The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-11-04
THE AFFLICTED COUNTRIES.

which 900. 900 are Of Spanish descent, !. !!
400. 900 descendants OF Indians, negroes and
mixed races 100000. Its onthe westeru
decliyitiss of the Andes. those remarkable
mountains which have been described a.
. skirting the coast Of the Pacific ocean like
. vast rampant opposed TO its encrosch-
ments." the distance between the ramparl
and the ocean being from so 10 loo Miles.
Pers has an area Of 10000 square milss.
Its breadth IN the north is $50. and 10 the
south 60 n,,les. lie length is / $50 miles
aud il has sea coast Of abost 500 milss.
II as computed that only one acre 10 LOU in
the country IisIft Tor cultivation. upou,a
portion Of the coast rain has never been
kus~n 70 fall, and tits only lwhers stAllaw
streams make their way from ihe Anjss
that serdure 10 apparent. lis aninsrsl
wealth.. however. - preserbial. ,houshNmin-
ing is in q back ward state. and ilsis switr-
out the facilities OF inlercoIn msnielt ipn.
Eas,. ai The Andes. Pera 10 exeeedingl " rief
10 vegetable productions. Bolivia lieseast-
ward, of Peru, and comprehendsla space soi
az. 4S0 square miles. and sapopulatiua VI
between one aud two nilliops.s Ecuador
north ol Peru, and bounded en ihe wsst By
The Pacific. has an area OF $50. QUO sqaaes
miles. and is, a rery, moun,ainoss osniry.
The singolarly volcanic character vi ihe
mountains in South Americs is mell knswa.
Il 10 said that not less than thirty rolea-
noes. all belonging 10 the Andes. are in q
condition of contlnurd activity. They va
ry in height IRON $4,000 TO $4,000 feet.
Nearly one-fifth OF all the volcanoes known
in the world are said TO be found in South
America. IL is therefore not wonderful.
supposing the earthquake 10 be produced
by the same subterrsnean agency a. the
volcanoes. that South America should be 50
frequently The scene of these appalling CO.
lamIties. These disturbances are not con-
fined 10 the cities near the sra. although the
destruction OF life in the late earthquake
seems TO have been chiefly along the coast.
where The inhsbitants were exposed no,
only to,the commissions Of the earth. but 10
the inuuJation caused by the tidal wave.
ArequIpa, . city Of about Sc. 900 inhabi-
tants, not = vestige Of which is left. was
situated in the valley Of osilea. about Tor
~ miles from the Pacific coast. and little
msrs than 1900 feet above the sea level.
II vas well and strongly built. the house.
being usually Of only one story, With strong
walls and vsultsd roofs. on account Of the
earthquakes, which. al four different time,
before the prescott. have laid the city il
ruins The volcano Of ArequIpa. which
after CotopuIi, is the most eelebratsd VI oil
the South American volcanoes, being 90. 30C
feet in height. and constantly active, tow.
srs upwards only fourteen miles nsrthtis
Of The town Of Arequipa. ST. v.trs ~a
Earthquakes Of more or less violsnee ar,
OF much more common occurrence IN Va
rioas quarters Of the ~orld than is general
w. supposed. In regard TO their Cause Oh,
National Inislligeaeer remarks: q 80 g
3" The most recent theory, aud that which
lis received with the most general sssen
and satisfaction. perhaps, 10 scientific cir
cIss at the present time, il that which - ad
,.need by The brothers. Prof. lanes b. Ru
gers. Prof, Henry ID. Rogers and Prof.. Rs
bert z. Rogers. The second Of whom 10 nov
professor 10 the University Of Glasgas. 81
natives oil Philsaelphia. anu AL ~ dtHereu
psriods connected with American colleges
Their theory Is that The prvdscipg cause i
an actual pulsation ia The fluid nsltsr be
meath the crust, propsgsteJ in the asnne
Of great waves Of translation frew ensr
NOUS rupthres caused by tension OF elastI
matter aud foaliDg forward the .aperim
posed rocky crust OF the earth on lis ssr
lace" a.m ssmv. ~.
The same paper says: A." During the FRS
halt Of this century s.240 Of these vista
tons were noticed. Or absut one ever,
week. In Europe. during the last ten years
there have been 320 earthquakes. Or on
every nine days. At the Commence men
Of tie fifteenth eentury only so Of thes
shocks had found place 10 history. Oar
Ing the neIt 300 years 1904 earthquake
are recorded. Or sInos, fosr times As mao.
las during all the preceding ages, frOu