The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-09-28

excellent sheep walks. The climate n 20 mild that those
animals need little than the deer Of the PRAIRIE
and probable that at distant day, wool will DO raj
sod in that section In such quantities that will be sold
require no protection they may defy competition with
the shepherds of any quarter Of the globe.
singular ns,ursi curosity' the encSsn,sd rock few
weeks since and we ore indebted to of them, Mr.
Rabbi, for small fragment Of the rock This fragment
consists entirely Of red granite Tho account which Mr.
Rabb gives of this rock differs atersly from those that
have previously heard Some of those accounts
that they were derived from the Indians rather than from
persons who had actually visited It. According to
vered at q distance Of fifteen or twenty miles, ri.
sing like dome of polished silver, above the sur
rounding plain s 9TH ,v sSs
the nights bright light issuing from it; summit
which may be seen for many mile. the surrounding
RATIONAL He states that the rock when seen at distance
differs little in appearance from the surrounding hills,
huge dome two or three hundred feet high The sur.
face Of hi. rock u very smooth and % .Ppery that 4
crevce. that seem to have been formed BY volcanic &C.
tom and their interior surfaces are blackened with
smoke The Indians have tradition that res In former
years Issued from these crevices and they imsgne that
the rock 10 the abode of an Indian deity They formerly
had rude structures on its summit whore they offered
saw no rss upon It while they encamped near it but
hunters who have visited within few years. state that
sy have If: :n rsess 4: S.ay on it
il has been thrown up by volcanic action, a. they
broken and raised in irregular all around
Of limestons and sandstone and belong to the older
secondary formations. At the distance of few miles
asnal p pesn resting one upon anethsT TX. the
leaves Of book They present therefore, singular
Scn,. with the Sroksn irregular strata %ms
prove that this rock 10 of volcanic origin this fact might
furnish another argument in favor of the theory that
chain Of volcanoes extends from the volcanic region
around Lake Superior to the volcanoes of Mexco Posi-
bly, this chain passes by Herculaneum, in Missouri the
West direction TO the great volcanoes Of Mexico The
strange sounds often heard in the Mansou Isands In
Hot springs Of the lights seen At the en-
chanted rock of Texas may all have common origin in
ievs in ne theory Of the celebrated seoioss De Beau
mont, might hazard the opinion that range Of noun
t:ins will at some future day be thrown along this
tsins This opinion may not appear entirely visionary
when we reflect that it is less than century since
Mapais in Mexico The leas Of these hills was 800 feet
high and the central mountain of Jorullo elevated
soo feet above the plain Before h. event
cred with fertile fields Of cane and indigo.
Some of our volunteers on the Rio Grande complain
The the Rio Grande and st. Juan generally
less than foot in diameter Several Of the Santa Fs
that moro than one or two feet in diameter on
their route from Santa Fe to Vera Cruz. II they had
passed By the ancient garden Of Montezuma near the
exceed the greatest monarchs Of the forests of the West
There cypress tree near that city that is III feet in
circumference, and according to Decandoes method Of
computing the age of trees BY the concentc circles
this tree Is than 5000 years old. Humboldt cons
dered certain Boabab tree Of Africa which nearly
"a feet in diameter, to be the Oldest organic monument
OF our planet and Adanson, BY ingenious calculations
ascertaned that its age was but the great
cypress Of Mexico 10 considered by naturasts to be old
OF than the Bosbab Of Humboldt Huge skeletons Of the
mammoth and mastadon have been found the marshes
near this cypress and there strong grounds for the
belief that existed before the Of these mighty ami
mails became extinct.
The Chihuahua Expedition.
From the New Orleans Picayune, Sept 1911
Inc steamship James L. Day, Capt Griffin, arrived
yesterday afternoon from Port Lavacca which place she
left on the 10th inst.
Capt Griffin reports that train of thirty wagons Ian
Lavscca ON the lth for San Antonio and that regiment
OF Kentucky mounted gunner had arrived at Vicoria,
about seven miles from Lsvscca.
He further reports that the brgs Emprssaro and Han
~, Commanders Collins and Cole experienced very
heavy weather during their passages Lsvacca They
obliged to throw considerable portion of their
ence &C. Capt Collins consider ably injured during
the gale, but Is fast recovering. AT O'Clock, NJ,
6t6) the Day passed number Of pieces of the wreck
ofa steamer supposed to be the New York, which was
lost on the 9th inst.
From Lavacca we have by this arrival various rumors
touching Col Harvey and his movements The account
which appears to the most authentic that Col Har
nsy became impatient of his long detention at San Anto
Mo- and accordingly took up his march for Mexico
on the route to be followed by Gen. Wool with the ORA
goons under his ommsnd, and force Of Texan volun
and was penetrating the country, whom he received an
order from Gen. Taylor directing his return to San
Antonio, and placing him under arrest The4Texas nd
or wiui dsobsaisncs Of orders on his part and adds
that he dsconcsrted the operations of Gen Wool to
inconsiderafae degree.
The worst 81 the story s that on his to San
Antonio, portion Of his baggage train was surprised
and cut on by the Mexicans. We can find no good