The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-06-30

filed before the fluid can advance. Ne
thing could exceed the splendor of the
torrent of liquid fire, forming tho fourth
principal stream of lava; but the NEST ex-
ltraordinary burst of splendor which has
been presented since the commencement
of the eruption, took place soon after
nine O'Clock, when all the mouths seemed
to be simultaneously called into violent
action, and to vomit forth such torrents
of lava that the entire mountain seemed
one blaze of fire; the varied colors-pro
duced in different parts owing, probably,
10 part to reelection, presented a beautiful
and striking appearance. Thsluridlight
difused from this enormous burning mass
rendered visible the subjacent country, the
towns, the coast and the bay f547T
On each night several thousands Of
persons Of all ranks, from the princa.- TO
the peasant, urged by curiosity, repair to
the scene Of this extraordinary spectacle.
The darkness being complete, and tho
route in many parts difficult, each party
is furnished with torch, and the view
Of these hundreds If torches fitting
about between these streams of 1xvais
most curious, presenting the appearance
of nutitndes of fire. flies z fi,H seEa sss
The Hermitage, which is closs to the
great basin Of cratcrs and rivers OF. lava.
is approached by q tolerable good car
riage-road, and, as may be supposed, hun-
dreds Of vehicles of every description,
| fro ha oho of Al
humble caricolo, are collected there to.
ward midnight. Donkey parties abound
Fof which ladies do not fear to form q
part. , s .l;. be5.
June 1.-The state of the mountain
last night was nearly the same as Oh she'
preceding night, the eruption, perhaps. ;.
being little less violent. The great
streams of lava, already described, contin..,
ue to flow slowly in the Same direc-
ton. s.s.sss3 arr sgsx tg..J
Part OF the extraordinary splendor uof
the spectacle on Sunday night was due to-
the burning of the forest, over which the
lava passed. The Neapoitans congrst-
ulate themselves on the circumstance Of
the lava having been directed into 50
many different streams for if, as in forI
mer eruptions, is had been thrown into
one channel, the destruction which must
have ensued would have been tremeu-
dous.
| To this the Buffalo Commercial Advsr-
h.sr adds: ssiF s-s''sia sin"
In the history Of this remarkable volca-
no, periods Of activity have alternAtea
with periods oilong reposo For maly
centuries previons TO the Christian. Era,
Vesuvius afforded no indications of lie
volcanic character, except that 1t Was
similar in form, to other volcanic monn.
tains, From the first colonization Of
+ Southern Italy by. the Greeks, till thu
earthquake in its vicinity, A. D., 60, its
terrible energies reposed in a protracted
slumber- Fertile and richly cultivated
fields clothed its sides; populous cities lay
; at its base. From the year 63, TO 1s
, slight shocks were frequent In Augpst
of the latter year they became more yio-
LENT san-eIuption- -ensued by which. the -eit-
les of Herculaneam and Pompeii were
buried
r The elder Pfiny, who then commanded
the Roman feet at Misenum, in that vi
cinity, was tempted by his curiosity too
0 near the grand phenomenon, and fost his
life, being suffocated by sulphurious va
pors: After the burial of these cities
Vesuvius resumed it's former repose
g which was not broken tiill306, when ian.
other eruption occurred Between fhis
date and 1881 there was only one erup
tion, and that slight one, but the intense
activity Of Etna during this period hal
led to the conjecture that its crater served
as safety valve to Campania - After
u the eruption in 1851, there was albfiei
of repese4till 1866 and from that
81 period to the present time, ,ay thereilhSs
g been a constant series of eruptions, with
rarely an interval of restexceedihg tea
years. nt;-aia 79Geefs9a 4lis s dig
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