The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-12-19
The Eruption of YesuyiuS.

Another eruption OF Ncsuyius Is q f1i acoogspF.
AMI. T. quote the words 90 one IF our journals.
lhc mountain, like royalty, l. honorci with n
daily bulletin. Ne>uNlus las not been quiet
since last November. when il a>toni>Lcd visitors
and alarmed the Inhabitants Of the immediate
neI-hborhoUd by It's brilliant displays. The same
cone which was then IN action has (savs a special
corre>ppudeuJ. been more or les active ever
since bat 1t j. only since the beginning of this
month thar evident signs were observed of incIcaS-
inc action. The scientific apparatus on the
mountain aboU; October lSt, gave the first an
ml>takeab!c signs 81 what was coming Then the
puts ci light. steam. or smoke, grew INTO columns
ut dark black smoke. tongues ct laUhcut IRE
followed, just licking tie edges Jf the crater. ac-
clupluici by discharges of artillery and heavy
showers of r-lh0t lava and ashes. Day after day
this activity increased. until. on the night Of
October oth, after q slight shock. the old cone
was rent IN two, and n delucc OF lava came rush
Ing forth and ran down 70 tue foot OF tie great
cuuc, crossing ut one point the new pain which
has been traced out for the convenience OF visitors.
Since that the course of the lava has increased IN
abundance and Tapldity. and a the agitation OF
the scientific instruments Is Increasing also. there
l. every probability thar the exhibition Will be as
magnificent a. it was ut the beginning of the year.
The wind, which has for some time been III the
southeast. bears the cOpiOus volumes of smoke
towards the northwest, sweeping over the Bay
just IN front of Naples, while the lava Is pouring
down towards the Atrio del CayallO, III the direc-
ton Of the Hermitage, presenting from n distance
n magnificent spectacle. Especially does II 50
now, when clouds sweep wildly over the sky, for
stratum after stratum i lit up until the whole
atmosphere appears to be on fire. To add TO the
grandeur and ~Solemnity of the scene, the detona-
tions, or rather thundcrings, have been frequent
and loud, shaking the ground in the ncighb0rhood
more or less severely. From the commencement
of the new symptoms Professor Palmieri has been
in residence at the Observatory in order to COM
lletc and confirm the observations which he made
NJ the beginning Of the year. You will remember
that one of these observations led him 10 adopt
the theory that volcanic action is subject in a
certain degree to lunar influence. OF course, all
10 whom an eruption is Il novelty have been rush
ing over 10 ascend the mountain; the weather
has, however, been most inauspicious, and on
several evenings travellers have been driven back
by the violence of the storms. As great crowds
OF visitors may be expected, l repeat the express
of q hope that mt ReSina and elsewhere on
the line of route better accommodations and
greater facilities may be provided for those who
the ascent. Horses are often wanting,
order and regularity almost always. No one
should be permitted to 60 up the mountain while
in conilagration without 4 guide, and the tariff of
the guide should not only be regulated, but
,niorccd.-EWrOpcan Nal.