Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-08-26

ofthe United States, whose 'bss,aal
in a very delicate Condition 10y
subsequent to his arrival al ~
duced to the. Emporium the ~
June Don Pedro received h. ~
ciously; and afterwards exn,al
to one of. his suite, in verv r IVY
terms of our, Charge. Mr. n.y.
nearly restored, so far that he \
venience from transacting the i
which came before him.oBnls'|
EARTHQUAKE AT LIMA, nj
minute and authentick accom- !
antecedent to and following fl.
Of March 80, which extended q
eque and Piura to Lima, was t,''i
papers published at Lima, for i
Intelligencer.
). On the 10th of March the i,
Ferrenafe shot from its bed tb'"I
per part Of Lambayeque. Its N
so strong, and SO great the mas
ers, that it entirely covered tbp,I
on the other bank, dwelling
all the houses and hamlets r.
To this phenomenon was adj
binary torrent of rain, accous
lent thunder and lightning
continued four days in succl
calamity has destroyed most
bending or inclining all the i
the centre. The unhappy inAI
found an asylum on the hills an
in the vicinity of the city, butt
mains unfruitful, their habih
down, and their harvest and
Such has been the abundance
the height which they have 1
the conductor Of the post was h
bark on q raft two miles aboI
cross the city to'the Office. NJ
dividual relates the appearing
river formed by the rains in d
Sechura, a place in which no d
has ever been seen before. I
of this newsriver is across from
towards the point called Cab .
which for three days presente!
other expedient for continuing
Other travellers have been al
days in extricatihg themselgs
sands which the waters have D
part concealed.
The country and cities d
Olmos, Motufe, Jayanca, Nd
and Ckiclayo, have suffered tnl
~
In Piura it rained for foures
tinually and at its terminataa
March, all the proprietors fult
compelled to abandon theirin
of the ruinous condition to wGa
ltations were reduced.
BY the other road from Husn
lent earthquake of the 30th wa
injury sustained.
From San Mateo to that capt
ling and trembling had been !
eighteen houses were reduced
the town, while the mountaipd
discarded from their summsa
ments Of rocks, destroyinge
making them almost impasslbs
ted, that, in Surco, a city I'd
distant from Piura, and seTentI
teo, thsy' have had an eruF.
similar to'a volcano.
On Sunday, March 30th, hi
in the morning, Lima expea
traordinary and awful trembIv !
its duration as for its movemed
was from EN-. E. to w. N. W.
secohds'of CONFUSION destroyel
cient buildings, the remainder
avery perilous state. The to
temples, and particularly The CD
detached, and the brick and stu
fallen to the earth. It may wild
said, that there is not a single
does not require repairing. {
protection from Heaven, the nd
man beings who have perishsi
of matter, is now reduced to i'd
former periods, with shocks d
violence; the city has been aims
ed by the excessive number Of
The Government have take
means to- avoid the disasters
usual concomitants of these al
tons of Providence. With ID
they have appointed military
down such houses as threaten
and have prohibited the passsg
CT carriages through the city.
of the inhabitants of Lima /
eulogium, since the greater
wealthy population left theirha
~ in the night, and there
instance yet heard of in which
disorder has occurred in their
A HERMIT. Somewhere ID
ofGodmanchester, there lives
man, who, without any stre@
word, may be called a hermit
first went to reside there, the
Wild and as lonely as any man!
desire; foxes, bears, squirrels,
blue-birds, were for years his
and the solitary poured the afs
heart, upon pigs, hens, ducks al
which formed the whole of bis |
ship. He built a lighthouse fcrf
it is a rude piece of archites|
neither door nor window, if We /
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