The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-11-27
A Visit to the Ruins Of Pompeii.


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Pompeil lies about thirteen mile
from Naples, Its situation mn.
have been surprisingly fine, the lux
uriant plain. stretching of on two O
its sides, the river sarnus flown.
through its midst, and the sea, lovli
est of seas, near by with ito carcssinl
waters Nesuyius was but five mile
distant The city, indeed. was bull
upon a bed of lava which the noun
tain in some remote age bad pouro,
forth. Yet the volcano had beer
quiet so long that no one feared il
aud Ia the position Of the city offer
cd unusual advantages to trade a
well as presented..Ge highest atlrac
tons to culture aud taste it early hn
came the resort Of wealth aud luxury
Although n Roman city, Pompoii be
longed to that portion of Italy called
Magma Greeia, and It's pceuliartie'
were largely shared By the spirit a
Greek civilization. II was visited b,
an earthquake, A. u CD, aud wa.
overwhelmed By an eruption Of We.
suyias in the year 70 For nearly
1900 years it lay buried undor ashes
''"Ve % ."o "o'h 81 excavation
larry.
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" ut'' VAIN wa ai'h- '"o ','l'u,
~ 'ho o'hn'' ms Is '"'s'"o on
VIC wan anu 'e'H' 10 '"' "''o Oh
iierchlan'um. ten very strangely
"h.h entered ,hc House OF mo
hedes. ~ you have read the last
Days OF fompeii, by Buiwer you
can understand why my feelings were
SO singular 10 take stroll through
an almost homan house to see al
us arrangements to tread upon ~
marble hoors, lock into It's bodeham-
bors and stand IN It's reeeptle'' hall .
to 30 down into its cellars and around
It's gardens and among its baths, %
one ct those intensely VIVID things
that the distant past rarely permits
you to ENJOY. entered through %
narrow passage (vestiouluml into he
hall (airium) aud thence into tie
bed rooms connected by doors with
tins ball, The chambers were quite
small, not larger than the little dor
m'torles IN Old colleges, aud they bad
no windows. saw the other apart
ments' II was a sort oil double house,
one SGT OF rooms Tor summer end one
ior winter A'No most OF we private
ediliees !, was one story me vino
eei,ar pe'ow ~as que ''rge, a pa ',
wall surrounded three sues oil inc
area "i't'h Wn'en were 'ne ga'uehs'
shawn where sEcIeto1s wcre found
b,dJloI ,oge,ho, mo osbos syont
in an tho inmates of thc bonso wbo
probablv burned I, tbot nloco for
nro,ee,iou lint the MIGHTY rain
blook and ,em,es,ons chased them
there and closed eompactlv around
them The imnres,iop of Inc skele.
tons ia pointed out aut il il not as
clear as that Of tho comic mask in
the theatre of IIerculaneum. never
saw anything more perfect than this
The melted lava caught it ead hard
ened around it, and there are the
mimic features complete
Then | crossed the street and saw
the family burial ground. Then
other places Of intcrmcnt. The Bo
mans loved to put their tombs on tho
sides of the public roads. Hundred
Of these sepu!chres may be seen in
Italy.
went into these hillside vaults
The urns were there containing the
ashes | saw ulaee sealed nm and