Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-10-30
TELEGRAPEIIC.

tfllS lIiIuuJc has Sciib pcoplc oliiichliS |
with terror into the streets. 1t is inn
possible to tell at present whether
any more damage has been sustained
by shattered buildings, or any lives
lost. The streets are thronged with |
people in their night clothes, fearful
of what may come next. The atmos-
phere is thick and the weather warm
and sultry.
This morning the excitement is
somewhat quieted;. but since the
shock at 2:15 A. NJ. the people evince
no desire to return, but remain In the
streets discussing the probability of
the recurrence Of another disaster
similar to the one of October 2lst.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 23.--The Democrat
has special from Little Rock, Ar
kansas, as follows: l-
Hon. James Kinds, member of Con-
gress from the Second district, was as
sassinated to-day while travelling
through Monroe county. Jas. II.
Brooks, who was with Kinds, was
wounded, but 1t is supposed not fatal.
ly.
Jas. Coolsey, an out-spoken Re
publican, was murdered in some
county near Clarendon, q few days
since.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-The Herald
states that several stock BROKERS sue
ceeded in locking up in two or three
banks some thirteen million dollars,
and panic in Wall street to-day is
imminent. Unless other banks come
to the assistance of the distressed to-
day, there is danger of n serious fnan-
cial crisis.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.-Details
of the destruction of property in the
interior of the State by the earth
quake of the 2lst have been received.
Alameda county suffered the most
damage to property. Extending in
all directions back from San Lcandro,
there We're numerous assures i'm the
earth, from some of which came
clouds of dust, and from Others vol
umes of water. San Leandro creek,
for some months dry, is now run
ming, rapid stream of water. In some
places hot water and steam gushed
forth. The villages of San LeandrO
and Hayward's are almost in ruins
Brick buildings are thrown down;
hundreds uninhabitable, and numer-
Gus wooden structures considerably
damaged. At Hayward's only one
building was uninjured. Alameda,
Brooklyn, and Oakland all suffered Sc
verely. The destruction is great at San
Jose and Redwood City. The great
brick and adobe mission house at San
Jose is a mass of ruins. AT Sacra-
meptp, Staafhiffgs IS shfiEht and the
loss small. Petaluma, Heathsburg,
Santa Rosa, Vallejo and Mariner felt
the full force of the shock. Chimueys
and fire walls were thrown down.
The damage TO property is considera-
able. At Los Angeles and Visila the
shock was slight. No damageat
Santa Cruz. Monterey and Wat
sonville suffered little loss, In the
State of Nevada the earthquake was
scarcely felt.
In San Francisco the committee of
architects, appointed by the Board of
Supervisors report the city hall I'M
safe. The building will he taken
down; meanwhile the city officials
and courts will find other buildings
not injured to any great extent, and
officers will find temporary quarters
elsewhere. The damage to school
| nOuStS open
as usual on Monday next.
The United States marine hospital
building is condemned by the proper
authorities, and will be demolished.
The patients are ut present encamped
on the grounds adjoining the hospital,
no proper accommodations as vet
having been provided. The Custom
house Is wrecked to such an extent
that 1t probably will not be occupied
again. The officials have removed,
temporarily, to Haywood's building,
on California street.
An Army of laborers are at work
to-day on the shattered buildings, and
removing debris from streets. The
merchants are showing no disposition
to abandon theirproperty or location.
Some structures are being taken
down, and Others repaired. The vic
Unity of the wrecked buildings pre-
sents busy scene.
The shock at 2:15 this morning has
done more damage to the injured
buildings. Some chimneys of the
different manufactures, which suffer-
ed considerably by the first shock,
now have to be demolished and re-
built.
No definite estimate of damaged
property can be made until a proper
survey of the entire city is made
Some place the loss at three hundred
thousand, Others at two millions, es-
timated. The latter figures are prob
ably the nearest to the true loss, as
quite number of buildings have
been thrown down and will have to
be reconstructed, and extensive re-
pairs made to many more.
II isreported that the United States
sub-treasury shipped, secretly, half
million ofgold COIN TO Washington
yesterday per steamer, making a to-
tai of eight millions shipped since
January last.
NEW York, Oct. ga private
dispatch from San Francisco states
the entire loss in the city from the re-
cent earthquakes will not exceed five
million dollars.
A dispatch TO the World saws the
damage will exceed three million dol
lars, and there Is hardly structure
or building In San Francisco but Is
more or less strained. %
ST. Louis, Oct. M.-The Times OF
this city says there are 10, 900 stand of
small arms now in st. Louis, pur-
chased for the Governor Of Arkansas
and other Southern Governors, but
that 80 far II has been impossible to
ship them ON any regular boat, or 10
charter steamer especially TO take
them,
! WASHINGTON, Oct. ga special
to the Evening Express, from Wheel
ing, says the Democrats have swept
the state, electing a Governor and all
the state, officers, and carrying the
! IppislntuHa which ala.ta a limited