The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-12
European Correspondence Of the Bulletin.l

European Correspondence Of the Bulletin.l
ROME, February, 1876
Dear Bulletin--I have not done much more
than touch upon few of the principal CD
jects of interest we have visited during our
stay in Rome, but now that we are just on the
eve Of departing for Naples, / shall not pursue
the description of our adventures further. 1t
may be we'll, however, to add word or two
Of general observations.
First the streets of Rome. / do not wonder
that people who can afford it 60 about SO
much in carriages here rather than walk, fox
Of oil places I have ever been in this is GER
tainly the most M favorable for locomotion on
foot. The streets are, for one thing, wretch.
edly narrow, for another abominably crooked
and intricate, and for third insuffsrably
crowded, 30 that with elbowing his passage
through the throng, finding the way to any
special place, and saving himself from being
run over by the constantly passing vehicles.
the pedestrian stranger has about as busy Q
time Of 1t as one need wish for.
Then the beggars, and what is nearly as
bad, the cabmen of the streets, these alone
are sufficiently formidable to make one wish
for the protection of carriage. Most OF the
streets too, are very dirty and roughly paved.
But one redeeming feature of Rome is its
countless fountains. One is hardly ever out
of sight of them, and they are without ex.
ception such large and elegantly gotten up
affairs; mono Of your little streams about the
size Of goose quill, but regular torrents Of
clear and beautiful water, that the eye can
dwell upon with pleasure and admiration.
II is the fashion with visitors to the Eter-
nal City :" to run down the Tlber,' (no play on
words intended, as the navigation Of the river
in question is too limited to afford one good
run down its yellow course.) but out Of re-
spect for the fallen greatness Of the classic
river, shall not comment upon its insigni6-
canoe and dsplorable condition generally.
Efforts are now being made, by the way, to
clean out it's channel and make it once more
. stream of some importance for purposes of
navigation.
In connection with the subject Of water,
may here refer to the aqueducts by which the
city is supplied. The principal ones are the
Aqua Felice, Aqua Claudia and Aqua Marcia.
The first is of comparatively modern date,
having been erected by Pope Sixtus V in
1856; while, Of the other two, the former dates
from the reign Of the Emperor Claudius,
"A. d. so, and the latter, the Aqua Marcia,
from the time OF the Praetor @. Martius Rex,
B. g. l46, and though thus 2O2l years old,
continues to the present day to supply the
best drinking water to the city. 1t brings
water from the Sabine Mounts, Sc miles away.
The traveller entering the city from the
south by rail has view Of the aqueduct with
its tall arches for Q considerable distance
where it runs almost parallel with the line Of
railway.
Among the most interesting places We have
visited, and which had almost forgotten to
mention. is the Cspitoline Museum, on the
smallest but most historically important of
the seven hills. This museum, although far
inferior to that of the Vatican, is yet one of
the finest in the world. It contains the far
famed "Dying Gladiator" the "venus of
the Capitol" the "Bronze Wolf,' the great
collection Of the busts of the Emperors, and
many very celebrated subjects from mythol-
ogy and history.
The Capitoline Hill, aside from the Museum,
is one Of the most interesting localities in
Rome. In ancient times one Of the peaks Of
the hill was occupied by the Aux or Citadel,
another by the great Temple Of Jupiter, and
the third by that Of Juno Moneta, but anti
quarians seem to have had endless disputes
about the exact spots upon which these build
ings used to stand. At the head Of the hand
some flight of steps by which one ascends
the hill from the city side is grand eques-
trian statue of Marcus Aurelius in bronze,
and on either side colossal ones of Castor and
Pollux.
On the summit of this hill she.wolf is
kept in q cage, in memory of the story of
Romulus and Remus. Appropriate enough
in the abstract, but rather hard on the wolf,
unless she understands the nature of the case
and can enter into the affair with proper
feeling of patriotism. Well, could write on
for ever about these things, but 1 think it best
for many reasons not to do so; so, farewell to
Rome, and now to Naples and Pompeii.
Yours, STAHrH1DER.
George Harding writes Of people at the Hot
Springs who are s'ostensively in Europe.
The St. Louis Republican lately had col.
umn Relating Exclusively TO Breakfast.
OF course it was eagerly devoured.
An edition Of the doubtful plays q Bhakes.
peare is to be collected and pnblished in
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