The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-18

cells of the monks. They arc Carthusalls
and AS Macanley says, "kept the midnight
| vigil and the life OF silence" Each brother
hada chamber. dining-room, n balcony, into
which histw windows opened also, closet
with nails on which to hang their clothes, II
hey hal any. Through y window opening
into the cloistcrs they received their food.
They lived alone. ate alone. and for auGht we
know, died alone.
We returned by the new road constructed
by the Government II does not 90 through
he city, but wiyeS = snauniticcnt view of land
am water. Maple Il ioi;r times rs large rs
tone, with G0O00U inhabitants. The pro-
pic, even the cnmeil, feel that they have
changed for the worse. Some wished for i
republic, but majority preferred Francis
the H.; but bribery and ire,tclcry have done
their work-ecce sign,rnt--1ic chamberlain
of Francis The III. il in the household Of
Prince iiunhcrt.
The papers will tell You of the ERUPTION of
N'Su'l'ls, the greatest and most destructive
mat has occurred for many Years. On the
day IL commenced we went up the mountain
rs lar us there Is any carriage road 1--WE had
two coaches with three horses harucssed
abrcasf), to the Hermitage, thence on foo,
most oil Lh' way. 4 small portion is practi-
cable on dnnhcyS. Our road for miles Eiy
through beds of lava, the flow of former
times, and IN awful sight it is. We took orr
lunch. bought solne Of the &" Larhrymr Chri-
ii wine, aud spent the day wandering about
and watching the mountain. Five cratcr>
were visible, four sending upa little smoke,
ANA from the other, which was nearest to Us
Issued an nrln.:r-colnrcl column which look
ed exactly like Egyptian al;tli,stcr. 1t did
not seem Ia l;c >Il"kr I'll vapor. but 4 solid
Substance. twisted IS are many oil the church
columns. After awhile stones were thrown
NJ from tic (. mr." crater that rose like flock
OF birds Ia 9Ir:t hui:l!T, and then scattered
About > /" clock Wtctnc down Inc mountain
and went ~ ii2lcllaf1llm, where we re-
manned I'LL dark. Emerging from the ruins
we had full View OF Nr>uTli>, and where
the stones had been thrown up there was Il
pyramid of lire; 50 there WAS from The first
crater. There WAS probably fire all day. but
invisible in the sun. There WAS then red
hot l;lya running down the side. of the noun
tain, but tiirlc was no danger unprecedented
till day,or TWO afterwards, when we heard
there was much damage done and many
lives Were lost. From 0tir rooms could be
seen something that looked like a peculiar
cloud. which. covered hall the horizon, inst
such IL the Younger ilny describes IL at
tending the eruption which destroyed Pom
pei. The noise WAS terrific. like the heaviest
thunder except that thunder, when ut its
loudest, seems to roll over the head. This
kept at the same distance, accompanied by Il
trembling of the earth such rs we supposed
porIfndrd an earthquake. All day came
news OF danger aud 'h,ti--hnu>cs burnt
people i,iIlrd--EtNa "<i"iIit"--tllr VILLAGE II
st. Sebastian entirely i,:iroyrd-hosl,iIHl~
filled with Wolndcd, and the streets with
homeless people crUWtiin- into tnWn-Wo-
men and children carrying the little they
could save. There are E!aly rIinor. ct
persons lo>t-somr say IlElmy iorci@ncr>-
some of them Americans, Mho yTntnrcu too
near, and we're oScllthrn lv lava or burning
stones. v iiil,. Wr Mri,. at the llrlt'IIl1nrlim
pretty German %ir lrl>>ttl Hp i'll I litter,
borne 10y four lurn, and accompanied hr \
number ui gl.idc> and gentlemen, intending
TO ascend the tI.it"I. We n.ni but feel anX-
iOus for their safety. one night We took Il
carriage and rode /" the qiIdy To see the pro-
gre<s Of the eruption, and such Il sight il
was-Sllch as YOU may imagine the internal
regions All five ciatcrs vomiting fire, Scve-
raj assures in the mountain doing the same,
and fiery streams of rcd-hOt lava flowing
from top 10 lotion. y. We watched we
saw i,o.!>,. after iinti>,' catch fire - the rN-
tending lava reached ii. anil The rHp}"-
sinn> were stunning. Yesterday the crap
lion was diminishing: but Ill tn" dam
age is not yet known. fli" road We ira
yelled over his Lccii III part destroyed, some
said also the Hermitage, but this must be Il
mistake; it might take lire from stones or
cinderS, but does not lie i'll such way Is TO
lie overwhelmed with lava. The Hermitage
lie. oil the REGULAR slope Of the mountain,
and t!l, i :. depression before the rise 81
thu l.t collie. The road does not wind :ulind
the lnotntai!l. but Zi%-Z:" nn unr SIDE with
only Il wall OF lava Io"t ill9h between the
traveller and the i,roriplcc. All Naples II
covered with ashes, and the beautiful orange
nToYes and garden, rlIillrd.