Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-08-16

bean both convulsd by earhquskss and we NAV consider
this another volcanic region durbsd by subera
mean fires sys and Palestine abound in volcanic appear
ances different periods continual mention l. made in bis
tory Of destruction BY earthquakes in the Holy Land The
Gecian Archipelago doubt formed BY upheaving
The whole Of Italy, including Sicily Ischis and the Lepa
IsIes, show volcanic formation We end 1 line drawn
through the Grecian Archipelago the volcanic region Of
Italy, Sicily Southern Spain, and Portugal If prolonged
westward through the ocen will strike the volcanic group
the Azores 10 fact all parts Of the earth show volcanic
action internal fire. either active craers earthquakes
thermal spnsa Having psnied portion Of the vol
canc region Of the earth only, my limits forbid me to do
more, shall next snumerats few Of their effects Monte
NuavO near Naples, eonicalmsunain thrown upi one
night Graham Island the ofSciy appeared
in the and afterwards subsd. These, to bs sure, are
but small spsces the face Of the earh but they are su
Gent illustrations showing the upward. ous and conieal
upheaving We next to earthquakes Or their effects
The great earthquake Of 1889, which nearly destroyed Lis
bon, felt throughout all Europe; Asia ssa the known
parts of Africa. We to later perio1 the earth
quake Of 1922 which affected the whole coast % Chill and
Peru. the coss. Of Chill when this took place. and
found, examination, the coast around vslpssiso had
risen in night four feet Subsequent sxsminseus have
shown that the coast for upwards Of thousand miles had
this height The best description Of this great and late
phenomena given by Lady Graham; she resided Quin
ero. The rising Of the ancient Temple Of Scraps Psuzo
and the adjacent seacoast to height Of twenty-five feet
10 also advanced another feet in favor Of internal uphsav-
inga We find in summing up evidence that first, by
the Of beds shown in extensive deses by
the concal form Of the extensive mountain ranges the conf
cal form Of isolated volcanic slands and small elevations the
ees Of earthquakes heavns up extensive lengths Of coss
we ore led to the conclusion that all this have occurred By
some internal expansive force well that many
disagree this point but when such men %
MITCHELL Lye and Humboldt agree and produce facts we
may differ with safety from Lester Stukely Pesty, the
M. lie Marquis De Lspace and the subtle author Of the
Creation Besides n the theory advaHced here
We find nothing to conflict with the Mosaic account bu, in
La Place and the Vssiges Of Creation conflicts with that
given us in biblical chronology We now close with the few
following remarks relating Mr. Schettery experiment Of
the shot and the condemnation Of the earth In the fact Of the
capitalization Of the iron within the hollow sphere it was
merely the natural form Of crystals assumed BY that metal
at oil times cooling All metals and minerals or nearly
ALL crystalline adhesion. We find the same phe-
in the limestone boilers Mount Lebanus in the
neghborhood Of Caara in Italy, and n the Marble quarres
in thscountry, wherever crystals found This then
contracbiy Water is known be, in its usual state in
compresble, and be condensed into sold that is
the fresh particles; has many component parts
which held in solution, aad compose that element from
which, deprived Of these elements be any longer
ocean water Respectfully,
Y# w. D. PORTER