The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-18

and NAV more properly be regarded matter In state OF
confusion as Professor Gordano has been pleased 10 term
II From concentrating the phenomenon turned to enjoy
the magnificent panorama thatwas spread OUT peiow US
just setting and the horizon ana the lsia
tinted with coloring compared with Wncn 'a VI
Correggio and Titan is but idle imitation 1here was
mellow light resting upon the heights already maze
by the tomb of Virgil and nnumeraoe sans % b Of
Naples surprisingly beautiful of itself and SO attractive
because of its classical associations There too was the
great city of Naples, which lay like half MOON ana us
charming envrons and there the coast all the way
to Caselamare and there oo was the orange groves OIL
Lomento For the antiquarian the view comprehendeo the
streets of Pompe and the excavations of Herculaneum for
the scholar the classic shores of Ba@ and Misenium and
the places rendered dear by the of Virgil and for
those who love nature it embraces everything In the term
beautiful and everything which makes forget art in nature
On one hand Mt Vesuvus convused with agitation aested
the power the Almighty while scene below manifested
His goodness and wonderful works to the children OF men,
CATER passing the Hermitage which requires about one
and half hours walking from the base we began to realize
the fearful character of the eruption thin mist or cloud
hung over the summit but occasionally this removed
and the itself revealed in all Its grandeur In
another hours time were at the current OF lava wch
gowed with the intensity of the furnace OF which scripture
mentions as having been heated seven times hotter Inc
oriai on the surface kept falling continually and thus
revealed the internal character of this great stream OF u
fire. Sometimes great would become detached and
would dissolve in fragments at our feet while the noise VI
occasioned not unlike the crashing of falling lmbers
We reached down and secured piece which was but par
tally cooled and found to be not unlike the deo or
refuse which is noticed in backsmiths forge. The noun
tain itself shook and rembed with the effort it was making
while from the crater of burning lava and huge rag
of rock and stone thrown high into the heavens
At every discharge there crash that sounded more ike
the near report Of hundred field pieces rather than the
rumbng sound of heavy artillery. Sometimes the volcanic
bombsor they answered the exact Webseran definition OF
the ermwoud fall distant from the current OF lava and
would come rushing down the mountain insnuatingy
than comfortable Some hundreds of yards distant in the
direction of Otto Jano there could be seen mass OF qud
fire creeping the valley below from fifty to sixty feet in
width and from fifteen twenty feet in depth The lire
from the crater which illuminated the vast surroundings
with urid glow only added grandeur to what was already
terrifcally grand"
According the official Journal band of Garibaldans,
commanded by Serange took possession of the groo San
steano the 10Th December but attacked by the
Poncal troops and put to flight taking refuge across the
frontier but there graver pes within the city 1t is
confidently stated that nctionares of the Ro
police compromised by the disturbances OF the I'D
October The movement failed chiefly through the reachery
of three members of the Committee of Action who for the
consideration of12000 each revealed the whole plot
to the Government 1t then arranged that the signal
for nsurrecon should be given three days before the time
appointed with Carroll who had engaged to second it from
the outside and thus the insurgents fell easy prey to the
troops