Jenks' Portland gazette. Maine advertiser. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1802-1803, 1802-09-27

and 70 ore free inhabitants than Virginia,
will fsnd 10 the nsxt congrels but Eveu.
ten ie1ref-nt2tives, while Virginia,
vii (eud tqUenty one
The whole number Of f4ves in the
u. States is upwards Of $4,000 hence
three ifths OF them being reprelelted,
they fend 70 C,ngref. FIFTEEN RtrRs
sESrArIvFs without including Ten.
nef-e. the Genius Of which rate is not
now known by Us. -
EARTHQUAKE.
Ext-d7 Of a Letter rstsived b. a ge7fieu ~
at Warbis5ead, from hp |5a at Gun ma
(oa ne Sparj6 AZligeJ dsfe4 I6.b Of
Agguf, 1904.
Yesterday morning, as I was 90
ing up The river in my long boat, and
being about half way up, there oc ur.
red very fevere fAo-k of an Earth
quake, which alarmed me beyond i'm
agination- The river where thea wa,
was only fix feet deep. The hrt eta
which perceived was TIE land in no
ton exlaly like the waves of the fea
the people all quitting their hour:s, and
falling % their knees, pray ng for pro
teetion. The bottom Of the liver rofe
in fuch manner, as 10 hrik- the boats
bottom 10 ieverely, that It broke eff
the IA ider as | was Zee -ilg 1.-THE
ihock lated but a very Ii tie while
got on ihore as quick as poaiole; and
my approximations were much hi gh C..
ei from leeing the earth opened in one
place from 90 to 100 feet in length,
and from So 10 40 feet broad, which
before was cultivated, but now is 30.
dy OF water. All the wy up The river,
oc the right hand, the lanl WAS laid
open more or leis AMI many holf-s
and trees were III ken down. When |
g)t up to town, f0und the people
IN the Rreets ;-they had run out thro'
tear of being bur ed in the ruins Of thsir
houfes. About Il O'Clock was another
fhock, / think heavier than the frt
the houfes that were ltanding, were 10
motion like ihip at fea We were all
expecting, every m9meot, the earth to
opsn AID fwallow US up. was 70
much overcome, Ifcarccly know how
behaved feeling every one on their
knees, praying the prieas and friar,
in projection. with al their faints car
ned with them, duplicating heaven for
p'o1edion was enough to eff & The
itouteit heart. a. ison rs could, I
made all podible hate to my veiT1l,
and was vefy glad 10 ger there About
O'Clock in the evening was anolher
fmall ihock, which did but little dam.
age. During the whole night The in.
hartants were in prayer, and in pro-
ceGioa walking up and down, and did
not know where TO go for fafety. lam
tod there were bat few. lives lot.
There was a number Of h1ur-s deffroy.
ed and lcsrce hou!e but received more
or le!s damage. Even the 6lh in the
river rofe upon the furfare Of the wa
ter, acd aimed to get out to the ocean;
they fesmed TO be in great terror the
water in the river, during the day and
night, was in very great agitation ------
dsfire 10 blefs God, who faved me
in this hour Of grear Peril''
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Cad ne7vs--By the Spanilh fchoonsr
Santa RofIall Lima, arrived at New
york from Havana we learn, that
there was every proipeet of that port
being fpeedily open to American veileis
loaded with Ito X and lumber Our in
fornant fays, that when be failed, this
queaon was before the government Of
that place, brought toward in COME
quence of petition from the inhahi
tants, p aging the a!mifion Of lhofe
| articles, as lumber was vey icsrce.