Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-16
The Buried Cities

C. T." 10 letter from Italy to Tie Bali
moro Amcricsn says:
I'm tho ycsr Ct CDR Lord 70 Vosuviui had
an uncommon crupliCu, which suddepIy and
very completely buried cut OF sight the cities
OF Pompcii and HorouIancum AID they ro
NAMED so buried Tor sixteen hundred yea,s-
until carly in the last century. When their sizes
we're accidentalydscovcrcd After much patient
labor and at enormous expense, about one third
part of these dead and tu;ed cities havc b.en
dug up; ard the excavations ere still going CO.
Vast !r,asur,s ct gold and si.var, rare sIa.uary,
paintings aud household utcnsl!s were recover
cd. 10 good condition, md many of these arc
now preserved 10 the National Museum OF
Naples. The paved streets have b,en cleared
OF tho rubbish. spd Compare fayorsbIv with
those OF the citea ct to day. Tho houses are
open 10 iusptc ion. aad ono can cssiIy gather
from them good idea Ct tho manner of GIe
anon2 rcope VINO wcro buried toto eternity
with such frightiul oecfiiy eighteen hundred
years ago. There is a large museum lust With.
In the main cato of Pompeii, in which are
stored vast lunber9 of articles recovered from
tho uncovered houses. There arc bottles, vases,
plates, clp9, lamps, money bcXas, i1,s door
lccks, bolts, balls, fges luts, pieces Of bread,
oried traits. glasses, towes, candle slickp,
ladies', sciIes, needles, baskets, iunnels, &c
But, among al these familiar things, | was
most Impressed with an iron safe-ap nc,u.l
iron sats-ldentlctl in pattern with thote
knobbed articles that ouly o few yesrs apo
were considered tho beat satcs 10 ths world for
pankirg houses aud counting rooms. And vet.
dozens OF rcrsoDs have within fifty years. taken
OUT patents for nowly invented ssfesI saw
also lot OF 6shhooks Of the identical pattern
now 30 eagerly pr;z, by apglers-,ho veritable
Lmerick hook. Is the wcrla progressing ?
And then thcrc ar, PROSTATE figures of men
and Women-one of tho latter ovideatly Oh the
point OF becoming NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of horses.
cats' dogs aud rats. And there are many skulls
Ione OF them still retaining some of its hair.
All these dreadful trophies saa,ched from the
avs CT death serve to illustrate the terrors of
that dreadful hight when fire and primsloro
ralned unon tho devoted cities and wrapped
them IN darkness Of death and dosoatiou."
A WALK FROM Quo TO WASHINGTON
Commodore Oliver Perry Greu Watson, CO
yeats Oh. feet high. and farmer by ccoupa.
ton, arriVt d in Washir gton yesterday BY wsv
OF tho Chain Bridge. all tho way from Ash.a.
tu!a, Ohio, having. as 10 states, left there in
November last for Washington, and walked all
The way to see Mr.. Hayes. whom, he states. he
met last fall 10 Ohio, and received flou lin An
Invitation to visit him and remain until after
The .lu1aus!uratioo. lie visited the Capitol, the
Smithsonian and the Presidents House after
30 came to town. He did NOT SEQ the Pres;
dent, but was sent by the doorkoeper to police
hesdquarter5, where he would b. provided With
lodgings, DO. tie states that he is 10 the habit nj
working and preaching alternately. Ho ssV rs
n! be c'n do any kind Of hard Iaboring work, and
II ne can get Job of outing wood or handIioe
ptck VI n sInoVei, 90 does not propose to walk
osez TO Ohio. but will earn bis faro back on tho
railroad tie proposes to call on MIR. HAYES
VINO ne thinks, will recsve bin cordially, bsv
ihg INVITED him to Washington. It apnsars
.oa5 MT. Hayes. on his recent trip to Ohio.
made a speech, in which be invited bis Asbta.
phi o1la friends, # they cauo to Washington, 10
call aud see him, and that that iuduced M
Y; y; T: G. Watson to make bic lone trioM
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