Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1864-01-30


We can think of nothing else but our loss
of those who viii never come back to US :;
but still there will have ensued some good,
If the dark, degrading dominion of the
priests have melted away in the smoke Of
that awful burnt sacrifice which, laden with
the dying breath of two thousand victims,
rolled up to accuse Ugarte and his accom-
plices before the throne of God
now give the paragraph from the ere
view Of the fortnight" referring to the priest
Ugarte and bis Virgins Post Office: ~
priest named Ugartc, whose mind Mariolatrv
had marked for its own headed that sister
hood Qhe Daughters of Mary) from the
beginning, and worked his way down to
such depth Of superstition that one of his
least eXtravagances was the invention of u
Celestial Post Office trick, by which the
Daughters Of Mary might correspond with
the Virgin in writing. At the entrance of
the temple the letter-box was constantly
open, and there persons of robust faith
'deposited in sealed letters their wishes and
their prayers"
The following gives an idea of the class
Of persons that persisted by the dcplorablc
accident; although many heroic mrn per
iormed prodigics Of daring and strength, in
tearing some from the death grasp of the
phalanX of bodies that choked the door, in
some cases literally tearing of their arms
without being able to cXtr.cate them. the
number saved 10y this means falls short of
fifty. More than FIVE hundred persons of
our highest society have perishrd, the great
or part young girls Of tfteen to twenty years
of age One mother has persisted with her
live daughters. Two thirds of the victims
were servants, and there are many houses in
which not one has escaped. Several houses
have been noted by the police as empty,
because all their inhabitants have pcrishcd."
The past fortnight has produced no other
occurrence worth mentioning. The people
only weep, and their public writers can only
offer tears to the nations mourning.
LETTER OF CoSDoLENCE FROM THE UNITED
STATES MINISTER.
Correspondence has passed between the
Minister of the United States, Mr.. Nelson,
and the Chilean Secretary ofForeigu Affairs,
in reference 70 the the calamity. Mr.. Ncl-
sons letter is as follows:
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES,
SANTIAGO, CHILL, Dec. II, 1863.
To lis EfcellcHcy tie .SscyCtCry Tor F0yeica
A.FGirs ef he RG.vblic Of ChW'
SIR: l have the honor to address myself
ta your Excellency, to express, ON behalf of
the American citizens resident in Chill, and
on my own, our profound and earnest
sympathy in the terrible misfortune. which
upon Tuesday last beicil this city, bringing
Icsolation and grief into so many families,
and mourning into the hearts of TIE entire
community,
The Government and people whom |
represent will he stricken with the deepest
sorrow when .tbe sad intelligence reaches
them.
A calamity so appalling aud horrible has
no parallel in the worlds history. May lie
who tcmpers the wind to the shorn lambs
in mercy console the hcreaycd and afflicted,
and may this awful dispcusation Of his
providence ever remind US Of the uncertainty
of life, and the nccI ssity ofconsluut prepara-
tion to obey his summons
! have the honor to renew to YOUR EX-
cellency the assurances Of the high estima-
tion and respect with which remain.
Your EXcclicncy's obcdicnt servant,
THOMAS H. NELsON.
TIE RUINS To RE DEMOLISHED.
y decree has been issued ordering the cG-
tire demolition Of the romains of the Church
OF the Compania, in which the accident oc-
CURED
The latest Information have seen saws
that seventeen hundred bodies have been
recognized; between four and five hundred
were beyond recognition, and many were
nothing bat . slapcless mSss Three thous.
and, pt least, we're in The building, and il is
not yet known how many have escaped No
names aie given.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Correspondence Of the Herald
On tina. day was celebrated this year
throughout the Catholic world the Feast of
the conception of the Virgin. In Chill the
month of Mary celebrated elsewhere in
Muy) ends with that evening.
There are no fcasts in Spanish America SO
popular, particularly with the ladies, rs
those dedicated TO the Virgin. Some one
Of the gorgeous churches OF the capital IS
annually selected for the ceremonies, and
this year the magnificent temple OF the Com
pania called 50 from having once belonging
to the Jcsuits) was chosen. 1t is in the very
heart OF the city, For thirty evenings it has
been crowded TO excess and almost eXc.g-
sively by females Every ctFurt had been
inade to make this evening surpas in spien-
dor its predecessors.
The church was gnrgeously oynamented
and illuminated by m0ie L,ala ten hOsSaHd
hgits. OF these the most remarkable was u
crescent of gas-icts at the foot OF a colossal
statue of the Virgin, on the high altar. II
had just been lighted, and whether from
carecSsness in lighting or from too mUch
pressure Ia the metre, the bhaze ilcw up 70
AN innrdiaate height and in d moment the
thousand tinsel altar ornaments were on
hle.
The cry Of "fre" re echoed through the
temple.
lmagiue, If you can, the CONSERVATION of
thoa. kpeeling thousand, OF tender women
and children, say kpeelns, for kneel they
must, as there arc no pews m the churches
legp, a. With you, There we're a, this time,
as hear as can now be calculated, three thou
sand i've hundred IN the church.
Only two OF The doors were opcn, aud 10
lhesc rgsh Ma Instantly made Hundreds
fell Ia their efforts tO reach theta, aud Lc
coming entanglvd Ia iheiF cTinolne, or faiut-
lng through fright, We're unable to riscagain
Over these f,li olhen and soon a pile ~
bodies was formed Ia fiuul OF the door pgs
ycnllng all Iartheregress. ln the meantime,
the ilaaes had reached the dame ana com
munlraied quickly a. the Toof The lamp'
of which thousands were lllcd With cam
phepc oil az kegosepf, bursting, scAiisred
thelg conteHis oyer tht mailiullea below,
You Will ask, wheFc wefe tbs nrc-englnes
all this time Iiigre are none ia Santiago
iiul ~ continue Many had slryady eseap
ed soWe is9 were saved by The supeghulnan
enpfls uf lhNss i.ou tae oulsl,lg hui lpnn