New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-09
ERUPTION OF vEsUvIUs.

ERUPTION OF yEsUyIUs.
Cofreyotdeuee Of The Lordol Times - 80.
As vet ! have done scarcely more than note
the fact OF the eruption Vcsuvius but much has ~
Increased since Wednesday last, and 80 malNsloesH
beautiful Is the spectacle, that % merits more detailed
report. Unlike those terrific displays which We have
had az times. and which cease with one great Effort
this lava eruption increasing ever m force beauty,
ard Pgus'.s 1.s,i 80 ,5 ,s xTre1ced In
these mAttcrsa the world may see u rs soon as me
ouudcfs 20 the state Of Naples have vanished
For tc first one or nights the mountain was modest
enough In It's Unconstitutional OF fire shot TO
announce It's internal agitation ana thin stream VI lava
lies ON the soue side OF Nesuyus some friends Nhn
went mp there early gave vague ldea Oh ,he
Scene and spoke Of eight or ten new crateis, Ne
ING no more than many assures opened by the
explosive OF the mountain and when chagc IN
number and character from day TO day For the last TWO
ol NH H. nonceycd Int ~, fore giving details let mo
dcscrbe The actual state and appearance OF Tie mountain
Since December. 1861 II has been almost ques'ehl WIN
the exception of one or two suky and uncertain ln ana
or clear blue atmosphere hrs censed Ia he marked WIN
tbe sniral columns 81 smoke ON the very summit has
gaped the huge crater measuring nearly Oice, " cir
paat, Ich were emitted AT Intervals During the
t TWO wears small cone has been formed by the matter
gradually elected from this suphnroi!s hole we cou
but. within the last week, like some presumptnQ1s
ararnt and this IL is which has been Tuning and
spinttrring and storming with all the arrogant I'M
atieuce of youth last Wcdno sday IL has sent flth
an Immense quantity OF lava. converting the surrounding
crater INTO lake OF fro Al tbe high crcng walls
kcp il within hounds but gradually has risen and risen
until flowing down ~ several dfeeuons Nheie
The abrupt and irregular wall admits Of passage the
result has that IL Is lower IN the direction OF Qua
aIo, the southeast, ana those VINO 40 nov chlS W
make the ascent may have glorious view ol II nom 'oI
rento still there is nothing Ike mounting 20 tle Top 80
b0 OF; yet, better htll suppose ~ 10 nav
and that last ght. Giovanni Cozzoni was our ghue,
who. by virtue OF having aceompanie1 iiumuoaI ana
many Of the scientific ana literary men Oh ne w. ~
his own 10 be enrolled IN literary ahhals ~, lIo
u, however very sur ,1 VS. COT 70 The foot Of
incident TO marx uhlll We EYt 10 lno ~ W.
the main cone, when we heard inc thunder q, tHe
mountain and felt the shocks as of an earthquake at
every effort made TO dsgorge the llqd hle AscontnS
nv the usual road, were compelled on AppiOaehing
Tie summit 10 skirt little round to the southeast TOT
two reasOnsfrs to get the blind side OF the "lhu
which might have brought down upon us an ihconio
nent shower Of stones and, secondly 70 OBTAIN Dvt
view Of the main stream which was leu, nor oy w t
great crater but by another orlice opened outside no
Are mi 40 10 80 feet in width poured down 10 the bottom
Of the mountain rapidly where It met with no obstacles
RED everything before it, 10 The edge OF the eIater
il was impossible TO approach the Aeet WV NSSSEgR
az SI It &ss dGicult, therefore, to form any, tqH
was not OVER 20 feet In diameter II was hot moment
however for figures when nature was exhibiting ler
and shock and then shot forth flames and stones full
100 feet m hight at intervals Of from One TO five seconds
according 10 the watch ~ unn Of the party These tfe1
66ndonS commissions were rereated and then came inc
descending shower composed OF stones OF various sizes
we could marx course by the eye long they re-
tanned their red heat but on approaching tho earth they
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nottIng and pting the earth around by the same per
I'm Nyho had already acted calculator II was declared
hat the dcscent occupied five seconds-mueh In excess
shoud imagine OF the actual time. Precision, OF course
vas imDossible I'm the excitement OF such "a scene
and n we say 1000 feet was the night attained
a sho not be wide OF the mark IL was nervous proX
unity 10 danger which TO stand tho whole party soon
decamped and got back 10 Naples shortly AFTER midnight
sue.stfuck by n scene which never can DO forgotten
Net uithou the fatigue OF ascent, any one can FROM
The ity enjoy spectacle OF marvellous beauty, only d
ninshed in proportions compared wlth that Wheb
have mat described There Is sound, but there are
those everlasting flames across the center OF which ~
.ometimes dra vn swahe OF dark clouds giving 10 their
suoma the appearance of greater hight; ana the sky
s glariua with deepred color; aud mighty STONES re-
deed nv distance falling like myrads OF stars on the
summit of the mountain, the foot of which Is wrapped Ia
darkness What gorgeous scene, and how lhueh more
gorgeous 10 promises 10 DC - 49, -,
a. almost humiliatng TO descend from these grand
onerntons of Nature and speak Of the petty hnafs OF
menof their divisions and struggles, and yc
AZ must he done. The suppression OF tho muncipiul4
ated tbe extreme Liberals, who hoped 10 have had the
overnmeut OF the city at their disposal Happily u ~
nor to i've so The choice Of the Commssary has Ien on
Tine Commentators PirOnt President OF the court Oh
Cassatlon-an able. honest, and moderate man: neyM
nrsnner with Poerio his suferings nearly cost nun MS
he INF he has out OF the fire steady selsplo hh
well ntted for his Office. After writing yesterday
met with Can't. - who returned Iour uay y
400 from the Roman campaign. ne s.i.os
that The population OF the POhuhcn ,Iht'a'
,vore gcnerally hostile 10 them that women anu
,nok nm arms against them refusing them lOou anu
wafer. Not merely In the county, but III Ve t'"s