The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-06-09

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ANOTHER ERUPTION OF MOUNT
VESCyICS.
NAPLES. May ). 1870
After the lapse Of now five wears. Ne>uvin
ha. again burst forth with most destructive
yiitnc, 1t is an event which has been anx
iou.ly waited and hcpcd for durin" the la>
wear. TOR the stiffness of the mountain. AM
the 6ccaSiOral drvin. up OF the wells, and tn
shocks of earthquake which have taken place
more or less remote from Naples, have lee
people to desire an eruption as the less OF
two evils.
Ascending part way ur the Mountain, apf
after gain. on this wouE,lrons spectacle fol
an hour or two. we lighted our cigars in tht
rrevasscs, and started to 20 mp the cone ""ri.
dangerous, said some "partics have Jus,
turned back But We were bent on sccin.
it; and, taking man who was >cllin. pieces
of copper which he had incr,,>tcd with lava
for our guide, we returned to- t!l, main path
The torches indicate the road tv which we
assembled. y: we began TO mount the cone.
lefore anil behind us the view was startling.
Crossing, as before, the deposit Of YESTERDAY.
We placed ourselves close to the ed .r OF one
Of the six mouths which are now open on the
side: one other has opc we'd more in the rear,
and il. therefore, invisible. The main crater
WAS inactive, throwing out only smoke. The
next below it threw ont red-hot stones and
fire. The others we're pouring ont tons of
L.. a..
out also stones, some Of which fell amongst u.s.
The euriace around it was red as heated
copper boiler, and destructive indeed wer,
the Ingredients sccthir. within. As material
vas thrOwn out, the noise was like the dis
charge of distant artillery, and so it continued
without interval. Neither pen nor pencil can
describe the scene which presented itself On
looking back. Two streams of lava were flow
ing down the cone, their crisped undulation>
being strongly marked. Down they went
serpent-like. into the valley we had passed
have described, they were hurled over. The
farm of :hc whole length Of the main stream
was that Of the Letter 5, and, until it reached
the cataract. mcasurc,: between one and two
miles. The background wasco.3noScd ct red,
rusty looking clouds, which rose from The Ia
va and gave mysterious aspect 10 the stcne.
Above the mountain on the right we have
placed the moon, which was cclipSc,l the first
night after the eruption she is lookin. down
as cold as any Stole on the ruin that is coin.
on below. Torches were scattered about
and so vast was their number that the noun
tain appeared to BE- covered with .low-worms.
In short, WE can think of nothing else; it daz-
zles our recollection. as it did orr ewes. and
were we to live thousand years we could
not forget that wOndrous spectacle.
The scene, as We approached nearer and
nearer, was more remarkable than We can
describe, the roads were full Of carriages.
jammcd so closely to"e'he- that it W s inros-
siblc to move on. The windows and doorwavS
Of every house we passed were crowded as at
. fair. Lcayin. our carriage at ppi.cha a
walk Of an hou: brought us To the bed of the
winter stream of Nctrana-anl those who
know Italy know what such bed and such
a stream are. Turning sharp of to the lc,,
We came on an embark men. oi lava OF from
orc to two hundred feet in depth or thick
ness. AS the mass accumulated from one
moment to another behind it. gigantic tra.-
ments Of the outer crust fell OIL, and showers
Of liquid lava came pouring down. roiln. on
TO our very feet. and LAYING the foundation
Of new embankmcn:. Vineyards were burn
ing right and left, and the axe of woolcuttcrS
now past midnight rc>oundrl in every Iii
rcction. in the fororn hope OF saving some
thing from the ruin. Soldiers and guard,
were mingled with the crowd to keep or,c.
preserve life, and to be in readiness to break
down bridge which might impede the hia.
and thus dilusc it more widely. Leaving
this spot, We assembled through grounds tenn
ing with the abundant produce of an Italian
spring, now trOidcn under foot, and walking
on the edge of a precpicc from which we
looked down on a rivcr-nav, sca-Of fire
which Hooded do.ya beneath us. we arrive at
the SPOT from whicl, we have cn,ra,nrcd to
give what is fair representation of the most
marvellous spectacle that The eve can caz"
upon. We looked down into the valley 100
feet beneath Us, filled in the winter bv waite,
now by boiling rc-hot lava :Ac width OF the
stream being in many parts 200 feet. Sup
porting ourselves hy one of the tres we
looked down over. and watched the flaming
fool rolling down ma icstical!v towards the
sillase We had left. Lookin. upward. We
fcl'eld one continual >!lect--a cascade ottrc.
flame and smoke. at least 1000 feet in hci.ht
We speak in measured terms 1t fell into
fae abyss beneath US and then flowed ON as
We have described
ABATEMENT OF EHI.rArInX.-T. u.
McGee in letter to the New York Times.
makes the followin. statement:
"lOur writer wishes to show that tie emf
grafton does not fall o.? What are the flo
ures! Up TO May 23i of tic present year,
only $4,000 arrivals against 500 in the
same perio'l last vast From even he 49,
900 deduct 10000 returned to Europe from
this port. Boston and Philadelphia since the
LIST January, and 20,O90--'who have lived
tor years in the States, '-rcported Nv Mr.
Hawke. emigrant agent Cor Canada Wes, as
hav'ng passed into that province, and YOU
net gam OF some 10000 against s. 900 last
year."
e"D:. Gilman Kimball, of Lowell, assis-
ted BY Drs. Buckingham and Jackson, of
Boston, Drs. Rankin and Phinney, of Mel
rose, removed an ovarian tunor, weighing
fcrty-two pounds, from the daughter of Ben
famine King, Of sielrose. The tumor had
bee" accommodating screen years. Miss King
j. nov fast recovering. So says the Boston
Telegraph.
6Gocgh, tie temperance lecture, is a.
bout to ceasc again to America, in cons.-
luence Of i'll health. lie intends to return
20 treat Britain ro.; year, and remain there
i've years.