The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-27
The Earthquake In Naples.
)HoRRIBLE SCENES AND DINoIDES7

lux III Bill SCENES AND INCIDENT
(From the Correspondent of the London Times)
NAPLES, Dec. 9.-The details which continue to
arrive from the provinces of Bascata and prfnci.
patio Cieriore are of the most distressing character
and are much more explicit. Full as they are.
however, they do not give tenth part of the
injuries that have been inflicted, partly because
the authorities will not make them known and
partly because they not as yet informed of the
greater portion of them. The official journal of
saturday night contains the names of 46 other
townships, hitherto unnamed. which have suffered
severely, and yet are not mentioned. OF these, It
Is said some are a mass of ruins othes ieyellea
Win the ground; others almost entirely Destroy
ed--cnurches, dwelling houses. and all; in some
workmeu are pulling down the houses. and in
Others larga assures are opened in the ground
Out oil these 45 places 20 reported to have lost
some portion of their popnlatiou of one 1t is said
IVo coFpses have been taken out; of another, 30;
aud it is expected that 800 will he found Accord.
ing to it $3.50 bodies have already been dug out
fearful number to think of, to which if we add the
numbers as yet unknown, shall not be very
much startled at the medium statement given Of
about l3,OO0 or l4000 victims. The first efforts
made are to erect temporary wooden buildings for
the survivors. Allen are employed too in knoc king
down the falling houses and in burying the nuner-
Gus dead. Care Is also being taken to disinfect
those places where the dead lay in the greatest
NUMBERS. Dut.all the exertions that can be made
VIII only tend to slightly alleviate the misery
winch has been occasioned by the fearful blow
that has fallen upon this unfortunate people.
A general collection is to be opened for the re-
lief OF the sufferers aud another will be male by
the English thmselves. The character of the two
awful shocks which were the occasion of the disas
ter Is thus described from PoteDza, the capital of
BasllIcata They were Of equal duration. aud the
first was proceeded aud accompanied by fearful
subterraneous thunder, the same observed in
Naples. The sky was serene and the air tranquil
the hrst was undulatory and " suisntario:' - that
which followed in about three minutes, with yet
violent nnHIIHtlOna - ~
marked by vertical and conyulsive movements
lne walis%ere thrown one over the other heavy
iurniture was moved out of its place. or, were
whirled round, while lighter articles and glass
were thrown to great distance. The effect of the
second shock upon the houses may be imagined,
curing which the falling houses struck one against
another The victims in PotenZs seem to have
oeeh among the poorer classes, who having retired
10 rest had no time to escape. Those who remain
ed alive alter the underground thunders and the
shocks, says the journal, considered themselves
rather to have been born again than preserved. 1t
"oulu pe tedious to give you the fresh details which
nave just been brought in since the commence
nent OF this letter They are represented to be of
ever increasing gravity, and the names of many
other places damaged are given. On the 18th the
no"" PFdttct had been sent to the site of destrnc
ton ahd on the 18th three other persons to disnter
and disnfect. From Gaeta had been despatched
'o soldiers of the 9TH of the line and 200 pioneers
olIC inc movement was late From the hospital
% -ooo military tents have been despatched and
VI materials Tor building, and OF
food. 1t is to be hoped, therefore that though
more dispatch might have been used in the first
instance ana more energy inspired by the presence
vi member of the royal family, the wants of the
sufferers VIII be temporarily provided for.
NAPLES, jan 2l.-l proceed to give further de-
'aiis rom tue provinces regarding the all absorbing
subject OF the earthquake. The official Journal Of
Wednesday night enumerates sixty-oue places
whien nan suffered in their buildings. and many
IN their population. Under the name of each
place IL given description Of the disaster, and
this last report alone gives the number of several
say 1000 or 5000 additional-known to have suf-
fered Then are described the other casualties.
people manned, crushed, others drawn out alive
after fearful sepuIture of eight days, reminding
us how many more might have been saved, had
proper exertiens been made. The latest accounts,
too, awaken considerable apprehension of further
disaster. The whole district of Sala is ayitated
by continual movements of the earth, stronger by
night than by day, and these are preceded by
fearful detonations Moreover, about 9 o'clock,
P. NJ, on the 2Sth ult., and and halfpast Z, P ~,
on the 29th ult, three strong shocks, lasting in
to twelve seconds, were felt, followed by others
less intense.
In potenza, too, on the evening of the 29th,
about quarter to seven o'clock, Il strong undua-
tory shock was felt, and other light ones during
the night. No injury done, but the popula-
ton all rushed ouG into some opea space. Here
in Naples, it is said, that since the 10Th ult., we
have had, up to Christmas Eve. forty-nine shocks.
and it may readily be believed. Almost every one
mus some trace oil them III MS house; the shocks,
too, which were felt at Potenza on the evening OF
the 29th were felt in Naples, and in some cases
created great alarm. However. every one looks to
Nesuyius for safety and that night it was in yo-
lent movement. People who reside at Resins tell
that during the whole ght the shocks from 1.-THE
mountain were of most violent aud continuous
character. Every three minutes it appeared as if
desperate man were trying to wrench open the
doors and windows. Nothing, however, took
place.
/ have TO uiy fron pViy IA.
persons who have visited the scene Of the ruin
They describe the country in many places as cross
ed with assures which at first had been very wide,
but now had much closed. During the whole time
of their visit the ground heaving beneath
them. There was universal panic, and grief, and
no light part of 1t arose from the fact that there
was no one to search beneath the ruins or to bury
their dead. speak of the 2lst and the I'd nit
that is to say, of six days after the date Of the dis
aster. Letters from .Brienza of the 31st uit say
that no relief had been yet received. Ny ill.,
formants, in wandering through Polla, could get
no food, aud even bread was wanting in many
places. Those whe were dug out alive-some after
six eight days ofliying buriaI--awoke to famine
and death The details which receive more
horrible than can be easily conceived.
Any one who has read my narrative attentively
must admit either the Indifference, the indie
lence, or the maladmluistratOn of the Government,
and in fact, the public voice is very strong the
subject. am credibly Informed that bread has
been wanting in many places, through most of the
afflicted spots lie within radius of 100 miles of
Naples and a railway traverses nearly thirty miles
of the distance. Again the smell from the bodies
pestilential in some places that Signor Ajoss
is said TO have recommended that the surface OF the
ground should be covered and leveled instead OF
being opened, but this WAS not permitted, aud only
or the Christmas eve were persons sent to bury
the dead. As, however, instruments, carriages,
and provisions wanting. the work could not be con
tinued. The Board OF Health cent down II persons
only to disnfect province and to give orders for
te p,,I,I lie h.a nj TuFnp
also. were sent down "sepelitori," to 5uperin-
tend the burial of the dead-no one else, mill
tary or civil authorities, with the after ego Of tue
King, not even an extraordinary commission.
Since writing the above other and more affiict.
ing details have arrived of the desolati0n occasion
e by the earthquake. LaureuZana, Tito, Brienza,
Marsicanuove, have almost entirely disappeared.
The King himself says that upwards of 5000
have perished, aud, from what 1 have heard says
my very sensible informant the real number must
be nearly double. People who hive came from the
spot report that the grOsns of the sufferers were
heard from beneath the ruins several days after
tho disaster, and that, horrible to relate on some
bodies being taken ont, 1t was found that they bad
dcyonred n portion Of their arms. There
none to aid them, none to exearate the dying,
none 10 bury the dead, none to give bread 10 tie
famishiBg. Thousands Of soldiers are maintained
at the expense OF the state to support "erder,
but they could not be sent to 7aye thousands from
pershing. Many steamers were lying ia harbor,
the expensive toys ef the sovereign but, with one
or two tardy exceptions, they have remained snug
in port. People canne. refrain from comparing
the tardiness displayed on the present melancholy
occasion. with the promptitnde displayed ia the
month of June last, when rebels landed in Sapri.
IL must have teen late on the night OF the z tn,
perhaps m. before the morning of the 2'th,
when the intelligence arrived at Gaeta, yet two
steam fricates were Immediately despatched with
troops, and NJ halcpast 9, A NJ, of the morning
of the 10Th, the Cngiari was captured.
SEQUEL To TIE sr LAWRENCE HOTEL TRAGEDY.-In
the Pennsylvania House of Representatives at
Harrisburg, Saturday morning, Mr.. Yearsiey, Of
the House, presented petition from Thos. Wask-
ington Smith, for divorce from his wife, Mrs
Lizzie c. smith, formerly Miss McCauley. The
presen tation and reading of the petition occasioned
visitors.
THEATRICAL DIFFIcuLrY.--An information was