The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-01-15
The ~Grandest. Eruption Of
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gHE ERUPTIoNs OF THE
PAST: - - -.
LONDON, December "a, noon
Dispatches received from Naples
mention that the eruption of
Mount " esuVius is continually in
Fcreasing in power and splendor.
Immense sheets Of. white. yellow
and erimson@aa rise hundreds
of feet above the crater, and at
might the Bay efNaples is lighted
up far miles: Lava is pouring
down the mountain side in i'm
mense Quantities, and large stones
are occasionally thrown out from
the mouth of the yolelno. 4 deep
rumble, Ire severberating thunn-
der, is heard from time to. time,
as in; the bowels Of the earth, and
many Of The people in the vicinity
haye left their homes, fearing an
.earthauaks or other calamity, No
such eruption Ihas probably &C
Cured in; VesuVius for centuries,
and the, spectacle is regarded as
one of<the NEST magnificent and
sublime ever witnessed in nature:
s. pAKr1cuIARs BY NAII. =, i
symptoms of the present erup.
stien- became evident IS early as
the l4eh Of Norenaber, the night
of the ueteorie display, and prog
nostications even some time prior
to. this date Of an; eruption We're
made BY: several scientific men aes
eustomed TO study volcanic phe-
nonemena. M-is rather . cnrions
5ce;nefdenee that the sfrst dis:
tsnct egfdenees or. rofcaufc ac=
ton we're perceptible on the night
Of the metceric display which
fact might lead to thessupposition
that between that celestial and
this terrestrial phenomenon there
ywas semesabtfe;, iueen,preheusSble
affinity: Whether this.hypothesis
is correct or not is "A matter. for
-abstrase speculation the fact re
mains that the present eruption
has been q ereseende> movement
which commenced with q low, id
distinen runbaag about the middle
oeNovember, and gradually the
snbterreanean thanders increased
in sonorous volume toits present
pitch efspower, and now the grain
valleys efAtrio del Cavallo glow
With fierce snbterranean fres.and
the cone of the mountain bears its
sparkling heaps fred hot shingle
and luminous sheets of sulphnreas
:. Recent correspondents have de:
scribed the incipient- stages of this
phenomenon as Indicating an
eruption oflesser magnitude than
that. Of 1858, for Aere was no
such stream of, lava as was then
poured ont of the mountain side.
In this, the FIRE is high in air,
glowing realy against the sky,
with, very little light reflected
back from above, but with q cloud
of smoke that trembles, with in
tense heat hanging overthe crater.
More than this, there are showers
of stones which have more resem-
biaace to what was hurled forth
in the earlier .eruptiens than to
the phenomenon Of q few years
ago. Such showers make it dan
gerous to approach the edge Of the
crater, even on the south side, to-
ward Pompeii, where no lava is
descending, bat they add to the
grandeur of the scene, and, after
all, a reasonable visitor may be
content to gaze upward from the
Atrio del Cavallo, or to scramble
short distance only upon the
hot and shifting scori@ Of the
cone.
PAST ERUPTIoNs.
In past eruptions, the earth
quakes have come before the
stones and lava were discharged
whilst Vesuvius was struggling