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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-03-10
HONOLULU. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. MARCH svo

stream divided. part flowing toward waimea, and the
other eastward toward Hilo. Still another stream
Moved along the base of Mauna Loa to Hualalai in
honh. FOR about four weeks this scene continued
Without much Abatement etc. Ascending the
mounta n, Mr.. Coan reached the stream of lava be-
tween Mhuna Loa and Mama Kea, about 1000 f,er
ABOVE the sea. On the evening of the third day.
as darkness gathered around us, the lurid fires of
ihe Volcano began to glow and CLEAN upon US from
the foot OF Miuna kei, over all the plain between
ana lis snow-crowned summit, exhibiting the ap-
pelrance of vast and innumerable furnaces burning
with Intense vehemence. On this plain we spent the
day in traversng and surveying the immense streams
fresh scora ana Stag which lay in wild confusion
some half cooled, and still in fusion.'' On
g'ons that were at times steamng and hot evincing
igneous action beneath
soon we came to an opening of twenty yards
long ana ten wide, through which we looked, and at
the depth of fifty feet. vast tunnel or sub
terranean canal, lined with smooth, viir6ed matter
forming the channel Of n river of fire, which swept
uown the steep side of the mountain with amazing
velocity. As we passed up the mountain found
several similar openings into this canal, into which
we cast large stones; these instead of sinking into the
sschi mass were borne instantly of sight Mounds,
rdges anu cones even thrown up along the line of the
streain from the latter of which siea gases and hot
stones were elected. A. three o'clock we reached the
verge OF tine great crater where the eruption first took
place, near the highest point of the mountain. Here
we lonnl two immense crlers, close each other of
vast depth, and in terrific action
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The Eruption of ls4S.

An eruption took place in January ro10'
,vb;cb is described by Messrs. Andrews ana ooa",
af,s.;onory Herald, xxx, 3Sl. xxxix' 4oo' anu
= Al Il broke out at the very summit on 'ne
1o.b Of January, and continued down the siopeS
- Afauna Loa in two streams; one flowed 10 Tue
-.,r,rd towards Kona, the other flowed nor.n-
- 20 the foot of Mauna Kea, and then d'ip-
;ng one part continued on towards Wai"e''
-a.,b-eastward, and the other towards mo- e's'-
- The branch toward Mauna hea Is oe,
s.r;tea as twenty-five or thirty miles long, anu
avsraoinr one and half mitsf IN wid'h. ~ ap
80, : from the accounts that the mountain "'''
assured in the two directions, and tna' '"e ~ -
,;,ns took place from the fssures instead OF i,o.
,te summit craters where it commenceu' 90,
Mr. Coan On the morning OF January io'o'
before day. we discovered small beacon nrc ''ea'
,ts ton of Mauna Loa. This was soon iounu "
hs = new eruption on the northeast slope oL tue
-, nta;u. at an elevation of near thirteen tnou-
sand feet. go.
S.,hseoueutly,' Mr. Coan goes on 10 sny' ;sss
s Id 20 burst out at several dnerent pony = :
,.r r~n the mountain, from whence II 1,,o nJ h
~ -. direction Of Mauna Kea, niline tne H. ~
.... - ~. shs mountains with "a OF nrs' -
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY nv
HENRY NJ. WHITNEY.

. nect'on. This overflow probably entered ,hs 600
AT napapai- II Is spoken of by Douglas, in the Ho-
'c1,tdH spectator, vol ii, p. 4l5.1
III iooz--'' In June, 1882 an eruntion tool
Piace po,h from kilauea and the summit CRATER q,
Mauna Loa The only election ut this time of the
Iavas OF hiIauea TO the surface of which we have la
nne account, occurred in the east wall of the crater
neep assure was opened in the wall, from which
s'reams nowed out part back into Kilsues down the
steep SLOPE and part across into the cid crater which
at the time was overgrown with wood .
In September OF 1882, when Rev. j. Goodrich,
visited hIauea, the eruption had taken place The
avas, which previously had increased so s TO fill mn
10 the black ledge and fifty feet above had sunk
down again nearly to the same depth, leaving. as
usual boiling caldron at the south end. The
earthquake OF the January (June y preceding had
rent IN twain the walls of the crater on the east side
rom top to bottom, producing seams from a few
lnches 10 several yards in width from which the re-
gion between the tro croters (Kilauea and the OId
Crater was dslaged VIII lava. About half vay u D
enc preciRlce there dVent "A quarter of n mile in
length from which immense masses of lava boiled out
directly under the hut formerly occupied 10y Lord
Byron party See .Americun Journal of Science
XIV, 199.
:. From these accounts (Goodrich's, &c,) it is
probable that, in addition the elections from the
east wall, which insufficient TO account for the
suosidence In the lower pit, there have been
sH6terT0HeaH outlet beneath the sea-
lF. Io32.-' An eruption is stated 10 have taken
place IN the summit crater Of Mauna Lon OF the 10th
of June, 1897, and the mountain continued burning
Tor two or three weeks The lavas broke out in diff
ierent places, aud where discharged from so MANY
vents, that the fires were every side of the
dome, and were visible Eir as Lahaina.'' See
Anericaa Journal Of Science and .4rts. XIV, POI,
IN a communication from Rev. J. Goodrich, dated
1882, Nov. 18th.
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smoking and cracking with heat and escaping gases
| We passed several miles up the left verge OF the
stream, aud finding n narrow, well-solidihed place,
we crossed ever to the right yergeour passage oc-
! cupying an hour and quarter. We now ascended
rapidly along the right bank of the stream. sometimes
upon it and again skirtng it. according TO the hcii-
ty for travelling the drectness of its The
stream is very tortuous making ample detours, and
sudden zigzags, that saved much by cutting on
bends following the bases OF the traBgles desco-
ed in its
! All this day we came to no open fire. The first
overhowing had stiffened and sodifed in contact
with the atmosphere, forming broad open pail.
Under this self-made counterpane the continuous
stream has formed vast duct; and in this subterra-
mean pvroduct it flows like oil, ut the depth of
from twenty to one hundred feet, unexposed to the
stiff ming action of the air
At night slept the higher regions of the
mountains, beyond the line Of vegetation, with the
Stag for our pillow, the heavens FOR our canopy, the
stars for our watci-fres, and Israels Shepherd for
guardian.
We were astir early on Saturday morning, climb
ing over indescrbabe hills, cones. ridges and masses
of not and smoking debris and scoria, scattered wild
and wide over those Plutonic regions. We
to a line of j,gged cones with open orihces of from
twen:v to one hundred fect in diameter, standing
over the molten river and furnishing vents for It's
steam and glsses.
We approached the vents with awe, and, looking
down their fiery throats heard the internal surg
ings and saw, the mad rushngs of the great motion
strea H. us,d white heat. The angle of descent
was from TO 25 and we judged the velocity TO
by forty miles hour.
The maddening stream seemed 10 be burrylng on,
rs if on swift commission from the Eternal to execute
n work of wrath and desolatiOn in the realms below.
Upward and onward we went-climbine ridge after
ridge, parched with thirst, painting in rare atmos-
phere blinded by smoke, almost scathed by heat and
excoriatcd by sulphurous gases
All the rest Of the way saw frequent openings
into the fiery ctntl. upon whose arched ceiling we
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walked for miles, with the fearful stream rushing
madly beneath feet. At l p NJ we found our
selves at the terminal crater and standing cts
craggy and smoking crest
This was the high fountain of eruption--the great
chimney whose throat goes down mmeasurabe depths
into those fearful realms where mans eve pene
trated, and where he cannot look and live. For
ly five days had struggle to gain this point; and
now here--specks, atoms in creatiOn-ob
seared by smoke, startled by internal hssings, amid
these wild wonders, these awful displays of power
which had scattered such tempest of fiery hail and
raised such raging SEA of molten rocks on these
everlasting hills
The grandeur the sublimity, the of the
were uEutterable. A chasin had opened hori
zontally the top of the mountain, and along this
yawnin: ssure stood series of elongated, jagged and
burning cones, about hundred feet high, rent
through This larger diameter, and throwing up dense
columns of blue and white smoke which covering the
mountains summit, rolled in leecy masses down it,
sides and spread o6t like the wings of CHI
measured regions Still fire coul be seen in this
forntain-crater. We could feel it everywhere, and
we could see and hear its escaping gases; but the
throais OF the cones coggei with hot masses of
cnders, pumce and ashes, with cracks, crevices,
SC. for the escaping smoke. The fusion had long
since found vent in lateral, subterranean duct.
several hundred feet below the Tim of the crater. and
in this covered way flows of until it makes its ap-
pearince. described, some two miles down the side
o. the mountain.
This eruption, which in the quantity of lava
thrown out, has probably never been surpassed
during the residence of foreigners these islands,
continued for about thirteen months, and Stopped
when within six or seven miles Of Hilo. The
stream was more than sixty miles long, and
the area covered by the eruption probably exceed
ed 800 square miles. 1t finally ceased and became
quiet during September or October 1856.
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Eruption of Jan. 23, 1850.

In grandeur and beauty, no eruption within
the memory of men now living can compare with
the present 1t differs from most previous ones
in the fountain-like manner in which the lava
is elected from the crater to a height varying
from 200 to 500 feet. 1t is seldom that eruptions
occur combining a great q ,w of lava with such a
lofty spouting. That of 1852 is the only excep-
ton we know of. From account published in
our issue of Feb. 18th, by Rev. Mr.. Lyons, we
quote the following description of the commence
ment of this eruption
.sHad the ability, I should like to give descrip-
ton of the present volcanic eruption but am fear
full of failure. should the attempt be made When
one has seen the real thing ITSELF there is room for
the play of the uagination poetry You may ex-
haust language of its most impressive and descriptive
ter,ns and yet fail to reach the reality shall
attempt more than give a few facts TN oaooath'
Jan 23,I, volcanic smoke was seen gathering on
Mauua Loa In the evening the mountain presented
a grand, yet fearful, spectacle Two streams OF hre
were issuing from two different sources and howlng,
apparently, in two different directions. The whole
region earth and heaven, were lighted up and even
the interior of houses received the lurd volcanic
light direct from its source. In the morning of the
second day we could discern where the eruptions
were. One appeared to be very near the top OF the
mountain, but its stream and smoke soon disappear
ell The other was the north side, further below
the top and was sending out its fires in north
westerly direction. On the second and third nights
the dense smoke and clouds prevented us from having
a fair view OF Peie's dongs but the four follow
ing nights we had a view-and such scene Ii
seemed as though the eye could weary in gaz-
ing at it. The burning crater seemed TO be constantly
enlarging and throwing up its volumes of liquid IRE
above the mouth of the craser-I win not venture to
say how high-and the fiery stream rolled onward
and on onward still adding grandeur and terror as
it proceeded till on the morning of the 31st, about
sunrise, the stream was compelled, though reluctantly
to stop. by meeting the waters of the ocean. Even
then its resistess and opposing energy carried 1t on
some distance into the sea. -
From our account as published in he same
number of the Commercial, we quote further
description of the same:
Our camping ground is located on the elevated
table land lying between the three great mountains
of Hualalai, Mauna Kea and Mnuna Loa, sixteen
miles from -Kailua. and some ten miles in an air line
ftum the ora&er, which hss against ne on the
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even 400 feet it The rim OF the crater is
rounded made up of cones formed from the stones
aud scora thrown out, these cones constantly vary
ing in extent, growing in size and again ali
tumbling down. The lava does not simply run out
from the side of the like water from the side of
bowl, but is thrown up in continuous columns, very
much like the Geyser springs, represented in
school Biographies.
AT times this spouting appeared to be feeble, rising
but little above the rim of the crater, but generally,
if eager escape from the pent-up bowels of the
earth, it to height nearly equal to the base OF
the crater. But the columns and masses of lava
thrown out were varying in form and height
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-06
Union County Court Affairs.


N HEREA>, the Hon. ABM S.WILSON,
w President Judge for the Goth Judicial
District of Pennsylvania, composed of the
Counties of Union, Mlllln and SNYDER. and
PHILIP RuHL and JSo " SIMoNToS EsqS., \ $50
cia,e Judges in Union county. have issued their
precept, bearing date the 2Oih day OF Feb'y,
ls5S, and to me directed. for the holding of an
Orphans Court, Court Of Common Pleas, Oyer
ana Termner. and General Quarter Sessions.
at LEWiSBURG, for the county of UNION,
on the THIRD MONDAY of MAY (being the
18th day. 1850, and 10 continue one week,
Notice Is therefore hereby given to the Cor
oner, Justices of the Peace and ConStabeS in
and for The county of Union, TO appear in their
own proper persons with their records, inqui-
sitionS, examinations and other remembrances
10 do those things which of their Offices and in
their behalf aPpertain 10 be done; and all Wit
nesses and other persons prosecuting in behalf
of the Commonwealth against any person or
persons, are required to be then and there
attending, and not depart without leave at their
peril. Jurors are requested to be punctual in
their attendance at the appointed time agreea-
bic TO notice.
Given under nv hand and seal at the sher-
if S Office m Lewisburg, the | lth day Of A
pril, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and iiftv-nne, and the eighty
frsL year of the Independence Of the United
Slater Of Arerica.-God save the Common
wea.rI .OHN CROSSGROVE, :, Sheriff.
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Is THE WORLD UWG2hTETUL A.?
The Friend, OF N. Lnmarilnc Thlnk II =.


"'e ""e'5 us u>"" y" J." '"r Ne'' '''''
dhtlon which some o' our Secon! class great
men are in the habit Of rraclicing; and we
mean To- s1no>e n. even rh,nrb The fs,l, tS 3.
I..,u...C,, r., .,..-r..
'"""S" Ho' * 'n'''ey' fiehch' al" Is 'I'"'''
among the second class ui great men, BAT
never among the first who are the real beae-
factors Of rhc world.
yb,.,,. u,r,..,,.,,. ,ro ,., Tho ,,..,. ,,.t,..,
i"'' - iu"''A'" III "" P"''S u ''' "'I''' an
10 whom II Is not too much 10 say that mil
lions Of all creedS and curplexions are IN
debied [or the nraser,st,,n Of ,l.,i- l.,.,.
Thomas H.II.,.,,. -. :. ,,.,.or t..,-I
annealirr e,,bs,tr ,b.o,,,-,,, a..
of ih,.o vb, ha,o lcr,,.oI ,y,,, -, ~, .ir
eaubIy bre.,,,.rs ,,n, h,s lin h., -,
himself with ,i,o a,>rr,rc. ,L,, hi. vol. b..
been done. and tina, the nr,ce has hocn n,,I
We have beeo led INTO ,ba.e rafsc,io,,. ~.
an arneaI uhirb &c rou IN, ,,,,.,rl 49,, h
half Of second clas, rrercb noa, NJ
AIphon>e Lam,r,rne. il seems ,bor,b NM.
fcruiIv pa,I far tho nr,5uc,,o,,s ,f b.. ,,a,,
NEGLECTED. IN I,,. -, ~, s,,1;a5or, -. - -
the >p,,o-, Of ~. iocI.,,,, L.. ~.
his voice Is raised a,,,nsr The ingra,,,rdo Of
the human rare" Tba ,,,,,,o,,t ,,.L,ab L.
nroduces IN strerrthe, h.. cI,i,, 80
which should rather MAKO RIM hl,sb e. b.
extrayagance he saws rbaf m,Ir,ops Of L,s
productions have hccn All ,,I,b,,,hor,t',a
,bo ,.orI. =; -, ~,
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-06
The Slaveocraey Alarmed.

A convention Of citizens Of Southern
States has boen called to meet at Nicks-
burg on the 9th of May. The call is
sigued by number of the prominent fire
eaters The object of the convention, says
the PittsJurg Dispatch, is to discuss ques-
tions essential to the "security and repose
of the slavsholding States" The danger
to their "repose" is greatly imminent,
say the Committee, "by the recent tri-
umphs of Black Republicanism in every
free State Of the North, and its seemingly
secured majoritics in the Electoral Collie
ges." These wide-awake guardians Of
slavery have, therefore, come to the con-
clusion tia. "orposi;ion to slavery has en-
tered into tho head and heart Of the peo-
pie of the North" and that "wisdom and
irmncss" on the part Of the South can
alone successfully meet it. We have not
bit Of doubt that the result Of the recent
Northern elections will tend greatly to
confirm, in the minds of these alarmed
gentlemen, their melancholy conclusion
as TO the condition of the Northern "hcad
and heart" We have been accustomed
toAhose annual gatherings for somo years.
They afo generally very grave and very
amusing assomblases. At one time, they
determine to force commercial Intercourse
with Europe BY building line Of steam
ers to run exclusively TO Southern ports.
At another they conclude that secession
from the Uuon is their only chance f'r
security and repose." Yet nothing
comes Of this but fiery resolutions and
Cayenne speeches. Altogether, these con-
vcntions are harmless affairs, and afford
our Southern friends pleasant relaxation
from plantation cares.-HrrjsJuy TIE
GrGpt.
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-06

Middle Di,.,i., Of the siabnry 4 EFie Railroad
The middle division Of this road, en-
bracing the back bone of the Alleghenes,
wa. no, permanently located until within
a few days past. OF course there was
much difficulty in ascerrainiug the best
route. amidst such a wilderness of lofty
mountains. Surveys had been made, sev-
eral years ago, bat moro OF them proved
satisfactory; ard for the last two or three
years, there wcro one or more corps Of en-
gineers constantly on various proposed
routes The road has at length been per-
mancntly located, on the Dffi~cod branch
of the SlnnemahoniDg, by way of St. Ma
ry, in Elk county. This is the line rec
commended BY Capt. jarrett, who, as a
scientific and practical Railroad Engineer,
has no superior. 1t is no doubt the best,
cheapest and shortest practical line, and
the most advantageous to the Railroad
company gencrAlly.-LocI' H'een Dam.
Tue jersey Shore Rpujiiran says the
wo:k on the Sunbury and Erie Railroad is
progressing finely. a large plumber OF
hands aic employed in the vicinity Of Lin
den in layirS tho rails. On Monday eve
ming about Sua.dOwn, the locomotive ran
up tho road as far as the bridge below
Linden, aud it is expected that on the first
of July the !Tain viii run through to Lock
Haven.
This is good news. Wo trus. the
Road will re finished under Gov. Packers
Administration. Then persons going
West can eo directly to Erie instead OF
around by hlmra or Harrisburg, anl save
time aud III meg, and large scope Of new
country will be opened to settlement
Bosroy. May 3.-At North Adams,
Mass. on SUNDAY, Miss Martha Butler,
respectable and accomplished young iady,
died suddenls. On her dca;h-brd she a.
cu,cd Ch4s X LitlcfeId, Cashier Of the
Adams Bank, with her Iuin Littlcfcid
has I'D, leaving a wife and several chill.
dren. Tic Bluk accounts have been ex-
amined, an4 found all right.
The Onoila Conference WIS in session
at Auburn last wc,k. GA Ihurslly night,
by inyi'a'i,n from Gov. ScwirI, about
two bundled ministers, member. of the
Ccntorchco, called at bis Io,liuBce AMI
euJ 'ycd his hospitality.
NLw OuLrANs, May 3.-CI. Lock
BRIGGS A ut at Pixies Peak. reports
that large number of the Disappointed
miner. arc JJrnlrg bis Sonora expedition.
y Rcsi-'Ty LIw was passed hy bo'i
Houses Of the lI g,laiure, and signed hy
the Governor OF New York State.
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Trustee ard Assignee Accounts.

NOTICE - hereby given that the follow
Z ing Trustee ant Assignee Accounts
have been flied IN the PrplA"notary's u,3rr ri
Union county, and that the same account
Will be presented 10 the judges Of the court "i
Common Pleas Of sand county, at Court 20
he held at Lruishurg, on Friday the 2rh day
Of Nay next, for confirmation aud allowance.
Al persons interested will please take notice
The account OF John Brchr1i. committee ui
Hrrggr,f TayLr, LunAt.c, OF West Buiialue
township.
The accoun, of John !. Barber. Assignee
of Jl0,,s n C4amt-~hr. 20 BuiaIae town p.
The ag--aut Of Ta.ua, Eeh,r, As,Ipacc 90
H-nry u. Frias. OF Lewt,uurs.
SAMUEL ROI 81. Pra,i.n
Prr'hnu'ary'S Oticr. Lcvi-ouIg, Apu. %. -
Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-06
IOR SALE.

E'HE subscriber offers for sale that large,
new, modern built. double brick house.
nearly opposite the new Pre>bylerian church.
adjoining the residence Of Dr. HAYES. The
house Is built IN the best style, rat-proof, and
well guarded against fire. y good Well Of
Water, and CISIern Of ueyer-iaiIing water
Terms made easy, and Will be known on ap-
PhcalIun 10 JONATHAN NESBlT.
I.cWlShurC iuo IS IS5S
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Applications for Tavern License.

Notice is hereby gwen. that the following
pr9,ons have FLED their petitions for Tavern
license with the CIerk OF the Court uf Quar-
ter Sessions Of the Peace OF Union county,
and that SAID petitions will te presented tn
the Judge, # SAID court. az Il court Of Quarter
Session, Of the Peace, at Lewis5urg, on Mon
day the l6,h day of May next.
Names Of APPGca"ts. Residence
William l.. Ritter New Columbia.
Ann GIgter d.
Jonas Fisher Wine Deer Mlils
phIIlp Deter West Bulidloe
Priscilla Sechler do
Charles Crotzer Mifllnburg
William IrhGf do
William Wolfe Harlleton Borough
Jonathan lIoch 90
David Stitzer Harley Township
L G.. Moore do
Gideon Bleh East BuiAloe
George kreISher do
Peter WEIR Limestone
Henry Gibson Union
Charles y. Cox LeWlSb' g-Nurlh " ard
4. j. Weiiensaul do
L. G.. Htrzel do
Samuel Baum New Berlin
Michael Kieckner DO
Martin Rudy Bufdioe
SAMUEL ROCSH, Clerk.