Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-02-09
The Earthquake in Naples-Nearly Four Thousand Bodies already Recovered

The Naples correspondent of the London Times says the prevalent opinion is that about 13,OOO persons have pershed in the recent earthquake; 3665 bodies have been recovered
 The official journal enumerates 6l places which had suffered in their buildings, and many in their population. Under the name of each place, Is given description of the disaster, and this last report alone gives the number of seve- ral-say, 4OOO or 5000 additional known to have suffered. Then are described the other casualties, people maimed, crushed, others drawn out alive, after fearful sepulture of eight days, reminding us of how many more might have been saved had proper exertions been made. The latest accounts too, awaken considerable apprehensions of further disaster. The whole district of Saa is agitated by con- tinual movements of the earth stronger by night than by day, and these are preceded by fearful detonations. Moreover, about o'clock P. M., of the 18th ult., and 6, and half past ' r. NJ. of the 18th ult., three strong shocks last lng 10 to F seconds, were felt, followed by others less intense
 In Potenza, too, on the evening of the 18th about quarter to o'clock, strong undulato- ry shock was felt, and other light ones during the night. No injury was done, but the popu- laton all rushed out into some open space Here In Naples 1t Is said that since the l6th ut., we have had up to Christmas eve, 49 shocks, and it may readily be believed. AL most every one finds some trace of them in his house; the shocks, too, which were felt in Po- tenza on the evening Of the 29th, were felt in Naples, and In some cases, created great alarm However,every one looks to Vesuvius for safety and on that night it was in violent movement People who reside at Resina tell me that durino the whole night the shocks from the mountain were of most violent and continuous charac- ter Every three minutes 1t appeared as if desperate man was trying to wrench open the doors and windows Nothing, however. took place.
 Ihave also reports to give you from private persons who have visited the scene of ruin.- They describe the country in many places as crossed with Assures, which at first hac, been very wide; but now had been much closed During the whole time of their visit, the grouud was heaving beneath them There was uni. versal panic and grief, and no light part of it arose from the fact that there was no one to search beneath the ruins or to bury their dead speak of the 21st and the p ult-that is tn say, of six days after the date of the disaster Letters from Brienza of the 31st ult., say that no relief had been as yet received. My inform ants, in wandering through Polla, could get no food, and even bread was wanting in many places. Those who were dug out alive-some after six or eight days of living burial-awoke to famine and death. The details which I re- ceive are more horrible than can be easily con- ceived.
 Since writing the above other and more af. flicting details have arrived of the desolation occasioned by the earthquake Laurenzana. Tito, Brienza, Marsicanuovo, have almost en- tirely disappeared. The King himself says that upwards of fifteen thousand have perished, and, from what have heard, says my very sensible informant the real number must be nearly double. People who have come from the spot report that the groans of the sufferers were heard from beneath the ruins several days after the disaster, and that, horrible to relate on some bodies being taken out, it was found that they had devoured portion of their arms There were none to aid them, none to excavate the dying, none to bury the dead, none to give bread to the furnishing. Thousands of soldiers are maintained at the expense of the State to support "order'' but they could not be sent to save thousands from perishing. Many steamers were lying in the harbor, the expensive toys of the sovereign, but, with one or two tardy ex- captions, they have remained snug in the port People cannot refrain from comparing the tardi-