The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-08

pofled M etlai. Tho persons Whn con
| ttrnoied The 0lnal never. thnf ! ran learn
enid word about seeing any inyqieriou.
! NE and smoke arising out NJ the tHfth'
Tue location II tbs Volcano, as near ~ !
oan learn Il W. township : south, range 2
east. On the north Of IL are hammock
awnmps and SAINT hills some fifteen or
twenty feet In height, aud n ltte 10 be
northeast are rocks OF considerable siz0 that
have the appearance Of being thrOwn out OF
the earth. II Is stated that the holes rom
which they were thrown are plainly TO- be
seen beside thCm. TO the east OF the volca-
no 10 the AuoiIla river. South, hnmmocks,
swemps and the Gulf OF Mexico. On the
west, hammock. eWampS ana inc flhhook
river and Gum swatup.
A short time ago | met at Newport
man from Georgia who had been cutting
cedar along the Aucilla an Pinhook rivers
since February last. H6 had travere9d the
country between the rivers looking for ce'
dsr timber, and observed things closely.
He said at one place ther5 frequently arose
"A dense fog or vapor that at distance
in the sun resem bled smoke.
A few DAYS ago met an intelligent gem
tlenan at Newport who was born and lived
there until the town WAS In manner de-
serted. He il thoroughly acquainted with
tive coast country from st. Marks to Cedar
Keys, and spends much OF his
time in hunting and cutting cedar
logs for market around the alleged volcanic
region. He said there is pond in the
centre of dense hammock OF tai timber,
between Aucila and Pinhook rivers, and
into the pond three branches flow from OPP
posite directions. The water In one oil
them is very cold, and in the other two Is
quite warm, and that from this pond rises
a yapor that in the sunlight, at a distance,
reseIn bles smoke. He understands survey
not thiQ nppd ia whpra The
mysterious smoke seems, at distance, to
arise. Other parties that have converted
with agree that the smoke seen is yapor
arising out of the hammock or swamp
where the road referred TO above IS located.
7 have given The substance OF the CONVEX
sations that have had with various parties
as briefly as possible, and from 1t am led
TO infer tina, the supposed smoke from q
volcano is nothing but vapor arising from
a swamp or pond.
During the past two years while at New
port have met number OF persons VINO
nave been over in this section hunting, cut
ting cedar, etc., and l have taken much
pains to inquire about the volcano, the
character of the country, etc. Two years
ago met man who had been for some
time cutting cedar along the Aucilla,
Wac,ssa and Pinhook rivers and
shippingit to Cedar Keys. he mad trav-
ersed the country pretty thoroughly be.
tween the rivers where IL was possible 10
get through. In regard to the volcano, he
said in going through some tall timber one
yerv dark cloudy day he thought he saw
the reflection OF light on the leaves ABOVE
a short distance ahead of him. he walked
on some distance and looked back, and saw
it back of him He retraced his steps
but saw nothing more VI it. He said IN
this section in tue swamps were many IT.
tie islands of timber; some of the trees were
high pitch pine.
In adry time fire would break out, and
big pine tree would catch and burn for
some time. He supposed that the smoke
by day and fire at night. which were seen
from the ships in the Gulf of Mexico and
the bills ON the north, were from an OLD
pine Tree, full OF turpentine, burning.
One evening few weeks ago some gem
tlemen were out on the hills south OF Talia-
hassee. They observed smoke, far away
to the south, that arose to a great height
above the timber. Some Of the party SAID
that it was from the volcano. One person
said it was too far to the west. The resi-,
dents on the hill said that the smoke had
existed there for several days. The bear,
ings we're taken and in few days two OF
The party went to Wakulla county and
found that the smoke arose from new
steam mill and cotton gin. The volcano,
like "the richest gold mine in the United
States" and the copper mine OF Wakuila
county, vanishes in vapor.-lCor. Ialia-
hasse Eloridien.