The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-17

pears to have come from the north.
We annex the details Of the news:-
THE EARTHQUAKES.
From the valparaiso Neighbor, Oct. 96
On Friday the 9Th inst an alarming earthquake 90
CURED here ct eleven O'Clock In the morning s du-
ration was fortynvs seconds In the Port though In
Almsndral was violent and protractsd. The VI
cd with fearful distnctness It Is gratifying to state
however, that no material damage caused The
o. building: fsssd hut % far q We
al account: a. percspble to persons board ships in
the bay 1t to those the shore; equally sudden
English ship Of says the sensation II all the
guns we're coming through the deck That the motion
depth Of water a. there is in tho bay Is very sSrpriins
does indeed come through the earth alone During
the rs%sining part Of the day aud the following night
many families to bstake themselves to the street
the country The FIRST rumors from the neighborhood
efCoqumbo that great had been cans
70 oonps. ruin 6
finest buildings In Coqumbo itself had been thrown
down This We are happy to ind was an exsggeration
Still the shock at apel was violent than It In
this place Six eight houses says letter written
thence ON the 9th inst thrown down, and life
not been confirmed Is hoped nothing serious has oo
CURED there In the capital Santiago, also tho shook
aaS
fears to which those heavng Of give rise What
tho immediate agency Of such nconceivabe power may
be, diicut to discover Here whole region Of coun-
Try OF ten thousand square miles IL made to culver like
ING leaf o. tree and that on An For the time
In places hundred miles distant.
From tho Lima New Era, Nov ~
On the 9th Of October Last at IL O'Clock In the morn
Ing series OF which lasted two minutes
without interruption, spread condemnation and alarm
throughout the city Of Valparaiso So great was the
Oscillation that al the bells set ringing and most
Of tina CLOCKS and chronometers stopped. No house
WAS thrown down, although some we're injured. The
towers Of the Mstrz and Custom House waved TO and
fro In fearful manner; the latter u moved little out
OF perpendicular At the commencement Of the earth
quake the horizon in the West dark and obscure
consequently it impossible to whether there
simultaneous with the earthquake. The weather was
warm and extremely beautiful the shoue with
the IL 81 one Of 1922 though that Of 1925 oonsd
ering It's duration was more violent Many slight
lions were peroeptibs in the Of the day and ct
ton O'Clock In the night which caused much alarm
OF late earthquakes have been very frequent In Sam
tisgo its force and DURATION damage
By news from Tilspel, We learned the almost total
destruction Of La Lgua and Petorca The direction of
tn: earthquake was evidently from the north: Co.
quimbo suffered extremely; Its best public buildings
were reduced to mass Of ruins The oscillations Of
the earth were ightfu The whole population slept in
the open nd the stones In the rivers were raised
from tnsr beds and thrown to distance.
THE COAL TRADE.
tFrom the Valparaiso Nsighbor, Oct. 2Sl
Ihs PTospsots Of obtaining coal from the nSighbor-
the last accounts the promise exoeent both % to
II. amount TO b had and the quality the coal
mine has bssu opened on land lying at the right hand
Of tn: road ls:Aing to coneepcicn in which Of
hundred ysrds nom Il. bssch aud have cut in ,ertosi
through the coal at that. Then third has been
opened ct the Perses also the side of the road to
The CO.., obtained from TIL: is Of 81.
tho main question at present 10 to ind purchasing de-
mand equal to the supply.
REVOLUTION IN BOLIVIA.
From the Lima New Era, Nov. IL
There bs current report in the city, this morning
that revolution has broken out L. Bcys assins
details OF this event as soon a. they come to hand.
NAVAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
The ship Of the line Columbus Capt Wymau bearing
the psunant Of Commodore Bidde is here lately from
California The Commodore 10 on shore staying at the
American Hotel She will remain till after November
ls and thsn sail for the United states Doctor Crump
turns in her. q does also E Dorr Esq formerly
American Consul for the city of Valparaiso
jane: Slsd. connes:.. Tsen.s W. % S' Cap
tain Lisutensnts Psroiva brsyton Henry French, W.
l. L,t M;suTy W. B; Rsnsnsx and George " Chapman
and John c Cash, Ieutenants; Bsnajah Tioknor, sur
Daniel L. Bryan, assistant surgeon Edward T. Dunn
purser; W. Newton, chaplain; Mordecai Yarnal, pro-
MASTER T. st. Clair Clarke oommodore's secretary Ro
bert Harris, captain w. H. Needless pursers do
j. L. Kteher commanders do; ]. Lewis, Commodore's
do. Andrew Drake, John c. Febiger Maurioelsimmons
and Douallier passed midshipmen; Byrd w Stevenson
Edysrd sslden, John B. Stewart Charles X. Graham
N. H. Van Zandt, iona Young Gustavus Harrison, Jr,
d. A. MoDermut, John q Whitaker, Elliott johnson
and W. P. Toler midshipmen; " r. Hall, boatswain;
Dbble, carpenter Robert c. Rodman sail maker and
Thomas Robinson, gunner.
October lst Mary B. Cowel, formerly Mary B. Hale, Of
Oct 7th Philip Brown, seaman board the Columbus
aged IS years.
In Lima Sunday night Oct sst, Mr.. Moses Virgins
formerly Of Boston, Massachusetts aged about 30 years
vALrARAno, October 26 -Commercal Report. Business
with rs generally speaking, the and It does NOT
appear that is within the reach Of remedy
its decay Though is true there exists great disposition
House and tariff regulations under which the transit trade
has bsen lnbong oug, which now undert auspices Of
is taking way direct to those coasis where
II this country daily decrsasns eonsiderins at least that
the high prices bullion hi h premium Of hard doa s.
Of exchanges and scarcity crcu
latipg medium embaass that thereby
home trnde and consumption greatly affected.
is TO be hoped that whenever favorable tide Of affairs
shn! set in sGn and Of
VIII nave so advanced and npened as to enable us TO take
As decrease of foreign Shipping for charter In this
wheh it ha, fouod employment home and the
BaL-as also from he charters effected abroad for
the conveyance Of guano to Europe.
from Engand them ballast under charter guano
and the other is still dischagngso that freight only
nOmia;y be quoted from Is s. to IS los Tor Liverpool
here has obtained 81 So for Hamburg with sapee-whch
probably will remain the average freight for continental
ALL about 1900 British register tons only have called in
under charter Tor guano since last report