Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-04

In two or three days. The sborig1nes
maintain that it never deceived them 10
this respect. The last eruption Of Mount
Paste took place in 1927.
Details from Peru.
Coming from the southern limit OF
/ Peru the irst important port met with Is
! Iquique. This city, built upon the low
shore OF the sea, is the chief town Of the
saltpeter and nitrate district, eDi con-
sidered in commercial importance the
| third port of the republic. Large foreign
mercantile houses are established there,
and the bay is always filled with q num-
Der Of ships loading for Europe and
! America.
The earthquake was not felt 50 vio-
lently in Iquique as at other points, but
the shock was sufficiently great to drive
the majority of the inhabitants to the
sand hills In the vicinity, where they
saw with horror the formation OF an
enormous wave in the hsrbor, which pre-
! cipitated itself with terrific roar upon
| the devoted town and in its retrocessiOn
carried nearly one-half Of the buildings
| with it. Very large stores Of nitrate, the
| eustomhouse and and great number Of
| private dwellings were utterly destroyed,
and although the loss of life and the
damage done to the shipping was small,
yet the wave ruined the apparatus used
for condensing water for the use of the
! inhabitants, and until the arrival of a
vessel, two days subsequently, the straits
to which these were reducsd were truly
distressing. The loss Of property is esti-
mated at 5000 600, and several business
houses OF good standing in Lima are ssri-
Ously affected by the disaster. Pisagus,
fiourishing port to thesouth of Iquique,
wss completely washed away by the sea,
and more than four hundred persons are
reported to have persisted. To this point
the Peruvian msn-of-wsr Tumbez was
Immediately dispatched, ard, by its op-
perfume arrival, greatly allsviated the
suferings OF the people, who, paralyzed
by fear, had taken shelter in the sur
rounding sand deserts, and were endu-
ring all manner of terrible privations.
africa, the second port of the republic, is,
as the readers of the Herald have been
already informed, nothing but shape
less mass of ruins.
Tacna, distant forty miles from africa,
and connected with that port by rail-
way, suffered 20 the amount Eof 2, 000,-
600; but owing to the time elapsing be-
tween the rumbling which announced
the approach of the earthquake, and the
shock itself, almost every one had an op-
pOrtunity to escape, and only four lives
we're lost.
The port of lilo and the cities of Mo-
queguR aud Locumba, Immediately in
the interior, exist but In name, and the
amount of property lost cannot be esti-
mated. This Is the wine growing por-
ton of Peru, and the great deposits and
vats were shaken into fragments, and
the entire crop perfectly ruined. The loss
of life will not exceed 290 souls, but the
damage done to agricultural interests is
incalculable.
Clay, the port of Arequipa, suffered
very slightly, being built upon high
bluff, and thus escaping the devastation
caused in other ports by the inundatiOn
but the beautiful city Of Areq1ipa, with
its suburbs, Is lsyeled to the dust. Moth
ing remains OF what was once q pictur-
esque and well built town, and the peo.
pie, huddled together in the public
squares and gardens outside of the city,
are SO stupefed by fear Of further calam-
tiles as TO utterly disregard the necessity
Of action. The amounts lost by the de-
struetionof buildings Is estimated at 800.
600, 600, AMI the number OF persons who
perisbed under the falling houses will
reach 500. The impossibility OF reeoy-
ering the bodies and the effects OF the
calamity as yet render this estimate 10
certain. From the ruins where are buried
the unfortunate victims, arises a terrible
stencil, which it is feared will breed q
pestilence, since the sun st this season
pOurs down its heat during the day, aud
the de1s at night produce 8 miAsma
which is reputcd to De highly dangerous.
Coming still sOuthw2rd, We fiad the
ports of Chela and Nazca almost swept
away, and the fty Of lea, about one
hundred and fifty miles from ma,
nearly destroyed. This city is situated
forty miles inland, and was literally
shaken 70 the ground. From tkis point
southwerd the severity of the earth
quake sensibly diminished. The town
OF Pisco, seaport Of lea, was roughly
handled, and beautiful iron wharf rem
dered useless. The Guano Islands, i'm
mediately opposite PiEeo, were shaken
to their foundstiOus, and, according to
the statement of person on them ct
the time, shook like hammock. The
damage to property done st the latter
places is very considerable, while, for
tunately, the loss Of life has been small.