Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
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 Mr. w.. E. Robertson writes from Blairbeth, Scotland, to the London Times as follows: ~- ---. ..., ,f@-77
 Having recently. visited this once famous city I have thoughtthat it might not be uninteresting to your readers to know something of the present condition of it's. ruins, while at the same time l call attention to the wholesale destruc- tion of the few but beautiful remaining monuments of glory, ,..,,...,.... z
 Landing at the little town of Goletta, which is the port of Tunis. and distant from it about ten miles, put upat the hotei there, kept by an Italian" A wide but shallow lagoon stretches out to- waId the modern city on the left with whi6h7communication is Kept up by trains, which run at interYalsl during thelaay. b2A'mile OF two from the sta tiois Oh a wide plateau, we come upon the Foundation of a wall some three feeb-in- thickness Fol Towing this for three 4miles,zwe come to some plowed ground covered with fragments of broken marble columns, with here and there heap of ruins, fast crnm- bling to decay. Seated among these we~eontemplate the history of a city which was, once the rival of Rome, and toward which the eyes of the civilized world were turned. Here Hannibal, when 3 boy nine years of age, was led to thealtan by his father Hamilcar, and there with his hands upon it. made to swear eternal hostility to the Roman peeple-an~ oath-Which- his after life proved had not, been forgotten by him. On this hinside in later years the Ro- man envOys stood, and one of them, addressing the Carthagenian Senate, said, folding his toga over his arms 'In this fold I carry peace or war, choose you (Which y6ak kwll have.1 E 'sGive us which you wilI,'ais the reply. "Then take war,n says sthe lRomoans envoy. letting his toga fall loose, and war, fierce and long continued. was once mqE;ss. waged between these hostile for cess ? E s.LEasr1s .aoaaai44r9 -31 .-ai;.5
 The only remains in any way com plete are the reservoirs and theaqeduct. The former are in a good state of pre- serVation, and are constructed on 8 scalesofz great magnifcence. They are calculated to hold large supply of water ! These. have all been arched over. but some of the arches are begin ming to give way, and have tumbled into the tanks. Round the margin of these pools paths extend, paved with small pieces of polished marble about an inch square. All around may be pick ednp the fragments of pottery. broken jars, etc, which, doubtless, have been in use for the carrying of water by the the maidens of the city, A few ancient coins were given me here by little boy who had picked them up when herding his goats near by. Some of them appear to be Roman. ,-eT IT .-srs
 The aqueduct, constructed of enor- nous blocks of stone, and. extending away toward the direction of Tunis, has in, many places,t given, away; but enough remains above ground to en- able us to trace it through many miles.
 The lovely situation of the city, standing on that prominent headland against which the waves of the Medi- terrafican beat, as in. the, days when the Roman feet went, down beneath them, went far to captivate those who ultimately became it's conquerors. That it might not be so accessible to foreign invasions, accounts, in all prob ability. for the change of situation in the more modern city of Tunis.
 It was with regret I found among the material collected for building puposes at the town of Goletta parts of marble columns. with carved work of the most magnificent description, all of which are being broken up to erect some humble steadngs. 1 ss r ,..a 7, ,.S5. s5'=;# s'
 The Italians and SpaBiards of the Middle ages have adorp ed their places with marble. from Cartilage, and the Venetians have their friezes and col uR1ns, which were once the admiration of Dido; and of Hannibal. Is it too much to hope that an effort might yet secure for us some relic of a city, the very foundations of which may, before long, become lost to. our sight?i -.,.
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