The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-10-11

,diltonals artlctiln rs were "a lieIed ~ lha,
$ssix villages lying III illa boundary Of the
districts, 81 Tar and Kedirie, we're washed
away and tensiives lost. ATT the princi-
pal bridges IN :.ie district Of BlithT were
scnfried a&6Y hi iha f0rco Of The current
tanditlie Honting5 tfaesi The coffee gar-
3dena lyingihh,ivsei,the villages Of Caro-
sim and Willingie, fora distance oftwelve
miles, and a garden in the district Of Pare
containing 5000 trees -all washed away.
On the 18th Of May in the morning, al
711o'clock, at the town Of Kedirie, there
were tRrco distinct shocks Of an enrth.
7quHle, the last of which was very 'teavy.
AaFsB va letter received from tho assistant
,Residentfnf Malang, we learn that on the
smorning offthe 28th, the lava and, stones
were still falling in the vicinity Of the
3mountain, and that the top Of the hill was
now and then visible, but the ,grenterpurt
Of the time covered with smoke and ashes.
AT Madivan and Patjilon, distance of
fiftv.milcs from kloeb, rs also aBcxockio
and Probolings,s n distance of.l2O, miles
from the mountain, there were heard, on
the evening of the 18th, reports nj, inter-
walls resembling heavy artillery ut a dis
lance. And at Bezockie it wns SO severe
that, it is supposed from the pressure Of
the air, glass globes for Jumps were broken
and lamps thrown from the hooks to the
floor, and window panes broken.
In the Residency Madiven, district Po.
norogo, near Putjitan, thoro was on the
morning Of the l7th heavy fall Of ash.
es; and this was seen also as far as Kcde-
rie. AT both these places was felt on the
morning Of the 18th, at eleven o'clock, q
heavy shock Of on earthquake. a nun.
ber of other villages were destroyed.
The mountain still continues active,
and lava. stone, &C., are thrown out The
river still feels the effects OF the eruption,
the water being so thick and muddy that
although month has now elapsed, we
are still unable to drink the water. The
fish in the river have been completely ex-
Terminated. We have not had SD severe
an eruption in the islund for the lust twcn-
~ years.
1t is not yet possible to form on cs,i-
mate Of the damage, which is supposed TO
bevery great, from tho destruction to tho
growing crops Of coffee, rice, sugar cale
ai'u SoCuittui. III iuS iluCc we ic1l IlO-
thing Of it, and were only aware that
something serious had happened when We
found ,hc water in the river about two
thirds mud and ashes. The natives were
unable for many days toperform their
accustomed ublu,ions in the river, the ap.
pearance of which was perfectly fright
full. For several days It WINS covered with
dead and dying fish, dead buflaloes, wild
OK, deer, tigers, hogs, the dead bodies Of
men, women and children, who. had been
caugh, within this stream Of fire and car
ried into the river about seventy miles
above us; trees, earth, rocks, everything
in The course ofthis flood of lava was cur
ried before it, and swelIed the river far
above the banks, destroying property to q
large amount, ns well MS many lives. In
many places, SO rapidly did it advance,
and with SO little warning, that tigers and
other wild animals could not escape it,
The shocks Of earthquakes were rather
alarming in the country, but We felt
nothing oft.