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' v ' "-:'zpv<;'* ?-?? ?- 1 Abbcvil g l^i^css ^ ^ I ? ... 1 rrz! ' * ? BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1886. VOLUME XXXI. NO. 10. | DREADFUL DESTRUCT1 CHARLESTON NEARLY RIME] AN EARTHQUAKE. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AND PRO; The People Abandon Their 3 p and Sleep in Tents. THE EARTH CAVING Hssnrcs in the Earth Emit Sand, Mud, and Sulphuric Odor. ONLY ONE STORE OPEN IN THE BY THE SEA." ?. i Twenty JIllcs or the C'harlcMtor Savannah Railroad Vndrr >Va Press and Banner Extra, Sept. 2, 18 j ne nisiory oi Aooeviue na? nv puru 1hc last thirty-six hours. On Tuesday k at ten minutes before ten o'clock well: severest earthquake that tills countr; felt, which has been followed by l quakes at intervals varying from a few utes to several hours. Some seven or nevere shocks were felt Tuesday night ? daylight on Wednesday morning. At half-past eight o'clock a distinct was felt A15.20 p. m. another shock, At 11.5-5 another. At 12.50 our houses shook and thewii * rattled. And so It seems tliat some action in i Is taking place. At each succeeding our people became more and more ne All day yesterday the people talked of Ing else. Business was nearly suspende all ears were Intent upon hearing somt from abroad. The telegraph office and new comer, whether from the country o road was eagerly interviewed. Atabou day a rumor became current that the quake had knocked down a trestle near ley, aud that a whole train loud of peop gone down, and many killed. Abou o'clock a rumor was current that a hoi Charleston had Allien and killed 6lxt wins. As nearly every man in Abbevill either relatives or good friends In that the excitement became intense. Xothi thentic was heard until ltev. S. A. Web ceived a telegram at 3.30 from Charl which announced lha' Charleston had t dfgrcatly. When thcv.iO train was due persons weut to the depot in the hope o tug some passenger who was informed Charleston's condition, or of hearing i thing through the telegraph. But tho the train were as ignorant as we were. . McGownn and Mr. L. W. Smith were c train at the time of the earthquake bu nothing of it. Ttiey had of course heard at Greenville, but knew uothiug of C'h ion's dreadful condition. 'i At early dark a dispatch was rec which was terrifying indeed. Otherdis; es were received which confirmed our fears. Charleston seems to have been tl ly city which hus suffered any serious iii'p. unil itxAPtns to huvp hppn npsirlv ri Our people crowded at the depot as k the telegraph office was opened in the that something more might be heart number of them made up a purse and lor long dispatches which were neve swered. Our metropolitan city has prospered di the many calamities which have befullc in war and In peace, but it really seenn It will be hard for the grand old city to tigain after this most unfortuuate occuri There is no end to the number of chirr from which bricks were knocked b; earthquake. The strangest thing of all is, that they be scattered in different Hons. Charlcffton Nearly Destroyed First Dispatch. Charleston. Sept. 1.: Jicv. A A. TIY&w, Abbeville.: Charleston Is nearly destroyed by the < quake. Many person# are killed orwou John and Teland are perfectly safe. TEL AND MOO Property ltiiined ? Lives Lost? Cave In. Second Dispatch. Sept. 1,1 About two-thirds of the residences in leston areeilher totally or partially wre Business parts of the city are badly dam The streets are almost impassable on ac< <?f bricks and timbers. J It is supposed that from fifty to one dred lives have been lost, and that sc hundred persons have been wounded. Sullivan's Island is reported to have submerged, and that many lives have lost. The South Carolina Railroad track t and below Summervllle is twisted in i like a snake. Kavennel'6 Railroad between the city the Island is under water in some p Tho Ion.) line mvoH in ill cavdriI rtliicnc ltavennel's. The people in Charleston are preparii camp out to-niaht. There arc many wild rumors in cireulf and it is hoped that the first accounts ar aggerated. About twenty houses have been burne ' The DlKtrcsxing; Condition of t'ha ton. Third, Dispatch. Columbia, September 1, 1 Very few details of the earthquake been received. It is known however, tl extended all over the Union, and was severe In Charleston. Over sixty pc were killed and several hundred wercwi ed in the city by the wreckage of houses. No house In the city escaped uninjurc Is estimated that three-fourths of thei badly shattered that they will have rebuilt. There were not one hundred li In the city which were occupied Inst i The people camped in the streets and pai tents made of bed clothes. Only one store is open in the city and 1 drug store. The houses are so badly iu that the shopmen are afraid of their fa and will not risk going into them. The pie are unable to buy supplies, and, as a sequence there Is great suffering for tin essary food supplies. lu consequence of the falling building! fires occurred in the city, destroying twenty houses. St. Michael's, St. Phillips, and the Ur ?n church steeples, will come down, an buildings are otherwise badly shattered. The sho^k was severe at SummervilU Sullivan's fssland, but so fur no loss of 11: been reported, ultliuugh many buildings w reeked. , i j,, . rnrr The money loss to Charleston by the eart lUJ/I. pnake Is much greater than by the cycloi last year. The South Carolina Railroad track nei Qpy Charleston is twisted like snakes, and i DI tniins left the city to-day by any road. Except one, all telegraph wires are dow and that one is overcrowded and not able answer the demand for telegraphic commur DFDTV catlon- the single exception of th l uui I. line of telegraph wire Charleston is entire cut off from all communication with the on side world, and we have no hope of the imm 11OID6S diatc restoration of communication except I brief telegrams. Owing to dumage sustained by the eart quake, It was impossible to issue the ATet and Courier to-day, and even if It had been i IN. Kuril it could not have been mailed to Its su scribers outside of the city. .p. Among the killed are M. I. Lynch, Dr. 1 ' Alexander Hammond, and Alnslcy Hobson. The track of the Charleston and Savanna Railroad is under water for twenty mll< from Charleston. "CITY There is no gas in the city and darknei prevails at night. The streets are full of rubbish and debr from the injured buildings. i nnd Fissures have appeared in the earth in vi tor. rious places, emitting fine sand. The smell < gg sulphur Is perceptible. The shock was severe In Augusta and O e 0 lumbla, bpt no loss of life and no great dan " ? age to property has-been reDorted. \ Two trains were ditched near Langley. I * fNCr each accident a fireman was killed. No otl ' s tcr cr loss of life Is reported in the United Statei min- The Langley Mill and the Bath Mill pone g were broken by the shock, and the track wa before wa8hed away, which caused the accldenl ^ whereby the firemen were killed. SHOCK Fearful State of Afliair* lu Kmnmei ville. idows Fourth vnd last Dispatch. SCmmerville, Sept. 1,18S6. inture The ground in many places In and aroun t-hock Summervllle is cracked, and blue mud is if rvous suing from them, flowing over the earth, noth- Citizens are leaving here and going to Col d and umbla to Pel awa>'from danger, and to fln ' shelter. They report a fearful condition e every affrtlrs ,n Charleston. Troperty and busldes r raij. interests have been greatly damaged. t mid- furt,ler shocks reported since flv parth. o'clock. There were eight. Lang. The people are afraid to go in their house le had an<* Ktort's for fear of their falling in. t two ~~ " jse in If the Scene in Augusta was so Pa y per thetic. What Must it Hare Been it e has Charleston. > city, Augusta Chroniclc. ngau- No such scene was ever witnessed, and we er re- trust never will be again, as the one that was i , seen on Broad street as the reporter reached lesion there from the third story of the ChronicL suffer- building?ladies in Mother Hubbards anc mauv otlier cowns, ringing hands and crying, clin? r coo. ,r|gto toothers, fathers and brothers. Th< i see- scene was one that could not fnil to nflect tlx as to strong men, who tried to assure the distrcssec some- oues thal 11 was a" over. Hardly hud thej become quieted before the second shock oc sc on ! rUrred, mid then the whole of broad strec Judste I was lined with ladies and children?lamilie.1 >n the ' u'ho had rushed from their homes. Tlx . f.c/ironicfc detailed several of the staff, wh< 11 Iei11 made a tour of tlie city. The seenc on Broai I of it street, as the reporters started down, beggared arles- description, ladles and children, nnconirollii ble, still crying and praying to God to sav< them. The street scenes arc without, equal cived j and there is no instance in the history of tlx >atch-1 pHy thut has caused such a panic of fear?in u J fants clinging to their mothers, crying, am worst i,rave mttll giving way. le on-! As the lower portion of the city wai dam-1 reached, in Robertson's alley, negroes were . , i ' found heaped together on their knees, shout "neu. j |ng praying nnd in dread fear. Sounds o >ug as; falling bricks from housetops, chimneys top hope P'hig and plastering cracking caused con , A sternation. The entire populace was by this A time?the third shock?In the streets. Hons [sent es were all entirely deserted. The night mil) r au- be put down as the most fearful ever realized here. Invalids on stretchers and on matt ress es were in the middle of t he streets, and half espitc clad people, afraid to return to their homes t< n her clothe themselves. s that a tour through dublin. mi'i' All the citizens In this part of the city hat ichvc. ; UIKCI1 quarters ill Hit- nueet mr me uigiit, um ineys, | the colored people were praying and seemec fh particularly frightened. It Is impossible t< ' 101 give any of the damage done, though it wil to us I amount to a great deal. A heavy glass-fac< dircc- book-case in the law olHce of Hon. !S. David son was thrown to the floor and demolished Ornaments, chandeliers and other breakable! were destroyed all over the city. . Dells rang in all parts of the city, and th< re|K>rter was by Hie Christian Church at the timeot the first shock, and heard the bel 18?G. rl,,?twloeTHE SHOCKS UP TOWN. 'arth- 1? thc upper portion of the city, along tin ' , . streets, the people were found, talking ant I gesticulating excitedly, and wondering whether their time had come or not. In on< RE. instance a husband and wife were sitting or chairs in the middle of the street, with iheii young children clinving to thorn. The moth .Tho cr ,l young babe at her breast and wai inconsolable. She was weeping and wailing and begging God to spare herself and little oues. It was not until several had gatherer! ae/, around, all arguing the uselessness of sucli *"" excitement, that siie was quieted. lu ever} Char-1 directum the same scene was witnessed, ant' eked 'K<),ne localities all the people on the square : had gathered together In the middle, dls ajjea. CUSSii,jr ti,e situation with blanched faces and :ouut' throbbing hearts. The sight was beyond de I script um. One gentleman said: "This is in> . I first experience with an earthquake, and J nun*, jmix; t?? God. fervently and from my heart sveral j that it Is the last." "I am completely unnerved," said another . "and don't think I shall be myself again lorn been j WPek ? been 1 \V(?rd was received late this morning that I several young ladles up.town had fainte'l I from friubt and physicians had to he called loove i jn_ opiates wero uecessary in several cases >laccs and even then it was difficult to put them U sleep. , an(| AT THE JAIL daces the prisoners crlcd, prayed anJ bexced to be near taken out. Tho peuple in the vicinity de' scribe their cries as heartrending. Jailor Collins, the over-faithful and kindhearted otliccr ig to felt for the prisoner.-, but had no way of tak ins thein out of jail. We were unable to sef him, but arc told that lie says never had sucl itlon, ,t.0iUlijS ln |llK nfe. e exXUMJIEK OF SHOCKS AND TIME. The exact number of shocks was thlrteenthe first one at (city time) and the last al 12:33, (city time.) The following are the times of the dltlerenl I shocks, the one at tt.51 being the severest, and I the one at 10:27 next in severity; at U:ol. 9:">2 9:6", l'J. 07.10:1 J, 10:26,10:27,10:29,10:U4, lO.^S, 10:40 l:oa seventy-fifth meridian time. STII-L IN THE STKKKT. I At the time we go to press peopieare still in lat It | t^e street waitir.g lor breaking of day?f.unimost lies together, little ones warmed by nestling rsons 'n the *UPS their mothers, the strong arm i of the att'eetionale hrotlier supporting the ound- timid but loving sister, while boys, white and j colored, are stored nway In doorways and <1 Tf, | dry goods boxes waiting the dawn, of day, I Such a dreadful night of suspense the citizen.* n are 10f Augusta never witnessed and we praj to be I they never will again. The latter portion oi l011< the niglit was bleak aiul cold, making il . ' I doubly uncomfortable for those who remained ingnu in the streets. rks in ^_____ LANGLEY.S.C. jured llin" An E|,?',IC 1,1 11,0 an<l tlic l ire peo. mini Killed. con. Augusta Chronicle. 3 upc- I'AXGLRV, R. C.. Sept. 1.?[spwial.J-A kc vcre shock was felt here at !t.55. Houses wen badly shaken up ami glasses broken. 5 Ave Tim daiu was broken in about a. dozei about Places, and the South Carolina track is wash away lor a thousand feet. The engine of tin Charleston train is laying in aljouttifiecn fee litari- of water on its sitSe. The tircnian is killeil d tiie The body has not beon found yet. The en gincer is badly injured. Tne Jiath darn i broken also. > and fe has A messenger on horseback reports the qui going train on the South Carolina Uailroai "c,u under water near Horse Creek, The trestle a that polut gave way. ? THROUGHOUT THE STATE. nr * 10 THE EXTENT AND FORCE OF THE EARTHQUAKE. n. * ( ^ The Shockn as Experienced in I?ifrtt ferent Sections, and the Damage ; ly Sustained by them. l" #' Columbia Register Sept. 2. Lancaster, Sept, 1.?The first shock ot the i >y earthquake was felt at 10:05 P. M., Tuesday i night, and lasted about two minutes. It was ( . very severe. Houses rocked aud articles were ? "* shaken from shelves. The people wore grealvs ly frightened and rushed Into the streets. s. There was great fear that the Catawba Hotel . would fall. A stampede from the hotel by the D" Congressional delegates, forty-two in number. ' There was walling and prayers by the negroes 3. on all sides, the thirteen negroes In the Jail pleading to get out pitifully, There was no damage to property In the town except the h tops of chimneys. Fifty chimneys were 2S shaken down. In the County six other shocks occurred before 12 o'clock last night, not severe as the llrst. Five since that time, ss the hist at 5:20 this afternoon. The Congressional Convention met to-day. . J. T. Hay was called as chairman, and J. E. 18 McLure of Chester, secretary, no nomination t was made. It was dcclded to have a primary 1 by a vpte of twenty-three to uiueteeu. The j. candidates arc all nere. Lexington. I ?* Lexington, Sept. 1.?A heavy shock of c i- earthquake was here at 9:43 last, night, dis- * mantling and toppling over chlmncys and i breaking windows. People abandoned their * n houses and remained outdoors all night. Ten T r heavy shocks were felt by 11 o'clock and 1 4, U....4 41.? K g SIIKHllT UIICS UllUU^UIlUt LUU IlljjUI., mv>ui ' siIghtones occurred to-duy, again Increasing i 18 in severity. At 5:30 this evening another r is serere shock was felt, and our people are ap- I s prehending a renewal in a more intense de- I gree to-night. One colored woman was slightly wounded by a chimney falling on her foot. No casualties heard of. Xcivberry. Newberry, Sept. 1.?Last night at 9:46 a 9 crowd sat around a large table tabulating the f returns of the primary election in a brick c , oflice. The front room was crowded, as was <1 also the Newberry Hotel piazza iu front. At- 1] s* tOKelher about lW people were in the crowd, t Suddenly there came h rumbling and a shale- t ing and a quivering of the earth that made e the buildings rock and crack fcarfu'ly* Some r d one halloed "Earthquake!" and shot out of r the back door, followed by the others in the back room, while those In the front room and under the hotel piazza broke for the street and the Court House square as fast as their " e legs would carry them. The first shock lasted J' about a minute. In five minutes unothcr ' shock came, and this was succeeded by an- ? s other, and from that time on at intervals / throughout the night there were shocks, four- 1 teen in all, though none were as violent as ? tbe first. f( In the town there was no damage of conse- 0 quence. A rent in Dr. Kuirs brick residence ? 1 Wiis made larger and cracks have beeu ob- fJ served In a few brick stores. The tops of chimneys were shaken off at the residence of J. N. Martin, A. L. Knighton, J. H. Chlppell, ' J. K. .Brown. E. S. Coppock, Gilfrcd Snowden s | and various others. A large plate glass In the ? 1 drug store o( Coll eld Lyons wiis broken n - across the corner, and a largo plate glass in r 1 IL I). .Smith's store was cracked its entire n length. At It. Y. LeaveH's in town a mantel- j; - piece was torn from the wall and other slight p J damage was done. The shock was about a equal throughout the County, with no spcciul fl r damage except to chimneys. u Greenwood. s Gkf.enwood, sept, l.?Lrsi nignt at ju j o'clock u very severe shock of earthquakeoc- si I eurred in this section, the most violent., per- a 1 hups, ever felt in t he Honthern SUites. Dishes a were rattled in closets, iiouses were swayed a ; and chimneys were topped over, and the d , community was pauic-striketi; the negroes q 5 hastened to their churches and to the Dills, \ - and their prayers and cries were mingled i with the earthquake's awful muttering. The shocks have continued till 3 o'clock this i morning, the first having been the most 5 severe, and seemed to pass from West to East. a Twelve shocks in all have been felt very per- w f ceptibly. At 1:20 A. M. another very severe J! - shock occurred, lasting only a few seconds. ? - lleports from the country show that the w ; shocks were felt and inspired awe and terror, P - but no damage is reported outside of town. ? Another shock wasl'eitat 10 o'clock A. M. ? I Houses were shaken for three seconds. The - weather changed to cool this moniiug. ? Chester. s] Chester, Sept. 1.?At ten minutes to ten 'f. o'clock last night the citi'/cns of our town r1 . were startled by a rumbling like that of 1( j machinery, which lasted three minutes. } Every house quivered, some chimneys were 1 cracked and bricks fell ott others. The dam} age In the city was slight. In the country it n ' was much greater. Excitement ran high, espec- u } tally among the colored people. Four quakes ? * followed at short intervals. At 1 o'clock A. si M. another quake was distinct, also another n s at 5 o'clock. Ouly the first, however, created tl much seasatIon. Six hunured or more tie- o * gri>es assembled at the colored church and si kept up tiie excitement an nigiu. ino uves n ' were lost. n AVallinlla. > Waijialla, Sept. 1.?Five shocks of earth- i1 t quake occurred here from 10 to ljo'elock Tues- 4 ; day night. The 11 rst lasted fully two minutes > ami was the severest. A loud rumbling noise i before and during the shock. No damage A r was done to persons or property in town, but . . there was much fright among the darkeys, J. i leading to fervent and boisterous prttyiug. , The prisoners in the juil prayed lustily. From the country we hear oi no damage except I some stone chimneys partly wrecked. The i buildings in town rocked sensibly, shaking Jjj doors, glassware and windows. All the I shocks except the first were slight aud of one- 1 > half a. minute's duration. 1 I.aureus. Laukf.ns, Sept. 1.?Last night between 0 and 10 o'clock this community was visited by ' Mil earthquake, the shock of which was per' eeptibly tell by our entire population, l'hts* ; teilug from the walls oi houses was shaken ... ' down, wooden ceilings were cracked and tils- ,j arranged, pictures fell from the walls, panes >. of window glass were broken, lamps knoeked ?( j from tables, and much other slight damage n I done. The severity of the shock throughout I lie uouniy, aw iar as wc uau leuin, whs uuum ?. ! the same 118 experienced here. Thirteen or u fourteen distinct shocks were felt from be- ? tweeu i) and 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. r. > Rock Kill. Rock IIill, Sept. 1.?This town was bailly cl shaken up and alarmed last nigh tat 11) o'clock 11 > by an earthquake. .Seven severe and distinct snocks were felt between 1(1 P. at. and 4 A.M. {' ! The Jirst was terrible, the eartli rocking like a {' 1 cradle, knocking down several chimneys and hi breaking crockery and iurniture in the houses. No lives were lost, nor was any seri- 11 ous damage done to property. o1 Hock Hill,Sept. 1.?At9:45 last night the ? town was thrown into intense excitement by | J" the earthquake. The shock was very severe le ' and a loud rumbling occured with it. It was I thought at one time that the Globe Hotel, a . three-story brick building, would fall. Arti cles of a iragile nature used as ornaments in Captain \V. L. Roddy's parlor and In -other residence were tliiown to the tloor and brolten. Lam ps were pnt out by the people or ear- * i rled Into the streets for fear that they would he ovei turned and set the houses on ; fire. The most Intense exciiemcnt prevailed; i the ladies and children were crying and the bravest men were frightened. Everybody I moved out of their houses into the open air i during the shock. At Smith's Turnout and , other points in the County around it was .. i very severe. ' r Prosperity. "l [ Prosperity, Sept. 1? At about 9..t> last 11 evening the tirst shoclt of the earihi]Uake was fell at this poiut. Its course was Iroin el Northwest to Southeast. The motion was! ** vertical and lasted atioul three minutes. I ti j 1 > about live br six minutes the second wave i11 struck us. it was of shorter duration andjt' . was less violent. There were live other;'1 shoc ks, each diminishing in force. The last j of this group came from North to South, and " the motion was lateral instead of vertical.; ? At 1 o'clock there was another decided shock, j tl ~ There were other slight movements during jo " the night. Quite a number of chimneys were 11 . thrown down. Everybody was very much jt( frightened. There was also a decided vibra-1 I i tion at.1.11 to day. j J; There was u meeting going on iti one ol the ! " colored ehurc!u-s when the first shock eanic :l J last night. All the outsiders made a rush for'" ~ ' the preacher's right. hand of fellowship, and 1 ' i at this writing eighteen are being baptized. J Greenville. j" :l (J heexvilt.e, Sept. 1.?Our city wns't II thoroughly shaken up last night by a stieces-1 j biuii oi shucks from an eartiniuulie, and gen-11 eral consternation prevailed throughout the night. It has heen the all-absorbing topic of conversation to-day. The first shock was felt a few minutes before 10 o'clock, and was lollowed by three or four others within a half hour, and by still another about 1 o'clock, rhe largest buildings rocked to and fro like a cradle, and in many cases their occupants took to the streets or prepared for Immediate exit in case of imminent danger. The dam go is slight. The tops of a few Chimneys toppieu, ana in one or iv-o stores s*lnsswarc whs shaken from shelves. In one bar room one huudred dollars' worth of liquors and decanters were destroyed. The partial accounts received here of the destruction of life and property In Charleston have cast a gloom over our city, and mos svery one its anxious for the facts. A restless ind anxious crowd are at the Western Union jfllce awaiting the news. Johnson. Johnson, Sept 1.?The first shock, at 9:50 ast night, lasted about two or three minutes, several chimneys were partly shaken down ind some houses shook up biidly. Ten shocks jccurrcd last ni?ht and to-day. No eonsiderlble amount of damage wail done here cr in ,he surrounding country. The negroes here >vere very inucli frightened. The meeting at he Methodist Church was V'cry much exoit,*d, but no panic ensued, The town is re-sing luiet to-night Some crockery was broken uid doors opened. The result of the Democratic primary for he Legislature is as follows: Boozer, Reedy t Puriloy, Blackweli and Gary. Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Sept. 1.?This town like all ier sisters, was badly siiaken up by the earthluake last night. The first and severest iliock was felt at 9:16 P. M., lusting three ininltes. There have been live smaller shock ilnce midnight, the last being about 5:12 P. M. 1'error and awe were upon tiie face ol every nbabitant People rushed into the street*, orne clad and others unclad. Our people did lot close their eyes in sleep, fearing a recurence of the quake. No one injured, nor is iroperty damaged. A few walls of brick luildlngs were cracked. , ' Anderson. i Anderson, September 1.?Several ^arth- ' luake shocks occurred here last night and tolay. The llrst shock and the worst was at I .54, tlie second at 10, the third at 10.12, the ourth at 10.30, the fifth at 10.45. Then our ount was lost until one o'clock, which was ine of the Worst excepting the first. Everylody Wats badly frightened, but no damage or ireakagc has been reported. Atiotjier slight iut decided shock was felt at 53 P. M. Great xcltement still prevails and a purse has been uadc up to get news from Charleston. Union. Uxiox, Sept. 1.?An earthquake occurred lere hist night at 10 o'clock. Every house In own was rocked. Persons fled to the streets n great fright. From eight to ten shocks ocurrcd. The rock jail shook as If t*> fall. Vhile writing this (5.25 P. M.) another dltinct shock luis occurred. At 8 this morning here was a hard shock. The first shod; was ?lt In every part of this County. Much exilement still prevails. No damage was done xcept the filling of bricks and plastering rom houses. Sniuter. Sumter, September 1?Last night several hocks of earthquake were lelt in the town nd country. The first shock occurred about ) o'clock, alarming our citizens, the shocks ecurring occasionally throughout the night, nd one at eight o'clock this morning. fcjevral buildings were damaged slightly. Reorts Irom the country are that damage had Iso been done to several buildings. The rst shock last night lasted about three mintcs. Peak. Peak, September 1? Eleven enrthquako liocks were felt here between 9.53 lust nightnd lUo'eloek this morning. The first shock t 9.53 last night damaged a few chimneys nd broke some crockery, &c. No further amages have been reported. It has caused uitea panic among tho superstitious of this ictnlty. Hampton. Hampton, September 1?At 9.15 last night n earthquake visited tills place. The shock 'as severe lasting about one minute, causing lastering to fall from some of the buildings, ix distinct shocks were felt. The vibrations 'ere sliclit. except, in the first shoek. The eople were considerably excited. The col- ; red people were greatly alurrued. No seri- , us damage resulted. Camden. s Camden, September 1 ? Aljnut twenty * nocks of earthquake were felt hero last night. < he only damage Is broken chimneys and t iree or four upturned houses. No harm or i >ss. 1 WimiMhoro. 1 WiNNSitORO, .September 1?The first and ! lost violent wave of the earthquake reached , s at 9.55 o'clock P. M. on Tuesday night. Ii , ras a sudden, awful realization. The earth , hook, houses rattled, and their terrified In- \ mtes rushed to the middle of the street in ie ditu light of the stars. The massive walls ,, f the great brick buildings were seen to " (lake to their foundation. The docs howled, -i it-cows lowed, and many men feit the iin- i ulse more or less Irresistible to take an aim- ,, !S8 flight. No two persons can agree as to "j ie duration of the first shake; some say > llrty seconds, others say two minutes. , Len's idea of time iiad fallen into confusion. A dozen other shocks of diminished violence ; :ere felt at more or less irregular intervals. . he wave came from the South, and theanx- | 'ty of the situation was Intensified when at oclock A. M. this morning it was learned mt telegraph coinmuulci tlon with Charles- , >n and Augusta had been broken oil'. No ? ery serious datnago ha-! been done. The , lusterlng in h number of houses was shaken j own and several fissures have been discovred in the brick buildings on Main street. ? lie country is quiet this evening. I Georgetown. ' Georgetown, September 1?Tlie most vlo-|i >nt earthquake shock kn wn in the history 1 f Georgetown was felt here at 0.47 last night. s liere were no premonitory symptoms be- * ond the intense sultriness of the atmosphere bserved a few minutes previous to the shock. s lie earthquake wave seemed to come from f le South ?>r Southwest, and when at its I eight was accompanied by loud rumbling t nuids. The shock lasted for about three t, iluul.es and shook the whole town. Scores of people ran In alarm from their J ouses Into the streets. Many of the wooden t uildingsswayed and rocked violently. The rst shock was followed by three others In tpid succession, none, however, as severe as letirst. At intervals during the night as lany as eighteen distinct shocks have oclrred, ami there is some apprehension of l'urler trouble. i There whs no loss of lifo or property, and le visible effects were confined to the craeki? of plastering and the upsetting of small otiscliold articles. t The earth subsided to the depth of a foot or , lore In two or three spots, covering an area v r not more than ten feet square. r Great excitement prevails here over the , L'ws of t he terrible calamity that has befal- f u Charleston. j ECHOES OF THE EARTHQUAKE. J t. lie Situation in Columbia?Further t 1.1st oT Can mil til**?The M^lit at I tlie Penitentiary and the Lunatic s Asylum. I Columbia Register. 'J The terrors of the last night of August, issfi, s ill never be erased from the nieinory of any vlng being In this region of country, and es- f L'ciaiiy of those whose fortune it was to be in \ iir own beautiful city or in our sister city by ' le sea. The experiences of that night nave npressed themselves on the susceptible con- 1 iousness of our lender women and innocent nildrcu with a vividness mid a force which as only equalled by their sympathy and soCltude for tlie distresses anil su lit: rings in t.he letropolls when it was known that Charleshi had experienced a greater disaster than ad befallen us. Afrer the lirst shock on Tuesday night, and | , was found that the succcssivc ones were of; iininislicd violence, I lie panic, which was le tlrst result naturally, subsided, and most f the women and children who had been riven Into the streets by their fears returned j their houses by daylight, but not to sleep, .lustahoul l.-'iO A. M. there was a distinct lioek, which served tosiurl. a<*ain the appreension which had been somewhat allayed. Iltl again, a I. H.31, <iii(l Del Woe 11 !i and I'M '(. lock, pronounced shocks rckindh d the fear list i i lie danger whs still impendim:. At an curly hour It was usccrta nod thiitjl (iuiiuunii'i(tii)ii with t'harlrston by telegraph n nd rail was entirely cut oil", and then tuc! < nost fuverished imxiety was exhibited us to ] lie eoiidition of tliim;* in tlio city. I Tlio telegraph stations of the Western Un01 aud Southern ami the railroad wires wire i besieged with anxious inquiries from relatives and friends, but no favorable response could be obtained, as tlio wires continued down until about 12 o'clock, when the lirst messase was received by a gentleman stating in general terms the fearful destruction caused by the earthquake in that city. As the news spread it seemed to obliterate all thoughts of our own condition, and the crowds about tho telegraph and newspaper ofllces momentarily increased until the sidewalks in the neighborhood were blocked with people, making eager inquiry of any one who was thought to be able to afford any information. As soon as the wires were in working order they were laid under contribution by the Ilc[ji.ittr and the telegrams received, and the additional details of the earthquake in the city were sent out in an extra at about 0 o'clock. Sjuch was the anxiety to secure copies that tho office was besieged, and a large edition taken as fast as they could be thrown from the press. Shocks continued to be felt throughout the entire day, several of thein of considerable force, but the back of the terror i 1. nf ir MfUIUS IU UU UlUhCU, IIIIU LUC Iiu-iumj ui 1V( ? Inspired by Its first assault has largely given place to a calmer consideration of its effects here and elsewhere. A Register reporter visited every section of the city and found the people gathered in groups here and there discussing the terrors of that night's experiences. Very little work was being done, the colored people especially sticking close to their firesides. Io many instances they could not be prevailed noon to go to work, but stayed at home trembling with apprehensions of another shoek. At some of the houses prayers and various religious exercises were held. The comments varied from the appreciative to the ridiculous. Borne insisted that the world was coming to an end, while others said It was a timely warning from the Great Master. The whites discussed earthquakes and their cause and history, and related the grotesque and humorous Incidents of the quake. The reporter visited Elmwood Cemetery, but found the monuments Intact. The keeper said the shock was very severe and that the whole heights oscillated violently, afid that his family rushed into the street. Several hats and canes were found at the Court House, but few owners have applied for their lost property. The plastering In the t.'ourt House was fissured and fell in small pieces. A breech In one of the walls was widened so that a man can nearly put his finders into it. The Northeast corner suffered more than any part of the building. The buildings in the city damaged most are Llie Carolina Hank building on Richardson street and tbeCantwell building at the corner rif Richardson and Wash I nstton streets. The rroht and rear walls are botn badly sprung In the bank building, and almost equally as bad In the latter. The C'antwell building belongs lo N. K. Perfy and he has ordered the building to be girded with Iron anchors. A rather serious nlglij. was experienced at Lhe Lunatic Asylum. The large buildings are situated nil one of the highest points in the 3ity and ttic shock was startling. The atteudmts and patients alike were thrown Into a panic. There are about 000 lunatics In the building, aud most of them were thrown into i wild state of alarm. Some prayed to be released from their confinement, and a number >f the moat lerror-stilcken were allowed to so into the corridors. Several got Into the >*ard, and one woman scaled the wall and es. aped. She was missed about 12 o'clock, and next morning search was instituted for her. illc was captured four miles from the city on Ihe Camden road. Shortly after the shocks !he officers visited the wards and succeeded idmlrably in quieting the alarmed patients. Some of them, however, indulged in loud laughter at the event, and one female patient, ffasso indifferent to the occurrence that she jntertaiued herself by playing the piano. Dr. jrittin reports that, considering the number In the Institution, the escape from accident iras miraculous. One of the patients cut nimseif with ghiss trying to Jump from a winlow. The bell at the main entrance to the irounds was rung violently by the successive shocks. In addition to the damage done to the louses already mentioned, the following casialties were observed: The residence of Mr. Andrew Crawford, Geri*als street, had the chimneys thrown off and lie windows opened. Mr. Crawford's tamlly ? at the springs and the bouse Is closed. The tops of chimneys were thrown from the 'esidences of the following: Mrs. F. II. May ant. Major K? \V. Seibels, N. K. Perry, Dave 'aldwell, It. A. Lynch, E. M. IJrayton, Mrs. S. 1\ Kay, Louie LeConte. W. B. Nash, John F. fleece, C. H. Baldwin, Mrs. it. C. Shiver, T. J. >ibsoji and Mr. Hurruughs at the corner of ['tokens and El in wood streets. Dr. Ensor's brick residence, a few miles tforth of the city, suffered rignt severely. It s on high land and sulfered a violent shock, vhicii shook down the plastering and injured he walls. The plastering in the Custom House or Post-1 ifliee building was cracked in nearly every tory, more particularly lu the tlfth or top lory. Lar^e pieces fell iu the United States Jourt room. It Is a very substantial structire, but the night watchman said he thought t was gone at one time. He rushed out into he lawn. The Diereks building on the corner of Richirdson and Taylor streets had a chlmuey top ihaken otf and the ceiling cracked. Mr. Sam P. Simmons, a salesman at Pespores <fc Edmunds, was throwu down and tramped on in the aisle at the Court House and severely bruised up by the stampeding crowd, tic was out yesterday, however. Water was dashed out of pitchers and balins by the heavy shocks Tuesday night. The report that the river side of the Penietitiary wall had fallen was untrue. The i'enUentiary, however, experienced a heavy ihock. causing consternation among the con ricts and guards. The former liad been conlned In their cells, and during the shock they >eat wildly against the bars, praying, crying md pleading piteously to be released. The vails of the South prison and of the workihops, and also the West wall surrounding lie Penitentiary yard, were discovered yesteila.v to have been cracked. Mr. John M. Leonard, the man who stays In he bell tower, perhaps had the most thrilling sxperienceof any person In Columbia. He vas certainly the highest up. He sayslie was eanlng from a window listening at the ipecches at the Court House, when all at once :aine tiio shock. The timbers cracked, the >cll gave a moaning, muttlcd sound, and the owcr swayed so that it was with difficulty he :ould retain his feet. Ho madn his way to a ower floor, but never deserted the building. He returned also and struck the hour of ten ihortly afterward, and never missed sounding til the horn's of the night. Many people of the city ngain. passed a lecpk'ss night last night. It was universally eared that oilier shocks would occur. The >eople living iu brick houses refused to reurn to their homes aud are domiciled hroughout the city. Bollt chimneys on th<* residence of II. C. ililligun. near the Catholic cliurch, were lirowu (lowu to the roof. FISSURES IN THE EARTH. 4 l Slnrlllng Story from Summcrville Confirmed. The statement that fissures had opened in he earth about Suinmerville and that water vas issuing into the streets through the ere 'USSCS IS COUOrillVU. .1. Lv^iutu. ,.. _ light met and conversed with several giilitlo ncn who came up on Lite train Isi.sl niuht rom Surnnierville. oneot tliein was Ciipt. ,. J. Walker, formerly u member of the ltail oftd Commission, hut now Deputy Collector >f the port Charleston. He has been making lis home in Kuinmerville since summer set n, ami was there during the quake of Tueslay night. lie says there nre several fissures In the itreets and beneath the houses, and that waor, marl and sand erupted from them, lie tilled, however, that no sulphurous ordor van observed, and that the water was not lolling, as reported. Karly after the shock of fue.siiay night the water for several hours pouted to a considerable height. Another suinmerville man stated that seviral wells overflowed and that now water onId be dipped from many wcl:s which had icretoforc been deep down to water. How it has Itecii With the Observer. Churlotic Obsrnrr. Yesterday and the day before, the Obxervcr! loid copies of extras, over and above the j egular editions. Up to ten o'clock Inst niuht, i iiders were received at the ollicc for37."> extra j :opies of this morning's issue. Our presses] his morning ran oil" SUO copies in addition to ; he usual number printed for regular sub-! leribcrs. It. is a singular fact, that of all (lie j filial* and extra issues. iiih u mh^h- iu|7 iv named unsold, anil the only copies to lie i ouml in the otliee last nijilit were the ones ircKurveil lor the lile, one paper ol each ediloti. I'rostialiou from Fright. I'InI rlntfc ()bxt:rrrr. It transpires that I lie physicians of (his city | lave a mi'mher ol'eases of :>rostralion from' .'rislii resuUimr from the earih(|iial;i-, ami two if the patients, initli ladies, an- reporled i?? lain a serious condition. From the best information which we can obtain, fourteen Indies were so severely unnerved as to require Uio .lUeutioii ol' i?!iysiciuus. ABOUT EARTHQUAKES. [? THE IE ORIGIN, EXTENT, AND EFFECT. hi d tl Some \otnbIe Enrthqnnkes?Connec- "( tlon Ret ween Earthquake!* nnd 'J "Volcanoes--Atmospheric Relations ei ? Geographical Distribution ? J Physical Changes?Xatnre of the it Shocks. tl fc American Cyclopaedia. a: I r Earthquake Is a shaking of the solid ground . by more or less violent movements,produced _ by natural forces. Such shakings, to which d every part of the world Is liable, are often 1mperceptible except to very sensitive lnstrumcnts, but on the other hand are frequently n productive of fearful destruction of life and property. d On November 14, 1801, another great earth- t[ quake occurred lu Switzerland, simultaneous- b lv with which It was noticed that in the arte sian wells at Pussy, Paris, the sediment suddenly Increased from 950 to 2,208 grains per cu- if blc metre, after which it began to decrease. In general it hits been noted that the springs p of tliis place arc similarity affected by almost G every earthquake of western Europe. In Portugal, the city of Lisbon was visited on the morning of November 1,1755, by one of the most memorable earthquakes recorded in history. The rumbling sound that precedes most earthquakes was immediately followed by the great shock whion threw down the principal portion of the city. The sea retired, leaving the bur dry, ana returned in a minute as a great wave or breaker 50 feet or more in height. It is believed that CO,000 persons perished In the space of six minutes. The part of thecity that was permanently ensulfed beneath the waters of the bay was covered to the deptli of 000 feet. The portion of the earth that was shaken by this earthquake was estimated by Humboldt as equal to four times the extent of Europe: but many of the reports and estimates in reference to it have been greatly exaggerated, and from more exact considerations Heel us states that proba- e bly an area equal to six times that of France n wiis sensibly disturbed. The shock was felt In a the Alps and on the coast ol Sweden: in Bohemia the warm springs of l'eplltz disappear- F ed for a time, and attain burst forth, deluging the region with ochre-stained waters. Many towns were destroyed In northern Africa. The waves of shock reached Scotland, proba- fe bly passing under It, causing temporary gl changes In the waters of Loch Lomond; which ai suddenly rose more than two feet and then fo fell to below their usual level. Almost If not sr quite simultaneously there beean the great qi eruption of the volcano of Kotluggia In Ice- e: land. The velocity of propagation of Ihe si wave of shock was about 2,000 feet per second, v< and its origin was probably under the ocean ti some distance west of Portugal. The great- ai sen wave that swept over the const of Fortu- ei kuI was nearly GO l'eet high at Cadiz, and ex- vt tended to Madeira, and possibly to the West ?] Indies. The numerous otiier earthquakes in and earthquake waves experienced during fa tho same month throughout Europe aiid tt America may very probably have had some to connection with that at Lisbon, but are not hi to bo confounded with the shock ol Noveiu- ol ber 1. ct In India, by the earthquake of 1519, a tract tii of 2,000 square miles of country near the d< mouth of the Indus was submerged, and a 17 neighboring region elevated into a mound, in The great earthquake of January 10, I860, has j!( been studied by Oldham with results of great eti value. The origin of the shock was a point oi under Asaloo, somewhat deeper down than ai in the Neapolitan earthquake as investigated by Mallett. Eruptions of sand and hot water or took place through the fissures, forming tLi cones. The entire lower valley of the Ganges ca was embraced in the field of disturbance, and tli the shock was felt quite decidedly atCalcutta. of In mid ocean there are certuin regions fre- jj, quently visited by earthquakes, if we may tli rely on the testimony of those navigating n? thern. Among these mav be specially deslg- th nated the portion of the Atlantic ocean near fr. the? equator and about half way between js Guinea and Brazil. tv In the United States, In 1811, occurred the famous earthquake of New Madrid in Missouri, In the valley of the Mississippi river. Humboldt remarks that it presents one of the few examples of the incessant quaking of the r: ground for several successive months lar from any volcano. Over an extent of coun- y try stretching for 3DO miles southward from the mouth of the Ohio river the gronnd rose }J aod sank in great undulations, and lakes Jjj were formed and were again drained. The snrface burst open in. Assures that generally {" trended N. E. and S. W., and were sometimes more than Jialf a mile lbng; from these fissures mud and water were often thrown as high as the tops of the trees. Darin* the continuance of these convulsions the inhabitants cfl distinguished two classes of movements, the ig vertical and the horizontal; the latter were of regarded as fur more desolating than the for- di mer. The disturbances continued over what di has since been called "the sunk country" un- p< til March 26.1812, when they censed coinci- w dently with the great earthquake of Caracas; e? 'J'iie most severe earthquake that has been pi recorded in the Middle and Eastern States er was that of November 18, 175S. The shock al then felt in J*e*v England was undoubtedly a tii wave promulgated Irom either the same centre whence emanated the tremendous disturbance that had destroyed Lisbon on the first day of the month, or from a centre whose activity hud been stimulated by the continual quakings that then prevailed from Iceland to in the Mediterranean. This earthquake of the in 18th began in Massachusetts with a roaring ci noise like that of thunder; after a minute's ra continuance of this there came the first so- Tl vere shock with a swell like that of a long re rolling sea?a swell so great that men in the c? open fields raD to seize something by which th to hold on lest they should be thrown down. Pi After two or three lesser shocks there camp th the most violent of all, producing a quick ai horizontal tremor with sudden Jerks and 13. wrenches: this continued two minutes, and w after a slight revival died away. Numerous <el other shocks followed in the course of a ar month. In I3oston the main shock threw te down or dislocated and twisted many chlm- ac neys, wind vanes, brick buildings, &c., and ' I inrougnoui ine country it unctr u<.>?u niu ?v rude stone walls bounding the farms; new as springs of water were opened; the vessels in tho harbor lelt the shock; largo numbers of it; tish were killed and floated 011 the surface of be the water. Nine hours afterward, at 2 o'clock ar P. M.. a sen wave 2u feet high, that had un- sp dotibtedly originated at the source of this \V earthquake, arrived at the harbor of St. Mar- th tin's in tho West Indies. On October 19,1>70, wl occurred the most considerable shock t hat has cv been observed in the Middle and Eastern tri Suites during the present century. The bl J source of this disturbance has bean traced th with some probability to the volcanic region an 5t* to 100 miles N. E. of Quebec; from this re- fes "ion the shock spread to St. John's, New en Brunswick, and thence was felt westward to lit Chicago any southward to New York. The ca [ velocity of the wave of shock was about 14.- wj !00 feet per second. The occurrence of the I 1 shock felt at Quebec was telegraphed to Mon- an trcal by the operators of the Montreal tele- sa graph company in time to call the attention th ot those at the latter city to the phenomena tri about of) seconds before tho shock readied clt them. In California, the earthquake of 1N.V2 in: destroyed one of t he southern missions. That ' of March *-U, 1S72, waft the most severe that ' has occurred there during many years; spe- ca cliil damage was none in nan r nuiciwi n.v me m cracking of the walls of line public buildinss. an in Nevada, the mining regions snU'ered in nn 1871 by the destruction of Lone Pine and oth- of or sett lements, in Mexico a disastrous earth- In quake occurred June in, is.">s. it extended as throughout the valley of Mexico, demolish- gii inp: the aqueduct that supplies the city with fei water; it was felt In most, of the surrounding an provinces, where it. also did great damage, and was in some places recorded as being the ' most severe ever experienced there. pi in Connection Bptwcoi Earthquake* In and Volcanoes. The intimate relation of these phenomenal cri Is apparent at once to even the most careless j irt observer, but correct and exait ideas on the W| subject have been attained only within the J*' present aye. (>u (lie one band, earthquakes! bit are most numerous in the volcanic regions of I en the globe; on the 01 her, they are notatall p'd confined lo these centres; they are sometimes i attended by the growth or torniation of vol- tel canoes, and in general no volcanic activity is manifested without tiring attended by more ' or less notable earthquakes, I he quakings be- ea ing however lo a great mined to the! eo volcano in eruption; the only exception to|sl1 the latter statement can indeed be shown to I hi- explicable ill such a wav as to uive further I. ' ( mill million <>l? tho general statement that;'"1 the strains, pressures, and explosions occur- < th ring within tin' depths oi the solid earth give M' rise at the surlaee of the glohc, ii feeble, to j tta slight earthquakes, and it' stronger, to more ! ell severe shocks accompanied t>v upheavclsaiid depressions; if yet stronger, though not par-j?r oxysmal. to the rormalion of fissures, volcan-1 lc. vc:il?, mid eruptions of steam, gases, hot;"1 \tntcr, mud, scoria-, a*lu-s, lava, and llying si on* s. A > 1 i u 111 eai i !ii)tiake central in a nun- 'J* volcanic region is "an uncompleted eilort lo'sa establish a volcano." The presence of a vol- in leano is demonstrative oi a previous earth-1 | quake, and the volcanic vent, ollering as it I [does a way of easy esca|>e for nasos, &<>., is, cr unless it becomes clogged up, to souio extent1 \y - n assurance that subsequent, earthquakes In .8 immediate region will be of less severity. Atmospheric Relations. . . > The cdnhectlod between the atmosphere nd the earthquake, though probably tnclentnl, is an Important one. It Is found that lere Is a decided Increase in the frequency nd severity of shocks during the rainy Benin. at least In certain localities, and especlalr in very dry countries stich as Asia Minor nd Syria, and In the volcanic regions where ruptlons of steam prevail, and where the letted snows and heavy rains are rapidly rained off into deep fissures. There seems i be'no reasonable doubt that In these cas^s le pressure of the drainage water directly afsets the liquid in the interior ot the earth, nd Increases the supply of both steam ana iva for the volcanoes, as well as the liability ' i Huch internal explosions of steam as may riglnate the earthquake shocks. That tbo ' iuiinutlon of atmospheric pressure such as revails over the central regions ot somescere storms, or during certain seasons, canot directly be of importance in comparison 1th the above meutfoned more powerful hy- rostatic pressure, seems quite evident; yet lere are volcanoes, such us that of Strom- * jii, nuoic i/iiciuiiuiviuiigui cquiuoriuin are ' > delicately adjusted that, according to the istlmony and traditions of those living in leir neighborhood, their activity Increases srceptibly on the approach of every storm. eogrnphical Distribution of Emr'tK^ qnakes. Besides-the preceding general relation's be-' veen earthquakes aDd volcanoes, it is hnpor- int to consider the distribution of the for ler, or rather their segregation in certain * ell marked regions. It is not necessary in lis place to enumerate the regions of volcan: activity, although these are peculiarly alsof lbject to earthquakes. The regions that are' ir removed from active volcanoes, yet spe- r!l ally subject to earthquake shocks, are, in ( / "? ie order of the severity of the phenomena, le Himalaya mountains and Iudia. Syria, Icerla. the west coast of North America, tho [isslssippl valley, Scotland. New England, ad the Saint Lawrence valley. The regions iat are at present comparatively free front nslble earthquakes are Egypt and the oast n and southern portions of Africa, northcrrt. urope and Afla, Australia, many portions Of orth America, the eastern portion of Sotttfi merlca, and Greenland. ? *- _> hyftlcal Chnnges Produced by tarth- v , qnnke*. Permanent upheavals and depressions afcting the physical geography of large re ons of the earth are considered as being on i extended scale manifestations of the same roe that suddenly elevates and depresses. nailer districts at the moment of an earth-' jake. Dana, Lyell, and others, presume thafc-ctended changes take place with extreme, owness and comparative quiet; andPre-^ ' sst, Dana, Maliett, and oihers, attribute lese to the influence of tangeut.lal pressures jd to the slow cooling and contracting of the irth. Beaumont and others ascribe theeieuion of the great mountain chains to single pheavlng shocks, with of course accompanyift rkiirthnimlrps of tho irpoot?a? oflraMfw T??o rmer views have now far more adherents, iey being more In accordance with the cusimary modes of operation in nature; Jt.M iwever not to be dented that both method* <r ' operation are admissible.- Of. sudden"*- . 5 langes may be noticed the elevations during le earthquake at Conception lh.1835, and the 'prcKRions attending the shock at Lisbon lii 5>*>. Of clow movements we find examples i the upheaval of the Scandinavian peninsu?" k ., which is now proceeding at the rale on Us > istern coasts 0? five feet per century. About ic-half of the islands of the Pacific ocean e believed to be rlflng. as also the island of Mtzbergen, the West Indies, and the whol6 ' the west coast of South America. -Amen*. . . ;> le most remarknble slow depressions-arc the ise of tl;e southern portion of Urecnta&d, ? ie numerous coral-reefed Islands and atolls ; ' the Pacific, and the couutries of Holland, ' ?lgium. Denmark, and the south shore of ie Baltic sea. In North America the most jtable well established case of depression is lat now In progress along the Atlantic coast , am Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. which region calculatcd to be sin king at the rate of about ?o feet per centory. Earthquake Wnves; This term is commonly applied to the great ;eanlc waves that attend such earthquakes > originate under .the ocean. These waves ~ hlle In deep water are merely very long hut ; jeldeel swells; In traversing shoal water . iey become more marked, and on nearing ie shores often break most disastrously upon ." lem, ueing in ioisca.se preceacu oy a rapid. .11 of the water, as is tne case In ordinary ' eakers. ' ' ^ Xature of the Earthquake Shock. The discovery of the true nature ofA tb^ irthquake, to say nothing of its ultimate orin orcause, fora long time battled the labors* mankind; the.appllcatlon of a purely inactive train of reasoning hns always been Hicult, because of our own Inability to exjriment ou the earth on so large a scale as as necessary, and because of then bsence of cact observations and records. The prlnclil results arrived at previous to or indepeiK'- . ltlyof Mallet's dynamical studies have been ready given in the generalizations under ie head of geographical distribution, &c. A Thrilling: Experience. Augusta Chronicle. ' ; t Probably one of the most strange and thrlilg railroad accidents that has ever happened1 ^ this part of the country was one thatoc- irred at Horse creek, on thefeouth Carolina iiway last night, between IDand 11 o'clock. ' . :ie wreck, and a most complete one it was, suited not trom toll islon or collapse, but was used by mighty volume of water that struck ie doomed train with the force of a toroado. issengers wiio were aboard say it was one of ie most peculiar* as well as thorough, in the . inals of railroad wrecks. Iteariug that Mr.; S. Henderson, of Aiken, with his famf?j', as numbered among-the passengers,aChran- \e reporter refwired to the Planters hotel , id, finding Mr. Henderson, requested an Inrview, which was very cordially and kindly icorded. ?\tr Hpndprsrm von wpro aboard the wreck 1 train; please give me an account of the Ulster." . "Well, sir. I will do It to the best of myabil- : r. As you probably know, the outward >und Carolina train left the city at 10o'clock . id contained quite a large number of pasngers, including many ladies and children, e, of course, experienced the first shock of e earthquake, but anticipated uo trouble lintever. After passing Horse creek, with ery one seemingly happy, and with tim niti makingnbout ten miles an hour, a *errl-. o rour was suddenly heard above the din of e cars, causing the faces of all to turn pale id their hearts to almost stop beating with . ir. The sensation was horrible and was otigh to make the bravest of men quail, n * fore a thought could bo ventured as to tho . iwe, an awful shock was felt, and the train is brought to an almost abrupt standstill. rushed back to the slpepert where my. wife id children were, and, after seeing them l'e, stepped to the back door in order to learn e cause of the trouble. At that moment tho ick to the renr of tha train was perfectly > ar, but in le*s than two minutes..to in.v disny, it was within several feet of water." 'How do you account for the deluge?" In this way: The shock of the earthquako used the mill dams above to give way, and : c large volume of water contained in Kuth id Langley ponds was released,; rushing ndly onward without regard for the banks . the creek and overflowing all I he country .. the neighborhood. Tli'e mad waters made > short cut through the swamp, struck the en- . lie and first two or three freight cars with irful force, hurling them into the swamp id causing a terrible week." < 'What was the result?" 'The engine and f-oight cars were com- . etely smashed, tne ilrenian, SimnVms, be- . g killed,and the engineer, ltcynold?,-recelvg serious injuries. Hut,strangest of aU, was ; e fact that the two coaches remained unrmed on the track, while t5i<} rails and oss-ties. l'or one and a quarter miles to the mt. and three-quarters of a mile to the rear ; >re torn up "nd dashed Into the morass. Tho aches were untouched, although they had . it a few yards of truck to spare at either d. Two cars containing horses were spiash- . , and several of the animals killed, while . e others were lloundcring about iu tiic war." wnnioi i m* in>011 The waters rose from in until, 2 a. m. and ine within a few Inches of entering tho aches, shortly after 2 o'clock they began, bsklitiiiand soon recedcd from the track." . 'And your rescue?'' ... . . Well, that Is the most pleasant part to re-..; le. and it was accomplished about dHyhreal". is morning ny rapt. i.iuie ot uic raurouu . rvice. lie threw u bridge of planks across e creek, ntsd we were brought back to the iv on his train.'* 'The Indies and children, I suppose; were ' catty frightened?' Very much so. At times I thought some of em would go into convulsions. Out all tho nllemen tiboard acted splendidly and rinatcoiiviiieeil them that they were perfectly t'e. Altogether it Is out- of the most thrillincidents of my life. Hood day." Luce flouncing for fronts of draws in white, cam and tun, with narrow luccs to umlcli. ni. E. Eell. iMrtHMIHHBaii