The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-17
the yonng peas and beans and corn which grew

the ynang peas aud beans and corn which grew
between the iruit trees ID was
VERY SAD SIGHT -r
The poor people stood IN grOnps SOME muttering
prayers, some quietly weeping. some gazing hail.
stuneied at the slowly advancing mass. geyond
nothing could DO seen-for the lava stream was
deep-eSccpt rude shapes like crosses and towers
and TRUNKS OF trees, ~ If the guests Of what IL had
DESTROYED we're bursting through II. J could not
suiferers. l never heard one curse or angry word
orsaw one drunken person all that day. Tie course
which lava WIN take and the rate a which ii win
proceed are always aiiicult to ten, and even within
rev yards OF tn advancing flra eyery one seemed
to beeye tpat Tue c2tn he nal planted OF the vines
he had tended would u least be shared
saw here strong Illustration az thc force OF
haait. mol man ~ nc passed along within few
yards OF the lava but carefully lifted ~ tAe vine
ne carefully between the peas and beans as IL All
life were not already dried IN IN them
hy t9s hot breesa. Of their asiy enc.
9 onble among her Young com AMI vines ird-.
nantly asked us what right we had there on ner
rsi.hot, reptile-looSng monster ay,,,,y beaying Inc
itself up aul lulnbcrls oyer Il tree sett,ug il in
stanily nj faaes aha asked her ii she ever thought
she would reap this cGnS She turned away and
resusned her troubled WAR we lifted our hats in
respect for her sorrow and passed on our way =
3t. rSRluBLE HFFEcrs or THE HEAT.
very Intelligent person rena kcl TO me how sim
1nar 1t was that the trees should burn 20 Hereby
aud SO easily from the touch OF the lava. We broke
OH tne DOuEt O d tee close 10 us, Withlu lew lect
OF the lava 1t WINS quite dry and sapless; indeed,
so fierce was the heat where we were thai my legs
seemed drying mp under me. Tie air has been
dry the last two days and that has made tile work
og destruction much easier.
s.sF soENES FROM TIE nroF>o VILLA. ~
our destination Was large. empty villa, the resi-.
dence OF a considerable vino grower, VINO, Of
cou Sc had left IL with his family sna most OF the
servants We found Some men at wok tacking
woman servant sitting on heap OF luggage with
her hands folded She dld not olicr to move and
we found her exactly Ia IKE same attitude when we
came down again. once upon the ROOF we mad u
sencid view oi the lava The smaller stream to the
right wasalmost stationary; Il was the same which
toe night before naa threatened Portol. on onv
left W. could see the stteam In 'front.' OF which we
had Just passed, and could sec tue smoking ruins
which &c hid left behiud one large nous, w;rsbiaZ-
ing quite herce.g al dstence. ~, arear noise
ani the frequent tongues o. flame we had seen dart
nv ont made think taag tins SIDE et least the
wnoo ground was nose or less la IN active voices
mic state under the BED 0. lava itself.
THE KING HELPssa THE POOR VICTIMS. as+n
Onr way BACK TOOK u gu onga many sal gronpss'
WHO were, INTERIM the day, ileoIce TO say, glad
dened by the presenceo the KING WAC himself dis
,rsoutrd su,h Of money ulnopg the n. iic has b.
hayed throughout WITH great genefositg and all
the authorities have done their duty right well.
have been today 10 the English and American Con-
suls, ana, as far NJ they know, no Engissa OF Amer
icaps ore nl,sslng II
4he notes declare tbat mona of their visitors have
disappeared. 1t appears that great number OF
TAG persons supposed TO be lost were rescued by the
s2l SasS saa r 5Ssqa a.5 = & S e S s
Italians, bur the man whose body saw, WAC. Was
certainly either nssh Or Ameacan hai not b,nn
have died, but / shall know more accurately "
morrow. Tbat the number - hyes lost WAS urch
exaggerated at hrs. there T. 10 Doubt but there Is
q tendency now on tge rart 81 tue papeIs here %
takS too hopeful view OF the case ana cannot
Ind that any syseemqt4ed Efforts afa b9ing made to
ascertain the actual loss.
+ | must Try ani seud THIS letter tonight ~
present seven o,AAocN' 30 a. = III. Of lAg ashes
aad the salTOcatns feeling a. " me-, quite intclar-
have anything n asfCpWDin
tine 10 look forYagu To.
Scenes on ti,e rrou.as, Hoar eFsa sGsserv.l-
tory-s..e:4d Bodies On sSe RoaA-s-isirc,
FROM ti,a Nlousafs in Sl,;e--->tveaEssn II
Fsre-c;n,lsuiAisi,r L.lya.-yessss!as u y .Da y
and Night.
Mr.. Il. J.. Knight Whites from Naples 10 the Ion
don 9tHcS as flllows:-
Yesterday morning, Apri &C. about seven o'clock
| went out to got carriage 20 90 up Mount Vcsu
vius, ana on my way wa7 asked by q respectable
looking man In the street II had heard tho ncws o
the night. He then told me taat hundfods OF PEG
pie who had gone up tue night before to see tn
burning lava IN the Atrio Iii Cavallo were dead.
| had seen the mountain az eleven O'Clock the nigh
before, when there was q stream OF lava rannln
| from the top OF the conc into the Arroshat is, Il
valley between Vesuvus and the adjoining hill, I'll
! SOIunla where there seemed TO ne n LAKE OF H.
| Later la the hight there wa5 tremendous cru
/ tion large crater fCpoulDg suddenly between u
| Observatory and the Atrio Ill Cayaiio, across t
| path OF the visitors, IL IL said, or u mile l
diameter. We started from Naples at eight o'clocl
The view OF tue MOUNTAIN was magnificent. A
| ing TO an immense hegit above the mountain, III.
great ileeees OF cotton wool, quite unlike any clou
| ever saw. ! could the lava rushing from seye
| raj openings TO the right Of ana above tie ODserva
! tory but below the conc. The lava was stili Tow
ing RON the into tho Atr.o, but no aslor dus
-. D.aEf yhpE
population were In fearful excitement, not kDowin
what TO do, and apparently upgrehonsive OF lnstan
DEATH yefynody making siss GO us aiid telling u
wncre we were stopped ana tod That no ono "a
allowed TO 20 up the mountain, by order OF On
police. However,, after solae eSp0si Vation, too
! a guide on the box ana started again.
49, VICTIMS.
few minutes afterwards we met a cart hTngin;
! down dead body, ana as we went on we saw ot.e
bodcs-at LEAST twelve-of wticD one only appearei
| TO oe living. They we've frigltlaily burned On On
i face and hands and some, winch were carried o.
1 chairs, IN sitting position, were very fDastJ ol
! jects. Further on we met peOple-oihcials,. ap
pafeutly-comins down, al warning VI to 50 back
! Az length, wnep lac had arrived AT an elbow OF IN
road not lar below the JbsaI vlto-y We met tue OF
hcer VINO mas charge o.! the Observatory, who ~
we could nut go OF; that the danger was inimlnent
1 that the lava was running across anu down th
road before us, that ie mad orders from the Preec
of Naples to prevent any one ascending, and tlis
we could not pass. MY couc.Insn Tas getting
Lttle anxious, though l viii do him the justice Il
say he was not afraid, SO | ated NOS to tlk
tho DeJ DHu II III tlt fOdu tDpNc Nr y
the right Especially "a did not wish to meet tn
/ lava Ia a narrow lold where we could lot turn Tn
! Carriage We left tile csrriagc there 0nd ascend e
on foot WITH the guide by path straight Up TIL
/ mountain side.
1 GETTING MEAN.
! AZ length we stood on the edge or the fiat Rrouni
! slopiny TO the foot OF the cane Currents O. law
| were running down on botn sides OF u far below
but the craters from which tiiey lowed wela hidde
| by the smoke, clouds or smoke were ascending iron
the top OF the cone, ana the lava still podring dow
to the Attic. The ro..t OF the mountain, which w
md tfst heard at Portic!, was now tremendous
continuous, and unlike anything else-l ever beard
Ike millions Of reals OF thunder rolling at the sam
time, when suddenly, about noon, there was ccs
satior with low rolling sound, and one heard IN
clicking ana ripping OF the lava currents pourn
down The billsiies below Then, in about in!.ntt
came deafcnlng roar, shaking the ground undc
our feet, and new crater burst firth just on IN
further side OF the Observatory us 1t seemed to as
aud dense clouds or ashes ana stones were throw
/ up into the air on the LEFT hand Of, and miHglin
witA, the great white cloud making great CONT as
| with The dark-btowa dust aud ashes which ros
! perpcndculaIiy to.an immense height. The roarn
continued ard kept on Incl easing TIL IL hecaln
| dealening, aad began TO think II might injure on
\ cars We STAYED there about an hour aud n hal