Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-12-24

'''Na 'AHr N'NI ~
NcNicn concerning he earthquake of the ID
Oc'v''-', = i,ci . 80 - ,D h,e- neen much
the svvtFp>t oi three s.. sUFtl shocks thnt
were felt within TWO Ut three dogs Of that
time:
Cry OF MrxIco, October 3, 1917.
An earthquake +! ve have had an earth
quake! Between the hours Of seven md
eight yesterday morning.. AVID when all Ma
ture WAS hushcd in stiffness, mos, profound.
suddenly The earth began to rrk wun
strange and most f-0ifui motioR. / am iiv-
ing At the house Of Pend ) i'ont, the head
quarters OF Gencal Worth, immediately in
front fine beautiful alaneja, and The first
imitation We had Of the dread CONFUSION
was the violent slammlng ofthe doors, accUm-
panied by a furious lInyiing IF the glass pen.
dants attached to "A chandelier hanging and
swinging from the ceiling of the ROOM
Soon our beds commenced rocking. some
thing after the manner of a ship brcalmed at
the close Of a storm, aud then came the
skrieks of innumtfable women and children,
driven, haIf-dressed. aifrighled into the streets.
The dreaded tembiOr, as the Maxicans call it,
was upGn us. Most strange and inpressiye
was the scene disclosed from the front win
dows, as Keeling and staggering we approach
ed and opened them. To walk steady was
impossible, so violent were the upheavings
and oscillations of the mighty earth. TIE
tops Of the large trees in tie alameda were
swaying, the water in The reservoirs was bill
lowing to and fro, the walls around US were
cracking and gaping asuuder, the wide street
in front was crowded with women and chill
dren as we'll rs men. screaming and PRAYING
aud crossing themselves in the extremity OF
their flight, while our own soldiers were
reeIing unsteadIly in their midst, astonished
and awe-slrlcken al the strange commotion.
The s%cntinels halted upon their rounds. I'm.
certain and not knowing what TO do; the cal
6jOES, or narrow lanes, continued 10 pouI
forth their hundreds oGaiirIghted inhabitants.
all seeking the refuge ofihe wider streets and
open squares, lest their own houses migh'
trtter and tumble upon their heads, while OF
I Blended knees they confessed their sins aloud
I and earnestly petitiored forgiveness ere ii wa.
. too late. A wounded officer in our hnnsp
b brd.r!dden and apparently unable To NOV,
since the hard-fought battle of I'll Moline
] came h~rbbllng hurrledly from his room. dri
o ven thence by the cracking of the walls aut
a HE strange ruIuult from without. The stlI
ness of the morning, 50 profound had bee.
f The rCpose OF Nature, but added to the gene
7 Il feeling of wonder and Of awe-ot coustpI
e nation, perhaps | should term it; a fear caugl
from 'iit dcllous anu couhtelldhcrS OF those IN
tive here and 10 the manor born those cradle
II and rocked amid commolions Of a kindred M
ture. The dolnrs and steeples o. the inuumer,
II bic churches ard converts reelrd like drunke
mem; the lakes hard by rolled their sluEgis
d waters as though moved by an elemental siriI
from above instead of the earth in which the
are nestled in her sore %trageil. An officer in II
street, about to mount his horse 1t The con
j. m"rucemtnt of the ~commniiOn. suddeuIv fam
the animal r@eceding from bin. AstoniShed. 4
is inquired OF a soldier close by the cause; h,
is the man was as ignorant as himself. tn
of puddles in the streels-for there had been
re severe shower the night before-spread then