The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-01-21
Volcanic Eruptions.

7, ia hut a fuw yeats since the volcanoes
of II,cla IN Iceland, E ia IN Sic iy. and Ne'
suytus in I;aly, were ~ active operation AT
the same tmo The attitude OF lieca aud
Vvsuyius are nearly equal but that at DIT
ma ia about ten thousand trut above tho sea.
or ucrrly double that OF llccla ar Ncsuv'ns'
On tho l4th OF JANUARY. lSlS, when the
fury rruptlous OF llycia we're subsidlhg tho
ashes began to ascend from the crater. aud
were thrown to such u hight IN the almoS'
phcro Us to fail on the Faro Islands, thrco
hundred and sixty mllcs distant.
Osuuoru AcOJcagua aid Counrguing.thrro
volcanoes IN tho CurddUras. a., CHtrh!-
inr in u linu Of two Thousand seven hundred
mics. were all conyulscd at the same time.
TIE volcanoes of Mauna Lna and kIlauua,
Sandwich Islands. opUG in tho atmosphere
at tho respective nights Ut ten aud httcen
thousand icct abuvr tho sca Lowell. These
volcanoes are tho largest yet discovered III
our rarth aud during ono u: the cr0ptlohs
one OF these vOlcL LuOcs discharged RIVER u'
lava seventy miles III lougth, live miles IN
breadth and of uumuasurcd depth, IN LhU
short period ut about seventy days
Tue Azhro Islands. in 'une OF winch ihnlno
is now doing the work of death. have to-
meath thum aud beneath the sea that sur
rounds thcui volcanic fires ui great energy,
that even tho ocran,wth all its mighty pow
or, IS unable to drown ur cx;luguIsh.
On the 18th oi Oct"hcr. lSIS. one Of tho
volcanoes ~ tho New Zealand Islands, was
aroused iruru II long sIunbrr. and about a
thousand shocks OF an uartlq iakc attended
. its cnnyusiuns. The Aurora Australia
kIndcd up It's light aud terrific thunder ami
, VIVID ana iiurcu lightning united IN tho won.
drrfui demonstration ul the majesty aud
a If
Ii was then that shocks of an earthquake
were felt simultaneously on tho opposit"
side ui tho globe; it was thcn that the Au.
rOra BurcalIs and Aurora Australia united
aud Il Ur,uht band CuclrCud tho whole earth.
y When ll,cia, IN Iceland, WAS convulsed
the eruption produced pcsuIcnco tha; ur'
struycd both man aud beast. The black
tongue disease there resulted from II vucan
, rc rruutiun. aud so trdriuliy malignant wa'
that pc,truco, that in many cases til,
:, tongue tell from tho mou3 of tho victim
, bcluru lIiU was extinct.
A volcano capable Of dischargiIg rive
=, of molten lava seventy miles long aud hN'
=, miles wide, Is capable of affecting the at
nusrhpIu of the earth over AN immense sur
face aud does affect IT, as Oui yo!uninuu'
records of natural phonomcna compared
=, with our meteorological records show.
Africa has not. as tar rs | am aware, I
Il volcano on its continent; but ihcro az
f. volcano o. on the very borders OF that cont
+ nupt In my geological researches on Ih'
-, Aucrionn cnutIuant, hnvn formed the opln
- iuu that tho great American lakes, whlcl
:, describe a curve un the sphere OF thd oartll
-, have resulted from volcanic action aud On
II iaro. deep lake, now. .rcposcs in the crate
, of u volcano. aud It's occasional tidal How
-, and Rfu cbulltions no doubt result tror
- volcanic action deep in tho bowels of til
+, earth.
4 The immonso masses. of metallic coppC
found ii ling the rock tssureS in the ylcinit
80 oi Lake superior, and tina agttcs tun! i
-, that vicinity. havu no doubt resulted iroi
- volcanic ac,ion.--JOUr Of Commerce.