The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-17
stick ont Of my hand and nned up his halfeuruea

i but the action sickened me. We could fud no clue
to the poor fellows Identity. They wosld have IL
he wasa mobile ssnor ia,,ese nbat from the quality
! OF his clothes think he was of the middle class.
BE it as 1t may coul. only think OF the horfd fact
that he had not been recognized. The contents OF
| his pockets had been destroyed by the fire. Tho
bodies were al frightfuly torn and burned. They
! tel me that the sufIerings OF all the wounded taken
| to the hospitals were frlghtful. Their IN
sides seemed scorohod. The nails were
scalded from the fingers OF some. Some were ~ II
they had been soaked in boiling water others rs II
they had been half roasted alive. only hope that
the number Of victims is much less than reported.
Most o. the papers say about two hundred. AT the
| Municipio where | have been to-day, they could
only ten me some OF the names; but shall be able
to find out more accurately tomorrow as yet 1t Is
impossible to say with any certainty. s..sN'
70 ,sS" SAN SEBASTIAN ON FIRE.
Az we went back we stopped at house in Portici,
where we saw part of San Sebastian burning. twas
grand sight; for 1t was then dark. We could hear
the trees cracking in the fire, but the lava was not
as close as it seemed. returned at midnight TO
/ the Ponte della Maddalcna. The image OF san
Gennaro was decked with drapery, ana double
row OF lamps burning before It, but not many people
praying Coming back by the Porta Carmine saw
an old hag hanging q light before representative
OF tho same saint and rating his sanetity roundly
at the Same time In choice Ncapoltan. To-day has
been lovely day. have just returned from San
Sebastian very tired. saw the lava there In the
| full work Of destruction, OF when will send you
an account Omnibuses, steamers, &c, are stll
bringing away fuQitlves. vesuvius has been COW
cred with dense cloud all day long; the noise has
been less loud but at San Sebastian II was fearful
The Mountain su,lcn-raplcs Covered
with Ashes--Sccnes on the Road Among
the Fugltives Fleeing from the Burn
ing villages and Deserted Houses--At
tho Mouth OF tho Stream OF Fire--yiew
from the Eoof OF n Viila-NinS Victor
Emmanuel Helping the Poor--yo Amer
lean or English travellers Missing.
-rA NAPLES, Apll 2s-Night.
Those persons who went out last night to see "the
magnificent spectacle OF the burning mountain
must have been wosnly disappointed, un'ess they
were persons In the parliamentary sense, and, IN
&C ordanc with the inInemoral custom OF ladies'
/ ana the wen known line In the Latin grammar, they
4 went to see and to b. seen. vesuyins last night
was shreuded ia sullen darkness, partly the result
| or the atmospheric changes partly OF tho smoke
rising from the vctims Of the laVa's "burIing oyc.n
/ The sullenness of our terrible neghoor took, elry
| this morning. more aggressive form; for, on look
Ing out OF the window at eight O'Clock | found the
beautiful garden covered with fine ashes about two
inches deep or more. Who is II that calls Death the
great dustnsn9, 1t seemed IA II the great and all
! the little dastmen had been sitting their heaps Of
| ashes over Naples this mornng. The effect Ia de-
! pressing, especially on Sunday when we usually
air our religion and best clothes nc the same
| time. On paying our homage to the Fire King we
| found his head crowned With gigantic tiara OF
blacs cloud, which by no means assures us that he
has lapsed into that state OF tranquility which the
! official dispatches OF last night would have us
believe. -4al
A VISIT TO SAN SEBASTIAN AND LA CEgcoLA
/ must not forget my promise to tel you some
| thing about my visit yesterday TO san Sebastian
and La Cercola, for no one can presume to Judge OF
the erect OF grand eruption unless he has seen
the lava stream face to face The side view s dis
appointing; 1t IL only when you watch the great
sluggish Are reptile founderng along towards YOU
that you can form any idea OF Its revolving destruc-
tveness. 1t was after q visit to the Municipio,
where In vain tried to gain any accurate miornia-
ton rs to the number aud names of sdead, that
In company with the same offcer, set out for San
Sebastian. 1t. was progressively hot and the dust
was ankle deep; the road was still tolerably
crowded by the various conveyances OF ngitivos
and their furniture, so that cannot say 1t was
! pleasant MY efforts to swallow as little dust as
possible under the circumstances were seriously
impeded by the ridiculous contents OF some OF the
carts and carriages Looking at my written notes
and recalling the more deeply Impressed mental
ones, feel have failed to convey any worthy pic
tnre or
IL would require the pen OF Dickens and the pen
ell Of Leeeh to do; 1t Justice. can only say that
| any one with any descriptive and humorous power
| might, haze written o volume Of most dlvertng
essays on tho furniture alone. doubt If the exact
outline OF many OF the articles though. worthy OF
transportation hal been known until they were re.
Il. rrL- hal CHI. flaFt
| selves by habit TO abnorlnally shaped recesses t
their form and purpose were equally diiiicalt to
declare. l was just smiling fsmiarly at perfectly
dazzling family group OF mattresses, when chase
fan OF images, with only one Old woman to guard
q them from their reckless attempts at suicide Ill
yerted my attention. Ihaye been fortunate enough
to see the interior o. more than one home Of the
genuine Neapolitan OF the upper middle class OIL
else should have doubted the evidence OF my eyes
as to the contents OF some of the vehicies. The
way In which they treasure mp the most tawdry
1aDsbtnt and nt1do,sne memorials Of ever 80 many
yeste and gion.t de Ndtdle 1t is impossible TO con
ccive. must not get on this subject or shall rect
too long by the way. What the exact use
OF one enormous wicker construction-someth.nn
between q dirty clothes basket aud one OF those
eel-traps you see on the Thamos-I don't know.
Ny companion could not explain. II had myste
rious grating 10 the middle. Perhaps that was tc
sort the small clothes from the others. But he,e
comes caravan, evidently OF some rich proprietor
! Heavens, what Cupboard How did it ever get NJ
to It's pleasant exalted positonp Bluebeard carry
ing away his secret Closet evidently. Three more
| wagons full--one with very gaudy halfdrunken
looking armchair, keeping one OF its arms very un
steadily on the head OF chest Of drawers, which
Is evidently more than half inclined to betray IL
1 secrets. Last OF all, the proprietof~-Yery fat
alone, well wrapped up suppose what ofhis wa
robe he could not pack up ne had put on 70 save
you must give II upin large glass case, Ike what
,. they put over those gorgeous clocks in lodging
EXCEPT to ths pawn shop when there has been
J. very slack season. II . IA ',..., e t3.
FORCED TO HALT
The dust forced w 10 stop Ut "Natcrie,r on tae
walls OF which was vivid frcsco Of q National
. Guard "cuttlng snookn ut Pulciiineo. Many Of
the houses-all those Of wellto do peope-which we
, had lately passed were evidently empty and shut
4 up. we mad our gloss OF red wine ana some lot
I.ntt, IVA baa