American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-03-05

When had read to the end of the second naregrsr
OF the following article quite sure that our friend
and cousin of the Custom House Bagpipe and Ione
Bow Gazette had been taking ride" in and about the
heignoorhood OF Sparta " Ariuer fire - s.9 rire
on fire :" repeated to ourselves in an ecacy of indies
crlbabe emotions The wizard head and ingenious hand
of our cousin are in this thing thought We and an admir-
ing world will we hope, long, be again graied in
ructed and enlightened by the perusa of another Jour
nal OF Ride Thus we went on i'll the deirium of Our
|joy, congratuatng our cousin on
The wide spread honors and immortal faroe
That waited on our cousin Longbow's name,
I'LL we had nearly forgotten read the remainder of the
article which, 10 and behold! explains the whole affair
upon philosophical principles. BY this developemen the
honors which in our minds eye we hickly clustering
and settling around the head and whskers of our cousin
vanished in 'thin'--- sulphureous Gas lights!
Good lack Good lack and well a.dav
Hope spread her wings and flew away
Alas! Sic transit gloria mundi
Here to-day, and gone last Sunday !"
SPARTA, JAN. 24.--On Sunday evening last we
witnessed very novel and interesting spectacle, at
the Salt Wells, belonging to Mr.. Denton, Oh the
Cali Killer river about three miles above this yiliape
Rnmor, with her hundred tongues, had been so very
active on the occasion, prepare us for the ex-
hibltlon OF something very curious, from hearing il
proclaimed on all sides Z" The Riper is on fire -
DSNSihibNN W oSS iOT OURSELVES, we mounted
nag at 8 4. M and rode to this scene of wonder.
AS we approached within two miles of the Wells,
our attention was suddenly arrested by, seeing cor.
ruscations OF light quivering on the edge oil the
horizon, which was illuminated with an unsteady
pickering glare. Arrived at the spot, scene ore
scented itself that almost beggars description. A
column of fire nearly 40 feet in height, assembled
from near the middle of the river, here about SO
yards wide, Illuminating surrounding objects With
in the distance of two hundred Yards
We are informed by MIR. Denton, that in BORNE
tor salt water, the preceding day, they suddenly
struck upon vein Of sulphureous gas, which, in
ascending found another vent than the tube.
through rock in the bed of the river, forcing
passage through the surrounding waters, which
boiled with considerable violence round the place of
Its escape. A torch was then cautiously applied.
which quickly communicated to the Gas, and
blaze, inconceiyably grand, burst upwards to the
height mentioned, apparently from the very bed of
the river. The cloud above the blaze exhibited a
mixture OF colors beautiful beyond description,
and rudy dismal light, gave to various objects
the green and red, yellow and blue. For two ee-
ments so adverse in their nature thus to associate
and commlnge,as it were, presented such an anom-
ally as tor the moment annihated all idea tina, fire
and water delighted in separation. Here we must
stop; our pen is inadequate to do justice to scene
SO extraordinary and interesting Reuie,c.
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