Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-11-20
THE LATE EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.

Mr. KENDALL thus writes from the city Of Mexico concern
ing the earthquake of the I'd October which appears
been much the severest of three several shocks that
felt within two or three days of that time
CRY OF MExIco, OcroBrR 8, ls47
An earthquake we have had earthquake! Between
the hours Of and eight yesterday morning. and when all
Nature hushed in stiffness most profound suddenly the
earth began rock with strange and fearful motion
living the house OF Pena Pena, the headquarters OF
General WoRTH Immediately in front Of the beautiful alamo
da and the first ntimaon had Of the dread CONFUSION
the violent sammlng OF the DOORS accompanied by
rious nging Of the glass pendants attached chandelier
hanging and swinging from the ceiling of the Soon
beds commenced rocking something after the Of
ship becamed at the close OF storm, and then the
shIieks of nnumerabe and Children driven hafdess-
ed aghted into the The dreaded fembr as the
Mexicans call t. upon US; Most strange and impressive
was the scene disclosed from the front windows Keeling and
staggering approached and opened them 10 walk steady
impossbe violent the upheavings and oscillations
of the mighty EARTH The tops of the large the
da swayng the water in the reservoirs blowng
and fo the walls around cracking and gaping
der, the wide street in front crowded with and
children wd screaming and praying and crossing
themselves in The extremity of their fright, while sol
ders eeing unseadiy in their midst, astonshed and
awescken at the strange connection The seninels halted
upon their rounds uncertain and not knowing what do the
narrow lanes, continued to pour forth their hun
dreds of afr GIFTED inhabitants, all seeking the refuge of the
wider streets and open squares lest their houses might
toter and mbe upon their heads while Bonded knees
giveness it yet too late wounded officer in
house, bddden and apparently unable to since the
fought battle of Ell Moline, hobbng hurriedy from
his room dven thence by the cracking of the walls and the
strange mult from without. The stiffness of the morning,
profound had been the repose of Nature but added the
general selling Of wonder and of aweof CONSERVATION,
haps Mould term it fear caught from the actions and coun
tenancts those native here and the bo those
Graded and rocked amid connections OF kindred The
dome and steepes of the nnumee churches ard converts
reeed like drunken the lakes hard by roe their slug
gsh Writer'S though moved BY elemental strife from above
instead of the earth in which ey nestled in her ira
vail An officer in the street, about to mount his horse at the
commencement of the comnoon suddenly found the animal
redng from him. Asenishcd he inquired of soldier close
by the cause but the nan ignorant himself The
pnddes the seetso there had been shower the
night befo-sPread themselves and disappeared upon the
pavement great the motion, while the trees the
alameda continued to lash their huge tops swayed by
yet apowerfu hands. The shock lasted two min
utesperhaps should say of Shocks for the oc
atory motion of the earth at short intervals became calm
while the whole impressed every with the
might the majesty and the manifold power of the Most High
Bu if the streets and open ways presented spectacle most
impressive, doubly awful the effect produced among the
wouned in the different hospitals Unconscious OF the
OF the strange commoon, filled with appreensons
whichever attack with tenod force the disabled the
firm md dreadng results from phenomenon they must have
deeme akin to the SUPERNATURAL the poor fellows and
hobbe from their costemblng and stricken by leep ave.
yet knowing whittier fly The armless hurried hither
and thiher, the egess hobbed ABOUT in all directions while
the bedden, the prostrate and the utterly panic
stricken and despondng earnestly prayed and peloned not
be left unprecedented be deserted in extremity
which their ignorance made painfully terrifying But by and
by the earth became relieved of her mighty throes the stag
geng seepes resumed their quiet the affnghed inhabitants
hanfuom their knees the sennes recommended their
rounds--ths fury of the dreaded tenbior was spent.
For have always desired to see, rather to feel the
effects of an earthquake single convuson has suced to
cure all curos,y-I never wish 10 be present at repetition