Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-24
THE RUINED CITIES.
Iesu,ius. lIerculaneum aud Pomptii

A ride OF Two hours catties the traveller
through the city OF Porter, twhcrc YOU
,o'l over Ileroulan um buried tea 9th
oms dep 10 lara md then through
those of 1'orrr d. Greco and Tore del
Annunz,e,s 10 The gate, Il Pompcir This
ran hardly b. called q rom. IL Is more
ike CITY temporarily tcsfrIcd, ne though
the iu'nbtan's were aSs'n, on SON" i"siiTe
occasion, sni mish soon return You feel
tina, it Is hardly eily OF tn, dead, for you
arc Walking through their poric's, and
over lhcif marble hocp where ih"y hsve
waited You arc admiutd into the cha IN
tes. where women made their toilcr Ibe
ina fbic baths su1 other svd,nce Of luru.
rious itlc arc all around YOU and you nj
,uoc expect 10 hear The f,untain playing -
Those rooms those gardens. public baths
,ok Il: II they might have ben inhabited
tul v'.rrduv md voo Eel rs though you
were Intruding upon pti,ai" property. ]
nm not M mi - inmate ndnitct Of oil
that ~ Arcirn' hU ihus" far Wrecks which
have lie n cn'omb 10 IN re than scvcn'e n
ctnlutns teach snhcr lesson 10 US oil the
pre-. n, age. aud sc can almost imagine the
wonder AMI ndmirn,ion Of the Go,hs and
'.i'''- TODD ''.''' w. ~ 'l'''l WV v W
wor,.o nt,yi h q, hIch thry wee all uoac.
qusinrd Thh impression is by no means
diminished hen we remember The ,as
treasures Of an which have zen found IN
tissniil town alone one of those of The
most unptc, cnd,ng of the Roman sway. on
~ one fourth Of which has vet been cxca.
waited Other cities of former t,m,s mites,
the slow decay Of time and more destuc-
uec ts,a.cs Of man, hut Pompci SANDS a.
l'nc-a monument which owes its ptcscr
walton 10 the r,stl"s. fires of Nrsuvlns -
The volcnuo has spared whnt man could
not spare and tins CITY, which has been
thus srard up or seventeen hundred yeats,
IS row restored
For centuries prior IN the Christian crn
Vc.uvius had been inactive, though S'rah,
speaks Of II rs nm extinct volcano. This
qniescent state ptec'd"d the mos, tor
rhIr eruption on reco,d In the year GO
ofour era, a,errible premonn'on occurred in
m earthquake which was followed in SIX.
teen years. A ID 70, by the eruption
which buried the cnics OF I1ercunneum 4
Pomprii--the former IN y stream Of maltcn
iavy. increased by subsequent eruption, the
later BY q shower n sshes. pumico stones,
&c which hns rendered the work Of dlsin.
tcrmcni comparatively easy. Most OF the
inhabitants ofihe two places made their es-
cape from impending danger The elder
phny who commanded the Roman feet at
Nlseuum went over 10 Silbln " h'ch town
was also destroyed. to render assistance Ia
his friends and lost his lie. being sufioca-
ted hv the clouds 81 suiphutous smoke thai
4 L a.. ,ls,ns. 10, ha moi IA,
Iti.u cnfions CIct Tint we have the letter:
of lhe snid Pllnv in nnswcrto tho request
OF Tn;uus, nnrrnt,ng the death of his uncle
while the books " hlch contained the hls,o
~ based on these lrurrs are lost to US
The eScava, ons a,Pompoi pro'e tb'
inhabitants came hack IN rescue some n
their property. 10 VII Oh they were partial
~ successful Thc modern discovery n
ihistawn dates no 70 thor back than 1850
and the excavations were not commence
ill 1855. II is probable that no sig, II
all recorded time was so sublime md tern
ole ms the eruption Of 70 The ashes wer
carried lnioSvrn and Egvr' and whCn III
gloon WAS dessipa,cd the three ci,i's =
tove named disappeared md tho sen cont
opposite their walls wns removed to n d.
lllCf bl more IVAN tNn W'fr Nv VIZ pr''
mulal,d masses o r,hcs cOmfnrd hv hci
ing water. pnmmcr stone, sooner. lava, an
other volcanic prodnc,s
The approach 20 Pompcii /. ,hrouph IN
street Of louhs" This is wuhou, The WALL
Tbs ,---l4 -afc- r,li4v "a lon. r a.
most anuui nslruction Son'e o'Ihrf
were in the proc'ss 81 construction who
the erniijnn 9th" rnNnm,nls harr' ned =
A. n rlass of niruntnins they qte not uulil'
thos" seen AT the pt-s"nt DIV shown
clearly enough whrrc We have hntrowo
our models A few hnvo rvramiiical To-
minulion', bu, generally they ARE rccinngl
irr ~ shape; HIGHER thnn rhrv are broad -
same Wuh small entrance doors. and othc'
without their faces hing ornamcuird Wit
sculc'ur'd foliage flowers nr Of per.or
~ has f,lif Fragments 81 statues sraue
al lboJl, prove thai in many instances II
s,alurs OF the docca.,d were placed m N
tomb The interior has commonly = leda
running around II. with inches Tor II
cncraty urns 10 which the asaCs OF the tea
WIRE pu', and VI the tomb were f,mil
one. the nnmb.r nj those inches for derns
ting The loururi ashes - much increase
Among thrsr serhulohers are seen sever
seats Tor the accommodation Of visitors GO
tunefal tfel'n'srns, with walls rehlv sn
coed where iuoeni hNnqnhs were held
sla,ei seasons or festivals. The inscnr,io,
on the tomhs do nH vary much from son
oil these which ail'ciions The same 10 .
cry sce-rromps 9, the rre,en, dnv c
ten they are swee, and uehiu-the folio,
iog (or example:
"FSfcweI mos happy soul OF Gaia O