The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-04-23
Aion uie i-auauh Examiner.
Neglected Earthquake.

IN he Philosophical Transactions there is a reference
70 an earthquake which had The honor OF being re
ported III ,he papers o the learned society This is an
honor whioh seems has been accorded TO an earth
quake at Hereford with sufficient promptude in The Lon
don journals and the consequence OF this slisht 10
gbly respectable earthquake has been some incretu.
lity as TO It's existence correspondent Justly te-
nacous OF the honor of his earthquake writes to The
Times TT
The non-a appearance in the Times of this morning OF
any reports o an earthquake shock having been felt
towns has somewhat shaken the belief OF The good people
Of Hereford IN the fact tha percepnble and indeed
nous, shock was really felt here Sunday night Such,
however. was The aud the evidence one
Or more people - Hereford and the neghborhood could be
Obtained oil The fact"
What tribute is this to the mower of the press The
earthquake was earthquake no earthquake al ALL
according 10 lis recognition in the Times the contrary
on Sunday night by the shock Of earthquake but they
were again as much shaken in their belief that they had
been shaken IN their beds, when they found news OF
The event in the Times ..Who should know best Won
or the doctor r. says the sailor, in "Joe Mer,' TO his
mate who protests against being thrown over board as
dead And "who should know best, you the Timesi"
dence oil the senses. On board ship, when sunset is
reported to the commanding officer, he gives the word,
make i So" without which authority the sun could
not 30 down IN the log the pennant from the
head. And in like manner, convulsion of Nature,
which sak kes peoples bodies and cTockery ware, Do
established in their belief or set down in their minds
log unless the word "make il so" has been passed by
the conductor OF the Times. The earthquake was the
talk OF all Hereford ill Hereford found was not in the
HINES Whtie were us TunOlngs Wten II was dis
covered that IT made no noise in the Tunes s
After all It was no great shakes" the dis
paagng reflection of the disappointed Hereford citizen
upon finding no mentlon in the Times. The break ing
out OF peace between England and France made all the
noise OF the week Tor peace, which upon time
was the most silent OF all things has taken praiing
about itself in strain most egolstical and clamorous
From The disturbance you would fancy all the world at
oggerheais but it is nothing but the professions and
protesations OF that gossip Peace gaddng next door with
proclamation OF her virtues But what said an impuden
Frenchman, ".isen to her and she keeps 200 900 fight
ing men oil all sorts, soldiers and sailors" What has
the breaking out OF peace TO do with the Hereford earth
quake! some one asks. Much, ALL we reply The
earthquake was lost in the other sort of quake, from
which the word Quaker is derived Was the quaking OF
the little city OF Hereford deserving a MENTION when The
great city OF London was quakDg and falling down at
the feet of the French Emperor ~ .#
Were we al such moment TO be told that the respect
able Mr. Bullock, wife of attorney at Hereford
thought something had blown up (very probably nothing
than the report of peace that others
arose and dressed themselves in the repda
uhey did rot go lar as 10 sign their the
French address in the fit that Others again iancied
robbers were breaking in though they might from the
nslse much reasonably have judged the peace was
breaking out What these alarms TO the alarms OF
peace conmoon and 10 the apprehensons created iy
provoking Louis Napoleon to pfoesaons of peace ap-
pfopraiely and immediately followed, in the express
paragraph OF The Times, by the that the
Bellona is launched at Chebourg Happily, as counter
auguiy. Samuel Quincy is the stocks at Portsmouth
with such broadsde OF aakers the world has never
yet seen ... .#. r.s.H1.. ~ .s9H ta.s#