Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-17

than any we naQ n6ard OefOre: 1t was or;o
ly followed by more violent shock, WHY
gave the earth an undulating motion rese, S'
Sling the waves Of the sea. Two of THU
who were standing with me, were throw M
their feet: the rest Of US with difficulty ~" W
from falling, while two or three cows =
were near us were unable to stand, and ,s. n:'
fed their fear by their loud belowipp WIS ;','
with the cries of the women and chijdrsn "',
the terror that was depicted in the conn'' NV
nances Of the men, presented scene Ct bos
ror am unable to describe.
It is somewhat strange that it, effects No.
more violent in the vallles than IN the mo, n'
tains A LANYARD, in valley near this nlo ,a'
had several watts displaced-the eoges CT Sow som
were, raised three feet above their former u
vel, others were moved partly round and l's
in zigzag manner. 1t would far exceed *"
bounds of this letter to describe all tba NJ.
nomenon produced by this awful convuI kS',
of nature rocks moved, hills shook, hors..
shattered, sc.
A wonderful change has taken place IN y.
manners of the people. l believe 50 mary
fervent prayers never were put up in ~ {
place as were on that fearful night and norn
ing. l think what has been done may be trm
ed revival in religion.
have Just seen a gentleman from Knoxyjr.
who passed Sunday night with Mr.. Nelson
the warm springs from his account his sill.
alton was more terrifying than ours. For !. !
neral hours previous to the shock the nc
tremendous noise was heard from the neiphE
boring mountains. At intervals it was quiet,
but would begin with SO much violence as +
each repetition was believed TO be the he Z
eroan of expiring nature. The shock attA
place did but little damage except to ty
buts that were built near the springs for a,
accommodation Of invalds-The fuIminatn, Z
of the mountains was accom- panied with fasl
es of fire seen issuing from their sides. Esa
flash ended with a snap, or crack, Es.E
that which is heard on discharging an els: e
trick battery, but 1000 times as loud This 6
induced him to believe that the Earthquake &
was caused by the elestric fluid. 3
In the morning it was observed tbata large
stream Of warm water Temperature BY Fa|
l42 degrees) issued from assure in amd /
on the side of the mountain, which had bee I
opened the preceding night. While they've
| examining it, another sh, OK was felt vhf
lasted two minutes. Although perfectcai(
| the tops Of the trees appeared to be greal!I
! gitatcd, the Garth shook violently, and thNl 7
ter of the warm springs at that time overRCE
| ed By French Broad river, was thrown upjk
| veral times to the height of thirty or fortyhYg
Several masses of stone were loosedm rs
| their ancient beds and preciPitatcd fa7+ ks
SUBMITS and sides of the mountains ONg
particular, well known to western 1Ntln
| by the name Of the Painted Rock, was nr EEy
from its base and fell across the read ththl
from hence to Knoxville 1t has compiled
shut up the passage for Wagons. Az
many people who were moving wesy'
are in pitiable situation at this incI,q
season, being unable to proceed untlla ss
| road is made round the Rock, (no eass TT 55R
In this they are cheerfuliy assisted BY t1 81
| neighbors. &
/ have been for three months in these cs Is
ry regions examining mine OF Cobalt S1
ore is rich. 1t abounds with arsenic. ID
we intend to calcine the ore and prepare
expectation, or perhaps manufacture
smalt. The mine is within few mile 8
Mackaysville. -,
JOHN C. EDWART