The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-09-22

erty destroyed; in March. 1861, the
greater part of the City of Mendoza. in
the Argentine Republic, was overthrown.
and 5000 lives lost, and in December
1862, $50 buildings and IA churches were
destroyed in Guatemala Toward the
end Of last year several severe shocks
we're experienced in Central America,
but they we're unattended with any dam
age of serious character. d a
The West India islands have also from
time to time suffered terribly from these
awful visitations. There was the earth
quake at Jamaica, in 1892, which de-
stroyed Port Royal; that at Martinique,
in January, 1889, by which nearly zoe
persons were killed nearly half the cap
ital of the island destroyed, and the
whole island damaged; that Of May, 1S42
at Cape ,Haytien in Hayti, which des-
troyed nearly two thirds of the town
with from 1000 to 5000 of its inhab
itants; that at Guadaloupe in February,
1843, resulting in the entire dertruction
of Point q Pitre; and lastly, beside sew
eral inferior ones, that with which the
island of st. Thomas, and other parts OF
the West Indies, were visited in October
of last year, causing the loss of property
valued at several millions of dollars.
The st. Thomas catastrophe was follow
ed, in the early part of the year, by the
earthquake in the Sandwich Islands, the
details of which, given at the time by
The Tribune, must be still fresh in the
recollection Of our readers.
Earthquakes are not peculiar to any
particular portion Of the earth. In Asia,
they have been frequent and terribly de-
structive, especially in China. In Africa
many have occurred. Egypt being the
only country on that continent that has
not been several times visited by them.
They have been felt in France, England,
Germany, Holland, and Hungary, and
in the southarn portion of Europe they
have been both numerous and terribly
destructive. Their frequency and vic
lence in such countries as Italy. Spain,
and Greece, are attributed to volcanic
action in those parts; and, Indeed, COB
servers of volcanic phenomena have
noticed that every eruption in whatever
| from a volcanic vent on land or beneath
the ocean, is accompanied by earthquake
shocks Of greater or less violence and
| Duration; while on the other hand those
observing earthquakes speak of them as
accompanied by volcanic eruptions, and
of them often being stopped on the open
| ing Of volcanic vents" From the details
| above given, it will be seen that the
American continent-excepti in the north
| quakes of destructive kind as the re
| gions Of Northern Europe In this
country, the only earthquake of impor-
tanco of which we hnve any record is
that which took place at New Madrid,
| below st. Louis, on the Mississippi, III
1911. The phenomena attending it were
OF very remarkable character Over
an extent of country 500 miles in length,
from the mouth of the Ohio to that of the
St Francis, the ground rose and sank in
were again drained; the surface burst
| open in fissures, from which mud
and water were thrown as high as the
| tops of the trees, and the quaking Of the
ground continued for several successive
months. asasx an r@sFar
The area affected on the occasion Of
| this last earthquake in South America.
| it will be seen by reference to the map,
! was an extensive one; but not near so ex
ensive ss that affected by the great Lis
bon earthquake, in which instance the
shock was felt on the one side as far as
the southern shores Of Finland, and on
the other reached beyond the ST. Law
renee in Canada, and was observed in
some of the West India is!ands-an area
of no less than 1900, 900 square miles.
An earthquake in Chill in 1885 was felt
at all places between the island Of Chloe,
40 degrees south latitude, and Copiapo.
27 degrees of latitude, and extended
from the island of Juan Fernandez to the
town of Mendoza on the east eide OF the
Andes, over 10 degrees of longitude. It
is estimated that IL or Is earthquakes,
more or less destructive Of life and prop
erty, occur every year, and that as many
as 13, 900, 600 of the human race have
persisted from these awful visitations.
A t.White', Prayer.
A minister, who has Democratic mea
sles badly, has arranged new version
Of the Lords PRAYER. which he thinks
great improvement. It is as follows:
'.Our white Father, who art in white
heaven. hallowed he Thy white name ::