The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-07-06
Correspondence Of the London Daily News.
The Eruption Of Mount vesuvsus.
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gress down The mountain. Sometimes or
one point il ha' stopped, bat "a greater in
flucnce has th u been given tn the fluid or
ano her point; and again the apparently
tranquil mount has opned up. There j,
no apparent evidence, therefore, as y.t, o
isp"siii"n to stop; on the contrary, il
seems to lie g"rgcd with the matter which
il ihrows out from all directions. Before
give you any ,e>ulls Of my own obseIva
items as To its actual state let me 60 80 fa
back rs Tuesday, when | wrote. Two
strans were then flowing slowly from ,he
north, fed by five mouths; one went to-
wards Fosso d, lla Vcltura, AMI the 9th
to the Fosso Grande. Another stream
fed by mouth which opened on the sou 1 b
side, cut of tho old road leading 10 the
Hrr'aitag". This stream destroyed many
small portions of lan'l, and il was feared
very early in ih,. we K that the new roa.
to the Obse: vatory would h We been inter.
ccpt d. Another fact 10 be noticed is hat
Il upper part Of the crater, to The d, pth
Of 200 palms, has fallen in, in consequence
perhaps, Of the now mouths which have
cen op.'ued in the district of OFT ziano.-
The lava, which Was flowing through Fos.
SO della Vclrano, passed into the Fosso
favone, whilst that ON the south side en-
tered the F"sso Graudc, stopping after a
snort time, and then recovering its course
so rapidly that in the space of two hours
1t advanced forty PAGES. On Tuesday the
lava which had passed the Fosso Grande
divided INTO Two streams, one of which adj
vanced on the road leading to the Olserva.
tory, thus preventing the advance Of car
riagcs to that point. The other stream de.
slr,ycd some cultivate ground, and is sti !
huwlng. Resrr n. for later insertion the
rcwr's Of the eruption in the interval from
"Wednesday To the resent moineit, which
the government has not yet published, |
give ny own impression Of what is passing
at this moment have just returned from
RrsiDa, and the stream IL about al hours
distance from the ci,y-that il to say,
could crawl up to it in an hour in one
horse carriagr. It's advance, however, is
SO capricious, that it is impossible to say
what amount of danger cx sis for this de-
voted spot; were the streams to unite and
flow down without dlvcr.ing from their
present path what danger there would he.
1t has already taken. one or two houses on
the noun ain, and The eye would say that
1t would take many othcrs-il seems to be
rolling down upon them. Much land has
been destroyed, and one poor woman, who
Was reducc'i to poverty, was only prevent
ed from throwing herself irto the lava by
the guide, Vlncenzo Cozzpmio, laying hold
of her by the arm. Most who have suffer
ed as yet a,e small proprictors, and many
similar port.ons Of land are mcnaced
The spectacle from Naples Is RS grand as
can be. Vcsuvius is irdled with fire, and
from this girdIe seem to drop down jewels
Of the UTMOST bIilIiancy. AT times one
spot b' Comes much more brilliant than the
others, AID then dense cloud rises up
there has been either fresh gush Of lava
or II mas, has fallen off from the blackcn
ed exterior. In the intervals between the
streams appear thousand little lights as
tho, gh they were glow worms. These are
the torches which visitors carry with them,
but the journey is now very limited -
Swiss guards are on the mountain, and it
Is impossible to g't to the Hcrmi;age.-
Palnlrr, the director Of the Observatory,
has fled. and the instruiu MS are removed,
for destruction is threatened To it by the
slrram at the back which is flowing in,o
the Fosso di Favnmc. So high is it rising
that very li'tle more will send it over the
Observatory. From R,sim to Pompeii |
the mountain makes no sign--ihat is, no
mouth has opcncd in the side. went a.
round it on Thurs lay, and people were
q ttng in their fruit aud buying and sell
lny within "a short distance Of the lava
which WAS destroy ing the property of their
Ircnns, seemingly as secure as tl,ough they
lived hundred niles from Vesuvlus; and
yet IA crater may be formed in a moment
IN any quarter, for tho mountain is in la
bor. From Pompcii To Ourziano there is
more ACTIVITY; the lava has destroyed some
woods owned 10y the prince Of Il ut name,
though IT has not advanced further. Con
-inulng the circle, one comes TO what
"emS from. Naples to be the left extremity
II the girdlc. Here the stream, coming
iown 10y the Fosso di Fa,anr, has rakrn
he dir 'ction of the stream Of 1855, which
lowed down towards the villages of Massa
Ii SoinIha, San ) basliano and PoIlcna-
The right extremity of the girdle t'rmi-
lates above R'sina, and appears to threat.
N II Inevitably. though efforts were being
lade To divert its course into some Of the
lcep valleys with whicl, The mountain is
ra,e,sd. Some intrIlg mt inhabitants
old me that thew apprehcuded no niger,
- the stream divided itsrlf into SO many
ranches, flowing over oil lava. 1t has,
'owey"r, destroyed much property, and il
: fearful thought that within an hours
lstance All enemy as iInplacablc and ire
is'lbe as fate is hurrying down; where
caprice, or slight bend in the mountain.
u a hill of stcucs, may determine.
Meanwhile the scene ut night reminds J
ne of a NOISY, crowded fair. On Tuesday .
ight, said one Of the guides, there must I
ave been 10000 or $4,000 persons up !
he mountain. Allowing for exaggeration
r inabll ty to calculate, slill there must I
ave been an immense number Of people, {
Tho were not composed of merely curious !
lrang"rs, but Of all the rng.,ag and bob. J
al Of Napl s. AS il was The vigil of Cor
us Christi, great many went up in all
reliability for spree. The official jcurn- a
of last niUht continuino ito ron,rt of :.