Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1874, Page 9

i ¢ ¥ I i THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH of, 1874. 9 ——ee . ROME. Sights and Reminiscences of “the Biernal City.” Hont Pincio~St, Peler's—Tho OM City- WatlMessatina and tho Villa of Lucullus, The Holy Father~=The Capitoling Hill-- St. Paul--The Forum=~The Aroh of Titus. "Whe Collscame--Tho Mamentino Prisonss-- Cleoro-+-Jullus Crosar and iho Statue of Pompeys L The Tombs of Ceoflia Metella and Scipio Airioanus---Tho Tarpeian Rook. The Attack of tho Gauls--Tho Explait of Marcus Curtius--The Rape of the Sabines, 8pecial Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, - Toas;, Fob. 23, 1874, ‘The rallway-train from Gonoa carrfed nio into Tomo in the night-time, so that I formed no im- prossions of tho exterior apposranco of tho “Ttoroal Oity " until swakoning in ite midst next morning. The fieat impression was ono of bowilderment. I could not comprohend tho polnts of the compass. Tho small publio equare, oslled the “Spanish Plags,” was tho initial point of, obsorvation, and it was difficult to understand where all the littlo, narrow, crooked streota which torminated there lod to, But a brond flight of stono steps, londing up & steap hill, st tho top of which stood ‘a church, . and tn frony of tho church a tall Egyptian obolisk of red granlte, gavo promiso of o 3 DIRD'S-EYE LOOK AT TUE GITY. TTho labor of the nscont was richly repaid by the sight brought to view. After roaching tho Lead of tho great flight of stairs, 100 foot brond and 120 foot abovo the plaza below, the major part of the City of Rome is in full view. A miloor moro boyond rose the enormous domo of Bt Potor; and, closer by, the smaller oupolas and bell-towers of o hundred other churches atood bofore tho vision ; and all aroynd, for a mile squaro, was & solid mass of Ligh bLousos, ap- parently withont atreots botwoen thom. Nothing iu the shape of o etroot could be seon, oxoopt horo and thore o searcely-percoivable * erack bo- twixt the walls,” Mark Twain does not exag- gorate when ho calls tho stroots of Romo mere cracks botwist high walls, to tho bottom of which the sunlight nover ponetratos. But the TRomaus offer in justification that “only dogs and Americans prefor suushiue to shnde,” " | But I am not yot at thotop of this high ground —only on the slope. A boautifal wood, studded on eitbor side with somi-tropical trees, skirts along the terraces of the hill, adorned with ros- tral columns, statues, and marblo bas-roliefs, in- torsporsed with oypresses and pines, untlt it ronches the platesu, I am now on the top of the famous JONT PINCIO, 180 foet above tho level of the Tiber. Tho view is magnificont. Tho “Eternal City” Is spread out ag & map before tho speotator. Boyoud .and all round is tho wide-sproading Campagns, _through which the Tibor winds from north to south Jike a silver thread; and with towering mountaina in the background, their enowy crests glistening in tho sun, and the low plain to the south meliing, in tho distanco, into tho sos, 20 miles away. Two objects, howover, stand out more conspicuously than all othors,—one, the mighty pile, sur- mounted by its vast domo, St. Poter's ; and tho othor, tho cuormous tomb of the Emperor Hadrinn, convorted into the Forircss of St. Angolo, and standing close by Bt. Toter’s and tho Vatican. ¥rom tho top of this hill BT. PLTER'S . is bettor seen than from any other pointof ob- sorvation. At any noarer or lower view, it is obscured, in part, by the surromnding high buildings, and hiddon bebind the immensity of ity soparsto parts. When closo.to it, one ocan only seo the front, with its enormous pillared portico ; but the mighty domo ia wholly out of sight. Tho loug and lofly sides of tho Cathedral can only bo seon from narrow stroots by lookiug up perpendicularly 150 foot. Bat here, from tho altitude of the Pincian Hill, nt tho distanco of a mile or more, with the aid of & glass, the entirooutlino of the Catholio World's Cathodral is taken in and com- prehonded 1 all ita giant parts and details. And thero, at its side, is the Vatioan,—s mass of pulaces, which, with the gardens, are amilein circumference ; and in thoir midst resides the Chiof-Priest of more than & quurier of the buman race. Tho Pincian Hill is laid off fntos besutitul ypark, planted in palm, myrtlo, cypress, and other ornamontal and shado trees, .lovely fountaing and running rills, olegant walks and driveways, cmooth lawna and scattered flower-beds. 'Lower- ing upin tho midstis an obolisk from Egypt, thirty conturies old. Along the borders of tho avenues aro pedostals surmonnted with marblo ‘busts of a multitude of statesmen, pocts, Lioroes, - artists, whom Italy, in modorn, middle, and enciont times, has producod, Wi hill is THE PAYORITE ITROMENADE ' of tho Romau_ aristocracy, of strangers, and averybody who can afford fashionabls clothas or a cavriage. *loro the military band playa on Thursdny and Sunday afternoons, and s listened to by many thousands of people on the latter day. The afincn covoraed by the Pinclo is per~ haps 50 or 6 acres. The north and cast frouts are boundod by the old city wall, 50 feot high, Duilt by the Emporor Marcus Aurelius, 1,700 years ago, still in an excellent atate of prosorva- tiou, and looking na if it might stand 1,700 yoars longer, so solid and rnx(cct 15 it This wall was tho firut of the yemeine of aucient Romeo which I saw, and you may well imagino I inspeoted it with curious intorest, It.s 12 mileg in length, and circumeoribes snoiont Tome, Howover, on tho opposito ido of tho rivor (west side), 'tho Topes in tho sixtoanth century extouell tho old Roman wall along tho orest of ‘tho Janiculuy and_Vatioanus Hills ro s to include and protact the Vatican aid St. Potor's from the ravages of their enomics, It was on that sido of the river the French broke inta the city in 1848, when it was defended by the Garibaldian Republicans, Tho construction of the old Aurclian wall was A TRODIGIOUS'TARK, Thero had been no wall aronnd Rome from the time of tho overthrow of Carthege and the ox- pulsion of Maunibul, four or five couturios pre- viously ; and: the nocessity. for it 1n Aurelian's reign marks tho fact that tho dacline of Romo bLud already commenced, had mado serlous head- way, and that tho. Mistross of Maulnd had ratsed her zonith, and was doscendlng towards tho horizon. . & 2 In tho days of the Cuwsars,the elto of tho Pincio was c{;lefly ocenpied by the famous villa of Lucnllus, who gawed enormous wealth as & Goueral of the Romau armics, operating in Asin. It was horo Lo gave his oelabrated fenst to Cicoro and Pompoy, which for magnificonce and oxtravaganoo never was surpassed, evon iu Rome, Aftor tho domliso of Luculius, the vills passod Into the possonsion of ono Aiations, and, in_tho reign of the Emperor Claudius, was coveted by bisjifth and haudsomost s well as gayest and ‘ fautosk wifo, Hho suborued her sou's tutor to nocuse him of a licentious fe and of corrupts ing tho srmy, Dybhor influauce. Lio was cone demnned to porpoiual imprisonmont, It ho soorned to live on such ‘torms, and, aflor tho lafty habit of the patricians, buthed, perfiuned, tiad an ologant suppor with his friouds, and thon opencd biy velus and blad to death, As woon as sho hond of his otorusl deparcure, Madame Claudius (her givou newe was B DIIOR m;unuu? : e took possossion of the villa, nud tield high revely thoro with her favoritos aud lovors, while: hor lopd aud mastor was far away ab the wars, aud foudly drouming of his chasfo wita, ihn, BOIg of tho domestich, fecling scandilized ot tho high Jinks and dolngs in tho palace, seoretly din~ Patched a lottor to the Bumperor, fuforming Lim of what wna Fo!ug on bohind his back, This nows aronsod tlio Emporor to o acneo of hor infl- delitios,nnd traveling nonq. honuddonly roturnod nand surpriscd tho Iady in hor ill-gotton auburban alnco, in tho midat of one of her voluptnous onsta In tho gardons. 'ho Indies, drossod in neanty fawn oking, danced as Bacobanals around her; and sho horsolf, with halr looss and dis- ordoral, danced . Highloud flings™ with hor favorito paramour, Nillus, who, buskined and arowned with {vy, tossed fita hoad to tho flauut- ing straing of Stlonus and tho Batyrs,—tho gods of lnet and smorous song. In tho midst of theso wanton orgles, Claudiua suddenly atrived in tho city, .ond bustily drove to_ tha villn, But tho rumor of his coming procolled him a fow min- utes, and panio took pobeosslon of tho rovelers, ‘I'he Empross fled aud Lid hersolt, and sont most tondor and sup, hcm"F Tiesanges, asking for forgivences, and promising nover ' to do 8o any more, Tho EBmperor first dispntohed all tho lovors, including tho ono up the troo in tho gorden on vho nlght of the revol, who, boing unkod by tho Empross what ho snw, roplied, in jeat, ‘“Anawful slorm from tho direction of Oatfsy" which was the Roman port on tho Moditorrancan, attho mouth of the Tibor, miles' distant; and by that route tho Emperor waa ab the vory moment making Lis way to tho scono of the rovel. It was AN “Awrpy sronst™ for them, suro cnough. 'Tho Lmpross hoped. ‘'ho Emporor’s angor having cooled a little, ho pottered with the trenson, snd began to iomx for ‘o sight of his favorite spouso ; and, when warmed with wino and genorous clicer, actunlly dquntuhnd & mousnge o tho * poor creaturo,” as he onlled hor, to como and pload hor causo Lofore him, But hor onomy, Narcissus, knowing Liow onsy was tho pagsngo from cnm{(:alon to love, glided from tho clismber, and ldl[y or- dered a conturion to toke o aquad of soldiors aud instantly slay her, at the Liinperor's com- wand, a8 ho deolared, Tho eoldiora found hor in tho fatal gardon of the villa, distracted bo- twoon fear and hopo. When she learned hor fato, sho gavo way to tears and soroams. But her mothor sirovo to norvs hor to meot hor fate by voluntaty death in a maunor bocoming hor ligh station, * Lifo,” she urged, *is over; nnught romains but to make a docont exit from it Dossaliua took a dagger from tho hands of oup of the goldiers, prossod it ogalust hor throat, but lInoked tho uervs to give tho thrust, and it was by A BLOW OF TILE GENTURIAN'S BWORD against tho dsgger that tho borrid doed was fiually accomplished, ‘The death of Asinticus was avengod un the yvery spot. Tor furthor particulara of this eplsode of “the Pincinu Vills, the reader1s referrod to tho livoly and graphio hMuliy of Rome by Merivalo, Boforo Lhe poople of Italy, with the enthusi- astic ssuction of four-fifths of the citizens of Rome, took possession in 1870, and mado it the Qapital of tho rounited nation, tho Popo and his .Onrdinats wore in tho habit of driviug daily through tha Piucian Park, and down the windinj way to tho oxit through {le_ Popola_Gate, an up through the bonutiful and extonsive grounds of the Villa Borghose, boyond tho wall. Iul sinco tho King of: Italy and his Court have fixec their official residonce on tho Quirinal Hill, ad- Jowning, tho Holy Fathorbas nover sct his foot Within_tho procinots of this lovely park, aud de~ prives himself of the charmivg pavoramio viaw thero alforded, and the ruxb air thore broached, o etoadfastly persiats in considering bimself a * prisoner” of tho *'usurpor,” and has rotiied across the Tibor, and confines himself to tho wall and gardens of the Vatican, No persunsion, outlo axts, or tondor solicitation on tho part of tho King or his Court can induco the stubborn old man to tako the air of the Pincian Park, 'which owes ils beautiful decorations to himsolf, He poraists in proclaiming himself ‘‘A CLOSE PRISONER OF STATE," and rofuscs to eome out of his ** jail ;" which, by tho wuy, coutaina 10,000 spastizaits, an some of thio most mnfiumccm Lially and chinmbors in Europo, aud the finest collections of paiut- ings, statuary, bronzes, bas-reliofs, and sncient curiositics in existenco, as well as the oldest copy of the Now Testament in thoworld, What- over ho may bo in othor respects, the Holy Father is “infalliblo" ju*his resolution to cou- tiuetobos Erluonur," contlued to hiy little ohapol called Bt Peter's, and hia small abodo called tho Vatican, From tho nt of.viow on the Piucian Hill, only modern Romo cau be scon. Tho prosont city fills tho northern thid of the space inclosed by tho ofd wall of Marcus Aurolius, built A. D., 170 ; and it is ouly from tho tower of the Court- Ipuse on Capitoline Hill that one can look down and soo all around in overy direotion, and talo in tho wholo area and compnss of the anclont city in tho days of its groatuess and glory, This towor stauds at Lhe extreme south of the modern city. Irom its A;mut leight aud contral position, oup can oo sud study Rome, its eonvirons aud ruing, and obtain o clearer comprohonsion of them than from auy other spot. ‘I'ne Capitoling is 160 feet above tho Tiber, the tower is 250 feet above tho lull, which gives the observer a com- mandivg altithde, Up to {he top of this towor, Dy & narrow aud dificult stairway I climbed with wup and glass, aud for soveral hours, on o sort of balcony, was_abkorbed in contomplation aud vetruspection, 'Fo my mind there is no scene in the world MORE IMPRESSIVE OB AWE-INSPIRING than that obtaiued from this elevated perch. It is not 8o muok tho magnificent panorama which impresecs ono, a8 tho sito of tho vast dond city, tho old capital of the earth for a thousand years, 1ts wondorful associations aud memories rish on tho brain liko o torrent, and the effect is noarly overpowering, Bobind ono lies the living city,— tho neat of Christianity for eighteen long con- turics, aud the Capital of the oldest and groatost of Olristian_denominations. At ono's footis Capitoline Hill, on which Rome was founded 2,600 yoors ngo. O its top stood for conturios the great Templo of Jupitor, o pattof the foun- dation wallg,of which still romnin and are viei- ble; and many of its magaificont warble columus and great granito pillars 1nay now be found doing duty n tho cliurohes and cathedrals of the city.. Down theve, within stono’s-theow distanco, is'tha spot whero stood the house in which BT, PAUL was omprisoned for two years, awaiting his trial, and where e preachiod, and exhorted, and argu’ od with Jew aud Gontilo, converting faw of tho former, but thousands of the latter, We read in Acts, that “Whou wo came to Rome, tho, Con- turion dolivored tho prisoners to tho Captain of tho Guard; but F'aul was suffered to dwell by himself with o goldior that kept bim. . . . . And Paul dwols two whole years fu his own hired louso, aud recoived all that came unto him, preachiug the Kiugdom of - God, and teaching thsoe things which ooncern the Lord Jesus Chrigt with all confidenco, no man forbidding Lim."” ‘The Roman Jows wished to hear from Paul bimself o statomont of his religious sonti- ments, and on what faots his faith was found- cd,—adding (hot. tho new Clristinn sect was everywhero spokon sgainst, doy was fixed at lis private lodging. They como in groat nuwibors, and wo read that tha controversy lusted from morning until oveniug. . Ile prosoiitea evary argument in Dis power, and rofuted all objoctions, But, in tho eud, thoy went away unconvinced. Lven tho cloquent, carucst, loarned logician, Paul himeolf, could not convince them of tho truth of tho Christinn olaims and dogmas, by arguments drawn from thoir own seriptures or sy other, *for tho bearts of that poople waxed gruss, au {hoir cars were dull of hearing,"—which was one of tha quotalions he citod to them. , It was from the walla of that * hired house,” with his left-land probably chained to his guard, that -ho wrote the opistlos to the Ephesinus, Philippinns, Joloesions, and Hebrows, It is be- l!nvo& by many that J..ulw, Lis fellow-travelor, WROTE 1S LIFE OF CHUIT in tho same house; for he remnined with Paul ‘duriusf Lis bondugo in Itome, and would nave oi more leisnre to compile it than afterwards, whilo notuslly engaged in missionary-Iabora, A littlo ciiugch covers the mte of Paul's “hired Louse ;" and, asusual, the monks show the visit- ous a sorlen of relios and rosulls of astonishing miracles, whioh small ehildren, and superstitious, {guoraut pooplo, try. to. lioo. Yor instauoe, they show one the chaln withiwhich Paul way fautoned to biu guard ; aud 1 the orvpt ia pointed out & fountain Flm miraowlously gushed forth in answer to tho prayers of Paul for. water with which fo baptize his converts, made from day to day; but, as similar.eprings are found all round tho foot of tho Capitoline Mount, why may not this onw also bo of natural production’? But, passing from this long digrossion con- caruing the. foundor of tho Chrlstian system awmoug Lho Gontilos, lot- us roturn to our perch, Looking to tho south, at the fout of tho hill, one sucs the reuinluy of the famous Roman Vorum, from which tho " Baored Wuy " loade south past the Palative 1lll on the. right, on which wero tho Palaces of tho Cmsars ; cud in full viow is the spot where stood tho' towor-residence of Oloero, which ‘was: only a* féw hundred “yards from the Forum. On tho wost of the * Srarnd Way” s tho U'rlumplial Arch of Titus, erected to commemorato | § \ TIE DESTRUCTION OF JENUSALEM, and the end of tho Jewlshnation, ‘The inaorip- tion, sculoture, and bust reliofs on the arch, ull describo that terziblo eveut which oceurred 1,800 years ago. Ouo cannot walk uudor that avoh, or utand and look up at it, wichout a crowd of dirauge thoughts filling the mind, 'Lhore it stands, a stone wituess, bearing testimony all over it of tho final destruotion of ths Jowish na- tlou, and ¢the soattoring of God's ohoson pea- o to thie four quartars of tho ourth and tho Tifos of tho ‘won, ‘witor thoy had- ondured as n theorntio nntion for a perlod almost s long s thnt‘ whicl. has passod away siuco tholr dis~ vorsion, A fow hundrod yorda farthor down tho Via Bacra, thore looms up the mighty rulns of 5 . TIE COLIBRUM,— noxt to the Pyramids tho groatost struoturo of hnman hands, Tons of thousands of tho cap~ tivo Jows wero compolled to toil at its orection for many yoars, fu close lemley of tho aroh construotad to colebrato tholr downfall and hu- miliation, But the Romau Emi)im, thon 80 rroml and mighty, was oro long laid as low aa bt of Judea, In front of tho Colisoum,.and standing nerons the Applan Way, 18 tho fimnt ‘Triumphial Arch of Constantine, tho firat Ohrlatlan Emporor. It la in an oxcollont stato of presorvation, aiter one during tho tooth of timo for1,600 yoars, ‘Ilia statucs of the Emporor on the upper fronts still look porfect, ' An fuseription on the arch alludos to tho cosuation of tha J’hflnunn Fonmcutlnua. ‘The oxcavations already mado in - TUE NOMAN FORUM, uncovering the floors aud foundations, must equsl o spuco of 10 or 12 aoros, ‘T'he acoumula- ton of rubbish was to-the depth of 20 to 80 foot. Wholo acres of the mnrble floots have beon Inld +| bare, Hundreds of fragmonta of columns have boon found, aud tho work of exploration still procoeda, It ia nenely impossiblo to convoy an ntelligont idea of this Forum, whora the intor- est of anoient Rome comes to its olimax, It was the focal Eulnl of Roman civil life and rotions. It was tho ooat of governmont, Evory stono hod ita stur{{onvury pillar was o witness to wouderful history. It wns horo tho Nomau Henato bad its assomblios, and where the destinies of the world woro discussed. It was edorned with - mognificont monumonts; but they wera 8o crowded upon oné anothor, and 80 ofton dostroyed by firo, and robuilt, that it ia oxcoodingly difiicult for me, right on the .spot, to got thom all cleatly in my nind. Tho origin of !iho Forum dates back to the timo of tho alil- ance of tho Romans aud tho Sabines, 700 yoars B, 0. It coverod most of the low ground sur- roundod by fivo of the woven hills on which the city was anciontly built., The colebratod Cloaca Maxima sowor wae construoted to drain the marshy grmunl upon which was subsequont], oracted thoe tomplos which olustered arodnd an: over the Forum; and it yet performs that duty a8 porfeotly us it did 2,600 yonrs ago. The magnificont Arch of Boptimus Beverns still atands ot the uppor end of -the Forum, but shows the dostructive marls of firo on it. Tho ‘Tomplo of Qonoord, erccted B. O, 131 by Conanl Opimus, stood just behind the Arch. A pave- ment of colored marbies and some fragmonts of foundation romain, Here it was thnt Cicoro pronenncod those eloquent orations againat the Catilino.conspirators, bofors tho Roman Sonato. Alittlo to tho onst is tho famous MAMERTINE PIISONS, excavated in the solid rock under the Capitol 11ill, 600 yoars before tho Clristion ers. A mod-~ ern staircaso loads into tho horriblo dungeons. Orlginnlly tho prisoners wore lot down through aholo in the middle of tho coiling, which was archod ovor with stono. Nof a ray of light pene- tratod futo theso foarful caverns, Into thoso dungeons tho Caliline conspirators were flung, A stairease led up the rock wail of the Gmlvltal to the opeu epace above, near the Tomple of Concord, It wns by this staircave. Cleero camo forths and annvunced to thoe oxcited crowd that tho conspirntors had boan strangled, by tho sin- le word, Vizerunt, * They ccase to live.” On bo wall by whiol you descond to the lower dun- goons s o marlk kissed by tho faithful, as the spot agaivgt which 8t, Potor's head restod. DBut tho Prolestant world have boon unable to dis- “cover eatisfactory proof that Ieter over was in Ttome, Cortainly tho Now Testamont contalug no statomont af it. Close to tha Tomplo of Concord stood that of Vespasian, Threo beautiful columns aro atill standing, but blackenod and chipped by firo. Next aro seon tho eight tallTonie granito columns of the Templo of Saturn, the anciont god of the Capital. In front of this temple, Pompoy sat listoning to tho ORATIONS OF CICERO. Just below the Tompla of Saturn ia the site of the Arch of Tiberius, A fow rods off stands the Column of Phocas, called by Byron the **Nameless column with o buried " base.” DBut, since Liis timo, the earth ias boon carted away to the dopth of 80 feat, and the unburied Dbaso Dbrought to light the namo of the buildor. A fow fragments remnin of the Templo of Ju- lius Ciesar. ~ It was placad near the coutro of the Torum, closo to tho ‘Crinmphal Arch of Fablius, Tho Sacred Way xau botweon tho Forum aud the groat Dasilica of Julia aud other templea. At the southonst corner remnius have boen discov- ered of the onco famous Tomplo of Unstor and Poliux, At the south ond of the Forum thero stands soveral boautiful pillars of tho Templo of Minerva. I will nome but oue othor struoture,— tho site of the Tribune, in front of which stood the Rostra to which tho head and hand of Cicoro wore fixod by Antony, and whero Fulva, tho widow of Claudius, spnt in Lig_dead faco, and piorced his inanimato tongue with the pin which she wore in hor bair, in imbeeile rovengo at Oio- ero's houtility to her husband. Not far fnom whora the Phoeas Colurn stands is tho foundation, 8 or 10 feot high, on which stood the nude statue of Pompoy, at the foot of which . TIE GREAT OZSAR FELT. Ono s rivotod to the snot, and gazes on that pilo of voleanic stone, taking no note of time. The statuoiteolf is on oxfubition at the Spadal’alace. Iwenttoseoit,of course. As Dickons describesit, it is * A storn,tromondous figuro, full of dolicats touches, losing its dist.nctuers in tho giddy eyes of one whose blood wns ebbing before it, and sottling into some euoh rigid. majoaty as thia as Doath camo urenplnlg over the upturned faco,” Thereis a blood-colorod orred stain on the marble of one leg and foot, which gave origin to the Bhnksperean roport that the statue ran blood when the great Ciwesar foll. Tho_statue is of colossal sizo, boing 11 foot high, It stands'® in the austerest form of naked mujesty” : Those who belicldeat, ‘mid tha nseassin's din, At thy bathied baso the bloody Cuusur Lo, Tolding lifs robe in dying diguily, It is something to bo remombored to have 8tood on the spot whero Jullus Cuwsar foll; bo- fore tho statuc of Pompoy, at whose base ho lay in donth: and on ho ground whoro Blark Au- teny delivored tho imwortsl oration pub into his mouth by Bhnképoare. But I must hurry along. It is not - possiblo to mention,—mnch loss desoribe,—in o lottor, all the remarkabloe places to be seen from the top of the Cupitol tower, which stands at the divid- iug lino botween tho dead and the- alive city. Sglreudlng out to the east, south, and west, for whole squaro miles of spaco, is the ' sito of the reator and botter portion of tho ancient city. t now contajus scarcoly a human babitation, It i8 & mero . GRAYEYARD OF DEAD ROME, Most of tho ruins nro covored up, by nocnmula- tions of earth and dobris, many feot deop, as tho old bonos are covered over in ncometory. Away off across the Oampagny stretch for miles tho broken arches of tho Roman aquedusts. No monuments of aucient Rome aro at once more picturosqué and immensa than theso arches bo- striding the plain. - They aro built of brick on foundations of. large voloanto stono. Somo of them aro 60 feot high by. 20 foot broad. They convoyed stroamms of wator from the mountains, distant 20, 80, 40 wilos. Theio wore nino lines of these aquoducts, some of them constructed 390 yoars B. 0., othera 150 1, O,, and the Int in the days of Julius Cosar and Agustus, Some nit them are still used to convey wator iuto the eity. ] ‘Tho Appian-Way, for many miles boyond the walls, was lincd o both sidoy with ToMbS, . abonce remarkable for their numnber and mag- nillconco, Aépresont, thoy aro reducod to shape- less pites of ruins, mv\n{ of them, o little dis-.| tance osf, look like old lime-kilns, or hay-stnoks, Tormerly'thoy, were ornnmental struoturos, in- oased outside with marble, aud inside they were decorated with frescoes, and contained atatuary of the deceasod, But the marole bas boon toru away, and tha statues carriod off. Manyol thom may ba found in publio and private gallerios all over Europe, and a fow have found their way to Ammerica, "On all the groat roads loading out of aucieut Rome, great nutnbors of this class of sopultures have beon found., The most cou- epiouous of all those mansoloums is that of . OECILIA METELLA Bk = about 2 milos boyoud the ult{‘-wall on tho Appint Way, It was orcoted more than 1,000 years ago, by & rioh man nawod Crassus, to the memoty of his wife, after whom it has always boon culted. It 18 o clroulor towor, nonrly 100 feel in diam- oter and as muoh in hoight, standing on & quad- yangulor basement, ‘U'hs olroutar part of the tomb iy voatod with boautiful. blooks of traver- tine (bard-lavs) rock, ‘Iho_interior contains a ploan, elveular chamber of 15 foet dinmotor, Tho nnmomm(énu of white marble, contnining the tlics of Cooilla Motelln, was. oarrled off to tho Furnase Palace, and now stands thore in the Qourt-yard, **Childe Iarold" describes this tomb at some longth, and apooulates as to who the Indy was thut was ' tombed in a palace,”— ending:, - Thue o o uch alons we know : Metella disd ) :ll\llut Homau's wife; bobold hia love, or pride. Tor me, the unpretentious tomb of the great g HOITIO AVIOANUS, - the conqueror of Hannibal and - the destroyer of Carthage, had a greator futerost. It ia ex- cayated in the side of a hill, in tho voleanio rock, on the APFIW Way. The illustrious fun- ily wero el buried thero, 3,200 years ago, The chambors contain uothlug .pow boyond: the origluul fuscriptions on the doors, ‘4'ho cele- brated sarcophagus bmuh‘if tho namo of Liuolus Beiplo Is now among. the Vatlean colloctions. jut I must nob dwoll nmon¥ tho tomba any longer, Whon I doscendod from tho top of tho ulm“' I walked around to tho brink of the olas- slo, . TARPEIAN ROOR,— . . not for the purpose of. er*lng Alunfi, but to soo how far (lioso dropped who did make the jump, 1t Is on tha southeastorn summit of tho -Caplto- lino Hill, which faces tho Palating (onco covered Dby tho Palacos of tho Cwmsnts, but now o tro- mendous mass of rufus). Tho top of tho roclk has boon out down to mnke foundation for bulldings, snd at the bottom it haa beoa filled up considerably, DBut thero yot romaina not far from G0 feob of rugged, porpondloular descont along s distance or faco of porhapa 150 foet. It ia stiil high onougli to put & log, it not a neck, out of joint. Enough remaiis to mark ‘Tarpalan, it |Tu°ls“l"nyll‘r ‘arpalan, fiitest gonl of ‘Troanon’s ra Th propiantory Whetico {ho Traitors 1bap, Gured all ambiilon, : Tt was on this side that the differont attnoks wore mado on the ;Onpital in tho carly days of Ttome. The first was made by Hordonius, at the hond of = band of slaves, who scaled tho heights at night noar tho Tarpoian, surprisod tho garri- son, and proclaimoed tho froodom of all sinves who ‘should join him. But fow accopted the offor, aud, aftor moat of his hand woro_slain, THordoniua aud tho romafudor woro hurled_ovor the rook. ‘Tho seoond invasion furnished the incidont which schoolboys aro nover tirod of em- moylng in thelr cesays and valodictories, Itwas o ATTACK OF THR GAULS, in 890, . 0., who climbed. tho stesp rodk noar the Tarpeian, and hud noarly reached tho sum- it unobsorved,—for tho’ dogs meglocted to bark,~iwhen the cries of the #acrod geeso of Juno sronsed an officor named Mauling, &vho rushed to tho defonso, and hurled over the prooipico the first assaifant, who knoolod down others below im in his fall, aud thus the Cap- ital was savod. Tho story gocs, that; in ro- membranao of this accidont, & gooso was ' carriod sunually in triumnph, and ‘s dog was ecrucified bolwoon the templo of Bummanus and that of Youth, ~ Tho . mpot is point- od ont to tho orodulous ~visitor whera tho sacrod goeso hissod tho salvation. of Romo, and where tho unfaithful dog was tortured to doath,—all for a shinplaster-lire. Choap euougl. By tho way, it was tho samo Manlius that rushed to the dofonse of the Oapitsl at tho gignal of tho geess, who was afterwards con- demned by the patricians, on_ tho protonso that ho aspirod to make bitself King, and was thrown from tho Tarpoian Roclk, in sight of the Forum, and killod within & fow ateps of tho spot where ho had burlod down tho Gauls, 1t way thus his valor and patriotism wore rewarded. Not far from there, and closo under the Pala- tine 1], ia tho sito of the famous cireular ¢ * TEMPLE OF VESTA, ’ in which tho sncred firo was proserved, with tho Palladium saved from Troy. On the altar of this tomple, blood was annually sprinkled from tho tail of the horao which was saorifioed to tho god Mars fu the Campus Martius. ‘This templo 18 ono of the bost proserved edificos which have survived tho wresk and ruin of aucient Romo, It has stood in its presont form since sbout the time of Noro. OCloso to the Lomple of Vesta was tha Rogiv, whore Julius Cwsar ived, and whonce ho weut forth to his douth at the bandsof Bratus. Staunding on this classio ground, I asked 1y olcorono to show e the econa of tho exploit of MAROUS CURTIUS. which -must bo somewhero in this vicinity, He confidontly and volubly pointed it out. According to the tradition or nccount as rolatod by the historisns Statius, Livy, aud -Pliny, the ground whoro it lappoucd vas eriginally tho Gustinn Linko, so-called from Curtius, a Bubine wairlor who with difficulty escaped from its quagmire aftor a hard battle botween Romulus and Tatius, The quagmire decponed untd if becamo a gulf, which un oracle declared would never oloso until the bravest Roman was egeri- ficod toit; and, s this disagrecablo and annoy- ing gulf strotohiod botweon' tho Oapitoline and Aveutine Hills, it bocome a public neoossity to have it closed. 'Thon it was that young Marcus Curtius, oquipped in full armor, and in the pres- enceof all the Romans, puttiog spurs to his tlory stoed, leaped horso and rider into tho awful abyks, oxclaiming, a8 he made the plungo into the mud, that overy warrior was bound to sncri- fice his lifo for the'good of Rome; and the gulf was cloged—forevor. * ‘L'wo altars wero erocted on tho sito,—ons to tho Licro, und the othorto his lmg;in horgo ; aud a vine and an olive grew thero.” —Livy. A little further to the South, and botween the Palntine and Avontine Hills is the valley where the great Cireus Maximus was ostablished, which would soat 250,000 spectators. It was objong in form, and & milo in cirenmfersnco, Bub tho v]:nlluy is moro famous as tho colobrated Aceus of the TATE OF THE SAIINE MAIDENS, who woro invitod as gucsts to & grand picaio by tho flouug Tomuu bloods. Their visit waa troncherously abused. DBut the young rakes nude tho ameudo honorablo to ‘the forlorn damisols, aftor shouldering and runnipg off with thom, ns the pictures in the Roman gallorics show, by martying thom. Thelr oxcuse or Justi- fleation for thoir miscondyct was to the effect thnt thoro wos o ¢roat searcity of marringeable Indics smong the Romans, and that thoy wuntod them for wives; but thoy confessed they wore gullty of “ lrrogularitios " in not observing tho due and propor order of the matrimonial services and formulitics, 1 havo extonded tuis letter alrondy too long for thio render’s patience, but submit, a8 an apology, that it is Lard to quit theee classic Lills and val- Toys, and sights and sconos of ko much that on- grosses the imagination of ovory student, and foudly lingers in the memory of manhood, and survlves to the last chuptor “of old ago,. If the litoraturo and Listory of auciont liomo woro Dblottedont of our education, what a woful blank they would loeve in the memory of every intelli- gont porson, man or boy, male or lm.gnlu.‘T i 'Y MORAL SONG ON MONEY. Monoy fs not uappiness: Wealth 1oy copxint with gont Duys the physle, no'eribiclesy, + -Which you can’t be cured without, Monoy s not mutton ; no, Honoy in not beor or wine ; But to lnck it Is to owo Griovous bills, or not to dino, Money aceupios the pursas Happinexs 16 n the mind, Else 1ts stato is tho reverso,— » Wao with indigenco combined, Happiness you purclineo through Money tiat you wisoly spend s Moncy {s tho means uuto iappluoss, and that's the end, Who onn eop o consclonco clea¥, Who ¢an huvo a mind at veat, “That of ruin lives with foar . Ever gnawlug ut s breast? Others’ happinesa your own Would you rondér if you could *Tis by money’s aid alone ‘You can do your spacic good, Happlness be moy, bolow, * Find, with moncy who shounds: Nons elss can until they go To the Happy Hunting-Grounds, Monoy when o man docrios, o to one bls bonil i e, And thnt prosently he frica Out of cash to swindlo you, —Punch P S A Tiny Xafant. Glasgow, Mo, (March 11), Correspondence of the St, Loutn Times, In a recent issue of your paper, I eaw roported & onse of liliputinn twins, which to some might appear remarkablo; hence I am inducod to roport & cnse mot with n my private practlea which I think {8 much more wondorful, ‘there belng but one chitd, I wae catled, July 4, 1873, to soo Mrs. B., ngol abont 20, living some four miles above this place, in Uhariton County. I fouud ber in labor with or first obild, In losa than an hour after my avelval sho wea deliverod of & male ohild, perfeot In form and boautiful in symmotry, As It was the #mallest living ohild with which [ had over met in n practide of twenty-five years, I mudo ® memorsudum concernivg . it, Its mctusl welght was only 1 pound 6 ounces y 83¢ inchies long ; wrist 13{ inches in oiroumforonco ; * the tleshy part of ity leg was 23¢ inches in circumforonce, A moderatosizod toacup when pinced on its hiead rested on its shoulders, hidlug rrom viow its lead:nud nock eutirely. ‘Though its breathiug was freo snd ousy and every functlon normal, it could not ory, but moved like & young kitten for four orfive weoks, by which tinio, tho mother haying recoverad, & lost sight of it. Honaox WaLken, M, D. Drowilow, The Philadelphis Fress wunys- of Parson Rrownlow: e is taken tohis soat mn the Henato af 13, and carried bnck to his solitary houso at 8, ‘Thora {3 no colar in ilis tall, palo, dark-haired muu, exeept’ liis oyes, whioh grow restioss whon anything in the dobute excitos bim. He nover speaks nor moves, nor smiles, nor ealls & page, nor talks to » noighbor, He is aflliotod with & terrible pu'sy, which ;makes hin quiver and tromble continnally but the otd man menus to dle with his harness on, and sits thero b{ the door on tho loft of tho Frosldont's soat, biding bis timo,” THE ‘MAJOR'S MISTAKE. OIAPTER I, ; “Dash it I'll savo hor lito!” pald tho Major, suddonly, ho Major hiad just Infd n covoring of snow- whito Inthor on that tract of chin which was still sacred from the incursions of his luxuriant board, As lio gave vont to this romarkablo roso- lution hoinadvertontly woundod himael? with hia razor, 50 as to compol a rosort to o towol and cold sponging, which put an end to his'refloctions for o timo. AT, MARJOTIDANKS wae an active, cloanly-built man, rathor below the avorago holght. Ha bad an oyo liko a hawlk's, beautiful hair and whigkors, and no other strik- ing featuro. His handa and foot woro small and fivoly formed, auda front tooth, which naturo biad taken from him, had beon exquisitoly Bup- pliod by tho hand of att. & ‘The great fonturo in tho Major's oharactor was dotormination ; whou ho mald n thing ho moant it. In tho Orimos, if Maj. Marjoribanks hiad pald that a poat should bo carried, ita fall waa looked upon ns certaln, Zorlina, tho Major's violous little mare, know it was uscloss to try and refuso if onco her mastor put her head suralght for an obstacle. Like tho late Br. Asshoton Smith, ho would quiotly * rido for n 1all,”1f tho leap woro impractioablo without ono; and no one know how to fall doftly bottor than tho Binjor. . 3 But a lifo spont, as it woro, in a snccenston of pliched battles, doca not pass without loaving mniks of wonr and toar, and tho Major, after his third bottle of hair-dye, bogan_to take vory serloua views of life, Short and docisive woro his rumninations, and with characteristic prompt- uess ho DETERMINED ON MARTAGE a8 his next achiavement, Yor this purpose ho solaotod a young Indy of romarkablo wealth and consldorable poraonal nttraotiond, and dovoted himaelf to tho snerifico like a second-Iphigonia— barring the sox. Porlinps {6 wns the very diffienlty of tho achiovoment that impelied tho dauntless Major to the attnck. Diana Harford had alrendy ro- fused two Baronots, & bankor, and four minor doltios, befors tho Major's appearanco in the flold, and’ still continued to ride across couatry with as much enthusinsm as if hor whole lifo was to bo dovoted to that occupation. Ieopla bogan to sy that sho would- mover marry. o right an had not spoken,” was the gen- eral opinion; and tho DMejor, as he gnawed lis moustachos, resolyed, with an inward oatl, that ho would prove himeolt that man or porish in tho attompt., 5 Not that the Major was wholly dovoid of that anpractical mackine calledn heart. Down in a littlo villa newr o country village lived a littlo Indy of 20, who could have told strango tales of the Najor's scutimentality, O, Major, Major | woro not all your flocks and hérds suficient, that you must neodp mako this innocout ewe-lamba captive Lo vour bow aud spear ? But lot us do the Major justico. In this mate tor ho was NOT ALTOGETIER A FREE AGENT. , Trom tho moment ho mot_ Patty Rosengath ho iad folt himsolf fascinated by hor in spite of all Dis attompts to persuade himself to tho contrary, That & quict, almost timid, littlo provincini boauty, with a' goneral unsophisticateduoss® of tone eud manner, should have any power to on- cliant tho Major of o thousand fights scemed to him too ridicilons an {doa to b entoriained for a momont, It did not oceur to him that It was, porhaps, this very difference from tho women ho had beon accustomed toflirt with thut constituted lier oharm, Roviowing the matter that morninfi in the soli- tude of his chambor, the Major looked buck on this love-pnasnge with n thankful sonse of es- cn{m. 1 was dovilish near making a fool of my- selt that timo,” said tho Major to himeolf, as ho tied his cravat. But though the Major congratulated himself on bolng 0 nfely off with tho old love, he was far from feeling #o comfortable with rogard to his prospecta with the new. Ho waa to6 old o campaignor to ndvanco his main body without throwing out skirmishors and outposts, or mako o atop iu an affuire do cour withouat feoling his way. Tt wos this quality, bnelked by tho Jajor's renl talents aud powers, that made bim so invin- cible, " Womon nover suspected him of wishing t0 ongago thoir affoctiona until thoy found ibwas too lute, And whou onca tho gatoes were opencd, 10 ong know how to rotnin o position in the cons quered city botior than the Major. But Mies Ilarford’s heart SEEMED TO BE IMPREGNADLE even to this experionced: besioger. ‘L'he Major, who uovor committed tho error of overrating his advantages, confossod to himself that ho had done sll hie knew. Had ho nat ridden tsno man, not profassionally sceustomed to risl lis nool, evor rodo bofora? 1Tad ho not got up private thontricals (the Major in * Used Up " was roally worth seciug), and even written s sparkling comediottn, agreed by every one but the Major himself_to b oqunl, if not superior, to Robort~ son? Ilnd ho not sung thoso tonor songs of his that would have charmed the savogonos out of o hear? And had ho not thrown around all his nchiovements s halo of respectful sentimout, a8 who shall say, I care not for {hiom uxcopt insomuch aa thoy are ploasing to you?”" Tho Major could ind ho fault with ilm- 8elf or wilk his oxertions. o had attacked tho fortross whith all tho paraphernalia of Sapping nnd mining, Zi‘iz“" sud parallels, and still tho flng of liborty floated maokingly above tho un- conquored bastions, ‘Thoro was but ono hopo— n forlorn hope, Lio confessed to himself—aud it was with a sorious though detormined spirit that tho Mujor resolved on an attack by storm, He pronounced this resolution in the memorabto words which commenced this story, Dash it]" snid tho Alajor, ““1'LL SAVE HER LIFE." The Bajor hiad made up Lis mind. * Perhaps, hod the Mn{or]mm\'n who it was that grrived as v guost to Miss Harford on tho provi- ous ovening, it might havo disturbod bis calei- lations. But there i8 no reagon why wo should ol listen to tha conversation of Diana aud her Ruest n8 thoy sit by tho bedroom fire in their ele- gant dishabille, Miss Harford was a girl of considorable indi~ vidunlity of charnctor, * Without affecting any of the pirs of & *bluo™ or an acoontric, £ho gon- orally thought for horsolf on many subjocts, and wonld stato bor opinions protty strongly oh oc- casion. This causcd her to be rogarded with auspicion and disliko by most of Ler own sox, and the wenker of ours. Sho was unusually, prudes snid improporly, well read in the drama of the last coentury, aud actually Ernforrm.\ tho schiool of Sheridan to tho school of Belweider, *What huve I been doing Intoly 2" ays she, in answor to a question from Lor companion, ““Whao am I always doing? Ihave danced tho uaual proportion of dancos, round and squara; L hava road tho last now novel, and triod” the lnst milk-and-water offusion thoy call a ballad ; and 1 hiave ridden ovor the usual number of plowed flelds. What moro would you have of a woman in wy position " * “\What &' queer glrl you aro, D" saya tho ather lady, wistfully, . ¥ You nevor seowed tho sumo 23 £1i6 other girls at soliool ; and you don't seem a bit altored, And so you haven't fallow inlove yot ? Dut I alwnys said you would nover find a man to suit yon exnotly.” “That's just what P'm wauting, my doar— A JAN, I seo plonty of _amatour jockeys and polite latter-writors, What I waut {8 2 man—ono that is not afraid o bo natural, or pshamed to be in onrnast, I really think our averaga dandy, with his cool_golf-suflcioucy, and his fnsulting in- difference, tho most unploasant production of tho ago. ‘Thore's the Major now "— 4 Who in that 2" “3laj. Marjorlbanle, my dear; the glory of 1us regimont, and tho idol of all the horsa- deulers, amnteur actors, and fast young meu for o clrclo of twenty miles, Why, Patty, you'rs blusllnlugl You don’t moan to say you kacw the man!" g “Imot him—that {s—lie s & friond of my }-A_mthor’!. " said the other lady, with somo hosita- ion, “And you'vo beon foollsh enongh to belioye allhin nonsonso, ohild, I date nay, Come now 7 ¢ Well, bd cortainly is an extraordinary mun,” ploaded Patty, O, yos, very, ITo canrlde n kicker, or write o burlosque, Bub s for heart—why, my dear ohild, he'd toss you nside, if it suitod his pur- poso, with a8 mweh_indifforonco s I toss that withored camelin. Now, don’t you waste o thought ou hin, I dou't' intend to, though the wrotohod tunn hias boon makiug love to me in bis quiot way ovor sinco be owme, I'm afrakl avorfl day lie'll propose, and I shall Lave tho troul lo of refusiug hiwm without +losing my tom- per, . # ‘4 BUT I OAN'T HELP 1T, snid Palty, falutly, **Ob yos, you ean, * You thought you conldn't, down in tLit dull place, with nothiug elac to think about, but you'll' bo under a ifferont tioatment hore, I can nssure yon, Ilduty of oxe ercise aud oxdifoment will soon oure you, I'll tell you what: us o grout treat to-morrow you shall rido Orusader.” We'll take a quiot cantor along the lnnes.” Oy bue I ean’t rido ‘strange horsos," sald TPatty, 5 . . #Ob, yow'll soon gob moquainted. Mind, I @ oonaldor this a groat favor, and you muatn't hurt my foolings by rofusing. Oue of my Lablts will £it you nicaly, and when. you_return_you'll fool wpitit enongh to defy twenty Majors.” You aro a darllag glrl," said Datty, gotting up’ and kisstug hor. * I'm alrdl ynl\'mln n miuvority, my doar,” raid Dioun, *f Most people say I'm Intousoly disagrroonblo, Good night, and don’t droam of tho Major.” IAi‘nlt‘l ho pair kissed again, and parled for the ight. OHAPTLR 1T, Tho noxt day was ono of thoso mild, nazy, November ones, which break out wto o glimpss of sunshine towatd noon, and then rotwn to tholr formor dulluous, Tho two girla rodo slong bolweon tho hiodgorows, ohattiug plonsnntly. “ P’m suro I shall not bo able to mannga this animal,” goid Patty, ‘timldly, *Sco bow lo tomsoa bta hoad about,” * That's becauso you ot Liim feol tho enrh, donr ; Ihind it up “sbarp on purposo. . ave, powar of punishimout, bul BELDO3 USE 1T} that's tho real scerot of maunging borses, dopu, and mon, ‘I'hero now, you see lio goes quiotly cnough on tho snafle. "Now coax him o little, aud givo and take moro ; remombor ho isn't' EM‘:—E""-’I“U doukoy with n mouth liko o donl- oard. * Well, T must eny I profer qulot horsos ; one feols 8o much moro ot onse.” “DPahaw, my doar] I wouldn't givo n guinon for o horse thit any ono conld ride, that took no moro notico of & stoam-ongina than of n hny- stack., Thoy have just tho same doad lovel of indifforonco” thnt18the idenl excotlonco of the youug man of tho poriod, who henrs with equal apathy of a ralliway nccldent or o rovolution.” #1Yoll, T supposo thoy only follow tho fashion, Just us In their conty and collars,” “But ‘what an ago 1t must bo that makes dond calm_ the acmo of iwml stylo, nnd pubiti- Or,utus" Jucl Poyntz for Ranger or Charfbs Sur~ aca, ** Good Ifeavons, Disnnl you don't monn to Aoy you rond those horrid old plays! Mammn \vnnld"uot 1ot mio study such things on any ac~ count. ““Nonsonee!' As If thoy could bo_worsoe than tho I'ronch playa one fcca now, or. half a dozon English onos £ could namo, At loast, I enjoy the malo charnctors mora than in ours, They woro infinitoly moro sparkling, and I don't be- liovo thoy woro a bit wickedor at bottom, “ Gentlomeon now could bo quite ns witty if thoy carad o try."” *“Ob, I dou't doubt thoir abilitios, my donr ; T supposo tho brood of male ammuls produces about tho samo number of prodigios ovory g0} bue TIOW 18 ONE TO KNOW IT ? I corlainly profer, mon who koop tholr wits and thoir awords oqually bright by daily nse. Horo one s In_cquol uucortainty as to their livers or their intollcots," + ¢ Livors,’ Dinna ! What an exprossion 1" * Strictly Shnkopoaroan, I sssuro you. ¢ A lily- livored kuavo,'—see ¢ Macbeth,' T daresay you can find o dusty copy of Shaksponro on tho top shelf in tho library,” " Al, Dil I'm afraid you never will got mar- ried at this rate,” “No, donr, Assomo onesays of Morris, ' T shall die tho soreno martyr of ‘s mean and mol- aucholy timo,"" You must have hnd plonty of offors " *Ob, dozens! all couchied in the condoscond~ ing brovity with which tho pruex chevalicr of tho duy deigns Lo oxpress his wishos, Now just cone trast the mon wo have boon talking nbout, Wor- 8hip commeuces by a shower of more or lesa roadable vorso, which you have the option of reading or committing fo the famos, You easu- ally drop your handkorchiof into @ running stroam or down o precipice, and your adorer throws himsolf aftor it, nnd restoros it at the riek of his life, After awhilo ho throws himself on his kuees—both knees, mind—and begs you to savo him from destruction. You relent; “on loaving you ho moots his xiyal; n gluics is ouough ; swords flash out "—so did Diana's eyo— “and woo to him wha fliuctcs,” “ monninLy 1" snid Datty. Wl thia suit you botter? -Strephon sirolls Inzily into tho roomn ; remarka on tho woathor: utlows himself to deolino into a soat by your side, and suggosts that you should bocomo Mrs. Strephon. Zin sorlant lio moots hisrival ; trends onlis toos; they oxchango abusivo opithots, Light ofgats, aud—oh batiios |—oul ool other s 0 olub.” *“Woll, that's bottor then fighting,” said atty, N - * And Infinitely safor. Woll, my desr, per- hnps, aftor all, you oro right. Wo mustw’t inke’ our idea of tho clase from Sir Ilarry Wildair— thore's & darling namo for you. Fhoy ouly sow what was considered the'thing. Iduresay I am fnuing fearfully crabbed. You see whon s girl hus monoy she becomes tho coutre of a aircle of decoption. ' Let's chango the subject. How woll that habit fits you.” ‘4 It feols rathor sirango, You seo I 80 soldom ride av home."” " of course. Now to mo habit{s sccond a8 some ono snys, I feel infinitely moro comfortublo in one than in a low dress, I pur- poscly lont you my regular riding-hat, for I winted tosco howI should feel in this now- fangled affgir. I'm afraid it wouldn't suit crash- ings through o bullfluch; ono want’s something stiffer for that, . . . . What's that?" .sho ctied, asan indistinef sonnd eamo down tho wind, and both horscs pricked up their ears. “TIE HOUNDS, ‘L_h:_sg juet have como all the way from Marl- ord.” - ‘* Ob, do look at this horse, Dil Ho's dancing up nnd down feptfully [” o 2 ““Put him ou the outb, dear, if ho's too trou- blesomo. ‘Ab, thoro thoy go! ook, Putty, thoro's & sight for youl So0 how closo thoy rin together! ‘Whore's Mr. Vane on Brown Dess. Woll tried b, Mr. Vauel Ab, tho Major doas it, —ol, the conceit of that moanl—and "hore come tho rogt: only two gnrs for all the poor crea~ tures. Thorc's my little brother Bantry bring. ing up tho rear on his pony,—p torrible_bard follow is Bantry. On, Patiy,” said Dinua, trnmhliniwilu oxcitement, **1'd give anything to bo with thom." “Thou do go, dear,” apid Pattty, with an offort of soll-gacrifico that was ounormous, * Ishall Lo safo enough, Withors will take care of mo.” *Woll ho's just down in the roud there. Keop along it, and yow'll just cross the lino thoy aro taking, * I roally must—come, Torry ;" and away went Diaua, lubit tossing aud oyes glistoning, and vanished gloriously. Patty turnod hor horao's hend back toward tho gate of tho flold thoy Lad turued into, and fiot safely out into tho rond, Bome distance lown it she could soa Withers, the groom, who wasg having alittle difffeulty with his Loreo, which was plunging and ourvetting in s diagonal position, a4 is tho manuer of eager horaes, por- forming au e(i\liuo Dbalance-stop without advanc- ing particularly. On Crumader catolung sight of hig ‘companion iu ill-doing, bo proceeded to imitato his actions with a considerable amount of oxnggorntion. Datty, finding him burating into o canter, ntlem{)tud to tuka 1;{; tho ourb-roin, but only succcedod in getting both in an inoxtricablo confusion. ‘Plion sho elung in torror o thom Wwith both bands, on which the irrituble Crusader fought himeolf 'Into n confused canter, which doveloped ILsolf into a smavt gallop, dashed post tho astonished Wichers, and BTAMPEDED, Our friend, tho Mujor, bad arrived at the meot that morning, aud was' considerably eungrinad not to find tho objoct of his intentions prescnt, ““Tho stifost bit of cmmlr}( for miles round, too,” bo snid to himsolf, “What can sho he thinking of ?" * His delermination of the morne fiug was till in Lis mind, and he longed for an o}lpm‘lunny of putting it in practico, Oh, for the sight of the woll-known bino habit and fron- grny steod | The Majox was dontined to have lug aspirations gratifled in an unexpoctod man- ner. . . Ho biad besn riding a line of his own for a short distanco, and was sepurated from tho rost of the flold by the brondth of a psturd, when hio heard tho quick-ropented rattlo of a horse going at full gallop in the roud on tho othor side uf the bigh bogo, parallel to which Lo was niding, and in auother woment ho saw through the twigs the horse he had looked in vain for at tho mect tour Eusl tim ab mnd spead, tha bluo habit etreaming ncle as tho woarer swuyed in tho raddle, holding cl;elruhls in both hands with the convulsive graep of fear. “Tun nway, by Jovol” said the Mn{ar, turn- Ing Zorlina’s head without the lopst hositation at tho quicksct, 'I'wo or threo infense, short atrldes—a riso, and o orush of twigs—a rattle of horsa-hoofs, ad thoy patter on the hurd road, as orlinn just managos to save her kneos aud npso from datuago by » olovor recovery, und thon the Major, nn cool as if Lo had boon liopping ovor o gutter inatond of one of tho ugliost drops iu his experionce, uet HER GOING 1N PURSDTT, ‘The faot way, the Mn{m‘ was i that state of oxnltation that ovory soldlor foeld un somng Into ugtion. Quiok as lightning ho saw tho cowing sltuation, nnd braced himsel! totake ddvantage of It, aud s ho cropt noaror to tho fugitives he folt Lis ‘confidenco glso fu Lils Lorwo'a powers nnd his own, About half a milo from the place where this storn obago comumencod, whero the rond was orossod by anothor at right angles, stood an inn oalled the Oross Koys, ‘I'he Majors kuow this, and alao that on the other sido of it the rond dipped down into a rathor steep hill, Ie hnd got up some twenty yards nearer whon'the inn apponred In slght, and, keoping on tho fwf at tho slde of tho rond, thiat tho nolse of his ap- proach might not add fresh spood to the run~ away, bo callod on Zorlinn smartly for a do- ciuive offort, In front of tho Orors Koya thoro wea a trinn- guisr pntch of modden turf, and.as Orusader oamo upon this ho slackoned bis #peed very ulightly; tho MnjorGnshed alongsido nud slozod tho roins nonr tho bit o his nght hand; the horso, which was not n vicious one, stapped aflor n fow stiuggles, as ho folt the' powor nt work on tho enrb, and tho Indy, falling ‘faluting forward fu o hoap on his neck, would Yllvll tum- Dlod to tho enrth'had not the evor-roady Major Ioapt frowm bis neddlo aud QAUGHT HER IN 118 ARDA, 1t would iave made a capital ploturo,—the two lorees standing stoamivg end panting, and ‘the Dajor ataggering undor fuo waight of tia senso: lokn demol, whoso cltin Luwg ovor bis shoulder, while hor lair, relensed. from 1ita bonds in hor wild’ flight through air, stronmed down his sear- lot-contod back. With some difllenlly the Major carrled nis lovely burden into the porch of the Qross Koys, - “Show mo o private room, nnd got mo glass of hrandy,” wero the ordors with which }“:i #toppod the mouth of the sstonfzhod land- ndy, “In! Poor denr young Indyl" gsld thot fo- male, in a voico of ‘sympnthy, os-eho brought ulmPr'nstorlug iluid. “Can I do auything for Lier, EEA !'No, T think not,” said thq Major declsively. **Leavo hor to mo, ' I've, had somo exporionce incasos of thla kind,” and, thrusting hoif-a- crown into tho woman's hand, ho shut tho-door in Lor faco, 4 7 * Well, how glio could ha' married ho!” amd the woman to horself, ns sbo roturned to the bar. Bho ovidently thought, from tho Mnjor's want of avmpathy, that be must be the husband of tho sufferor. E ] “I'ha ovoning glooms woro fust closing in, and mada tha little baok patlor look moro and moro dismot and dingy. Tho Major raisod the eling- ing votl mlfllnlnnfl{ to thrust tho odge of the glass botweon tho lips of the pationt. Prosontly tho color came bnalk to hor face, she drew a long gasplng breath,,and felt for hor pockot-hnndler- chief, It was fn the packet of her snddln—tha Majfor lnstnnug placed bis snowy cambrio in_ hor trembling hinnd, * Then sho overflowed. . ‘Tho Mujor waitod a little, Then hio vontured to tnlke the hand that was nat ocoupicd with liia pockat-handkerchief, and eaid in a tone of ror spectful tonderncss, Yy “Dout, pray don't give way sol « ..'" YOU'RE QUITE BAFE NOW, . I asaure you." g 8ob, sob, f I “1f you know how every sob yon witor rends my" (! vitals,” tho Major was poing to sy, thon ho thought of *brenst," an.l finally sub- utu;x'nnd) “heart, you—you wouldn't keep on 80, . Bob, sob. “ You don't know how I havo hopod, have longed for amoment like this; to hold vour hand in mino, to fock that wo are_alone togeter, thal yon do not ropulso me, that I am pormitted" (lisses her hand), ** that you do not forbid me." (Bustuess as before.) Sob, sob, sob. * 1¥hon witl shostop 2 thought tho Major. . *You do not answer; spesk to me—or hes mo while I toll you what T hnvo wished to sayfor long days past.” Miss larford—Dinan, I love youl!” “Ihat was dsucedly well put, thought the Bafor to himsclf, : ' 8m1"” maid the lady, suddenly bocoming elec. trified intoan eroct posture. It was but one word, but it wns quite enough to almost *throw the Imperturboble off Afs iuvincible equilibrium, Tor that moment Miss Rosoneath could boast ot having seen that great man, to use & common but expressive torm, tlabbergasted. 4 parTy |—>t1es RoSENEATH " “Yos, Maj. Marjoribanky, Miss Roseneath. Oh ! talto mo home! tako mo bome! and nover, never daro to call mo Patty again!" . *T'ho do-vil 1" snid the Major, slowly, boneath his mustaches. S *You might hnve boon satisfled with making a fool of n poor silly gurl; without insulting her afterward, - Ol Liow could you be '80'c—c— oruel | " b e “1 say, Patty—listen a momont—don't talk liko thaé. You don't nupfmnul mennt to buri' your foolings? Hang it, L ain't such a cad ns all that comes to. X didn't know it was you—I took you for"— B ' Oh, I knot;. {ou tool mo for Miss Harford, Denr DI she told me you bud been making love to her sinco you came,” Bat [ thought’ you had ouly boon —fi—ilirting, " ssid poor Patty; goimg off again., * Did-sho tell you that ?" sald the Msjor, “Yea; and shio aid yon were & conceited man, wud eho,was afeaid” evo day you'd pro- poso, becunse she would have the troublo of re- fusing you, I nevor told horall you said to mo down ot Rosewood. Billy that I was, ‘ever to Dolioye in a Majorl™ S Did pigno and chagrin at the intolligenco that ho had just recoived prompt tho Major's next impuiso? Or did e IS BETIER ANGEL whispor to him that o dinnor of hoerbs with this littlo woman who really loved him, and for whom Lo wns conscious of u feoling a8 noarly akin' to that Iiuslm a8 Lo wne capablo of experiencing, would be botter than a moro splendid ropast with her to whom ho was indiforent ? ~ Bitterly would he have derided such an iden from on- other; DLittorly that morning would ho bave laughed at the thought of his presont coriduct. Dut fow men act up to thelr prineiplos; "end it o with a ring of genuino feeling in his voico that bo snt down by Patty's sido and snid—but wo willnot writo his words; thoy wero greatly. devold of that artistic fluenoy which gonorally distinguishod tho Major's uttorancey to tho fair islux; ‘but to Patty thoy sounded liko flowiug oney. . ‘“And you renlly will—aud you'ro not sorry for, what has happoned 7 “ Well," snid tho Major, looking down into her eyes, which gazod up Hiroiael ot toars, gligton- ing with mingled light nud toar-dropy, ' per- hops it wasn't sucll an uufortunate mistake afior alll™ " Would you bo surprised to Lear thnt the Major makey A OAPITAL HUSBAND ? Ho lives in an atmosphore of spuds and stonm- plows, cattlo and couuty magistraoy, aud when, on_somo summer's eve, the cloud-compelling cigar belng lighted, he lics upou his lawn, and w008 his young burbariuus all ut play, he really dops not look unhappy, Bomotunes a youug lady, who is gotting oldor, comos to seo Mrs. Marjoribauke aud the cluldren, Bhe it is who . hs giveu Frod ius pony and Maiirico his tertior. She 18 stull unmurried,. sud intends to continue 80, 5 “ Aud yot 1 always thought thab you would marry, sonio time or other," says Putty to hor visitor, as the Mnjor passes the window. *“And I know some one that thought so too, ot lnst at ono time,” *t Ab, my dear,” says Diana, with a_slight, comical curl of the lip, * that was 'rue Msson's Msraxe,"—~Zemple Bar, —_— LOVE, ZLava ia not made of kisses, or of slghs, Of clinging handls, or of tllo korceries And subtlo witcherafts of allurlng eyes, Lovao {s not mado of brokon whispors ; no ! Nor of the blushlng chook, whose answering ge “Cells thut the enr by hoard the ucceuts lows Tava Is not mado of toars, nor yot of smilea § Of quivering lips, or of ontloluz wilos 2 Lovo ia uot tewpled ; ho himsulf begnilos, This Is Tove's langungo, but thisia not Love, It we know aught of Loye, how sliall we dare Lo uay that this s Love, when well awaro ‘That thoso are common things, and Lova i raro 7 As soparate strenms may, blending, ovor roll | Iu courso united, 50, of sonl to sotl), Love s the uulon fnfo ano sweet whole, As molton.matala minglo ; a8 a chord Swells wnaal fu iavmoay § wien Lovo s ord, 'wo lieatt uro one, us luttors form & word, Ono hioart/ona mind, ono soul, aud one desire, . - A kindred faucy, and n sister fire Of thought sud pasalon ; theso can Love fnsplre, T'his makes & boaven of gaxth § for (his iu Love, ' —Chambers' Journal, » e S Qotton Munufactures, » England has now 86,000,000 spindles {n hor mills, with nearly 400,000 looms and 050,000 workmen, Next come the United Stutes, with 8,000,000 kpindlon ; Frnnco, 5,700,000 3 thio Gore man ' Zollyoroin, 4,000,000, or ' which Alsaco pos- aoskea 1,700,000 ; Tuswin, 5,000,000 Switzerlund, 1,800,0005 “Auatria, 1,400,000 ; Spav, 1,400,000 1 Holgium, 100,000 Ttaly, 60,000, aud ovor 8,000, 009 for athor'countriou,’ According to tho roport of N, Alean, mado in 1807, the numbor of spindles used In cotton “splunlng was 68,450,000, Vhich nuwbor Lng jucrensed now to 68,700,000, Tstlmating the amount of capital invented at %10 I gold por epindio, wo find that $U37,000,~ 000 is tnvestod in tho wduatry, and somo §160,- 000,000 is anuually paid to 1,200,000 workmon, pemell ot o # v A Big Bell, The “Emperor Willlam Boll," dostivied for tha Uologne Cathedral, hos just boen flnlshed, | It welgln about 60,000 pounus, s 18 foot high and 14 feot wida, Tho fimt moldiug of the ol prov- od & faflure, and cousidorsble difloulty Lus yat to bo overcomo in crnmupoxtln(i the immonyo af- fafr from Frankenthal, whore {t was cast, to tho fon of the tower of the Oologuioe Caikodral,