Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-07-23


are completely ruined for the present
The entire premises, which were so lately
the pride of the late American Minister,
are, we learn, little better than pile of
ruins.
Letters from Morelia say that the
earthquake was felt thore on the 10Th
inst, at 5 minutes past o'clock, and was
considered the strongest ever Known
The shaking lasted over one and a half
minutes, and left the cathedral and tenn
pies of La Compana and San Augustin
in ruins. Some private houses fell, and
most of the others have remained in a
very dilapidated state. At Patzcuaro,
which is fifteen leagues to the west of
Morelia, we learn that it was even more
severe. The temples of La Purroquia,
La Compana, San Juan de Dios and the
sanctuary of Guadalupe have all been
shaken to the ground, as we'll as a num-
Der of private houses, from the ruins of
which sixteen dead bodies have been re-
covered, and We are sorry to say that
Don Jesus Sotura is amongst them. The
adjacent villages of Indaparapeo, Charo,
&C., are in ruins. The earthquake is
here attributed to the volcano of Jo-
rullo.
In the town of Chilpancingo sixty
houses were thrown down by the earth
quake of the 18th. The streets were
heaped with ruins.
Several persons, who were in the coun-
try on the morning of Saturday the 10Th,
at the time of the earthquake, have
mentioned to US the singular effects pro-
duced by the shocks upon birds. Con-
trary to our natural supposition that they
would have taken wing and flown away,
those that were in thea suddenly alight-
ed, and appeared to be perfectly stagger-
and benumbed by the shocks. One per-
son assures US that in one of the roads,
near this city, where he was at the time,
he might have easily picked number
from the ground, if he himself had not
been too much overcome by what was
transpiring, SO completely bewildered
they had become"
A letter from Mexico describes the
shocks and subsequent events as follows;
The first shock was light and I'M
perceived by me, although notified by a
cargador whom I was passing at the mo-
ment, who was seated on a corner stone
had time to cross the street after the
first shock, and had gone some twenty
feet when the statement of the cargad01
turned out true. After the heavy shocks
there where several lighter ones, which
were very annoying to foot passengers
The earth was contracting into its place
and gave several disagreeabIe twinge:
and jerks.
The first shock came from the south
east, and was followed by three from
the same direction, when the motion
suddenly turned to east and west, anC
gave US four heavy surges, which wa:
followed by others of less strength.
The whole affair created the most in
tense excitement throughout this city
which admitted no abatement for two o.
three days. The previous gossip which
had existed regarding the forced loans
banishments, &c, suddenly was hushed
and all were absorbed in learning the
truth Of the calamity which passed. Fol
the first night and day the populace flock
ed to the squares and principal opening:
in the city. The first night the Alemed;
and Grand Plaza were filled with thou
sands Of people who kept watch, fo
sleep they could not, on account of :
drizzling rain. A general impression
prevailed that there would be repetition
within thirty -four hours after visitation
Fortunately this did not come.
The circuit of this earthquake is no
yet exactly known, but already it i
: known to have extended over an area O
six hundred miles. 1t is also impossible
as yet to ascertain where the shocks cam
: from. Some incline to the belief tina
: they originated in the volcano Of Jurul
10, in Michoacan, on account of the al
: most entire humiliation of the town q
Patzcuaro; others think the shocks wer
caused by some internal movement o.
the Pacific coast, near Acapulco, as tn
village of Chilpancingo has suffered sew
erely, sixty houses having been thrown
down.
Carriages have been permitted to pas
IN several streets since the 21st, but man
are still closed, and the houses in thos
streets are undergoing REPAIRS.