Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-21

work over The debris Of the jesuit church
rs% snriad 10 distance Of one hundred
W DE-. The picture presented by cur DESC
Is.e city Is sad Indeed. God gran. tina our
fears be not realized, fos Mount Misti Is
va,aiting lava. clouds OF smoks, and gum
sties or mud, aud darkness hdas is 5slcn
ms frorn our view. We hear the constant
nciso OF falling rocks and earth, end Zoe
river is impAssab.e, owing to rs oaeN W.
or end sulphlrous oder. c,
Al Lima. the capital cf pcFa, - y Cat
.so. the neighboripg port. the snock WIS
terrible. bat The damage comparatively
.i;ebt A writer gives the following ac-
count -
! .baut two minute. and half, and the |
sbocl Instead Of following the u2rAl verti- |
cal motion, appeared to be lateral, and,
consequently. vas regarded ss all the more
dangerous. The aspect OF the city during |
the movement was truly excing Every |
o.e in Lima, at tho frat cominx of the |
shock, always secks tho protection Of an |
arch, or the threshold Of door ia consid- |
cred safe refuge, and on this occasion |
these favored spots were much occupied. |
In an incredibly shcr. space Of time, the |
great plaza was filed with frightened men,
women End children, and, as II by common
instinct, all assumed a,uppliant position
every enc on their knees-and The air IS
resonant with shrieks, lament atoms aad
petitions, addressed principally 10 heaven
the houses shook yisibly, and the high
toners Of tie cathedral swaycd to and TO
like 2 ships masta in q storm. The great
length of the shock was particularly alarm
ing but fortunately no damage took place
in this city"
THE EARrHouAKE IN EcuAD0R.
The earthquake and the frightful sea
wave along ito shore which accompanied
il, would seem to have paused again. 1t
was not until the lGta ultmo that Ecuador
was devastated, although a slight shock
was felt &. Guayaquil on the 18th.
The earthquake in Ecuador ooafned its
most tremndous energy within tho proyia-
ces Of P1chincha and Imbahura and result
oil in the com plets destruction of the cities
aud towns of Ibsrra, Olavalo, Pinicho, San
Antonio. San Pablo, Atuntaqui. Iwaniad,
Cotocachi, etc. Where Cotocsch was is
now a lake Guaysqull felt the shocks but
received no damage. Quito, the capital, like
Lima, the capital Of Peru, escaped the worst
severity Of the shocks; but the buildings
are so much injured that the slightest move
ment will throw them down. There were
already in ruins the church and convent Of
San Augustin, the two churches OF Sonora
del Carmen, the towers of the cathedral and
San Marcos, the college Of San Luis, etc
The towers Of the other churches the gov
eminent palace, and many private houses,
had been all cracked, and we're momenta-
rily threatening to fall to pieces. The towns
adjoining Quito, as Pcruch,, Puellsre, and
Cachiguanjo, had almost entirely disappear
ed. Tho number Of deaths in Quito have
fortunately been very small, but in the 9th
er towns it 10 calculated that not less than
90 600 have persisted. The few who were
left injured in these places have been un>
|, able to assist those remaining alive or dy-
ing under tho ruins, and have been obliged
70 tly from the stencil Of the dead bodies,
which commenced to putrefy and infest the
!, atm ospherc. An official Government circu-
lar, dated Quito, Aug. IL, gives the follow
in- account Of the earthquake "a little
after o'clock, a. ~, on the 10th of Au-
gust, u severe nd prolonged saoeh ofearth-
quake was felt in this city. causing loss OF
life, and doing damage TO property, Of the
a most serious nature. Up to noon Of tho
same day the bodies Of 70 victims have been
found, six ofeshon have been brought in
from the surrounding villages. Churches
:, converts, and other buildings constructed
of stone have been so seriously damaged as
to be either entirely unnhabitable, ol
requiring immediate and extensive re
pairs.
! SUMMARY.
! Tho total l1ss Of life By these earth
! quakes, from the lSth TO the 18th In
A slant, was es,lmst, 1 10 be from &c, 000 Il
!. 10000.
e Tho total loss Of property was estimated
n At $500, 900, 600.
) over 100000 people were deprived o
!, shelter. Fl large cities and towns, and
. more than 200 smaller towns and villages
$ a in ruins. The vast mineral province d
t lluancavclicn, Peru. has been utterly de-
: vastatcd. The agricultural interests Of the
Q country, like those OF Ecuador. and those Of
: II IT'S Of Chill and Bolivia, are nearly de-
;. stroyed; manufacturing and other produ.
0 ing interests have also received an nnprecc
4 dented shock in the various ports Of
r deposit I'll goods have seen washed away or
3 badly damaged, and hundreds of merchants
e are bankrupt.
/ a. a. tut er, OF Bosten, says, VI used
Burnetrs Cocoaine and kallis.on ier
Dandrur, which would cover my coat col
i, lar Ike a shower of snow, and The Dam
draif and irraiat;oa ceased"
~ radica, orator named Paine. said o.
. a Grant meeting in Cleveland, " il he lived
: in community Of Irishmen. he would mol
, dare to leave s. horse and buggy on the
street alone !" This is improving on the
, infamous article from the Chicago Post
which We published few days since.
A Georgia farmer brought out the
whole loyal population, armed to the teeth,
!, by thrasains negro he caught stealing
frem his orchard. Tho radios, newspapers
are also full Of it a. a"rebel outrage"
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