Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-12-16
EARTHQUAKE IN SCOTLAND.

North B,rtejck.-On Wednesday night last about
quarter past ten n'eock q snafi SHOCK 81 an eatth.
quake left by number OF lnhabuanls. Tue
doors we're shaken on their hinges. ind The windows
ta,tled those WHO ~ bed were nnyed rs ly
The rocking II n Suspension cradle. aud tllase ~ho
were sliiing were vinendy shaken. Even The buds
in The cages 6uurred. and showed symptoms 81 u
lnrm FOR considerable time afterwards. The uigln
WAS calm. cloudy and VT. shght sensation was
fell about five niunfcs afterwards.
Doitcr. 24h Othbtr.-rhe e tlqaakes ihai have
ofIae been az alug tie sonlh western paris of Peuh
shire have been extending their alarnac VIBRATIONS
10 Arcadan vale. Since SATURDAY, The l2th
current repeated shocks, cetemporaueUus, believe
snh those al Cuulic, ha,e hfeu felt nof only N LIE
'aiIey. hui alHng the southern 1coliyuies al tie
Ouhl-hhls. These mountain u,as,rs. lhd fofm The
northern barrier oil the vale he Devon setn Ia be
ishi rs feather 10 the immense subetranean lever
thsi makes them simultaneously quierr thtou2 hour
ali teU rXtrut. Tue most stuient siocis We have
here rNpeuenced iook pirr on "Wednesday. the
10 b., halt past IN The mornirg and lasl my
tthai OF "Wednesday ihe 23i1 Ut about quarter pas
ten O'clock. Tins last shock Vas the sc,eIesl aud
most alarming al all Fa.niHes Beie pnt ntn conia-
sion by II, and some lett theif homes ~ alarm.
Sleep was banlshed IT. the ~ lt. To - Wfilet
OF this accoDo the sensation seemed rs II stIons
impulses upward-ihe sscUpd clusr loloNIue upun.
but stronger Than the hf>i--Wrte gwen To The
ground. causing u Ia bouuG rpa I'd. I be- house.
seemed TO reel. hike vessel furuntinR lots sur
coming suddenly upon It. Hall an hour aiirrwaid,
q siighter sl,urk was experienced, Il Is Ia be re-
marked that the weather duitug The more violent
shocks OF the 10Th and 23I, NJ, very warm IN The
season. with angald sui. dripping atrosi ,hcte.
the clouds qnite less, aud uut brrl Of Wuid
stirring aud II deserves lbs tn be noIicrd dat
previous TO as nzhl's sheet, tie barometer eanln
ned giadualy IIslng. nots llhs auipg tie continued
rain; last ai-h,, duung the tue Of the shock, II
stood at 1870.
Fltsfire.--We have unlocked our forms 10 an
nounee the occurrence of uf Those alar.nius sub
tetrapssn c0usulsioDs Nhich have uot m,de thon,.
seves,o sensih distinct IN the country since tie pte
earthquake al l. sbon, whose movement, were l,lt
over tie whole Brush lsauds. The present shoes
io"k place al quarter past ten O'Clock On W,dnes.
day niglt. aud continued 5 tremu'ous motions for
the space 1i 60 or 20 seconds. No sublefrauean
sound accompanied the commissions, winch seemed
to pass eastward IN rapid successioo at FIST wtth
considerable yiolence, aud euh d,sagteeaAle com.
plex u,oon, but which lal cl, subsidized 10 a slieht
honzoutai rocking that gradueily ditd AWAY.
FIFE Herald
Tern On "Wednesday niehr. brfwixt len and
eleven o'clock, ona Il those Convuisye muypmrnfs
OF the earth winch have occurred at Curil aud else
where during The past lonnighi, was distinctly *
pereneed h're, aud cunt lnued toI nearly minute
Our sancium shook vs. titHere about to tumble A
bout our eats - Perth dierfsef.