Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-05-14

| were drowned themselves.
The Visit to the Crater of yesuyius.
! The Gscent-T The hot lard The pitciu smoke
! and the dcScem-Mr. Weed, of the Al bany Jour
nal now in Italy, writes the following interest
ing account of his visit TO Mount Vesuyus:
| NAPLES, March IL, 1852.
! Vesuvius you know, is the prominent feature
of the varied views that Naples presents. We
have been looking at lis smoking crater, high
above the clouds, anxiously for three weeks IN
tending to take advantage of the most favorable
occasion to ascend To many this is an impos-
sibility to others it is difficult, and even peril
Gus while to the youthful and athletic it is on
ly an exciting enterprise. All, however, who
ascend, regard il as an achievement of which
they at liberty 10 boast. 1t would have griev-
ed me to have left Naples without ascending
Nesuvius, and rejoice to have seen this great
wonder of the world but now that it has been
achieved, no moderate sum Of money would
tempt me, in company with ladies for whose
safety am responsible, again 10 encounter its
perils Accidents rarely occur, and this en-
courages so many to venture; but there is
manifest and imminent danger, especially to
such as trust themselves to carriers, as well a.
those in delicate health who climb up. Per
haps brief account of the process will interest
you.
We left Naples in carriage at 8 H. A. NJ.
which drove 10 a town built upon tie Lava which
overwhelmed Hcrculaneum. Here we mounted
ponies. A ride of two hours brought us thro'
a winding, steep but pleasant road to the Her
mitage, tour miles from Portici, where we stop
ped to refresh. From thence 10 the foot of he
Cone is a mile and half, by difficult and mar
- 1 | Il,
MES are Way-Wise and sure footed To H. who
was now in the saddle for the second time in her
life, this seemed "A fearful undertaking, but she
accomplished it gaIIauIly.
The ladies when we started only intended to
90 to the foot of the Cone, but when there the
temptations 10 ascend were irresistible. They
saw others going up and returning, (or large
number mad been waiting, like ourselves, for a
fine day,) and though it made the head swim to
look at persons up in the clouds ciinging to al
almost perpendicular mountain, they resolved to
follow, and immediately seated themselves i'll
chairs dashed 10 poles. -Four men raised these
plocs to their shoulders and commenced the as
cent. Having, as you know one disabled walk
ing beam, | also seated myself in a chair. The
distance up is about mile, and steep as it is you
mount directly Instead of winding your way
The first thirty or forty rods is through volcanic
cindcrs, and easy enough. You then reach the
broken, sharp scoria, much of which furnishes
but an uncertain foothod And here discoy-
cred and unexpected difficulty. The carriers
having been up with party that proceeded Us,
were so faded and exhausted that saw how i'm
possible it was 10 reach the summit in that way.
| therefore alightod, and taking an arm of two
Of them, trudged upward, at the hazard of doing
myself an rrcparable injury. In the meantime
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vance, were also in the hands OF weary painting
carriers, whose progress was slow and difficult.
Frequently, to prevent themselves from falling
backwards with their bnrthens, the carriers
would drop upon their knees and hold on to the
broken scoria until they gathered breath and
strength to struggle on. | was infinitely re!iov
ed, therefore, when the ladies' disappeared, for
then knew that they were safely up. The last
quarter of mile was rendered easier by the
snow into which steps were made. The ascent
is usually accomplished in three quarters OF an
hour, but in consequence of the exhaustion OF (
our carriers, we were an hour and quarter GO
ing up.
Bat once up, we brcathcd freely, and the view
so submoly interesting, that we forgot our tolls
and p2rils. There was mild atmosphere and
a bright sun.
We first glanced over a broad bay, and broad
er compagna which spread out under our feet.
Large towns, in the distance, looked like a sin
gle mansion, or at most mansion, around which
out-houaes clustered.-Thc city of Naples, with
its 100000 Inhabitants seemed but small com
pact village, and the u. S. ship independence,
moored in the Bay, was no larger, apparently,
than Pilot boat More Immediately below us
are the cities and towns buried by Lava by the
different Eruptious, over which modern towns
excepting PotnpeiD have been built, in antici-
patton, it would seem, at some future day, Of q
similar fate. Having surveyed, with our eyes,
the surrounding scenery, we follow the Guide
to the Crater, to obtain good look into which,
we had to walk for several rods on its rim, with
q yaWning gulph on one side and frghtful
precipice on the other.
Vesuvius is now in rcpose. Ithas, however,
two lungs or breathing places, from which col
umns Of smoke are forever and ever ascending.
This smoke is so strongly impregnatad with sui
phur as to straDgle those who uhalc it. The
Lava on the side of the Crater is Of the color OF
birthstone. An egg placed in the creyices near
the top will roast in few minutes. Metallic
substances change color By a moments expos
IRE. for on our return, Mrs. II. found tina! her
purse, "a highly polished steel one) which had
no; been out OF her pocket was b,ackeucd and
spoiled. Some adventurous gentleman attempt
ed to descend a few rods into the Crater, but
were soon driven back by the smoke, the density
of which shut off the view into the pot whore
molten lava is boiling.
GAN that goes up must come down" So at
Nesuyius To those who are alert and hale the
descent from the dizzy height IS q fro.icsoma
feat. Over the first quarter Of mile, through
the snow, the young roll and turn snmmcrsets. .
Bot the ladies' and iHva'ids especially, the de-
scent has its peri!s, for it requires rigid bracur
and strong muscular effort TO preserve al erect
position You DO not return, however over the
sharp broken scoria, but b another route, thro'
volcanic cinlars, into which you sink almost
knee deep. The ladies', with a carrier on either
side, on whose arms they rested, ran rather than
walked down. And when we reached the bot
tom in safety, experienced a grateful sense Of
relief from apprehension and so!icituGe.
Az USINAGIyATIyE WfFE.--Jean Paul
Ritcher thus sketches a wife Of his acquaiut-
anCc:
She could count the strokes ofthe town clock