Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-08-17
VOLUME 30. NUMBER 40.

Egg "he mime was running miniature volcspo, owe, nj.
,L 49, "a lS l opened my hand, and there layed
me crushed shell, while the conea,s verc fas,
over my friends broadcloth / laughed o,,;h, .s
glons as II was SO much YOU see for an. ,,n.;, g.; -
50 oi'en scolded me about had lost ms egg while INV
ehu' VINO TOOK things cooly cnioysd M, on 81
eating OF his but the consciousness of bnvipg .,,. - ~
Geo IN 'e steam OF Vesuvius But il isn't the first tim.
experienced me evils OF too cxcitable nature
we next descended into the crater and however lgbt
hng one may deem IL in ordinary times il wa. $50
matter Tor me- Both hands and never before been
e., ', u'sen' req1sluoh The path times was not
% "id ana indeed was not path but cefts i'm the ock
"here often single mssep would have semi one 90 The
ol 'ne crater while lava rocks cracked ut their base
appaieh'y waiting but slight touch to shake them
wi ~, you' hung overhead. Frequently nv only courxe
was 10 lie against the rock and cling viii, nv hands 10 the
rg.'s Plnt, "hie ever and anon from out some aper-
- u shoo'Jets OF steam so impregnated with sulphur
% Hihos' % suangle me- My guide would then be hid
from my sight, and had nothing to do but hang ON and
~ O!her unes the crater would be filled with yapor
en ''e Hn shroudng every thing from our sight even
S"c "hle we hung midway on the rock and stood
nhdlsted Amidst the rolling vnpor IN. cb
b " @ Tremendous engine and the explosion that sent
'ta llto the arr and them after moment of deep 81
ehce the CHATTER OF the returning fragments. Ike ba ,,a
gu ny caves lar, Tar below IL was sufficiently s,ar,
g.. ~ u 70 s'and hallway down that crater, with your
W uOAis sulphur and your hand rocks so hot thar
you shrunk from the touch aud ga.s dorm ON liza, ,es
80 "i'nou' wrapping 1t IN gloom and adding deep
el mystery 10 It's already mysterious workings puF NJ
ouia hen sweep through the cavity dashng the mist
against is sides aud sending like gbtened soir,s ovar
e verge almost expected change when the gbr
- as ead nd
stern ' u
We at length reached the bottom and sitting down AT
'epeeHf distance from the base of the cone enoyed the
sublime spectacle There deep down IN the bov
els OF the mountain, while up on the brink of be c-
e'HAe cufen IN size, group of sending their
h"rrah down at every discharge scora Before me as
cenuea the column Of rolling smoke while every few az
conds the melted mass elected into the air with re-
port st made me measure rather wsuy the distance be-
M = ana 'he up' Our guide took coppes and as
te scoa tell little distance off, would run up the sides
OF the cone drop them the smaller portions ana he
toie second discharge TWAS amusing how cooly
ne would stand and look up on the descending fragments
oil he, some OF which would have crushed him 10 the
earth and calculate their descent so nicely that with
d shs"' movement ne could escape each.-When the
s sn cooled the eopPers were left embedded in
" anu mus earned oil as remembrances OF Vesuvus We
went around the crater, continually descending until we
TSie % s lowest part close 10 the base the CONE
mere tue lava was gathering and cooling and cracking off
III "'gc Ios, with that low Continuous sound which is al
ways made ny thc rapid cooling vt an intensely heated
mass ascended Al little ennence which the lava was
so"y undermining, and thrust my into the molten sub
~ "as 50 not that had to my face withnly
cap 10 order 10 hold stick it for a single moment
sIoou ana saw told after fold slowly roll and fall
' -'u nea'd Tie hng OF the volcano above me- and saw
eaF hundred feet above my head red of
ma suspended In the air, ashamed 10 say fell
Ge uncomfortable. looked above and around and saw
la IL needed but slight tremuous motion 70 coufne me
mere forever IL was the work OF ) or 10 minutes 70
an the TOP 2UOO feet high and little ayer discharge
OF hIe-a small shower OF ashes-and should have been
n01eFed OF erlsped IN moment There may have been
no GangeT but one escape the belief of II when a,
es ne Is compelled 10 dodge flaming OF scoriA thai
ouieTwlse would have smitien him To the earth
We assembled by different and much easier potb lea
longer, but far preferable the we came down II led
US 10 the oher side OF The crater which we locke
down on Pompen could the stream of lava 10 the
PLAIN, and cond well Imagine the CONSERVATION of the in
nabtan oil The doomed city the of ashes shot off
or IT'S BOSOM Weary and exhausted we descended nv
oeent route through bed OF ashes that reached from ton
20 oo''On mounted our horses and rode homeward The
glorious plain spread before us but we were too
uled 10 ENJOY IL We stopped the hermitage where
mar Drought US some LacryEa Christi, and then proceeded
honewaId AT the bottom OF the hill found our suner
nunerary guide halt drunk credit who told ms he
had SOUP h beei ou fruit ceiera, provided for our en-
ertaMnen IN nelghboring house, which proved to be
oveI lhe provisions he said had butlilte more than
dollar, while the man ask ed only about the same for cooking
them was thoroughly vexed, and told him TO saw TO the
man he might have the provision pay for cooking Them
and as Tor him. considered him the greatest scounde
had yet met with, and had many He replied Thar
he regarded me his son-ihat he would nor see me
cheated Of grant for the world. thought the nroofs o
ms affection were rather dubious, but was fairly taken in
and there was nothing be said told him his s
lection for me had about dollars thar dsv ard
II was altogether expensive me- and thought no,
outstanding the intensity of ms love- that we had bs
part And yet would you believe it, this fellow some dnv
AFTER when was leaving the city, had the imoudence IN
come up TO the carriage and ask make HIM present
OF few cariines, of farewell gift TWINS really
TIE coolest ascalty had yet encountered But the dav
passed away, and the evening" with welcome repose
came That night slept had never slept before II
was Ike OBLIVION, It was so deep and unbroken. H.