The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-11-22

A ToucH1aG RELIC OF PoMpIu-In digging
out the ruins of Pompeii every turn OF the
spade brings up some relic Of the ancient life,
some witness Of imperial luxury, for far the
greater part Of the relics have merely curious
interest, they belong to archaeology, and tind
appropriate resting places IN historical muse
ums
! But there are some exceptions. Here, fof
instance, the excavator drops An uninvlted guest
upon banquet, there he unexpectedly obtrudes
himself into a tomb. In one place he hnds
miser covering on his heap, another shows him
bones of dancing girls and broken instruments
Of music lying on the marble floor, in the midst
i of the painted chambers, baths, halls, columns,
fountains Among the splendid evidences OF
material wealth he sometimes stunbles on q
simple incident, touching human story, such
as strikes the imagination and suggests the
mournful interest of the great disaster, as the
sudden sight of wounded soldier conJures up
the horrors Of field Of battle
! Such to our mind is the latest discovery Of
the excavators in this melancholy field. It's a
group of skeletons in the act Of flight, accom-
panied by dog. There are three human be-
ings, one Of them young girl, with gold rings
and Jewels still on her fingers. The fugtlves
had a bag Of gold and silver with them, snatched
up no doubt in haste and darkness. But the
fiery flood was on their track and vain their
wealth, their fight-the age Of one, the youth
of the other The burning lava rolled above
them and beyond, and the faithful dog turned
back to share the fortunes Of his mistress, dying
at her feet.
t Seen by the light Of such an incident, how
} yivdly that night of horrors looms upon the
2 senses! Does not the imagination picture the
little group in their own house, by the side Of
their evening fountain languidly chatterlng over
S the days events and the unusual heat? Does
! it not hear with them the troubled swell OF the
waters in the bay? see, as they do, how the
a night comes down in sudden strangeness. how
the sky opens overhead and flames break out
: while core, sand, and molten rocks come pour,
: ing down? What movements, what emotIons
0 what surprised The scene grows darker every
instant, the hollow monotony of the bay IS lttec
, into yells, shrieks, the air grows thick and no
k with flames, and at the mountains foot is hearc
). the roll Of the liquid lava.
d Jewels, household gods, gold and silver con
are snatched up on the instant. No time to say
d farewell Darkness in front and fire behind
d they rush into the streets, streets choked VIII
e falling houses and flying citizens. How ilnt
d the way through passages which have no longe
it outlets? Confusion, danger, darkness, uproa
l. every where, the shouts Of parted friends, tn
e agony of men struck down by falling columns
! fear, madness, and despair unclaimed. Here
l. penury clutching gold it cannot keep there
y gluttony feeding on its final meal and phrenz:
d striking in the dark to forestall death. Through
r all fancy hears the young girls screams, th
IL fire is on her jewelled hand. No time TO
thought, no pause, the flood rolls on, and Wis
a dom, beauty, age, and youth, with all the sto
J. res of their love, therhopes, their rank, wealt
d. and greatness all the once af1uent life, are gon
forever.
V, When unearthed after many years, the name
less group has no other Importance to mankln
iy than as it may ''serve to point moral or ador
k. a tale" r.~
20 AMBAssADoRIAL FLUNkEYs.- Buchanan
y, United States minister to Great Britain. whoi
ID the press of the eight little sland'' delights
ut clubbing s'his excellency," has had fine tim
ia of it in GLASGOW, Scotland, where the 'favorit
4 son of PENNSYLVANIA transported himself
n bear hand among the canny bodies OF ths
$ enterprisng place on the occasion of inaugurf
,e ting statue of queen Victoria. Ofcourse til
II illustrious democrat from the Keystone Stat
s. was the observed of all observers on the occs
$ sion, partly, doubtless, arising from the tradin
ID instincts Of the locality, partly from that appre
h ciative loyalty which is amazingly tiekled b
hunkeyism in trans Atlantic visitants, ofcl;
rt and non unofficial The colonel being toasted
ID thus disunburdened his patriotic heart: u-
Il II cannot feel myself stranger in a strane
u country in the presence of this compan,
$ Hear | feel that am in the presence of rel'
i'd lives and friends, and | am glad that, by mel
to accident, ]. happened to be here on this oce'
V, sion. We have not as yet done much to cult
vate the arts in America, but we have tas
N to admire them, and the statue of the quee
a. that was disclosed to the wondering and adm
to ring eyes of the people of Glasgow to-day di
a. not produce warmer feeling of admiration
Ia the minds of my artistic friends than it did
~ nv own mind, rude as it is in matters OF til
70 kind
+, That's not bad, coming from an aspirant
j., the presidential succession, but the followin
" touched with emotion every Scottish heart
t. the assembly. Hear it, ye monarch -lovn
as democrats of America:
N "With regard to the two countries, althoue
rs much has been done to make them enemies, ar
7e although vexed questions have arisen to g
al TRANCE them, yet countries which God has ur
in ted the folly Of man cannot put asunder.'
l. The God here referred to could notha BET
n the deity worshipped by Washington and Jac
~ son, it must have been the God that James b
~ ~ chanan thanked, in 1812, that he had nota drt
8 8 of democratic blood in his veins! VIII Amer
" can representatives never learn self-respect,
u u that the country they represent is above sue
he abasement? True Delta.
m bo There is nothing that strikes a stranger mo-
W. W. forcibly. if he visits Sweden at the season
y. ~, the year when the days are the longest, tha
n the absence of the night He arrived at Stool
as ~. holm from Gottenburgs 400 miles Distant
s ed the morning, and in the afternoon went to s.
W some friends-had not taken note of the time
m - and returned at midnight; it was as light as
II is here half an hour before sundown. ic
~ could see distinctly. But all was quiet in tt
,,pp street; it seemed as if the inhabitants WEI
- - oone away. or were dead No sign of life