The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-02
EorrMnEr
latest ESomthc volcano!


By the feturn Of the steamer Kilauea and
W schoener MOI Keiki, on Thursday, we
nave advices from Kau and the crater Of
kahuku TO Tuesday the 21st.
9fhe-efupdon had ceased, though Che hrel
in the crater was still active, with but little
boilldgof the laSa, and it was apparently
cooling over in the crater. The various
streams had ceased flowing, and il is sup
posed there was a s~ubterranean passage
formed to the sea, through which Che lava
found its escape, as dense steam was seen
off the south point.
No earthquake of any consequence had
been felt during the last week in Kau, and
none at all in Kona, and the probability is
that quiet Is restored so faf a8 TINT fddffd
is, conceInediI ~ rsslTInmBu liisti ~
On Sunday, Monday aud Tuesday last,
Hawaii was completely enveloped again III
dense smoke, which appearedto come from
the sea, AZ n @, place vas found on the ie-
land from which the smoke arose. SO dense,
LILY The presumption igthat Il comes HON
somel Submarine V6lcbnoo near by. obut
where il iH locatedis a matter only Of cnnl
lecture 81. f-Is d,.,-4 49, "a;
Captain Stone, of the brig KamehQmeha,
", reports having been enveloped 81 IKE
dense smoke $50 miles gweot of this pot.
md Captain Bennett, of the bark Doc.
AAhAA ~ .lIE HiIlG DlenOIlG=
non 700 miles northeast Of Honolulu
neither vessel having beenP aBleto etttobt
lservntiopsnig b H n gT.i-gI ili.f gaH1.
The tidal wave before referred u, spent,
its force on the southeast shore between
kadhh md the southern point Of thefsil
and, n distance of forty OF fifty miles. 1ha0
sea receded FIVE times. II nppdats 10 have
made the most complete destruction, Of ey-
erything within It's reach.
Next 20 the magnificent lava ERUPTION 1t
Kahuku, which for grandeur has probably
never been surpassed, and which lasted
about eight days, the mud eruption ut
keaiwe appears TO have been the most
worthy Of observation We have been mn
able to get the full particulars reeardmd
this, which occurred before the lava erup-.
ton at Kahuku; but il would appear that
the mud and water was elected rom tile
opening in the side Of the preGibice a dis
lance of two or three miles. This dirtis
OF q finely pulyerized nature, varying from
half q mile to one mile in width. fifty feet
deep, and several miles long. What was At
first q hot sulphurous stream Of mud, hns
now become a stream Of pure fresh water.
In the old crater of Kilauea, the action
in the various lakes has ceased, and no fire
is visible. Whether this will prove merely
temporary or not remains to be soon The
hahuku crathr being about one thousand
feet lower down, may have had tho effect.
to drain the lava from Kilauea, OF It may
be found to exist still in the lower Puma
%eraters- which have always acted az vents
for Kilauea. .rfe fr..
Tho high walls on the north side Of the
crater Of Kilauea tumbled in during the
heavy shocks Of April 2d and Sd. and
have somewhat changed thehppearance Of
this old rogOrt.H..s d.. o.
The plnce where the lava first burst out
above Kahuku on the morning Of the 7th,
rs Oakilh, some eight or ten miles back OF
Capt. Browns residence. The valley
through which 1t nan 10 the sea is called
Puunanaia This eruption does not appear.
10 have been accompanied with a fountain.
or much light, but simply flowed over the
him Of the crater. IL continued only eight
hours till the great crater near Captain
Browns burst out.
Not a vestige remains of Capt. Browns
house or Of anything about the premises
all are covered with a streams Of lava
twenty TO- fifty feet deep. In addition TO
his dwelling and buildings, he lost about
one hundred head Of cattle. Other iar-
ties and natives lost about tive hundred
head more. f..tf. 4.
Not less than one hundred houses
throughout the kau district have been COM
pletely destroyed, while mmerous oiherr
have been more or less iniuredlE' q" HH'
80 far as peril on danger from earth
quokea are concerned, there 10 no reason
TO anticipate any more damage on Hawaii
nc present. The shocks Of April 81 and
4th have never been surpassed during the
Residence of fofeigners there, nor Within
che tradition Of the natives.
The destruction of life and property
mIaWl- la.a .LA.aaw.aI - H. a n u .
thGre will be at present, II we may Judge
from the past ...rHat .r. r.
"a The shower of sand and pomice stone
poticedi i our last paper, spread. over a
very large. area II fell on vessels at SEA
several hundred miles distant from Hawai-. Z
and IN some places the-sea was covered
w1thnv ltis stu an interesting object Ol
inquiry where theBe came FROM. Nothing
but conjecture IS had az TO the source of
the phenomenon. IfH. GW n. #-IrHFF "a
During the two weeks spent on Hawaii
We have witnessed more variety of scenes
and enjoyed them more than In any two
weeks spent in sightseeing heretofore
Unable 10 cross over or mound the lava
stream after visiting it,, We rode through
the entire districts of South and North
konai Kawaibac, and up to Kohala, the
north point of the island, a distance by the
AbNN VI ~ AAo uAll1hf llhh1luR over I
roads and through districts we have never
visited, and gathering information
which will be useful in the future.
We were very fortunate in reaching the
scene at the greatest height of the display.h
We left Honolulu on the 9Th, and the erupn
ton commenced on the It'll. In our paper
of May 4th for the Idaho's mail, we viii Is.
sue a full history of this great eruption. 20 ~
Regarding the lava flow which COM
menoed on the 9Th, il appears to have G
ed on, the l4th or 18th, and probably now
tows by a subterranean channel, entering
the sea below water level. 1t is not improbG
able that q new eruption or island may APP
pear beyond Hawaii. ,..ft..y
Visitors to the crater, will not be able
Just now to see more than the remains of
the late emptionJf Probablylno fire car, be b
in Kahuku, BilaueR or elsewhere, |,
unless IL breaks out in some new place.
Since writing the above we have con-
yersed with a native who came over from
Hilo to Kau last Tuesday, and thence by
to Honolulu, who states that near
.he road which leads from Kilauea 10. Rich /
lrdson's and about fifteen miles from
hlauea, there is an open crater of boiling
ava which he saw; and il is not unlikely
IN eruption may take place there or in its h
leinity, The name of the place is Nuku-
)ila.
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