Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-08-05

along the Florida coast.
son Tuesday, 23d ut. while sailing towards
Mosquito, 8 miles south Of 81. Augustine light,
bearing ~ W. By ~ q sheet of white watcr was
discovered which was taken for shoal, as the
water was discolorcd. The lead was hove and
nine fathoms Of water found The Exit was
hove to, the lead again hove when nearer to It,
and the bottom foand muddy. As the schooner
nearcd the place, II was found not 10 DC shoa',
but a boiling up OF water.
'.Thc Exit sailed through it, and soun1cl--no
bottom was found with u lead line 20 fithouIs in
length The vessel was forced ont OF the boiling
watcr which was about 200 feet across-the cI.-
conference about 600 feet. II was concluded
that il subtcrrancan spring when the
schooner was IN II, OF 20 iecward, we could smell
something like gunpowder or marsh mud. II was
about two and half miles from the beach.
The foregoing is from the Charleston Courier.
Tho following additional particulars arc contain
cd in the Savnnah Georgian.
"a CuRrosITY.-Form friend, who has .1r-
nishcd the following, VIC arc graiificd 70 learn
that tho fact Of the existence OF a large Mineral
Fountain Mt Sea, 70 the southwark of 81. Angus
tine, is confirmed by Lieutenant Pcttigru and
Ingraham, well as by Capt. Sisson, Of the sclr
Exit.
'.rhis fountain his boon frequently seen and
described by others, bat from the singularity OF
s,ich phenomenon, ITS existence has often been
q subject of discrcdit.
.As described by the gentlemen mentioned,
land and = or miles from st. Augustine L,ght
house, the latter bearing by compass n. w. by ".
'slt IT, distinguished at some distance bya yell
loyish appearance on the surficc Of tho sea, until
tho breaking or rppling of its escaping waters
the weather side, and sulpburous atmosphere
may be smelf Some half mile To the lceward OF
tho fountain. The soundnys adjacent to the
fountain, arc fnthoms on the scaward side, and
II fnthons on tho land side. In the fountain IL
self, Captain Sisson reports that the lead at %
E,ibonrs failed to touch, In sailing this foun-
tain, they found ii difficult to keep n ,ctcrnina.c
course, position central or convenient for oh
scvation. owing 10 the activity with which the
current dscngagcs itself from beneath; the vcs-
sci gcts driftcd TO side or the other although
thcro difficulty in circumnav igaing the spot.
The waters Of this fDntan far as their Oh |
scrvaiion went, wore cool, brackish. and sulphur
Ois. and tho volume discharged they CON lecture
10 be rs large column vi 100 ioct in diam
ctcr.
"Other mariners have stated the waters of the
Fountain ~ BIO decidedly fresh. and tho volume
III greater extent, but when the accompanying
resistance taken in'o Wow. tho turmoil Of wa
tors meeting under different impuscf, " may be
expected that descriptions vt this singular Fui,n-
tain may vary IN -on'o particulars, until u n
made subject al metl,slical examination, IN
tho meantime there seems to be good reason tor
supposing tho origin of this Fountain 10 no homo
gcneous with that III many others IN tho interior
Vi Florida, iapregnRted with sPl'urous hydrogen.
''Bn u tho mariner, tho locality of this toun- u
tain u worthy Of particular attention because, q
instead Gifts being sho,l, the breakers might 1
il may be a good mark al q time when
o,Icr land marks cannot be seen. Instead Of II II
s,cylil and Charybdis to be avoided no my find b
an opporune haven for the supply Of fresh water.
1--WE commend II to the notice chart makers. q
"ln noticing this maritime eruption, the con cc- !
lure is irresistible, that such cruptions more
common than is supposed, g. that the phenomenon q
attending them being similar to those of shoals v
and sunkcn rocks, this may I've the cause of many g
crrors in the charts Of the present day, in des-
ssnating the ono for the other. The eruption in n
question would have been avoided as a shoal, "
,ad its yellowish* loom and its lone situation III
rot have attracted the attention of those board
he Exit Another marine eruption large aT
Gale is reported to be situated in the Gulf of II
Mexico, abreast OF Charlotte Harbour, and an b
'ihcr in the Bay Of Bengal, abreast ofthe Ganges,
which strengthen the probability that they occur BY
norc generally. Another deceptive appearance pc
the eruption at st. Anastasia caused it to be on
mistaken by some board for the cxuvia Of re
whales. Captains Of vessels should he the tr'
.rt for the discovery Of these cruptions WI
Tho best key to them VIC take to be tho rpling wi
nd breaking OF tho strong currents which they
ccasion Mt the spOt.-tIow acceptable is the pos bl
biity that even some spots looked upon dam m
crous to approach, arc III reality great rcscr- sa
oirs Of fresh watcr--that the ocean, although
rcwed with dangers, is at the same time prcg- co
Mt with the blessing Of life. Wa
~rhe limestone fountains of Florida tn
white deposits which reflected through the transparent his
atsr, makes which, the eve at some dis
mes. yellowish loom. Rsac,ons of this sor, III
familiar hoss who have sailed among calca,ous IN,
oals of the w est Indies. hiI
From, the National In,,igence1. mi
CHANGING FRONT. VI
Whatever may be the meaning of it, the Ad- III
frat hnS wheeled ssriybf about - and