VISIT TO pOMPEII.
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Nothing 50 cdrclually removes the cur> tain that cOnceals the past from our view {; nothing is better suited 10 moAS equally plain and affecting the history ot times CO., ,empera ne ous with Christ and his apostles, than the discoveries that have been made at llercnlanenm aud iempeii, cities that eighteen hu Idrcd years ago were covered by volcanic eruplions and preserved to the pres enl in almost their perlett original s,a'e.- Rev. Dr. Fisk, in his Travels to ihe Holy Laud, passed through Italy and visited Pom peii, which he des;iIoes as follows:

 We could not leave Naples without ms> king a visit to Mouai Ve,uyiuS and Tom peil. The route lies through l'orlici and Tore del Greco, and is altogether deslitu.e of picturesque objects. The distance 10 pompe is aUout twelve English miles. IL was m the year s. venly uine ol the Christ ian era, that the destruction of this celebra- ted abode of Roman vice and luxury was effected by terrible eruption of Mount Ve' suvins. Evidences .oo conclusive Of the degraded state of the Roman mind are abnn. danlly visible in the various articles dis covered during the labor Of excavation, which has been progressing for many years. i Some of these sllll Iemain in the tOrm Cl fresco paintings on the walls-and multi tudes ot other kinds are deposited in !he 1 Museo Eorbouico. Next to the destruction of SuIom ani Gomorrab there has neveI pernaps, beeu a more signal and just re,ri

 button than that which OvertoJi sLe lIxl

 riously detaSed and brulaliIed inhabilamls ol rumpeii. l. was when the cup ot iuiqui' " was vvetanwirg it's brim. and daring ]!

 teniiousness was al it's height. that the vrIlh or Gol descended in the burning st,eams of Vrsuvius. And the diAcovcries which have been the result of labDriouS ex' cravalion. most distinctly show, uOt only iht general habits and character ol the people but exhibit then in thelr very pursuits an occup4llOns, al The moments wnen the tenn

 pest ui ctIvInc fury burst over lhem, and e"

 gulpheI their city in rivers of liquid an

 Scorehins lava. I he streets oI fompe1

 a.e still as fresh as il they had been in us' hut ye<terday-the track of chariot wheel

 is every where to be seen-while on ih'

 walls, anI over the door. ways of houses aat shops, are lo read in>criplous-noliceS- advertisements, and other indications

 activity and enterprise, of amusement an