The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-26

The Toronto Co onist gives . description OF q
very remarkable land. slip which occurred at S..
IIiairc, on Tuesday, from which We tale the
following
Tho alp, or subsidoncc took place noar the right
bar Of the Hcheleu, b,ui miles below the rs,l.
wsy b,idge rne land In this noighb1rhopd Is &c l.
orally fiat approached The sitc OF the slip, walk
ing u a northrIy dirctlou ON the highest ta5o land
the vicinity, until suddenly upon 1t, when
an .xtIaordiDsry spectacle arested our atttlou and
nous basin or pit caused by tho sinkins o. alb mt 80
measuring D. The depth Of about thirty feet Hsbi.
tsps 10 the vicinity drew upon their masinstons for
. gr sser depth than this, but the hard fac: ot
n essurcm, mt would not support exct,d fancy. II
Is, however, quito unnecos ary u exsggcrAte. Tho
dn"nsiors which the writer has given, are quite
sufficient for q great hole Parts u two FERNS hayo
sunk. Standius on tho brink OF tho basin wuers wc
spproa he'd tho visitor might DO od 10 thtnk that
OF Old, tho osrth had opensd har mouth to receive
es ono, IN % %s paesar, ds IL g ae .S
count for. In places the surface has quits disap.
psared iu others the newiy plowed burrows wsre
vss N a1S turf &. and S,o In o1s one a..
regular intervals, are numerous pyramids or
cones, having somewhat the Appearance Of d.
yidipg walls, with tno,r strata lying horizontal
ly. Between these tho surface hes sunk. Tnoy
evidently s,and In their neutral position, but taoy
may have moved from thor orishA places. Tnoy
for tho most part scross the direction the slide
mas tskou, enu INV A'Bc IDtuons VI t1c tArtu tust
has got under toeu, It s no. easy to ion
asine Thlss cones Of blue clay, and tn sppear
t bavo cleft the earth, which been sunk each
2. ,hom. :. - .srs oy sedss; the Lae 'pr'se, earth
on It's back, on It's side, aud, indeed In every drec
ton. Tp subsadsncs commenced on Monday last
about O'Clock, Pm, and oocuPi,d aoout hal
te noAse Portions Of earth a'oug tho margia have
gradually fallen In since and cracks may be
seen In vaiious places around. Walking round
sha A.lu .hu 40 Al ~.
termed the neck Of . gully about 100 or .cJ feet
broad leading 10 The ver, aud dstAnt fro II about
FIVE eghths OF mile- Along this gully the Garth
has been forced to about the middle OF the river.
We have here tho curious paqnouenOu u 81 earth.
stream, II such term msy DO usei It tho nesr-
est description ono can thiuk Of. The surface Is
rough ana brken, some'hing like the iee on tho 81.
hsIence after packing. It has evidently beon
poured along with great force, dom the gu ly, In
str ~ were, about 10 loot deep, from press-
Of millions OF tons q tho loosened mas sbovo.
have ooxed up, quito ~ slippery ., soft soap.
Probably tns TestS some hard inclined plane-
Assuming such 70 be the csse, Il ID ossy to Ina; iue
soft, greasy clay, would not mako It . very sure
fOun dstion, aud that the mass OF mater pressing
upon II, and Getting diatuISsd hy any cause q al,
the BASIN Las been mentioned, and curisus sircum-
stance u thar tho earth from tho round ba.,n, la tue
table land, has been ioroed through u, Ike liquid
suro may be imasined,. ~hen IL u stated thai tho
soil b 10 quito std and cayey, aud tho forco may
bs perceived by examining the rough manner
In which t has ssept past projectlag points
In the gully, some Of which arc pretty we'll
greased with sJ't clay. Trres aud f.noes ars car
ned q ng. houses or cattle had been on the si Q,
they also would have boea carnod away. 0us troe
Is planted In the middle Of the river. A stout aud
nesry now bridge across . stream that ran at the
bottom Il the rAvins, hes disappeared noary Alto
gcher, little fragment only r rndning Crossing
the raviDe, wo noticed tnat to earth curront nal
settled xnnopg some hickory trees, bl.yiny their
trunks informed, about 10 fest, leaving tue
branches sbovo. Tho earth stream down tho gully
cuts through bur farms, mskiog s,x stogether a.
f.ctd By the clio. Ascending and waking IN
south esstsry direction - the marks Of another
snscsou ss ~ aSh q L. in the sn raSiss SSs0s s
be a. ed UP and ult mately Improved but tho
farmers who have he'd tue patch Of dfy scros taken
out of the level the table land, much Of hch was
plougbed and wet fenced, may put IL down TO pure
loss, unless they borrow Lesson from people about
Niagara Fall and charge ground loo TO the curious
who 60 ~ sos tne show. A Take Was rapidly forming
sbov1 the packing In the old ravine which will
become deep and quite eXtenaive, until 1t works It's
way over the ne drDosit, great part Of wuich will
no doubt carry away. In due time we shall have an
sssc scionttic description from Sir W. u LoGAH,
with measurements and bearings precisely tAgeu-
land shp Of somewhat the same nature, but Of
rou character, rcd In the spring OF ist0
the river haAkinonge, leading Into Lake 81 Petar.
blocked up the ryo',and carried swry forest trees,
farmssesds, horses, cows and sheep. IL wa ably de-
scIibsd In pap. read before tho Geological Society
of London, In 1s42.