Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-01
rom tIe Of London PAPERS receired az the office
ofthe Federal Gazette.
EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON.
LeE.er recefOed 6y a genrlenia, OF VpU

| Le1'GT TeCefOed oy q gentleman of Uru
LISBON, Feb. 3, 18l6.-Frday morn;np.
! My dear Fa,her-I should not have en- soon
despatched this had it not been for tn dreajf,i
shocK we tell last night, or ra her this morning.
| Al ABOUT hve minutes before one I felt nv heb
move, as 1t were up and down for Alb nj = MINT
or minute and half: The shaking increased
aiIer tins, and changed its direction from side to
sue, and very severe when, o. sudden II ce.s.
co. cannot describe the horr r I felt. when
tue mought OF the real cause of this !sturbance
came across my mind The yerv word e,rtb
quake On Portuguese Tremor de Terra, or Tern
| Mora put me in perfect fever Every one in
the mouse, As by instinct met on the stairs. c.I
! llrB Tor light and the scene of confusion that
ensued IS past description I opened my window
WHICH by the bye, is thesafest place he atrnos-
Phere Was dense Chck fog covered the sFJ,ol,
| c'y ye' could see The lamps a the further
end. On sudden every thing became Iight. and
a meteor vas seen hich approached t6e ear,b
and OF itself dissiPatcd and all was again in d,r-
ness Ny thermometer IN The room was NJ 40 ~
| o. degrees every thing then became ou;s,
uhlh IN the morning, when another Iibe
more tr hng) shock was felt For two DAYS has,
we nave All been noticing the oddity OF the we,
"er all ne morning dull, close, and verv cloudy
no sun (w nd N. nor, rain at about ,,cj,i.
wind changed to the south, blowing burr,cans
and dreadful rams. Last night the ram cIe,rod
on and although the wind did not chapge
orough calm followed The ships IN the Tag,.
all seemed to point different vsays, and every S,o
supposed that the weather was about to alter Co.
the hetter-Not be g certain "a to the le q h Of
time 1t lasted, spoke to the police sentin,I who
parddes IN front ofour house aud his answer mo-
"about three minutes .; the general or,n;on =
minutes and a half The oldest men in Iisbo1
say 1t IS the longest shock tina, has been fell m
Their memory N this city; and hat the very erect
ca 'hquake OF l755 was only for abo,. & secorJs
No damage has been received that / have ne ys,
heard OF, except that some Of the high homes
have rece we'd several severe cracks 4; no falls
" The Portuguese we're so terrified, that all
the s'rees were full Of the inhabitants vho
dreaded he fall of the houses, and of being bnr-
I'd IN the ruins. The rain, since the morn're,
shock Of O'Clock, has been incessant and n.,,;,e
uiarly heVy. Another extraordinary circup,
stance that occurred, WIS the swarm Of birds orI
all descriptions, that filed the air, utterjnp, mos,
hldeous notes Captain Parker, IF the navy who
lives the same house with me, said he had rel,
great number ofshooks in Palermo, but nothing
equalto The one Of last nigh.
Many respectable families have zone ,lrsad,
on board of ships
Il is e1 rIordi airy that the grand eartbcuate
was on All Saints, thison Candlema, Dav- (p,r
he ton of he Virgin Ma, " q very strict bolIdav
amongst the Portuguese
have jus learned ,ha' the shock was f.l,
on the other side ofthe Tagus II you have ever
been To SEA, when a wave has struck tho keel nd
the mp, thai resembles exactly the feel Of /.
gh ok
forgot TO mention, that during the latter q
more severe part Of the great shock, we all herr,
q loud rumbilng noise, ike carriage driven past
al immense speed
The 'arge square IF the Rocio. where the
grea ear hbuake f1755 was most ffI pre.fnted
ms curious aPPeTa &c all The inhabitants
occupying the centre, 10 .void sns crash rom The
house some naked, some with one boot Re-
one poor fellow ed ~ fear ~ Gold street
+" The troops that meptluued M m, lat have
not ye sailed They daily desert aud their Al.
'uau1n on board IS represented 20 be rudy misc
r'bic Our vessel, besides her complement of
men, has 1910 on board, besides wives. Mari,
geS every morning take place, he goverbmep,
tirom report, how far true, know noD bav NO
offered a0rt Of bounty Of two m1id0res. ue,rlp
three pound sterling, for every woman who mar
res and follows her husband 70 RIO lsre,ro Tie
Marshal has succeeded At Rio with tbepr nee, a
hs recommenda IONS tor promotion are con(ir,os,l
those u the Regency In this co,ntr, are r,,'ic
v(d. Beresford himself IS created Duke ofI
blvas" W
saturday noon, Feb. 3.--All has been ouie,
since yesterday"
Extract ofd letter. from .IaTeirg. Feb g.
There happened a dreadful eartbogsbc b.r.
early on the I'd INST ia was very violent. snd
e ntinued from three % FIVE minutes aec,fd;,o,
TO different OPINIONS 10 has thrown down ne
cross from one Of the parish churches. rent m
H., and other churches and houses are damso
throughout the island but wat | think E