The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-06
Eruption OF Mount vesuvius.

We find in the Courier des Flats Unis the fol-
lowing further particulars of the late eruption from
which paper we translate:
Eruption Of Hesuvius.--The officer Of the Ameri
can navy who lost his life in the late war of Vesu
vius was CHARLES CARRoLL BAYARD, whose grade
was that OF passed mdshipman He was the son
OF the Hon. X. H. BAYARD, ex-senator in Congress,
OF the State Of Delaware. This young man be-
longed to the Mediterranean squadron /; and the
snip TO which he was attached having arrived
Naples, he obtained permission to go and visit We
suvius. he was near the edge of the crater when
he was struck in the right arm with stone thrown
out by the volcano. His wound beingve serious,
he was at once conveyed to Naples but. notwith-
standing the care bestowed upon him, il was i'm
possible to stop the hemorrhage which took place.
Chloroform was administered to him, in order that
his arm might be amputated. The operation ap-
peared to have succeeded, and there was some hope
that ne might be saved but, on the next day.
lockjaw manifested itself, and the young man died
on the morning Of the 10th of February
Two or three other persons have been also the
victims OF their curiosity. There was an extreme
anxiety at Naples, moreover to go and see close at
hand the magnificent spectacle which the mountain
OF Vesuvius presented. We find the following in a
private correspondence:
NAPLES, February 9-ll p. m.--vesuvius is all
on fire. What an illumination! What frightful
detonations, such as might have proceeded from
the cannonading of Eylau And the sky and the
sea appeared to roll in flame. The fury of the
volcanic monster made itself known this time by
terrific warnings. 1t belched forth necessarily
from its ugly jaws shower of granite and fire.
which meandered down the sides of the mountain
pouring its burning waves in the direction of Otta
Jano. Wo to all which is found in its path All
or nearly all the foreigners who were at Naples
lett at six O'Clock in special train which the
railroad manager put at their disposition. great
many ladies were of the number who went.
nay past eleUen.-The sharpness of the reports
has doubled; an immense column of flame rises to
the sky; Vesuvius has just formed new crater for
itself, new issue; it presents at this time the
most magnificent and most imposing phenomenon
which could be offered to the admiration Of man.
Midnighf-One of my friends, Swiss officer in
the service Of the king of Naples, has just sought
me In his carriage to conduct me to the theatre of
this sublime spectacle. ! depart with view of
giving you more ample details my return.
February 1910 a. MI abandon the idea of de-
picting to you the terrible yet magnificent specta
Gle OF the night 1t would require the golden pen
of the Arabian Nights, and even that would break
in impotence in my hands. The splendors of this
vesuvian eruption exceed all that the human ina
gination could conceive of the fantastical Unhap-
PLY the lava has made great ravages; il spreads
over large surface of ground, two leagues long
and half a league broad, at an elevation of four
metres' 1t has destroyed the magnificent villa of
the Prince of ottajano, convent, church, some
cottages, and number Of vines
The following calculation exhibits the increasing
progression of the vesuvian eruptions. From the
year 79 TO the year 1896 Of the Christian era, five
are reckoned; from 1886 to 1851, there were seven;
from 1851 to 1874, seventeen; from 1894 to 1850,
eight of which three have threatened the safety of
the cities situated at the foot of the volcanic noun
tain.