The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-07-24
Volcanic EruntiOns

EIccla in Iceland, Etna in Sicily and Yesuvi,
us in Italy, we've III active operation at the
same time.-The altitude of lIecla and Vesu-
vius are nearly equal, but that of Ena is
about ten thousand feet above the sea, or
nearly double that Of lIccla ana Vesuvius.
On the l4th Of January, lS48, when the
fiery eruptions Of Hecla were subsdins, the
ashes began to ascend from the crater, and
were thrown to such height in the atmos-
phcre as to fall on the Faro Islands, three
hundred and sixty miles distant.
Osouoro, Acoucagna and Connesuing, three
volcanoes in the Cordillcras, S. A., extending
i'll n line Of two thousand seven hundred miles,
wcre-all convuSed at the same time
The volcanoes o! Mauna Lon and Kilauc,
Sandwich Islands, open in the atmosphere at
| respective heights Of ten and fifteen thousand
feet above the sea level. These volcanoes are
the largest yet discovered on our earth, and
during one of the eruptons one Of these vol
canoes discharged river of lava seventy
miles in length, five miles in breadth. and of
unmcasured depth, in the short period of
about seventy duys.
The Azore Islands, in one of which famine
is doing he work of death have beneath them
and beneath the sea that surrounds them, vol
cihc Tires OF great energy, that even the ocean
with all its mighty power, is ulablvd to
drown or cXtineuish.
On the 18th Of October, 1913, one Of the
volcanoes in the New Zealand Islands, was
aroused from a long slumbcr, and about a
thousand shocks of earthquake attended its
commissions. The Aurora AustraIis kindled
up its light. and terrific thunder and vivid
and fierce lightning united in the wonderful
demonstrations Of the macsty and sublimity
of the great phenomena of nature. 1t was
then that shocks of earthquake W ere felt sim
ultaneously on opposite sides Of the globe !:
it was then that the Aurora Borealis and
Aus:ralis united aud a bright band encirclcd
| the whole earth.
When llecla, in Iceland, was convulscd,
the eruption produced a pcsilence that des-
trcyed both man and beast. The black
tongue disease there resulted from a volcanic
eruption, and so fearfuly malignant was
that pectllence, that in many cases the tongue
fell from the mouth Of the victim before life
was extinct.
a volcano capable of Ascharsing a river of
molten lava seventy miles long and five miles
wdc is capable Of affecting the atmosphere
of the earth over an immense surface. and
does affect it. as our volumnous records of
natural phenomena compared with our me tc
geological records show.
Africa has not, rs far as am aware, vol.
cano on its continent but there arc volcanoes
on the very borders of that continent.
In my geological researches on the Ameri-
can Continent, | have formed the opinion
| that the great American lakes which describe
curve on the sphere of the earth, have re.
suited from volcanic action and Ontario.
deep lake. now reposes IN the crater of vol
cano, and it's occasionally tidal flows and tit
| full ebu!itonS no doubt result from volcanic
| action deep in the bowels of the earth.
The immense masses of metallic conner
found filling the rock fssures in the vicinity
of Lake Superior, and the agates- found in
tilat vicinity, have IL" doubt resulted from
volcanic action. -Journa Of Commerce.
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