All is darkness, except in the binnacle.
We leave the noble vessel to her fate, with the cheering conviction that
she is fully insured.
THE COLISEUM AT ROME.
Who has not yet heard of the Coliseum at Rome, that great masterpiece of
Architecture, wherein Rome held her gladiatorial combats, her peace
jubilees, and other solemnities! What classic associations cluster
around it; what tender recollections of Latin Grammar and of ROMULUS and
REMUS, CATILINE, and other friends of our youth, crowd upon us!
Here is where the poet saw the lying gladiator die; and where Mr.
FORREST beheld the arena swim around him. You perceive from the outline
of this immense building that there was ample room for this purpose.
A look at this recalls past ages; the palmy days of Rome. I need not
remind my young friends that Rome is not so palmy as she was. And yet
there is no reason in the world why she couldn't be made a great
railroad centre. Look at Troy!
Strangers repair to this venerable pile from every part of the earth,
though it is somewhat out of repair just at present.
This view, I need hardly explain, is intended to be by moonlight.
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