Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-05-11
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From ,hs Lohdon Courier Of the III OF
April, we have extracted the following &c.
count OF srother eruption Of Mount Fesu
sius, which took place on ;he uight of the
9th ct February, exhibiting as u spectacle
:roiy gFsnd aud awful = Baft. Pat.
MALES. March s.
ERUPTION Of ATgu,st Vtsupsus. Mount
Ve.uyivs, which has been for several months
sn ate of total inaction, ON Friday, the
22d February showed signs nf renewed vi.
gnur OH the following night it was in q
very great activity, aud en- Sunday night,
the 9Th Feb. J the volcano exhibited a
very grand eruption. A broad stream Of
lava descended the cone, and seemed to
surn off in tn angle, and run down the
mountain towards Resnia and Portci the
flames above the crater were lofty and con.
,inued an Unremitting di.chsrge of fiery
ms,s.s, which were rhrown up in the air
20 q great bright, Issued from tie moutb,
and the gruans IF The mountain were heard
In Naples, like distant thunder. About ten
O'Clock ON that evening" the view Of the
city was particularly s,ril,ins-tbe wide ri
yer of fire ran on in majestic slowpess in
Vulnerable pale torches were seen coas,ing
It's sides, on which some bold and curious
persons seemed every now and then to be
treading the flames were reflected across
the bay, and threw strong glare on the
buildings and on the faces of thousands of
spectators who had gathered on the Moo,
Santa Lucia, and ether open places, to gaze
VT the magnificent conAcsration'
On Monday (25,h Feb. the eruption
was much less considerable /; in the evening.
the Princess of Paranoto, the Kings wife.
assembled to the hermitage of San Salvatore.
On Tuesday the 26h loud rambling
noises were heard III Naples, at very short
Intervals, during all the day the quantity
OF smoke which issued from the volcano
was so great that the sun was quite disco.
iOured its reflex was of murtly red tint,
and the atmosphere WAS heavily couded.
Religious professions re made in the little
towns at the foot Of the mountain, which
have so often suffered from their dangerous
neighbour Towards evening, Is appear.
ance, promised gocd nights work, we set
oil from Naples TO view the operations near.
er, The road 10 Resina was covered with ueo
pie going and returning, like fair when
we reached the spot where strangers arc, on
common occasions surrounded by gui6es.
aud asses and mules, to conduct them cd
the mountain, we found that no animals
were to be procured, and it was with diff.
Guilty we could get a stupid old man fer q
than carrying torch. The ascent was
ahronged with people, some pu hing on enr.
eerly 10 the object Of their curiosity, and o.
Shers returning and discussing what thew
had seen Tar below San Salvatore we saw
The stream OF fire rolling along wide hollcw,
snd approaching the path by which we were
gong up 1t was then, however. at a con-
siderable distance, Its course was very slow.
On reaching The hermitage we refreshed our.
reive' as well as the crowd there asscmS',d
would permit we then continued, and for
shertness traVersed the lava chiefly formed by
the eruption of January, 1921 we reached
the loot OF the cone just where the stream
was dsscensing we found it about thirty
seet vide /; 1t was not liquid lava, but com.
posed OF aches, ignited stones, and old mas.
SEES OF volcanic elections, swept away in Its
course and heated again these lumps ro,.
iea over each other, producing strange
ciinsing noise: some Of them were OF very
great size, ana the whole stream. tho de.
sceRding a steep cOoe. moved but slowly
6eyond tins principal stream, midway 10
'ne cone, was sn opening, whence very large
stones and other burning matter were CON.
tinua'iy thrust out this mouth fed a scat.
tered stream, beyond which was another mar.
row stream, proceeding, (like the principal
one from the crater they both united with
the main body in the deep hollow below, and
rolled on. towards the road which lead from
Kesina uPto the hermitage:
The quantity of spectators standing bv
ans burning river was astonishing we
with great many Of the noTe adyenturnus
determined to ascend the cone we there.
fore passed little 70 tho left Of the great
stream, and began TO scramble thnogb the
deep loose cinders and ashes which cover
ah'S part OF the mountain, and render il a,
all times q most fstiguing climb. A little
pain or tract formerly existed, in which the
guides bad laid masses Of lava to facilitate
the mounting, bot IL was Just in that line
that the present eruption descended. and ,ce
were In consequence obliged 10 20 I'D over
The sand and cinders, in which we stuck nm
10 DOR knees, and at every three steos lost
one on an average. After a most breethirp
fpii OF an hour and half, we found ourselves
with a'ew others, on tn edge Of the grand
crater; hence the cOup.d'o en was terriicaI
W sublime /; the flames rushed out of the
mouth and threw themselves IN the air in a
broa1 hody to The ell vation Of al least e nun.
ored feet, whilst many Of the fiery stones
lie" up twice that height the flame, fell
pack INTO the mouth and then burst out again
as thoHgh lmpeIed by a fresh impulse like
tle blast OF bellows in the de,cept some
OF N stones and lamps Of cinder returned
INTO ne mouth, bat the greater part fell out.
side OF the IlAmes like the Jets Of a mountain
-Whiie we were shading on the exuosed
SIDE OF the crater, very intent in observation
all OF sudden the volcano gave a tremen,
uous roar, 1t was like the crash of a Inn,
line OF artillery, and was instantly succeed
ed by auch DISCHARGE If stnnea a, ,,,o l. 4