The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-24
The Earthquake in Canada Further Par
ticulars.

'eh DeiOIe Sl& O'CLOCK on Inurs-
day morning. The phenomenon was prece-
ded by low sound, precisely similar TO that
caused by heavily laden wagons, and the du .
ration of the principal shock is variously estl-
mated at from thirty to fifty seconds. The
Chronicle says:
Immediately after the sound, the vibration
OF the earthq uake commenced, and was suffi :
oienuy strong TO sause itself TO be felt even in
the largest buildings in the city The sensa.
ton is described, by those who experienced 1,
as somewhat similar 10 that ielt by a passen :
ger III a railway car Just commencing TO move
and Its shock subsidized gradually into an nm :,
duiating motion, which could be felt within
doors several seconds after it had ceased in
the streets We have not learned that any Sc
rlons oamsge was caused but the effect was
sufficiently percPptibe to cause considera BILE
alarm and excitement. In Grant street, St.
Roch's, a quantity of stones were detached
from Il chimney and deposited in the street.
W lnuoW glass WAS broken in considerable
quantities, house bells and door knockers rang
and sounded mysteriously while crockery
and other light articles placed upon shelves
were thrown down. Chimneys and high
walls csciilated 10 and fro, to the great alarm
OF pedestrians and, in a couple of instances
piles OF lumber were overturned. 1t is re-
markable that the shock was much more vio-
iellt on the low ground of the city-aloDg the
coNes, in the Lower Town, and in ST. Roch's
than on the heights in the Upper Town, or
st. John, and ST. Louis suburbs. This cir
cumstance was exceedingly providentlal, in-
asmuch as the same violence of motion which
prevailed in St Roch's might, if felt in the
higher parts OF the city, have disturbed por-
ton of the cliff and fortifisations, and caused
fearful sacrifice of human life.
On the river the effects were scarcely less
marked. Schooners laying in the Palais har-
Dor, rocked violently backward and forward !;
while along the coves the shipping expert
enced tremor like that produced by a cclli-
sion. Immediately outside the city the shock
W aS MI 10 han i. hrt I thaI limit
On the Little river road, along the valley of
he ST Charles, at BEAUFORT, Charlesbourg,
Lorette and Lake St, Charles, it is represen ted
as having been SO severe that we are only sur
prlsed more serious damage was not done. AT
the latter place the cattle became a la rmed, and
ran about the fields believing loudly.
The Journal adds:
In the frame buildings OF the suburbs. espe-
cially St. Roch, along st. VaIiier street and by
St Sauyeur, the shock seemed to have been
very severe, men, women and children rush
ing from their dwellings half-dressed, with
terror depicted in their coun tenances, asking
one another incoherent questions, and Teceiv
ing equally Incoherent replies. In one in
stance which came to our knowledge, a farmer
from the country, residing with a friend on
Cote d'Abraham, was on his knees at morning
prayer, when he felt the building tottering
and trembling beneath him. The poor man
was So terror struck that he Immediately
tainted aw Y, and after recovery from the
fainting fit would, had he not been prevent ted,
have precipitated himself from the window OF
the house
AT the Mortello towers on the plains, the
effect WAS very great old soldiers resident i'll
them stating that the shockexceeded in inten-
slty those experienced by them in the East and
West Indies. At BEAUFORT Asylum all the
inmates that could ran out OF the building
while those who had not such opportunities
ran shrieking through the wards and corri-
doris. In several rooms the plaster was shaken
down, and strong joints were forced open by
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neer OF the establishme while Superin tend
ing the machinery, heard the boilers of his
engine clatter together in such a manner that,
apprehenSive OF an explosion, he ran out OF
the eneine-room. Indeed, the shock seems to
have been felt with greater violence in the
open country than i'll the city.
LETTER OF ONE OF WALKERS CoMPA-
TRIoTs.-Col. Rudler, sentenced TO the Costa
Rica mines for four years, has transmitted the
following letter to the commandante of Trux-
lilo, Don Norberto Martinez, through the
English consul:
My Dear Sir; 1 cannot take my departure
without first acknowledging to you my heart
felt thanks tor the friendship which you
eyinced for me during my confinement and
trial Your conductin this instance is worthy
Of the highest praise both as Christian and
gentleman. As the former, you have fully
carried out the precepts of our Holy Church
10 return good for evil. AS the other, you
have shown that generous and heightened
character which few men would have had the
fortitude to carry out in the trying ordeal
which have just passed.
To your kind lady l am also much indebted
for the many comforts received at her hands
and now, through you, tender her my grateful
thanks. l also desire TO make you the instru-
ment in conveying my thanks to those gentle
men who have SO generously befriended me-
In doing this you Will add to the many obli-
cations which l have already been indebted 10
you. In conclusion, permit me to assure you
that my conduct shall be such as to prove to
yo1, and all those who have befriended me-
that was not unworthy of it. May Gods
blessing be with you and yours is my earnest
prayer. Your more than friend,
A. II. RUDLER.