Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-11
SOUTH CARoLINA's CAPITAL.
The Effect of the Earthquake and
the One OF Long Ago.

The Effect of the Earthquake and
the One OF Long Ago.
COLUMBIA, 5. c., Sept. 10.-Now that
we hope the best, or rather the worst, OF
bias troubles in the earthquake
line are over, perhaps recital Of how
she stands may not be uninteresting. In
the early part Of this century, somewhere
in the POS, Columbia had an earthquake
shock so severe as to crack the wall OF
the college campus so that it had to be
bound with iron to keep it together. This
time the damage is more widespread; not
only have houses all over the oity been
seriously damaged, but even the massive
capitol mas been shaken.
We fattered ourselves that on our gran
lite foundations we were tolerably secure
against the commissions of nature, but we
find we are as vulnerable as other places.
About a mile or so north OF the city fs-
sures OF the same kind as those about
Summerville are TO be seen, with places
where evidently water has spOuted up
and then sunk back. Poor old mother
earth! However she may have quoted
elsewhere, still trembles and shakes all
over. Last night, almost the whole night,
there We're quiverings and tremblings of
her surface. We have been badly scared,
though some of US do try now TO appear
as If we had been "calm and collected"
But don't you believe it. Every man
Jack of us was frightened we'll.
All OF the shocks here came from the
northeast, and one phenomenon, which
has not been remarked by anyone any
where, was seen accompanying the severe
shock Friday night. 1t was a pink glow
that appeared in the direction OF north
east, right over the place where the shock
seemed 10 come from, exactly as if there
were a fire burning and this was the re-
Election Of 1t in the sky. How do the
scientists explain this? sulphur has been
found in several yards In the city, as we'll
as pebbles, evidently from a brilliant
meteor that was seen to fall a night or
two ago.
POLITICAL CANDIDATES.
Candidates, Notwithstanding the earth
quake, are as anxious TO serve their
country here as ever, and political meet
ings are all the go.
The city is full OF refugees from poor
Charleston and SUmmerville, to whom we
are glad to give refuge. The Board of
Trade is seeing after their wants. The
City Council has subscr bed 81 900 for the
relief OF Charleston, besides private sub
scrlption lists in the various wards. The
city could have done better still than
Iudb Uub udu n s6NSIG lOSe III GA piOblOu
of her water works few months ago.
Although by no means a wealthy city,
Columbi is rapidly rising from the dust
and ashes OF the past and no longer de-
serves the appellati0n OF the Burnt City,
and promises IN the near future TO attain
a prosperity which the capital of the
State well deserves.
One OF our Northern winter residents,
Mr.. Cotton Smith, has contributed the
handsome sum of 500 to Charleston's
relief.
The country about Columbia is eX-
tremely picturesque and beautiful, with
it's undulating surface, its changes of hill
and valley. its shallow but rapid COnga-
rec dashing over her stones in her race to
the sea. When the canal is finished,
which, we hope, will be some time not in
the dim future, Columbia will have one
of the most magnificent water powers in
the United States. Northern capitalists
have already taken note of that.
Assistant Treasurer Thompson left yes
terday for Washington, carrying his
family with MIN.
The street railway, which ought to have
been here long ago, is at last fixed TACT,
and will soon be COMPLETED, adding great
ly to the merits OF Columbia, which,
almost as much as Washington, is city
OF magnificent distances