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8 and then OF the heap that had choked up t
door, multltudes with the lower parts M
e fectly untouched; and some al o sbone@e
maes, but with one arm or foot uuscathed.
# The silence, after those piercing screQt
= N;cfe husned IN death, was horrible Itw
e tue eilence Of the grave, unbroken but by i
!, bitter wall OF fainting cry. u
t Two thousand souls had passed throu.
t God. >''
Heroic acts of sublime daring have NOT Be,
, wanting. Enduring gratitude has been e
= sated in n eyely Gillian Gillian heart y the gallant 6
United States his countrymap, Mr. Me5ep
and several other foreigners: They were ge
: crous men who defied the fury of the fiain,
7 / to save lives, and some Of these died nartyr
to their noble hearts. An Englishman {
, American, it is unknown which, was seen
Il Iusl, through the flames, to seize in hts poN
ertul arms lady, stride with her q little va,
; and then, his hnlr In blaze, and choked vii
smoke, fall back into the volcano never
11Ee agnin- A young lady named Orella: hay
ing in vain implored some bystandess on be
knees to save her mother, rushed in, an
shortly afterward miracu1ously issued fort1
bea1inJ her glorious load.
A young lady Of tho name Of Solar, lust be
forc the smoke suffocatcd her, had the prs
4 sence of mind to knot her andkerchief rom,
nfzed.
The population of Santiago so suptue m,
60 priest.ridden. is fred With indescrIbabl
! nc.easuon at The n,onstrous eondccs Il III
pf!este. The public conscience holds then
euuty 9; :hs death Of all these victims-an,
particularly the mountebank Urqrte. the In
rentor Of the liryia'. Rst 0dtee impostnr,
(vidc Fo,fhightp Rpicar, becanse by colIect
Ing together all the material most likely tr
produce tre-a countless number Of lights
pasteboard scenery and muslin hangings
admitting q vast .c1owd-nnd covering fhe
one door open with a screen, they took every
pains to bring about this tragedy. When the
fire broke out and people were escaping by
the sacristy, they blocked up this door to
| devote themselves the more uudistnrhediv
to saving their gin-cracks. The list Of things
saved makes ones blood run cold. Whit
the priests saved, what they have put away
N cigar shops and the houses in front are-a
ltg1it image, some wooden saints, sacred
f..Bopha or two, rome books, chalfces, silver
<c:.ndlesttcks, and o great deal Of sacred mat
ting and carpet! e'''@>
After eaying their trash, these specimens
nf the good sheperds that gire their life for
tne'r sheep flew away in company with the
owls and bats that infested the ancient walls
except that one priest favored tie asonizins
victims with his absolution, and Ugarte re-
qnested them to die happy, BECAUSE they
went direct to Mary. They then forsool, TIA
scene, and in that awfnl night, when fain,inn
women and desperate men strewed the streets
anu wrltting forms that few hours aro
and died In chemists shops, not a priest was
70 PC seen to whisper word Of Christ's COM
fort TO the dying car, or hold the precinns
cEneitx before the glazing eye.
:, no, not SO. for the priest of Nature was
ttheIc, mnistering angel In the dark hour
God bless her! tore up oil her nnacrclothfnr3
TO make bandagee, anl bound MP the wounds
os only woman can. All this awful night the
only thing that remained Of the clergy was
the fncessant tolling of bells, about tie only
t9lng " they could do to increase the horrors
Ills being the third time that this church
has filled our homes with weeping, ali With
one voice demand that it should never be re-
BULL. but the priests, foolishly defiant and |
despotic as ever, threaten to let of their mis-
@ aple Efned'aeral popguns at those they |
aeim the sacrilegious attentions Of holy
!. Tleir audacity has even led them to at.
tempt an appeal to violence
lake possession Of tic blackcned ruins md
insult public opinion, BY droning masses for
ne FOULS whose bodies they had destroyed,
Lrs 1 1ne M senttnels drore them OF with the butt
lie Government has shown no cnerrr. and
m ore minister is unhnppily creature Of the
sleTgy; bnt TIE people in whose hearts. az
'avlng wires and daughters, there dwells IN
dea Of rIght-something from God, that
'Iies,s nave not yet succeeded in poisoning,
lad TO follow and yield to pressure. The de-
rec has gone for b, md not one stone Of that
ceurscd church shal1 be left On another.
lie contempt and horror of these priests
acfcasc with their insolence, and inhnman-
They preach that the irrcparb1e loss of m
ANY of the fairest and most yirtuous Of
hills virgins md matrons is special
lercy md miracle Of Mary who wished
takc them at once, without delay, to her
osom: One monster e1ults openly at that
hlch las stamped eternal grief and SORROW
y Of saints md martyrs.'' !
=, as NC write our cyes Allied with tears
othing can console us in this af1iictlon--Tc ,
n think Of nothing else but our loss Of
'ose 70, = Who VIII never come back to us, but
~ there VIII have ensucd some good, ii the {
~ degrading dominion Of the priests have 8
cited away in the smoke Of that awful c
arnt sacrifice, which, laden with the dyinn |
es'th OF 2,cc0 victims, rolled up to accuse | t
garte md lis accomplices Of murder before
c throne Of God. q
BETWEEN TIE MINISTER OF u
]
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CHILL
SANTIAGO. Cu1t1, Dec. II, 1868. u
hA EIee1eley Ute Secretary .for Foreign -dGairs u
ior Me ReEu1ac Of GAtH. :'' T
" Exccilency, to express. il behalf j. Of e. the i
ncrican citizens resident In Chill, and On nv /,
r, our profound md earnest eynpathy In the u
this str: lflncing desofstion aud srief iii inc no
many families. and mourning into the hearts Of 81
entire community. /
I ha fInyerr1rrp+ End vee,1o ,~3,.,. r / r
Il be stricken with tte deepest sorroS, r. when Wien =,
ssd Intelligence rescfts hem. =
fa%Py r. ri aaPp15ing and seEsSls has
~ the wind to the shorn lamb In mercy conso]e
eeteayed and afflicted, and may this awful dIe- 10
asation Of Hta providence ever remind us Of the "
certainty OF life and the necessity Of constant dt
,ParatJon to oEey Hia summons. r.
hare the honor 10 renew to your Exce!lency -
insurance OF the high estimation and RESPECT | r.
Ii which / remain four Excellency's obcdient &
'ant, THodAs II. NELSON. c. Ct
SANTIAGO, Dec. t., 1853, II
in: have the honor to receive tho note which IN
If Exeellency WIS peased to address ne ycster- re
mind of Your E1ceilency and IN thst Of vanr NJ Fl
owcitzens residing in Chi. for the terrible ri
fSafuns S 'asf eee9pS 1bIeS 1n th sy o. Tuesday
lst Of many families and has covered the entire u
immunity With mourning. M
our Excelency likewise informs me that the br
getlme nt aid people represented By Your Ex- Al
ency will feel Tho deepest eor1ow upon recciF. an
The news Of this catastrophe; md Your Excel H.
2 concludes expressing 10 me your trust that ~,
Snd cnnee "a Iii IN .,e~ - X 4u ,1t les
ainty Of life, 10 be ever prepared to obey the gle
fees Of Providence.
= Government has learned the foregoing with nj
y gratitude, and has discovered, ID your Ell 1t
1ncys communication an alienation Of the ter
With which Il has been afflicted by this pub @ rsa
aiamtty, as well a. new evidence of the fra ~
~ sentiments which animate yonr Excellency a
yoar worthy feliow-cittxens. IN favor Of our s1o
ahlic. The generous and active efforts which We
: Exceuency and they displayed on Tuesday. to
: the interesting victims from the ficht!nl nre.
q alfeauy won the gratitude OF my government,
sa LES oeen revived by the pFeeent manlfesta- A
communicating the foregoing to your Excel
J, comply with special chaTge Of his Excel
Of hs RRSpSS bic a
United States who haFe taken part In ouf pub. r
aouIn1ng, that the noble conduct observed by co1
upon this sad occasions will be ever grateful D.
mcmbe1cd by the chitan people aud govern Toi m;{
ii your E1cellency be pleased to accept the is t
ments ofmy most distinguished consideration dat
regard, with which am your E1cellency's sub
MANUEL A. ToconsA1- a -,
he Envoy E1traordIna1y and Minister PIsnipo- g
ltiary Of the United States. -
Teet1, Extracted without Pain.,, not
uch sensation was few days since crea- val!
IN New York city by the death Of prom nas1 ~ =
t citizen under the hands of a dentist, me1 n
| the effects Of the widely advertised ana dart
[c gas, the basis Of the above announce gen
that frequently meets the eye. It is q mea M
Get Of Importance to the public, and its T4s. ~.
1ssion as follows In the late number Of ner,
Dental Journal, will be Of interest. 1t is suit
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