The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-03-03
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IT lies ehtiirel J ods Of ouf asdbi s1f:sRSE.
repied the. taen, iands we hays nlssssr .sSsa
before pa ga II "a ISIS ess1i<1
aaItdornot pretend to- describe M f.s-
Inel's ifeelisgs at thatiaomeut, bstaSsa 81
has lett behind him no record of.then1.l H
Ia sweA known tlaaaektre1ne danger oftsa
fehdefs men silent; they d 6net conversa
| 10 not discuss theft means ofsseaps.t da
not eomniuhcate their fears, theft' msafE
powers appear for the moment tobe ah.
Unlimited; sthey only feel But what Y1Sis
ings are theirs?' All Sicily row sY3hSxfs.
ed to be onsfife The earth WAS reddSnss
ing on every side; The SKY overhead jgioKf
| ed like q furnace mouth, and clouds fiSd1G
charged with igneous particles, aud Emfs
ting an intolerable stench, were precipitse.
ted upon them by theswest wind: HTab1
scorched to death or snGocated & pptar.
ed now Inevitable, nuless tAeythtew tiatmas
selves overt6e pfecisieei' and s8E dSliys
sfed themselves from such f4ts ibya kbis
oide:eb ;aOg1oE - .sssaaa6 " ssscsD
While thsy were me eaftasfaS d thixN8
the sarthi under theA Hsgan 10 fSck tIsss
lently." Hshook; there wss villa Srtst!!
:he rock parted and yawned,, and they v.
held red streak making its way esst#Sxf
through the bottom Of tbeltfevicS..l fhax
fed, not knowing whittier, towardss iliSp
left bat their progress WAS soon arrst{sd
by the heat thrown out by thealaya. = xifs
thoughts, all eyes were nov directed if6..%
wards thef fpreeipiee.. Should they Hsii
over, and b yAone leap inE the DIRK tith{f
deliver themselves froa ths most fSStfsffi
of deaths, or put an snd 70 thefr afsdiss1
at oncs2 with sehsati6ns v ithA6sfiS ali
description. they apprsac cAed the lsckR RbA
.lopked;oyeri rit.f d Oeuid they yzdisssfn <sIyQ
thing gibelow2 Mega was thick ali fxns4Ea
lsuggestings soush hthomabIs.tdS bsR. rn71fe$s
soaldaremain therefore swhsrsg tktS r9srsI
inthe hope thatthcl lava might rise aSss
higher, andthat when t. the light of dsy ,
should make sappsaraacs they might see .
some avenue dofadoliverSnssoi BIT yIlsa
ihaps,the guides dissipateds Thsy kas9 .
'tooDwell that thejaya streams, aow ssparde Z
ted, would meet. and'm before morning, !
and leave not,an inch sf'the 'gfoGnd they
snowAstood nsuhdooded BY Gre. Yet aIl
shesisatedto plnngesdoWn they knew noe
whittier, .inithe7 dark. AWHILE they lived y
while they breathsd, something like s.
miracle perhaps might occur to prsserss
them. Thay would Therefore hope. andsl
defer taking the 'fatals plunge tin tksts =
would be nothing else left them. aIts6SSs s
cametto this; the 6ery circle became eek
Itraoted the heat andthe sense 6f v6f6cSe~
tion intolerable, and at length the y0ua2c
clergyman, with la mixture Of Horror aa1 .
resignation in his countenance, voluntssr.S
ed tocnake the first plunge. In spits of
the volcanic glow his face ASSUMED Ne
hue of death as he approached the'rosk..d
He, did net dashforward; !; he diduot thtS6
himself headleng; he turned round. akdy
elinging to-. the rock with his hands, rs.
NAMED there suspended for Z moment, andI (
then iu IsalcH sti ma j hsNA SaN
+ What was that noisef sThst OF S~b6dy /
Edashing against the rocks, down,s down,
lfearfully in some nnfathomable gulf Tks !.
l'suryiyors shouted in agony, and bsseufkAg,
thimrto reply If he still lived; bat NO Alsa
swer. Mr.. Fennel then said Il wss hiSc
turn, aud, in the samel way, committed +
himself into the depths 'of. air. There
was an other pause of suspense and agony.
fAgain the'surviyors listened; again no. =. !
swer came. Their followed the bafristse. {
and after that, ellsmsll, rushed down ssr.l
wants and guides, y and there was silence. Z
They had all tskensthe leap in the .dsrk. !,
and, were they on the shores of Xchers.t.
rs The preeipice if Imay borrow an HI.
1bernanism for the occasion, was no pre-!
fcipice at all, but very shallow rock, viii :
I softg growing to its base. Why. thSn;
ibid they who yleapeda not answer? EThsy
Thought they wei. going to inevitabls
4 death, aud that thoughtfor moment psFs
halyzed them, so that they did not recover
1.-THE use, of speech for several minstss. =
Those minutes. had appeared an age to.
those who waited q. reply. Bat, long ~
i the time seemed, dhere elasped, probably.
only n few seconds betwesn the plunge of
1.-THE lclergymanlan and the Simultaneous spring
4 of, the servants and'guides. What atfouseas !
them, at.last was the alava glow, flaming.
upon them from the rocks above. Thsys
rose with feeling Of indeseribable gfattsl
itude, mingled with fear, and hastened eist..
!. ward over the plain. They were not syss5
/. beyond the reach of the Etnaen sarges,
and therefore pushed along with Eager
speed till they reached tho point where'
the lava streams must soon have thsif esla
fnenee They dashed through the gap.
they assembled the rocks on the side o.
/ Catania, and stood upon high terraces
(before the walls, from whence they behelds
Etnayomiting forth in smoke and thundcte'
Ithosered, torrents which, at wide intervslss
desolate and fcrtilize the plains Of Sicily,
i suggesting ideas of .immeasurable anti
j putty, since all that part Of the island has
j been gradually created by the nlountsin.
i With sobered feelings and curiosity thors
il Ioughly quenehed, Mr. Fennef set sal! "a
ttthe following day for 9England, where he
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