The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-10-02
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ihN h''"uht 90 iht lhit aIhlliug
dsa-tcr- by earthquake, in Peru
aud Equador. are most distressing
40 lar m the details have reached u.
and, remembering tho awful facts
winch have hitherto accomp panied such
events in that portion Of the globe,
We fear that they viii not he found
exaggerated 10. additional particulars
may arrive The audiences and
violence Of the shocks, aud their de.
-iructiyc force. have caused immense
rnd frightlul lu-scs of property aud
. life through a region OF the earth OF
hundreds Of miles IN extent both
upon the scacoast # the acihc, aud
%. some OF the iclcerams represent, a
thousand mite. inland The towns
Of Arcquipa Mouursna aud Locum
ha, located upon the coast mountain
range, aud those Of africa. lquiauo
aud Pi,uqua built upon the .easide
Ut Southern Peru, are said to have
been entirely destroyed. with largo
portions Of their populations ship,
have been dashed to pieces on the
beach or be- 'uc hundreds Of yards
inland, by the immense tidal waves
which characterized the uphcave! of
the waters aud lie hopelessly stranded
The causes oi those fearful phc.
nomena have been variously explain
ed by different distinguished writers
ON eosmography The opinion Of
the most learned among them is,
tina, there aro hidden agencies in the
earth, continually at work, and pro.
ducing chemical changes, which are
attended with violent movements,
both on land aud sea. Under these
influences, when their activity is
manifested from the depths OF the
ocean, the bolton Is raised up to
such degree as to form islands
where only unbelievable water was
before TO be found As an example
OF this force, We may %.cntlon the
sudden uprising ss"n, tho sea of an
island IN the lonlsn Archipelago, Of
the Mediterranean, some ,bif,y years
{ since which, however, soon began
again to SIM beneath the waves
Instances where the waters have re.
coded and lett hare portions Of land,
hitherto covered by them, have been
/ frequent The coast Of Chill, under
the operations Of earthquake, is elo
. Il "a. I....I
several feet On the other hand.
there have been Sases where, in the
course of few minutes or even sees
ends, the solid earth hes given away,
and houses. cattle, and people have
been oyerw helmed by mighty wsvss
rushing in from the sea, and h..
disappeared forever from human
view,
Both ancient and modern history
sanrd oyme,9n- accounts, of earth.
qunkcs, III all pnrts OF the world
They have occurred IN all quxr,rir
of the globe, but /, ir clear that vol
canlc regions are more exposed TO
them than other localities The
greatest amount Of dostrution of hu.
man '',e ,ecofoea rom '"'S '"",e' ("
'"", ""'on "''"'''' W N"'''e"' :"
SYRIA a. - go, ""'' "e'"'',"H W
Gibbon, $50, 900 people persisted
Very violent shocks had been OK
p,,'e"',' p''' ~" :" ~ }'"''
a.. M" ''o' nc W. "'''..e'.'s
ana s.P'o' ,, " Wv 80 n1'' Nv "o'Np,
'"" ~ ''J'''"' "p'' ''""" ~
mi o,.,,,io,xo, ,he hidden to,ccs of
n.,n,n na,,;cnl,,Iv .lo,g tho Ina ar
ho Nd and co,J,ie,.s AnJ
nader, ,,nycl.r. ,hroucb tho sc,,,.
If mo ,nuos,. If co,,es aud p;,,,-
20 have drsc,,bed he ,onrL. of Je.o.
la,;o, aud chance. vb,ob ,h.y
a.c,;h.J 10 .u,hon.t.. a, 70 xoloa
noo. Ths ,eod.,. If III. rt,,m;n,
,,,yoIs Of Johu l. s,.,b., /. C..
,,oi Ausrica -, tinmLnl, In hoL
Me,ico md Perm md Of Von
TscLud; in Ecorndor Perm and
uoliyi. viii sca,eslv have ro,go,,.n
hox ,hsv s,c.l of II, mieh,v shy.
az. ,onndod Ly Tho ,;yon ,o.l. Nh
a., ,mong Tho monr,.fn ,.,o.x ~
~, ,oxn, s,,.xed x,,L bs vas,
.tooes which eomro,ed the p,,,,
,empIc. or fo,,,Gca,ion, before ,hs
eouauest and of ,be Wide rent, in
,hc ,h;cl w,ll. a., ,ho ch,;.,,sn
churches scattered tbrouyh ,ho,e
countries
Anon, the .,o.,.., ..,,Lo,.t.s