The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-04-14
THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT HONOLULU
SpLEEDID SIGHT

spLENDID sIGHT
! Tic news from Honolulu is t. the l2,h ut
| TIE famous volcauo Mamma Lo, is again i'm n
state of eruption. III" v,yc of Waina,ialIi
forty miles distant, the sra coast has been
ovcr.run with the lava and destroyed. Tho i'll
ha5tants were aroused at the midnight hou-
! by the kissing and roaring, of il,c approaching
fire. and ha'l but i'lst iine to save thems.v"s-
| The crater is from 800 to 500 feet across it's
mouth Tho lava is thrown up in continuous
columns accompanied 10y Lcns. smoke, to the
height Of 10 900 feet. "A letter to the Alta, Cal
| iforria, says:
On Sunday, January I'D AT ] o'clock T. NJ,
without ANY of the usual prrmunitory phrn"'n.
ona "f curih',uak"s. subtcrrtnran sounds, or
Sutry weather, the Lava burst ont som. three
thousand feet from the summit Of Mamma Los,
| or ten thousand feet abov" the level of the
sea, and such WAS the rapdny o; the flow,
that be'"rc morning Spectators at iIIl" dis
tance of sixty miles from the crnpton We're
| of opinion that the Lava had run II distance
Of twenty five miles down the mountain
side.
This eruption is declared by old residents to
he great"rin volume, and more magnificent in
arpcara'c", than any previous one i!..,t b"
remembered. At I.ah,,ua, IL d.s,arcc oi over
one hundred miles from the crater, on Sa,ur
dny night, the 18th JANUARY the volcano was
distinctly visible. Illuminating one tlid of the
| Heavens like that of imucrSc aud ucirhi,ur
ing c"nflaTratI0n; and from elevated J,us.tious
1t l! asserted that tn" shoots al liquid flame
could be seen at intervals, ;S the Immense
| cnui'ron "b"ilrI and bubbird." The SRA was
lighted up with tho reflection Of The flame, every
| whcr" within ON" hundred miles oi tn. crate"
and the c"astInH "">sc!! :n,ycd the .u.yu..
| tarc without the prcSci,c ui full moan. I,ni
"i dead fish were observed floating about in
III" n"iShborio"d "i the rr':s:-. lntl. before and
sine" The c"Ein"ncru'"mt If Ii" ,imit,n anG
the Inference is that they were killed !y sub
lr. l,.ut q. Il |, IL,
We Ui Honolulu. have ..Xlmricuc,.d :, : usilI,
CHANGE oi climate, which fact Is also a,trbi.,.
| bic L" tn" eruption. Hy la, accounts not far
from one thousand square miles of the surface of
'he island %! iihwal! iuu>i nave be, II covered bv
| The burning lava causing Il great r.rrlac.yu {
air all over thai place.
| liic crt h"'. Is The Wat sid. OF Nannn
L"a, II he" crater ">i:,iai".l at iiv.. to ri.il,
hundred i'ci across. havin. formed There. from
wh;r' HE liquid inasS w:S moment ,riy elected
"a :i'iiii'''" i'iH "t II th"u>:n! t. fifteen hun.
hrrd ie''t hilcn, nn falling the, sides poured
down ,"w.,rds the SEA This it Reached On ,l.,
3!S, nit, III i'!"c: called Wnin:,unlii ,bo,a
| twri'" n'!"s TO the Westward Of K:lw;ih,", and
i"F'y i:hicS from III" crater. Here it de
slr"yrh Il natir" villngc, aa fine ,-ruv.
| "' c"c"anni trees, Iunn.r. out into t!., SEA
two miles, and entirely t.ilmS the little har.
F, b"r.
lhe Inlia'.i'.n's Of the ha,nI.; were r,,:s..l
| from t'ic sGiA'rS Of midnight! i'v the np
preach "i th" liquid lir,. an! hal hardly tim. 10
save themselves. Al Ia, POINT ih- Sir, am is
o''y t"" Nun yards in Width, ami hy las,
| hr""i'niS had c'p'"i OYER "n il:.. surface, 80
that ";i" can wall; il. Il; tin, risk however
81 ''f'ki:'. ,hr"i.'. l. Tin cru. IN, tn. s;,I
; TOWN.: ~,r"am: h"n",in. W!"r. il..: fire m...,s
wn''r, very >.n'!i,! >'!h, pre- ritm;s i,-,.G old
ocean hi>sr 'a'! ai'"':!in. lik" 1t huge ST., s.:
pen" ana constantly >"n,liiI:, up clouds Of Steam
! aili ras@""H "f water y Src..u,l strr.ru has
started from the crater, and at las. ;c
counts WAS running down parallel with the
| first iiuw.
Il C""N' Lr''"rc t"r H SIMS "i' r,sun--Dr.
! E"gri* t.! Buffalo. has Joined ti,. inr- "f Malta
aid tie i. j.. DS. iii, wife is in The habit of
| r"a'!ing him certain lectures. Tl,. one which
follows /: reported ly The E.y"ii.c OF iha,
city:
Nov tell Inc about ia" Sons of Malta Wont
yo"i Dc, 'hIrs GOO! dear. W!.a, IL. v.,u do
| when y"u yet inf |, il lhr satlc :,s lI... M,.r,S
ami uI' F"'i"w@ And ti,'r ,':.,", ~" y !,a- ,.u
call III" Il. u D'*. You KNOW about them. ,nn :.
| We'll, what don't y"a know All :,uut! You
know al! ;h"':: every s":r.' .,-l",y in rx;>i noe,
AMI s"nr poor dear wiz is not Allowed To- know
i >:m-e ,hn" HAT j. .''.-. ":r. Sp:.s "a; Na,u :.
Il literary AMI scientific sr"iry; learn the ARTS
| II painting. :';,.'iary anl malh-i,,.,i,s tn. T.
Il: D.; !. !'.!";nt:r :'ci,tv. ai.i non. bet tho.
q! S'i!' i:."E"i "i'! r"u"'iN .:>,::i ; ar, ad-
m'iIici' Welt, I'm beat n"v And ven -.
! member Now iis my turn - l,u.l. l'h. II
f DS moral institution. liza hn ha -
i!"k me IN ia" face H.in': ynu come home.
| The other m"rm.:'- drunk ;:s :, bose !-y,s
| diunk--amd asked whcrr v"n had been at i,;,
hour "i I'll" morning. and y"n said. oh nuwl,,r..
YOU sald YOU WEI" but taking Il little recreation
with th" Is. Is. Ds--ani tha,'s wat ynu call
Il moral Institution. Wasn't .iruml: We'll
then, the bed was for v"ii wrL rui i, tl,,,. ~,
Tour times hv'c'r You rt inln il: .,:l w:,ru ynu
got III, You hr.! "u ihr sid. for fear 90. b..,u
| t1imh.cG "h;. on cant cha, me- old fellow :
| I've seen i"o InurI, "f Tia. w":i not To know
| when uin> drunk.
Didn' 'i.mk anything hut fifteen class,. of
DUCK h"rr. In lii" na'E" Of ImIit"r Amu,"m
| what ale we coming 10! and II moral institution
"t HAT; only fifteen glasses YOU saw What
| are The str"n" minded women about that they
don petition the Legislature, to i.avc these Sc
crct soci"tirs abolished, And hnw MANY pass,s
d" they drink AT the Sons Of Malta? "Un!css
Conditions are go"l l"al drink II. all! Don't
allow such things there" ton,lItinns I'll lik..
I" know what " conditions" hav" To do with il !,
Can! b" Il Son Of Malta wtlIuu, conditions >
| wei, ii just Ike To See the condition. and sc,.
how 1t looks SUPPOSE It's IL piece OF slatunry {?
Turn over here what under heaven nre YOU
laughing at! " Can't help = | will make
you help H. You haw haw like Il will ackass :
what's the matter with youl "Chroncs and
| rhc'iina'icS. What! have you got clrouics and
fncun'hIcS would have never married yuu
| Il KNEW mat lat d" You IncaI! You
crazy or drunk! Say, do they blind !old Won
| when they take You to the Sous Of Nn!;nl and
do they put u cable tow around Your neck and
sci y"'' on II ii"t gr1ir"m! IIaY" ynu any mark
on You Cant divulyc any s"crrt.i'' Yes,
but yo" ca" lie there and laugh like amy fool
T"hi~y 1t Cooiiy.-A traveller relates
the following:
MIR. Barnes, wife, and two children, his
h'ece and another young lady, with the
writer, formed party leaving Memphis
for Cla'ksville, Tennessee, in the hcyin-
ming Of the summer Of 1927. Arriving
at Sm'lhland, we We're compelled to take Il
smaller boat on account Of the extreme
lowncss Of the Cumberland River. Such
was found in the Nclic Miller, very nice