The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, September 24, 1868, Image 1
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| THE SOUrH AMERICAN EARTHQUAKE.
The recent, earthquake in Peru is
the most disastrous that has happened
since the destruction of Caraccas
in 1812.' The figures are startling.
A score of cities are destroyed; sixhundred
persons drowned in one
place by a tidal wave; fifty thousand
lives lost; and half a million persons
without homes or shelter ' The thing
would spfim almost" incredible, were
it not for the well authenticated fact
that earthquakes have occurred in
various parts of the world which have
been attended- with far greater disas,
ter. The City of Antioch in Syria,
on the east coast of the Mediterranean,
was destroyed by an earthquake
May 30, A. D. 20-5, and two hundred
* and fifty thousand of its inhabitants
perished. In 1692, an earthquake
r occurred in Sicily, by which Catania
and one hundred and forty other
towns and villages were destroyed,
with a loss of one hundred thousand
lives. In 175G, Lisbon was almost
entirely destroyed by kn earthquake
which lasted only six^inuVes, and
sixty thousand persontfflSjpe drowned;
. . by the inundation ^f crusKpd
bv the falling w$k, or sw Up
-m ine great 3A*sbs whichopL , i
the earth. In 1759, an r$iinq?- j,n
convulsed ten $hoiIsa?d square-lead! c
^ ol Jauu in~oy7ia,,-4Qa?^aJT3,.tS5" (juties
- of DamascusVSdon^rSp^'^hlbeQ,
Aeon and Gaphat, and ^>poas>onHig
immoncu tnoo nf llfo ins>]?rfitirr fcwentV
l?uiuvtiw> 4VIJO V* ?UV) 4tiV^UV41i|^
thousand persons swallowed up in a
single valley. In 1812, the city of
Cajraccas, the capital of'Venezuela,
and one of the handsomest and most
flourishing eities of South America,
was vistea by an earthquake, which
laid the greater part of the city in
f ruins and destroyed twelve thousand
people.
The earthquake seems to have extended
north and south over a large
territory than any of those previously
recorded, reaching from New Greneda
to the Straits of Magellan, or from
the equator to 50? south latitude.?
From east to west the extent was
comparatively small, averaging about
one hundred miles. It covered the
whole region known as the Pacific
slope of South America, including
the mountain range of the Andes and
the narrow strip of territory lying
between them and the Pacific Ocean.
Quito, the largest and most generally
known of the cities which have suffered,
is the capital of Ecaudor, situated
in a mountain ravine ninety^five
hundred feet above the level of the
A [
sea. Its population was variously
estimated at from fifty to seventy
thousand. It was well built, and contained
handsome edifices, among
which were the cathedral, the town
the palaces of the archbishop and
^ president, and the Jesuit's college.?
- It also contained some large nianu*>
factories, and carried on a considerable
trade in breadstuff's. It has often
suffered from earthquakes, but
never before to so great an extent.?
Arequipa, the city which seems to
have suffered most by this dreadful
. .. calamity, is the "capital of the pro'
* vince of the same* name. It is said
to have been the most beautifully sitT.atcd
and best built city in South
America. On a high table land on
river Chili, forty miles from the Pacific,
and elevated seven thousand
pight hundred and fifty feet above the
f>ca, it possessed a delightful climate.
The population was estimated at
thirty five thousand. It had been
destroyed in whole or in great part
by earthquakes, on four previous occasions,
and, indeed, the whole rzgion
affected by the late earthquake
h . has suffered in the same way many
J times before. On one occasion, the
. ./seashore was permanently elevated
five or six feet above its former level.
t- . i ?-*1 r *1,?
i ^ iVnUily ililUbllUI 'Ji LUVJ UJUIIUUU'
V ed by the telegraph, is situated in the
j?. province of Monuegua, two hundred
.$*'piles south of Arequipa. It is one
of the principal maritime towns <
Peru, and the port through wliic
most of the trade of Bolivia is carrie
on. It was once a very flourishin
place, numbering over rliirty thousan
inhabitants ; but it is now reduced (
three thousand five hundred. TIi
Chincha Islands, which are. also mcr
tioncd as being visited by this cartl
. quake, are the celebrated guano i;
lands of Peru, about as far northwes
of Arequipa as Arica is south c
it. They arc three small island:
neither extending more than a mil
- i?:?
in any mrection, aim naving uu ji
habitants except the laborers employ
cd in digging the guano and loadin
the vessels.
The entire region devastated b
this terrific convulsion is traversed b
lofty mountain ranges, its.rivers ar
huge mountain torrents, headlong an
angry, its valleys often only the nai
row bottoms of huge chasms in tli
mountains, and its tab]e lands, wit
their productive soil and glorious cl
mate, would be the most attractiv
spots on earth, if it were not forthes
same direful visitations.to which the
are subject at irregular periods. Th
people are principally descendants c
the Spaniards and nearly all Oathc
lies. Their educational facilities fc
tlie commonalty are limited ; but the
possess colleges at wluch the wealth
? ' ! -! : ? 1
can oDtairi a 200(1 classical cuuwhiui
The silver mines and the manuiac
tures of wool and silk, are the chic
sourcesof employment; but the masse
of the people are not very industrious
their character being sensibly affect
cd by the peculiarities of the countr
in which they live.
It is a consolation, in reading 0
this heart-rending calamity, to ref.ee
thatj^r country is almost entire!
exemfPfrom such catastrophes, i
pleasant to know, that althoug
scarcely a month passes without a
earthquake occurring in some part c
the world, yet during the three cer
turics since the discovery of Am erics
of the territory covered by the Unite
States.?Charleston Daily News.
The Pulse.?Thepulseofahealth
growing person beats seventy time
in a minute. There may be goo
health down to sixty, but if the puis
always exceeds seventy there is dis
ease; the machine is working too fas
?it is wearing itself out; there is
fever or an inflamation somewhere
and the body is feeding on itself, a
in consumption, where the pulse i
always quick, that is, over seventy
gradually increasing with dccrcasei
chances of cure, until it reaches on
hundred and ten, or one hundred am
twenty, when death conies befor
many days. When the pulse is al
the time over seventy, and there i
even a slight cough, the lungs arc af
fccted.
Every intelligent person owes it ti
himself to learn from his family physi
J cian how to ascertain the pulse ii
health; then, by comparing it witl
what it was when ailing, be may hav
some idea of the urgency of his owi
case, and it will bean importantguid
| to the physician. Parents ought t
know the healthy pulse of each child
as now and then a person is born witl
a peculiar slow or fast pulse, and th
very case in hand may be that pc
culiarity. An infant's pulse is 130;
child of seven years about 80; fror
twenty to sixty years it is 70 beats
minute of declining to 00 at fourscore
There arc pulses all over whole body
but where there is only skin and botic
as at the temple, it is more easily fell
the wrist is the most convenient poinl
The feebleness or strength of the ben
is rint material. beinrr modified bv th
finger's pressure. Comparative rapid
it J is* the great point; near death iti
140 and over. A healthy pulse irr
parts to the finger a feeling as of
woolen string; in sickness it feels hart
er, like a silk thread; if there is ir
flamation, which is always dangcrou
; it beats fast, spiteful and hard, as
i a fine wire was throbbing against th
! finger. When the pulse beats irrej
| ulariy, as if it lost a beat, then hui
j ried to make it up, there is somcthin
| the matter jvith the heart. But, hov
j ever unnatural you may think t!
pulse is, do not worry aooutit, uik
nothing, do nothing except by tl
advice of an intelligent physician.
Jlalls Journal of Health.
"Your master at home?" "No, si
he's out." "Mistres at home ?" "Ni
sir, she's out." "Then I'll step in an
sit by the fire." "That's out, to
sir."
,f A CHINESE WEDDING.
ill A letter from the Chicago Tribune
id says :
g The second day of my sojourn in
d Canton afforded me permission to
o witness a Chinese marriage procession
ic and ceremony. I was passing through
i- one of the broadest narrow streets
i- when my ears were saluted by a blast
i- from a number of horns similar to
?t those blown through the streets of
>f American cities by half-grown boys
*, on Christmas Eve. I > asked of my
Ic guide the meaning of the r.oise, and
i- was informed that it was a wedding
r- procession. I accordingly stopped
g for the purpose of obtaining a good
sight of tho novel procession. First
y there came fouvteoh hornblowcrs,
y dressed in long, flowing scarlet gowns
e and black hats. These were mar-,
d shalled by a fellow who marched by
r- their side, carrying in hi$ hand a
e short sword. lie was dressed in a
h similar manner, with the exception
that his lint was red and his garments
e wlr'tc. These were followed by a
e party carrying a roasted hog upon a
y table; then came a table covered with
e sweetmeats, a third one covered with
>f fruits, fourth with roasted poultry of
)- every description, a fifth with a sheep,
ir the wool of which had been shaved
y off, which ever and anon bleated in a
y most melancholly manner. These
i. tables were carried by persons drcssed
in white gowns,' with the black
f skull cap so popular in China..
s About one hundred persons follow>,
ed, dressed in gay colors, and then
> came a sedan chair of the most gor7
geous description. It was carried
by four virgins dressed in white and
*' ' - * * *? *1 .
it red. Immediately Demnu me cuair
it walked thc; bride carrying in her
y hand a su^all package. She kept
s her eyes bent upon the ground, lookh
ing neither to the right or left. Imn
mediately behind her followed two
>f women carrying small packages in
i- their hands, and behind them were a
t, dozen virgins scattering joss paper
? |rl ,OTT dir.G^tion-. ^hese were foL
d were riding in chairs, and surrounded
by a body guard, who scattered bits
of paper throughout the street. A
y number of other chairs brought up
s the rear.?Every few yards the pro?s
d cession would halt for a moment and
e receive the congratulations of those
i- in the street; it would then move for,t
ward to the blast of the horns,
a * The scene was a novel one, and I
|, determined to see its termination;
therefore I informed my guide of my
s determination, and we turned and
. followed . the procession. Passing
J through a number of streets, the pro0
cession at last halted in front of a
1 large house, which I afterwards
' vl _ i
2 learned was me nuusu </i iuuuhu^
I groom. The door opened, and the
s parents of the latter came forth, ac*.
- companicd by a number of persons
dressed in blue, and taking the*bride
a by the hand, led her into the house,
- and into a large room, in the centre
i of which, seated on a mat was' the
h bridegroom waiting to receive her.?
e She seated herself on the mat beside,
1 him, and remained there without sayc
ing a word until the entire procession
2 had crowded into the room. The
, parents of the happy couple then had
h a sort of pow-wow, which the guide
c could not explain. The parents of
of the bridegroom then paid the sum
a of money to the parents of the girl,
n The women who had accompanied
a the bride now advanced to her, and
- taking hold of her hair unplaited it
'j and combed it out. They prepared
S a mixture, with which they annointcd
> : her hair, after which they proceeded
t. j to redress it; this time, however, in
t j the style in which married women wear
c it. Having completed the capillary
I-) labors, they proceeded to remove a
is j portion of dress and substitute for it
' ' < i-i- ?i? :
' ] a rooc 01 n u;i.rK uuiui. xiiisiiiiviug
a.! been done, all who were in the room
1- advanced to tlie happy couple and
i-! addressed them, saying many pleasis
| ant complimentary things. The least
if that had been prepared was now
ie brought into the room, and the work
; of devouring it began. The doors of
r- the house remained open till night?
fall, a*Ml the hcrn-blowcrs stood in
front of it, tooting wijh all their
ie might, for the purpose of conveying
' information to the public that a wed*
ic ding was progressing, and inviting
them to enter the house and bestow
their congratulation upon the happy
couple.
r
-1 \
o, i A sporting man being solicited to
id insure his life, replied: . Ile'd be
o,: banged if lie' play any game where
he had to die to win.'
I rspjuxt of 3 trk Election in
* MAlilfe' Tii'e Radicals will of course'
Qiakeri 5asperate effort fo frighten
the timfdv^jh the' result" of the election
in Maine. There is nothing in
the vote which should discourage
Dem<n?ats. The Republican majority
iirfeat State at no time wince the
Presidential election of 1856 has been
less lhan 22,000,. as wc will show
from -Vie actual results. In every
election occurring since then, it has
aver^gfld,at this figure:
Frcemont's majority over
Buchaffin was 58,090, and yet"with
the w jre vc?c m? New Engird again'st
him, that of Ohio by 16,VC23,
New?!York giving Freement a majority
of$0*129, Pennsylvania a majority
irr hii-favor of only 208 ov^r both
Frecrn^nt and Fillmore, he was elect- 1
ted "^resident - /
J1860 Maine gave Lincoln a
majority over the combined vote, of
hislfcee opponents of 27,608. Jfir
186* his majority over McClelTaft *
u-n.4 'SI512*2. - In the State election of
1864 ihe Radical majority was "19,180
1863- ; " *1 ' 25,821 .
1866 " u 27,690
1807. . " " 11,842
j From the abov^; statement of the
resort in six general elections, it will
be .^n that the average majority is
* TheYeturnsas far as received from
the Election on the 14tfl -show a gaUf
on the Democratic vote of last year
of nearly 50 per Oent., while the Republican
gain is less than 20. In
; 18617 the Democrats polled within
It A/frt CA. ??of |
1,U0U 01 Uie Illgntatt vuic uvci v/uau JU
theTStatc, while the Republican vote,
in consequence of local causes, fell
short of 1806 nearly 20,000. In
1868, while the Republicans are
scarcely up to their average >(ote, the
Democrats have gained several thou*
sand; As far as heard from last
yjgiff the Radicals had not quite 70
percent, of the whole vote cast,
while this year it is less than 60. If
tfey^canvdraw any comfort from the
' yinlnyrnfl"11' n-h-lhurn tlinm tn
doutrtrtd enjoyment.
R. F. Wiiittemork.?The subjoined
extract from a letter published
in the Watchman of yesterday, j
t gives a graphic description of this i
Radical leader. We have Been the [
original letter, and know the gentle- J
mart to whom it was written.
When a party is led by such peo-j
pie as this man and many others of ,
his type, we can form a pretty just
opinion of its merits
j\ t the North there may he some
respectable men among the Radicals j
- -with them it is simply a political ! i
livision?but at the South the par- 11
nnrl ifa lnmlrtl-a nrn .llihn l;Pnf>!Lt.ll !
contempt:
Boston, Mass., Sept. 11,18|G8.
* * * "Yours of the 2nd instant,
was duly received. The delay
in answering lias been that I
might look up the antecedents of that ^
thief and scoundrel B. F. Whittemore.
I find that about twelve yaars ago he J
was employed in this city as salesman
by a dealer in lamps and gas
fixtures. In about eleven months he I
stole about five thousand ($o,000)
dollars. Was caught at it, arrested
and locked up for four days. .His '
friends came forward and offered to
make good the loss, if the parries
would not appear against him. The
man refused to receive the money ]
i from his friends, but offered to let
' him go if he would make a written
j confession of the whole matter over ,
: his own signature, lie acceded to
the proposition, wrote out arv/1 signed
the document, and it was witnessed
by some well-known gentlemen of
; this city, and that paper is still in
i existence, and can be produced if
J required, and;I should not be sur1
prised if lie hears from it before many
j "After this I lose sight of him for
i a while, but I think lie went to Callj
fornia. After a time, however, lie
; turns up as a clerk for Messrs. ,
i Iron Founders. lie was with some
I them sometime, and according to their
j statement to rac, he robbed them of
a large amount of money?they don't
j state the amount?but it was larger
j than the first operation. They lcicki
ed him out and let him gout large,
because lie was a relative of theirs.
"I next find him a Chaplain in the
, army and you know enough of his history
since. During all this time I hear
of a great many disreputable acts of
his i:i connection with women, gainblsng,''ikc.,
&c., but have not had time
to trace them down so as to give facts,
&c\, but shall continue my mvcstiga-1
' tions, and you will hoar from me fur
I
ther on the subject. You are-Kt liberty
to use this as ' it may seem to you
proper. %i t.
' -# $- : '
v MrBrbckinridoe.?Of John CL
Breckinridge the Observer andEtin
porter, of. Lexington, Ky.^saysf^S
"There seems to be a prospect oP
the return of,thia son of Kentucky to
his homo1 and friends. The telegraph
announces that three of his personal
friends, Judge Alyjn .DtoYall, Frank
Hunt, Esq., and- Hon. J. B. Beck,
are now^visitinghim in Canada, with
\ view of inducing hjm, if possible,
to make applicatioii to the President j
of the United States for a pardon, so
that he can return to his native State.
It is stated that the time for filing an
indictment for treason against tnose
irlirt novtininntVifT in tllP lilt/1 Wftl" fnr
Con federate irideperid en ce lias -passed
by liraitMion tof the law,, and even if
it had not, tlio President can pardon
all wh&ppply to him,-excepting oniy
such as'are now under indictment or
conviction. . (The day when General
Breckinridge can return to- us in
safety will, not be more: joyful
to hiin than thousands who loye and
honor the exiled- soldier and statcs?
????
Edmund Burkf/s Idea of a Perfect
Wife.?She is handsome, but
it-is not a beauty arising from the
features, from complexion or shape.
She has all three fa a high degree,
but it is not by these she touches the
heart?it is all that sweetness of tem
? 1-- ? ?nnAAAnaa ATI/1 o/m .
per, ueuevuicueu, jui^vuuwv ?uu oousibility
which a face can express, that
forms her beauty. She has a face that
j list arouses your atten tion at first sight
it grows upon you at every moment^
and you wonder it did rfot more than
raise, attention at first. Her eyes
have a mild light, but they avro when
she pleases, they command,like a good
man out of office,, not by authority, but
by virtue. Her stature is not tall;
she is not ^nade to be the admiration
of evetr one, but tho happiness of
? ?4m 1?. .1 " * * -inn
not exclude delicacy?all of tho softness
that does not imply weakness.?
Her voico is soft, low music, not formed
to rulo in public assemblies, but
to charm those who can (Jistinguish a
company from a crowd ; it has its advantage,
you.must come close to hear
it. To describe her body, describes
her mind?one is the transcript of
the other. Her understanding is not
shown in the variety of matter it exerts
upon, but*the goodness of the
choice she makes. Her politeness
flows rather from a natural disposition
to oblige, than any rules on that
subject, and, therefore, never fails to
strike those who understand good
breeding and those who do not.
Lockjaw, or Tetanus, has long been
one of the most formidable symptoms
ensuing upon certain kinds of wounds,
and it has sometimes baffled all the
resources of surgical and medical art.
At last, however, a remedy has been
discovered that completely conquers
it. Chloroform is the benificent agent.
The method of application is
by placing a cloth saturated with the
fluid along the entire spinal column,
and preventing evaporation by covering
the cloth with oiled silk. This is
done whenever the patient feels the
tetanic paroxysm approaching. It
averts spasms and causes the patient
to.sitjk into a sweet refreshing slumber,
which may lead to rapid convalescence.
The inhalation of chloroform
has hitherto been tried, but with
success only when complete anesthesia
wa9 produced.
?
Remedy for a Bone Felon,?AVc
have been handed the following rerady
for this painful affliction. The
gentleman who handed it to us has
tested its efficacy with success: |
'As soon as the pulsation thatir^ :
dicates the disease is felt, put dk^s:i;
ly over the spot a fly blistor^njut
the size of a five cent piec^-undkeep
it on for six or eight hours, at the
expiration of which time,
under the surface of the blister, wiffi
be found the felon,, easily taker^dftt
with the point of a lance or ncedlo^gjjjj
(JJiartcxton Courier.
Those we Love.?At all times,
in this wintry life, the presence of
those we love is like a gleam of sunshine
through the clouds, lighting up
one particular spot amid the.shadows,
and giving luster and warmth and
loveliness to all beneath the ray.?
The passing gleam still seems brighter
than the full sunshine.
. A Word jo-Boys.?Who kre- ~ vj
spected ? It who conducts
himselfjMUi$b nest, diligent *
and t>Mi It is the
king an v rt contin;
iu i 'bey
w'vJ*
h
- ! l-u!.:-.., .<*
Voy who
improve himsti ,< /
wisdom cverv
v^~jQ?329!9HH^HH^9
active i o enueavouriiig<?HWHBB|H|^^HHH
towards-otliers. Sh o
obeys his parents, who is^HGgg
wlin Vioc rncrumt fn? -JL J
ir uu nuo 1V/I 21UU j
not respected 'and beloved bj&eva|H ^
one, then there is no sucb tiling as^B pj
truih in the world.
Learn to Wait.?Of aft lessons .-^^P
that humanity has to learn in life's
school, the hardest is to 'canripWait.
Not to wait with the folded hands .
that claim life's prizes without pre-r
! -vious effort, but having struggled antl
crowded the slow years with trial, . ^ )
pee no such result as effort seems to - *
warrant?nay perhaps, disaster in*
i stead. To stand firm at such critfea >
lof existence,. to preserve one's self- .
Eoise and self'respcct, not to loose ,
old, or to relax effort, this is great- ' ,
ncss, whether the eye of the world
notes it, or it is recorded in that bdfek
whieh the light of eternity shall alone i ;
makeclear the vision.
The New York Tims of the 15th
argues that because the southern
whites are not disfranchised in the
reconstructed States ''no permanent
injustice" has been done to them.?
Bat the same paper claims that permanent
injustice has been done to
the Georgia negroes in excluding them
from office, although they, too, are
voters. The. privilege of voting is f
sufficient for fno whites* but negroes
must have the right to hold office! >. <:'T
Thousands of whites are still pro^
f-?^
southern States. . r
< ? '(
A .TOFF ON flTTTT.T.R W? aatn h t
? l? V QlfIT W 0
darkey on West Walnut street, yesterday,
with about the worst case of
chills we ever heard of. His teeth
were tattering like a reaper under
a full headway. He was eating a c
watermelon on a curb stone and some ,
one told him that eating would give
him the chills. He lootced up, Jwith rJ
his mouth half full and a slice in each .
hand, and shivered out: "Dis is de ;
way I tuck de chills, eating dese things. .
I got dc chill on me now, boss; and
I likes watermillions better'n I duz. '
do chills, kaso dar aint no danger ob- .
it making mc shake wus'n I duz.?
I'll eat dis'n ef I dies 'fore I git to. '
de rines." We left him "fighing
it."?Louisville Democrat.
... ,,{
Why arc good resolutions like faint* r
ing ladies ? Because they want carry- r
ing out. , . r
The new moon reminds one of a
giddy girl, because she is too young
to show much reflection.
Fanny Fern objects to men shedding
tears ; she says it is an infringemcnt
on woman's most valuable "wa- , ?
ter privileges."
Flattery corrupts both the receiver
and the giver; and adultation is
not of raoro service to the people than , "7
to kings.
Zealous men are ever displaying to
you the strength of their belief, wL '
judicipus men are showing you
grounds of it.
Never set yourself up \
cian fust because you scA a drum in
your oar: nor because you are out
out itf" r. school teacher merely Ivsb
you 'have a mftul in fjovt c-y .'am,
js the price
of tbq plied the honest shop- / .
"Oh, $tivcn dollars," replied the \ j'y
lady? sharply; I'll give you five."
? .^ohthe's mother said of herself:
Order and quiet are my character-.
istics. I despatch at once what I have?
to do, the most disagreeable always.
first and I culp down tho devil without
looking at him. I always seek out
what is good in people, and leave
what is had to him who made man- ,
kind, and knows how to round off.
the angles."