Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1855-07-03
ErnptAoa Yesurius.

tsSlsls s2t gelss On tne . The lava has aufanced
ten miles from It's sotrea doing dam
gse .ttse base Ell lake Of iTs has bcea
Iof fl icfllqol.s red sea iu'ua undn-
ls e state. ~ the crater this has
ol l,s .i announcer eEiteS 1iel rowing out
the crater at theyeFy .l,is,;is tirss IS 4 vere
tMoheaHy conhonade aises s..iiiiii,s8 forth I
slightning flame aad "a. "a, A, ~.
sf. N me NM die. Of 10 5.ge tesfe as liare
been formed, and lfotFl iese he 5sv.s n5tts
forth like river, arSl I'm lie ode Of lie
e.ayallo Gle tiitfore. fsre foi,s
other crateFs tl:lse been bad, IsiciI 81
up bitumeni in the snar Iiiiss - s...l..,I
resemble gjgdltttc a & asss6
& The whole of q Ie s.lsnAl 81 tait
therefore, Ike 81 ols-e 4 'i5a, s fli.
ias he thin 4us tae} Fs.is
feet. . llaaS Il ffSs .si,l - ~, .@,tif S. 81
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,slsa geilg 81 lat tie ghsze ass
fepoptsso IN op nag toys olsll' pen Which
. is notpal aI1 q apol psyafd lsassia,
bat Haze not up 5r so4lI days, as The
danger is now We b greas
The writer, dft ,r an .itsenee two Z re-
SJSlbtet ttiLul ttCINtlit tt@S SAtl ittl
and titus deser1bas n hat ~
eYYhere / waiB "a on tinialit was now
sea Of fire.: Tie side readily which hadi
come doWr.into Che nain Ism ffon Pollez3
ria and Mussa ii .S6ia1ie WIS cf blnelS
ened coke. Theehous tleis Of the
village had fallen ; IN one poor people
lived. q small chapel p, a
gentleman's tilla, and a 81 vineyard
and garden ground Ont Lon sd e of the
great lava bed anotler stfeaI bran led of 80
San Sebastiano The fire begun 70 enter
tie burial GROUND, of tks lit towr, but was
diverted from its course 81 On the
opposite side of the stream & e and
all the royal familg4 Ths sanss 81 ittlset
side were thronged With I'D zious
nultitudes, whose faces iYei III, with
the bIaze of hundreds of tore IS and with the
more resplendent flame Of Gil apscIY descend
g lava. Since the 1dornifI, It had moved a.
mile. It was like vast riya loving colSe.
As it moved on, the tensof asrsands of Jumps.
rolled and tumbled one ovef Tie OTHER, crack
ling and grinding and graft and when from
the very face of it large fell of, the app
pearance was that of an iron EaFnace Wien the
iron is being drawn.
To make the resemblan.k more complete,
at such times men darted fyard With long
poles taken from heneighbo f1g Tiney yards, and
pulled out great masses of4 in which they
imbedded moneyfor sale. Eat struek me at
first, and still strikes me az kde most majestic
feature in The whole scene,N tie Slow SILENT
irresistible motion of that fass food, Active.
almighty power withoat aiiefpEtl Sweeping
everything before it, overcoming every obsta-
Gle, growing up against Intervening walls Or
houses, and dev6hring them bodily, ard then
resistible manper as before There was d spot
beneath my feet where asfall Of mason work
had been built to s3tG..lSIST6 1ioieNco 81 the
winter Foods totlljs spSt all eyes were Direct
ed. TIE fiery ryeLI would f.sl lzqver at. in an
hour; rs yet it was distant from it seventy
yards, perhaps. Gradually it rose in height,
and sweled out its vast proportions, and then
vast masses fell of and rolled forward; then
it swelled again as fresh matter came pressing
down behind, and, so it broEe, and on It rolled
again and again till it had arrived at the very
edge. There was q ge1lsra1 buzz and murmur
ofvoices. The royal fatniIy stood opposite to
me, intermingled with tie crowd, looking on
with intense anxiety. at last it broke, not
hurriedly still with certain slow Of majesty:
80 first a few small Jumps fell down; then
poured over pure liquid 4 metal, Ike thick
tfeaele; clinging sometimes bass to mass, from
ITS gtut1nouS CHARACTER, ala last OF all tumbled
over gigantic Jumps of scIri@. Then on it
moved once more in its sint regular course,
swelling up and spreading over the vineyards
on either side; and now there was a rush
for the road which traversEs this a-bed.-
Houses and the bridge boiler the road, the
carriages had all been ord4red off, and the
bridge was being broken d9Sn-we were cut
off completely. We had therefore to retrace
our steps, and makea long q 'cuit through the
open country and over WALTZ came round to
the top of the bridge" run - said the senti-
apcls, cor you will be too lae." We crossed
the narrow rarapet which y ,s still remaining,
and soon afterwards down yfnt the whole ia
brio. In this way, it is hoHd, that the lava
will be diverted from the townships of St, Sc
bastapo, Massa di Sornme III, 1'olleua, witch
stand on citherside Ind HAYS yet only suffered
partially. CercoIo, through Which, however,
the stream is rolling, Will b. sacFifeca. The
expectation is that the IaiSs 65i,Id tie eyl!p-
ton continue, viii How Ios,i 10 the Ponte
Maddaloni and into the ea. So grand aid
so destructive an eruption az cot BEEN knC,, n
for many years, eyeusnowi we tsinnot tell how
or wien it will terlninatc Fh mountain *,
literally scanned With Laws and fasny fear q
violent explosion a. thq "a - strags
edy."
mysteries on Gessse ~
The world is fuhsof - Theckani-
Der in which theS
Universe of mysta aq - 7sosce,
s4t1s mother 3 sHITFc3 FfeS oSSlY che
mysterious world III = set, The child
solves many of the - 3JvstaS;s but IS IL /,
circle Of knowledge isjenlaTdeS1 Is vision 10
always bounded by laiI 81 81 ste H.
sun that wakenssit at torning, ind again at
night looksin at is low to bid it farewell
the tree that shades It's home, and ia whose
branches the birds conA and sing before the
deTs are dry, the clouds with SD g edges
that move across the Ky. calm and stately
like the chariot Of an; hgel, all are mysteries
Nay to grown up man there is not thing which
the hand touches or on which the eye rests
which is not enveloped IN 5a5ystefy.. The
flower that springs at. -four teet.Swho has re
vealed the wonderful secret Of it's organiza.
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