The New York herald., 1862-03-29

sw0RAhe y Dseeno0, NH, a assoans Of when na'
- ~ unins@setsg just - ths time, taken ron VI
ss- Il Of tAs West" pusashss By D1. Psrkins:-
sAs ss.srs Of ~ volsnss - thought 70 10 nea'
n Lssls Praiis, some twssty-1ss or thirty ni's'
sssov New hartd, the Vibrations freuAw were fell
ever Tho Valley Of NE Ohio - far uR - Ph'soass
Prom an eye witness. who waae tnsn abos'
Ssty mi3es below New NsdriA, In hatboat hs way
Shsw Orleans win Iced Of produce, and who ~
Sessd tAs scene 70 ns, ] learned that The ag1
oon which sonvulssd ths sarth and hs waters II ~
sAsy Mississippi Isd every living creature with Aor
~ mo arss sAsek took place in The nisht e Dscsm
- 10, ISL while the boat was lying q the shore, In
seDpany with several others. Al This time there was
saDGer apprshsndsA from IL Southern Indians ~ was
ss After The battle Of ppscanos and for safety several
bsess kept In company for mutual defence in Of
ack In the middle Of the night there was terrible
sAosh and arrng Of the boats that the crews were
~ awakened and hurried on deck. with their weapons
q dsfenee n their hands, thinning the Indians were
ssshins on beard. tho aquatic fowls whose numbsrlsw
nsehs quietly resting In the sddiss Of The river
thrown into hs greatest tunuls anA with loud screams
Impressed their alarms IN accents Of terror Ths noise
I'D eonaosion became hsaAsd end nothing could
- discovered 70 sxos shss tAsseatmsa
sensuded that the sbsck ecsasonsA BY the fasS IN
- large Of tAe bank oe ~ river then. ~
zen 40 light enough 70 distinguish objects, ths
osws wsre an up naktng ready - dspas<- Dixectgs
aosa roaring and kissing beard like the escape Of
steam from boiler. accompanied by the most violent
agitation Of the shores and tremendous boiling up Of The
waters Of the Mississippi in huge swels. rolling the
waters below back the descending stream and tossing
No boats about violently that the with dculy
ssuld keep upon their feet The sandbars and points
- the island gave way, swallowed up In the tumutuous
Bosom Of the river carrying down with them tho cotton
wood trees cracking and crashing tossing their arms 70
ssd FRO as sensible OF their danger whle they disap
Dsarsa beneath The food. The water Of the river,
which the day before was tolerably clear, being
sasAsr low, changed 70 reddish hue, and became thick
sSed ns assSn Of so earth
masses aoassa sions upon the trembling surface rho
earth on the shores opened into wide ssures cosng
sgan, threw the water sand and mud in colossal jets
lsher than che tops Of the trees The atmosphere
pssranos from the haze Of indian summer or ma. of
spheavng tho bottom the sinking Of the banks and
sandbars into tho bed Of the stream, the in
lrD again rushed with
SuTrymg along Seats. DOW set loose by tho horror
struck bOatmsn in less danger on the water than al
aestroy them by the falling sarh carry them down
n the v0rtces Of the sinking masses Many boata we're
syeswhslmed IN this manner and their perished
0p the boat Of which my infor was the owner TO
tssp her in The middle o. s ver and far from the
snosss sana9ars anu s'A'as possible Many boats
we're wrecked on tne and old trees thrown up from
we oo'!cSh OF tne aissssipp where they had quety
sd Tor ages while others were stranded and suK on
As sapd ars islands At New Madrid several boats
were carried by the renux Of the current into
16al stream that puts into the river just above
Ne town. and left upon the ground by the return
hg water, q considerable distance from the Mis-.
sssippi. The sulphuretted gasses
Ne air with their noxious elluva, and 30
Sonsy inpregnated the Of the river distance
- ono hundred and fifty miles below that II could hardly
- for any purpose for several days. New Aadrtd
which stood blu6 nfto4a twenty feet above the
Uuuer Acede sunk low that the next rise covered
- che depth Of I've feet The bottoms or several nne
kes tho vicinity elevated 20 ~ 70 become dry
Ind, and have since been cultivated.
Since tho great earthquake In 1911 several shocks
sseuyred, the last Of which was in September, 1857.