The New York herald., 1851-09-30
The EARTHQUAKE AT MARTINIQUE.


fFrom the st. Lucia Palladium, Aug Is
BY tie arrival on Tuesday Of the sloop Edward Wat.
further particulars OF the eruption which took place
in the volcanic mountains at Martinique the 5h and
tain caule rops which cennue to be still the object OF ge
neral attraconat Martinique 1t Is remarked that "the
eruption Of the 5th seither the brgoning Of
or not In itsef accomplished FAST at least De flute
one Private intelligence informs t1s, the growing
Of the voc, resumed about midnight Of Thursday
and continued to he audible at St. Pierre up TO Satur
day We translate such observations upon this inter-
esDg phenomenon have appeared In the l1csl papers
The Courier OF tie OH says An extraordnary phe
ncmenom, the like of which Is not remembered by
to have been before produced in Martinique
itself during the nsnt Of Tuesday and mornn of Wed
nescay last spreading general CONSERVATION over the
northern Part Of the Island
AT about eleven o'clock en- Tuesday night, strong
rrmbing noise was heard TO proceed from the Pelee
mountain, followed after by loud detonation,
and that bind Of kissing which would be produced
BY an immense steam generator with the valve par
TALLY open. At the time, slight shock of
earthquake felt at st. Pierre, aud to the great
terror Of those iubsbtrg the quarters in the neigh
bcrhood tf the cid volcano, shower OF ashes came
down, scattering to considerable distance arouui
The houses were everywhere abandoned by their
inmates bo fed terrified TO St Pierre The town Of
Prechour entirely deserted aId when the ,rning
opersd. thowing more clearly the colomns Of smoke
which arose at different points of the Mountain and ali
the surrounding woods and plantations covered
with sort Ct grey aches ano the waters of the river
charged into verable lees, the panic became g. neral.
ardevery one in the neehborhood sought safety by
eipitste Eight carrying With him the most portable
bis effects, ard driving his live stock before him.
"
thee psrturbaons we started on wedu day morning
to examine the scene sud judge for ourselves Asthe
ytr'icnars q our excursion would require deve-
lopeent which the publication Of ;St nteyencs
prevents Us from entering into at present under
the necessity Of fosponng our observations until next
Saturday publication Suffice 1t say for the present.
that were the trt to arrive at the cra.ers which we
fourdto be eight in number presenting surface OF
muddy boiling vster and with an intarmittent rn,r
srurtipg thick whitish steam smelling strongly of
sulphur From dcation, the ground, IL was evil
GENT al the eruption and opening Of che earth
10 Ia fla
We yisitsd the place.
From the Haze Ber,n (st Pierre) large columns Of
mouutsin
Urtl row there las fortunately been no accds en-. to
be derl rcd resulting from the volcanic eruption Il
msJ be hoped that the vent hus opened by the suber
raLsar Ere viii a safety valve TO secure US from
those tIihquakts which are inevitably caused by the
confined vtp,rs."
EFFECTS OF IHE AUGUST eALE-siNeULAR OCEANIC
AGITATION AT ST. LUCIA.
We snrex a few extracts nom the papers which
shtv The sfse.s Of The Augg,t gale On the rarious
Islands.
Atr heavy shower of ain On tie evening Of the ITth
Ostris ~ Lucia most violent agitation Of h,
occurred Which aroused the population the utmost
state q anxiety The Paiadium tsys.--
The vsss.h in The hsrbor large and small noored or
ancncrcd, were drsgg tossing aud buEettinu about
The fearful trough al in the imminent danger Of
bsirg dashed to pieces against the wharf swamped or
one te Of fcau across the breadth Of the harbor whilst
the turbulent breakers curing in awful hsiga lashci
b. market square which well the ring streets
were 20 consiberetle distance submerged Ia the en-.
croseLng tide. end had to be wsded knee deep by
thcse vbo vent 70 thc of endangered property
The butchers stalls newly erected to the north Of the
fgusre were severely battered and rome Of them dis
plaptdard thrown over ~ the surf and the ground
noors Of the houses niug the wharf completely in
undated Happily however, the damage shore was |
not extensive More alarm was flt on account of the
vessels in the hsrbor but through the bold and well al
rc'cd ecrs of those who carried them assistance they
iufered comparatively but little rjvry.
In rQgffg taA "a 81. T.
the sators u the different cut bays Of the Island At
Marquis, the cutter Charlotte laden with plantation
storss and quantity Of valuable househod furniture b.
lor grg TO Me'srs Bennett and Campbell the proprie-
tors Of the Marquis estate, cast ashore. and In
very snort time dashed to stoms-the crew making an
almos. miraculous escape by swimming or resgning
ih selves to the~urs breaking the rugged shore Of
that fatal bay but not without three Of them being se
ously injured All along the the same agitated
swell was felt with more or lees violence.
Dosfsca-In the Dominican Of the 10Th inst We read
fter midnight on Sunday The rain fell In torrents
md about 10 o'clock On Monday morning u blew per
ect gale from 3 The schooner Cherub which TO
have ,s,d for 81 Thomas the day previous which
,ad only one anchor down parted her cable and was
iriven asf ore She i bged eide and the copper
iss been completely torn "a the other About o'clock
NJ. the appearance of the weather was again threat
nirg heavy dark clouds gathering towards the north
h occssiota fs shes ofligbning and the rumblipg Of
istaDt thunder, the wind at the same time blowing
rctiy strongly from the south, raising what Is tened
round swell but speedily sbatsd indeed, the b1om-
yer dld not indicate anything like stormy weather.
estordaJ was shoTery, but unsccomp suied with wind
Fl kiTrs--We had severe gale on Sunday evening,
ue ust IL All cur small craft gone. Mr. q j Evelyn
t hs schooner and soop, aud Andrew ceok his slo9p
here were two tQusrerigged vesses In port los ding for
n0on--tbe bark GlsphJrs and brig Emma Graham
bich dTaRged their anchors. but brought up all
fs. We fear FOR st Barts
NArriviFrt : A. Martinique the weather on the l7tb
~ similar q that experisnced AZ The same time 10 a.
ucla ie tcwrisr, 1 the z0th. rayf Bet Weeu the
ant - Sunday ard morning ~ Nortay our harbor was
thfd ~ heavy fsn q rain, aus ground swell which
t'e under The rhuence % south nd aruth. ast wind
no teawSf greatly egated w.thfu. being exssesvelv
uE1. WI. as As.I.sILa rrtuftnI hr-irr ~ ni.hf