Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-02-11

in Casteliamare some staircaSes gave way;
in Sorrento, too, damage o. the same kind
was sustained, and in Capri a portion of the
mountain had fallen. During the follow
ing night again a considerable number of
persons slept in the open air, and the same
scenes were to be witnessed as during the
preceding night. One or two slight shocks
of earthquake occurred. but the alarm was
not great. The journal of the l7th reported
that the telearaphc communication be-
tween Elce!i and Sala had been brokel;
but that through other channels it was
known that three persons had been killed
in the later place, and that the prison and
the barracks had received cons iGprable dam
age; that in Potena half the houses had
g'veu way; ia Padua hundred, and how
many were killed was unknown; in Polla
the disasters were immense; in Auetta,
Petrusa and Csggiapo, many houses ruined
and lsnsy Pessos.s= killed; in Salerne many
houses were opened, among which two
churches, thespalace of the Prefet, and the
barracks OF the gendarmeIie, had suffered
the most; the beliry and the church of Sal
dina, close ~ Salefno, had given way, and
two women had been killed. pOienza. how
ever, the capital of the Basllicata, had suf-
lered he must, though to what extent was
unknown. At Bari, the people had been
much alarmed, and had spent the night in
the open air. In Riciglano ten houses
had fallen, two persons had been killed
willis. five or SIX had been dug out of the
ruins. Ga Saturday morning iwo other
shocks were felt in Salerno aud one in Ma.
pies. In the course Of the 18th more ac-
curate news came from Potenza, a city of
IA 900 or 10 900 inhabitants, where not a
house remained in habitable state. The
Palace OF the Prefet, the Courts of Justice,
the Military and Civil Hospital, the Bar
racks of the Gendarmerie. and OF the Com
panv Of the Reserve, the College OF Jesuits.
the churchrs, and especially the Cathedral |,
the telegraphic instruments all are render
ed perfectly us eiess, nor can any one with
out danger cross his threshold. Many VIC
tins had been dis inferred, but the real num-
| Der was unknown. Tito "a suburb of PO-
tenza pussess;n nearly 10000 souis,) Mar
ciconeuvo, llaut- GUIANA, and Brienza are
| almost entirely destroyed; two-thlrds ot
Vigno.a have perahed. The ruin in Wig
giano Calvello, Anz and Abrola is awful;
! and yet more so the alarm and desoiatlcn
! of the inhabitants s:The pen," says the
writer's of this report in the official journal,
| "falls in terror from our hand" Such re-
/ ports as these by no means tended to tran
! uualize the public mind in Naples, where
but one thought occupied all persons. AT
5 and hali-past O'Clock. T. NJ, on tie
/ 18th, we felt Two other shocks, and lmme-
diately some neighbors ru, he'd into our
I apartment to inform Us OF il. Had there
beer any doubt of it, we might have learnt
the truth by putting our he4ds cut OF the
window, and listening 10 the cry Of The
Earthquake! The Earthquake" Again the
people rushed into the streets, and carria-
yes were again stationed for the night in
the open squares. The people bivouacked
l.around their tires-the images of Saints
were lighted, and every precaution was ia
ken that fear or superstition could suggest
At midnight another slight shock was
lett, and on Sunday, the goth, at 10 O'Clock
in the morning, We ielt our tables heavlng
beneath US. Indeed the earth seems to bt
as nervous as curse ives, ard for some day;
We may expect a renewal of tLese awfu
intimations of danger. The last | fell
Yesterday evening, and to slight shocks VT
are becoming almost indifferent. Thus
besides the ruin TO life and property, thOus
ands have beea thrown into II state OF deS
oatIon and waHt--are encamp d, at tht
approach of winter, in the open country
and are Gependynt on the s"ccor OF g vern
mcnt Tor almUst the meaEs OF existence
We hope That we may now lay aside ou
fears, though we dare not say 50, Tor Sigh
shocks are still ie:t. Tne contrasts OF feel
ing. always observable in public calamiiies
have been strongly marked here by TIE at
tempts at violence aE4 ;heit-by the eager
ness with which the multitude wished IL
play Oh The earthquake" in The lottery @
last Saturday--and by the superstltious rev
erence " iih which the announcement wa
received that the blocd OF ST. Ianuariu
had boi.ed Oh Sunday or Monday. and b.
the readiness with which it Was tollowe
in proces ession.- Cor. LoRdoa AnAsRGun!.