The Massachusetts Spy, And Worcester County Advertiser

MONTPELIER, APRIL 11.

Remarkable Eruption.—In Calais, a town adjoining this, an eruption took place about ten days ago, by which a large quantity of earth was thrown from the side of a hill, and near its base, leaving a cavity which measures 12 feet in depth, on the upper side, six rods in length, and forty feet wide.

Large trees were growing upon the spot, which were removed with such force, as to cause them to fall with their tops up the hill, although, while standing, they leaned down the hill nearly 30 degrees from a perpendicular point.

The ground was frozen nearly two feet deep, and was broken in a perpendicular manner. Large stones weighing from 3 to 400 pounds were thrown 30 rods, and one, which our informant thinks will weigh between 5 and 10 hundred, was thrown about eight rods.

The force must have been great, as the explosion was heard at a considerable distance. The fissures in the rocks, at the bottom, and on the sides of the cavity, are barely large enough to admit a man's hand.

The cause of this explosion is unknown. Some suppose it to have been effected by water—but this is not very probable, although there was, undoubtedly, a considerable quantity of water.

Yet the explosion being instantaneous, there must have been some invisible cause of the eruption. It furnishes a subject for the investigation of the philosopher, and cannot fail to excite the attention of the curious.

Vermont Gaz.