The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-09-30
ALARM IN SWITZERLAND.

AKTH, July Is.
Saturday, the 3d. ofth;s month, 1t six in the
evening, a young man, named Martin Hurley,
repaired upon opitzbucI to collect plants.
Arrived At tine sunmit Of the mountain, he
wished % dccend by the way nclining on the
side Of lug, when nc discovered IN the rock
4 cleft, which others had already remarked
four weeks before. This crcyice was large
enough, according TO his account, for man
to !ull into--ln order TO attain his object, he
ha1arded leap across the crcyice, which
he happily accomplished When he had
collected enough plants, he prepared him
sctt 70 return by the same road--but tl.c CLEFT
had so much enlarged that he dared not at
tempt a second lcap--hc was obliged to make
d circuit, and take his way among steep rocks.
According to observations made By many
persons, Oh the 9th. the cleft had already ac
quired a breadth u from forty to fifty feet,
and its depth Was that Of an ordinary stecple
IN able gcologist, Mr Charles Stadln, s.cnt
to the place oil the 8th. to make observations
The absolute height of the mountain, meas
uiet' barolncticallv, is 1850 feet. Tho place
called the Gross Is iii thc middle ofthc creV-
ice. ii has u length Of flty-three feet, in di
rect line, from West to East, then it inclnes
by an angle ot SO degrees towards the South,
rs far as the inclination ot the mountain, iii
a length Of 200 feet The breadth perhaps,
is near $50 feet its depth more than 700. The
detached part inclEes at midday towards
the ruins Of Golduu, forming an angle Of 60
degrees. 1t falls very dangerous for the
church and village OF Goldau, would cause,
without doubt a new overflow OF the Lake ct
lcwertz. Oberart and Arth are sheltered
from DANGER by their western situation, 1t
least if the rock in falling does not takc;. side
direction, from some case which cannot be
forcscen.
The detached mass presents a very re
markablc appearance, with relation to gcolo-
gy. Enormous blocks OF free stone, of more
than 4 hundred feet i'll height, covered with
a Slight bed OF argillaccous earth, are placed
vertically at the side OF one another, at inter-
walls OF from Gne to three feet. In the inter-
walls, and all round these blocks, nothing is
found but cla;. Here and there is found in
the frce-stonc, pebbles ofrock i'll the form Of
lcaVes-hardcnctl clay and stone III the shape
ofalmonds.
second gap was formed, with Il horrible noise
the depth is very considerable.
The 1lth. between ten and eleven in the
morning, the rock which was detached from
the mountain, fell in tho ancient torrent of
Spitzbaal Since this event, the danger is
lcss--ncyerthclcss the fall Of Guippcntluc is
expected, which hangs eight feet over the
vertical line of the rock.
On the 10th. the waters Of the mountain
rushed in prodgious quantity, into the known
gap of the mountains Of " achywl, league
distant from Guippent1ue. The bridge,
raised SO feet above the Tobel, has been O.
verturned, and cast into the lake. The wa
ter rose five feet above the bridge.
PERU.-Bogota papers to the 18th july
contain a confirmation Of the victory Of Gen.
Olaneta over Catarala in Peru, and Of the
union of Royalist division with Bolivar
On the 9th July, Lieutenant Colonel Camn.
bell, one Of the British Commissioners. left