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r - - - -- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L_ VOL. XV. P1ICKINSq S. C., TiI uIRsDAY SE1''11F 1l 9,'886 A 'T'dUllRBLE EAfF^IIQUAh i! DRE A DF'. DE:bTR UOTIIONi OF l'It0'ili& AND IIlC'MA LIFE. Charle.ton Vite,l b,y a Calamity 'unpre<(."l ed In All Ite IllNtory--1'artiulnrw a tk Dreadful Oceurrence. The earthquake shloek experienced it different parts of the State on the n igli of Tuesday tho 31st ult., was felt wit] dreadful effects in the city of Clarleston The loss of property was dreadful, n estimato putting it as high as five mil lions of dollars-actual and ineiden1ta1 One report states that there arC only omu hundred houses left altogether m1in jur ed. This is perhaps an exaggeration but it is safe to say that the n uer e buildings injured will include the laee portion of the structures in the city Twenty buildings, in different parts o the city, were destroyed by fire causei by the overturning of lAm1ps. ]3elov will bo found an interesting account o the disaster, taken from the telegrapl reports to the uaily press: CHARLEsTON, S. C., September 1. The compositors of the News and Conri er decline to work to-night, expcetinf fresh shocks of earthquake, and tlh paper cannot issue to-morrow. The fol lowing article was prepared for publiea tion in the News and Courier, and i; telegraphed almost in the writer's owi words, necessarily the only descriptiol that can be given of the disaster whici has befallen our city. It consists in thn narration of experiences and observa tions of individuals, and the subject be ing the same and the experiences of al being nearly alike, the story told by on careful observer may well stand for at hundred others, with slight varimtions. Probably the best idea that can be hia of the character of the disturbance therefore, may be obtained from a nur ration of the events and scenes of Tues day night as they were presented to : aingle person while engaged in his usua duties in the second story room of tih News and Courier office. At the time o the first shock the writer's attention wa vaguely attracted by a sound whiel seeme( to come from the oflice below and which was suplposed for a lomen to be caused by the ralpid rolling of heavy body, as an iron safe or ileavib laden truck, ovel the floor. Accoempa nying the sound there was a p(erceptil tremor of the building, not more mark ed, however, than would be caused h) the passage of a street car or dray alon the street. -For perhaps two or thrne seconds the o-currence excited no sir prise or comment. Then, by sw ift de grees, or, perhaps, all at 011cc, it i difficult to say which, the sound deel ened in volume, the tremor becane mor decided, the ear caught the rattle o window sashes, gas fixtures, and othe: loose objects. The men in the ollice with perhaps a simultaneous fhush of tlu recollections of the disturbuace of thm Friday before, glanced hurriedly at ecl other, and sprang to their leet will startled questions and a1nswRnrs, "\Vha is that?", ".art.hguake!" And then atl was bewiL _rment and1( confusion. The long roll leepened1 and sp)rea into an awful roar, that seemed to per vade at once the troubled earth and stil air above anun around. The tremor wa now a rude, rapid uiver, that agitate Xho whole lofty strong-walled building a though it were being shaken by the han of to immeasural,le power, witih the inl tent to tear its joints asunduer and scatte: its stono andl brickis abroadl as a tre, casts its ripened fruit before the breat] of the gale. There was no intermission in th< vibration of the mighty subterranear engine. From first to hist it was a con tinuous jar*, only adding force at, ever' moment; andl as it approached ani reached the climax of its man ifestatio n it seemed for a few terrible seond(s tha no work of hnuman hands could puossil survive. Floors were under foot, th surrounding w-ails anid partitions visibdb swaycd to anid fro, the erash of fallini masses of stone and brick and mnorta avas overhead and without ; a terribl roar filled the ears anid seemoe 1 to fill th< :misal and heart, dhozing periep t.in, be wildering thought, and1( for a few pant sng breaths, or while von hiehi you breath in dreadful :anticijiationi of immer diate and1 cruel death, you felt that lif was already past, and waited( for' the em as the victim with his head .sn the bloci .awaits the fall of the upj lifted axe. .'t is not given to mnany menm to took ih the ince of the D)estroyer and yet live but it i,o little to say thmt the gaing (I strong mnen who sharedl the exp erience above faintly dlescribed will carry wit! them reeollec{ions of that suprenme me0 ment to their dy'mg dlay. No one ex pected to (escapie. A sudden rash was Jinmtaneoums made to endeavor to attain thue eni ai andl flee to a place of safety, but befor the door was reached all reeled togethie to the tottering wall and( stopped, feelin that hop1) wvas vain; that it was onily qjuestion of death ini the buiildinig e without, to be buried by tihe sinkini roof or crushed bmy topplimng waills. '1hlu uproar sk,wly diedl away in thm ecemm~ distancec. The earth was stl and oh! tee blessed relief of that still ness5! But 1'>w rudely tIhe silence wa'm broken. As 1we dahbed dlown the stair way and out it') the street, already, oi every side, arow. i&"d'jJ crien of piaii and fear, prayers and walilinlg4 of terrife< women and childlren, C>mnmingyled witl the hoarser shouts of excit(ed meno. Om in the street tihe air was filled to thm height of a house with ai whuitoish clou of (try, stillhng dust, from the limo an mortar andl shamtteredl nms;onry, whmich~ falling upjoni the p)avemnt an'i ston, roadway, hmad beenm reducedl to powder Through this cloud, denise au. fog, th< gas li~-t i hckeredl (1iml y, shl:dding bu1 little 1 ght, so that you stmulh ed at ever, step) over piles of brick, 0or biecae en tmengledl in the lines of telet rapht wire tha, dependedl ini every dlir'.etion1 fron their broken supplorts. On eveiry side were hurr', ing forums o men andio wannen, barce'ded, partiall' dressed, some ahmnoht :.ade, a11 nmny <I 'whom were emzewd with fear or excit( nwe'ut. Here a wonman 11ihll)ported, hal iP:inting, in the arms of hrmsband, wvin vainly toils to soothe her, while he Cari r'i: her into the open spae at the stree Se.>rn1er, where present safety seen :t'sied. '1'here a wioman lies on ti Ia.vemuent, with ulptlrneld face aid out stretched limbs, and the crowd pass: h1er 1by for the tine, not pausing to sec whether she 1 alive or dead. A sudden light flames through a win. - (low overlooking the street; it become mnoinentarily brighter, and the cry of fire resoulid5 from the multitudo. A rush is n:le towad(s the spot. A man is seH:n, doub.?lecl up and helpless, against a t wall; but at this moment, somewhere a oit at sea, overhead, deep in the grond, is hard again1 the low, (m1inous roll, wich i alreadv too well known to lae i i:takei. It ;rows louder and ne:u or, - like the growls of a wild beast swiftly .11aroaeling his prey, and all is forgo It tena agaim in the frenzied rush for open space, where alone there is hope of seuerity, faint thouglh it be. The tall buildings on either Iand lblot" out the skies and stars, and seem to oveahanag every foot of ground Ietweell them ; the shattered cornices and copings, the tops of their frowning walls, seemned piled f;oit loth sides to the centre of the street. It seems that a touch would now send the slattered masses left staud nag down upon the pcolle below, who f look up to theni and shrank together as the tremor of the earthquake again passed under them, and the mysterious reverberations swell and roll along like some infernal drum-heat summoning - then to die. And it passed away, andI agan is experienced the blessed feeling of deliverance from the impeining calamity, which, it may well be believed, - evokes a mute but earnest offering of mingled prayer and thanksgiving from 1 every heart in the throng. Again. far along the street, and ul: 1 from alleys that lead into it from eitlhei side, is heard that chorus of wailing and lainientation, which, though it had nol - closed, was scarcely noticed a momenl before. It is a dreadful sound--thl( sound of lelpless, horror-stricken human ity, old ando( young, strong and feebk alike, when all are so feeble, calling fol help from their fellow creatures and raising their anguished voices in petition to IHeaven for mercy, where no human aid could avaiil. It is not a scene to be described b any mortal tongue or pel. It is not a scene to be forgotten when it has been witnessed, and when the witness har slhared all its danger and felt all its a agony. The first shock occurred at seven t mmnutes of I0, as was indicated tlia iorining by the public clock's hands, all of whiichlt laid stopped at that fateful h1ou, as though to make an end of the tunie for so many who heard the preced -milg hour pealed forth by St. Michael's chiaes without thought but of long and lappy life. T'he second shock, which was but a - faint and crisp echo of the first, was feli - ight minutes later, As it passed away the writer started hlonieward, to find tli scenes enaeted on B3roald street around the News and Courier oIlice repeated at f every step of the way. St. Michael' steepale towered haigha and white abaove the gloom, seemingly uninjured. The station house, a massive brick Iuilding across the street, had apparently lost its roof, whieh had fallen around it. A a little further on, the roof of the portico 1 of I[ilerniani Itall, a handsome building ini the (recian style, had crashed to the ground, carrying down part of the nas I sive granite pillars witl it.. All the way up Meeting street, (which, in respect of I its general direction and importance, i may be called the Broadway of Charles 1 ton, ) the roadway was piled with debris from tops of walls. I n passing the Charleston IHotel, - which, to carry out the Comparison above imohieated, occupies ti.e plosition ci Stewart's iup towii store in KNew Yo rk, Ithae thlird shock was felt, about ten aamiutes after thle second, aind of course caused the greatest alarnm ina tlaat neigh blorhood, as elsewhere. - At Marion Squaare, corresponding ex~ actly withl Uion Square, New York, a great crowdl had collected, als even tIu dgsothe wvide spaces emibraced ini it c'()ol noat be reachied by the nearesi baaildinag in the evenat of thecir fall. F'roam this crowd, composed of men, women: aaid childlren of both races, arose ancs sanat calls alnd cries amnd haimentations, r whlile o)ver fthe motley, half-dlre'sse Sthrong was shedo thae uaridl light of a con. flagraltion which had b hrokein (aut just bae - yonid the squoare immaaedialtely after tlaa - first shock, anad had niow whaolly envel. r oped several buildings in flames. - in three qualmrters of thae town at th<o same time similar large fires were ohb served .under- full haadway; anmd tha awful sigmicjanace of the earthaquaake maa bae.most fully aplpreciated, p)erhaas whaea it is said that, with these treaienadowi fires blaz7 ig .up all at onace around then f and( thireatenmag the city with total de stiut.iona, thoe people whI om you met or thea streets or s'aw~ gath,eredl togetheri im - groaups ini oapena places evidenitly dil noi -give thaem a thought. No one waltched ime rudody fhaune or pillar of cloud rising haigha io thle still idghat air. All wcrt r toao ient oan listenaing with straiineo Ssenase for tile dreaded recuarrenace of thaai r laornibla glow1 or groaan of tihe p)ower unm ader thae seeaa d uni( ider the land to givt 1 lhoumght to thec ne(w te'rror, thaouagh it hadL( r thareataeed his own haomie aid maII hiomaes in the oomed city. Crowds pamourd imn from every dlirectioni )to the sqajare just described, as though it laud been, indeed, a~ chaarmed1 circle, - aned life depend(ed (on palssinag within it& grassy buounmds. Street cars, carriage.l -anmd otherc vehicles were ranaged ina linot (on the streets sura roaundinag thae squarme, awhile horses stoaod stock still with turned helacals, as thaoa gh snaillinag thle ground ini anuxiouas inmary. t Thea coloredl people everywhecre were 10lou1 anmd incessant Ina their 'declamaations I of alarm, ini the sinaginag of hpn'wgs and 1ii ferven,t apIpeals for (God's maerciy, in ,whaich appeals (lood kno ws, any an a paroud hecart whao haeard them arising in .the mught andl ina thae haour of II is won. 2 drous might, deivoaatly andl hambl ay and t sameorely joimed. D)anger blrinags aill ol us11 to the level of thae lowliest. TIher< - were no hdistinctions ef palace, 0' s power, or priide, or eastei in the aoiseam > hlages thaat were gathere itogether ii Charleston on 'Tuesday night. It was o < uarious sp)ectac to look hack ulpona I1 'is ai goood one to rOfeoe, for whit< f andaa hack alike. There Woro ilistanece - (of unseolfiah devotion, of kind an~d lovipa f regaard bietween nmaste'r and servaat >nistress anal maid, in thae presence 01 - thlae conanin ill ani of te tlle.tn . t ruin, that showed, as nothing eise could I show, how strong is the tie that binds our white people and our black people togethei; and this lesyon of the dread visitatioii we iivy hope, too, will never be forgotten. Arrived at his home, the writer found the same se 1 s of destruction and wreck which nurhed nearly every other home in the city. All the houses in the neigh borhood lad suThred seriously, and streets, yairds and gardens were filled with fallen chimneys and fragments of walls, while the walls that were left standing were rent asunder, in many cases, from top to bottom, and were ;adly shattered in every instanee. Women and chiidr u, r( oued from their sleep or interrupted in their eve ming pursuits by the seund of ruin being eflecth d above and around them, rushcl out into the streets an(t huddled together awaiting the emin, whatever it might be. Iivalids were brought, out on maattresses and deposited on the roadway. No thought was given to the treasures left behind in the eftort to save the peculiar treasure of life itself, suddenly become so precious im the eyes of all, the invalid woman and robust man alike. Until long after midnight the streets were filled with fugitives in sight of their homes. 'T'lhrough the long hours that followed few were the eyes, even of childhood, that were closed in sleep. Charleston was full of those who watched for morning, and never, in any city, in any land, did the first gray shades that mark the alproach of (lay appear so beautiful and so welcome to the eye as they appeared to the thou sands of people who hailed them this morning from the midst of the countless wrecked homes in our thrice-scourged and still patient, still brave, still hopeful and still beautiful City by the Sea. CrnAhras-ro :, S. C., September 2. The people are gradthully taking account of the details of the iiJury worked by the earthquake, and the .'st of damages to property is startling. A iiuud.l sec tion in the south of the city is a sa.nple of the whole. Standing at the postotlice, and looking Vest, an almost impassable roadway of debris meets the eye. Most of the buiel ings on the street are more or less du. - aged, lmt the violence of the earth(uaakc is most perceptil)le at the historic inter section of Broad and Meeting streets. The police station is almost a complete wreck. The upper edge of the wall has been torn down and that of the north wall hus fallen on the roof of the porch, carrying it away and leaving only the large fluted pillars standing. The City H fall apparently escaped seri ous damage, but is badly icked on the east wall. '11he Court house building is badly damaged, the walls being cracked in several places and portions of the roof and gables being throwi down. '1'li Fire Proof building seems to stand as a rock. The gables of the north and south p rches, however, made of solid brownstone, have been thrown to the paveument below. This appears to be tie only damage done to the build mg. 'The worst wreck in the locality, how ever, is St. Michael's Church, which seems to be doomed to destruction. Time steeple, the repairs on which had just been conpleted, seems to be intact, but it is nearly out, of plumb and is in mo mientary danger of falling. T1he massive porch has been wrecked from the body of the church and the building has been cracked in four places. One crack in the north wall extends from the eaves to the lower windows; two on the west face of the church extend the entire height of the 1buildiug, and one on the south wall also extends from the eaves down aclmost to the foundation. These cracks are a11 immediately under the steeple, which it seemls almuost impossible will stand for anmy len gth o (f time. The hanids on the to1p of the clock pointed to live muinut es (If 1(1 o'clock, which must have ibeen the hour of tile first shoek on Tlumesday night. What 2a scene of desolation the falsh ioniable buluevard of Charleston plresents! C onmmeninug at Broad street, (one passes5 through a bldock of bmuned houses. Tile tire, starting at No. 118, the third imiildl ing from the cornier oif Biroad street, oni the east side, consiued tile enitire row (If buildings as5 fari north as Tfully's old( standL, next to the Quaker graveyard. The few houses left o1 that sidle (If the street are more1 ori less slhatteredl and giuttedl. Th1 le few houses on tile west side (If tIle street norIthl of I sroad( street have nlot (ecaped thle general fate, al lhoughI tile damauige is nolt as5 grealt aus inl othier pIor tionls of time street. The ilmmlense v'acant lot on the west sidle oif the street is ocu pliedl by famIilies who lived in the blurned houses, and who iare ciamiped (lit Oil the sward with the few hlousehlold eIlfects saived froml the llamies. There is ia ratle onrliOecheerfiil feel ig toI-nighit, bulIt n1( sens:e oIf security will repair the shalttered( houses and( rnew the ruinedo honmes. Oilers (of assistance' are comling from dii fl'feret <piaurlrs, and0 it is expIectedl t hut the Cit y Couil21 will organize a1 relief coilmmittee toI-morroE(w. Despite tihe loss by the arltliuake, Charleston is in as good po(sit.ion 11s ever for tIle transationm (If tile iuual auitliinI tradle. There is amplIle warehouse anid wharf room, thle iomapresses are in t rimi and1 merchants and factors are really tol deal XexpeitiouIsly with aull buisiiness tihat oilers. This statemient is made to correct an existing erronleous imlpression fliat tile commercial facilities of the polrt arc iJnpalired, Last night tile l seOl's Of fright aind fear were enacted in the public s<pmi2res and1( parks. Frail womInen, somme oIf themu almost (deadl and1 infants inl arna1, were (rivenl to tile nlecessit.y of speningiii the mlghIt onl the square with only such cov ermlg as could be inmprovisedl by the use1 olf blankets, shlawls and sheets. In many11 f the squares, notably at Washinigtoni 1 ark, the fright and1( annloyance to these people)1 were increased by the excruciat mg religious perfoIrmanes of thle co lored( peopl who crowdedl thle parks. .11 V,ashmington Pairk these were 1l(1 by tWvo neIgrol 1mn1 withi stentorious voices, wyhou hams. after i o'cloIck ini the mIorninlg They were asked to desxist, Or at least to> coineit thieir services in a less hoister oins manneriiC, b ut refuisedl to do so, Ilemnonstranc~es oil theO part of mne geni I tlemen(i produced(8( very insolenlt replies on thie pa2rt (If aL numitler of necgroI roughs who shared mi the coniduct of then meiet ing, ndl who loudly anid hIoistere'aly p)rotestedl thlat they woul make as mimh noiso as they pleas;ed, and that no inter ruption would b allowed. f'o night wore on slowly and painful ly. At 11. So p. in. a heavy carthquake passed through the city. Its coming was presaged by jute a niunher of ex plosons, dim and distant, which oo'n nenced to be heard fully five minutes before the vibration was felt. The wavo was somewhat more proniounced than the two which hiad prcceded-one at 8.25 a. m. and the other at 5.15 p. m..-and as it passed by to the northwest there followed sounds which indicated falling walls or buildings. This was the last vibration last night. Soon after it had passed a man ap pea red and advised the peoplu to go to their houses, stating that he ws the only scientific man in the city arid that he was authority for the statemo-it that there would be no more shocks. This advice was unheeded, very few 1w.ople leaving the ground. At daybreak there was a movement, and 15 the sun rose and as there had been no additional vibrations, many of the people pulled up their tents and de parted to their shatterod homes, in the earnest hope that they had participated in their last picnic in the park. I )uring the progress of ,the fire in hing near Broad street, on Wednesday morning, a woman who occu>ied the second floor of one of the burning build ings, tied her infant child in a feather bed and threw it from a window to the grouid. The child was uniiurt. No damage of Consequence is reported on the sea islands. The following is the oflicil list of those who were killed by the earthquake or have since died from their injuries: WlurE. Peter Powers, Mrs. C. 11. Barker, Ainsley ll. ltobson, Ilobt. Alex ander, Chas. Albrecht, L. P. Meynardie, Patrick Lynch, Annie Torch, Mrs. liachael Ahrens and (loldie Ahrens, a child of .drs. Baruwell. Conoim).---'thos. Wilson, Win. ieak, Anna (lover, Z. Sawyer, Win. ( irant, Alex Miller, ,Jos. 'Bodo, lIInnali Smalls, Marie 1nrntwell, Maria 13arnwcll, Jas. 3rowin, Angelic Davids, ]-:ugenia R oberts, ltobert 1edolf, ( irace Fleming, Rosa lurray, Oliver .McKelhey, ,John oo, Clarissa Simmonds, Ilannah liar ris, Sarl 1iddleton, iebecca Ward, John Cook, Sera B. Sawyer, a c blred s ah33. '1fs. David of t;s Nassau streetd ied in three-quarters of an hour from nervous shock. A slecial report froimi :lliiit P1l'asnlit :.avs that a sink near the (erman u('inrch which oii 'ueslday was lerfectl dry sand, is now full of fresh water. Near Shell street there is a cal in occulpied by a colored man that is surioiundd by yawning chasms, extending through the earth's surface for ten feet and over. All around this there are sinks of fresh water and masses of miud with queer looking soft substances that have never been seen before, it is contended 1 by iany that the mud anid other substances found around the village are volcanic matter. ,Just after the first great shock on Tiesday night there was a decided and distinct smell of escaping sulphmrie acid gas over the ent ire village. ''Ie smell lasted throughout the night. Not far from (herleston, on the road to Suniierville, extensive mnonils of clay were th1rown up, and hillocks of santd, in most cases in the shape of in verted cones, the hollow part of which had evidently been formed by the action of water returning into the depths from which it hadl beeii raised. 'Thie evileiices of a great c nvilsioi are not sporadie. They extend far and near, in every directiei, from the city limits of Charleston to Simmerville, alnd at the latter Iiace it. w.as foun.d from. t rustw~orthty information that eracks and1( fissures are 'eerywhlere visible for lmiles anld miiles arounad. Strangely enough somne of these we're ini active oplerationl, anId the conistanit shocks that were felt aIt Sunmmerville sent the water (out of t hese fissures iln jets to a height (If fron lifteeni to twenty feet. The horror (of the sit in1 iln Sumt mier'ville oni Wednesdlay was much tint1en sitied by certalin mlanlifestat.iohns that wvere not observed ill Cimrleston t4o any great extent. All during ; le day there was a conIstanit series (If dhetonations, no0w ('ast, now west, and from all possible direc t ioins. It resemb1lled the dischalrge of heavy guns at intervals of about ten mOinultes, and1( was like tIhe soun11ds of a ibombl ardmlenit at aL great distance. All oif the exploesionls were not d accompilanied 1by tremol rs oIIf th eI arthI, as it wa*s only oIccasioniall,y thmat the earth woul quake fromi subterraneani dischargI s. A remiar'kable fact was noted ini Smn1 maervilhe in respiect to) the bulging (of thu water fronm the interior of the earth. Neairly of Ite well s htad b eenl at low wate.r. The1Ire wats a suiddeni rise ini all tese wells, and the adiditional water was puire. .In St. Anidre'w's Parish, for1 ten milesi (In the oter sidec of the Ashley R iver< b ridge, tIhe country is ('lt upj lby small hasures, and unnid Indes (of fronm anl inchli to two lIet ill diamletIer. Pe'(olo living' in tIe JImrish say thlat the (mad and( water boiled uIp from five to ten feet in hteight, and1 they aill seem to 1be inl aI most3 de morailize'd colidlitiont. One (111hlIgro womanlil said( that tIhe view (If thle c'ity was( most appltling; that lafter tIhe shoekhs were felt cries froml tIhe city couhi (1libe (list inctly hleardi, anId hat ab1114st innaIlediaitely the light fromi lhe fires lit uIp tIle IheauvIlu over Ite city. Thl e colored re(Isidenits of the parish thIogh(t thait judIgmen'(t dlay had comne, and1( Iconunenced(I. cryinlg andi priay'ing .for mercy. In Smunervill, thll peole ruIshed l wailinlg ofI womenIl, te shr1iIks of chil-t illn an d t he frighitemed vicesI (If mlonl equa(lly dtistressing~ andl all(lig. As (If 11inal dhisoolution and1 lutter anlnihlila When101 111 1 morning da ndth ruli and1 l i' nmd deso.'~1.. lat e, iln Ireater or' less d egree(. AII tIle ch1inmeys')' hol dhisappacared, walls wvere renlt inl to:ain, I.e.ilings fell, anid inll numelirIous caIses hoIuses thtat rested on woodlen bllocks or' masontry were leveled I toI thll grounid. O thler htouses were spht from topf to bottomi and1 left with yawn-|< inig cha111iSm in tIhe 1builings. Anong< those ubich11 were hturled from hmeirli foundations were those of (enleral John C. Mlinott, Mrs. B. F.'1Tieghe, L. D)oTre ville, E. .J. Linmehouse, Percy ( iuerard, Ben. Perry, the Nettles iIouse, and that of Mr. Ed. Fishlburne. The scene at uthe ('itad1el (1(recn w; pi1 turesque in the extrem ie. llost of the te'nt, in nll manner of colors, h:ul hliin (rc("t<( on the south side of tle square, l ong ti Calhoiii streel t line. 'There \'ere, iuweve'. num bers of then on il sile ('(et thtt bond(edl by the ('itleh. The 1tents wI're inadie out of shleets, blaUnkc(I:, ':arpe'ts, <"lothing and( w\hattev'er el e (roubl be inu pressed inito the se'Vi(e to keep (i' the ra\ of the si1 by day Ind1 the I -w at niil:I. Tlhere wvere somne pe op)1le O ho\moved1to the (reen fromi a distance. andii they br ight with lhem their tiitking ut('eils and ( lteid as if to remaiin until the Le t \es tige of Ilie dtanger hil disapp1'ea:rtd(. Many of the p)oorer 1eople rolled laIrrels Io the sqiuare anl tse1 th beii in liti (I' tents. Th'le y'ard without a tent1, whelure lhere w\as It large flamiily, was the exsepttio tIo th) rule. Whole faniilies coul it :iIr tIm1(e ;iid at any p)la(e hLe seen (;sjiy eiseo-e(l he neutl SoIne :t\wninIg or tenl ru(der \\widlh refuge lul been taken from tle chi:ancc.s fI lnother shoek of a evere (Ilraiicr. Ec hues from (the REarihy(ltr, 'There was eonsileraLle I:,al (to Ilie (Co1lege buillings in thiis city Iy ;lte e'th 11uak1 hnst TIuesdaIy nighlt. '\htr1IIn1 llor rison luil just hi1it( 111O rtons scutruiiil ouit, 11nd InVw near'ly aII w\ilIlthav"( to bIIe n 1c'ouredi. Thell wall1s wV(re ('n'1-ked1 in "('\( r:tl p)laces and1 laI;steriun, fell inI lar;:e <1umn lity'. The hous(:s of 'l'r)fe5'11r1 .h>vnesI Slani antd Alexanider w\"ere d1ini::gte.1 ;t ls. In Coluillhia ;all is ag:uln scrnce. 11 i:: relp;td i( l re that twoi 'li:'iit shoeks vel'e ftIt in ('hal-rle(,I t,:-(i:1yan'd1l several in Sununeriville, it ntitini :ablieti(c h:as iten r'ceivi"d. The lissure's in the gr1Undl ;t! .:ulmr v'ile w\ere from11 tw\o to thr'e i1-h('S in w\iilth, ani all cfIorts tI) 1tt1-h 1 hAttom wen. fruit less. Ihe CitaIlel is re('i tle as aliafe t r oe cul)mn1ey until it hIs e n - :1a .' -.re, :t great d:lunage has buen dote It,' w-n!l The traini rtn ('hIarliestn :I 1( I t day bro1ght itothiug il'w. TIhI .Vr rs 1l ('ll ar r (:1i1utp :a iI 1 I IIii)> I; W ithl j full n grap)hiicl ar iveo II f ilhe li;a't(r. '('here were 1n1 Im-"\ 01)IItm ) ne-.s pa,sseniger:s tron tha:t eity for 11hi:s. The train wh"Iich:larived i r'',in ('h':rie 11n att 12 o'clock he-t n1i.lht tun, h'It at few. p)a 5)'lgei;S, w.ho conlirm1ed1 aIIll e reln>rtedl suffl'ermng and( ;1nguishl I)1' n th wo is I::s ;1111 nights of horrnr in Ih:1 el v. One gentleman e.ltim:at1i 11he ii ; I ' n II lrIy,i i l ilig the I tli ih ii I I h \ i1i h:-le to e torn w1 to\n, aIt ann. l . 1u1th of :an tliey ly wh! m h1 I ,1 un( in h11'r house lOOkcing tur h1 r bo1Ii mI;1t v''il i)1e pipers b t i ia i t 1\ i l iil I bii 1115ii 1' cSiii \Veil'et i'.! jul . xx14'(i ,; I''-111 Partially f in t b1 ' y o\ a 1 r. I 'I lrnt se("ontd story nuild-in '. A othe"r ge'ntle1:'i' len a 1t led 'mi1 ial 1 seril)tinns Of thw lis.' re whi'h v :e 11:th in lths eairth ll I the 51eu tin-' il;' m . \ter ad s:tnd to reat highits I ronl bt toill-ss l)l;t(e . llry of the h -:ti : 1)f I:Il nilie; havl\'e ret1. tuarned to uIlIN "rv'ilh- Io h('ok atler"1111-i Inises :11nd p)er.r,il:l u'l (I. .1) 1elt ny-in Ite l wn\1 is 1I 1 on1 m : of 1 hloust's 1111( (onltc'nls arl n' wr1:1\\Iel-i . lti ti, !hti!y i t y r .I i . :ht Iletl, for he ierlp''.. ''li'-e is no :1tll. i li nW of i t eni , \\. grieve to iy, th:t thIe (i1 aster of TI'ueslay light will e:luse gre:! li-er to Ithous-u of goo ill Ieople in ('h:ri-.t.IIl, u nless n. a s:nilIe mea(5ures he m!(lp)ted il;nsel!i;tl.Iy to in't their 1ee11s II is uilitulI to give :ly e li i te o' th. tnli nt of i I;unagl-l, bu111. 1): rill - i i Iini d j he loss emii 1'tis b heeiI tl Ill" ( y :- I S I)no("xag 'ertli' 'a 11 ) lhit h1 -1a'i lllai >fl h 'tlTu say ii lli I ro t, I i )rt .'e: 0 tI' llnt tllnOf a t le t hr 1 1nil;imi ii il yea aiiigliil a very cotn hh-rb; p-i i e.1iie is no hlliat tf allhaiifrt ishe eet dtinigsdy. i (viry h iietin ga'int;e, at (iutheinit .nstiii i-uiring tus wihn flit Hgii dwel in isn habjtjittnwi is unllldt.y i aie n olituate prtet isn frt ttiis nie lons1ider it eneemr tahin lon-ralk titti fori thcrli ef ' fii th'oe wirn, m-ii in tiithey Cjhti ouiy-l at liuif. lI. Sli ity~t' Couni' aLnit to taaftan wuith a T!OI/D ts A TlIttE I:T'OltV. Al Ilit.a ttr :nnetr~ Femnd in a tliiu)g Con tr:tiu Ity n f:obe r, I prightt Man. (T1 " ;t I'a , l.ttt.r to 'hilaleiphia 'J'imcs.) 'To the southwest of this town, perhaps five miles or more, there lies a rango of hills as yet a stranger to the peaceftil p low. I,etweeu them some of the streams I have described play in the chauuging sunlight, laughing as musical ly as children laugh in the heyday of I th' e: haJppy youth. My purposo When I v,sited themi was to cast a fly where the overlunttging hushes would not pre vent antd where they would drop the o,A fashioned hook beneath tho logs where the trout love to lie. 1. had been warned that the stream I meant to follow was on the sunny side of the hill, and that I would most likely encounter a few rat tiesnakes and copl)crhcads, to say noth ing of the black ''runners'' an l ''gar ters" with which these uninhabited places abound. it I laughed at these warnings, and wit I a pair of high-topped boots to guard agatinst serpent fangs, started out on my search for adventure tutd trout. Three bteauties had found their way into Iny basket when my first ex'perience began. Just across from where I stood the Lushes grew in tangled contfusionl close to the stream's very edge, and a rustling noise in these caused melc to remenher the warning I hu.l received. At that moment I felt an energetic tug at my line, however, and imIltediately forgot all else in my desire to land the fish tha 1 knew was there. In a itnotnent Or two this was accom plishied, nil I had time to think of the hushes again. (ilancing in that dirce tion I saw a sight that gave me a series of cold chills, and caused me to wonder for a lmomllent whether it wouldn't have be: n money in my pocket, as Artemtas Ward says, if I had1 never been horn. WIat I sav appeared to be a conven tion of snakes wrangling over the tem 1)cranle(' l;itk prior to its insertion in the -tat e lhitaorm. 'To the left of the I,feklterry bushes was a clear space of sand and ieblhes, and that was evident ly the conlveltion lhal. There was not tniy itr gtrl order of 1msiness apparently. Wit a snake felt like making a motion he simlply miade it, and if there wore any other iLotions in the way the strongest one was recognhized. ''here were rattle sttlkes, black snakes, striped snakes and copperhmeads, and to this day 1 can't help fancying t hat there were hoa constrictors, tot. \\hiebever way 1 turned my head I saw them assctuhling, as though in ainswer to t roll call, hissing, wriggling, rat ti ig and crawling in holes and out, iutdter oe ach other and over, until the wilole tinre seeited act ually alive with snakes. And .I hadn't hid a drink for itiotis, either. Ilow long they would harve Rt tre I cannot tell, but an in l ulse ot my tart, to get away caused me to break a twig uinider my foot, and then there was a pnartial stampede. .11ave you ever w'o'n a rattksnake in the attitude he lssuliles when listening or getting ready to strike at sometluthing that has disturbed his laee? .if you haven't, you've got a sight to witness that will make your blood run cold. Of those that did run at. fthe noise I Ilade one Was an enorm ols ratler, from four to five feet in lengt h. I could not count the rattles on his tail. intt am111 prepared to swear that they imtulseteI twenty at least. W\'hen the t wig stajnfapetd I watched him, for lie ISV wlere every tovemnent could be seet. (Q tuck as lightning he raised his headl at lt'nt six inches from the ground, sutitl it fit titn side to side, while the Iowr it ion of his idy seemed to curl itself uiiontsioutsly rountd and round. withiu it",elf tistiut ti.<tnturing the hetal uhf if he lay in striking attitude, his head ;ently:;t swaying ndut his rattles makintg tegent la sttund which the siake makes beflore lhe is certini the initrutder is an tnin y. The b ig, flat head, the thtin neek, thei small hut glitter:itg eyes andl the nitstlh swatyinig t)f thle agile b)ody tt a it ztl esitke p resenit the lutist (odious feat tures of tfhe snake tribe in their moi(st I dlidtlt itay at that spiot long, because if WuitH nt't titortle. A fel low~ dotesn't nee tos b Aile ini a perpe'ltal c (old per'spira tioni int ttrdert toi thoroiughly enijty fish intg, buti t iteiow lit enni't help feeling I ti.t waty with ai tcoriie of snakes near hinii, atltoght a teni-foot str'eniin does flowv- betwetn. As .I ni,ved down the streini, the htg felloiw rattled and push edl out htis totigtte, but lie nlever nioved ant int'h. Thii (itly pt'eeptiblfe moition was tote tof the hiead, wvhichi (enabled himi to se itit Ibetter ' a Iiatoved away, and his lie kept tip unitil I paissedt (lit oif high t. TIi rie wits no regret, I tmay add1(, tin tithieir itle as we badL(e each other' farewell. ()hi wioifdttitt tell int thait there is nothfiing tiuiisia iin such til assentlage put ui witr wit hi inant, thety sotnehow iniigie to five on teriuis oif genieral good saki sit ij thteniselvyes. It is iallegedl that aL syinth tlet ic ctppitrhad will carry hetahntg hierbs to ai woundtiedh ratt,ler, tal though tlwtse sfieies sintetiies inteet ini fit'- fietest artit iniost dtloly colinbat; bit rfli ito ift ha is tiot ini thle wr'iter's miiemi itry. I iii lutt,w, hoiwever,' fhat on lish-1 aesitany r'odis itt eiach ofther. Whether whent nii weapjon was avilale, I have a/.i'.y f itt. ini tpite tif the I aintvetf iand monattisti( col Sof abovf e I [c0,0f , Ti heit n '-t i n Itl h 'I'I d if rnt hu''bins int nii li a wi h i-; t hI'ii' e lloe ot t z, I i - 'nil tio this onet fur ' vents hat hav bitae coileg ni tn h l i nnig oft thi t'iart. tAt sige iii (iihtelcirneriii of Vii tsin IEii tis . A\Ili t tine iii bieing~ iretl \lat h \tifi tft.t no i .i:jt l ware is treatyf ifor it i \ii ri it' , 'sii ng Inage ,an e huu S. ornz i risin Lalt ew'Frac. t 'LATFORM OF PRINCIPLES, Adopted by the State Wheel ('onVention. We, the Agricultural Wheel of the State of Arkansas in convention assem bled, now recognizing the fact that, as the State grows older, now issuet3 are born of time and progress, and old issues perish, But that the fundamental principles of Democracy, as approved by the united voico of the people remain, and will ever - remain, as the best and only security Jur ,) the continuation and maintenance of a free government by, and for the people,. we demand, in general terms, that the rights and privileges of the laboring peo ple shall no longer be trampled upon by monopoly, but shall be respected by all classes. Second-We demand that not' shall be done in the name of labor that will tend to destroy ca?ital or interfere in any way with its legitimate use or in crease. First,-In specific terms, we demand that the publc lands, the heritage of the people, be reserved for actual settlers, not another acre to railroads or specula tions, and that all lands now hold for speculative purposes be taxed at their full value. Second-The abrogation of all laws that do not bear equally upon capital and labor, and the removal of unjust technicalities, delays and discriminationu in the administration of justice. Third-That national banks be abol ished. Fourth-That the government issue its own money. Fifth-We demand that all money isrued by the government shall be a legal tender in payment of all debte, both public and Private. Sixth---Wo demand that the national debt shall be paid as fast as it falls due. Seventh-We demand that the govern ment shall issue legal tender paper money in sufficient quantities to transact the business of the country, on a cash basis. Eighth-We demand that the govern ment issue no more interest bearing bonds. Ninth--Wo denounce the financial policy of the present national adminis tration in hoarding and contracting the currency of the country, and demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold of the present weights and fine ness. Tenth-We demand that the tariff laws be so amended as to remove all im port dues on artich s entering into our manufactures and that the dues be levied mainly upon articles of luxuries not above the importing poiut. Eleventh-We demand that aliens bo prohibited from owning lands in the United States, and that after 1890 the government shall by purchase and right, of eminent domain obtain possession of all lands now held by aliens. Twelfth-We demand a graduated in come tax. Thirteenth-We demand the enforce ment of the constitution of our State in regard to free passes on railroads and unjust discriminations in freight and. passenger rates, the collection of back taxes duo by railroads; the enforcement. of the constitution in regard to lictitious. bonds issued by corporations; also the enactmeiit of a law that will enforce by adequate fines and penalties the payment of money due for stock killed by rail roads. Fourteenth-We demand the consoli dation of the State and national elec tions. Fifteenth--Ve demand such amend nents to the road law as will divide the burden equally between property and labor. Sixteenth --We favor thei submission :o the people of this State, for their iatification or rejection, an amendment, A) the constitution p)rohibiting the sale >f intoxicating liquors as a beverage. Sevenlteenth--We are unqualifiedly in aver of the education of the masses by well regulated system of free schools, Eighsteenth-WVeemand~( a usury law ~hat can be easily enforced and that will each all classes, so as to p)revenit the isurious plunidering of our peopl)o uinder leeds of trust and mortgages, or other wise. N ineteenth-WV,o dlemandl that the 'evenuie law be so anmended as to require schiedules of all p)ersonal p)roperty, and Lhat (lebts over the amount of ten dol are not returnled in tile schedule be out awed; in ease of mierchandiso, the total >f imvoice to he taken not mere than. hirty days before the time of assess nenlt; colrporationIs to be0 assessed at the lost, of construction, including equip nents or~ at the amout.t, the property nay b)o bonded and stocked at per mile, Tlwentieth--We favor a change in the nanner of assessing p)roperty so as to re juiro the assessmienits to 1)0 madlo by ownIshlip oflicers. Twenty-first-We demand the repeal >f the law by which the convict farms or lave pensl wvere created. Twenty-second-TIhat we opose the resent system (If working the convicta f the State, and are opp1osed to the >rmngmg (of convict labor into competi.. 10on with the honest or legitimate labor >f the farm, shop and manufactory. ThOMAs M. OwEN, Chairman. Committee-A. B. Hogard, Law enco; ,J. TP. Hlamboy, Cleburne; ,J. M. dlallett, Pope' (. WV. Dauson, Prairie; ohn Russ, White; A. F. Watson, Jack on; Thos. Hi. Carter, Pulaski; R. B.. 3arl Lee, Prairie; Samuel Murphy,. Ioone; S. S. Langley, Pike; W. W. Lill, Pope. Yellow Fever at tbeoS. New Out.e.N, Secpt. 2.-D)r. St.Ilomon, Secre'tary oIf the Board of 11tealth, returned( to-niight~ from hiloxi, onl the Gulf shore, and submiiitSt his report. There haIve been nineW (ases oIf sic'kneIss, andi the dilagnosls in each1 ea1se julstitled the experts in p)ronsouoe inig it yellow fever. Two (If the sick died onS Sundaily and1( tile other eight are conva lescen1t. A ne0w case broke oust to-day. Tfhe wife of Engineer Eider, of tile Can iingl Coipnly, hs talkenl the disease. All le sick were employed by tihe Canning :omp1anly. As soon1 as the deccision of the. ihy3stemnlhs was dIeclared( there was a regu ir exodusi from the towun. H undreds. onSr<kuA the~ trains for this city, some not. oppinig to pack their trunks, but abandon g everythmilg il their flight. Good thoughts, like rose leaves, aidways: lilt a sweet and( dielightful fragrance, and lingers around tile vase of meory liko Ie odor1 of someC nrecious floerm