Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-09-03
VENEZUELA.

We have already stated that the revolutionary
IN yenezuela which had for It's OBJECT the overthrow
Of the existing Government under President MoEAGAs
brought premature close by terrible earthquake
the 10Th umo, which nearly destroyed the city of
Cumana where the revolutionary troops had their head
quarters about six hundred of whom it is sad persisted
Every house but one in the principal part of the city
called Puenta Arriba, demolished. The Cumanans
Immediately sent their submission President MoyAaAs
and asked for succor
In reference to the earthquake the Spanish paper La
Cronica supplies the following particulars received via
Curacao:
The 18th Of July clear and uncouded and until
p NJ fresh breeze blew from the sea- which aureeaby
tempered the heat of the season At that hour the wind
changed to the south, which the only atmospheric
variation observabe and quarter Of an hour after
wards the first shock felt Surprising it to be one of
the slight tremblings of the earth which the uhabi-
tants of Cumana are accustomed and from which they
think themselves in houses built expressly to bear
them, almost the whole population remained in TRANQUIL
lily but scarcely few instants had passed when most
violent convulson was felt accompanied by frightful
noise and deep darkness. These were caused by the
edces of that ancient city, which fell all at once and
produced indescribable sound.
"When the motion Of the earth had ceased those who
had the fortune be spared from the catacysm las
may be caed themselves surrounded by ruins under
which great number Of victims buried and heard
the cries Of those who had yet given their last breath
The CONSERVATION universal, and seen to be well
the loss of Of its members and in the
Streets squares and neghboring fields wander
ing specres covered with blood and dust and filed with
terror. Such the appearance Of the town few mi
nutes after the catastrophe is yet possible
ascertain the number of victims but it said positively
not to be less than six hundred.
Gan the public buildings FELL viz three Churches the
Castle of San Antona 1.-THE last prison Of Gen Paez the
Theatre the Charity Hospital that Of the Lazarines, the
Colleges the Government House, sc. Almost all the
private houses also destroyed and those which
not entirely ruined have been greatly injured and left unin
habiabe is impossible to estimate the number Of in
habtauts who yesterday rich, happy and enjoying
all the comforts of fe and suddenly left in orphan
age misery with shelter home but the fields and
the sky in q facilitating climate.
s" The natural phenomena which accompanied this
violent commotion the following the oscillation
vertica the retired the beginning several yards
from the coast and then aboyeits level and surround
ed the city the river Mazanares, which flows through
the middle Of the town, also several feet while the
bridge fell which connects the inhabitants both sides.
Deep openings formed in different places, and from
them rose boiling water
Besides the loss Of fe the destruction Of the property
amounts to millions The ancient city Of Cumana the
srst built on terra rma by the Spanards, 1t may be
said has disappeared in an instant"