Washington telegraph., 1851-06-25


- ~. Iq,h uk, contains late news from Chill,
aat bz the British steamer Bolivia The Vail
lao NeiQhbor Of April the 9th gives tAe follow
sr account of the recent great earthquakes
''s srhs DIRE adful visitation has come with unwont
=, r;oIeuce On the and INST, at al minutes after
o,cIock in the 4porning. the most powerfai shock
-. experienced. A slighter enc had precededit
erv minutes previous a large number, some
e ,hem quite alarming, have occurred since.
" Tn. shock which Vas felt At Al minutes after
6 .ontinued, as we estimated its duration. about
s.r,v. FIVE seconds. Ispread terror throughout the
.nre city, but its force was greater in the Almen-
d,,I than IN the port or on the hills. This is
-.d,ar;lv the case, owing to the sandy nature of
,h. soil in the former section.
number Of houses were blown down, though
INV were generally old ones. There hardly
.nr dwellings, or walls that have not suffered in
;.ry Some al greatly defaced and strained with
Z. and without. The custom house has oeen dis
sn,d in its ornaments and cornices, but it's walls
as. - ..;d TO be firm. The Matriz church has suf-
s.r.d comparatively little. The Meroed has been
c,.cked and defaced considerably. Gale de la
Victoria presents a ruiaoas appearauce; the injury
don. is more appareat there than in any other
.sc,ou. Tents have been erected in the plaza aud
a, tbs hills and among these little robbers have
bseu prowling as If to augment the distress of the
bousrless. Some hare remained all the night in
she streets
I, is said by all hands that no earthquake equal
70 this has been experienced at Valparaiso since
.be wear 1922 That was followed by great
nnmber of slight shocks. The same has been the
,,.se in this late instance. On an average there
-ws, about one every hour from "Wednesday to
Friday morning.
From the interior we hear OF equal and even
greater devastation. Casa Blanca has in great
par. heea thrown down. Renca, village north
o, Santiago, is reported as being in ruins. San
,iago itself has suffered about in the degree that
Valparaiso has The old Government House has
been more shattered than ever; the present palace
has bren injured; the Church of the ComPania has
been closed because of its dangerous condition; The
bridge has sustained damage. One female lost
her life by a falling The. and another was wounded
in the same way. In Curaeui the church and one
of the posadas was thrown down. Quiilota has
suffered less than the Places named already.
Since the earthquake the rain has come. This
we are told is the common sequel OF severe shock;
and also it is sign of the danger being past he
rain begaa to fall ON Friday night about sxty-four
hours after the hardest shoe k. After the first
shower a slight trembling was felt. The rain then
fell again more heavily from A. M. until Sunday
noon. Since that time some slight trembiings
have been pc received from lime TO time. We trust
the immediate danger is now over, and, as this Is
the most severe earthquake that has occurred dur
ing twenty nine years. that we shall be spared the
speedy repetition of so DIRE a scearge.
The ral failing after the earthquake has caus-
ed great increase of the damage done to property
The tiled roofs were shattered; though some had
been repaired, yet for tire most part they leaked
badly As to the entire amoant Of damage cauS-
ed within the past week exactness cannot be res-
div come at. We sheald judge that the earth
quake had done injury at the least 10 the araount
OF million of dollars. in this city; and that the
Fan owing 10 the exposed state OF dwellings, had
produced half much more.
The same paper of the 26th April says
Ii is noticed that buildings supported on arches
have generally suffered. The heavy church edifi-
ces have been cracked so as be dangerous. while
shs lighter chapel of the French fathers is quite
sound. The Merced church is deiaced and weak
,ened, while the private residence OF Mr.. w h'te-
he ad on the opposite corner, has surtained hardly
any damage at all.
The Custom house is said to be sound in it's alls,
The coruice of mason work has been removed;
and if replaced should be of lighter nate
riak However hear nothing Is tc be done be
fore spring. EXCEPT 10 remove the corasces.
Since the Cd i4ist., estimate that tfsere have
been about seventy five shocks in all, at present
shey seem TO have subsidized entirely.
News received frum Maule afford the gratifying
intelligence that the earthquake OF the ID inst,
was felt there only slightly.
Bv the steamer Chill we learn that it was not
uuusuaily strong al Capiapc
No injury was caused by it at Coquimbo.
On Saturday, in Valparaiso, the unusual pheno-
mena of thunder aud lightning were witnessed.
This was atse the case Santiago.
Tire shocks stiH occur; about three during every
twenty fear ircurs, aud diminishing in strength.
The hacfen,ias about Santiago have suffered
greatly, in ,.i- demolition of buildings, fences. &C.
~~~~COoC0o~~0o@o~~->
Mr. WEBsTRKs SPEECH At ALBANy.-Neso
YORK. Mau 2Y--At two O'Clock on "Wednesday,
Mr.. Webster was conducted by Messrs. Rice and
Potter of the Youag Mems Commitlee, to the
platform which has been erected ia the court
yard OF CouRfess Hail, and having seated himself
was greeted with prolonged cheers As soon as
the applause had IN measure subsideti, the Hon.
J. C.. Spencer appeared and announced that IN
com pliauce with the request OF many citizens OF
Albany, Mr.. Webster had consented TO address
tAen epon the affairs of the country. Ihts was
received with loud cheers, and Mr.. w. then rose.
He commenced his speech By thanking the young
men OF Albany for the homer they had conferred
upon him ia asking him to address them, but at
tbut-d it to the he advocated aud not to his
own individual merit. He rejoicrd to see the
young men strongly attached To their country,
and urged them TO persevere ia their efforts TO
maintain her institutions. He referred to the ex-
slted character of the assembage before him.
containing it did many of the FIRST men of the
greatest State of the Union, and felt that before
such an audience be could not be too circumspect
or guarded in the expression of bis views The
fact of his being called to speak 10y men OF all
political parties, showed that there were questions
now aglating the country which in Importance
rose superior to partisan considerations The ques-
tions he alluded to were those embraced in the
Compromise Bill. Every measure OF the CON-
promise was passed in the face Of the most violent
and determined opposition. The Texas boundary
Compromise which he believed necrssary to the
prevcutio4 of evil war, encountered the most
strenuous RESISTANCE The Union ones broken up
he did DOT believe could ever be reunited. He re.
gard-d however, all the territorial questions EN-
braced in the compromise bill as definitely settled
but there remained one question more exciting
which was still source OF agitation and which
must be met That was The Fugitive sla re law