The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-16
Earthquakes.

We stated last week that there had
been an earthquake in Missouri and Kan
sas. The following account from the St.
Joseph U,.ion will he read with interest:
About half past two o clock yesterday
afternoon low rumbling sound, similar
to that produced by a heavily loaded
wagon passing over bridge, was heard,
accompanied by trembling Of floors and
rattling OF windows. After an interval
OF four Or Ave seconds the rumbling sound
recurred again with greater intensity. and
huge brick buildings rocked and reeled
as If they were about to come down in an
indiscriuIinate mas. These remarkable
phenomena lasted but few seconds. but
ere they terminated almost the entire
population of the city had rushed terri
lied from counting rooms, workshops and
kitchens into the streets At first every
body seemed to be under the impression
that his particular building had suddenly
become possessed Of an unusual number
of devils, and was pirouetting by itself;
but upon seeing his ncighbors rushing out
under apparently the same conviction,
an idea flashed upen him that an earth
quake had playfully jostIed us. H
Yes, we have had gentle reminder
that the molten ocean is still rolling its
fiery pillows beneath us. What we felt
was only the splashing of ripple on the
neither sea against the granite shores that
hem it in. 1t was a great wave that
thundered under Caracas, Madrid and
Savanna In Mar, repding the crust Of the
earth and swallowing them up. Our ex-
perlence will enable us to form some idea
OF the giant powers. pent up in the bow
els OF this roch-built earth. Even if it is
NOT adequate, We frankly confess that
ignorance is bliss iii this instance, and
that we want no more of it.
1T seems almost miraculous that an
entire city could be shaken as was ours
yesterday, and no serious damage be
done. The dismantled walls of the old
burnt mill We're partially thrown down.
and some piles of lumber in Bells ward
toppled over, but this is about all the
tuinbllng that has come to our knowledge
save an intimate amount of tumbling
down stairs done by the affrightened in
mates of tottering houses, In the Union
Office broken pane Of glass and two or
three cracks in the wall remain as me-
mentoes. In Chastnut&Bros glassware and
crockery We're thrown from the shelves.
bars resting against the wall played
lively tune
The Court Of Common Pleas was in
session. Judge, attorneys, clients. wit.
nesses, sheriff and attendants rushed
promlscuouSly out of the building in de-
fance of all rules Of decorum governing
such bodies. A jury had Just retired to
deliberate on verdict They tumbled
out OF windows and doors as if his Satanic
majesty had stood in their midst with a |!
summons for each one of them.
''in a certain JUSTICE Office a Jury trial I
was progressing. The foreman became |
the foremost man, and charged down the |
stairs into the street. pale with terror. |
Women tainted in every part of the city. I
and children screamed in the streets half |
demented.
''ln the school houses the children |
crowded around their teachers, and i'm
plored their protection, and when the |
doors were opened ran out in the street
and scattered in all directions. It was
truly an exciting time, such a one as we |
DO not wish to see again.
The telegraph announces that the |
shock was felt at Omaha, at Soloman. |
Kansas, and slightly in St. Louis, but we |
hear nothing Of it extending to the East. |
KENTUCKY Mr. Chas. Seymour, of |
the La Crosse Republican, recently visit
ed Kentucky. He sends some of his inn
pressions as follows:
Il am persuaded that one entire gener-
alton of men will pass away, before much {
progress can be made in lifting the
Southern States to level of the North
ern States, in respect to all that imparts
greatness, solidity and worth to the peo
pie. 1t is true that God has given to
Kentucky delightful climate and
beautiful country; and favored its in
habitants with physical endownments,
which, ifrightly improved would produce
multitude of men of intellectual strength
instead OF a few such-as Clay, Marshal,
Crittenden and Lincoln But the social
system that prevailed in the State of
Kentucky, where negro breeding for the
Southern markets, has been large item
n its 'stock-raising interests, has well
nigh consumed the better elements of
human nature. This disgusting and
oathsome traffic has so thoroughly bru-
allied Kentucky hearts, that the grave
llone can obliterate its influence With
The abolition of slavery, the negro breed
,rs OF kentucky are exasperated and per-
olexed; for, Othellu-like, their occupa-
ion has gone
Hon. Elijah Hise, who has jus. been
elected to Congress in Kentucky. COM
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