The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-07-23
EARTIIQTAKE T..

o wy '"hN W mSAitVh oboit UNIV dBO,O
b which some six millions, of dollars wort
a ofproperty was destroyed and quite
: number Of lives lost. IA corresponder
+ ofthe New York Herald, who was in tn
: City Of Mexico at the time, in his descrip
f 'ion ofits effects at that point, says:
3 II had mailed my last letter to you bu
: fifteen minutes before,- and was on m,
way back to my hotel yhen suddenly th,
earth rocked under my feet; l was precipi
; ta'ed against the wall ofa house;the house
commenced to crack end roll about lik
empty bottles in water I; tile streets wer
rapidly filled with young and old some
in full dress, some in no dress-all ma
king the most frightful ado: some lying
fiat on their bellies, but most on thei
knees, calling on all the saints in the Mex
ican calender to save them, their wives OF
husbands, their children, &c.; horses
dogs, and even the mules and stupid asses
in the streets stood still, quivcring in ev
cry part. A second or more gave me ar
idea Of what was transpiring, and recol
lecting the exclamation OF a corgador a
few seconds before, that there was an
earthquake, recovered myself as l was
going headlong into the street on the re-
bound, and betaking myselfto the door
way, took cut my watch and commenced
making notes of time and events.
A great many houses were shattered
to pieces. burying q number Of persons
in the ruins. The earthquake is said to
have extended over an area of six or
seven hundred miles. H# F.
Since writing the above, we learn that
in the city of Mexico the loss is estimated
at from S5,0O0,OOO TO $1,000, ,OOO.--
About 20 lives were lostin the city. The
National Palace suffered considerably ;
and in some places wide cracks were made
in the earth. The streets, in some instan.
ces, were broken for long distance.
The two acqueducts which carry water
into the city have been badly damaged,
especially the one which passes into the
city by the Garita de Belan. This is bro
ken completely off in many places, and
throughout the entire line of Chepultapec
the arches are broken horizontally, show
ing that they were subjected to a severe
oscliating motion.
In the city there were four violent
shocks, and men, women and children, by
thousands, Aocked to the public squares.
where they remained all night, exposed
to the drizzling rain.
Frazer's River Gold Mines...tireat Ex-
citement in California. u" ~
BY the Star Of the West, which arrived
at this port yesterday, we have intelli-
gence ola very exciting character from
California. The discoveries of gold in
the British territory prove to be Of the
richest description. fully equalling the
most productive diggings in California or
Australia. For particulars our readers
are referred 10 accounts which we copy
his morning from San Francisco papers,
and especially to the highly interesting
etter Of our correspondent in that City.
It will be seen that perfect stampede
or Frazer's River has taken place, threat
'ning, in fact, the Idepopnlation of Cali.
'ornia. Within the two months nextpre-
,eding the Goth Of June, fifteen thou.
sand persons had sailed for the Frazer
River country, and the whole mining re-
yien of California was wild with excite
nent. San Francisco presented an ap
oearance similar tv the scenes of l849.-
was en- route for the North,
he allurements Of The new diggings call
ng away all the floating population of the
country 4ep- bn9ol eqea v. a
Our correspondent states some i'm.
,ortant facts not understood before, rela-
i've to the navigation of Frazer's River.
A steamer makes regular trips as far up
IS Fort Hope, which is sixty nine miles
+bove Fort Langley, and ninety-four from
he mouth Of the river. 1t had not been
nown that steamers Of considerable size
ould be used above Fort Langley, and
he fact now demonstrated is one of much
Importance. The distance from Fort
Iope to the confluence Of Thompson's
liver, in the centre of the gold district. is
ixty-six miles. 1t will be seen that the
ifhcullies Of reaching this new land Of {
romise are less formidable than was be- ,
eyed to be the case, and from the ex- /
snt Of the emigration hitherto it is esti- G
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