New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-06

The remarkable phenomenon OF lslands
rising n the Sea. through the eilec' c 'o,caal.
eruruons. seems % have been repeated oi lNe
years. We learn from our European iouua's
that an island u The Mediterranean. Which az.
poarej some tlme since and then saak, has giyes
symptoms Of temperance AnIs.and ct conS2.
cradle size emerged from the sea M 1881. bctvess
Sicily and Pan,e'lara. during aa eytmordman
volcanic eruption Il was visited aei cSplored.
and even three nations coutcnJcl 'u- 's uosses
sion. England oni France both 'n'od the.
banner ON It, while It lay m the marl Joma.,
OF Naples bu, ador a short time s again van
Shed N the sea- According 20 tlc accooris.
has again shown tscit within a leH months. an
though stlll ten feet under water. che Captain
The English ship Scourge' has taken uosses.
sion OF "a the second time Tor the British crown.
by raising the British iag on rs alternating yli.
face
The prospect of this island again apncarn,
above The level If the sea gives a ucN nleey
to the HISTORY of Is first formation m 1891 We
gather the principal facts on tins sna.ec, ron
our German files.
During rs ephcmeral existence n 1881. tbs
island received seven different names Corrac,
from the man who claimed 20 be iis hrs. tisco,.
ercr Holman Island. IN honor 90 the BnlS,
Vice.Admiral Ioiham. VINO sent several yes.
sells 10 explore the new island, Nevia, Gn-
hams Island Julia, IN reference to IN, month
~ which It arose from the sea- and finally. Fa.
duandla on lso,a ia Fernando /, because ,t was
situated IN the sea pertaining 80 See kmgiomo
Naples.
It, position was nearly midway lciaen toe
city of Sclacea, m Sicily. md the volcano island
Pantellarla, about two miles from each point.
Before the event OF 1891, the sea was coo fee,
deep At tins spot Ga the 2sth of June, 1881, 4
ship sailing over the spot felt the shock Of AZ
earthquake, which was also felt very plahI
from that day TO july in Sciacea On the ~
of July, the captain VI Slcilan brig, NJ INT
lett, observed on that SPOT mountain OF wair
as large as a ship OF the line, rising with nOa
like thunder 10 the hight Of 80 feet. u rcmaIna
at this hight Tor about ten minutes. then aA
down, giving place TO thick clouds of snoit
which broke forth from the sea, and after aNs
a quarter of an hour were suppressed ny The @as
of water which again arose. Cora, shiPtf
tam, saw the same thug on the 10Th Of Jul /
lie reckoned the hight OF the smoSe clouds
about 500 feet, Tn the 18th Of Juy, he d. /
covered at the place ot the waterspon', a sma |
island, projecting about II feet from the sea J. /
had a crater. from which assembled an uamens |
volume Of steam, accompanied wiih ilequta
emptions The sea was covered with floating
scorla and dead fish These had also been aoal
ed down IN great numbers to the Sicihan coa''
near Scacea, on the l2,h Of Juy The eruP
tons CONTINUED, and the island gradually To-
creased 10 hight and circumference.
The late PnssIan geolog.st, r. Holman, w.
tied the spot on the 2iih Of July, and describe
the appearance Of the eruptions and the sAS
itself The accounts OF Carlo Gcinollars, u
borne, Swmebume, Arago, Constant Pre'o"' I.
and Wright, who Subsequently sailed aroandh'
island, confirmed the description ct llolIna''
who made another attemp. at landing on ln'
18th OF August j. Dayy, who also visited Hs
island, collected all The descriptions that %i
been gwen up 10 October -. On he 2yh
September. Provost and Arago iound 'hc crcM-
ference OF the island to be 2,l5O feet, and ne
greatest hight 2ij feet They confirmed 10
opinion that It was only an accumulation
loose volcanic matter. and saw the "hile gsG"
everywhere still ascending from the orangef"'
ored water within the crater. On the S'h "
December the island again DISAPPEARED, and o0J
tall column Of water arose.