Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-03-15
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NEW Yonk, March 1.-The steamer Sns 1 Nor-
them Light, r. A. WamaGk' ito ,,t 1o clock.
arr;ved a1 this port last night about ~ IL ~
ar, ,os. San Jnan on the 9TH inst, ana ma
one ies' the 9th. She brings S2lZ'Ooo IN
eS7nl pany boats, is OFT passengers,
EARTHoUAKa = .-7Ffrmed 'N0 rransit's
Francisco, February 20.--A Violent SIOUX or
an earthquake was felt in this city on the
morning of the 18th. The people were arous-
ed from their sleep, and hundreds franticaly
rushed into the street in their night clothes.
The shock lasted some twenty. FIVE seconds,
and was preceded by rumbling sound like
distant thunder. No material damage was
done to property The fire wall fell from one
brick store. The plastering was more or less
cracked in a good many buildings, and in
SO ne instances slight assures are created in
brick walls. 1t was the most severe shock
of which we have any account in San Fran
cisco.
JAPAN.-The clipper schooner Page arrived
here on the 18th from Japan, bringing news
of terrible earthquake which occurred there
on the llth Of November at len o clock P.
NJ, which destroyed loo 900 dwellings, 81
temples, and $4,000 inh Ditants. fire
broke out at the same time in thirty different
places in the city. The earth opened and
closed over thousands of buildings with their
OCCuHdHbSs luS SiluCh was bGN6IG DIT OllnOuds
Although the distance from Jcddo to Simoda,
is but go miles, it appears that no official ac-
count of the earthquake had been received at
the latter place at the time of the sailing of
the schooner Page, December 10th. rhe
Japanese attach but little Importance to the
catastrophe. The inhabitants Of the city were
fore warned of the disaster, and many of them
escaped. The buildings of Jeddo are chiefly
of one story, aud constructed of very light
material. The temples of worship, however,
are lofty, and in some instances are construct
ed of heavy masonry.
There had been rs arrivals at Hakodadi
since that port was opened to foreigners.
Several whalers had arrived during the sea-
son, but their names could not be ascertaned
There were no Japanese goods to be obtained
at the port Of Simoda. The bay of Hak odadi
was covered with ice on the I'd of January
Snow was three feet in depth in and around
Hakodadi on the 9th.
CALIFoRNIA.-Th San Francisco papers
contain details of the explosion on board the
steamer Belle, near Sacramento The whole
number on board the steamer at the time of
the explosion vas sixty, including about forty
passengers. The killed were six. There
were fourteen wounded, among them Isaac
Wilson, a passenger, just arrived from the
Atlantic States.
Business at San Francisco was becoming
more steady
The receipts of gold dust at the Branch
Mint and the various assay offices in San
Francisco range from to L, 900 ounces dali
ly. Interest had fallen to 10 per cent.
FROM UMPoUA.-A correspondent writing
from Deer Creek, Umpqua, says: " For
few days quiet has reigned but the spell will
be broken by an engagement which is 10 come
off with large band OF Indians now encamp-
ed in the big bend of Cow Creek. Col Mar
tin has taken the necessary steps to give battle
to them, and it is expected to take place about
the 18th January, between@th volunteers
and those Indians.
From OREGoN.-SGn Francisco, Feb. 90
The Indians in the south are still occupying
the field. A party in the Grave Creek Hills
had surprised $50 volunteers of Baley's, Cor
don's and Chapman's companies IN the night,
killing Mr.. Gage of Umpoa and Mr.. Gardner
OF Eugene City, and dangerously wounding
A. M, Taylor of Lane county. The Indians
ran away without any loss.
They had attacked settlement ON the South
Umpoa. More Indian depredations are re-
ported to have been committed on Cow Creek,
in which two men were killed and one
wounded.
FROM Observation-Disclosures Kivas haNs
issued decree of the government comforting
on Edmund Randolph and his associates the
exclusive rights of transit and navigation
from SanJuan on the Atlantic to San Juan
on the Pacific, for the term of twenty-five
years. The decree is dated Feb. 90, and
makes reference to previous decree of the
18th OF February, by which tie cherter of
randolph is an intimate personal friend of
Gen. Walker. and recently Joined him in
Central America Gen. Walker had laid at.
taehmentaupon the property of the Transit
Company to enforce the payment of the claims
of the Government for arrearages OF transit
dues, amounting in the aggregate to upwards
OF $4,000. The steamships were not trou-
bled.