The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-05-01
gN-A correspondent of the Journal of Com

and aims. 1t can scarcely fail to cure itself.
gW-A correspondent of the Journal of Com
merce, ut San Francisco, says:
"We have nm immense emigration from Chill
(of peons) and swarms of Chinese Nearly
500, of the two races, have arrived in this city
the past fortnight. The clipper ship Challenge
is said to be on her way here from China, with
900 passengers"
A very large immigration from China is ex.
pected during tho coming year. A San Fran
cis co paper says:
Yesterday evening, about 500 Cinnamon, who
have lately arrived here, landed al Long Wharf,
with all their baggage. The wharf was covered
for long distance with perfect forest of bas-
kets, hats, and long tails, rolls of mating and
boxes were turned over in all directions, long
poles flourlshed extensively, and each one ap-
peared to be talking in selfdefence, making a
noise resembling flock of crows discussing the
merits of corn field A large number of per
sons were collected around attracted thither by
the noise and confusion incidental to the disem.
barkation of these followers of Confucus
| Matters were at last apparently satisfactorily
arranged, when each one shoudering u load
that would test the strength of dray horse,
started up into the city in single file, to such
places rs were provided for them by their breth
rem.
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
VOLCANIC ERUrrIoN-The volcano of Mauna
Loa was giving grand exhibition Of natural
pyrotechnics. The eruption is described as the
most extensive which has taken place in those
Islands. AT last accounts fears were entertain,
ed that the beautiful town of Hilo would be
destroyed by the molten river, which was cours.
ing its way thitherward The scene is described
as one of awful sublimty and grandeur.
On the 18th of February, at twenty minutes
past 3, A. NJ, a small beacon light appeared on
the summit of Mauna Loa. The light increased
until it looked like rising moon. In half an
hour brilliant columns of lava shot up against
the heavens, and general burst of blood.red
fusion poured out of the same orfce apparently,
which disgorged such awful floods in 1843.
The molten flood rolled down the side of the
mountain 30 rapidly that in two hours we
judged its progress to have been fifteen miles,
the whole lava glaring with great brlliancy.
This flow continued through the day but with
decreasing energy. 1t became sluggish by
night, and the next day, or after twenty -four
hours, no traces of it were visible from the sta.
ton; no smoke by day, and no fire by night
This was damper.
= On the Goth the eruption was renewed AT
] first the stream shot directly down towards
4 Io; but meeting some obstacle near the foo,
the mount its direction was changed to the
north, towards Mauna Kea.
A vast area between the mountains is already
filed with fire, and the scene by night is one OF
terrible sublimity. The red hot lava still rolls
out of the side of the mountain in awful floods.
1t seems as if the bowels of Pluto were being
dsgorged. While | write, our whole atmos-
] phere is filled with lurid smoke, through which
the sun looks down upon us with a yellow and
baleful light
The horizon is hung in murky drapery de-
donations, like distant thunder, are heard from
the mountain, and capiliform filaceous vitrifac-
tons are filling our streets.
By advices from Hilo to the Cd inst, we fur.
Their learn that the stream of lava had burned
| through the woods to within fifteen miles of
TIilo, and that it was still progressing The
current was not so rapid as at first, but it is
gradually filling up all the inequalities of the
ground, and it was supposed at that date that it
would ultimately reach the sea, and discharge
itself into the bay of Iilo.
The light at night was very brilliant, and at
IIo it was almost rs light as day.