The weekly union record., 1864-03-19
The Very Latest Discoveries in Pompeii

N. Marc Mounier, in an article in a FreucI
journal gives the following graphic account d
The discoveries oi human bodies ia Pompeii by|
NJ Fiorslh;
0ae day il a little street under heaa od
stones and rubbish, = vacant mace was diScoyl
cred, al The bottom Of which appeared soussl
thing ike bones VI Fiorelli was summoned
10 haste, and he couceiyeda a lzmj0oas idea. He]
poured IN some liquid plaster, and the sand
operation Was performed at other points sbersJ
bones had been likewise discovered: and sI
soon ~ The plaster ~As hardened. the mould
Mas Aiied With The greatest pFecaati0n and
Oh Tie hacdeDel ashes and ava bSinr removed
iolF corpSes appeared. They are now a. iheJ
museum, aud DO more striking sight ls it 10 be-
hu!d. They sfe 1oi statues, bat human bodies
mo~ieed by NcscViss, snd preserved from del
cay oy thai envelope II Iav. ruich reproiuce
TIE clothes, The fash nay, almost even the apl
pSaFance Of lie. The boat> prot5n.it here and
there where the molten nuaid ,isd not ccn,l
pieIeiy cover tbs limbs. Nc ~here does anv
Ihlag ike this exist. The Egyptian snu,umie
are baked. black. lldeons hey appesr I'd
have nothing in common With humanity; they
are dressed eat by Tie Egyptian undertakerI
i0r iAer eterasl repose-the eXhumed Ponpel
. i.0s are human beings 10 TIE act OF dylng
Ode Of ihe bodies Is hat Of = woman, mead
~hoK were found ninety Que SILVER coins. two
silver vases, some keys, .ud . lev jewels. Shd
Ma nylag, carrying aeE most valuable conlI
mobilize With her, sheQ sbe fell IL the httlj
narrow street. Her head dress, The tissue o0
usE clothes and twO SILVER rugs on her finger
can Dc easily detected. One .. The hands il
broken, sud lie cellular StIGSture Of the bone
exposed 10 view; the left arm ID raised anl
writing, the delicate hand eonsulSivsly shut
The nails sppear 10 have entered the AesbX
lie whole body appears swollen and contrac
tedi ihe legs slone-tAe rounded and delicat
outline OF 0 blch has not sufeEed-are stretched
oo1. on can ieel that she had struggled loHs
10 fearful PAIN. Her attitude Is that Of agony
no' death Behind her young woman and
glT had iallen. The former. the mother, pos
Sloly, was OF humble extraction, 10 Judge from
lhe SIZE oi her ears On her finger Is singi
iron ring. Her left leg, raised and bent, dc
notes that she aiSo suffered aud struggled
Near her reclines the young glTl-slmost
Child l be tissue Of her dress is seeB wit
wondrous diSiinctGess- the sleeves comm
down 10 the wrist, and the embroidery on he
shoes. She had, through fear probably LITE
ber dress over her head She fell with BID
face 10 the ground. One of her hands is ha
open as though she had used it TO keep her We
over her face. The bones of Aer finger. pro
irude through the lava. She appears to hav
died easily. The fourth body is that OF ma
a Colossus He is stretched on his hack,
though lie meant 10 meet his fate brsvely; h
arms and legs show no sign Of struggling h
clothes are very distinctly marked; the bratd
ltro~sers Close citing; laced sandals, the sole
STUDIED With thick uslIs ou one nnger 81 ird
7lug lew teeth are broken; bis eyes and ha
are obliterated, but his tbick mousische
clearly apparent, and it Is impossible not
De struck with the martial aud resolute
pc a7ance Of his features. After the women
see convulsiyely clinging to life, We see hel
the man calmly meeting his fate iu the mid
of the great convulsion-imPGuiduza psrie
rune. Nothing yet discovered at Pompd
offers anything to be compared With this pa
pitating drama. Il IS violent death with
supreme tortureS its convuIsions and sgonie
brought clearly before US and, as it were, take
ID the act, after the lapse of eighteen centure