The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-09-05
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upon those scenes OF desolation. y
Pliny directed bis steps toward thd
shore. The sea was rough, The Ni6dR
contrary, and thousands Of asphyxiatef
fish covered the beach, left there by thss
retract Of the waves. Forced to r6trace
his way, sail was spread for him, nd
he laid down to contemplate Al that wesa
passing. Atsthis instant 1isa5e1 cdme
out of the soil, even where hewas lying
His affrighted slaves fled. He. arose A..
then falling back, expired, suffocated by
the poisonous gases arising from the
earth. Three days after, when this dis
turbance ended, he was found lying inse.
the same place, under thick covering
of ashes. Thus Pliny perished, "a sictiuiA
to his love of science. b adiaa 4
During this time awful scenes were 4
being enacted at Herculaneum and POM
peii; these two cities, situated under the
very shadow of vesuvius. we're delugea7
by rain of fire., The iuhahitaptsr Of
sPompeiiy were assembled in, the ,amphi-
theater at the time OF the catastrophe,--
An inexpressible disorder reigned in the
city, Some, remembering the frst erup.
tions, fed to the country, or the sur.
rounding cities; others, delaying too.
long to secure rings, jewels, coins and
costly fabrics, we're walled in byreiaderss
or crushed by the fall'0f their houses. sss
A number thought to find refuge in eel
lars, and 10 wait there the end Of the
convulsion, The calculation was accu-y
rate 10 part only; the walls did not gigsl
way. the ashes did not reach them, but
they were buried 0aliye, condemned to
die Of starvation in their prison.,y ,a
Among other objects have been found
the skeleton of o dog and that Of man;
the man died of inanition, and the dog
devoured bis corpse, Prisoners in their
stocks, slaves bound in their inches and
forgotten by their masters, have been
discovered as death overlook them
Many pefished in the streets crushed by
the fall Of column, statue or house, but
especially we're they suffocated by the
gases, to the action of which Pliny sue
cumbed. Woe to him who lay down
upon the ground. The poisonous laifT
arising from the soil killed him instait9
ly. Those on the contrary who contin-
ued on their way, with eyes protected,
from the dust, and pillow on the head
to deaden the effect of the falling stones,
arrived safely at their place Of ref2Sgye
| The number of persons who persisted at
this time is estimated at 1900, tenth
part of the population, soss
Herculaneuin, the, city OF Hercules,
was the theater of another kind Of de-
vastation, There it was not hot ashes
or stones that fell, piling up, successive
stratas until at last the most substantial
edifces gave way under the accumulated
weight, but liquid mud which flowed
in the streets, and hermetically sealing
every opening and crevice with kind
Of cement, taking the form Of every OH
ject, and securing It from injury BY con-
tact with the external air. After several
centuries the mass of plaster could be
detached with pickaxe, and the sleep
ing city was found intact. 1t was the
mudy not lava, which overwhelmed Her.
culaneum the lava burned everything It
came in contact with. ssg
When the storm was passed, the in.
habitants OF Pompeiis could find their
homes and carry away. articles which
were OF value; those of Herculaneum
found only mound in place of their
city, which was completely buried. Upon
the site are seen to-day the lovely villas
of Portici. 1i4isitf 9it6yenmqu
Excavating was done in these unfortu.
nate cities,in the early part lofcthe sew
enteenth century. Worksgcf art were
taken from, them, comprisiRy statues,
bronze busts, Ornamental articles Of fur
niture, manuscripts, and a variety OF ar.
ticles which would give us precise
knowledge OF ancient. times. The most
valuable came from Herculaneum. Pom
| peii was a city Of trades people, and the
inhabitants were able to remove any
4 .thjpg9of value while Hercalanepmstss
q city of luxury, adorned by works Of
art, and, from the nature, of the erup-
ton, nothing was, removed, and there
The explorer vim find an inexhaustible
mine of antiquities.-aNeW York Her.
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