The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-15

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be horrid and fghtl noise of the volcano increa-
ses a. its utmost the shower ofst and thick sad
Arguments; the burning Stones aud meteors continue
t. Il, and very short time reduce. 10 ashes the,
most beautiful villages of the province OF C,marncs
Gould there be sSrs more analogous those dat
are To take place at the last Judgment! The arulas
os the rno'intsn descend preepita,Sly the yiass
C. scek them asylum The domestic .uitnsls
run terrified with the greatest disorder aud alright
rt'ering cries that Indicate their approaching end
NUthi3g Interested us in thos. d,su,fn, moments but
the preservation OF our own hveS BIT aas divine
Justice has already marked and pointed with tie
Ringer OF o,nnipoenee, great number Of victims who
nre to perish IN this dy OF wrath s fury, in every res
pect similar to what We read in the holy scriptures
concerning tic day OF The last judgment.
About ten IN the forenoon, Il ceased to rain heavy
stones, anc each one enteavore' toreusin in the st
alton he then was waiting until tie vain ofthiek sand
which sneceededt SHOULD also case, uutii soaie
new and unforeseen calamity shoud terminate the ex-
istencc NJ us all.
We thus continued until hair ps oac in the after
noon, ~ which hour the noise Of the Volcano began to
diminish, aud the horizon to clear 'it,ic at sight of
wfch there was revived ia the hone o!li(c which
until then had seen almost wholly eStineui>hed At
about two in the atcraoon it became eh,iry clear
and we began to perceive distinctly the ane,ahe AID
dreadful ravsges that the darkness had hitherto corr
ceaied from u.s. We with the sroant Gu
vercd with dead bo,es, part ct y HON had hren Killed
by the stores, and the others consumed BY ,.,e FIRE
Two hundred oft'ose persisted in the church OF lSu-
,ao thirty Eve IN single holse in that village. 'rhe
Joy that all cii at having preserved life through stch
imminent CANCERS, WAS IN many instantly converted
into the extremity Of sorrow OF finding he,nse,,es de-
proved ct their relations, friends aud acqnain
There, father finds his children dead here a hus
hsr'l lis wife, and wife her hus5and; particularly in
the village of Budiao, where .hoic ARE yerr few who
have not lost OF Their nearest eonncet;oos In
another place at every step meets nnamerab,a
other unharry wrctches extended upon the sro,,rl
Who though not yet deprived OF life, are wo1ncie or
tf1used in Z thousand WAYS. Some with their legs
broken, come without arms some with their sc,ls
fractured, and others With their whole Soes full Of
wounds Sdch were the noirntut objects that pre-
sented themselves to us during tas remainder OF that
Afternoon, many ofthenl died immediately and ohe,s
on the following days. the rest Remaining abandon
al to the most melancholy fate, without physc;ans
wthont medicines, and in want even Of necessary
food. ~,
4 horrible and r,ournfn tsvf uss. the rs,rep
brance Of which viii BE ileliiy cnyraven uncn
"or hearts. Not one of US then tl,ought tn escape
With life Death presented himsefto u; in various X
1shtu shapes theateringto deprive If life by diff
ierent and horrible n,cthnds. But the powcrgI hand
OF our bonefeent and soaresn God restrans him,
At his comipahdinf voice, pale 9eat is appalled,. He
treHbies g'rSas. and leaves lie fees, terror,
- 1aTSns earh, ana there ure ms
"a mourn and lament the sp' lis which he was abo IN
make, and OK which he has bce; deprived He thp't
on that dh. TO have inbrued more than usual. his
scythe with blood; but ne was obliged 20 bum
ne himself before Him who governs the empires
and ut whose voice the internal regions shake with
fear.
The sal result Of thc Inisfc-tunes os ,,ai d,s Ia :
heen the total r;'n of Eve vases in the province of
CamsIines, ard the principal part az Aibay he tea,,
oil more than twelve huurt II ~ fortunate verr,rs and
MANY other3 severely wounded the loss o! every
thing that tie Survivors POSSESSED in the world being
lett without houses, without clothing without the pros:
peet OF az harvest, and without SCI 1T eat the
mourl aad .'nhappy Fate os many VIII, have LEE or
p--,yrf, .,.bc
d"ws, with the loss of four, FIVE, and more GILL,
he- ~ JietOn oi their Churches AMI Pa
rocbR houses, with every thing that they contained ;
~ consequence OF which, the sacrimen,s could lot be
sd'hmst red 10 such I'D cftheir woussis on the
sueoeedmgS Gays, end who were buried without ANY
pomp or ceremony; and the many infants Who have
since been horn, have from necessity been baptized
with enmmoH water, because the circumstances in
wh'ch we were placed, did 10. permit it 20 be O.
therwise.
The present appearance ofthe v7lesno % most me
ianchoy and terrific. It's side, which formerly so
cultivated and which afforded prospect tie most pie
tureSqne, is nothing bnt an arid and barren sand The
stones, sahdan ashes which il are so astonis,fn
N Quantity, that in some places they exceed the thick
ness oil ten and twelve wards, and in he very spot
where lately stool The villege OF Budao fl,ere ;rc
places IN Which the Cocoa trees are alc1ost coyere.-
In the runed ylages, and almost through ,tie whole
extent OF TIE eruption, the groHnd remains covered
with sand 10 the depth ct half yad, and scarcely a
single tree is left alive The crater ofthe volcano
and or the south side covers spacious End horrd
month which is fiightful to lork at Three nesz ones
are openeda considerable distance from lhe prin-
opal crSter through which also smoke and ashc.
were necessarily emitted. In short the most bean
utui villages ut CaiGarines aud the principal Fart
oi thai province are converted into barren sgpd
ehud, generous ir.iatitan:s of these Islands IN this
short and unpublished relation what has lust occurred
at CamaFipes lis most beautiful villages burned. IL,
soil entirely destroyed its shabits,s to the urtnber
OF more than 10000 di7perSea deprivcd Of what thev
possessed, suffering Thousand wants and rnssrss s,
begging aims from door doGrtha they NAV not nc
r'h with hunger, and when yov sc ow many s. great
hsrdshp7 and mseres t5at unhappy peDple sire satr-
irg, you cannot lat comrpiserae their cruel and me
lancholy sius'iou.
very vell knew fle almost svsrere necessity IN
which this csptsl city ofMariLas 1T present hnt 1T
the same time tiikcvse know tat y0r very of,ls *
ieaVrg5 would IN great degree aeyat, tue extreme
mdiSc nee and deporRbe poverty ofthese rise~.,le
beings They do not ask yJl for money because ticy
An"T rou hav" not, bt they viii give YOU tOH-
sand thanks and tie most siYrcs;onae aeknor.edc-
rncnts you will condescend 10 give t,er as al,ns IA
old e!pnirg that you keep in your chess and ward
robes, and Of which YOU make no use wtatsoever A.
old garments that you cav spare without ncorveni-
enes t. yourselves, viii be 10 them most acceptable
| present, which they will value more than can ex-
p'ess
Yes, worthy inhabitants Of Manilla I'll these unhap-
ny natives Of Camarires are depenSGg upon YOUR pc
ncros'ty and patriotic charity. They wit with anx
| eiy ior your asgfancG ard yiscouT and ore ot
their crates, wIp tas come IN person, TO up1re your
| clcmency, knowing the tenderness end charity oil
your generous hearts, addressesto Won this short 1,re
men', rather for the purpose ofgving ynu on sCcoga