New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-28
EErrTIoN OF MOUNT vEsUvIrs.

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NAPLES, "Wednesday, May ., 1855.
Everything in Naples Is for the present cxlinsuished
ly ore great fact-thc eruption of \esuNius. hing,
Ministers aud policemen IN their several spheres, are
al scorCLcd and shrivccd up into noiliingu, am
disIcecd TO think that Neapoiran might now wear
cildlo round lis waist or % beard or widc-awake, so
al alsOrhiug Is thc eruption Ol Iesuyiu5. We have
lecn cxrectiug and loreng for 10 for some fine Tie
wells at kcsira had been dried up. More than once
since 1870. the mountain las Numbered and smoked,
and in tie ic inning II the year portion OF IL crater
fol IN. Great numbers oi strangers have therefore
vailed II very late ia tho season III tie hope of seeing
this extraordinary Spectacle, and have lust taken
their leave, when tie mountain, as in " despetio,
breaks out. The principal guide, who is called Coz
zalno. reported on tie morning Oi the let May that
lie had lust 0eccnCcd The mountain and that on
arriving at tie summit there were q thousand
reports as of cannon 0ad then there was thrown up
discharge Of red-hot stones. Tie rain aud mist
ard smoke however. oil mingled together, prevented
a near approach or nearer observation, and we are
therefore the present left To unaidci Obsorva-
tons. During the whole OF yesterday nothing was
to be- seen but smoke and cloud, which onyelopcd not
only tic mountain but the whole coast, ana then swept
away in immense volume toward Capri. In the very
center of hc cloud, however might be seen an ashy,
suphWous-colorcd plain which, by shade difference
in thc color and by the wcmarked outline, Indicated
ii at 1t not all smoke, but That lava was coming
down. A. evening came ON The heavens were IN Il
tliaht glow. and the whole population hocked down
10 the mole of Santa Lucia Ia see the magnificent
sTeCjacle II OF those underlined scenes which
give me IMAGINATION iul pay Inc FORM OF lnc hiouu
tain was ndisnguis haliC-n0ihiug was TO be seen
but clouds. smoke and fire. TIP 10 the VERY IT,
Nth the sky was covered with large dubious clouds
black rs ink and flingcd with white; underneath
ard half way down the mountain everything was
on FIRE while right I'm the center OF IL shot mp a
cone OF black smoke. Still lower again. dark clouds
covered the base of tie mountain having, too. a
ii cir oetorTccc and contrast the ryey OF lava which
il running down toward Resina. few days since
was ex oTing with the miners among the ruins which
still lie buried under the modern city, The neghbor-
inc mountain was rumbug and smoking aud referring
tie Inhabitants az IL we're, 10 the history OF the past
but they took no notice of IT, and | doubt whether
II " now do 70 except TO calculate the amount of
profit may bring in to them; for an eruption OF Nesu-
vius to them good fire 10 the London thieves
During tie whole of last night there was perfect
PROCESSION OF carriages toward Rc-ina. | contented
inyself with remaining here for the hrst view. but
probably shall 20 tonight, and Will send YOU
further details by Saturdays boat. The scene was
rendered still grsndcr by eclipse OF the moon, which
took place about two hous and half after midnight.