The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-09-11

chimneys and church steeples are of
their square, and there is nothing
plumb about the city.
If an equinoctial gale of the usual
severity should strike the city before
considerable repairs can be done,
nearly every house in the city would
be blown down. The gale comes
sometimes as late as the first week in
October, but last year it came in the
last week of August. 1t will thus be
seen that the city is in imminent dan
ger at any moment. This would
cause such crashing of timber, brick
and mortar as was never before heard
of. The temperature has changed so
as to warn the people that the storm
is at hand. The effect of week.
storm and pelting rains upon the
homeless women and children would
be appalling.
There are two wrecked objects OF
pathetic interest to the people oil
Charleston. They cannot keep back
the gathering tears when they look
upon st. Michael's and st. Philips,
the two churches about which center
the most sacred associations of their
lives. Both must come down.
st. Philips, hardly less dear to the
people than st. Michael's. is in a
worse condition, 1t may be neces.
sary to blow up both building with
dynamite. as it is hardly possible to
do anything with the lofty. SKATER
ed steeples.
To st. Michael's. the cornerstone
of which was laid in 1852. the Chrles-
ton people are most deeply attshed.
Under its walls lie the remains)f the
forefathers of the colony. Theinjury
done to this grand old churchby the
cyclone of last year had just ben re-
paired. Now it stands cracRd and
twisted, and its new steeple tdtering
to its fall.
Another old landmark iretriev.
ably wrecked is the Hugenott(h
founded by the refugees drivn from
France by the revocation of tie edict
of Nantes in 1872, and spot.ledica-
ted to public worship for 194years
These are but few of the hundreds
of things dear and sacred to tie peo-
pie of this unhappy city that the
earthquake has either destroyed or
so badly injured as to make repair
impossible; people peculiarl! affec-
tionate and reverent, regardfulof the
past, its traditions and associations,
and holding tender respect br the
places made sacred to them in the
history of their fathers.
1t is doubtful if there is a brick
building in Charleston whichis en-
tirely uninjured. and the amount of
injury ranges from cracked AMI bro
ken walls to utter demolition. Most
of the buildings are very old. Many
of the ruined ones have stood CEN
fury, and have the quaint tiled roofs
and dormer windows Of one hundred
years ago. The custom house is un
harmed. but the municipal buildings
are seriously injured. The power oil
the shock is shown most forcibly in
the manner it dealt with marble
shafts and monuments. In every
case where shaft stood upon ped.
estal. the shaft was twisted about at
various angles to the base. This was
the case with heavy monuments, as
that to Charles Macbeth, mayor OF
Charleston from 1857 to 1865, cover
ing the war period, in the yard OF
the First Presbyterian Church. Over
twenty instances were observed of
this half turn given monuments and
hundreds of chimneys are wrecked
in the same manner.
AUGUSTA, GA, Sept. lone OF
the curious results of the resent earth.
quake here is the change of the topo.
graphy of the country. Many houses
on the sand hills, the aristocratic part
of the city, which before could not be
seen from the city, are now in full
view, while other landmarks have
disappeared. These curious changes
were noticed yesterday FIR the first
time and attracted much attention.
In taking bird's-eye view of the
city, from any point, these remark
able changes will at once be recogniz.
ed, and they 60 to prove that there
has been considerable settling of
the earth.