Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-06

which carried in its wall a she'll from
British gun fired during the revolution
"a building which the oldest inhabitant
believed could not be destroyed by any
| earthquake which did not eRguH the city
is in ruins.
THE ENCAMPMENTs.
The tents from the War Department
ana from Wilmington we're mostly putup
In the park facing tle Battery and over
! looking the confluence of the Cooper and
Ashley rivers leading out to the bay.
| Forts Sumter and Moultrie, OF the late
war fame, are plainly in view. As the
| sun peeped through the scrub oaks and
into the tents this morning. and the in
habitants responsively turned out to greet
their first Sunday morning since the
disaster, thrilling scene was
presented. Scores of little children were
seen gamboling on the green. Mothers
were making the toilets of their infants,
servants were preparing breakfast over
| oil stoves, and men were in groups like
soldiers after battle. discussing the
past, present and future.
1000 IN ONE CAMP.
Within space 800 feet wide by 1900 IN
| length probably 1000 persons were
camped. This is one of the aristocratic
portions OF the city and the campers were
of the best families. A number of births
cases. This has been an exceedingly
warm day In Charleston. The streets
were dusty and hot, but breeze
made the atmosphere tolerable
in the shade. Had 1t not been
for the arrival of two excursion trains,
bearing 1900 people from savannah and
intermediate points, and religious SER
vices In the open air, the day would have
been an exceedingly quiet one. With the
| hOwpVQr-
voices of the negroes IN public places.
They got up singing and shouting.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
BY 1880 O'Clock services were in
progress at a dozen points. In Washing
ton square hundreds of splendid voices
blended together In perfect harmony.
The singing could be heard at a distance
of mile. A number of men and women
gave their experience" After
the general sermons. there was
perfect din Of reioicings,
and dou btless some good will result. q
greater revival was probably never wit
messed than the one in Washington
square. At 4 O'Clock there was q general
mass meeting at the corner of Broad and
East Bay streets, near the city post office.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PRESENT.
Thousands of people attended, and elo-
! quent sermons were preached by Volun-
teer ministers. The singing was beauti-
full and touching, and the teachings i'm
pressive, while the surroundings OF the
meeting were thrilling. On every hand
are three-story buildings, the highest,
with very few exceptions, in Charleston.
the city having only small number of
tall structures. All IN the immediate To-
cality, except that occupied by the Caro-
lima Savings Bank, are wrecked,
more or less. and some Of them
frlghtfully SO. More thar q dozen fronts
have fallen into the streets. Several had
bulged 80 heavily that the window shut
ters swung open and threatened to fall at
any moment. On heaps OF debris, for
nearly square In every direction, the
people were congregated before the ser
mon began. Many experiences of Tues
day night were given, some pitiful, some
ludicrous, and others heartrending.
AN EX-sLAvE's GRIEF.
A white-haired colored woman, who
had spent two thirds OF her life IN slavery,
told how her only son, In fleeing from their
home, had been Drained on the stoop by the
falling piazza. An aged white man, his
face covered with court plaster, depicted to
the group his narrow escape, and told how
one OF his nelghbors was killed. At times
during the early exercies the old post
office building tremhled before the sough-
ing sea breeze, and its cracked walls
threatened TO crush every one within
reach.
THE OLD AUCTION MART.
The preaching On the public block at
this place, which is known as "The Auc-
ton Mart" was In marked contrast with
what Is usually witnessed there. Only
visitors and citzens going TO
and from worship were on the
streets today. 1t is now quite
plain that there will be no suffering
alter day or two, although some in
stances Of hunger and want in poor fami-
lies are reported. Enough money will
probably be received to meet the imme-
open general supply store and issue ra-
tions to the helpless and needy.
THE SCIENTISTS.
The party of ofscientists, headed by Profs.
Mendenhall and MCGEE, returned tonight
at 8 o'clock from an exploring trip north
OF the city. They visited the Ten Mile
Hills, Summerville and Lincoln. They
give no cheering news. At Summerville
they felt nine distinct shocks, and say
the people are terrified and leav-
ing that .section OF country. Some
strange freaks of the earthquake
were found and photographed. Most of
the 300 hundred houses at Summerville
are wooden buildings, and, as conse-
quence, the damage is largely confined to
their interior. OF one building, the foun-
dation had been affected on one side to
the extent that the structure had toppled
over In a half reclining position, while
the remainder Of the foundation OF both
sides OF another house, it was found, had
parted and shot outward, permitting the
structure tn drop to the ground. On many
houses one chimney had been destroyed
and another left intact.
MANY GEYsERS FOUND.
A large number Of geysers were found.
Some are ten feet in diameter, and moth
ing has been found long enough to probe
their depths. None are spouting, while
all are full OF water. Summerville has
Jared worse than any other part OF the
country hereabouts ana, it will be almost
depopulated. PrOfs. Mendenhall and Nc
Gee take friendly Issue as to the cause
oftbe earthquake.
The latter maintains that they are the
result OF land slides, while the former be-
lieYes that they are the result OF a read
iustment Of the earth's crust o the basin
OF the earth, or a confirming OF the eXte-
rlor TO the interior OF the earth, and points
to the geyse:s as evidence that the earth
10 settling and the surface lowering.
MENDENHALL's THEORY.
Prof. Mendenhall anticipates another
shock to- night between l0.3O and O'Clock
in the morning, when the tide, which