Ha5
We had occasion to change our quarters
once, from the Hotel Anglo, Americana
to the popular boarding house of the.
Misses Smith, English maiden ladies of
no definite age, lettering myself both
socially and financially. At Jour departure
from the hotel the PORTER gave his fellow
servants due notice, and only sepe7et were
standing at the door anxio1sly expecting
gratuitiess We raised our hat and babe
them all an affectionate adieu. With the
Misses Smith we felt, donaesticated- they
were both refined and intelligent, had re-
sided in Rome nine years and could give
us much information. Among our fellow
boarders were two English clergymen,
one of whom had just returned from Egypt /
and Syria. In company with one OF the
Misses Smith, our intelligent hostess, we
made another visit to some of the noted
ruins and she, from long familiarity with
them, was able to point out and explain
to us much which we had not before I'M
derstood. The houses of Tiberius and
Augustus, and the subterranean passage
between them, have been excayated and
the ruins mapped out, and light roof
thrown. over part of one of them, The
walls in some of the rooms which are
painted are in a good state of .preserva-
ton, aud are ornamented with figures of
animals oriental scenes, fruit, lady in her