The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-10-18
SINGULAR PHENOMENON on
LAKE ONTARIO.


The Cohur: Sbc syas that on saurjay,a
moa exlraotdtnary occurrence was no.
,lsed IN me isk', At that rlacc. Sncr'iy
before noon sone gcnHemen ws'kiuf
on lhe wharf happeOipe 70 cast hepI
eyes upon The water between 'he iers,
were Iruek with the very u1asWd sP'
pcarsnre cr / strong current or tide, as
ii II were setting directly ool 10 sea
i seemed as i lhe whole lake was go.
ins bodilyswsy. lnsf,w minutes Besrty
IhIcI part OF the inner h0rbor, with .
Spondieg portion Of The shore o.
ether side, was LETT entirely bare, When
sgddcGiy the tide turned aud came 81
rapidly back again 6Illns the harbor
teast two feet higher than 1t was before
Th'S extraordinary sctoa OF the lake
Das continued al regular intereais Of
erery eighi or len miauies TILL after
d2rF,---lh hlghes, Tide 90 iced beiug a
lnlls before SIX in the evening, when
the wa'er rose seven inenes higher THAI
II was last spring, aud Just NO feet and
SO inch sbove It's present level. We
anierssAl the sine oeeurreace was
noiced al other place, oa The lake, sod
hear that at Port Hope, the sfecl was so
gresl that the sesaboat Princess Royal
could not get into the harhor st sil, run
oing hard aground when more thau ne,
'eogth outside The enirauca to the piers
The cause OF 50 extraordinary phe-
nomenon is at present matter OF vsr,
Gus conjeciure, bu' the general opinion
eeem, 10 be that i, could only have been
produced by violent earthquake H.
some part Of the continent, which W,
shall probably soon hear Of
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The leading editorial in The New Or.
leans Bulletin Of the a2d Of Sep,ember
contains pretty corfec, inlima'ion ,hs'
Ceasrsl Tsy!cr's Army Of observation
wili not remsio mach longer Of Corpus
Christi may hs awaited with inlereN un-
der the expectation OF hcaring,omelhna
(urthyr sna more d. Ana,e as 10 the ull.
mate deHinstion Of our liltic army. We
ale disposed 10 look upon the encamp
ment al CoJyms Christi az a Temporary
rsndc svous", judiciously selected 10
the coliesiion and concentration of our
forces. Bot il csrlsiniy connoi bo iht
io'eniioa ihas tho army ,halI step there.
The poslioo is far la Ihs rear Of the
legitimate boundry Of Texas, sad to
"'A' VIZ, gV'"'-s -hi'"'y nccnns-
Gat. Wo2.I be. tsnfamouat to .nrr.n.
der Of The vsN territory lying b tween
dhe RIO Grand and the Nueces. Il wss
:podeali a. make halt there q frs A,
depot s4a pai0s fpr rsconnoisance
and prepsra'ton, aaHe more convt nien'
could have been sieersd on the COST,
g., dislsncs from the Rio Grinde was =
security as'insl surprlse by sny hostile
movement by tbs M,xican', while it,
tosa.ian GA the sei ss7ore furnished the
hes, faellt'ies for disembarkiug Of troop.
and isndinI maoilioos of war. Now,
fo1sver, since the place has answered
alItke purposes ola readezvons, AID our
scattered ba,sIions are collected ia'o g
cell appoiated and formidable army, il
is%oe 10 nave the camp. We caod.
dentIy %aiicipsls lha, On. TAvLon's
divison viii march 10 The R'o Grande,
with The view Of occupying M,t river
90 Ike IiGe OF our western bouad,v. II
Is not 81 sll unlikely ,ast tas move m eo,
t'sresdy being made.
EE.sEszsaKszsaH
SINGULAR CASE OF INSANITY.
h Poe Grove, p il IS stated thai
while Thomas M Her, farmer, and