New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-23

quina, projecting its base not less bJolJ mo
the ocean Fourteen distinct vocanoe. occur
within enc hBsdred miles, On thia hoe, all Of Thcn
are vivid q. the Iame time. They do rot '9rR
continuous rsrge, bat stand singy, the PLAIN De-
tween them generally pursuing its orsian leveL
They have not been ttra.t up a. the vocsno OF
Jorulo seems TO have been, elevating me sHt'H
around them; although il o rot certain bat zoe
original volcanic force being geneT IN J" so'A1,
raised ID the " bole plain TO its preient :eYeL All
these are surnounted by beds o. lava, called y Tue
natives mai pals, literally bad country, eX'end'
ing in some cases for Leagues IN every dfeo'op;
TIE lava current in places seems % maze sP,e1d
out ia sbeeta hoving esewhere however IN hiYn
and Gerpentine ridges resembling CycioPean WAl.,
often caprciously enclosing spaces OF arabic ground
in v hch vszetation 70 luxuri ant these are cAieI
By the natives corrales yards. Hot springs a nu
openings in the ground emitting hot air smoke
and steam, called hftrEaies, are common houhu
the bases Of these volcanoes For large spaces
the whole ground seems re,ting upon oyulos
"a ldyop. and il ebcrusted with mineral dePosln-
Around some ofthese volcanoes thatn 10 say 'hoss
having visible craters, are mtny smaller cone'i -
great regularity, composed OF ashes volcanic sano
and tritaraed stones resembling sePSsna- ihey
sedono support any bat few dwarf nses ara are
covered with coarse grass This grass ~heh g'oNh
gives them a beautiful emerald appearance. III voc
dry seuon this color 10 exchanged for yeloN
niier the annual buruings gives place u sex
TREY constitute with their changes very rosu1es
and striking features In the central Ameroah Lso'
sctpe. On the I'll and 18Th days OF Aprl las',
rumbire sounds, resembling thunder were net'd
In the City OF Leon, situated In tue center oil he
plain have described. They seemed 10 proceed
nom the direction OF the volcanoes and were sup
posed 70 come from the greatvscano OF Monotomoo,
" hich often emts noises and shows other symp'
toms OF activity, beside sending out smoke. Init
volcano however, on this occasion exhibited
no unusual indications The sounds increased
in loUdoess and frequency on the night OF the
twelfth and occasional nemors OF the earth
were felt as far as Leon which near the mountan s
were quite violent terrifying the lnhaoltan"
Early on the morning Of Sunday, the 18th, an orhce
onen,o neal Tho haze OF the loDgexnngul'hed vo''
canoes Of Las Pllss, about 20 miles dh'ah' W."
Leon. The throes Of the earth al me time Oh 'ns
outburst were very severe in the vicinity reseh
bling from the accounts ofthe nauVes' Asefie' VI
conclusions. The precise point where the opening
WAS made might be said to be Ia the PLAIN u was
however some u hat elevated by the lava which
b.d aecs before flowed down from rhe volcano, and
II was through this bed Of lava that the eruption
took place. No people reside within some miles
Of the spot, consequently am not vel lo'crmed
concerning the earlier phenomena exhibited oy the
new volcano. Il seems, however, that the QUO
burst was attended ~ much fame, and that At
frat Quantities Of melted matter were elected r.
regularly in every direction. Indeed, this was
clearly the case as was shown upon my vlht
to the spot some days thereafter. For
wide distance around were scattered large
fakes resembling freshly cast iron Inis
res uar discharge continued ouly for few hours,
and was followed By current OF lava Which
flowed down the ,lope OF the land to ward the West
in the form Of a high ridge, rising above the tops
fibe trees and bearing down every thing which
oppos ed its progress. Whils this flow continued,
which it did for the remainder OF the day. the earth
was quiet, excepting ouly very slight tremor,
which Lot feit be yond a few miles pom the
l4th, however the lava stopped flowing, aud an en-.
tirely new mode OF action followed A series oil
eruptious commenced, each lasting about three
minutes succeeded by pause OF eqaai Duration
E,ch eruption was accompanied by concessions
oftte esib, too slight, however. To be fet At Leon
attended alto by an outourstoi tme hundred ieeI
or more IN blight; showers OF red not stones were
slso elected with ach eruption 70 the hight Ofssv
ersl hundred feet. Most Of these fell back In the
mouth or crater, the rest falling outward and
gradually BUILDING up cone around II. ~ the az
traction of this process the stones became n re
or less rounded, thus explaining pe ;ull~"y
ia he yolcsnc stones already alluded 10 These
explosions continued unn.erruP fedly Tor seven
DAY, and could be accurately obser' 60 ton Leon
in the night Upon the morniDg OF the 221 &C.
comoauied By Dr. ]. w. Livingston, u. 5 C.Liul
for Leon, set cut TO visit the apo, No one had
ventOred near II, but we had 10 dfic1ty IN per
suboing some odgerOs from ihe VhABe vi AfOia 10
act IS guides. We rode with i,ulty over bsii
Of avs, uunl within about a mile and 4 half Of the
place breeding thence on foot. Ia order 10 Ob.
tain full view OF the youthful golcRaoiTe ascend
cd high naked ridge Of 5oorlac, enIrely over
lookirg IL. From this poinI It presented the sP'
peArAnce Of en- immense kettle, npturned, with
mole Knocked in The bottom, forming the crater.
From this upon one side ran Cd the lava s:rea n.
vet iecvent with heat, aud sending oil its ire nsn-
cous radiators. The eruptions had ceased that
morning. but volume OF smoke was silll emitted,
which the sIroDg NORTH east wing swept down In a
trsuir < current along the tree tops
The cone was patched over with yellow, the
cryuAliz,d sulphur rom the hot vspor passing up
among the looss stones The trees all around we're
stripped Of their limbs leaves aud bark, res snbng
! 40 many glh.t skeletons Tempted By the que
tude OF the socspo, and anxious u insp ect It more
close 10 spite Il the entrestes Of our guides &c
te,cei 9td from our position, ard going 70 the
/ wihdwsrd scrambled over the intervening lava
! ttGs through patches o. thorny cAcguses AMI
ssaves toward the cone On all sides we found
! the fakes Of melted matter which bad been thrown
! cut on The hfst Gay OF the eruption and which had
moced themselves over whatever they iell uPOa.
/ We had no difficulty in reschlng the base Of the
/ cone, the wind driving OF me smoke AID vapors 10
the leegAd. IL VISA perhaps hundred aud hi.y
or two hundred feet high, BY two hundred yards IA
diamtte at The bLBe and Of great regularity OF out
line. IL MADE up entirely Of stones more or less
rounded and Of every SIZE from one pound up %
| FIVE hundred. No sound was heard when We
reach &c i, except low rumblins noise, accomp1.
/ uied by very slight trems Gus monon. AaXols
to examine It more closely, aud 70 test the truth
OF tie popular assertion that sny marked disturb
snce rear the volcanic rents is sure 10 bring an
eruption. va prepared 10 ascend. Fearing We
might find the stones too much heated near the
summit prepared myself with Two staffs, ss So ?
ports, and to save ny hands The Dr. disisined
such appliances, and started witbOut them. The
ascent Ess cry aborous, the stones rolling away
beneath our feet and rafting down the sides We
however succeeded in AlmOst ching the summit,
whence D. Livingston, = DO was a htIlein advance
suddenly recohed with an exclamation Of pain,
haviDg all at once reached = lAyes Of stones 40 bot
IS to blister bis hands at the ir,t touch We
paused for moment, and ! vss looking 20 my
ioo,iDg, wsen / was startled by Al exc ANA
ton VI terror from my companion, who gave
,imutsneoosly a. lmos, saperhunAn leap down
| The alda Al the kamA lnalAnt a alrlnRe rOar a.