New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-25
EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
AND GEORGfA.
from The CAarlessoa Courier, Jan. 20.

From ChdyiestOn Courier jan ~
Az o'clock on Thursday evening, our city expert
en- sed an earthquake of more violence bp auy iel or
recorded believe, fer fifty years. ~ duration OF
the force Of the motion or disturbance Is saeo
by vsIope observers at SIX eight or ten seconds ana
tie whole time of the motion, oscillations, az twenty
or INVENT, live seconds. The direction was from tie
east, westward, nearly 80, and the grea'ess IN
precision felt along the line OF Broad street, ana on
either side.
AT tb. Poft-Ofice, the conclusion was senslbiy snd
even violently exhibited throughout the building ana
in the dlsaITaDgement OF papers, ieteTs, c from tne
pigeon-holes, or cases, and the shelves
: At The Courier Office, Lear the Post-omee, tnere
was an equally violent demonstration throug sout the
building. On the first floor the alarm was not gwen
80 disiincy IN motion, but by noise p'odnced by the
shaking Of cases. stsndr and other furniture above.
On the second story there such conclusion as for
some seconds 70 prevent all work, and on the third
story the effects were more strongly marked
At the Bank of Charleston, which Is a few rods'
westward Iom the Post Office, and Is very substan-
tal building The motion was strongly marked, and ex-
ciied immediate apprehension OF some catastrophe 70
a neighboring buiiorDg.
From many places along Broad-street to the west
end reports have reached concurring generally
what has been stated. In the store and rooms Oh
w. s. Adams, No. l6 Broad street, the elects were
unusually distinct in sound and motion, and this may
be well explained from the quantity and variety ef
iron materials there collected, in stoves CRATES,
pots, &c.
southward from Broad street, we have reports from
South Bay. In the shaking Of the house waz
80 painfully percePble thatthe occupants insncuvey
left it, r
Northwsrd of Broad street there is portion Of the
city in " bich many houses seem TO have escaped.
In Calhoun street, we have report from the west
cad, Ashley street. Strange 10 state in this
case the testimony of the observers TO the rocking
of the buildings distinct and positive tina. the mo-
ton from the south, nGtbward. In all other
cases that have reached US, and the impressions
made on those who in this Office at the time the
direction of motion, as above stated, was from the
east 10 the west. eH
report has reached us from Spring street, which Is
the funniest point north ard from Broad street. that
has been mentioned by any witnesses whose accounts
have reached ne.
The telegraph was not in connection nofth@ard, e.
did lot bring US any reports.
From the west we heard soon "a we had reoov-
cred solid footing, that Augusta, Atlanta, and Ma
con had experienced the shock. We hope 10 receive
and exact reports as to the time IN each place.
In this city confident in placing our shock at
Oh Instantly after O'Clock, the bell of St. Michaels
bsd but sounded few strokes and interrupted for
sOme seconds by the earthquake. U
From TAe Cl4UlestoA Ssps, 2lst -t.
Among the Accomplishments OF the shock OF the
earhQnske, we have 10 record not the least
pIising Of The subteuanean phenomena by which it
may have been attended. The tubing Of the Artesan
reached of $40 feet on the 3lst Of March last when il
was arrested by an obstruction which it was mpossi
bic to penetrate to by pressure, the boring
having previously reached 800 feet. The weights
placed on lie tubing amounted to several hundred
iups without any perceptbe effect, when, on Thurs
day afternoon it began to SETTLE and it entirely disap
peared so that the materials employed in tae opera
tion rested on the ground; removing the rubbish it
was found that the tnbDg had descended Thirty feet