From the Charleston Va Republican, April l9. A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON-KA

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REMARKABLE PHENOMENON-KANA

 WHA SALT WORKS.

 IL has been known 10 the public fo some two years that several extensive salt furnaces in the Kanaw Ina salt region have been operated exclusive ly by gas. The gas forcing up lhe water from a depth of thousand fifteen hundred feet, and then ing collected in barrel. which a gas omeer, it is conveyed by pipe 10 the furnace, fur nishing all ihe heat necessary to carry on at ihe same time all the processes of the manufacture Oi salt 10 its compleiinn Tn establishment capable of making hundred barrels in day, and al night brilliantly lighting up the whole works; thus saving the expense of a steam engine to pump up the water. and all tine fuel and lights

 Last week in deepening one of the wells of Messrs. Dickenson S Shrewbury, the auger struck a stream of gas, at the depth of one thousand feet. that in quantity and force far 'surpasses anything of the klnd heretofore discovered here, or perhaps the world The augur was pressed up with such force to almost overcome ;he eXertions of the workmen hold down while they could unscrew the detach- nent. The way being cleared, the gas having full play, sent d column of water one hundred feet, (and ii lubed, would no douht raise it dou e that dIs- tance,) occasionally dischargng stones from the size of musket ball to that Of a hens egg almost with the force of grape shot from piece of ordnance. When were Ilere Tuesday ast, all hands were engaged in active efforts to get down plug To check the force o the gas, so us 10 enable them 10 insert lie tube.

 They have. we learn, partially succeeded. and in

 few days both the gas and water will be turned 10 good accoant. Serious appreiensons weie very justly entertained of the destruction o the furnaces in the immediate neghbothood, well the resi- dence of Mir. Wm. Tonpkins, sh' uid this immense body of gas take fire. which it thought might occur from a steamboat passing the river, ex- | iensivey was i, difused in the atmosphere. On Saturday, the third well from the one we are speak ing of took fire, and, with the active exeriions, not exlinguished till considerable damage was done to the works. ,.u That readers may have some idea of he ex- tent Of Natures laboratory or gas manulactory on the Kanawha, we will say that gas enough issues from this single we'll to light all the cities in the Uni led States, and think might safely throw in London, Papis, Sl. PeIersburg and a half dozen other cities of Europe. .t.t.

 Some entertain fears that both the gas and the salt water will shortly fail; but incline the opinion that the upper stratum, the outskrts the suburbs ly of the treasures of salt and gas. as we'll as many a subterranean wonder, just now being reached. No matter whose domlnions down theIe may be en |. croached upon, whether those of Pluto or Hous, enerprisng salt manufacturers are deter min- ed to explore them, annex them, and revel in their palaces, as the annexai by-and by revel in the halls of the Montezunlas.