Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-10

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established that the people of Richmond are phab,an, of H.
county, must not follow, that the county bound h,
law TO every bond and free IN The civ, Tia ,e
thing been dreamed of or would IL be Submitted TOP
nose not an sosur'y In the proposition bC
Think tkcrerc you should of these who
mvc oierod their services from the town, they
10 tbs hrs place eons,utonay eligible and secondly that
they are more guard your than their own
peioc you can give them your support
erh'rc the legislature decided in favor of the rgh,
also true, that decided by majority only live
oss who members o. tie iouss at the time which
i'sio roon to doub, that different would made
Are you deteyni,<d be satisfied with decision Of baIc
majority Of i've members of the legislature subject
which convinced, better satisfied
wn thor opinions (many Of whom half conpccn
minds. ' IVA
These views of the subject must have suggested
capacity who would give himself tho think about il
powers enforce inferior 10 pany of You whose ..n
oon he wishes to call to the subject lie thar the
nt them forcby which alone necessary TO defy the
os spec9rs and ingenious ophis'ry that could be used
The occasion. a COUNTY-AIAN.
We Learn om tho Z. s. Gazette, William Jones,
Esa has resigned hs commission Collector Of Por,
VI Philadriphia.
that Daniel II. Miller, Esq member of Congrrs. fou
the County Of PLladriphia, will bring home a commits.
FROM the MOUNT HOLLY CHRONICLE
Distressrly .4ccideat-Mr. Paul Wilmerton of the
township of Wiilingborough in this county, was &C
cjdentally shot on Saturday last, by of his lads
which caused his death; the lad with another chose
epot on the front barn door TO take aim at while Mr.
W. entered at the back door without their knowledge
the melancholy consequence was that two buck sho,
passed through the door and lodged in the forehead
bfthe deceased which caused bis instantaneous death
Vhis should be u caution to gunners.
volcAsrc L>n-Amons the most extraordinary phenomena
On the island of Hawaii tire kauea,
about twenty miles from the in the interior II thu:
described in the journa
immediately biore yawncd immense gulph ia tic
form OF crescent upwards of two miles IN length aud abou
niue across ana apparently eight hundred eet deep The
bottom filed with lava, the south and and
parts of hood of liquid fire,
lows Fy-one craers Of varied form SIZE rose like 50
,any conceal islands, from the surface of the burning lake
twenty constantly emitted columns of grey smoke or pyr
,ods Of brilliant fame, and many Of them, the
vuned from their ignited mouths of fond
rolled in blazing torrents down their black ndcned sides into
the boiling mass below.
'Thc sides of the guph before us, cpendcula
about four hundred foot when there WIDE
ledge solid black lava, irregular BREADTH but extending
completely round Beneath this black ledge soped
towards the CENTRE which nearly jud ae
three hundred four hundred evident ta
The crater had been recently 6c with liquid up TO III
black sd, and had by sub,crranean canal empled
Itself into ie Inundated the low land the The
grey and, in places apparently eslcined sides great
Crater before tho hSes, which ntersectc
the plain, which standing; long banks of sulphur
the opposite side the columns vapor smoke
that at the north and south end OF the PLAIN together with
The ridge OF steep rocks by rhch surrounded, rising
probably in some places four hundred feet in perpendicular
height presented an hnmen volcanic panorama The effect
which was greatly augmented by the constant roaring Of thu
vast furnaces below!
'Betwce nine and the dark clouds and heavy fog
Aucc the the had hung Volcano
cleared avay, and the rc Of Kauea darling l
athwau the midnight gluom unoded sight terrible aud
lime beyond all we had
'rhe asa,ed ofiqud lava, like food Of melted
ragged with ttnuuous whrl The lively flame that
over its unulang surface ngcd with uiPhureous blue,
The ndenied sides of the insulated cater whose beown
mouths amidst rising flames, and eddyHg of FIRE. shot
up frequent intervals with loud srTcal
Oh fnsinS lava, bright ignied stones
THE dark bold outline ofthc perpendicular ana on rocks
around formed striking with the luminous lake below
whose vivid thrown the rugged prononories, end
Herted by the oyerausng clouds, combined 10 complete M
awful grandeur oil the imposing scene.'
striking feature Of this volcano that does spring
out ola mountain HILL asis tha beieV in all orhe
parts Of the world but seated in comparatively plain
ty rather at the base of the uPcndos mountain Noun.
Ro over6ows IFS margin like other volcanoes, bu
tho lava seeks subteraneous passage bursting occasionally
Ut distance from the ccr aud finding it, way to the lowe
Country and the The dimensions of this
guph have been accuraey asceraned by Mr. Goodrich
and MIR Chamberlain, who have made recent visi, to it, Bl
actual measurement they found the upper edge OF the
i've hundred feet they satisfied that
cuee nj least I'VE and half miles They Judged; the depf
u be ono thousand fect-.E. "A. Rcricr.
Judge Hall, In his "Letiers from tic Ue," thus de.
Ghibes tho passage OF emieranIs back country:
Each raft Con tine ohio) eighty ninety feet long
WIN small house u, aud on each stack Of hay
robnd which several horses and feeding while
the ploughs wagons pigs, children and poultry
~ distributed gave To tho whole the sppeara
bf permanent residence, than OF OF advoru
Ies seeking homo. respectable lnokng old lady, with
"vtb speetaces on nnse,7 was seated chair tho
door OF OF tho cabins employed in knitting, another
female the wIsh tub; thu chewing thei
tnbacrO, and tho various family vocatons seemed
IKE clock work In this these people bring their
provisions; their raft floats with the aud ho
nest Jonathan surrounded with his Seeding, grunng
sqnang and neShng dcpcndauts, floats TO tie point pro-
posed without leaving his Preside"
Passage the falls Of Ohin. Tphe business OF pre-
partition creates sense Of Impending dangcr the pilot
Stationed OIL the deck assumes eommand 6m and skill
fu helmsman guides the boat the oas, strongly AIMED
are vigorously piled TO give the vessel uome7-
ttiH efeateT than that of the current without which