The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-02

before your excellency o ccnplele ani accurate
list Of all the shocks and rubbing mise which
followed the dreadful earthquake sur island
experienced on the 18th OF November last.
The 18th OF November VS. beautfu clear
day. with fine blue West Idis sky. The wind
was east by north, but vey little o. it. The
ocean was quiet nearly oan. Thesun shon
bright and warm, and the baometer stood at "a
deprees. Reau ,.ur in the shde. There wa, It
the least sign of any kind tbat f. retold this
GREAT revolution in nature, rhen at once. lust
about q quarter to o'clockP. H., the -s
heard tho underground runling nose,. J6ich
Immediately was followed b. terrific earth
quake, which seemed to cole from south BY
west and pass on to north b sast, The earth
seemed as if composed Of mall waves rising
and sinkin under your fet 80 that If you
made step forward, your fet seemed to meet
higher ground, and If you ut it backward it
also there met higher groud. To stand still
in one spot was Impossible, and when trying
TO walk IL was as If somefiy kept you back.
The underground sound, wlie the first shock
was going on tor about one minute and half,
was most dreadful. It terhed every living
soul. the sun seemed at ole to become dun;
it was as if it was echpsed 40 tals dmness
lasted that first day till surst, and continued
tbe whole next day, put in ssmaller degree,
and only wore entirely ava, / the course OF
two DAYS more. It was as + he sun, though
apparently as bright as usu, had lost some
OF it's warming and lighting pwer. After the
first terrific shock the group kept on groan-
ing and trembling, when abut ten minutes
after second strong sbck was felt.
Directly after this secon shock, the
shock had receded from 10 land about
several hundred feet, was seelto rise like one
huge wave and come IN towardhe harbor. 1t
stood up like one stlaight Hite wall, about
fifteen to twenty feet high, anddyanced very
fast into the harbor, sweeping upietting the
small vessels before it, and rasing the large
men-oE- war and other steamers o 1ti top. The
appearance of this wave was lie White ma
soned wall, erect and straight, II nade after
a rule; it had no appearance at III OF wave in
general. 1t broke IL over thaowe' parts OF
to the extent of about two fund:ed TO two hun
dred and fifty feet inland, ascomin9 to the fiat
ness of the locality. This wave nsirg was re-
peated o second time, after An interval OF about
ten minutes, and this second wave seemed
even to be o little larger than The first, and
went little further inlanL Afbr these two
waves had passed away, the 0ean renamed as
far as the eye coul see agsil quite calm, just
as before the first shock Of eatnqutke.
The shocks continued and wre fet every few
minutes. It was as if the shcks the fist day
hung together as in one chin, but from
Quarter Quart before three o'clock OF the morning Of
the 10th Of November the socks were fell
more separately distinct, and terRore seem.
ed as If they were more freqent From 2i
O'Clock P. Nj. on the 18th, till z o'clock A. hi.
on the 18th, there were eighF-nne shocks.
From q A. M. on the 18th, TIL Midnight, there
we're two hundred and thinpeirht shocks.
The shocks becoming loss sevre fom the 2lst
of November, the writer glvesthe exsct hours
of every one, as also tn, hou Of every rum
bling noise without perceptibI, shook accom-
panying it.