Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-11-05

be as strong in logic as they please
the more so the better. But after all, /
most men are to be persuaded rather
than, Convinced n an dsyRhat gooIF does
your logic do you unless you have the
ear of those whom yOUseell? Judge
Curtis, of Boston, once lost a case when /
pittied AGAINST John p. Hale. II had
all the argument be Indignantly
said "but that fellow Hale somehow
got so intimate with the jury that they
were ready to give him any thing he
TIT w. Higgblso1l 81 Iode-
Pendent.
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The South Aba eriean ETlfETfII =
sQuakes Felt at the Sandwich
Islands.
HOnolalu newspapers Of Aug. p
describe the rising and falling of the
waters on the 18th, the day on which
the great earthquake destroyed the
cities on the western coast of South
America. An earthquake shock had
been felt at Honolulu a week pre-
viously. The Advertiser says:
"On Friday night, 9TH inst, at fif-
teen minutes before 10 o'clock, a Sc
we're shock was felt in@HonOlulu and
at KaneOhe, on the Koolau side of
this Island. Houses shook, windows
ratified, and doors swung to and fro.
The shock was very short and sharp
from south TO north very distinctly,
and was accompanied with a rumb-
ling ,R0ise.1 z(F{ y A tremen-
dous storm broke over Hawaii on the
Sth. The lightning was almost inces-
SAINT during the day and night, and SO
brilliant as to be really binding,
while the peals of thunder, rolling al
ni0sI without Interruption; were
frightful, and caused great cOnsterRa-
ton among the inhabitants. The
streams rose so rapidly that persons
who weDtinto Hilos were unable an
hour after to return home, and were
compelled to remain there till the
waters subsided. These unusual
storms frequently accompany earth
qaalSes and Neutrality-suspicious., and ON
the next day (Supday,l as also on the
Friday proceeding the storm, very
heavy shocks were felt on that Island.
On Thursday evening, August Is,
about O'Clock, the natives living on
"Fisherman's Point" south part of
Honolulu. observed tls8 fitlce rising
higher than usual, md commenced
shouting 20 alarm the neighbofh0od
The sea, however. did not enter any
Of the houses. though e washed soiue
81 the door silIs. Ab8ii5 u so'clo1k
midnight, the natives we're awakened
by a peculiar noise, resembling per-
sons wailing, and on going out, found
the sea receeding, the noise being
caused by the water rushing over the
reef. r~. E~0 -. Cr
AT Z O'Clock, the sea began to flow
out rapidly, until fifteen minutes past,
when it checked and rapidly returned.
The extreme fall from the highest
pOin was three feet and ten inches.
At % minutes past a. NJ, the water
again reeeded and continued falling
for I5 minutes, when it turned and
rOsef 28. inches in eight. minutes.
Since that hour it centinuedrisingaI and
falling rapidly every 20 minutes until
about % minutes of p. m, when it
reached the highest point, five feet
and four inches above the lowest
mark. While the sea was receding, it
ran out of the channel like a river.
and oyer the stone wall on the north
side of the harbOr like rapids.
Standing near Emmesl ship yard, the
water in the harbOr was seen one foot
lower onI0ne side Of the s8aH than on
the other.
Tbe A Advertisers correspondent at
Hilo saws On the night OF the 18th
inst. about II M, the tidal waves
again made their appearances on our
coast. sweeping the bridge at Waiakea
and making a "clean sweep" of the
| boats anchored there. There has been
q eonstant rise and fall of the ocean
since that time up to date. This fall
is. I should Judge, irons six TO eight
| feet ON the average, and occurring once
| i'm an hour through the day. There is
no reoTIlarlv defined tidal wave, but a
steady rise and fall of the water of the
| bay. Yesterday ] IaccOmpaniedsa par-
! ty by boat to Waiakea to note the re-
! suit of the wave in thatyicinity We
4 found that the bridge had boon lifted
| bodily from its position, and carried
mn the tWaiakea as far as the fish-pond
! walls. This was done blythe rise of
III O'clock yesterday forenoon. sour
/ boat went up the stream on the flow
of the tide, and, half an hour after
| ward returned, with the ebb, which
ran like a mill-raee. On thenight of
the 18th we had a slight earthquake,
but not'at all Of sufficient force to ac-
! count for the 'iheessant-ebb and ftow
of the ocean.
I SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, I9.-Thc
! STEAMER idaho, with 5onoblllI adyices
( to Oct. has arrived. The flag Of the
7 North German Confederation was
raised over the residence of Consul
Theodore G. Heuclz on the 10th of
4 bSeDternber. The French ship Henry
| vi. with $50 Chinese coolies for Cal
lao. arrived at Honolulu Oct /. Sey-
enteen died during the passage from
fChiDa. TIE Rev. Lolfin Andrews
{ died September %. He was q native
silof Connecticut, and had been a resi-
dent of the Island since 1923. .,
Brick Pomeroy's' Democrat, the
great and accepted organ of the De-
M Ocrscy and Frank Blair, the gar
rnlous, guzzling and ttherefore) rep
resentatiYc leader of the, Democracy
Ilarree with singular and striking fl
i deity. rFor instance, Blair in his
lspeech in ST. Louis, Saturday night.
taking of Gen; Grant said: "He aUH
Il neyer Leage the Presidential Mansion
! otliUe "a and Pomeroy says; eff he
4 n Grant, seeks to override a majority
/ in America, Ihs dies before has term o.
! office shall Gne-fol1th crptrc.n y PhesC
are threats Of reckless towards, who
4 have Reitherthe mental ballast with
which to benefit their friends, mol
i moral character. with which to sal
. their speech. And yet, both writer
n and speaker are. representative men il
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