Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-11-04

FRuPrIoN OF Mousr ErNA.-Fhe publish
ed account from Calania, as to the course Of
the lava reach 10 the 7ih September Zaf-
faraua. which appears 10 have been in such
great peril it is now hoped may escape.
" find the following graphic account Of
the lava ~ a letter dated tatan a Aug 90 -
yesterday, after breakfast, we reached
ZiTarsna. from the last house ia the village
we saw the lava al guushot distance, and al
that distance the heat was very grea' I hs
manner iu which the eXtrauordinary and
fri1hrful torrent advanced Is not to be descri-
bed-it must be seen IL moves slowly and
uuinterruptedlv the Efst waves. Il may so
express myself. rise and fall at The least obStz-
Gle they encounter; they send forth siIeamlets
here and there, recPde. extend Themselves and
again advance. Now IT is heard a con-
tnued sound Of glass breaking in the FIRE,
nothing more. and noU immense damage sue
ceeds. Every now and then It is arrested.
deronng the presence Of greater obstacles or
of water. By Gay all this grand mass pres
ents an appearance between red and yellow,
sometimes dull. sometimes brighter. ! can
III describe the spectacle by night; that doll
stream pf IRE those clouds Of ashes and suls
phureous vapors are beyond description, and
suhlimely horrible. The streams OF lava are
mach higher than The surrounding land, for
as the former lard have Eecome old. the
/ new lava rvs over them 10 truth, nothing
/ can be more picturesque. could we divest oar
I selves If the feeling Of misery which pervades
I this hapless region. 4 he lava flows over the
/ richest aud most cultivated part Of the conn
! try. destroying vineyards. all sorts nf fruit
/ trees and some houses. Conceive the misery
/ that has fallen on many propTietoTs and colo
/ nists''
"Siuee writing the above. we have accounts
+ from Ca;ania 10 the 25th Sept. up 20 which
I date the erDpfion continued. but without hav-
/ ing DESTROYED any village, though rich vine-
/ wards. woods. &c, have been devastated"
/ CsnnrtsEs ~ AnsrzRDau "A letter from
+ Amsterdam in be Boston Transvlpt says,-Bur-
& ders are dragged over The pavement IN Amster-
I d47n2 on wooden sledges, and there IS a curious
venicle stllI Ia use which has no where else
terpart If OF fne summers day. gentleman
were TO ride up Washington street. IN coach
/ without a coach box, bat placed upon wooden
rt.na5rs vi.h the driver Walking by its side. and
+ occasionally throwing = creased rag under the
runners 20 dImnish the friction, ne would prooa-
/ blv nave a voluntary AID highly enthusiastic es
cort 5f Ire youthful portion o the community,
+ and be looked upon as candidate for an insans
asyluul Yet this precisely the vehicle that goes
sqHeakng through the streets OF Amsterdam. Il
Is literally a veTy slow coach. If the well fed
+ sfeeds VINO draw Il should be frightened and run
avav. they might attain a speed u SIX or eight
miles an hour. but Dutee aorses are seldom gull.
~ Of any suca irregularities.
! GA sale of $50. .oCo Illinois Central Rail-
read Bonds, with the privilege granted OF turn~
ino the bonds into stock, has been made In
New York al II0.-Gah -4dU.
~ Nothing en- atone for the want of
rno445ty and inaoceace without which bean
tv IS uberacefuI and accomplishment contemps
tIbis.- Spectator.