Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-04-11
BALD MOUNTAIN.
Facts, Figures and SpeculatiOns About
the North Carolina Rumbliugs.


The latest news from Bald Mountain
comes via Salisbury. March 18th. The
dispatch says that another conclusion,
a dead, rumbling sound, accompanied
by severe trembling and quaking of
the earth, occurred on Monday even
ing, March @. The inhabitants.
whose fears had somewhat subsidized,
became more excited than ever, and
the general CONSERVATION was greater
than at any previous time since the
violent rumbling on the 10th Of Feb
ruary. A number of scientists from
several Southern States are there, all
of whom agree that the disturbance IN
Stone and Bald Mountains is volcanic
in nature, but as a professional ex
preston of opinion to that effect would
not agree with the accepted theory of
geology. they refuse positively to give
their views for publication, and will
not submit to an interview. A large
number of scientific men and report
ers are going into the mountains, all of
whom hear and see more after their
arrival than they had anticipated. The
excitement In the region is undated
and more families are moving out.
There are no visible signs of an erup-
ton, and scientists are OF the opinion
that it is not now immlne,t, though
probanle at some future TINE. The
report that the same disturhnce &C.
curred in the mountain fifty yers ago,
is contradicted BY gentlema Mighty
seven wears of age, who was bok and
reared on Bald Mountain.
CONVINCING PROOFS.
Prof. DuPre, of Woford (Nor.
CarOlina) College, has taken testimon
of which the following is synopsis:
TESTIMONY OF MR.. JOHNSON ELLIOT,
First sund heard Tuesday, the lot
of Februsy The first sound was 70
lowed by tn severest shock felt up I
the present the. and was felt as far
White Houseon Cane Creek eigi
miles east. OlSunday morning. l5tI
severe shock; Esther about 10 o 'cloc
dav IN mo onG II ock at night, Nor
Jay : eo5ningJ La house seemed I
pc lifted from its too7dation and rocI
ing In the AR. Moist continued som
with shocks and som without mt
Thursday following, wi, ;nteryals !
about an hour Severa no;sas i ,,;t
shocks on Thursday; no. aonoa VIZ
TO proceed from Round nd StoU
mountains. These mountainaro r.,
half mileapart Houses were;oo,,o,,l
ly shaken, and ladder leanin' 80,
the house (of Mr.. ELLIOTT sho5 cor
slderablvon one occasion. The fam
lies on Stone Mountain were ehat
alarmed. The noise begins ike II
explosion of blast in the north-w,s
and then goes Oft to southeast, with
rumbllng noise under ground.
TESTIMONY OF MR.. t. J. DALTON.
Live one and half miles wes
heard the reports or noises sever
times in the last four weeks; felt II
ground shake and culver six time
work at saw mill had some plank :
my shoulder, and felt it shake sever
times; noise begins with a blast an
appears to come from Stone Mountai
and under ground; feel the shocI
almost as hear the sound saw n
shaVlngs on my work bench shake 6nl
ing one OF the shocks: no wind at m
tine; said he saw the trees sbako
works at Mrs. Murphy's sawmiIl o
nroad hIyer, on eastern side of Hick
I9y Nut Gap and eight miles from m
had OF Broad River; heard as man
. -FOUR explosions a day and twcoi'
hree at night; nights clear "a cool
he same has been heard ID teit at >
w. Morgan's, one ID half miles
from here.
LOCATING THE NOISE.
The Orphans Friend, published a
Spartanburg, remarks that there is on,
fact worthy of notice, and that is
while the noise is heard for many miles
from the base of the maintain tn,