Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-08-27
JOAQUIN ABROAD.
The Roap,,tsag Poet os the sierras ON the
AppinI Way.

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The Roai,assasy Poet os the sicrras ON tho
AppiaIa Way.
Joaquie Eillersli an article in last
week's Ipd pendent on drive on the
Appian Way. 1t is written in an eccen-
trio, ofkand manner, and is very char
acteristic We give some extracts be-
low st5;'s's s..s. -. 8
s.ssWRen snan,from tlle flr. far West.
from the nderworld, ea Il. .ware, makes
his way onnd the globe and comes
first upon tile footprints of the apostles,
he is thrilled by aIsore Of awe that moth
/ ing else ceR produce. He feels some
now thatsiie hos come upon the confines
Of anot theE world, a. better world and d
fairer one and he, for the day Mt least,
is b better man for the fact. ,aFta
tYoue set tired of Rome IN a month
or two iseepite of yourRelf f-ruins and
galleries towers and churches (365
churches il there had been more Says
| in the ye3rs there would have been more
nhurchals za Rnnael land Won wa want ito 10
| get outside the great brick walls sonse-
/ 5.|ghers and sit down end rest, You are
o sort OF anaconda, that has ut last Jswal-
lowed an OK, and You want to steal away
and lie down aud digest it. .-} -
VI had Kept the Appian Way as some
thing STORED, sort Of dessert to be
takeni whanssall else had pailed, and
grown dtiii., 5f-,. !. -. ~. ..-9..
The road by which Saint Paul first
entered Home, and by which the Gath
olic tradition says Saint Peter attenapted
to escape crnciffxfon in the Eternal
City, still lay under the mantle, of irn-
aginatiolls and now, Mt last, when deter
mined to leave Rome for little rest,
my chum and I-my chum for day,a
sour, one-eyed old ruffian; q reformed or
perhaps gnreformed pirate; q man,
whom Z had met in Rome, and melted
into and liked because he was SO hated
by all others, and was very homely and
plain with his big forked teeth and hol--'
low.eyes well, this man and Il had res
olved TO take carriage and drive along
the Applan Way, TO the first railway sta
tion on orr way to Naples.
.Wefwere cheerful over the prospect
OF doing o Gypsy business, tumbling
oves grassy tombs of the Caesars, pick
ing upta few skulls by the way, and
above aH seeing this road-she road. of
oil the roads that, lead to Rome-and so
talked cheerily over the matter at break
fast. !
ssrhe! Appian Way is dreadfully dis.
NbPpoAht4tit3s t1U Id uOU LlOI0 btlau UW6uGY
or swenty-five feet wide, and there is
not shade tree to be seen along the
way
hide tho gardens and the l'easartfs at
their labor; and but for the interesting
relics which compose these walls in part
you would find but little to amuse You.
These walls in many places have
been repaired. or were originally built
OF. broken marble plundered from heaven
knows what ruined city or place, for
these Romans Seem to have had no re.
spect whatever for antiquity. The
great st. Peters church, fol example, is
built for the most part, out of stones
taken from their most picturesque
ruins.
You will notice broken arm reach.
ing helplessly out of this wall on the
Appian Way in one place, as you pass,
and in another You will see pretty
cluster of flowers. A part of o giant
serpent is also to be seen, along with a
hundred other like fragments of art,
where the storms of time have laid
bare tha rough masonary of the wall.
"Iatterly, however, these gentle
Romans bave come TO preserve ell these
things and stick them up in the stucco
walls OF the houses ell along the roads.
This, OF course, soils the effect, and you
take less interest in the broken marbles
when you find they are posted up for
exhibition.
Capuchin monks, in brown gowns
and sandals, go by, indolent-looking
and filthy, though they are said to De
about the best Of their kind and very
attentive to the sick in times of the
plague. 6
Now we meet a family Of peasants
going into town. They all have loads
on their heads, and chat and sing and
seem very happy. / have never yet
seen a. monk carry anything heavier
than his little basket, wherein to put
whatever may be given him in charity.
l may aaa however, that that is just
one baaket more than I have seen any
clergyman here carry.
"Virgins and holy families look down
at us from inches in the walls, and now
and then we pass Madonna, with q
burning lamp. 81
"An English party, returning in car
riagea, meet us here; and lot of carts
bearing fruit and wheat for town and
we find the great Appian road 80 narrow
that it is with difficulty that We can
pass.
Here is little church to the left,
in which the guide-book says are the
two footprints of our Savior in the
stone. We step in, and find two monks
at the door stringing beads.
This is the story of the footprints.
"St. Peter had been condemned in
Rome to be crucifed but his heart had
failed him, and having met with an OPP
portuuity to escape, he was now making