Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-27
THE LABORING MOUNTAIN.
The American Volcano and the
English Tidal Wave.

a New York Herald Correspondents
Resort-The Alarm Of the People
and the Candidates for Baptism
me Opinions of a Scientist.
From the New York Herald.
MARION, n. c., March %, 1S74.-I
reached here this morning, after riding
all night, from Chimney Rock. Friday
afternoon l found myself able to make
the ascent of Stone Mountain, which is
now established as the seat of the most
serious disturbance Stone Mountain
Is of the same range as the Bald Noun
tain, lying seven miles northeast, and
the shocks have extended between the
two. With a guide crossed Stone
Mountain, and at one minute past four
/ experienced quite a shock, which
frightened my horse and guide so much
that both seemed about to leave me.
Descending upon the southern side, /
made the circuit of the Knots and
joined a party of students, professors
and reporters at the Widow Mans, on
the north side of the mountain. Here
we experienced a second shock, which
shook preacher Logan off a rail fence
upon which he was sitting, and
a ladder, which was resting
against the side of the house, was
thrown down. Great excitement pre-
vailed among the people, and some
forty-four candidates for baptism Oh
the following Sunday began to be
douced at once despite the cold and
rain
Friday evening the party separated
In order to get accommodate. on at the
different fsrmEouses, with the stipula-
ton that we should mee,c the following
morning at Chimney Rock to inter-
view Professor D1dpre. Professor of
Natural Science, Wafford College.
Spartanburg, S, 9. Saturday morning
we met the P,.ofessor, and after going
through a r,ortion of Bald Mountain
with hum held the private interview at
Justlss' Tavern. The people had heard
OF tie contemplated interview, and
ga-chered from far and wide about the
MOTEL. Itwas impossible to keep them
out of the room.
81 have examined carefully into the
nature of these noises, and my ques-
tions have been made with regard to
the leading facts stated by the people,
as connected with the broad theory of
volcanic movements. The noises that
have been heard on the mountains are
common to both earthquakes and vol
canic movements. As far as !
have heard, the explosive noises that
have begun these rumblings are char
acteristic of volcanic movements. The
limited area of the noise and shocks
seems also to favor volcanic movements
This does not embrace more than ten
or twelve miles. All shocks have been
between two large rivers, the Broad
and Catawba, both of which head from
these mountains.
If this was an earthquake wave it
would not be SO limited In its area, and
as volcanic movement would be ex-
tending at so great distance from the
sea, the question remains to be decided.
May not this be an earthquake wave,
limited IN its area by the two large
rivers bounding it?
Brother Logan here asked the Pro.
lessor if he thought there was any dan.
ger, TO which there was negative re
ply. The preacher said that after the
shock at Widow Mans and the sudden
departure of the newspaper man and
the scientists the people had become
more demorahZed than ever, and that
as he had to preach for them on the
following day, he wished to have il
from our own lips that We were not
scared and that there was no danger
We gave him ample assurance and left
at nightfall for Bald Mountain to OBJ
serve as to the reported bright lights
to be seen thereupon. We saw bright
haze through the mist, but being una
bic TO trace it to its source, attributed
1t 30 atmospheric influences.
During Sunday, wherever l rode tn
people focked to the roadside, maklns
the most diligent inquiries and display
ing the utmost anxiety. They scenes
to be as much disturbed by our comm;
as by the volcanic movements. n,
shocks have been heard since Frida,
afternoon.
From the New York Herald-EditOrial.
The concurrence of the volcanic dis
turbance in North Carolina and tt
great tidal inundation of the east eoas
of England have raised the question
whether the two phenomena have an,
connection. Sir Charles Lyell, tn
great geologist, has asserted that tn
American coast III Georgia and tn
Carolinas is subject to subsistence; an,
this fact, taken in connection with tn
rumblings of Bald Mountain, suggest
an agitation extending far into the wa
tiers Of the Atlantic. The undulatiol
of the ocean from the great Lisbo,
earthquake produced a marine wav
which crossed the whole Atlantic, tire
thousand seven hundred and twenty
eight miles, in a straight line, an
broke upon the West Indian shore
of Barbados and Martinique; and i
1854 the Japanese earthquake sent 1t
sea wave across the North Pacific an
piled up Its waters on the California
coast. 1t does not appear alarmin
that Bald Mountain should be IN tire
NOR, and vet we can infer nothing frOl
the apparent hardness Of the mountai
to relieve itself from internal pressur
The subterranean sounds which Pre-
ceded the fiery uprising of the Mexica
volcano of JorullO, which rose IN
single night sixteen hundred and eight
three feet, had lasted from June ii
September. The first alarm subside
and tranquility was restored a few day
before the most tremendous eruptiOnC
modern history took place with terrif
destruction. .--
1t is, however, more probable tn;
the great flood tide on the Englis
coast was due to meteorological cause
AT this season the high winter atmo
pheric pressure amassed over Northel
and Central Europe and Asia is breal
ing up, and it rolls off the westward j
the form of long continued and hig
easterly gales on the English S,
front. In 1918 March a Just such
tidal inundation occurred IN the Thanh
and at Hull, Yarmouth and otherpoin
on the Eastern coast, and extended
Plymouth, where it washed off MAJ
enormous stones Of the breakwate
So powerful are the agencies of the S
here that Aldborough, as 1t former
existed, lies twenty-four feet und
water, almost every remnant havn