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Bv mr.. pA,mrn-Remon.trance Of G. G.

By Mr.. PALMER--Remonstranc OF Z. ".
Totman and 78 others, against the passage OF
any law prohibiting the throwing OF edgine'
into the kennebec river and its tributaries.
By Mr.. ST1cKNEY-Petition OF John J.
Hotises and 40 others, for an appropriation 70
aid in making a road laid out by the county
commissioners from Castle Hill to Dalton.
BY Mr.. CLEAvEs-PTition Of John T.
Donnell ct ais, to change the name OF lhe
Portland Tenement House Company, and to
grant further power to same, with bill.
BY MIR. NoRcRoss-Petilion OF Sarah Lllz-
abeth Hall for change OF name.
BY Mr.. BURGEss-Biil an act to incorpo-
rate the Cumberland Air Power Company.
BY Mr.. JONES of Norway-Petition OF the
inhabitants of Oxford, that property relieved
from taxation under the provisions OF the act
of 1864 to encourage manufacturers, be eX-
cluded from the general State valuation.
BY Mr.. THOMSON of Dover-Petiti n OF
A. NJ. Robinson and SO others, Of Dove ~ d
Foxcroft in aid of the petition of S. o. Rrown
ct ais, for Piscataquis Reservoir Dam Com
pany.
BY Mr. REED of No. ll-Petition of J. O.
Smith ct ais, for continuance ofthe present
school law.
BY Mr.. KEEGAN-An act in relation to the
Literary Fraternal and Philomathean Society
BY Mr.. LoRp-Petition of Joseph Titcoml
ct ais, asking to be Incorporated as savings
bank, with bill.
BY Mr.. SEwALt-Resolves in favor of 4
Post-road and Nationall Highway from Port
land to Chicago.
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Daily 3lmnebet Nournal
A U G. u 3 II a

THURSDAY MORNING. JAN. 30. 1871.
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representing the capital and enterprise ef

representing the capital and enterprise Ct
our city, is deserving, it seems to me, more
enlightened and liberal treatment than Gin
definite postponement; and we trust it may
yet receive favorable consideration by our
lawmakers at the capitol. We 10 not appre-
bend that this Hallowell enterprise will prove
fatal to the forests of the world in general,
or of Maine in particular; or that the rains
and dews of Heaven will fail in consequence
to replenish our streams and inyigorate our
soil
The benefits to be derived from liberal
policy toward our manufacturing interests
are SO manifestly apparent, and have been
discussed with ability so marked by one of
our most profound thinkers and ablest writer's
wv. Wells, Esq.,) that a word in addition
from me would be superfuous. l trust the
bill may yet pass the legislature, and that our
citizens may be granted the privilege of de-
termining whether or not they will avail
themselves of its provisions.
HALLowELL.
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State of Maine.

Is COMMITTEE on INTERIOR WATERS,
january 18th, ISL
ORDERED, That notice be given to all parties in
terested, by giving notice in the kennenec journal!
that hearing ON the petition of David wing 1t ais
for incorporation of the somerset Boom Company
at Somerset Mills, will be had before this Commit
tee, Tuesday, Feb. tn, 1T o'clock +. NJ
j. Il. NICkELS, Chairman.
tlt-W2t
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State of Maine.

II SENATE, Jan. 4th, 81.
ORDERED, The House coneurring, that all peti-
tons for private legislation, except petitions for
redress OF wrongs and grievances" which shall tie
presented to the Legislature after the first day o.
February next be referred TO the next Legislature,
and that this order be published in the kennebec
Journal until that date.
Is SENATE, Jan. 6, 1871.
Read, amended by inserting after the word
journal" the words Bangor Daily Wing and
Courier and Portland Daily Press and passed.
Sent down for concurrence.
SAMUEL W. LANE, Secretary.
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Special Notice.

The Committee on State Prison will make the an
nual visit to that institution on Thursday Jan. 26h
JOSEPH c. ROBERTS, Cbot,,nar
ELIJAH WIMAS, ! Nn'ii"''
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On motion of Mr.. BRAopoS,
Adjourned.
BILLS, PETITIONS, &C., PRESENTED AND Re-
FERRED.
BY Mr.. TIBBETs-Petition of A. W. Dame
ct ais, for railroad from Springvale to the
Portsmouth and Conway Railroad.
BY Mr.. JoHSsoN-Petition of Jane A.
Weeks for exchange of a lot of land, or for
other compensation; of Annie L. Gray for
change Of name.
BY Mr.. DEMONSTRATION Of Hiram A.
Black for an act to build a wier in front of
his land in Lubec; of Il. A. Davis and 81
others, Of Lubec for amendment of the fshe-
ry law.
BY Mr.. CousENs--Petition of A. B. Huff
and $50 others, of Kennebunkport for charter
to Boston & Maine Railroad to extend their
road to Portland by the shore line; also n
charter for the Portland, York 6 Shore Line
Railroad Company.
by Mr.. RAwsoS-Memorial of Geo. NJ.
Weston for repeal of resolve passed in 1860
in respect to his accounts with the State, and
that matter shall be adjudged against his es-
tate except after trial and by due process of
law.
BY Mr.. SANBoRS of Bangor--Petition of
the Bangor Piscataquis Railroad Company,
that the city of Bangor may be authorized to
loan its credit TO aid in the construction of
said companies road, from Foxcroft toward
Mooshead Lake.
BY Mr.. BERRY of Observation-Disclosures
Of Abner Stetson and 255 others, of Lincoln
county, for law allowing corporations to
now flats and marshes on salt water rivers.
BY Mr.. Naturalization ofthe selectmen
OF Cape Elizabeth for an appropriation to
build bridge across Long Creek near the
Reform School in said town
Bv Mr. KEFcAx-Ar oot to laoaJ;,a tho
doings of the town of Madawaska in voting
money for school purposes.
ny MI. GREENE of Wilton-Remonstran
Of Joshua Allen of Jay, against the petition
OF John Hanson ct ais, for loan of credit of
town.
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necessary, for their own use and consump-
ton, then let the hundreds of teams now daily
seen Flooding thitherward with casks made
for market, for the sole purpose of supplying
the many families with the actual necessaries
of life, and the few dollars besides, to pay a
merchant, physician, taxes, or their good cler-
gyman, say, let them enter Rockland, Of
tering for sale the result OF their hard labor
and what will be the response? We will take
your casks, but cannot pay yon, but fifteen to
seventeen cents therefor, say ing, we make for
that and cannot pay more.
Then, Mr.. Speaker, will come the hardship
and the monopoly. 1t is now seen in the brief
distance, and will be felt to the detriment of
many poor and honest hands and hearts. And
lot one, protest against it in behalf of those
"hoin represent and many acquaintance
N o,her towns, who already feel and compre-
memo the danger which this bill pictures out to
them, In glaring colots of misfortune.
Then another class, whom do not person-
ally represent. Go with me in your Nina.
to the cities of Portland, Bangor, Lewiston
Biddefoid, and may say in every town and
hamlet, in our own domain, who consume
lime, and there you will find where it doubly
affects the people. This company, if per-
mitted to start, will in their hunger and greed
TO control the market, eat up the small man.
facturers, thereby after little, fully control
the market, and if they see fit, q don't say
they willy put price upon the lime, which
will be ruinous to the consumer.
That, am content 10 leave with those who
represent that class of our citizens, who are
responsible to them for their vote here to-day,
cannot, since my imperative instructions
allow this to pass without furnishing these
reasons for my vote against this measure.
frankly say It will not astonish me if this
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IN HoUsE-oF REPRESENTATIVES |
Ianpapx- a lS-I

Read and passed in concurrence.
SUMNER j. CHADBOCRNE, Clerk.
\ true copy.
Attest: SAMUEL " LANE, Secretary,
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
tGExERAL vArrnE-yo.c, gil
An Act confirming the title to certain lands.

III NJ O7TIITIhIhg tHe tltTe 70 N lanIa
enacted by the Senate House of ir
- .iti 9ta Of America in
it.t 10 IA lh1 certified to the state Of In y hy H., @
der an ,c, ~ NeieraI Land Office 0t the United states %
~ aCt p Congress entitled cnuGr,nj,,.
t,v.l 9" Iowa and for other pnrpn.rs ann, ,i LII
'ulr,ti ana siEy-twO ia th'
Iowa and t, ny me authorized agent Of the state :"
le ..i0ner Ot the General CIuicn ~,
i div OF May. Douni sigtn iH Oh M .l%
~ & va Pproy'I by the Secretary oG the Intrr,n m thr
si, N'Co ~ iay n MAY Dumin riyhtesn hunfr,i ~
arf q, ahl Nhch adjustment ratfrd and c"nHr,rd m
Na,,b assembly 0i the State
the anr s b % es.crn hundred and sixty-cght BE- and
- IcItby ratified and confirmed to Snte ~
% ''aIie"S IN with nid o' io"a
That NN'lbY Of the State Iowa: ProvidI
t"hhs IN this act shall 40 rotstr,aI % D., AZ "
ciiH any existing legal rights the rIhts Of aiv ~
I utie or the right 10 acquire ME 10 anv mrt
"n,, Iie tne pro! S"ns Of the su-caIed hnu,s,, W. @
~ swamp lands ''''' VI S"'iillhg any part Thereof
Approved, March g. is7I
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
. a a. IC "A l.
IGENERAL LNA1rnE-Nn Al

Laws and Res buttons of the United States Pas.
seu hl tne Ihtrd Session OF Ihe Forty
ElrSt SRa9ress.
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
Delaware Railroad Line.
Sum Ener Arrange EN- m
On and after

MONDAY, JULY nth 1871,
Passenger trains will run as follows, un-
til further notice. All Trains Sundays
aYcnntnd
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
JGENFnAL NArcrE 10. iaI

L
"he!ial'F "t an act en- tiei net 10 further ,-o
~ y giving effect To the ytriois grants of nnbjc % w.
t-5 ''' i- approved June eighth rl hteen hon
- c! "i 'y t' Srua'" and Hou.. Of
4 'l states 10 America 10 Congress
," l' "I tli ACT "ut -l "A iIr.r H.
a. r. ,. ''' 'r -'H'I Dr. rhy auruei to read
y is trr 'u.t that Iani.
49, 't ~ Cat"rn tor he cstahl~ at an
~ "a" He' ' Jl., s.C,tri. huudrod ,,i
~ a d tt.S -l iatory thereto. mas ,
.f '' "a 4' Nl.hT ~i STATE. 20
'-t - 'a"' "F "ct ou Lui., ui Ir,it,,i
ot, ,,ri, &c ION may bs mr! in ,bdyi,inns
tE ~ -Ii'> SO 10 constitute hrIirs not LIS
''''' ii Dr u u,ri ft
o." i' '. "iEGty or one huuir"l arri ,w.ty arr.s
1ri. ' f" mat tils pr .csc shall NOS tend 20,
vld 5r',1 rad lSs nor TO mJueial land. AMI nro
lu H"i' tt % lands be lf,r..,rl tI
'- "' "uc J. t"" dollars AMI ,r-,
ard M So" &e i"F acre IN part Satisfaction The yr,,
" 'nt ,,ilti anu tNentvhye cents arr. .,,
n "htn tie SAM Shali be DaeieI to the -tat. v
m i t 49, Fr"vird turtheS That where ani. son. in
i!l me agricultural college,
P'rT tltNprltle> NJ the S'lflH
WIN ic rs%iNtrr"f thu United states land ocs dacr,i
m ~ % ~ !""h't and range, shall ma kp an
n ti' survey for field work to be- paid by the St,e
No. r. IRE be o." hpprp9Calpn by Congress Tor tuat mn
C"'tt4 states surveyor general. spo pr,,ii
' nave -" sad bands and ihr t,vn
Aiitli. Tor thirty day, tIa
i- ltI - itr ibhi "icc BE- hrli exclusively FOR
,,ro,a 'L' ui college, and within said thirty days ,I
Gi'h"Ites ol tn" State Slinll h.
- > Ithi Office tor spuy,l H., i
ir ana parts OF sections Provided That any rInLfs @
compton or homestead law, nrinr
10y oe Impaired or affected by th ac,: Ard n ovI
,act ny lc selections shall be- in every hr a.
!" the conditions. restrictions and hni;,t,n,.
III a'hti IN tir acts hereby ~ ''"'''''"'>
/
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
fGENERAL xArunr-No. col

In 2lrtS "i delivery at Eureka and Wining,or
81 a2rnia and provide tor app0inm Of dsn,v
said port. ~ W ""'iH" the once OF surveyor Of
,h ~! yea by the Senate and House Of
'tates 0i America Congress asserisi ~ "
cni ~ ~ me county OF Humboldt. and Wiimin%on IN ~
Lsrhy VI Los Angeles Sa'e Of California shall M & "a ne ne
collection conSated ports Of delivery within The
o5 Sil,t oi san Francsca hrro NAV M. o1,,,t
~ epnty collector Of customs Tor each ~ i ~
sa,jp I i duties OF such Office receive ha ro m
salary. NV "uhuI"d DOLLARS per Hnnum A.
fra, nat any vessel Of one hundred tons or oyer coni
Wji sonR 10 sea may proceed directly to or from F,r M
ad report through the
SEC " p T6, e'reaor , Of customs at sand Fancisca " %
OF C0ngrss July eighteen hundred @ by act
porI OF vallejo IN California Is abnli he'd and IN & ~
To customs deputy collector of
rate ~ % ~ perform the same services receive lie same
Io a. - provided in this act for The ~
Approved March 8. 1911. ~ Te W "IInllhgtoh
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
SOITTII

ilfOit,t
Philadelphia at 80, 4. NJ anu
New a.tl 'H'O" ''"" - W.. lot
SMlkNA BRANCH TRAINS Additional TO those al,vo
lg'c smyrna l"r Clayton ll.53, A. NJ and G5n p NJ iv
'yl' "i Smy rna $40 A NJ and 2O0 r. NJ make connrc
nom VII rams from Dover, and StlInnS south
ASo tHllGHT TRAIN Passenger Car attached ,v,t
cav" mnStnn l2.'i y NJ. New Castle 2r Niidirrym -
,""Srii - 'a> ton 3l Dover. /. W>omug 40 Fron
III harrington Jtl Falt ltu.'"r BriIgryl, Ia S..id
bib Laurel dtJ; aud aiIjv"Ht Urmar AT 0I PASSENGERS v
H@ f'n'rr Ht 1hI p and PIN ilcpht n n 50 r. Vi MAKE
> 'lurril"n th II: nam At Wilmington. Rrtnuimg|
" II'N" haL go VI Laurel, S.aiud 3 32j. Eri".
(U" 4"; f"ninSi"n ~ lar nst"n. 10; Felton, ) :: :
S"hhS H. Dover, baa; Clayton Townsend - IIid
U"Nh' lt ktwuod 10; New Castle - and arriyr At
,ihi"siHn,g IT. T. VI: Pha i'pha II 20 T.. W.. and Ba
mT 8 u y VI subject +" delay, incident to Freight Rnas
-, ,,! WIZ St' - rake up Passengers only station.
ltll, iut VIII set down an, Stnppny pnr,
EFT Hare Corner, stat" fusi, Rolury arI dupont
CONNECrIONS
At Townsend with the k"nt County. and or,,,, ,r,,s l.
ltr nac,> '''' '''' ''''''"l''
places. '''''" an" Intermediate
NJ Iiarr'ng'on with J. b. X. r. for Milford Gcorgetown
bridge. Ac. " ~ ''' '''''''''''- ann Oah-
AZ Drnar with f. :. r. r. for Salisbury Princess Anne
NIheI ais" Tor Berlin and other stations ON the W a p r.
H. +. kENNEN, Superintendent.
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
PATENT
tbo'u repairs OF the lute Department building five

Eor a.
building six tou. ap'atns n The Interior Depart
nails and oi packing and dis utin jour
for salaries Of eight wR'chrnen in the general r -
iItr S department. bull ling aud ven and
To enable the Secretary Of the interior 70 nav tho , m
fsyrifn-iso G antirll"d 10 b. pIIcasrd Tor each OF t
% the act o July fifteen z,r,n huir@ n st ATA"a
a. NAV % Two hundred ami or 10 much thereof
inn s,Ps s h For collecting statistics Of mines and min
iTFssrury, F one th'uSand five hundred dollars u III"
the land o ana eomniions Of the register
~ tx?enses Of said Office. five hundred dollars
and waI aDDy IN deficiency the pay salaries
W ana oastanding bills june thirty eighteen hnndrd
T Ia s"nnY}, hree ,h hoi'and five hundred dollars
hGndSed d 'or me current ending June thirty eighteen
Th.,,,o P0sf 0FTicE DEP1RFFGaE2%3Tf %% GI:23f dollars
the Posi- O sums are hereby appropria or the rvce
ARISING r from the revenues Of said Department:
iof ad,sfag twenty thousand dollars: Provided That here
shall be- sssbgs ngs o Llal contracts IN Mary land and Virginia
d & aautnna pay Of nine Temporary abOrers remen
s ans four hundred ory dollars Provided That
dred and wy r e year ending June thirty eighteen
hdnorsd ss1 % and and twenty dollars each per snnum
dollars month thousand six Randrs doar e
qure. ten thousand dollars '0'- -" ''Oa''" may re'
prsDaraon Of the Post oHcs Directory for eighteen
nunutea ana seventy twelve hand e dollars -
tweSs erbsn q me first section Of act approved uy
q ,ns acpr9praons for compensation OF the PoSnaser
clerks, clerks messe6Ser s e,snt eies OF division chief
men and abores hereby connected and in leu Of the
and eight hundred dollars which is the true total S of US
fully set forth 10 sd snail be co cnnsirSsi '
SUPPLY dseieneies ~ the q the Post De-
asd sna payable out OF money the
sghtrase thou aud dollars or 50 much thereof
hereby shah % "a INC o part OF the %o9sy
known as the Chorpenning claim.
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
PCBLTC PRTNTTVG

F2r the pubic printing nunIr4i n Il twarty f-o g.
e1acrtI ": fr"NIrd That printing shall be- her ~
of On tcn Order under the direct f he
by Law. " ~ 'HeS o' OongFtAs' as auth0TiI
Tor PAPER tor the public printing fifty thousand do,-s
r r"I tue puhic bndl lug. fifty tIoISqnI 10 lars.
roa Cohtln agent fIut ct the e Of tn. u
ter, fifteen hundred dollars " ''' CONGRESSIONAL P4l
Smyrna times., 1871-11-08
[GeYEaAL wArURE-No. 6s.I

An ACT TO authorize the restoration OF James eiger A
M {. 49,. o o. nnalor ami qua-termaster IN the army ~
DC enacted by the Senate and House
me unted states Of Amdrica D Congress Ttt ~,
PEI ana ne Is hereby. authorized 10 restore lanes
70 the rank Of MAJOR aud in tbe
act. - = W ni7 haIa RANK under this
Approved. March 3. 1871
Smyrna times., 1871-07-05

A SAD SToRY-A Bride Of Sir Weeks Com
ntttS Suicide.-Six weeks ago, at BrownSburg,
a village few miles from Indianapolis, Ind,
on the Inlianpolis and Bloomington road, a
farmer, William Edwards was united in mar
riage to fair girl of that place, under circum-
stances peculiarly favorable, Notwithstanding
his people looked unon the match with disfa-
vor The bride and groom were ardenty at
tached to one another, and continued so up
until the very moment of her death. But 1t
appears from his statement that MS parents
regarded her as an interl0per in the family,
and were not backward in expressing them
selves. The wife became very much dGprGSs-
ed, and on Monday went to Indianapolis, Os
tenslhly to do some shopping, utreaily, as the
sequal shows, to provide herself with means of
self destruction. While there she purchased
quantity of arsenic. returning home and tax
ing it with her that same evening. The d,y
following, Tuesday, she swallowed the fatal
dose, anu then informed her husband of what
she had done. Medical attendance was pro-
cured as quickly as possible, and remedial
agents employed. Her young life, however,
was only temporarily re>pited. She sank slow
ly from the effects of the poison that had been
infused in her system, and died Saturday af-
ternOon. Before her death she informed her
husband that this suicidal attempt WAS because
OF the disagreement between herself and his
people, aud that she did not WISH to live and
SO eStrange him from his relatives The near
broken-hearted husband was in the city the
other day trying to ascertain at what drug store
his wife purchased the arsenic, having an earn
est desire to know what reason she gave the
salesman for its USE lie was unsuccessful, as
far as known.
Smyrna times., 1871-07-05
NO. 6.
manner with US.

4 WINE ITEM-There are very few dinner.
givers says the Pal Mall Gazette, who cannot
offer their guests veritable Chateau-d' Yquen,
obtained favor tier some fashion which
ought TO leave 10 doubt of it's authenticity. 1t
would be curious to trace the real paternity of
good dea! OF this wine. The whole vintage
Of 1868 Of Chateau Yqucm was sod this
month, and Purch aSed by one firm fort is
said-the sum of 955OO Including all the
four qualities derived tro;n the four successive
selections Of grape, its quantity did not exceed
one hundrei aud thirty-eight hogsheads
Nevertheless there will probably be but few
wine merchants who will not, in the course of
lirtle time, be atle to offer indefinite quaint.
ties OF wine under this title. Real Chateau-d'- :
fuuem Of the most roled vintageS is. of course,
extremely rare, and aS much as "a bottle
hHs Been given in Bordeaux for lS47 wine By
the TIA lie. Occasional reflection on the facts
and figures connected with the production OF
til" most noted vineyards would perhaps sober
tae enthusiasm OF ordinary buyers, and in the
end save their purses.
Smyrna times., 1871-07-05

Bishop Clark of Rhode Island, speaking to
the Episcopal Convention on the 9th instant,
strongly recommended the laity to procure life
insurance for the families of their rectors, be.
cause, he said, not one clergyman in fifty is
abe to save anything for the support of his
family after his death" 1t is all very we'll to
say that the Lord will provide but the same
suggestion might be used for abolishing cler-
gymen's salaries altogether. We think, con-
siderng the enormous stipends paid to some
pastors, that they might themselves pay their
own premiums without much inconvenience
but as a general rule, ministers no more know
how to save money than to make it and the
best paid of them live we'll and die poor. The
fact is, there is a public prejudice against
pinching, gripping, penurious cergymen, for
there are some of this kind: although we have
known highly respectable gospeler who made
a good deal by trading in horses, and another
who lent small sums to his parishiOners, at q
tall rate Of interest. But it is notorious that
while some OF the clerical incomes arc unneces-
sariy large, the average is absurdly small yet
there is no point upon which sensitive pastor
likes less to speak TO his congregation, and
none upon which generally congregation less
likes to be spoken to. Yet generous mind
ed and truly religious society will be sure to
remember that if anything is worth paying for,
at fair rate, it is precisely the service of q
pastor, not upon Sunday alone, but upon every
other day of the week.
Smyrna times., 1871-07-05
Tunnel between Hecla and Etna.


A native of Iceland recently delivered lec-
ture in L0nd on descriptive Of that remarkable
island. He began with description of the
country, its position and extent, its most re-
markable geographical features, in vast ice
covered mountains and numeI Gus volcanoes, On
account of which Mr.. Carlyle termed it 1.-The
battlefield of ice and fire" The largest of
these ice m0untains-Patnajnku ull-cOvers an
area of about three thousand five hundred
square miles; and the highest Of its peaks
Prafajoku-riSes six thousand three hundred
feet above the level of the sea. Mr.. Hjata-
lin drew vivid picture of the grand and bean.
tiful effect Of these icy mountains seen under
the different aspects afforded by the changes
from brilliant sunshine to dark and clOuded
atmosphere.
That the island owed its existence entirely
to submarine volcanic agency, having, at some
very early period of geological history, been
thrown from the depths OF the sea, is proved
by every hill and mountain. From the Iorma-
ton of these mountains, it is apparent that
many commissions, at long intervals, took place,
ere the volcanic island was brought to It's pres
ent shape. la confirmation of this statement,
MIR. Hialtalin described the upheaval which
took place, toward the latter end Of the last
century, of an island not far from the part Of
the coast where Keykjavik is situated 1t was
preceded by shocks like those Of an earth
quake felt by passing navigatOrs, who at the
same time observed the water to be dScOOr
and agitated. Columns OF steam arOSe-then
flames. The sea was covered with pumic and
cinders and then a cone, with crater in the
centre, appeared, until it became an island.
The volcanic power which had brought it to
the surface subsided before it was firmly fixed
in its position, and it afterward sank again be-
meath the sea.
Mr. Hjaltalin then noticed the opinion, very
generally received among scientific men of all
countries, that there is an underground con
nection between the volcanoes of Hecla, in Ice
land, and Etna, in Sicily-a tunnel, of which
the two mountains form the mouths. A pecu-
Iiarty of the Icelandic volcanoes is their send
ing forth streams of boiling water with the lava
currents. The volcanic ice mountains throw
| off their icy covers at the beginning OF an
eruption, which are hoated down to the low.
lands or the sea by the water cast forth from
the volcano.
He then described the hot springs which are
found all over Iceland. The principal of these
IS the arfamed Geyser, from which we have
incorrectly called all the hot springs "geysers
"a mistake he observed as ridiculous to ar
lcelander as it would be to us if he were tC
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