The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-17

days Of railway, and c. VI Yea contrivances
to hud, at the foot u' % u,.,,u. by which we
have to enter the s,'i ,iu. nrs ,ble, at which
we arc called up.Y tu 900, in of rather
less than riu bu. .r.r bIiy through this
obstacle, the sons, %. 'h. pi-tr. nes back and
to an En4h,hmau no .pt "a has only iust
arrived "a; Naples, iit stems 100 turn into the
ancient city OF Punp.1. hc Won feel it lutte a
natural oc lrrcuca g. % lma'.H sandal. ol'cd,
tD1uny. .n'i'i't '.,.f turn the corner
OF unl Of She sir,,.- D.. aa, ..sd la NJ longer
does a guide ay nJiI Ot tus I.,sr. Iantoi visitor,
and DR. < him romorsclsssly from one obinc. 20
another, hul ne is l.r to wander nr.hcr or thi,her
az bis own viii, sDprng she. he sees T.. o.
watch the careful operation. Of thc wDrkmsn
aud only asking question, when t p.tasCs hin.
The improved system on wui'., the cXg8vl-
uOns. are conducted. 600, has corrected 90 least
one erroneous idea with respect 90 'he manugr ion
which tho houses ot p0mpsi we're constr1c.cd.
Instead ot being confined o. gr und. Z! JOr sJm0
OF thCm we're built with a floor above, with .
yCtAhdlh looking towards the street. Th.s VIs
the case m the house of pr1.u.us: and iu ue.Irr
90 gyr something like a clear idea OF what must
have happsucd u large number OF households
ON that dr,aitul day when 'hH 'ify was cntJ nbc d
/ will take this man as an example, because we
happen 10 know more about hun than ubJut any
other POmpeiln.
Pro,ulls was in an probability q ri .h.c.r-
tainly an influential, citizen. Hts name uccIrs
iu connection with election matters in moro than
one pace. On the Iigh. of the entrance to his
house is the inscription, Py0DiGa.u csd Pra.llty
T0ga', which may he freely translated by the in-
scipion ON wall opposite % the room In winch
! am now writing, 'CuN for Fm,Oury 20 not far
distant, partisan of one Stbinus ull scrav'el.
"SGbiuuyi 0Gi.sJH PyOcv'a - fIr l, ta fi.i,f" an
equally free uau.iItiOn Ut which would b, 40
Jones, support Robinson as alderman for y shops
gate. without and he will propose thee for Bishops
gatt-Hilhlu.'
His house was undcrgj ing repairs when the
catastrophe occurred; the painters pots aud the
workmch's tools were etl scattered about, and a
part ut the pavement had been taken up. A mum
Der OF cooking uensils were hpapcd up in one
corner, showing that the operations of the work
men prevented them from being nut in their
proper place. o hers, containing various articles
OF food, were simmering on the little stoves. On
bronze dish, in readiness TO put in the oven
was a sucking pig; the oven Itself for the present
engaged in baking bread more than seventy
loaves in all-the greater part OF them weighing
about two pOuuds-haYc been taken out OF the
oven. But the pig never entered the oven, nor
were the loavcs Withdrawn until after a soiOurn
there Of nearly eighteen hundred years. They
still retain their form, though not their cOiOr.
The porous cavities in the interior are still dis
tugushable. The chemical constitution how
ever, has undergone a change II we take little
of the Crumb, and rub it between the finger and
thumb, it crumbles TO powder, and has very much
the appearance Of coal, the proportion of carbon
in the centre being less than In tho crust and The
proportion of water, which is % per cent. in the
crumO, somewhat greater.
They were early riscrs in the house Of Procu-
lus and the cook had begun hi, operations nv
lamp light, In the expectation, that as day had
followed night, and night day hitherto, this order
of things was eternal. But daylight did not
come; the flames poured forth from Vesuvius
ana showers OF ashes rained down on the city,
making It so intensely dark, tina. fathers cried
aloud for their wives, and their wives for their
children, from whom they were but few yards dis
tant, yet could not see by reason of the darkness
as deuse as that which fell upon Egypt, and which
Moses describes as a darkness that could be felt
Hand in hand, as many as could grOpe their way
towards one another quilted the house, passing
on their way Il sentinel who kept his post i'm his
sentry box, striving as well as he could to keep
himself from choking by the ashes, holding his
hand before his mouth, striving nut in vain, for
the ashes continued to fall in 'csslntly, until they
filed the box, and buried him alive still holding
his weapon in one hand, and with the other,
covering his mouth and nOstrls. There were
two persons, however, who were left behind by
Proculus and his family; one Of these, a woman
who stayed 10 ill her apron with Jewels, and who
fell in the open court, never TO rise again, scatter
ing as she did so the baubles for which she had
sacrificed her chances OF escape; aud the other a
wounded gladiator, who probably occ Ipicd a
room on the first floor, where he perishel, with
his arms by his side.
EIhere is, 1t seems, hardly any risk q woman
will not incur to save what she most loves from
peril whether It happens 10 be her child, her
trinkCts, or her dog. Indeed, it is said that on
the occasion of long subsequent eruption of the
same mountain the nuns Of u religious COmmu-
nifty nearly suffered themselye to be surrounded
by lava, in order that they might save their Jams
and swCemeats. 1t may have been the wife and
daughter Of PrOculGs whose bones were Disco
yered lying near each other; the elder having to
all appearance yielded up her breath with slight
resistance, whereas the younger had evidently
struggled conyulsiycly before resgning her young
life, as is shown in the models taken by pouring
- into fIa 10
the pressure Of their bodies on the volcanic
ashes. These two were found lying near each
other, but in another place were found the sSele-
tons of two young people who had laid down 10
die folded In each others arms Elsewhere were
discovered mother and three children all buried
together in a living grave. Seventeen others
perished in a cellar In company. Though the
excavations are far from complete, there have
been according to one writer, m Jre than six hun
dred skeletons discovered already.
As TO the objects eXcayated, they are exceed
ingly numerous. The most valuable are taken
to the Museum in Naples, but vast number
remain in the collection of POmpeii, and every
day adds to the number in both places. OF fcourse
the greater part of these are OF no intrinsic value
whateverj they are interesting as relics Of a
people, some of whom were living Mt the very
time when some OF these mOmentous events
were taking place in Palestine which have
changed the face of the world. Articles of real
worth have, however, been discovered; for eX-
ample, lump made of gold, weighing nearly
u
city in which similar things likely TO be
found frequently. The excavations that have
been made have been so eNten,iye as 20 estab-
lish that; and IL we may Judge Of the future by
the past there is quite rs little pros
pect of articles made OF the precious metals
being discovered, as there would be in the case
OF place like WOrthing, IT IL met with simi-
lar catastrophe, and the inhabitants had had a
few hours 10 carry away what they considered
OF most value. The articles most generally
found are those used in the Kitchens and the
shOps-bulky matters, of little worth, In the
estimation of the terrified owners, but of great
value 10 US of the present generation. II Is
more likely, too, that these things are genuine,
than that such things a, Rugs, earrings,
brooches and other small articles Of jewery
are, which are sold a3 such indeed, the ma
nutacturc of those is or has been a regular
traffic; and let not any man who has visited
the buried city, and bought surreptitiously
from one of the eNcayatJrs a jewel or some
other relic of antiquity which the man has
turned out before his eyes, Imagine that it
muSth been the property Ofa POmpeiisn those
who plant, know where 10 dig, and those who
SOW, where the harvest is 70 Dc 'oOked fOr-and
we never saw a Neapoltan, nor IN fact, any other
man at IL similar place, who seemed TO think there
was any harm in supplying q demand, by the
substitution o: a modern article Tor the presumed
antique. Probably very many Of these are manu-
taCtured in our own tOWns, since there are few
things they do not make there. A translation
from price current issued by an English house