Richmond Enquirer

REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.

MIDDLEBURY, (Vt.) May 30.—On the 13th Instant, a piece of land, of upwards of five acres, lying on the east bank of Lake Champlain, in Orwell, nearly opposite a place called Negro Point, sunk about forty feet and slid into the Lake; throwing the bed of the Lake up about ten feet above the surface of the water, for a distance in some places of about ten rods in width and thirty in length. A number of men who were rafting near the place, were surprised by a sudden swell of the water, without knowing the cause of the phenomenon; but they soon perceived the ground settle and break up in various directions, and move towards the Lake.—The ground which is broken, appears to be composed at a small distance from the surface, principally of blue clay. A part of the land was covered with small trees of various kinds, some of which were torn up by the roots and others moved in an erect position. The ground is much broken and thrown up in large ridges in many directions. The land being much elevated as you proceed from the water, caused it to move with greater force; and so sudden and powerful was its pressure against the water, that it occasioned it to rise nearly sheet on the opposite shore, which is about a mile and a half distant.