The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-23
Important Results Of Recent Excavations
I'm Rome.

Especial Correspondence Cincinnati Gazetts.I
ROME, Nov. 26.-The lovers Of antiqui-
ty have constant food for study In tho
many relics OF Ancient Rome which are
almost daily brought to light In the OK
cavatiOns carried on, not only by the
general city governments, but by pri-
vate societies and individuals. Among
the latter is Mr.. Parker, at the head OF
the English Archaeological Society, who
has the reputation Of being thoroughly
acquainted with the topography Of old
Rome. AT his own expense he carries
on excavations In q great many differ
ent parts Of tho city, and has already
expended quite % fortune IN this way.
Some OF his labors have been crowned
with great success, and IL was he who
discovered an entrance from the Mann
ertine prison into the Catacombs which
had for years been lost sight Of.
A private society digging near the an
cient Porta Maggiore has lately made
some most interesting discoveries. In
the last century, one or two colombari
site OF an old cemetery, but for many
years the work has been discontinued,
and now, taken up again, 1t is rich, not
only in an archaeological, but In I'm ar
tistic point OF view. Altogether, up to
the present time, twelve colombian have
been discovered, besides quite q number
Of skeletons, showing that both
methods OF burial were practiced.
SPECIMENS OF ANCIENT ART.
Two OF the colombian are Of especial
interest. One Of them, from the in
scriptions, is shown to have belonged
to the wealthy family Statilia, one OF
whose members, at his own expense,
constructed an amphitheatre in Campus
irAe Io af
other one are covered with a series OF
frescoes representing the early mytho-
logical history OF Eneas on the shore OF
the Lazio; his wars and peace with
the inhabitants the foundation OF the
city Of Lavinia; abandonment In the IL
ber OF Romula and Remus their finding
and growth. One picture OF Konulus,
as young shepherd leading his bheep,
Is very beautiful, and the whole series
has been pronounced by artists who
have visited them, to be OF a very ad-
erably defaced by exposure to damp air,
and as soon as possible, they VIII be
detached from the walls and trans
ferred to more protected place.
In the room are shelves with earthen-
ware vases, some OF them perfectly
fresh and new, with the ashes OF the
dead. The various objects found In
these tombs, consisting Of female orna-
ments and articles Of daily use, lychry-
NAL glasses, small cinerary urns and
the small busts had been placed Tor
protection in q small house near by, to-
gether with some skeletons In their
stone sarcophagi The society is very
anxious to sell this collection to the
government, provided they can get their
price for 1t.
A powerfully built young lady from
Ghosts Gulcb walked into dry goods
store ut Canon City, Colorado, the other
day, and blowing her nose and wiping
it on her shoe heel, inquired Of the
bachelor clerk: Do you keep hose,
young feller 2" eyes, ma'am,, all
kinds" was the reply; and pulling down
pair up to view. She looked straight at
him, turned red, and overflowed with
the remark: "You blasted fool, them;
stockin's- want hoe" He referred
her to the hardware store.
Mrs. Starrett, Of Lawrence, Kansas,
prOpoupds the interesting query.
: sWhat shall we do with our daughters
} and farmer in the same .prOpinqu!ty
wants to know. "What shall we 90 With
our corn?" The able editor OF the
Topeka (Kansas) Blade, eager to make
himself useful and popular with Dotn
parties, says: Let US Ieco our coIu u
!, our daughters.
The Presidents view OF Mr.. Blaine's
!, courtesy to him in refusing to vote or
! the third term resolution, is witty one
I The World reports him as saying
Blaine needn't be SO precious careful
II ne doesn't stand in apybody'S way.