Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1875-08-19
NAPLES, ITALY,
July 10th 1879.


suvius. 1t is clean bustliug city.
am charmed with it. If it were not for
the Volcano, it would be my place to
live. The people however do not seem to
think Of the dar ger-altho in daytime
the tall, black cone is smoky, and OF
night shining like small sun. | shall
tell you Of our ascent of the mountain.
Arriving at Naples Wednesday night, at
10 O'clock we engaged carriage at once,
and by halfpast Il were on our way tc
Resina, underneath which is Hercu laneum
leaving the carriage here we took horses
and began the ascent through fields OF
lava. This lava was formed into all i'm.
aginable shapes, l could fancy many
things just as you look into the fire and
see all sorts of shapes. The lava is Of a
| dark brown color. Here and there |
fancieI the statues of men aud children.
Here there seemed multitude of forms
Of meu, armed with horses piled upon
each other, as if it had been some great
battle field, all black with the gore.-
Here were waves ol lava, AS if the sea wave
iu their highest kiss of the shore in their
gushing lcve, had been su ldenly and for
ever frozen. All this thou ht seems
like the grand ruin brought by God S
wrath becars, of sin. We reach the
foot of the cone which is very steep, dis
mounting, we climbed up for u hours
over the lava, resembling black coarse
sand into which my feet sank deeply,
Reaching the top, just as the sun got
up from his sleep, we babe him good
morning, as we looked down into the
smoking, suiphurous, red and yellow
streakcd crater. Here, the heathcn
would say is Vulcan's grand shops but
here | thought is where God skaters the
foundations of the earth. 1t was very
hot where we stood, Tue guide thrust
his stick tbro' hole, and it came out
blazing. Eggs can be roasted, but as VIC
had none, VIC did not try the experiment.
A. / o1 tIa In Al. L., IN
brown and black, | thought have seen
many ruins, but this is the grandest,
darkest Of all. On the side of the noun,
tain there are two spurs running out,up
whose rich ashes have grown shrubs aud
small trees and flowers, purple and yellow
which in contrast with the desolation all
around seemed beautiful indeed.
thought this is Gods great book Of wrath
and this is the biading n"blue and gold.
Descending--tbe carriage in = hours
brought me to Pompeii. walked
through the we'll paved streets, just al
they we're in 70, A. d. when the city wa
buried by the lava and hot ashes from thu
Volcano. The walls of The houses
adorned with rich pictures, in fresco, th
mosaic floors, the beautiful fountains, tn,
theaters, the temples, the monuments
Here a wine shop, there wine yaul
with the wine jars remaining there th
tavern here the shops where the Pompeilal
ladies' purchased their iuery. There i
r the home of Virgil and also the home o
the Tragic Poet. For three hours
r wandered through the lonely streets an
:. dcsolated houses of that doomed an
a ruined city. 1t seemed but yesterda
Il that the owners lived there. Here the
$ drank of pleasure, and danced in th
wildness of dissoutencss. The mountai
Q rolled. the fire and ashes came.
maiden aud her mistress were fleeing tC
Il gether, aud the lava clasped them in i,
b warm embrace. The money changer wa
Il rushing with his bag of mouey-;he do
IS was barking and rusning to the gate, an
IF he was doubled into crisp. Thes, an
e more are found just as the lava caugl
% them, aud the crisp forms filled in wit
II plaster, 1 saw in the Museum. 1t mad
N me very. very sad. The people here are
q similar ddnger,yet they seem not to thin
le Of it. They are pursuing their gain ar
fe pleasure as those Of Pompeii we're, whe
the ruin over took them. So it is vii
all of US, the greater the danger Il
greater the thoughtleSsness. | have bee
=, wandering thro' the city of Naples muc
- =, | first touched Italian soil at Briudisi,
:, now called the place where. Virgil die
: His tomb is a. this place. lie wrO
= some of his works here, for he had vii
{ near here. But l must leave Maple
- beautiful as it is. That is one Of Il
y unpleasant things in making tour wh,
" you begin to feel comfortable aud
" home in a place, you must tear yourst
away. An Italian has written, u ha
se seen Naples, now then may de-
20 can't endorse the sentiment entirely hO'
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