The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-24

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accomplished, even though" added the Presi-
dent, in serious, but not at all threatening
tone, sit might be necessary for the peopls to
take the matter into their own hands,"
The Eruption OF Vesuvius.
LATEST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND
ALARMS.
Under datO of December 28, the Naples cor
respondent Of, the London Times says:
"My last report Of Vesuvius extended to the
9TH ofDecember, and your readers will probably
be desirious to hear something more OF the vari-
GUS and eve;-varying phenomena which the
mountain has presented since that time. So vari-
GUS indeed, have they been that it is difficult to
enumerate or describe them sometimes de-
rived from the external aspects Of Vesuvius,
at others from ts internal condition. During
great portion Of this time it has been cover
ed ell over with snow, as it still is, dazzling
the eyes and rendering it almost impossible to
gaze upon il. Then 1t has surrounded itself
with clouds and darkness, above which at
night the upper heavens glared with the red
light Of the volcano beneath. Scarcely less
grand were these mysterious exhibitions than
those which we're more defined, and which ad-
dressed themselves more clearly to the precep-
tions and calculations Of the spectators.
On the 7th instant the eruption consisted OF
ashes but these ceasilg were succeeded by
smoke on thu 9th, and on the 9th new and
lofty oone was formed, which sent forth stones.
No fewer thai thirteen streams OF lava issued
at the same time from various oriices on the
summit, some Of which, falling over precipices,
presented tho glorious appearance Of so many
cascades Of fire. This was particularly the case
towards the Atrio del Cavallo, and in the
direction Of 3arno but seen from distance,
those streams seemed to blend together and
to bathe the whole Of the great cone. On the
10th instant The lava ceased to flow, and instead
Of it huge stones were shot forth, which it
would appear cost the mountain great labor,
for as its vitals we're thus rent in pieces and
thrown out, the earthquakes were most alarm
ing, while the thunders were heard at least
twenty mileH distant. Or course in Naples
they we're very distinct, and coming upon the
ear in the dead Of the night, awakened, If not
apprehension, at least o sentiment Of awe.
In the immediate neighborhood Of the
mountain great alarm was created-some fami-
lies fed from. Portici and Resina-a considers
BILE portion Of the population did the same in
Tore del Greco while hundreds Of cases Of
coral were despatched for safety to Naples or
Castellamar or Sorrento. Tore del Greco, as
you know, is the great depot Of the unwrought
coral; from that port sail out in the spring
know not how many barks for this dangerous
the wealth Of this very wealthy place, and
every effort vas made to save it. On the 11th
these alornling shocks continued all day,
frightening the people out Of their wits, and
it was not until Professor PALMER, Director
Of the Yesu7ius Observatory, visited the place
wereGanquiltz ltzed. or the turee orrour following
days lava again gushed forth; one stream
running down in the direction of the city
which has already suffered go much, and which
stands on ut least five other cities, all swal-
lowed up by earthquakes, or covered over with
rivers OF lava.
On the 14;h the detonations Of the mountain
were less loud and frequent, and the sismo-
graph was less active, but great apprehension
existed in the towns at the base, and the
authorities took all precautions for the DIRE ad-
ed eventuafty. On the 18th and 18th Vesuvius
was invisible from Naples anything which a
vivid imagination could picture to itself might
more active at night, when the mass OF cloud
which hung over it was Lit up with a deep red
color. ALI the scientific Instruments, too,
showed that there was great commotion, and
indicated that another eruption OF lava might
be expected, as, indeed, turned out to be cor
rect, for great stream poured down towards
the east. It was observed that when the Sis
mograph at the mountain was most active
shocks OF earthquake were felt at Nola and at
all the neig hboring places even stronger than
they were felt at Vesuvius, 30 that it is diff
cult to decide where is the centre Of this vol
canic action, or to conjecture what may be the
end OF it.
Scientific observers, too, declare that on
those days there were continual shocks in Ma
pies, impeIceptible to the mass, perhaps, but
not less keanly marked by those whose profess
sion fitted them to take note Of such things.
The sismograph, said one, tells me OF these
movements, but have my own domestic si5
mograph, that little bit of iron attached to my
shutter, and I sit and watch it's vibrations
almost every five minutes. From the Goth
up to the present day Vesuyius has presented
smoke, sent forth in jets every minute, rise
high in the air and stretch away in the dis
tance, and in the direction to which the wind
bears them. This morning it is q north wind
and there are the great volumes Of smoke rol-
ling one over the other with certain amount
or dignity, and in one long procession tending
towards Capri.
The actral state Of the mountain, as I learn
from Cozz olino, the principal guide, who has
just left me, is as follows A stream OF lava is
running down towards Ottajano. On the sum-
init are formed two small cones, close to that
which has risen within, and far above the era
ter, both ef which are ejecting stones. Then,
again, in the superlatively grand cone there
are three orifces, one OF which throws ont
they were ashes which we're principally thrown
out, but since that We have seen scarcely any
thing buS masses Of smoke. It must be OBJ
served thlt, whereas ashes indicate disposi-
ton to reDose, smoke, on the contrary, mena-
ces grl,ater outbreak-at least so says the
practical tJozzolino-and the experience OF the
last month proves the correctness Of his obser-
vations. His description Of the effects of the
shocks in Tore del Greco and Resina, where
he resides, is s.graphic. They were IS il high
wind were shaking our doors and windows,
accompanied by the whistling Of the storm.
His opinion is-and though not scientific
man it is worth sometheing, born and bred as
he has been amid lava and ashes-that the
eruption aas not reached it's climax, and that
before all is over we shall have some great
outburst The instruments, if they are quiet
one day, renew their activity another, and ne
never goes up the grand cone, he says, without
fear, for The whole mountain rises beneath my
feet or oscillates from side to side."
ACCIDENTAL DRowN1Na.-Rev. ]. M. Cline
Methodist minister who has been stationed at
Rock Hill, in this district, for several years,
while removing his family on Wednesday night
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