The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-30
POMPEu AND TEsUTIUs.

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Dsseoyory Of OIL In tho Ruined City
sympashetio Eruption OF q Java Vol
esno-msnas1ngI Indications OF a Fresh
Oatbrs.k.
A correspondent of the Athen@um writes
fromaNslles on the 2sth ult.:
Gage to- report discovery which was
made three weeks: ago In Pompell. a glass
bottle. well closed; has been found OF oil 10 It's
natural state, the first and only relic Of the
kifp6fhat has, as yet been turned up. Eggs,
and huit, and bread, and grain, rather over
cooked, maybe seen In the museums OF Naples
sndPohpali, also large oil jars, and recepta-
cles br It in the shops; but such discovery
brinoS MS almost into the interior OF Pom
peiaH household. It was some precious stun,
perhaps, we'll sealed up, in reserve for salads
which demand the finest OIL. lt may have
been sample. Whatever 1t was, It throws US
into almost Life Communication with the thriv-
ing family who were destroyed BY the erup-
tioi, AZ VeSuyius It has been submitted to
the s1Hhinakdon of Professor Palmieri, who
WxSRSsonlsh6d at the marvellous preservation
ofthe ;lqufd, pure tnd clesr as amber, and
YhodaSsared It to be olive OIL without any e1-
trsne6Ga Mater. The recipient has the form
oEa large bottle similar to those which are
Commonly found among us from the Greek to
the Roman times, and would" contain about
three chilogrammes ofolt equal to six or sev-
an pounds weight. The contents are not,
however, all liquid, for there IL portion, per-
paps about the third part of the bottle, con-
gealsd7 which has the consistency Of virgin
wax Solid and inodorous, this rsslduum has
nj oleaainous matter In It, say the experts.
n Ia. Gsi have said. the first time that this
lionItf nas been found In Pompeil In such
abandaaee aAd go well preserved, ior the rea-
aon. perhaps; that the bottle wsshermetrlcally
closed With. 3 cork and wax. On Its being
mopedspshiSseoppeF.fe into the oit rtn'a pull
ySfized state, as also the material with which
sor Palnieri was not chemical sne-this Is
Reserved foc Professor de Encs to make. who
rim examine moro minutely the qualities OF
the oilrRhich has rather an ofenstYeEsmell,
and. .64S&atthat matter cpaeists WHOM lies at
fheEt6St6M ohthe bottle In congeaied state.
kHh&h, ,Home form is being given. 10 the
proIeS2 the estahlishment OF g superior
soh06isGf agriculture in Portioi. The palace
and 9afdens, one Of those royal possessions In
iyaying perfectly nnutillzed, have been ap.
rrnnriated to q valuable aud necessary pur-
poeex having regard 70 the primitive state OF
szffeHftue Id this country, and so college or
school has been f6tmed9 The minister of
Agriculture has given notice Ofa competitive
Examination for the selection OF candidates to
AM three chairs. These 'sfe for animal and
sooteohnic physiologg, for the German Ian.
61,spe and design, and the respective salaries
Ara. 60O6 lire, 5000 lite and 1000 lire. Portici
and R6aina. as YOU welt know; were In immi-
nent DANGER dining he recent o0nvulsion of
Veanvius. and much ground in. the neighbor-
l,ood of the latter town was destroyed.
The Naples Journals report letter cited BY
the Journal de GeaeYe;g gIand1 received by the
9Wiss Consul at Palermo. from Sourabaya, 10
fie Island of Java. II states that, on the 24th
az April last, at the same time that VesaVlua
was flaming forth "a volcanic erHptton OF lne
1resaeSE violence occurred there. For twenty
Hur hbuis,r "a shower Of ashes fell on SOU
rabaya;productDg an obscurity more intense
fhan that occasinned BY aeolar eclipse, tnougn
fhe distsaee from theEolcauo was more than
go chilometres. The. first. dispatches an
uouuced the death Of los persons, VINO Were
Killed, some BY the iava; others by the ooiling
water whfoh, mixing With the ashes, lormeo
torrents of mud During the last month,
YeSayius has shown evident Signs OF mallg'
nIfy; on one day, Tor Just half an hour, COZ.
umn of smoke rose up as gigantic as tnst
Saflv there IL some demonstration OF greater
or- Isss intensity. Professor Palmieri has not
Snnken. but, Judging from appearances, our
sracmntsin ia not satisfied with what 1t has
dnra enfl IA more than half disposed to break
o,t soain. Last week two young men, q
Neano1italr add d Roman. whose names are
inGIcinffslY Supprsssed, performed one OF
11hnsa fooihardy tricks whica cost 30 many
shsir lives They ascended the mountain, &C
Nomnanied by ten guides, and entered the
cratar: but It required all the efforts OF tlelr
essistants to get them out again. The only
GLORY obtained was that they were enabled 10
ssv they were the first 10 commit such an aet
of'to1Ju eJnca 'thH 1erI1ptiOT. ., &c.,.