Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-06-18

No. s.
"vldl Napoli g poi mori!"


for find In half day | can do and see more
than can describe in the longest letter, even had
time to write such. Writing only once week,
or at greater intervals, forget so many items of
detail of which intended to speak, that lose all
patience with myself.
1t is nearly two weeks since my last from
Rome, but had reason for delay We left
Rome SO hurriedly, could not write again from
there; the journey consumed all one day, and the
next was seated with pen, ink and paper before
me, when the idea occurred to me, that if
wrote before going up Vesuvius, and then, by any
chance, my next letter was delayed, you might
| coDjure up all sorts of serious NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of boiling lava, red hot stones, etc., disturb your
peace OF mind, and give you decided worry"
/
| Now to resume the thread of my discourse,
can give yon no idea on paper Of what saw and
| did in Rome; will only remark that in stay of
nine days probably saw as much of the "Eter-
nal City," as most persons who remain there
ninety days.
The 18th my friend and took the cars at TO- 20
| for Naples. We had very pleasant Journey in
creased in interest from making the acquaintance
through some little civility on our part regarding
/ their passports) of two English ladies' middle
| aged, far from handsome, but agreeable and in
telligent and very much interested in America.
One OF them proved to be Countess - Think
of the honor of such travelling companions!
| We arrived In Naples ut $50, T. NJ, and after
| running the gauntlet of cabbys, hotel runners
etc., made our way to the Hotel Washington, my
| friend having card of introduction from gem
| tleman in Rome. At 7 O'Clock we sat down to II
| dinner which shall always remember The table
d'hotc was long finished, SO we had table laid
for US on the balcony of the Sale u manger the
MEDITERRANEAN washing the wall nt our feet; be-
fore lis on the left, Vcsuyius, the smoke from
whose summit was lit with constant darts Of
| llame, and MS the evening came on we could dis
| tingush the stream OF lava, blazing upon the
side. Stretching along, directly in iront of us
the promontory of Sorrento. TO the right the
Island OF Capri; close at hand the Castle of Oro,
and all around the lovely Bay OF Naples, alive
with sail. Last, but not unimportant to us, on
| the table an excellent dinner and bottle of
Lachrymae Christi" bounded by two as good
"appy-tights" as ever gave zest to a meal
The 18th we saw the theatre of San Carlo The
Cathedral, and went to the top OF the Lighthouse,
spending the rest of the day In general tour OF
discovery about the town. The 10Th spent the
morning among tho dust of departed ages, in the
Museum. In the afternoon we made an excur-
sion to Camaldoli, n monastery, situated few
miles from the city, on the summit Of q noun
tain, and saidto command the finest view In Italy,
which can well believe to be u fact. You would
have laughed TO rec us making the ascent; VIZ
went to The fool of the mountain In u carriage:
there we took q long cared quadruped, known as
the "Jacquasse," and confess my heart fuled
me, when l saw them. Neither animal looked as
certainly not SO large. However, soon found
had done them injustice, for they started of with
us, without apparent effort. 1 had but two things
to complain of in my benst. My legs being lon
ger than his, was forced to make them unconl-
Portable short, by drawing up ; then my donkey's
ears being longer than his understdndinOs, he did
not seem TO comprehend that their being neg
ligentiy laid back in my face every five minutes
was by no means SO funny as 1t Looked!
The 20th we started for VesuviLs. On arriving
at Resna, the guide refused to 20 up that day, as
the mountain was In very unpleasant state of
mind, 50 we went on to Pompe instead. OF our
day there 1t Is unnecessary TO give description,
| allied all my expectations, and they were very
high.
The 2ist VIC were up at o'clock, and after a
hasty breakfast, again set Off for Yesuvius. We
reached Resina ut O'Clock, and were soon on
our horses, going up The mountain. We passed
through the vineyards of ..Lachrymae Christi"
and picked u leaf rs souvenir. In half an
hour we crossed III. Lava Stream of 1856 which
is still warm. brought away pieces, which were
almost too hot to hold when picked them up. |
Another half hour brought us to the Hermitage
and Royal Observatory, and IN hour later we
reached the base of the Cone; climb of an |
other hour brought us to the summit We then |
went round TO the east side too see the Lava |
Stream, and a glorious sight it was. great |
rolling sea OF fire, so hot that were forced to
cover our faces while near IL. The mountain had |
been very quiet all the morning uutll then but |
ten minutes after we reached the Lava the ground |
heavcd and shook under our feet, with Il great |
gasp, like giant in agony, and then with q |
dtaiening report, tremendous volley Of red hot |
stones, ashes and scorp shot ND hiuh into the |
air; then another and another. the stones falling
thickly around us. One, about foot in diam
etcr, fell so close to me that / could hear the |
,chiz and feel the glow on my face as it passed. |
The ashes so blinded u.s. that We could not look |
a. a r Ef,f mt nf fl,.ir nd
for a while we were In quite tickllsh position |
AS II was my first time "under fire." am not |
ashamed to confess feeling of decided nervous
ness.
We retrograded to the other side of the sum- |
init, were we sat down in an extinct cone and ale
our dinner. the only draw backs to our enjoyment
being. the whistle of passing stone and the |
mm of our chaits! The whole interior Of the
grand crater being SO hot, that Ii was hardly pos
sibls to touch the ground with the hand. AT the
foot OF the cone, by way of testing the statement
OF our guide in regard to the heat OF the stream
OF January 1868, got large and very ornamen-
lAl blister on one Of my fingers, to bring away us
IA token" wished to ascend to the Top of the |
active cone in the centre of the crater, but the
guide refused, saying, (on my offering topay him |
extra for his trouble, which supposed would re-
move his objectionO You have not money |
enough to tempt me to do lhst!" He went on to |
explain that there not ony danger of the fall
Ing stones, which peril increased with every step
we took towards them, but that tho gases rising |
u
would be sufocatcd before he had half reached |
the top. The first danger, should have been |
willing to brave, but the second was altogether
100 many for me, so was Obliged to give it up
This cone was formed two months ago, and had |
gone, / should have been the first person to |
make the ascent. German party who reached |
The summit at the time we did, were so worked |
up by the little display Of fire works, they at once
turned back, and He'd without waiting to see more.
After finishing our lunch we started our d.
scent on the other side from that which we went |
up. performed the feat in eleven minutes, beat
lug my companion and one guide several minutes. |
Our horses had been brought round for us, aud |
we mounted and started Off for Rcsina On ar |
irving there we found we had time to explore tie
ruins OF Hercnlaneum, which certainly ''dd not !
pay. Ton know II is more tuan one hundred \
feet under ground, Resina being built directly |
over it, Ali that is to be seen is 6y the tckcring
and uncertain light Of candle, and after Pom
pell, Il is worse than nothing.
To-day we go up to San Mnrino and the Castle |
ST Elmo; Tomorrow TO POzzuoli aud Baia next |
day propose to 70 to Sorrento to "lay up and |
recruit las William Brown used to do) for week.
Thea ! shall start Tor Suisse, via L.ghorn, Flor
ence, Venice and Milan, probably leaving Naples |
on the French steamer, June LIST. We missed |
steamer excursion to Capri this morning by not |
hearing OF 1t early enough, tn our great disgust.
We had not sous Of money, the Banks do not |
open until O'Clock, and the boat Lett at $50; so |
there we were
have found where Italy gets her reputation |
for dirt and rascality. Naples is the place Ger
taiuy never saw SO much OF either in all my |
life ! have indulged in two personal conflicts |
with the natives, both Of which was forced into |
In sei-deience, and in both of which, l am
pleased to say, tLrashed my man The account |
would be very funny If | had space to give it.
l enclose picture of Visuyus, " Eruz-del p |
May, 1865, which will give You good idea of |
Its mighty appearance. DELAWARE.
The New York correspondent of the |
Charleston Courier writes that 1t is urged |
on all hands that In so far as 1t appears to be |
foregone conclusion that the Southern
States are TO participate in the election, it is
important that the negro vote should be di-
vided. MIR. Chase certainly will receive as
many of their votes, if not more, than Gen. |
Grant, Another argument put forth by the |
Democrats is that it would be almost useless |
to have one Of their own in the Presidential |
chair, while the Senate is, for the next four
years at least to remain IN its present politi. |
cal complexion. With Mr.. Chase in the
White House, it is quite likely that work.
ing majority can be obtained along with the
Conservative Republicans. and that an adj