The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-13

ship bread, and only consented to receive a small
portion OF the payment making the remainder a
gift, and others have aided the country In various
enncient manners The nags on the different lega-
tons and consulates have been at half mast and the
churches throughout the capital opened and thronged
with people during the past week. Although the re-
ports are toeraby full yet many persons are still
very anxious concerning the fate Of their friends
and relatives in the desolated districts since from
the very nature Of the 1t is almost impos-
sble to discover the corpses for great length of
time rom the fact Of their being buried under heavy
masses OF stone and rubbish.
The evil disposed portion OF the community ore
taking advantage Of the CONSERVATION which regns
supreme 10 commit all descriptions of crime ana
outrage A party Of robbers penetrated into the
city at seven O'Clock night or two since, and enter
ing some grocery shops in the very heart Of the
town DOLBY commenced their work OF pilage. In
this they were surprised by the police, and lively
musketry engagement ensued, in which the robbers,
though prevented from carrying or any booty,
came out victorious, killing two OF the police and
making their escape Several incendiary fires have
occurred, doubtless started by ruf1ians who de-
sire to attract the attention OF the public to
quarter OF the town while they rob and murcer in
another. IL is understood that Colonel Balta
has expressed his determination to innict severe
punishment on these malefact0rs, and he has
given orders to the police to kill as many as possible
In any combats which may take place. as the laws Of
Peru allow no capital punishment.
The young lady whose attempted assassination I
mentioned In my last letter is now pronounced out
OF danger. The would.be murderer was very nearly
killed by his fellow captives in the jail out Of pure
abhorrence and 1t was found necessary to place him
In a separate cell. - ,a~~--
The details Of the loss Of the United States ships
Fredonia storeshp) and Wateree have been commu-
nicated to your correspondent by one Of the three
surviving ofiicers Of the former. The two vessels
were lying at anchor in the bay Of africa when the
nrst signs Of the earthquake noticed. OF
the CONSERVATION on board was very great and after
the shock Of the movement on shore had
disappeared, the captain, doctor and pay
master Of the Fredonia went in small
boat to land desiring to learn the fate Of their friends
and acquaintances and offer the services Of the Ship
Just then the tremendous upheavng of the bay took
place, and the Fredonia parting her anchor chains
was at the mercy Of the currents and after driving
wildly around in circles for some moments was dash
ed literally to pieces on reef. Nothing Of the
vessel was saved, and the twenty-se seven men COM
posing her officers and crew, together with Mrs.
Dyer, the wife Of the lieutenant in command, were
all lost.
The Wateree, more securely moored, dragged her
anchors and was swept by the great tidal wave four
hundred and fifty yards inland, about two miles
north OF the ruined town. There she now les be-
tween two hillOcks Of sand. apparently waiting for
the water to restore her to her accustomed element
1t will be impossible to extricae her from her siua-
ton, and the Admiral is hopeful only of saving her
battery and stores The ship was very slightly in
jured and lost only one man, sailor.
The United States steamers Kearsarge, Nyack and
Powhatan are at africa, endeavoring to save some
thing from the Wateree. The Kearsarge was the first
provisioned vessel to arrive at africa. She came
from COqulmbo
Incidents of the Earthquake Mt Chnia and
Caldera-A British Vessel Washed Over
Cliff.
COBIJA, August q, 1868.
On the 10th Of August was staying in Valparaiso,
where the air had lately been hot and oppressive
that volcanic outbreak generally anticipated.
That same day information reached US that the sea
had invaded both Conception and Tome, two ports
In the south Of Chile doing considerable damage to
the stores and dwelling houses and occasion
ing several shipwrecks. Towards evening OF the
nth l left Valparaiso In the steamer Paita
for Callao On the 10th, about two O'Clock in the
afternoon, we arrived in Caldera, and here letters
from up North came to hand which filed us all with
terror and CONSERVATION The whole west coast, as
far as information was then reaching had expe-
rienced terrific earthquake, and in many places
had been submerged by the sea rising
above its habitual level. Cobija, Arica Isar
Mejiones, Iquique, Ito, Psco, Psagua, the Chinchas
and Chaa, are said to have all been or less suf
fering. The brother of one OF our passengers came
on board and congratulated him for being safe and
sound. His business had been entirely destroyed.
tn acifi Nay
Santiago has escaped destruction as by a miracle.
Of the 18th found herself in the port Of Chaa,
whence her captain writes as follows:-
We were safely anchored in the bay when sud-
denly shock was felt which made MS all believe we
had got upon rock. The passengers, terrified,
came crowdinR around me and wanted to know
wnat was the matter. The next moment our craft
shook and twisted as II IL had been made OF India
thrown of our feet and fell 70 the "ecS
wac Just asking our agent to come along
with me and take glass Of brandy and water to
der like thin wire and the receding water carried us
out to sea. We had sufficient steam up to make an
attempt at escape, but the next moment an enor-
nous wave swept resstlessly towards the shore
and threw clear the cliff into the chan
mel beyond. Not till then did we succeed in
making our escape, which was truly miraculous
one. africa IL I'm ruins, the waves cover Chaa a
small part OF Iquique only has been saved and no.
body knows how far North the devastation may
Tttcii, dS ~ uCWS nus fVt uiiiN GU iiOm SdiidO.
Having gone on shore In Caldera we soon met
refugees from the North, among others a German
photographer from africa, who had been there at the
time the catastrophe occurred and lost all his pro-
perry The town council OF Copiapo was collecting
provisions to succour the sufferers and the United
states steamer Kearsage was getting ready to pro-
coed North At Tquque, where all the condensing
machines had been destroyed, great scarcity Of
water was said to be prevailing Caldera also
had experienced some heavy shocks and most Of the
inhabitants were on their way to the mountains.
Nothing serious however, occurred. The German
photographer related the following
On the afternoon OF the 18th, shortly after five
O'Clock, I was busy at my house developing some
pictures when several shocks OF earthquake were
felt in rapid succession. Ny Chilean assistant shar-
ing the nearly all his countrymen have OF vol
canic outbreaks, rushed into the street and was
Just about following him TO induce him TO return,