New-York tribune., 1872-04-25
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
rPFrCTs OF THE LATE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CSHAKEs-CONNlCIloN
AND SENTENCE or THE CHINESE RIOTERS.
HRoM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRlBUNE'l
Los ANGELES, April 13.-Late arrivals from
tbe Owens River district where the earthquake was 30
terrible report that there are number of volcanoes IN
active eruption and that here and there arc new ahes
and new streams Of running water All Of the towns de-
sroyed were situated near the rim OF the MOha'o
Desert and were in the immediate neghborbood OF what
Is known as Death Valley always looked upon as u
shaky country There are the remains OF extinct voica
noes hot water and hot mud springs sulphur ana soua
lakes birthstone guches geysers &c. In fact that pof
ton of Pacific Coast is evidently as cioseV reu W
regions internal is congenia to those WHO esuo IA
that section OF country The driver OF the Lone ZINC
stage who came in last night says that the earth mas
been In motion good deal of tho time during the past
tbree weeks There is place where the earth mas
supken 10 the depth of 20 feet while fresh water lake
has become suphuTic in taste and SMELL But these GU
rous changes are not confined Inyo County Only 100
miles from this place is the ranch OF capt
Johnson. in San Diego County. met the
Captaia Yesterday, and he gave me some In
teresting figures concerning these geological phenomena
speaking the large spring adjoining his house. and It's
increased volume of water daily since the earthquake
he says that previous to last Tuesday the quantity OF
water discharged by the large reservoir (Which has
capacity OF gallons about l3 16 gallons per
minute it usually requiring three days to fill 1t. On
Tuesday morning the reservoir discovered overflow
ing and thinking that the surface escapepipes were
ologged an examination made, which showed that
they were running freely On going to the spring house,
the water was discovered bubblng up in an unusually
lively manner, showing that the volume OF water had
been increased by unaccOuntabe cause In won
derful The quantity of water dschargedby the
spring was measured and ascertaned TO be 43 gallons
4
Ions day over the ordinary ow The increased volume
OF water remained mystery to the people OF Penasqu
as until the arrival of from Los Angeles concern
ing the earthquake Mr. Ayarado, who has lived III that
portion of the country for long time informs the cap
tain that the spring had, up to the destruction OF
Fort Tejou by earthquake in 1855, given about the
same quantity of water that it does nOw but that shock
seemed TO have curtaed it, and smaller flow was the
| consequence until the recent earthquake.
Throughout this country the earthquake was horizon
tai in character and although not torrcay violent in
its vibrations was the most protracted, longest in
Duration of that has ever been felt In this section OF
California It's general from the northwest
| to the southeast. 1t unlike any earthquake that
we have ever experienced; for while it was accom-
panied by all Of those ndescrbabe phenomena peculiar
TO earthquakes generally it partook not of the violence
Of shocks of 1885, 1851 and iSGO but on the contrary
was rather gentle than otherwise. Not TO be funny
while writing of these awful visitatiOns, may term the
late shock "welbalanced" earthquake. In a wooden
building there was q sameness in the vibrations from
their commencement to their close; in structure OF
stone or brick however, there was an unmistakabe
| focus, which seemed TO be reached about the 18th
second and which continued until the 10Th, when tho
principal current must have spent its force During me
last 90 there have been number of earthquakes
little damage while lives have been LOST and so far
| as have been informed, no persons have sustained
felt lasting several seconds On the day and night OF
Nov. 26, 1852, 13 sharp shocks were felt. On Jan.
1885, there two three vibrations felt ont at the
Mission On Jan 90, 1885, there a severe shock OF
seconds which cracked 20 walls and houses and dis
sharp shock felt all over the country and on the 2d Of
may bcTe eTe Wcre 9e wo smart shocks felt in the
morning and the 23d of May, 1851 there were four
Yesterday morning there was very severe Shock felt
all the country, doing no damage however except
to open small here and there in abandoned adobe
walls. The destructive earthquake ever known In
California before that which destroyed the lives OF
~ people and the Mission church OF san Juan Caps
tranO miles south OF this city, and which occurred on
the morning of December Sabbath in 1872 at precisely
O'clock AS this earthquake DESTROYED n0thng else IN
the town, and the dome of the church was impcr-
fecty constructed the impression Is, and always has
been with those VINO are WIN the IaGSs, tt
the catastrophe less the effect OF the earthquake
subject, says that the dome was not only Improperly
constructed but that it slightly leaned from perpendicu-
lar. Nothing else about theChurch sustained the slight
est injury. 1t seems that the roof of the building was
surmOunted by five domcs, IN the center OF which was
an immense tower belrY the latter OF which was Of
heavy masonry TINS tower was erected upon SIX col
umus which, receiving the vibrations caused the tower
crushing the roof and the other dropping Oh the out
! side, lDtO the street.
There has impression gone abroad that the rioters
| engaged in the wholesale hanging and slaughter OF
twentyodd inOensvc Cinnamon in this city in october
last would escape justice Luckily for the fame OF this fair
city precisely opposite is the for after protraced
trial Of eight Of those arrested rngeaders verdict
Of guilty arrived at and at 10 o'clock this morning
large crowd assembled at the District Court TO hear
the sentence Of the Court pronounced upon the prison
ers who were found guilty of manslaughter upon ndct
ments committed during the riot OF October last The
prisoners brought Court IN charge OF the Deputy
Sheriff After motions for new trial and in arrest OF
The Court f. f. CTeDshaw found guilty Of the crime OF
being accessory to the murder of the Chinese DOCTOR
GenO Tong called for sentence and sentenced
to confinement III the State PRISON for three The
Lewis Mende ct al indicted accessories TO the
crime OF murder and found guilty OF mansaughter, came
| next. Mendell was sentenced for six years.
A. r. Johnson, who exceedingly nervous and much
excited, made reply, and told badly mixed story of "a
dream be had in which he the jury rose, with
green leaves attacked by bee, which took the roses
honey, and caused it's decay; said he felt more for his
Innocent fellow victims than himself, and so Will be
examined the ito hml important question OF insanity,
developed since his conviction though sentence had
been pronounced sending him to the pcnitenary for six
years. Chas. Austin sentenced for five years. r. NJ.
Mcdonald sentenced for five years. E. A. AlvaradO
was sentenced for five years Jesus Martinez sen
fenced for four years ReiugiO Boten0 was sentenced
| for four years.
| THE TREATY OF wAsHINGTON-SIR EDWARD