New-York tribune., 1841-07-15


o the consistency Of fused on and moving onward some
$40 I'll. sometimes sluggishly, nov widening intS
20, and anon rushing through z mario" osiie whining IL ~
49, brooh mighty forests and ancient soitudes you VII.
ye some idea the spectacle mere eHo''eo' Inc
r, , probably vary from ten 10 t~o hundred eet,
i ~ the inequalities OF the surface over which Il
ed During its fow night was converted inte day on all
EASTERN Hawaii The light and spread like the morn
; mon the mountains, and W glare the opPo-
,e ~. of the island. IL also distinctly visible for
~ than one hundred miles q. sea; and the distance OF
f,tv miles fine print could be read midnight ne bill
iancy the light like blazing hrmament and the
sceneis said have been Of unrivaled sublinity
The whole OF the from hauea 10 the sea
about forty miles it, mouth about twenty-five miles
from Ho station The grouId which II flowed de-
scends al the rate hundred feet 10 the mile ne
cooled and may be trayered WIN care hougn
scaldng pungeat gases and sHske are sun entso
in many places
In pursuing nv way sor nearly days this mighty
snoudering mas and impressed at every
step with the wonderful Hill mad been melted down
like wax ravines and deep valleys had been filled and ma
estc forests had disappeared like feather IN the names
In some places the molten parted and flowed IN ea
rate channels for considerable distance and then re-unltns
f,rTaed ands sizes from TO hg acres with
trees still standing but scared aad bhghted by the intense
heat Ga the edge Of the lava where the stream was
more and the lss vehement and where OF course
the liquid mass cooled soonest, the moved
down ike gr4s- before The scyhe and lett charred crsPed
r1onderinr and only half consumed A. the lava flowed
the III u
rean The melted mass iened and consolidated before the
rk va. consumed and when this effected the TOP OF
the tree ie aud lay unconsumcd on the crust while the hole
which marked the place OF tha trunk remains almost as
smooth and perioc, caliber of These holes
are innuerabe and found them TO measure from ten 10
,, feet dep but as remarked before, they In the
or shallow parts the lava the trees being entirely con
uIned where was deeper During The ro'7 Of the eruF
an the great cratei O kiauea sunk about three hundred
,e, and her hres nearly extinct one lake only out
f.tt. in tina nIGnt
1h other ac that hay been named demonstrates that The
eruption the disagreement OF the hTes ol hiauea me
open Lake in The old present intensely active, and
fh increasing evident from Inc glare Visible
at our -tation and from the te-rimonyot v-ierS
During ill early ar ot the eruption, slight and repeated
shocks oi earhaa,e were felt for several successive day
near the action These shocks were not noticed at
fIilo.
were lost and but tiu- property CONSUMED during this
amazing flood Of .ery The stream passed oTeT an 81
most uninabi,rd desert. tcw lille hanlcts were con
snmed and ir plantations DESTROYED but the lna
1anS oregarued, fled and escaped. During The progress
OF The eruption of the people in Puma spent most OF
their PRAYER and religious meetings some flew IN CON
,iera4,ion from the face OF the a-cvourg element others
wandered along Margin marking win ;9c curiosity ia
daily progress, while another class >till a)oiy pursued then
usual vocaiius unawcd by the burning y 1t rolled along
within Il mile of their doors II literally true that they
lte drank, bought Sold planted builded apparently Indi
fcrcu consuming forests, the sist OF devour
the dctODaOrS, MISSING OF escaping
steam the rendng of the EARTH the shiyerng and melting Of
gigantic rocks the raging and lashng of the fiery waves
the bellowngs the murmuring the unearthy muucrinss
coming up from burning deep They went carelessly
amid OF ashes, sand and hery scnIiations, gazing
yacanty the fearful and eveyaing appearance o! the
>per. urv, black ivd, blazing, the sudden rising OF
oy pillars of iae, the upward curling OF ten thousand
columns of smoke and their eStc roll in dense dingy
uri or parti-colored clouds All these moving phenomena
were regarded by them the fall of shower the
ming of brook while others they were as the tokens of
4 burning world the departing heaven. and somng Judge
will lust remark here that while the stream was flowing,
might be approached within few yards on the Wndward
side while the lecwad could live within the dig
lance of ranv miles of the smoke the mpregna-
lion of the atmosphere with pungen and deadly gases and
the fcrv showers which constantly descending and
DESTROYING all vegetable life During the progress OF the de-
scendng stream it would often fall into some issurc and
forcing itself ntu apciturcs aSd under massive rocks and
.vc hocks and extended pla of ground and lifting them
from their beds, bear them with all their superhcu-
bent mass of SOIL trees &C. Oh its vcous and ITd BOSOM
ike raft on the When the fused mass was slug
ri,h il had eory appearance like coed blood, and when
wos active il resembed fresh and cotted blood mingled
and thrown violent agitation Sometimes the flowing
lava would find suberranean gallery, diversnS al night
angles from the main channel and pressing into would How
oh unobsevcd ill meeting with some obstruction IN lis dark
passage wlcn bv expansive force world raise the
crust u the earth into dome-ke hill OF fifteen or twenty
hight and then bursting this she'll pour itself out IN
fiery torrent around who standing nj conside-
bic distance from the stream and intensely gazing
The absorbing srene before him. found himself ldeny raised
10 the hight OF fifteen feet above the common level
around him. and he had but Just time TO escape re M dan
geros position hen the earth opened wherec had stood
and stream oi fire gushed out.
THr SoorHING SYSTEM" No cruelty al all good sir,
replied the leciung muscian who was the organ OF the
COMPANY Il. is your SmitAfed drorsrs and butchers
is cruel We practise the soothing system. We don't
larr our hanma, dance redhot iron plates, onr
aunt sisters (ancesors y did. Now thai ere monkey
mine found out the way the cat Jumped with ram
Never rras such vain little cove 1t forn III
starch 10 ien h shirt collars; and any en- Is in the
least limp my wig he chaers, grins and sies himself all
the airs and gr1ccs OF fine lady Sometimes lan him his
dooy by long lesson. and short commons sometimes
tireacns-onig threatens (but that in your honors
for he's aisening all the while y tn ZIP him monkeys nj