Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-03

Dolgorouki has become inexpedient. l
shall abstain, 20 long as Your Highnesa
remains in Bulgaria, from any intsrven.
ton in the sad condition to which the
country is reduced. Your Hghness
must decide your own course. reserve
to myself the right to judge what my
fathers vsnersted memory, the interests
of Russia and the peace Of the East re-
quirs of me-"
A POLITICAL sENsATIoS.
PARIs. September 2 The publication
of the correspondence between the CsaI
and Prince Alexander has created greal
sensation In political circles here. The
Cssr's menacing reply to the Princes
submissive epistle Is regarded b
diplomats ss insuring Alsxsnder's abdi.
cation and Russis's occupation Of
Bulgaria. 1t 10 feared that war will en-
sue unless Bismarck intercedes.
The stricken CITY.
ION the second page of the HERALI
will be found the earlier dispatches Of
the terrible earthquake at the east. the
later notes concerning which follow
here.
CHARLESTON. s. c.. September IA
special report from Mount Pleasant. op-
posits Charleston. says that sink near
German Church that on Tuesday waa
perfectly dry is now full Of fresh water.
Il is contsnded by many that the mud
aud other substances found around the
village are volcanic matter. Just sftsl
the first great shock on Tuesdey nigh
there was . decided and distinct smell
Of escaping sulphuric acid gas over th'
entire village. The smell lasted through
out the night and was dist,nct in thos.
localities where cavities in the eartI
were most numerous. Not far from
Charleston. on the road to Summer
field, extensive mounds of clay were
thrown up and hillocks of s.nd,
in most Cases in the shape
of inverted cones, the hollow parts
Of which had evidently been formed BY
the acton Of the water returning into
the depths from which it had been
raised. In many cases the erupted mat.
ter has streaned away from the breaks
in the surface of the earth to distance
Of from twenty to fifty feet. These svi
dences Of the great convulsion are not
spasmodic. They extended fer and wide
in every direction, from the city limits
Of Charleston to Summerville, aud at the
latter place it was found from trust.
worthy information that cracks and fis-
cures are everywhere visible for miles
and miles around. Strangely enough,
some Of these were in active
operation, and the constant shocks
that were felt at SummsFville
sent wafer out of these assures in jets to
height Of some fifteen to twenty feet.
This was evidently the result OF cracks
being filed with water and their sides
opening aad closing by each succeeding
shock These appearances were OF
cour,e suggestive Of still more violent
eruptions, aud there Was q constant
dread everywhere that there would be
. general inundation caused by some
extraordinary force Of the earthquake.
Near the ten-mile hill fall an accident
occurred on Tuesday night. The down
Columbia train jumped the track. En-
ginser Burns and fireman Arnold tool
ored) were badly injured by the fearful
leap which the train took in the dark
under the unseen influence of the shock
that dismsntled the road. The arth
suddenly gave way aud the engine first
plunged down the temporary declivity.
It was then raised IN top Of the succeed
ing terrestrial undulstion, and having
70 chsd the top Of the wave, q sudden
sweeping force 10 right and left hurled
the Inflated train down the enbank-
msnt. Iu many places along the track
of the South Carolina aud Northeastern
railroads. and for spaces Of several hun
dred yards in width, the dreadful energy
OF the earthquake was expended in two
particular ways: First there were inter
walls Of hundred yards or more In
which the track had the appearance Of
having been alternately raised and de
pressed, like lac Of waves.
The second indicated was where
the force had osoillated from
cast to west, bending the rails in reverse
curves, most of them taking the shapes
Of . single and others Of double letter
8, placed longitudinally. These latter
occurred almost invariably At trestles
and culverts. There were not less than
five Of them between Seven Mile juno
ton and Jedburg. In other places tn E
tracks mad the appearance Of being
kInked for miles, bat always in these
cases in tb, direction OF the rails. The
train at the time of the earthquake, was
ruuning along at its usual speed and when
mile south Of Jeoburg It ountered
the terrible experience. 1t was freight
cd with hundreds OF excursionists re.
turning from the mountains. They
were al gay and happy, laughing and
talking, when all Of sudden, in the
la guage Of ono Of the exeur-ionits, the
train appeared to have left the track
and was gong up. up, up into the air,
This was the rising wave and suddenly
il descended, and a. it rapidly fell Il
was flung first violently over to the east,
the heads OF the cars apparently aninp
over at an angle OF less than forsy-tivs
degrees. Then the trair righted and
was hurled as with the roar oil ARTILLERY
over tv the west, and finally subsided
o the track and took plunge down
ward, evid, ntly on the decendlng wave
The engineer pni down brakes tight, bu
so great was the original aud added
momentum hat the train leaped ahead
| II is said on Trustworthy authority tha
the train actually galloped along th'
track, the front and rear trucks OF th'
coaches rising and falling alternately
The utmost confusion prevailed, womeI
and children shrieked in dismay aud tn
hravest hearts were quelled in momen
tary expectation of q more terribl
catastrophe. Rev. Ellison Caper
chanced to be on board and be Lost N
tims In comforting them Il
the agony Of the moment by the bea
advice and council that he could offer
The train VAS then taken back in th
direction Of JeaburR. On the way bac
the ~ork Of the earthquake was tsrrihl