Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-10-21

appearance Of a neto Island in The Af.d,terranean
-ihe PaTit Messenger des Chambies cOn,sins an in
teresng article Of which tho following is tran.Ia
icr:
Toward IL o'clock. OF the 10th July 1881, CAPT.
iona C'rTao, Commander of the brig There sine going
rom irsPani TO Gifgen ia Sicily, at the distance OF
twenty miles from Cape s.. Mark, perceived, at the
cihanse oil gun sho', mass OF water which arose
sky feet above this level OF the sea, and presented
circumference OF nearly 400 falhoms-a smoke pro.
ceeded from exhaling odour OF sulphur. The pre-
cedng day, 10 the gull OF Tros Fon,nes he had seen
great quantity OF dead h'h and black ma.,sr floating
IN me water aud ne heard noise like iha, OF hunder
Whieh The Captain attributes 10 volcanic eruption
Hs e'n'iGued his voyage TO Gisenii; and all tie time
mai ne was occupied in sdng his ship, he a th.k
'm. ke rise incenanily from the rams point before
which no arrived on The 10th, his return from G =.
senu ne w spectacle was then presented 10 him -
lameiy, tract ct land OF tbs same ercuufer.ncs as
hal OF the mass Of water which no had remsrked n
MS ct passage This leland (Which we shall call
CoTFao, from Tie name Of him who saw IL fcrmed) i.
siSvaed about twelve feet above the surface Of the
es II has in the middle kind Ct plain, and the eaer
Of volcano whence turning lava is seen 10 pro.
seed during the night. The I,Iaod il bordsred by
slrdie oil smoke. The sounding all around the Iisnd
gives depth Of I06 fahoms; its tt,ule is 376 N spd
longitude 10 26 from the meridian Of Psris Such /,
he rea ion OF Cap.. Corrao himself, who en,eteIte
port oi Msrseiles lie 3Ota Of las Juy This volcano
nas also been seen by several sapsos going from Malta
and Tsganros TO Genoa; the Plo,s have leatn, Fem
hshsfmsn, Iha, ha day ef The eruption CT tits VOL
sano' be had seen brig perish and also ihng bost
mitsculons" w
VOLCANO IN THE MEDITERRANEaN
Copy OF ellrr rem 'be V,eS Adnira 10 Msi ,r &c.
neral the Honorable Sit +. C, Popsopby L,sut,n,n,
G.vernor Of Msls. See.
'sTae s.. v nceni, at Malta. July rs. 1871
"Sir,-I have ,hs honour OF eommunics,ipg to your
Excel ney reports which have ree,ived IRON Com.
mander S"inbnrne OF The Rapid, and Con IN der Smith
oil ibe Pbcmel, Of hs exiisnse Of Volcano. v hi.h
mas i@y arisen in lie sea on tbs south cost Of
SieGy and Of its po'on and sppetranee,, during Sc
yerai days Of minute examination. have the honour
TO be, &c.
(SgnsD III. HoTHAM, Wee Admiral"
iii, nj jes'y's sloop Rapid, al Malta July %
sir have the honor 10 inform you that on -ihs
18Th OF July, 1881 at NJ. the town OF MARSHA
oesr ng ty conpass bali N mile,, observed from
on board bis js'y'' slOop Rapid, under my command
bearing s. by Z. steered for it, and continued 10 do
so MI s, 10, p NJ when having gene about 80 mile,
by The teek"ning, saw ashe, OF bIi isni light
Ugh, OF The mson.
In a few minutes The whole soumn became black
and is'gS almost Immediately aterwstd. several que
ce1sve eruptons Of urd Ere rose up atnds, the
hsy stb,ided, and the column then became gradually
white again AS we seemed 10 near fact, shorten
ed sa and hove TO I'LL daylight that mi ght asser,ain
ito nature and exact position. During the nigh, the
shapges from white to bisek with fishes, and The
eruption OF FIRE, scninued al irregular nerysIs vary.
ing from half an hour 10 an hour. Az daylight sgan
sieersd toward, IL, and about 5 A. NJ, when the
smoke had for moment cleared away at the base, I
saw small hillock Of dark color few fee, above
lhe sea. This was soon hidden sgain, and was
only vi'ib'e through The smoke, at the interval,
between tbs more violent srupron,.
"Fbe yoicato was Ia coDssnt state OF activity and
appeared 10 be dseharging du, and senss with vast
volumes OF steam. All 80, the rushing noise OF the
sfup,ioDs was heard. AZ nine, being distant Gom IL
about two mileS, and tho water being dsesloured
with dark OFFSETS al the surface in various plsees,
hove and went IN boat 10 sound round snd ex anime
~. fowed towards N, Keeping on The weather eide
aud sovnditg, but got 20 DO tom, ,iIl within twenty
yard, OF the western eide where had shteen lathons
sou toom; his was 'he only sounding obtained, except
rom ,bs brig, one mile true north from Tbs centre OF
be island, where the depth 1870 ia'homs ,oft dark
o'owo mud. The crater (for IL was DOW evident thai
such was lie fornl tessd TO be composed Of 6ne ein