The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-12

on the declivity Of the Capttoltne, u thl
horrible prison. Through the churcI
you descend and by the pale light Of
torch you examine It. II has two cham
bers, one below the other. n little streal
coming down through an opening, larg
enough for q mans body to paas, is al
the ligh, you have. The 10 ger room !
perhaps twenty feet square and eigh
feet high, and built OF rocks held togethe
BY clamps Of iron coming together q
the center. Here II L. said the.
were bound to the pillar for nine months
A fountain Of water Is attributed TO Pc
tet's prayer, 10 that he might be able Il
baptize,his gaolers, and II still flows From
this prison II ia supposed they boil
wrote, when Peter said II must shortl.
put off this my tabernacle" &c; ant
Paul, "The time Of my departure is a
hsnd.n On The wall, as you 20 the lowe
dungeon, ia 4 mark where Peters head /
said 10 have struck, and which receive
as much respect as his toe by the faithful
A spot Is shown you where the Catalina
conspirators were fastened and straugled
Here Gear caused the gallant Gaul TO b
put to death; here Sejaniis, Minister o.
Tiberius, was executed. and here Simon
the last defender OF Jerusalem, persisted
It is black as night, damp and foul
prison and tomb, We visited
Fu THE CHURCH OF BAN MARIA,
beneath which Ia the house Saul lived il
for two years, whilst awaiting his trial
his-own hired house, and "where be re
ceived all who came to him, preaching the
kingdom Of God" 1t has four rooms
with an old altar, an odd column with TIL
name OF Marcellus on II, an inscription
on the walls about the "True God
Three interesting spots-.his home, prison
death. my 'i. O.
Bu. we have chatted enough about TIL
churches, and yet they are rich ip mate
rial for many books, say nothing OF let
ters. Shall we go to the Barberine Pal
ace and look upon the, original portal
OF Beatrice cenci? You know Il well
Copies Of II abound in almost every city
and yet we would look on this-the sad.
dest face ever painted, and with sorrow
so strange. How great the crimes ant
miseries in which she was an actol
and sufferer. None but the matches
genius Of Guido could have put tina
face on canvass. IT'S said he painted i
from memory as he saw her on the wa!
to her execution or on the scaffold; bu
not 30. 1t was In her prison on that sat
morning, and when che had just riser
from her miserable pallett thaIin compa
ny with her, attorney. he sketched thu
painting, the memory Of which once seer
can never be forgotten. How could hi
ever forget those large brown eyes, tina
girlish face enveloped 10 white, 30 quie
and beautiful; the light hair falling iron
It's place, as abe said to him: 5.rt.
"From The fatality that surrounds me
signor Guido, you will Judge me guilty
perhaps my face will tell you / am no
guilty. Your great name and my sac
story may make my portrait interesting
aud II will awaken compassion II yot
write on one angle "inaoceats" Sh.
But turn from this sad picture TO an
other, .,t . Wv
"But turn from this md picture 10 another,
Turning to the Vatican; 90 bes
/ Laocooh's torture dtgnitytpg pain.
\ A fathers love and mothers agony, .Y
With ap immcrtAfs patience bending-yAin
I The struggle; vain against tht eoiiing strain
/ The old mans clench; the enotmou, asp,
EnfOrces pans on prng aud stiles gasp on gasp.
We recall the tragic. events which
caused her death, how Francisco Ceric
poisoned his first wife to wed the beauti
iul Lucretia, what barbauties he inflicted
on his three sons, the criminal passion O.
his youngest, Beatrice, her incarceration
10 q gloomy dungeon, her starvation ant
beating, the appeal to the Pope to allay
her marrisge with with Guerra, hel
lover, which being made known TO bel
iather, with the young brother Bernardo
and the mother were carried TO an Assen
nine castle and subjected TO every bru
tali,y, eliminating in his murder b,
assassips hired by the brothers and lover
know also to Lucretia. Now tiuaily they
were discovered, ARRESTED, tried aud pu
10 lbe torture, aud all under the rack con
frs.ed Blu, Beatrice, who, full OF courage
denied all participation. But Pops
Clement VIII did not believe it, aud I'M
der his command the torture Of th,
svigilia" was applied. but without effect
Again in three days the sill more horrit
appliance Of the "Capillorum" was used
twisting her long hair into acord anc
suspending her by means Of a cord fasten
ed 10 II, whilst cords around her puny
fingers almost wrenched the hand from
the arm, and screaming with agony, hel
eyes nearly protruding, still exclaimed
with II am innocentP Again 10 the
presence Of her mother and brothers the
was used, and in addition to
the above heated irons were placed to the
soles Of her feet, and finally, urged by hei
family, she yielded and confessed TO what
she was innocent Of. How horrid the
closipg events, the beheading Of her
mother, Of her brother, who declared
Beatrice innocent, and who was not only
beheaded but beaten and quartored, and
the brave death OF this fair girl. She was
mourned by many, and covered with
flowers, was buried before the high altar
10 saro Plebro. 's'a71
| This exquisite group Pliny describes 0.
10 all others in painting and
sculpture-the father, the boys and the
folds Of the serpent, eutfrom one block .and
Is one Of the gems Of the Vatican and The
wonder Of art. It Is placed In close prox
unity 10 the Belvedere Antinous, which
of all other fgures represents the pro
portions Of the human body In its mos
perfect form. Both OF these celebrated
pieces were found in the Baths Of Titus
Shall we. larry by the Apollo Belve
deere, another sculpture OF world renown
stanhing where he had just slain thu
great serpent Python, ''
HThe God Of LIE and poesy and light,
The run, 10 human llmbs afrayed, and brow
AllIadlAni from bis triumph In the asht" ,4
Or shall II be by the group Of Mlthral
stabbipg the bull, with the dog and ser
peut, and eagle, the types Of that worship
or this beautiful grey hound In the act o
,spripgipg, Sor here 10 o stag 10 aoweret
alabaster, or this lion 10 yellow breccii
with teeth and tonge Of different coloret
marble, or this panther In oriental alabas
ter, with spots formed by inlaying Of blaci
and yellow marble. This 10 the cele
brated Fawn Of Praxieles, this the colos
sal Statue Of Jupiter, holding the thun
derbolt. Here In the centre Of the ball /
40 immense basin OF porpbyry 40 feet ii
circumference, found 10 the Baths o
Discletian. This Mosaic floor has the heal
Of Midusa 10 the centre, with the battle 0
The Ceritaurs, withwrea!hs Of flower
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