Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-01-30
TIE EAR rllQI AXE.

We copy toe following description of the rccen, earth
quake which was 81 generally felt thruuJhJu the West
f"m the Columbia Cicnn) Observer:
shock o an Earthquake WAS felt in this Mace al,n,
clock, on the evening ol the ih inst From the IA
iefs OF Tie different points, We learn that it was xer-
,hced about lie same mumeni at ClaIksvc Nashville
Carthage, Mmitesburu, PulasLi FIounce I Al, \
jackson. SamnervtIc, and other places IN the Nssls
slpppl Valley. Chmueys have been shaken down in
some places, anu at others The shock said Ia have been
as violent as that IN ISL winch seemed To have lis ia
Gus near New Madrid and which caused the subsistence
81 several thousand acres oi land IN oneottle coun
ties.
lis general direction from West TO Fast We
were MI ahle TO Distinguish horizontal undnlalons or
hrh'a'als II was believed ier "a long time that these
earthquakes which are felt more frequently and more
Violently Al New Madrid and Miles Point Ky. were
produced by volcano having lis crater sonew here in
the Rocky NJ mnalns. This conjecture was STRENGTH
ened by the TACT that scurla found on tie banks Of
the Missouri. But 1t is probable that the internal fires
have to local vent Werner divides carthouakes into
Two kinds: ST those connected with some particular
Volcano, and having their focus the same renon: and
"a those which appear 10 have their focus al much
greater deplh, and whose effects greater heup prp
aealeo 10 in'neiise distances with incredible CELEBRITY
some have thought, aud among them the accomplish
ed iingh VI nnay, tlai volcanoes ard earthquakes are
Produced ly the nnlin ct sulphur and iron This cuii
lecture Is haaafdrd. BECAUSE they say there is no dec
we'd proof oi internal heat. II is not probable that This
"ecided prog VIII ever he adduc,d until the PHILOSOPHER
VINO iire" himself into the crater of .Etna TO inyes
gate me subject, returns But science is treat arler
and II Is generally conceded by the learned tina, these
gents, which have been continually working chances IN
the tarhs surface have their origin n or rather are
effects of internal heat
We pass by. as prntlens,ical. tho theory of Prof
iandel ut ltansylvania. that the CONNEXIONS of The
EARN IN the Mississippi Valley produced bv avalan
ees rom the banks OF lis great river jew could no,
ne persuaded To believe that the sliding Of few acres of
laud could snake the earth 10 distance Of 500 miles
with noise at that distance as grea, as in It's Immediate
vicinity ''e
Inc french theory, snpposing that this globe was
once Mud, dissolved 10y fire. and nav in the State If
cooing is supported nv evidences which amouu, nlm,
10 demonstration. The fact that the ea1atoal diam,
e,er Is about ~ miles greater than c polar can he OK
aneo On M other suppositon than that of revolving
no'o ana goes To prove this proposition The fac, thai
tropical plants are found mbedded in the coolest regions
ads us 10 the conclusion that at one time these nan,s
eAs'ed on Inc surface, and therefore the climate nus
nave been warmer 1t is stated in the Bible that No.
ans dove brought him an olive leaf when all the earth
except the SUBMITS Of high mountains was covered Win
water This leads ms othe cnncluson tJ,, nj, ,ree.
at The time Of .hefeod grew on the toy, of mo1n,,r,