The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-03-10
EARTHQUAKES

EARTHQUAKES.
A letter from Valparaiso received !,
Baltimore, and published in the Cbron;.
,cie, gives the following accoun, of AIN
Earthquake ST that place:
VALPARAISO, NOV. 25th.-I have inst
escaped rom one ofthe greatest dangers
That ever experienced. On the NIGH,
| OF the l9th inst. we were visited by ter.
rible earthquake, which has laid this fin.
| place IN ruins, and shaken all Chill IN i.s
foundations. What few houses are still
standing arc so shattered that they can he
no longer tenanted. The iphab;,a,t.
have all retired to the hills, and are l,,no,
| IN tents. You cannot imagine the bo,r;o
DIG condition OF this place; there will no
doubt he a famine, as provisions now are
selling at the most exorbitant prices
About 500 people have been taken ON,
OF the ruins, and every day, Two or three
are found.
was sitting with some friends in nv
room when the FIRST thing heard was
| the falling Of the roof-and ON r.shino
forwards, found it impossible 10 stand.
me earth was In such violent agitation
l fortunately got into the street before
the house fei!--,he next moment the e.rtb
was rent asunder, leaving Tremendous
chasm. The objects on all side, the
screams of.he dying and oftbe fugi,iyes,
y The dangers which surround me, filled
my mind with the most awful emotions.
Al length, was delivered from DANGER
by the lnterPosition Of one OF my friends
land have been living ever since os
board ship. Every tive or three ho,rs
mere Is new CONFUSION of the earth.
which communicates itself 10 the vessels
IN the harbor.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
Arrived al New Castle, the fast Saline
brig Clio, capt. Burkheart, in for,y.sis
days from Buenos Ayres. Dispatches
from col. Forbes, our commercial! agent
II buenos Ayres to the secretary of state
al Washington, was handed to capt. B,
IN theeve OF sailing by his secretary Mr..
Duff, recommending them to his parti.
cular care.
The government of Buenos Ayres ap>
Gears TO be established on correct and
liberal principles, affording protection
10 individual safety and property. Con.
hdence in the wisdom of lis measure,
mas manifested itself already by the "a.
pid increase of domestic industry, and the
almost unlimited commerce which she
enjoys with all the world. The port. all
though spacious, was crowded with yes
sells, displaying the flags of those nations
to which they respectfully belonged a,
mong them might be recognised Ameri-
can, English, French, Dutch, Portuguese,
&c. The valuable and assorted csrpoes
thus introduced created commercial ri.
valshjP never before experienced at Bue.
nos Ayres.
Since the establishment of the Inde-
penoence of Buenos Ayres the tide of
emigration has flowed with great rapid.
", and 1t has become the residence oF
some oil the first sr.izans and mechanics
oil the old and new world,
The United States, the ONLY nation
that has recognised the independence OF
Bucnos Ayres T! IS held by the govern.
meDi and the people in great estimation,
and they very much approve of the prin.
cipies OF thelr Constitution; indeed in SEINE
OF the acts of government they have ap-
preached as near as possible to the spirit
OF Irat instrument.
marketsh bad been good al Lima psrtic-
niariy Tor Hour, the brig Ontario, capt.
Erwin, Of Philadelphia had been there
and sold her -four at $50 per Dbl. and
on board, but it had fallen to Big in con
sequence Of the favorable appearance o.
the crops in the Pacific. Some expedi
lions had sailed from Buenos Ayres for
Lima with Hour, previous to the accounl
received OF the decline in prices.
Flour had also fallen at Buenos Ayres
ID consequence Of heavy duty whicl
me government had imposed on il of g..
% pei Dol. The last sales were at Is
dollars, on sbore--no sales could be eli
'oc'ed on board. PhRad. Ga.
a duel was fought yesterday morning
ID New jersey, opposite this city. III,
parties was a citizen and an officer in n,
service OF the United States. The latte
was severely, but not MORALLY, wounde,
fhiSdeLh hia Crnfinel Of ZHRrsIa.