New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-12
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
FEARFCL VOLCANIC Eruption.
n b.ve dates rom Hon,IuIu M to Nov. 3.

We have dates rom Honolulu up to Nov. 3.
Ilis Ssios,y King KsIa- hameUa ~. bad retarne1 to
Ho, ol1u sr Nis; 10 20 nc Ctlr po iioas OF hls DO
poiDp s. a few days afteraord his NJ jesy left for
Kau8. and returned 10 Iiouo.u on the ls Novem DR.
In The cOse OF Andrew u. Francis, seaman from
san Francisco, charged at Honolulu y tn the murder
Of Charles T. Francis, hc jury were aLabie 20 agree
and be Eas dscbareeo.
On the night Of Oct. i Anthony Lake wss killed
AID OiCll HAMS badly Injured, at Latslus, by beiog
drown .Iom bore on which they were both riding.
Mefsre. Ice a Maishas ci cUs hal ertlved a. Hon
on.u ard coz meucco i's performances.
Ink FRUPIIoN uE HAWAII "A pr yate letter from
which earocts a. publ he'd Ia lie POlyaeslan gives
The following desci 20n Of tue burning OF Tia vail.
By bis account the eruption is becoming iearfdy dan
Clio Saturday. Oct. 10, 1855.
"MY DriR SIR: Ha sai still burns. The great
furnace MauD8 Loa 10 i'll inl blast. For sixty three
days the molten 1000 has rolled down the mDdntsa
without abatement oar Hawaiian atmosphere is
oaded with smoke end gasts, through whicn the sul
sln IS wi'b orgy $40 yollo rays.
"Tlc amount Of lava di5gorged from this awful
magazine is enormous The higher regions OF the
mountains are H,o1e1 with vast tracts of snOkiog
lava while the str ans which have flowed dowa the
si6e o. tho mOuItaia spreads over surface of several
nilosin blcaotb. The main stream, including al its
win ngR, must be mole Lan City mills log, with an
aveyeeC brC adth Of tii1e miles.
This is eill ioSing direct Tor cur bay, and is SUD-
posed TO DC within tea mi,6s OF US. /. is eati0g its
way slowly through the deep toIest and the dens iuC
gle i'll OR ear, aud 's terminal must be the sea, uness
The great summi, fountain should cease to cisgorge
con the I'd ms. hlr hcCulley aud s6f set IF TO
explore tho eruption, taking the of tue sream the
Wbiuku River, as our path. We reached tue tern-
nal oIater four and half days trGciog the fiery
steam ION the upper chit OF tne forest to the nmt
OF the mountain In the woods could Lot oilo~ 1t,
ON account Of the dense lunge.
" The burning strCan now runs oil The way 10 Il COY.
cred Duct that can he soon onls at lis vents,
which let on The 1hese are truly fearful. We
loot al down of them, and saw the fic cdrrent
msliIg uDdcr us i'll some places st tee rate OF forty
knots We returned va h,leuoa, and we're abssnt
ten days. What Nc saw and heard and isit cannot
De dCscdbod.
Should tie lava continue TO epprorch u-, intend,
after htle rest 10 lake party ard cut through the
Jungle 10 .he end Of the stream. utcd not say that
Ho IS wsAtllIl Slid inquisitive lust DOW. We sppre-
bend 10 personal danger but shorld tue fiery ruln
enter cur bay, wealth VIII .ake wings Ike an eagle
"OCr. IA native Vi tied the laN stream ter
Coy. Distance about twelve miles, advancing with
suie and solemn progress toward ue. Al Hio is
ibous htiul. We shall send up daily parties to watch
the progress Of this Goyounug 'oi"
H. u. nj. shin rfinComelfe, - guns Capt. Hous
;oun arrived az Bonolula Oct 20 b. having LETT Ssa
FraI cisco on tie ever ing Of he 10th.
A large dreprcof building lately erected in Homo
lulu, by james hobii son Co, "as opened oa The
Isl Of November OnC.half is TO BE- occupied by
Messrs. Ccaoy X Coz I'D tie other half by r. Z.
JIM IL
Busnes. is revIesCntcd us uncommoulv duh q. m
oulu. a very large number OF wDaleme arrived at
the offer porte Of the Islands during INC Three weeks
covered by our otts.
PARnCUIARs OF TVS WRECK or The JEFIER
SON The follow Dg are the particulars u the wreck
Of u whale ship Js nc1son, Capt Williams IN jane
ie ID Gaze Lsl eus!on Stagallan leland aHct unit
Of which was received in September by the kAnoha-
dlI She bgtd N about three hcms. The fog was
ycIy dense Landing iouLd nile 10 the south
ward Of vince tie ship stuck. Capt. W. L@noed st
first IL vic suC family hon such provisions AMI sails
a. WCnld enable The ship company 10 I've comfort
ably lie hon di.pac1ed 10 boats 70 CaQes Eilzabeth
nd Maria. 4 Vessel, tho Reindeer Of n: b., vas
dacov.ro1 Of Cege MMia, ABOUT sovonty-dvc miles
kbip aud ,argo were fo,d at auction The jefferson
bal on board $50 barrels Of oil, ard Gee pounds of
bore. 1he Reindeer took c1 300 bare's and tbs
bone io2cticr VITA suit Of sails aud some proys Jns
ar clothing. Capt ". and ctew clt on board the
Reindeer hut ubs' qzesty he crew separated TO 90
on board o'LoT verses No lives wero los nor other
euIor. damage, except the loss Of ship aud cargo.
Cslt. Williams aud family ave nov in Honoluu