The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-08-29
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ET1rNA; a THR.IlLLING TALE.

q ,dAmong the wondrous sights on the earth,
the volcano of Etna will always hold just
pre.eminence. Renowned by past and present
history, sublime BY Its elevation, its form, and
4 the awful secresy Of unknown terrors which lie
concealed within Its bosom, the Sicilian volcano
will always be viewed with tho deepest, the
most solemn awe. ~ s,.
1t was with such feelings and with such
Thoughts. as these, that began to, ascend the
!. volcano ON the morning Of the fifth Of May, ls49.
I .badlef 5Gatania on the day before, in order
/ to visit this wonderful spot | did not. wish to
glance cafelessly upon it--no; for to me there
was always something reverend, something al.
most divine, 10 connection with this great mass
of upheaved lava, which led me to look earnest
ly at its rugged sides. ! wished to ascend, to
view from its summit the fairest regions on
earth; to glance down, down into those unfath.
omable depths where 6re, FIRE in all its terror,
forever dwells, forever struggles!
twas with slow steps that l. ascended the
cone, after the patient and hardy ponies had
been dismissed. HAD been an invalid, and the
fatigue of climbing up the steep and rocky de.
. clisity might we'll have daunted me. But after
many ytestings and many haltings, | was able
to attain the summit. slHI .
3. s The summit! good heavens! can ever for.
J getthe delrium, the transport of joy, which
the boundless prospect there awakened within
mel Can ever forget the glimpse which
frst caught of all the glories and all the horrors
ofnatuFe4 mingled together in such fearful uni.
sons se ~ z -
Far away on one side spread the fertile plains,
the green meadows, and the gentle valleys Of
Sicily. There were streams gancing and flash.
ing i'm the sun as they wandered to the sea,
with ten thousand labyrinthian turnings; lakes
whose CLASSY surface showed not ruffie, not
ripple; there were terraces upon the sides of
hundred hills, where vineyards we're planted,
and where the trellised vines passed along, all
green, all blooming; there were groves of
orange trees, amid the dark green foliage of
which the golden oranges peeDed forth like the
flashes or phosphorescent light in midnight
/. sea; there were long avenues of expresses, OF
acacias, of noble, trees of many kinds, amid
which kingly assemblage at times could be
seen the noble summit of some stately palm,
asit lowered on high above the others.
And the sea-the wide, the boundless, the
deep blue Mediterranean-there it spread away,
on the other side, as far as the eye could reach,
soreading away as far as the thoughts could
raD-qlorious as
~.-eS..- - THE dasbine.
< y ~ - s;,ve,sasb;na
=. e. s,,,ss osson. Salvador,
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meath, lies an abyss like that Of which Milton
has sung in sublimest mortal strains.
paused upon the brink, and, shuddering,
s,aiass gaLeu ,ortno.,v ascsnJ;ng smoke came
ssa.h;as ,us - "n,r..J ~ sl ~ f.om nas,5ron II 90.
ste'nns uPMe 90 .ron;.as @ ;~ tha .o"Lv nrs.
capeu No ~ aa s'.,I C. e., hoh;nJ p,o.
pous p.:s s aS nn;taJ 18th ~ tho ~ v.st mass which
les.ous' SS Ius.a W." GU, tha s,honoh ohe
Jsn,Ss Jsml s'o'''y - = . -. 80 ''
be- ~, mon !, ,ba sand, .rockv edue where
.s,nha ' aaS spga o,,mblsd I nnmics stone
-ara,, aa .ons.ha form horrid sol
..s F.. -. ssL .gs.1assJ 49, For, tbe scene
ne1e sa., aua .ooNGu sh;"h moJ
sssm Ike ;ls heaven: @ from that vision Of all that
:, .,as toost lovely and all that was most over
,,o,vsr;no. - turn and gaze into VOLCANOES aw-
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