The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-20
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Interesting Information respecting Il ! sss much
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When arrived 1t fiousrals tA.a.e
weeks before vessel sailed FOR Hiio ths wa,e three
ing On Hawaii o. Owyhse, which i the be-
Of the gtoure- miles long and 70 broad ~ iss.d Y
place to which one should 90 direct from = ths
as II only so mes from the crater: but q fJsi
village of small commercial importance q I'm u y 3
Dor pretty good enc sna would become ~ s hs5
o breakwakef. A ~ -sssWsa
Honoiula Ia warm. II contains about 7ooo ,nh..,
tants, many being Engsh and Americana data :,
from Ho 500 miles The police detained ma A.
Shipping on board, % that lost 10 days WAITING 6or
schooner; and to add to this uisrtune fhsd
tns booeoo Fever Of the Island disease excessively
weakening. carried pistol, and for this Wa ar
rested the laws being very strict and the forma OF
risnteonsness very rigid, no tavern being kepk eten
an Sunday .snsy Such arc some oi the .s s.
they charge $40 to Ho fbr foreigner and 8I Tor a
kanaks. One huudted of them we're on her-as filthv
sss 81 ss9ws q, You eyer set your eye
saptntn to land met Towhahi, the ieeward side Of
"a ane Island where 1t seldom rans and walked ac
90 to Hilo on tho windward side where it rains
frequently Hilo Is 50 very green with ttee4 that the
forests and jungle positively ioet bis6k kilancs the
great crater, is 50 nies so1th of Hilo and Msnns
is 40 miles yest uf fiilo - '-" ~~ ~~ A1o"
Oh. how I tpiah ron1a have L..
me; was camped by Kilanca all Christmas veal.
anu thought OF you all continually while ENJOYING \
srssst N many respects ans9used. Kanca is The
miles IN circumference and miles in diam eter ike
huge tub sunk In tho EARTH 500 feet deem. And The
a"a but now ns .%s' o s;: been Ssess %
KEN into millions Of small tsSstAents. went down
into the crater with iva ksnafas or natives And az
holes .suus s 40 tssr quarter. q mile came to eve
ma.n; sne bottom covered with melted lava srsyins
70 ano Iro with tremendous fury like ths ysyes ~
t,i .sht iTSr blood would chill at the sublimey aw
minutes surface, of Is feet or more sSrsrs
dark daa ~s,,s sfus az q s hs aside the
resembling meltea ban or IRON. III! coios nearly
minutes whea. after the escape of ,ss ,hat saew
shng, the mass subsidies and the bs.t hSs.
similar aobsaYn aala until again brought vi.w BY
from these Eve holes from other holes hnsysIsrp
column .SI q thick sus sseks eonststj asss You
.se. y VIZ pieeS - u saa we're In the presence of
BY sssh hole several hours, and refiectina an the
s,sno oeagns OF nature left the spot with melan-
SSno.y Ieeiines large bank of snlphur, SO yards
80 feet high, is out Of tho crater on the Bluff They
tell me here, that the first eight months of 1855
.ne crater was raging three fourths OF milo wide
h.h .ske q liquid hre siectins toeks 100 yards
tetsrhed 10 Hilo, and resting two DAYS went ont
eeven miles westward, to meet the stream of lava
steadiiy progressing from Mamma Loa which broke
out last August from the side of that mountain and
mas advanced 70mes in crooked line filling up val
ieys IN its progress This stream mile in width,
heavy tropical fatert and thick jungle. Xdyancing
snree m'ies more through timber, it will pour out
aso the prairie at which point only four miles inter
venes betwixtit and Hllo. think, however, IL will
stop before reaching the beach, IL it does not io
viii be burnt and the harbor filled up BY the ssething
tide of fire. - .-Ne
In part of Its prsxrsss t.nst stream of lava de-
seends e fees sna tie water is hot for onefourth
oilE ooilEs mus below; up where 1t falls in, the creek
nos tied ham of bacon to string and cooked it
thoroughly In one hour. The tea l made from the
Doilng water made us all sick, producing diarrhpa
Ine water smells like coal tar, though fimpid The
IL lsva runs irresularly. It will bank ups feet or
io and then take grand pitch into the water, max
ing hy-the steam being so dense that could net
SEQ YOU 30 feet Until puff of wind blows it aside
SoGn a. sn; liver OF re broke out Of the side Of Man
CO began 10 shbsde, Showing indsputably that sub
terrsneah communication exists. -
returned to Hilo, where met with Mr.. Chamber
lain, who js practising law there: He was formerly
OF Richmond, Va First he went 10 Stockton, where
Mr. Herbert Claborhe Is, from the same place. then
to Heholulu. and ffom thence to Hilo Chamberlain
wsa very kind and polite to Miller is there Also
from Essex county. U. 8: Consul Ths Kanskas are
adespicable set although they have been christian
lied by the missionaries This Bible is published in
their language. They are among the of crea-
ted beings: l walked from Hilo back to Towhahi,
and from there took schooner to Honolulu: shpp-
lava, some fine specimens of christaliZed sulphur,
and q stringy substance, all Of which brought up
ISa u,,ros;s. snrs 'oms ;
them in good order. Enclosed you win lind the bin
of lading. Ever yours.