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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. A TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE! DUB VOM I. UEbTHUOTION OF I'ROPH ITV AMI III MA> LIFB. Charleston VUlled i>y n Calnmlty fnprevrtleni. c?l In All lu History-PnrttcutoM ?if !?.<. I) rt-ml lo I Occurrence. The earthquake shook experienced in different pinta of tho Ntato on tho night | of Tuesday tho ?J 1st ult., was Mt with dreadful offeets in thooityof Charleston. Tho loss of property AMIS dreadful, ono estimate putting it as high as five mil lions of dollars-actual and incidental. One report states that there ure only one j hundred houses loft altogether uninjur ed. This is perhaps au exaggeration, but it is safe to say that tho number of buildings injured will include the larger portion of the structures in tho city. Twenty buildings, in different parts of I the city, were destroyed by fire caused | by tho overturning of lamps. Below will bc found nu interesting account of | the disaster, taken from thc telegraph reports to the daily ?.?ess: OUABLBSTON, H. C., September L. The compositors of the News and Couri er decline to work to-night, expecting fresh shocks of earthquake, and thc paper cannot issue to-morroAV, The fel lowing article was prepared for publica tion in the News and Courier, ,<1 i.-, telegraphed almost in the writ? own words, necessarily tho only d< .kption that can be given of the di Bast r which has befallen our city, ft consists in the narration of experiences and observa tions of individuals, and tho subject be ing tho samo and tho experiences of all being nearly alike, tho ?tory told by one careful observer may well stand for an hundred others, w ith slight variations. Probably tho best idea that can bo had of the character of the disturbance, ther? fore, may bc obtained from a nar ration of the events and scenes ol Tu? day night as they were presented to a single person while engaged in bis usual duties in the second story room of tin Nows and Courier office. At tho time of the first shock the writer's attention was vaguely attracted by a sound which seemed to come from the ellice below, and which was supposed for a moment to bo caused by the rapid rolling ?>t a heavy body, as an iron safe or heavily laden truck, ovci the floor. Accompa nying the sound there was a perceptible tremor of tlie building, not more mark ed, however, than would bo caused by the passage of a strei t car or dray along the street. For perhaps two or three seconds the occurrence excited no sur prise or comment, 't hen, by swift do 8rees, or, perhaps, all at once, it is ifflcult to say which, tho sound deep ened in volume, the tremor became moie decided, the car caught the rattle of window sashes, pis fixtures, ami other loose objecta. Tho men in thc office, with perhaps a simultaneous Hash of the recollections of tho disturbance of the Friday before, glanced hurriedly at each other, ami sprang to their teot with startled questions and answers, "What is that?" "Earthquake!" And then all waa bewilderment and confusion. The long roll deepened au?! spread into n.'i awful roar, that seemed to per vade at t/nco the troubled earth and still air above and around. The tremor was) now ? rude, rapid quiver, that agitated the whole lofty i4long-walled building as though it were la ing shaken by tho hand <if an immeasurable power, willi tho tent to tear its joint? asunder and scatter it? stone and bricks abroad ns a tree casta ita ripi ned fruit before tho breath of the gale. There was no intermission in thc vibration of tho mighty subterranean engine. From first lo lost it was u con tinuous jtr, only adding force at ev? ry moment; and as it approached and reached tho climax of ita manifestation, it soomed for a fow terrible seconds that no work of human hands could possibly survive. Floors woro under foot, tho surrounding walls and partitions visibly awi? ved to and fro, thc crash of fulling massed of stone and brick ami mortar was overhead und without; ii terrible roar tilled tho cars and Boom o I to till tho mind und heurt, dazing perception, be wildering thought, and for a few pant ing breaths, or while you held your breath in dreadful anticipation of imme diate and cruel death, you f.dt that lifo was already past, and waited for thc end am the victim with his hoad on tho block awaits thc fall of the up lifted axe. ii is not given to many n.en to look in tho face of tho Destroyer ami yet live, but it is little to say that the gang of I strong men who shared the experience | Above faintly described will curry with them recollections of that .tupi? me mo mont to their dying day. No one ox iiected to escape. A sudden rush was simultaneously made to endeavor lo attain the open un and fleo to a place of safety, but before the ?loor was reached all reeled togotlior to thc tottering ivall and stopped, feeling that hope was vain; that it was only a question of death in tho building or without, to bo buried by the sinking roof or cniahod by toppling walls. Tho nproar slowly died away in tho seeming distance. Tho earth was still, and oh! the blessed relief of that Btill nees! But how rudely the ?ilonce was broken. As wo dashed down the stair way and out into tho street, already, on ov.^y ""do, aroso shrieks, cries of pain and 'oar, prayers and waitings of tern lied wome? ?a*1 children, commingled with tho boar^i* ?bouta of excited men. Ont in tho stre8fc 1,1(5 ftir WU8 (" ""' howlit of a iK'nso with a whiteish cloud of dry, stilling ihuit, from tho hmo and mortar and shatteiT! VOUOUTJ, which, falling upon tho pavement and steno roadway, had l*on reduced to iMiwder. Through this olond, dense fm fog, tho ga? lights flickered dimly, shedding bat Jittlo light, so that jon stumbled at every step over piles of brick, or lacarno on tangled in the linos of telegraph wires that depended in every direction from their brokon supporta. On overy side wore hurrying forms of mm .?nd women, bareheaded, partially dressed, some almost nude, and many of whom wero crazed willi fear or excite ment. fUro ? woman is supported, half fainting, in the arms of huslmnd, who vainly toils to eootMC her, while ho car rios her into tho onon apace nt tho street corner, whoro present safety Booms ' insured. Thero o woman lies on the pavement, with upturned face and out stretched limbs, und tho crowd passes ber by for tho time, not pausing to sec whether she be ulive or dead. A sudden light Hames through a win dow overlooking the street; it)becomes momentarily brighter! and thc cry of lire resounds from the multitude A rush is mudo towards the spot. A man is seen, doubled up and helpless, against u well; but at this moment, somewhere out at sea, overhead, deep in the ground, is hoard again tho low, ominous roll, which is already ton woll known to be mistaken, lt grows louder nod nearer, like the growls of a wild beast swiftly approaching Iiis prey, and all is forgot ten again in tho frenzied rush for open space, where alone tbcro i.s hope of security, faint though it bo. Tho tall buildings on either hand blot out tho skies and stars, ami seem to > overhang every foot of ground between thom; the .shattered cornices and copines, tho tops of their frowning walla, seemed piled from both sides to tho centre of the street, lt seems that a touch would now send the shuttered musses left stand ing down upon the people below, who look up to them and shrink together us tho tremor of the earthquake again passed under them, and tho mysterious reverberations swell and roll along like some infernal drum-boat summoning them to die. And it pussod away, and again is experienced the blessed feeling of delivoranco from tho imponding calamity, which, itniuy well be believed, evokes a mute but earnest ottering of mingled prayer and thanksgiving from every heart in the throng. Again, far along the street, and up from alleys that lead into it from either side, is heard that chorus of wailing and lamentation, which, though it had not closed, was scarcely noticed a moment before. lt is a dreadful Bound-tho sound of helpless, horror-stricken human ity, old und young, strong and feeble alike, when all are SO feeble, calling for help from their fellow creatures and raising their anguished voices in petition tn Heaven for mercy, where no human aid could avail. lt is not u scene to bo described by any mortui tongue or pen. It is not a scene to be forgotten when it has been witnessed, and when tho witness has shared all its danger und felt all its agony. The first shock occurred at seven minutes of 10, as was indicated this morning by the public clock's hands, all nf which had stopped at that fateful hour, as though to make an end of thu time for so many who heard the 'preced ing hour pealed forth by St. Michael's chimes without thought but of lo ig und happy lifo. The second shock, which was but a faint and crisp echo of the first, was felt eight minutes later, As it passed away tho writer started homeward, to fud tho seem s enacted on Broad street around tho News and Courier office repented ut OVOry step of tho way. St. Michael's steeple towered high und white above the gloom, teemingly uninjured. The station bouse, a massive brick building aemss tho street, hud npparently lost its roof, which bad f?llen around it. A little further on, tho roof of the portico of Hibernian Hull, a handsome building in the Grecian style, had crashed to the ground, carrying down part of tho mas sive granite pillars with it. All the way up Mooting street, (which, in respect of its genernl direction und importance, may be culled the Broadway of Churles from top? of walis. in passing tho Charleston Hotel, which, to carry out the comparison above indicated, occupies ti.e position of Stewart's up town store in New York, tho third shock was felt, about ten minutes after tho second, and of course caused tho greatest alarm in that neigh borhood, OS elsewhere. At Minion Square, corresponding ex actly with Union Square, New York, a great crowd hud collected, ns even tho edges of tho w ide spaces embraced in it cnn ld not bo reached by the nearest building in tho ovont of their full. From this crowd, composed of men, women and children of both ruees, uroso inces sant culls and cries and lamentations, while over the motley, half*drossed throng was shod tho lurid light of a con flagration which lind brokon nut just be yond the squaro immediately after the first shook, and hod now wholly envel oped several buildings in flames. In three quarters of tho town at the same time similar large fires were ob served under full headway; and thc awful significance of the earthquake may be most fully appreciated, perhaps, when it is said thut, with these, trusnendous fires blazing up nil ut once around them und threatening the city with total de struction, the people whom you met on tho streets or saw gathered together in groups in Opon places evidently did not give them a thought. No one watched the ruddy flame or pillar of cloud rising high into thc still night air. All were tod intent on listening with strained sen sil foi* thc dreaded recur renee of that liorriblo growl or groan of the power un der thc goos and tuidor thu land to giyo thought to tho wow terror, though it had threatened his ow* homo and many homes in the doomed c(iy. Crowds poured in from oveqr direction to tho squuro just described, os though it hod boen? indeed, a charmed circle, and lifo depended on passing within its grassy bounds. Street oars, carriages and other vehicle? wero ranged Ju lipes on tho stroots surronudinfj tho square, while horses stood stoek still with turned heads, as though sniffing tho ground in anxious inquiry. Tho colored jHioplo everywhere were loud and incessant in their declamations of alarm, in tho singing of hymns and in fervent appeals /or God's rooroy, in which appeals, Ood knows, many a proud heart who board them arising m j the night and in the hour of His won- j i i mus might, devoutly and humbly and siuooroly joined. Danger brings all of as to the lovel of tho lowliest. Thoro wors Up distinctions of placo, or power, or pride, or costo in tuc assem blage* thai wore gathnro . togothor in ( 'hurloston on Tuesday night. It was a curious spec toole to look lwiok upon. It is a good on? t? remombor, for white and black aliko. TW/> wero instance* of unselfish dovotion, of kind m..! Joving regard between master and sorvant, mbitressand maid, h> tho presence of common ill and vt tiW threatened ruin, 111 nt showed, as nothing elsi! could I show, J>ow strong is tho tie that hinds our white people and our hhiek people ( OgotllOt; and this lesson of the dread vi Siltation we may hope, too, will never bo forgotten. A rrived at bin home, the writer found the t 'line scenes of destruction and wreck which marked nearly every other home in the city. All tho houses in the ne-igh borhoo '1 had sulVercd BOriously, and street.-?, Yllrdfl and gordons were lilied with fallen? chimneys and fragments of walls, whh'o the walls that were left standing w WO rent asunder, in many cases, from top to bottom, ami were badly shatter.WI in every instance. Women am.1 children, roused from their aleep or i itorniptod in their eve ning pursuits by the sound of ruin being effected abovo and around them, rushed out into the stree, s and huddled together awaiting' tho end, \"hatovor it might be. Invalids were brought out on mattresses and deposited on the roadway. No thought was given to Hu- treasures h it bobina" in Hie effort to save the peculiar treasure of lifo it si !f, suddenly become so precious in tho eyes of all, thc invalid woroon and robust man alike, Until long after midnight the streets wen- libed with fugitives in sight of their homes. Through the long hours that followed few were tho 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 approach of day ap pear so beautiful and SO welcome! to the eye as they appeared to the thou sands of people wno hailed thom this morning from the midst of tho countless wrecked homes in our thrico-SCOUrgcd and still patient, still brave, still hopoful ami still beautiful City by the Sea. C'nAltliBSTON, S. C., .September 2. Tho people are gradually taking account of tho details of tho injury worked by tin- earthquake, and the list of damages to property is startling. A limited sec tion in the south of the city is ti sample of tho whole. Standing at tho postofHoo, ami looking Wont, an almost impassable roadway of debris meets the eye. Most of the build ings on the street are more or less dam aged, but the violence of tho earthquake is most perceptible at tho historic inter section of Brood and Meeting stree I.s. Tin: police station is almost a complete wreck. The upper edge of the- wall has been torn down ami that of tho north wall has fallen on the- roof of tho porch, carrying it away and h aving only tin large! tinted pillara standing. Tin- City Hall apparently escaped seu-i ems dumagO, but is bailly crackeel em the east wall. The ('oort House building is badly damaged, the.- wain be ing cracked in Bovoral places and port ions ed' tho roof and gables being thrown down. Tho Fire Proof building sectus to stunt! as a rock. The! gable s e>f the north ami south porches, however, made ed sediel brow l?stenle-, have he-ell tlirOWll bi tho pave ment be low. I bis appears to be- the only iliuutigo elono to tho builel ing. The worst wrcok in the locality, how ever, is St. Michael's Church* which scorns to bo doomed to destruction. Thc ste e ple-, tho repairs on which hail just been comploted, scorns tei bo intact, bul it is nearly emt of plumb and is in mo llie utary danger of falling. Thfl massive porch has been wrecked from tho body td tht! church anil the building has bi-en crocked in four places. Ono crack in thc north wall extends from the eaves to thc lower windows; two on tho we st foco of tho church OXteud tho e ntire height of the! building, and om- on the- south wall alse> oxtends from the oavos down almost to the foundation. The-se- cracks aro all immediately under tho steeple, which it seems almost impossible- will shuni foi any length of time. Tin; hands on the top of the clock pointed to live minuted of 10 o'clock, which must buvo boon the hour of the! first shock em Tuesday night. What a SCOnO of tit-sedation the; fash ionable boulevard of ( iharloston pre souls Commencing at Broad street, ono passen through ii block e>f burned houses, iiu fire-, starting at No. UH, the- third build ing from the corner of Broad streot, en tho oast side, consumed tho entire row of buildings us fur north ns Tully's oh stand, next to the '?uukcr graveyard The few houses left on that side of the street aro moro or less shattered am gutted. The few house-son the west sidoof the stree t north of Hrexid street have m> OSCoped the general fate, although Hu damage is not as great as in other por tiona of tho street. Tho immense vacan lot on the west sido of the street is oeeu pied by families who lived in tho burnei houses, anti who are camped out on Un sward with tho few household effect saved from the flames. There is a rather more cheerful feelini to-night, but no senso of security wil repair the shuttered houses and renei tho mined homes. Oilers of assistant" are coming from different quarters, am it is expected that the City Council wil organize a relief Committee to-morrow Xlespite tho loss by tho earthquake Charleston is in as good position ns eve for tho trunsuotiou of the usual outturn trude. There is ample warehouse um wharf room, tho compresses aro in trir and merchants und factors are ready t deal exiie-ditiously with all business thu otters. This statement is made to corree: on existing erron?e HIM impression tim tho commercial facilities of tho port ar impairctl. Tjast night tho old scones of fright an fear woio enacted in the publie se pin re and parks. Fmil women, some ed thoi almost deael ami infant.; in arms, wer elrivon to tho necessity of spending th night oj) tho simare with only such coi i-i mg as could i,e improvised by tho us of blankets, shawls and sheetu, In man of tho sepiores. notably at ",Vashingto I 'a rle, tho frigid and annoyance to thei people wera l^reMerj by tho excrucia ing re-1 ?gienm performances of the colore people who orowdod tho parks, 1 Wnsldngton Park theso were lod by tw negro men with stentorious voicos, wh shouted and yoliod and shrieked um long after 1 o'clock in tho murnini T'hey wore asked to eh sud, ?r Ot least I conduct their M I vice s in ? a h an bedsit ona manner, hut refused to do H. liomonstroifces oh tho part of some gm iii men proel i ie?-d very msdloht replies e thc port of 0 number of negro rong) ? ho shored In tho conduct of tho mee i'ngi and who loudly and boisterous! protested that they would moko os muc noise as they pleased, and that no inter ruption would bo allowed. Tho night wore on slowly and painful ly. At 11.60 p. m. u heavy earthquake passed through the city. Its coming was presaged by quite a number of ex plosions, dim and disbud, which com menced to be heard fully five minutes before the vibration was telt. Tho wave was somewhat more pronounced than the two which had preceded-ono at 8.20 a. m. and tho other ut .0.15 p. m.-und us it passed by to the northwest there followed sounds which indicated falling walls or buildings. This was tho lust vibration lust night. Soon niter it hud passed a man ap peared und advised tho people to go to their houses, stating that he was tho only scientific mun in the city and that he was authority for the statement that there would be no more shooks. This advice was unheeded, very few people, leaving the ground. At daybreak there was a movement, and us the sun rose and as there had been no additional vibrations, many ol the people pulled lip their teids and de parted to their shattered homes, ill tia earnest hopo that they had participated in their last picnic ill the park. During tho progress of the lire in King' near Broad street, on Wednesday morning, a woman who occupied thc second lloor of one of the burning build ings, tied her infant child in a feuthei bed and threw it from u window to thc ground. The child was unhurt. No damage of consequence is report?e OU tho BOO islands. The following is the official list ol those who were killed by the earthquake or have since died from their injuries: Wiirra.- -Peter Powers, Mrs. O. B Barker, Ainsley ll. Hobson, Hobt. Alex ander, Ohas. Albrecht, 13, P, Mcynardie Patrick Lynch, Annie Torek, Mrs Mnchaol Aurons and (oddie Ahrons, i child of Mrs. Barnwell. Conoitim.-Thos. Wilson, Win. Denk Anna Glover, Z. Sawyer, Wm. (?rant Alex Miller, Jos. Itodoff, 1 faunal Smalls, Marie Barnwell, Maria Barnwell Jos. Brown, Angelic Davids, EugOllil Huberts, Robert Hcdoff, Omeo Fleming Llosa Murray, oliver McKolboy, Join Cook, Clarissa Simmonds, Hannah Har ris, Sarah Middleton, Bebeeca Ward John Cook, Sera 13, Sawyer, u colore? baby, Mrs. David of (>H Nassau street died i three-quarters of an hour from nervou shook. A special report from Moimi Piensan ..-ays that u sink near tho German Clime which on Tuesday was perfectly dr sand, is now full of fresh water. Ned Shell street then? is a cabin occupied b a colored man that is surrounded b yawning chasms, extending through th earth's : urface for ten feet and over. A around this there are sinks of fros water and masses ot mud with queel looking soft substances that have neve been seen before. lt is contended b ninny that the mud and other substance found around tho village aro volcan matti r. .Inst after the first great shock < Tuesday night there was a decided ali distinct smell of escaping sulphuric ac: gas over tho entire village. Tho sine lasted throughout the night. Not far from Charleston, on the roi to Summerville, extensive mounds i clay were thrown up, and hillocks i sand, in most eases in the shape (d' i verted cones, thc hollow part of whi< had evidently been formed by the acth of water returning into the depths fro which it had been raised. The i vidonci s of a great COllVulsh are not sporadic. They extend far ai ncr, in every direction, from tin- ci limits of Charleston to Summerville, ai at the latter placo it was found fro trustworthy information that cracks ai fissures ure everywhere visible for mil and miles around. Strangely 011OU( some of these wc re in active opcrutio .md the constant shocks that were fe at Summerville sent the wate r out these tissures in jeds lo a height eif fro fifte en to twenty fee t. Tho horror ol the- situation in Sui morville on Wedne sday was much ?ute: siflcd by certain manifestations that wc not observed in Charleston to any gre extent. All during tin- day there, was constant series of detonations, now e a now west, anil from all possible elire tiem.s. It resembled the disohargo heavy guns at intervals of about t minutes, and was like* the soumis of bombardment nt a gn at distance ? of tho explosions wero not accompani by tremors of the e arth, as it was ol occasionally that tin- earth would ?pia from subterranean discharges. A remarkable fact wns i flited in Sn mel ville in respect tei the bulging of t water from tin1 interior of tho ear Nearly of the wells bael been nt 1 water. Thoro was u Budden rise in these wells, und the additional water v pure. In St. Androw's Pariah, for ten mi on the other side of the Ashley Bi brielge, the country is cut up by sn fissures and mud holes of from un ii te two feed in dinmotor, People 1 i vi in the parish say that the mud ami wa boiled up from live- to ten feet in belg and they all serein to bo in u most moralized condition. One old n?gre? woman said that view of tho city was most appall! that after the shooks were felt cries fr the city could be distinctly heard, f that almost immediately tho light fr the fires lit up the heavens over the ci Tho colored residents of tho par thought that judgment day liad coi and commenced crying unc? praying morey. In Summerville, tho people nial afrfghted inte? the inky black darkm ami the general gloom ami despair, wailing of women, tho shrieks of c dre-n and the frightened voices of ri made up scenes and sounds that w equally distressing and appalling, in Charleston, nil through tho nq lhere was nothing ont sickness, und i row, and suffering, and a constant dr of final dissolution and utter unnif tion. Win n morning dawned tho ruin devastation wore found to bo compl There was not a homo that had not li made desolate, in greater or less deg All tho ohimnoys had disappeared, w wero rent in twain; ceilings fell, ?iJ numerous cases houses that rested wooden blocks or masonry wero lev to the ground. Other houses wor? i from top te bottom and loft with yu ingohasms in tho buildings. Am those whioh wero hurled from t foundations woro those of Goneral John C. Mino?, Mrs. 13. P. Tiegho, JJ. DoTrc ville, E. J. Liniehouso, Poroy Guerard, Ben. Pony, tho Nottlca House, nial that of Mr. Ed. Fishburno. Tho 8Ccno nt tho Citndol Green '.VMS pic turcsquo in tho extreme. Most of tho tents, in all manner of colors, had been oracled on tho south side of Hie square, alon;; the Calhoun Btrcet li tn-. Thora were, however, numbera of them on all sidos except timi bounded by tho Citadel. The lents were made ?ail of sheets, blankcl -, cnr|tvls, clolhiug and whatever else could he i : 11 pressed into (ho .servie?! In keep oft' thora) - of tho sun by day und Um dnw al night. There were some people who mow il to tho (?reen from a distance, und thoy brought with till-in their cooking utensils and camped as if to romain until i ?? <? Insl ves tige of the danger hud disappear! d. Many of the poorer people rolled barrels to the BOjUuro and used them iii lieu of tent -. Tho yard without a tent, whore Ibero was alargo family, was Ibo exception to tho rule. Whole families cotdd ut any limo and nt any place ho soi rt cosily ensconced Ix neath .some awuing orient under which refuge had been lukcn from the < htmces ol another shock of ti severe character. Kellen's Ironi Hie l?arihi|anke. There was considerable damage to Ibo College buildings in Ibis cit) by Ibo earth quake los! Tuesday night. Marshal Mor rison had just had 800 rooms scoured out, and now neatly all will have lo he l'o scoured. The walls wera cracked in si ve ral places and plastering iell in large quun llty. The houses of i'rofessors Joy nos, Sloan and Alexander were damaged also, In Col umhin all is again serene. lt is report" d here thal two bligh) shocks were felt in Charleston to-day mid sovernl in Summerville, lau nothing authentic baa boon received. Tin- fissures in the ground at Summer ville were from i ? o lo linee inches in width, and all efforts to touch bottom wore fruitless. The Citadel is reported as unsafe lor oe cu paney until it has lu?-i- made secure, ns grant damage lins been done Mn- walls. Tin- train from Charleston ul 12 M. to day brought nothing new. Tin- A'< . ?<< and Courier carno up and is ovcrllowing willi full and graphic accounts of thc disaster. There wen- no now occurrences. No passengers from that elly for this, The train which arrived from Charleston at Vi o'clock last night brought n few pas songers, who continued all thc reported suffering and anguish of the two duys mid nights of horror hi that cit y. < nu- gentleman estimated ihc loss i:i pr >n rcrty, Including tin: buildings which will , UUVO to he torn down, at tjt2o,00t),00t). Ile told of an elderly lady w hum bc found ill her house looking for la r lunn ls and ynlun hie papers before she-v.-aili I leave tho build in Instances wera elven ol ibo cseu ix: from partially fallen buildings hy means ol mi ' s from second story buildings. Another gcntlcmim gave Interesting de scriptions of the llsSUrCS Which Wi le maill ol (lie earth and the spouting of mud. water and sand to great heights trom hot lomlcss places. Many of the heads of families have re turned to Summerville to h.i.k niter llieir houses and personal effects. Nul a chilli ney in thc town is intact and main of thc houses .-md contents arc |tolal wrecks.-Co lumbia J)(ii:n Itecvrd, Sept. .'>. ii.'1,, ror lin- II<'I|>II-H?. There is nol a shadow of doubt, wc griovo to s;,y. that tho disaster of Tuesday night will cause grant miserj to thousands . of good people in Charleston, unless rea sonable measures he adopted immediately lo meet their uee ls. It is dillie ult tn give any estimate of ibo amount nf damage, hut. bearing in mimi the hiss caused hy IhccyclotlO a yeal ago, il is no exaggeration lo sa j that thc earthquake of last Tuesday night destroyed properly tn the aiumiul of al h ast three million liol lars. A your hgo n very considerable part of the loss fell upon corporations am! wealthy linns who were well nblo In endure ii. Tln-re is now a totally difTorenl condition nf Illings. Kvcrj IloUSC in ( haili-ton is injured more or less, and every householder, however bumble lils circumstances, must find thc means of repairing his lenin- or must dwell ia au ImbitaU' II which is unsafe or gives no ndequuto protection from wind and sturm. We consider ii necessary thal nrrangc incuts fur the relief nf those who are in need shall he made at once, and we SUggCSl lhat the City Council, at tho* meeting tn day, take action upon the subject, Thc City Council, neting in conjunction with a committee of citizens, eau ascertain the wants of the public ?.nd see that they ara promptly niel. The city, in our opinion, should make an appropriation for thc relief nf tin- Bufferers, in this way thc burden of thc charitable work will bo thrown upon ibo citizens in general, in proportion lo their nu an-. Wei nave a right also in count upon some aid i from sister cities, fur air? inly gcnciOUS offorS of that help w hit li blesses them that give as well ns them thal lake have keen extended lo US. There is mn; thing to guard against. Every nblo bodied mai; in Charleston, who is willing to work, will he able lo lind lu dative employment. These sh?uhl not ox peet assistance, and certainly ought mil to receive it. We want un loafers, no drones. There is work for all who are able and willing to work. Public assistance should bc confined to those whose circumstances or conditions arti such that they cannot now help themselves.-iVtfiT? and (.''?trier. :;</. The Government io llie lleecue. W.\ six on IN, ScptcmU-r i.-(len. H. C. Druin, the neting Secretary of War, 008 issued a special order directing thal avail allic tents 1)0 forwarded Immediately to Charleston und vicinity foi- the relief ot sufferers by the earthquake Tho acting Secretary of the Treasury has placed rc vc nue cutters nt tho disposal of tim war de partment to facilitate Hu- transportation nf tents in the event of railroad c-omimmica tii.:: heiug ian oir. Relief funds have been started in tho Government 1 )epait-.i.cn. and throughout the city generally. \ mop (roller Trchholm f?VP!vW several money contribution^ inls morning and prompt!) telegraphed to sufferer* III OUuTlcston. Quern OirUlliifi nm! Her llnhy. (V'toon Ch i i-,t i nu, of Hpnin, ia perfectly dovotcd to tho baby King, und may U) seen any tiny in tho pul non gardens at Tia (ilunja sitting uudyv a treu with the child in her hq), while tho littlo prin cesses play on tho groHH at her feet. 1 Rigid Spann ?i etiquette iu completely laid asido whilo tho oourt is in the hill.--, und tho Queen enjoys taking long walks with hor children in the aiuroundhig , country without any attendante. Sh? , devotes the afternoon to state busiuosa and tho evening to music, TOMI Vh \ Till H BTOIIY. \il KIIKUorKiinkim I'o.uni in a Hi-xinK Cou? \(?litton dj II >"oli r. I |trl|ctll Mi?". (Tommiaiii I'o , Loiter t" Philadelphia Times.) To tho southwest ol' this town, perhaps live miles or moro, there liesa runge of hills as yet a stranger to the peaceful plow. liotwcoil them some of tho streams I have described play in tho changing sunlight, laughing os musical ly ns children laugh in tho heyday of thoir happy youth. My purpose vvhon ! visited tin in was to east a Hy where tho overhanging bushes would not pro vent and whore they would drop thc old fashioned hook beneath tho logs when; the trout lovo to lie. I bud boen warned timi tho stream I meant ho follow was on tho sunny sido of thc hill, and that I would most likely encounter a few rat tlesnakes and copperheads, to say noth ing ot the black "runners" ami "gar ters" with which these uninhabited places abound. Mut I laughed at those warnings, and with a pair of high-topped boots to guard against serpent fangs, started out on my search for adventure and trout. Throe beauties had found their way into my basket when my lirst experience began. .lust across from where I stood tho bushes grow in tangled confusion close to tho stream's very edge, and a rustling noise in these Caused me to remember tho warning I ha 1 received. At that moment 1 felt an energetic tug at my linc, however, and immediately forgot all else in my desire to land tho fish thai I knew was there. In a moment or two this was accom plished, and 1 had timo to think of the bushes again. Glancing in that direc tion I saw a sight that gave mo a series of cold chills, and caused mo to wonder for a moment whether it wouldn't have been money in my pocket, as Artemas Ward says, if I had never been born. What 1 saw appeared to bo a conven tion i il' snakes w rangling over the tem perance plunk prior to its insertion in tho State platform. To tho loft of tho blackberry bushes was a clear apoco of sand and pebbles, and flint was evident ly the convention hall. There was not any regular ord or of business apparently. Wh, .II a snake? felt like making a motion he simply made it, and if there were any other motions in the way tho strongest om- was recognized. There wore rattle snakes, black snakes, striped snakes and copperheads, and to this day 1 can't help fancy ing that there were boa constrictors, too. Whichever way I turned my head I saw them assembling, as though in answer to a roll call, hissing, wriggling, mttling and crawling in holes and out, under each other and over, until tho whole place seemed actually alive with snakes. And I hadn't had a drink for months, either. How long they would have sut there I cannot tell, but an im- ' pulse on my part to get away caused me to break a twig under my foot, and then there was a partial stampede. Have you ever sei n a rattlesnake in tho attitude he assumes when listening or getting ready to strike at something that has disturbed his peace? If you haven't, you've got a sight to witness that will make your blood run cold. Of those that did run al the noise i nindi: one was au enorm ous rattler, from four to live feet in length. I could not count the rattles on his tail, bat am prepared to swear that they numbered twenty at least. When thc twig snapped I watched him, for ho , lay where every movement could bc seen. Quick as lightning he raised bis lu nd at li u^t si\ inches from tho ground, swayed ii from side to side, while thc lower portion of his body seemed to euri itself unconsciously round and round within ii elf without disturbing tho head until ho lay in striking ftttitudo, his hoad gi nily swaying and his rattles making the gentle bound which the snake makes before he is certain tho intruder is an enemy. Tho big, Hat head, tho thin m ek, the small but glittering eves ?uni the nui .eli s, swaying of thc agile body of u rattlesnake present tho moat odious features ol' th.: snake tribe in their most odious form. I didn't stay nt thai spoi long, because . it wasn't Comfortable. A follow doesn't med to be in a perpetual cold perspira tion in order to thoroughly enjoy tish* iug, bul .-...mellow he can't help feeling that way with a .score of smokes near him, although a ten loot stream does How between. As I moved down the stream, the bip, fellow rattled and push ed out his longue, but ho never moved un indi. The only perceptible motion was one of the head, which enabled him to see Hie better i S 1 moved a Wily, And this ho kepi ?..)> until 1 passed out of sight. There was no regret, I may add, on ( ithor side as wo bade each other fa re we! I, (?id woodsmen tel! nie that thoro is nothing unusual in such au assemblage of snakes. Although tllOY aro at per petual war with man, they somehow . manage to live oil terms of general good makoship themselves, lt is alleged that a sympathetic copperhead will carry healing herbs to a wounded rattler, al though those species sometimes meet in tho fiercest amt most doadh. combat; but proof of this is not in the writer's mem ory. I do know, however, that on fish- I ing and hunt ing excursions 1 have ro peatedly encountered two, three and even four diflbront kinds of snakes within ns many rods of euell other. Whether tin y were unconscious of tho company they were in i cannot toll, frequently, when no weapon was available, I have not paused to impure. \ rltow tr>Yrr ni RilOfti. N'KW Ollbl ANS, Sept. v?.-Dr. .Salomon, Secretary of Ihc Hoard of Health, returned lo night from niloxl, on tho Gulf shoro, and Submitted his report. There have been nh 0 Case? ol Sickness, and tho diagnosis in un ii ea . justified tho exports In pronounc ing it yellow fever. Two of the sick died on Sunday and tho other eight aro conva lescent, A m w ease broke out Uxbiy. Tho wife of Knglueer Elder, of the Can? tiing Company, hus taken thc disease, All Hie si< k were employed by the Canning Company. A? ?.?on as tho decision of the pliysician/1 was dei lan d (herc WAH a regit lar exodus from tho town. Hundreds boarded tho train \cK \Wi\ city, some not stopping to pack their trunks, but abandon inn everything in their Hight. H?rnum makes n solid offer of $20,000 for a specimen of the sen sorpeut, dead or alive, provided it is ns big ns thc one rc coally seen at Uoekpori, Nie. and prorata for one half or two.-thirds aa big os thot. ThU offorfl an elegant opportunity for tho romancing proprietors ot seaside resorts to "put up or shut up." lt \v?n the General', Hon. One of tlie ninny curious incidente which happen almost daily in Now York occurred on a recent afternoon in tho Cyclorama building at Seventh uvonuo and Fifty-liifth street, where tho paint ing of t?io Battles of Vicksburg ia ex hibited. Capt. L. S Hudson, a veteran of tho war, and who took part with his battery, tho Chicago Mercantile, in tho conflict, WUK rehearsing the incidente of tho hard fought day in bis capacity of lecturer at tho Cyclorama. A visitor suddenly interrupted him by asking: "Who was in your front, Captain, at tho battle of Champion Hill?" "The First Mississippi Light Artillery," replied Captain Hudson, "Do you remember who was their commander?" queried tho visitor. "I do, well. It was General Tilglunau. I aided in serving tho gun that killed him. We stood ou a littlo hill in advance of his command, and wo cut him in two with a spherical caso shot." "That was my father," said tho visitor, who was Mr. Tilghmau, a Wall street broker. The two mon were natur ally greatly affected at this strange meet ing, and after shaking Captain Hudson's hand Mr. Tilghmau immcdiotely de parted. Whnt n Tow Should Yield. Something depends of course upon tho kind of cow, but no cow is a good one that does not yield 2,500 quarte of milk in ono year, or about seven quarte a day for 365 daj's. She will bc dry a portion of the t?ne, and of course yield more when fresh than toward the close of her milking period, but she should not give less than seven quarts daily for every day in the year. Thc milk should produce about 200 pounds of butter, or a pound to every twelve and a half quarts of milk, which at 25 cents a pound tho whole year, woidd yield $60. Tho value of tho calf depends on its breeding, while tho skim milk fed to pigs and the manure should realizo afc least 825 more, making 875. Wo may safely take one-half for cost, leaving $37.50 as profit. The som fixed as profit, however, may vary, as the prico of food Ls cheaper in some localities than in others. Dairymen differ as to the amount of profit a cow should give. Homo claim as much as 850 a vcar, but such dairy men sell tho milk directly to consumers at a fair prico. Thc fairest estimate is made upon the practice of skimming tho milk and raising pigs, which willinorcaso the profit, especially if a good breed of hogs bo used in connection with a first rliiss lot of dairy cows. A orop of mangels yielding forty-two tons of tops and roots, or thirty-three tons of tho latter, has been grown at a cost of 81.00 per ton. THE LAURENS BAR. JOHN C. HASKELL, N. B, DIAL, Columbia, S. C. Laurens, S. C. HASKELL & lll.VC, A T T O II NEYS AT LAW, LAURENS C. II., S. C. J. T. JOHNSON. W. H. RICHEY. JOHNSON A? RICHLEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, O ir KM CK- Fleming's Corner, Northwest side of Public Square. LAURENS C. IL, S. C. J. C. GARLINGTONT" ATTO RN EY AT L AAV, LAURENS 0. II., S. C. 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