NEW I ORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1875.TRIPLEi SHEET. a the deposits of the Tiber. It became necessary t* lortu another port and to procure for the waters GARIBALDI. of the Tioer a more rapiu fall by diminishing the < ) lengtu of its course toward the sea. Permit u< THE to an m a excellent on RC quote tnis 3 AM subject:. PA*GNA naT authority "The Veteran as aj "Au interesting Inscription was discovered at Fighter 1 Porto, wliicu has u rowu mucu light ou tbe Industrial Leader. X structlon of the ancient port. It. states that.conaIn Map Showing thS Proposed Improvements of the Tiber and to Restore the Campa&;n;* consequence ol trie inundations with which Home had been threatened bv the difficulty of tue water to Agiriculture. of the Tiber reaching the s^a, the Kmperor THREE GREAT PEACEFUL PROJECTS ' t'luuiiius lud cut new channels from the then branch into the port, in A. I>. 46. Theexistingfou " lowing is a copy of this curious record V ' %/ ; ri n.avnivs. dkv.-i. i i'aksau.-avu. > Old Tiber To Be 1\ jukk.manun > I'iimik max..tkib. i*otk.-r.s Deepenet i VI. Co.S. I»i:s|(i. 1111. IMi- XII. IM'- KOsSI.S, \ ; x * >i ILW: 'V »nvi'TI> A IH K It I Ol'KlflS. K(»RTV.->.CAV38A and Straightened. ; Ml-tdsyVlC IN. MAKI VKHEM.1MVNDA1IOX1& 5 Etev^tjWof-CanaMy $I'KK1CVI,0 1.1 ltl. tl A V1 f, { ^ ^ X. ^ /^220yMelret °?WuuejX»abpv&~the Level oMhe^jsa'VL-^--^"^--'\\ "A part of the extensive area of tne port of The Romana To Be Trajan is now reduced to a marshy state, although Campagna Irrigate ^ preserving its Hexagonal lorni, surrouuaed ou and Drained. every side by rains of buildings which lormed the warehouses, the emporium or the maritime coat merce of Rome in the second and third centuries, HOME 10 HAVE A NEW PORT AND HAKBO: PKOJKCTKI) BY AlOUSTUS. The worts at Porto were not executed anui .1 the of in the middle of the first I C / CEN reign Claudius, OABIX I\ century. The i'ortus Ciaudll appears to have been The Italian Patriot tc c ^ II the first undertaken, and consisted or a vast (1 I I harbor opening ulrectly on the sea, and to the the Herald. northwest encircled by two piers, witu a third insulated one, or breakwater, to protect the I surmounted by a lighthouse. In the courseentrance, jTtHCSSLSnji of time this port also begun to bo choked up, la Be Sketches Ilis Plans Briefly, and Asks th consequence of which that which we now see waa commenced by Trajan, and completed about tho Sympathy of Americans as Well year 103 after Christ. as Italians. » TUB C1RCC1T OF Till CLACDIAN PORT S r AJ still be traced la the meadows to the nortfe i may of the hexagonal duck of Trajan. The second to afford an increased rail to the Tiber, waaobject, AN HOUR AT VILLA CASALINJ effected by cutting a canal, by which its waters reached the sea in a direct instead or by the sinuous line or the old channel, and It Is to tha latter great work that the above inscription par. -How the Liberator Lives tlttnlarlv r«fi»ra A um'nnri ninil waa HUbannneotlV and Talks. added, by which the basin of Trajan commuai* A-Ji "" s ) J cared with the Tiber, and by which the vessel* /o\ /S" S arriving In it were enabled to proceed .to Rome GARIBALDI TO THE HERALD. Bante -M without unloading and to carry their cargoes to ^ /?\ (?(JKw<$ the capital without re-entering the sea. The ) Villa Casalini, k of the Port or Claudius and the mcreas* Fcom di Pcuto Roma, silting up Pio, J Ort ai quali ho brevemente accennato, dipendc r 0/&£///if\v deigns to enter the great mother ocean. The flow : y=~ -W«-^,ROPOSE"O C'J THROUGH THE or its waters at certain seasons dal verdetti che uomini dell' atte ? is, consequently, gli dope WfflSSSBr^rts''kwatt' ISOLA SACR^^M of great rainfall and at the malting of the snowa maturi studi darauuo e dai loro calcol ^/; in the mountains, greatly interrupted, and then r Inanziari. Non si they overflow not only the city oi Rome itself out appena prenderik qualch< vase regions of the Campagna. And the banki determinazione mi l'ar& un dovere di tener I (even the bed In places) or the river being hlgnei the vene then surrounding country, swamps.stagnant, informato. lever-breeding swumps.are created and tb« Conto sa voi per tener desta l'attenzionc beslth o( Rome and ihe Campagna tnerebj affected. The to th« Amoricani e Italiani residenti ir plan Is, therefore, rectify degli dogli river by cutting off lta great angles and to aeepen America sopra argomenti di ccsi vitale the bed so as to produce a greater velocity or tba intercssoin which will necessitate the utmost come to I shall feel it a to Rime Is a and will be a The Tiber down ,r current, to make embankments where per Eoma, per l'ltalia e, diciamolcj projects duty keep you very necessary paying altogether. bring! every yea necessary eflorts of hydraulic science. These projects informed. The rectification of the bed of andertaklng.the Immense quantities of deposit, so much, lndeeiI, and thus enable the waters to reach the sea pure, pel mondo tutto. che guarda a Eomat Tiber is likewise very necessary, but evidently a that at its mouth eight or nine feet are annual! out difficulty and without flrst overflowingwithytna be stated as follows: . I count to alive the interest tome alia culla della fratcllanza dei Popoli. may briefly upon you keep task for Rome herself to periorm; because when won rrom the sea. So. just above Port Trajaii, land on either side. We cannot say at present First.The diversion of the Tiber on the of the Americans and ot the Italians resident the bed of the river is regulated it will only have where the river divides into two branches, a syi j. with any degree of certainty what course the reo> Q. GAEIBALDI. deptn enough for vessels of small burden. The tern ot locks will be ballt, causing the sandy floo d tlflcation will take. This will depend entirety from Ponte Milvio in America on of such vital interest IIabch, 4,1875. left, starting (Ponte Molle), questions of the CampagDa is a duty that Italyirrigationor the Tiber to be carried away to the souther n upon which of the two la homa sell* aweniks. winding it roand Rome, and bringing it back for Home, for Italy, and we may also say for should periorm by making a loan lor the purpose, outlet. Thus the Flumlclno channel and the ne w PROJECTED CANALS AROCND ROM! and enacting remedial laws. Of all tnese projects port or docks cannot be choked up, aa was th e ltseir will be adopted. At present two projeoti In a letter to our >* into its old bed a of miles or so aouth the entire world, which Borne as the private correspondent, endosing couple regards 1 will speak more in detail m my later letters. case with the ports or Trajan and Claudius, whoa e are under consideration, the western and the the above, the General send# the of the city. cradle of the brotherhood of the peoples. PLANS OF liENKRAL GARIBALDI. history we may glance at. cut, or canal, both of winch will be immenseljeastern I send you with this letter a map or Rome and TUB ANCIENT PORT Of OSTU. difficult of execution. The first project is t« characteristic message: . Second.The construction of a commercial G. GARIBALDL the course of the About two following Mabch 1875. the Campagna, on which I have sketched, under But before describing these ports we may refe r deviate Tiber, nulM Dite ai concittadini, ch' io vado sempre and military port, capable of receiving the 4, the eye of Garibaldi himself, the general idea ol lor a moment to the scheme of a channel lor th e above Rome, Into the bed or the little river Anio^ the eoite 07 the future. tbe?e plans. And lor the present thu sketch Tiber to the sea. This is proposed in order t o adapting the bed or that stream for a larger flon e near the month of the luporbo d'esaer uno dei loro ; che qua- largest vessels, Tiber, muHt suffice, because we are only in the era of carry the waters of the river more directly to th e or water as far as Ponte Mammoio, five miles ta Tell fellow citizens that I am to lunque ccsa si faccin da cotesti generosi delI at Fiumicino. This port, which will be con your proud new projects, and fresh suggestions come up and Mediterranean, to dry up the immense delta a t the northeast of Rome, on the roaa to Tlvali, be one of and whatever be done are entertalued every day. Only oue project may present ccupled from ustla to the sea, an d thence around the city, along the valley 01 till nuovo moado e d&i liostri Italiani la structed inland, will also be useful as a them, may residenti, har! the of the New World and be ccnsldered as definitely fixed upon, and that to drain the surrounding marshes. Thl s Marrana, to meet the Tiber again between tna meritcra sempre la gratitudiu# di tutti, bor of refuge. by generous people is the one relating to the new port and harbor lor channel would cut through the site of th e Ostiau Gate and tha Basilica of St. Pam'a without, there will hA Ml t r rtf D<1IV»* ThA*AlA>A T .Till I- ancient of which had been the cif A second is to be effected on the bank ewer was by our Italians residing always merit city Ostla, port plan right poioha la lloma dell' avveniro dove la [At one time the plan to reopen the a the of all, because the Rome of the tbiR Drat of all. The present port aad harbor lor Home rrom the earliest period, and had once a or the liber by cut from Ponte Molie, two mllei ttilla dslla fratellanza dei popoli. cient port of Trajan, but now the Generalan' gratitude Rome is cmta Vecchla, distant more than two rich population or 80,000 souls. It etood abou t north or Rome, back of the Vatican, through the future to be the cradle of the boars by railroad from tne It has a nali a mile lower down the river than the lltti e Valle dell' lnierno, all around the Monte dell* Vi saluti e solo to have a or ought city. large vostro, appears adopted port, docks, brotherhoodcircular made or modern with Its i- to the river near La of the I salute and am harbor, artificially by Trajan, and melancholy village Ostla, po{ Piche, rejoin Magllana. O GARIBALDI. nearer Fiumicino, facing the sea.] peoples. you, is naed for naval and mercantile shipping. The ulatlon or scarcely a hundred Inhabitants. Th e Garibaldi la in lavor of the former plan, in the From the left branch of the Tiber branch, yours, G. GARIBALDL proposed new port U but half an hoar's distance celebrated ancient city or Ostla was rounded by execution of which portions or tae aite ol the translation. by railroad irom the Eternal city, and win afford Ancus uaruus as tne pore or Home, tuo u. c., an d ancient Rome would be cut tarough, and possibly vara casalinx. j at Fiumicino, will be thrown out a breakwater THE IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBED. accommodation In a perfectly sheltered inland port lor many centuries was the port or embarlcatlo a important discoveries would be made. In tha Rome, Marcn or dock to vessels of the 01 the several to tlie t!i Till tibxr IN rome ITSELF. plans It be feasible and their much-to-bfi-desirod to be cxecutcd later. give axvlatancs everything feet, and twice that deptn at the mouth, wtiere lures, important buildings and tempi** brougcit By one of these deviations, then, a portion a prosperity. prcmtsiug 01 good returns. Without the latter, there will be a vast breakwater erected, to light, and these labors are still being carried o n the waters of the Tiber wonid be carried totb« NATUHALL* THE AilE HICAN TKOrLK, TUE EEAL12AXIOJ? OT THESE PROJECTS, indeed, ueltner General Garibaldi nor Victor about a mile into the sea. Thus the entranceextending in a dilatory kind or manner. The newchanncit sea, and the two channels wonid be sufficient m ' Emmanuel nor His Holiness the Pope could to the naruor or Fiumlolno will be a Garibaldi would cut the aits mood*. l»ho have constructed the gigantic dikes of to which I have eo briefly referred, will depend very proposed by through prevent tbe recarrtnce of tboee terrlole piocuie l£nglisn und otber foreign money for vjipcimivv maft, uuv it m tuu uiun uecesaarj, ana ot the anoient city, and it la thought that man 7 tlons that so frequently visit great portion* of tat the Mississippi and excavated the navigable upon the verdict given by scientific men alter carrying out ibe immense urojecis. Some of the will enaul* Fhip* to enter tna barbor witb ^erioct valuable works 01 art wouid be brought to light Ln Eternal City. It is not intended tuber to entertained and to canal which loatU the waters of Luke mature studies and on their financial plant explained me by »a>c>ty. To prevent tue Fiumicino channel aud the procass 01 outtlng the ouannei. or to dry up the preset! eoarse of the regulateTib** calculations.General Ganoaidi are good, and will deserve the u>« t.reai£%*ter becoming tilted it bat been oe< T1IE PORTS OF CLAVDlCi AND TRAJAN. through the euy, oat simpir to rddaee its width* into the Illinois, must interest themselvesilickigan A* soon M tome resolution shall be earnest support of capitalists. Xne new port of ctdea to tM watari oi tM XU*f ire a It Ike fort er Osila wu dMUoyMk tkartfor*, uJ 1 to and Meuttf/ ui whele iltMl Wit*