Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-04-26
The Very latest Discoveries In
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NJ. Mare MOnnier, ia an article in n French
journal, gives the following graphic account
OF the discovery Of human bodies in Pompeii,
by NJ Fiorelli.
One day ln u little street, under heap Of
stones and rubbish vacant space was discov
cred, at the bottom OF which appeared some
thing like bones. NJ Floreli was summoned
in haste and he conceived luminous idea.
He poured in some liquid plaster, and the
same operation was performed at other points
shere bones had been likewise discovered
aud AZ soon as the plaster hardened, the
mould was lifted with the greatest preeaution,
aud, on the hardened ashes and lava being
removed, four corpses appeared, They are
now at the museum, sad no more striking
sight it is possible to behold, They are not
statues, but human bodies moulded by Vesuv-
ous, aud preserved lIpm decay by that enyel-
ope Of lava which reproduces the clothes, the
flesh, nay, almost the appearance Of life.
Tho bones protrude here and there where the
molten liquid did not completely cover the
limbs No where does anything like this OK
ist The Egyptian mummies are naked, black,
hdeous. They appear TO have nothing in
common with humanity they are dressed out
by the Egyptian undertaken for their eternal
repose--the exhumed Pcmpoiaus are human
beings in the act OF dying. One Of the bodies
is that Of woman, near whom were found
ninety one silver coins, two silver vases some
Keys, aud few Jewels. She was flying, car.
-yng her most valuable commodities with
her, when she fell in the narrow street Her
head-dress, the tissues of her clothes, and two
silver rings on her finger, can be easily de.
tected One Of her hands is broken, and the
cellular structure ofthe bones exposed to view
tho left arm is raised and wriihing, the deli;
cate hand oonyulsively shut the nails Rp-
peared to have entered the flesh, The whole
body appears swollen and contracted the
legs alone--tho rounded aud delicate outline
of which has not suiIsred--Are stretched out.
You can feel that she had struggled long in
fe ariul pain. Her attitude is that OF agony
not death Behind her a woman and young
girl had fallen. The former, the mother, pos
sibly, was Of humble extraction TO judge from
the size of her ears On her finger il q sin.
gle iron ring der left leg, raised and bent
denotes that she also struggled aud suffered
Near her reclines the young girl---almost
child The tissue OF her dress is seen with
wondrous dstinctness--her sleeves coming
down to the wrist, and the embroidery on her
shoes She had, through fear probably lifted
her dress over She fell with her fac, TO the
ground One Of her hands is half open, as
though she had used il TO keep her veil over
her face. The bones of her hngers prOtrude
through the lava. She appears to have died
easily. He is stretched on bis back as though
he meant to meet his fate bravely his arms
aud legs show no sign OF struggling the brac.
co (trowsers) close fitting; laced san
dals, the soles studded with thick nails; on
one finger mn iron ring few teeth are bro
ken; bis eyes and hair are obliiernted, but
his thick moustache is clearly apparant and
it is impossible not TO be struck with tho mar
tial and resoute appearance Of his features
After the woman we see conynlsivolJ clipging
to life, we see here the man calmly meeting
his fate in the midst of the great couvulsion
--impdnidHu perienf ruiRe. Nothing yet
discovered at npe offers US anything to be
compared with this palpitating drama. tits
violent death with its supreme tortures, its
convusions aud agonies brought clearly be-
fore u.s. aud, rs It we're, taken in the act, after
the lapse Of eighteen centuries