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CHAIILBSTON BEBE&VED ' AND
- DESOLATE. 7
For want of space on Wednesday
night we did not refer editorially to
the awful calamity that has overtaken
the city of Charleston in our neigh
boring State, South Carolina. The
hearts of this whole community, and,
indeed, we may say this entire State,
go out in profoundest sympathy for
the people of suffering and unfortu
nate Charleston. The accounts .are
most harrowing and awful, and all
sorts and conditions of men are deep
ly shocked at the graphic account of
the editor of the News and Courier
that was telegraphed abroad. We
do not remember any account of a
great and wide-spread calamity that
has so touched and stirred us as that
account that brings so vividly and
realistically before na the vast de
struction, the convulsive and heart
rending scenes, the awful shrieks and
groans of the wounded and dying,
and the painfnl suspense and agony
of the living and uninjured. The
heart of any human being that reads
.and knows how to commune 'with
trod must instinctively go up in
prayer to Him for mercy and pity
and deliverance and protection.
Charleston has had many startling
and terrible experiences. The agony
of the long and very destructive
bombardment of the city during the
war was borne with heroic fortitude,
both night and day. It was a long
protracted strucrzle of lotensestawe
and suspense that was harder to bear
than the sadden shock and the awful
pang. Bat Charleston bore it with
immortal calmness, resolution and
heroism. She has also been visited
by the quick, fierce, devastating
cyclone as it rashes on in its mad j
and raging carnival of destruction
carrying death ; and dismay with
. it. This sort of calamity she. has
borne with an endurance worthy of
an heroic people.. But she had never
before to face the - awful earth
quake's shock that almost in a second
of time makes a flourishing and at
tractive city one vast scene of deso
lation and ruin in which Death holds
sway, and strong men and delicate
women and helpless infants are hur
ried into eternity almost before the
soul can offer the shortest prayer
to the Great God who rules and
reigns above tempests and cyclones
and earthshocks, and who rides upon
the winds and directs the storm.
We repeat, the heart of North
Carolina goes ont to bereaved and
- desolated Charleston in this her hour
of supreme woe and suffering. . Al
that can be done should be done and
done quickly. Let every community,
every village and town organize for
help. Let the sympathy of the heart
and the sentiment of the lip find
expression in active benevolence.
Let collections be taken all over
North Carolina. Let relief commit
tees be organized and let our people
show to the people of our sister Car
olina thai they have hearts to feel and
. hands to help and purses to command
in their behalf. : -'
Wilmington has very great reason
for sincere and earnest thanksgiving
to Almighty Father for having
escaped the sad and awful visitation.
The shocks were felt for some four
teen times within some twenty-seven
hours, and one was, very severe and
alarming, and our people were very
much excited with the gravest appre-
. hensions of coming danger, but thus
far no serious calamity has overtaken
any one of our twenty thousand peo
ple because of the unwelcome visi
tors. God should be honored and
" praised for all His tender care and
for the preservation of our lives and
homeB. r -
Gov. Scales very promptly tender
ed the help of the State to suffering
I Charleston in this sad and distressful
hour. It was well done. Let the
hand of help be extended to the
stricken city. - "
We turned yesterday to the very
careful and vivid description of the
festructicjg' of the city of Lisbon,
the capital of Portugal, that was
; written by an eye witness, an Eng
lishman, who escaped when every
- human being in the dwelling he was
in was killed. They rushed into the
street and were "crushed by ihe fall-
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ing walls. - Ho remained in a- room
on the first floor and was Providen
tially saved, although all of the up
per storeys fell in. By this calamity
m a few seconds of time 60.000 Deo-
. .- L- . - A
pie - were killed. The destruction
occurred on 1st Nov., : 1755, between
9 and 10 o'clock A. M. The sky was
cloudless and nature was perfectly
serene up to the sudden tremor, then
the awful rumbling of thunder as
underground, and then the quivering
and tottering 1 of buildings began.
The moBt massive buildings were the
first to topple. The palaces, great
churches, large warehooses,residences
and stores all went first. How very
like the description of 1755 with tba
of 1886. , '
. AN EUROPEAN WAR.
The prospect of ' a great war in
Europe: is increasing. .It has been
apparent for. a year or two thai a
general European war would occur
before a decade,' and the outlook now
is that it may occur before another
year elapses, r In ; London - there is
much talk of what may occur. It is
now said that the greatest war of the
nineteenth century is close at hand.
Briefly, jit is reported that the West
tern Powers are combining against
Russia. . We do not much believe
that the alliance is as great and em
bracing as it is asserted to be. The
report is that Austria, Turkey and
Bulgaria will declare war against
Russia, and that Germany and Eng
land will back them. We think all
this more than doubtful. What will
France and Italy and Spain do about
it? Will they be passive . or will
France and Italy aid Russia ?
Is it possible to sd isolate Russia
as to combine against her the armies
of Europe. She has been the mena
cing Power in Europe for more than
a hundred years, and as she grows in
population, arid extends her domin
ions in Asia she becomes more gi
gantic1 and threatening. The safety
of Austria j and Turkey and even
Germany depends upon checkmating
Russia. From the days of Peter the
Great until how Russia has been ag
gressive, and has been seeking the
sea. She has a great ambition, to be
a vast naval power aa great on sea
- as on laed. j It is her boast that she
never recedes, never loses a foot of
land once taken. Her history shows
that the boast is well founded.
With nearly orre hundred millions
of inhabitants in Europe and a pop
ulation singularly brave and endu
ring her armies are capable of per--forming
great military feats. She has
always had too, eommanders of skill
and resouree who were animated by
the trueRiissian spirit of conquest,of
power. In! the death of Skobeloff
she lost h'er greatest captain. He
foretold a great war with Germany.
Within 3 few days another Russian
i J i
soldier has declared that Germany
was the greatest enemy of his coun
try, that a j war was certain and the
true way to Constantinople was by
way of Berlin.
It is believed that if Russia at
tempts to occupy Bulgaria, as seems
not improbable in the light of recent
events, that she will be resisted by.
Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ronma-
nia aniServia. The London corres
pondent of the New York Times
cables on both August that in the
event of war between Russia and the
countries named that Germany will
stand off 1 to keep France in awe,
leaving the chief fighting to Austria
and Turkey. He thinks England will
lead in this matter and perhaps even
tually take a part in the fighting.
WHAT PRODUCES . AN EARTH-
- '' QUAKE.
There are many theories as to
what produces earthquakes. Proba
bly Prof. Mallet is as good an au
thority as any. - In his work entitled
"Dynamics' of earthquakes," he is re
ported as saying, in substance, by the
Richmond i Whig as follows: V;
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"An earthauake is the passage past the
observer of a wave of. elastic compression,
in any direction, from vertically upwara,
to horizontally through the crust, and along
the surface of the earth, from any centre of
impulse, or more than one, ana wmcn may
he attended I with sound and tidal waves,
depending on the circumstance of the orig
inal impulse.! vvnen tne wave oi wuiimco
through a solid stratum,
each particle of tbej earth performs a vibra
tory movement similar to mat maue uu mo
passage of a! wave of sound, moving for
ward and returning in an elliptical or more
complicated curveJ' ;; - ...
This tells whU it is, if yon can
understand; it. What causes an earth
quake is furthfer on. Mallet's de
scription would be hard to be "un
derstanded'of th'e people." We copy
again from; the Whig:
"Mallet shows that the secular cooling of
the earth, supposing it to have once been a
hot fluid globe, caused first a thin crust,
whose contraction !was more rapid than that
of the interior, thus causing it to be torn
into segments byf forces of tension.
This crushing is accompanied by an im
mense evolution of heat, which, acting oh
the alreadySheated interior, melts the adja
cent portions thereof, producing lava, or
converts the waterinto steam, that produces
both earthquakes' and volcanic eruptions.
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The discontent of the Scotch crof
ters and cottars' is so great and so
increases that i looks as if England
was to have another Ireland upon its
hands. DriG. B. Clark, M. P., from
Caithness-shir e is - the ' Parnell of
Rnnt.land. 1 TT i in the champion o1
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the Scetch. - , -
CHA RLESTON.
Return of the Relief Committee Sent
by I the Citizens of Wllmlngton
' Substantial Aid Kxtended-Gratl-tnde
Evinced by the People Im
: prenelona of the Visitors.
Mayor Hall, Rev. Mr. Lewis and Alder
man Boney, who went as a committee from
this city to Charleston, to tender the aid of
our citizens to the snfferera in that city, re
turned, yestei day morning. Mayor Hall,
who was interviewed yesterday," gave us
his impressions of the visit. He says that
the committee arrived jn Charleston just
before sunrise Friday morning.. There were
no indications of the earthquake around
the Northeastern Depot, except the absence
of the ! usual number of hacks and omni
buses, the houses in that neighborhood be
ing generally of wood, which appeared to
have escaped serious damage-all over the
city. The indications, however, Mayor
Hall says, increased, and when the party
reached the Charleston Hotel, the entire
sidewalk was found filled with bricks'and
mortar from ibft anaporti
tied of ThaTbanding. , ' - . :
After breakfast at the hotel the commit
tee ordered a carriage and started on a tour
of inspection, which is beet described in
Mayor j Hall's own words: Going down
Meeting street the signs of destruction in
creased at every step until we came to
Broad, where the view was appalling. On
our right the Court House was badly rent
in many places, from top to bottom. Op
posite to this was the Police Station, a
building as large as our City Hall without
the Opera House annex, completely demol
ished. Directly opposite this, on the east,
is St. Michael's Church, apparently ruined,
its famed steeple .sadly out of plumb and
threatening every moment to fall. It is
very doubtful if it can ever be repaired.
Going down-Broad street every building
showed more or less signs of damage The
front of the News and Courier building
is badly damaged. - Turning down East
Bay , and all around the Battery to West
Bay, the destruction I may say was com
plete. Those magnificent and historic
houses on East Bay, the most aristocratic
in the city, were utterly ruined.- Every
brick house there I take to be worthless,
except the old material contained in them.
Passing around the Battery, the same scene
of destruction met our eyes everywhere.
Going up King Btreet, now and then a
brick house, notable among which was the
Williams house, would be seen apparently
undamaged; but we heard they all suffered
seriously inside. It was with difficulty that
our driver could pick his way through the
debris -covered streets.
Going down on East Bay to enquire af
ter friends and deliver letters,, some of our
delegation heard heart-rending accounts
from different ladies whose experience must
have been terrible. We were then shown
where the waters were forced through the
earth, overflowing a considerable area,
leaving cone-shaped mounds. For two
hours we continued our drive all over the
city and everywhere the destruction was
more or less complete.
As a general rule the frame buildings
fared by far the best. But to sum up in a
word, my impression is there is not a build
ing of any kind - or size in the city of
-Charleston but was more or less injured.
I should say that fifty per cent of the brick
houses in the city are seriously damaged
and twenty-five per cent, ruined irrepara
bly. I have beard various estimates of the
loss and after eeeing for myself, I should
say the actual loss of real estate would not
be less tban twenty per cent, on the asses
sed value, which is, I believe, $23,000,000.
You can make your own calculation.
The loss of life we found to be not one
half as serious as reported, which fortu
nate circumstance was attributable to the
fact that nearly the entire population of
the city were within doors at the time and
the danger was over before they Could get
on the streets. I am satisfied that if the
calamity had happened during the busy
part of the day, and while the sidewalks
were crowded, the loss of life would have
been fearful
Considsring the terrible exposure of the
people, and their awful surroundings, and
the intense state of suspense and anxiety
concerning the future, the appearance of
the people generally struck me as being
heoric and worthy of praise. All were on
a terrible strain, not knowing at what mo
ment another and more fearful shock would
be upon them.
At 12 o'clock we proceeded to the City
Hall, by appointment with the Mayor -pro
tern. There we found everything pushed
with energy. Our interview with his Honor
was brief, as he was overcome with busi
ness. I explained to him that we were a
committee sent over by the citizens of Wil
mington tcexpress to them the deep sym
pathy felt in this, their supreme hour of
distress; and from the fact of all communi
cation being stopped by telegraph that our
anxiety as to their people was so great as'
to cause us to come to help at all hazards,
and tender to them our services in any.way
needed. I also handed to him the resolu
tions passed at our mass meeting as fully
expressing the sentiments of our people.
We also placed in his hands $1,000 in cur
rency and informed him that an additional
$1,000 in money would be sent him on our
return. The Mayor replied, accepting our
expressions and donation with much feel
ing, and stated he would explain our mis
sion to the citizens of . the city. Our con
tribution and offer of aid I believe was the
first that was made by committee or other
wise, and was deeply felt in the city. .
The treasurer who receipted to Alderman
Boney for the - funds, stated to him that
the presence of our committee under the
circumstance, even if not bringing one
penny would never be forgotten by the
people of Charleston. We are felt that
we have done the right thing in going as
we did, and only regret that we could not
do more for that most unfortunate city. -I
The result of this calamity in the future
of Charleston no man can tell. It looks
just now aa if that city has received its
deathblow, for, be it remembered, that
uplike a great fire, : there is no insurance
money to look to. But from the charac
teristic and indomitable pluck of the peo
ple of Charleston, and the pecuniary aid
that must come from all parts of the sym
pathizing world, I may say, I trust they
may be able to again restore their beauti
ful and historic city to the present position
of being the "Queen city of the South."
. Last evening, just at or about 11 o'clock
another well-defined shock struck the city,
and at 11.15 our committee left the Charles
ton Hotel in the omnibus for the depot,
and one of the most touching and memora
ble sights met our eyes that we experienced
during the whole day. Undoubtedly that
shock must have caused the entire popula
tion of the city, from their terribly excited
condition, to rush f for safety) into the
streets and parks. On our way from the
hotel to the Northeastern depot, on the
streets that we traversed, there must have
been not less than 5,000 human beings,
scattered along in the middle of the streets;
every park . was crowded. .What made it
so impressive to me was that among that
immense terroMtriken " crowd- not - one
sound was heard. Many were on their
knaes, as if in silent prayer It seemed
that the time for shouting and loud prayers
nassed. and tnat tnev had loo sea aeatn
in the lace ana men recognizea nis pres
ence and were quietly awaiting the blow.
" a a a
WEEKLY
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
Experience of - Wllmlngtontana in
-Charleston.'
Thefollowiog extract from a letter writ
ten by Dr. W. W. Harriss, in Charleston,
8. G. on the 2nd inst.." will be read with
interest. The letter was written to his son,
Mr. Geo. N. Harriss:
"The gas was extinguished in our house
'and your mother in groping around to get
out. tell over an overturned table ana in
jured herself, but not seriously. To add to
theccneral confusion, the bouse caught
fire from an over turned lamp in the third
story. . By great presence of mind and ac
tivity we at last succeeded in getting out.
r The letter does not : state whether Dr.
Harriss saved the personal effects of him
self and wife. It was written at 2. SO p. m.
Thursday, on the Battery, where they had
been since Tuesday night. The letter adds
that the scene and excitement beggars des
cription and cannot be written.
A telegram was received from the Doctor
yesterday at 4 p. m., which says n "No
further trouble. Both well. Excitement
quieting down.'-
Blore Shocks.
Another' earthquake wave passed over
action last night' at three " minutes to
eleven o'clock. It lasted about ten or fifteen
seconds, and was about as severe asthe
second shock experienced on Tuesday
night last The guests of the Orton made
such a lively racket In "getting down
stairs" that people thought the house was
falling.
The shock was felt all over the city , and
people were greatly alarmed.' At Mason-
boro it was reported by telephone as being
severe.
- The shock was &ho experienced at
Charleston, but nothing was reported as to
its innalty. ;
By 75th meridian time, the shock occur
red at 11 02 p. m. It extended from Wash
ington, D. C, to Atlanta, Ga , and Jack-
aonvillc, Fla. It was reported severe at
Augusta. Ga., and at Charleston, 8. C.
several of the damaged buildings fell.
Rather Common Occurrences After
All.
-Major Powell, Director of the U. 8.
Geological Purvey, is reported in the New
York Devoid as saying
"During 1885 there were recorded the
following earthquakes in the United States
and Canada: Canadian. Provinces, 8; New
England, 5; Atlantic States. 0; Mississippi
Valley. 8. and Pacific slope, 34. Total 59,
During the twelve years 1872-1883 there
have been recorded in tbe United States
and Canada 3G4 earthquakes, distributed as
follows: Atlantic slope. 147; Mississippi
Valley, 66. and Pacific slope, 151.
"From this list it appears that in the en
tire area earthquakes occur on an average
once in twelve days and once a month in
the Atlantic slope. Many of these distur
bances are. however, so slight as to be un-
perceived by the majority of tbe people;
and it should be observed that the list is
more complete in the densely populated
and freouenllv shaken Atlantic slope than
in either the seldom shaken Mississippi
Valley or the sparsely populated racinc
slope." - ' ""y" ' :
Letter from Rev. Jff r. Tattle A Tonne
Lady Injured
A letter was received in this city yester
day from Rev. D. H. Tuttle, pastor of the
Fifth Street M. E. Church, who is visiting
his relatives in the western portion of the
State, near Lenoir, N. C, and in which he
mentions that he had just returned from a
four days' trip with a sad experience.
That a two-horse top carriage, from the
breakage of a bolt in the axle, turned over
and its four occupants were badly hurt.
Miss Lou Wescott, of this section of the
State, had her right arm broken besides re
ceiving other very severe bruises. Mr.
Tuttle and wife were in another carriage,
iust ahead of the unfortunate one. Their
little child was in the wreck, but escaped
unhurt.
The Relief Fund for Charleston.
The committee appointed to solicit sub
scriptions for the . Charleston sufferers met
with the most encouraging success yester
day; everybody responding readily to their
applications. All the members of the com
mittee were industriously at work, and in a
few hours had collected about one thousand
dollars. The committee of citizens havine
what is known as the "Fire fund" in their
hands, amounting to about nineteen hun
drcd dollars, notified the subscription com
mittee of their readiness to turn over $1,000
of the amount to them or all of it if more
should he needed. Mr. W. R.' Latimer,
who is at Saratoga, telegraphed a contribu
tion of $250 to the fund. . . . ' '-.
Naval Stores for Eaclaad.
Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son cleared the
German barque .Wieland yesterday, for
Newcastle-on-Tyne, with 4,050 barrels of
rosin and 500 casks of spirits turpentine,
valued at $12,400.
Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co. cleared
the Norwegian barque Oemma, for Lon
don. with 3.000 barrels of rosin and 628
casks of spirits turpentine, valued at $10,
"760. ' :
What's the matter with the Cowst
Mr, J. B. Weatherly, of Red Banks, N.
C, writes to the Stab
"I have a fine milch cow, with a three
months old calf, that was giving milk up
to Tuesday night. Since then, she has not
given any at all. Will any one solve the
mvsterv for me? It would seem that tbe
earthquake affected her.
The Campaign.
Major C, W. McClammy, the Democrat
ic nominee in the Third Congressional Dis
trict, will begin bis canvass of the district
Tuesday, when he will speak at Kenan s-
ville, in Duplin; and on Wednesday he will
address -the voters of Bladen at Elizabeth-
town. No other appointments have yet
been made.
more Shocks.
Several persons report that slight earth
quake shocks were felt; here last night
about 9 o'clock. The statement would seem
to be confirmed by a telegram - from Au
gusta, which says that a slight shock was
felt there at that hour.
Xaurlnbnra; has a Shoe
: Laurinburg felt the earthquake shock
Friday ninght . A correspondent writes
that it was accompanied by the usual
rumbling sound, - like distant thunder;
houses were shaken but no damage was
done. The shock occurred at 11 o'clock.
People were greatly frightened.
The Shock In Onslow. . - '
A correspondent at ' Richlands, August
81st, writes that the shock was severe at
9.53 p. m. Three others were felt. The
first lasted thirty-five seconds. The streets
of the village were thronged with excited
people., .; '
t What's
the : matter with , tbe
hens?
dozen.
Eggs are selling at 25 cents per
THE EARTHQUAKE.
Reports of tbe fehocks Experienced at
Various Peaces In tbe State.
The Stab is in receipt of many letters
(rom correspondents in differrnt parts of
the Stato in : regard to ' the earthquake
Shocks on Tuesday night
A correspondent at Nashville, N. C,
writes: "A severe shock of earthquake
was felt here last night about 10 o'clock.
Door bells rang, doors and windows rat
tled, some brick fell from chimneys, and
shingles and timbers in buildings creaked
as though shaken by a hard wind, though
not a breath of air was stirring. f The
shock was preceded by a roaring like dis-
tant thunder, apparently from the west.".
Wadevtlle. N. C Sept. 1. Our com'
munity was thrown into a great excitement
last n'mht, about 0 o'clock, on account of a
sudden shaking of the earth and aa un
usual rumbling noise in tbe northwest.
The first shock lasted about two minutes,
and was succeeded by other, less severe at
short intervals. ' There were about seven
shocks in all. attended -by a heavy axa-
bering aeieevC ThcJast shock felt .was at
-about 1 "clock. IV seemed the first shock
would wreck houses, &C - Parties say who
ran out of doors that the earth was trem
bling considerably and seemed Jto be in a
sliding motion. The sky was perfectly
clear during the : time, with gusts of cool
wind from the northeast at intervals. There
seemed to be a flickering light similar-to
electric flashes in the north and northeast.
It is unusually cool for the season this
morning, with swift galea- from the north
east. Considerable excitement . prevails
among our people. ' ;
Tkot: SeDt l.-At 9 20 n. m. veaterdav
the first and most severe shock of earth
quake ever known in this county was felt.
The yibrations were preceded by a heavy
roaring sound, much like a train of cars. It
set bells to ringing, rattling glass and
in houses and shaking brick from
chimneys The first shock continued from
three to five minutes, inere were two
other considerable shocks less severe than
the first, from ten to twenty minutes apart,
and of shorter duration but ringing bells
and jarring the houses; and some claim there
were six distinct shocks within the space of
a little over an hour, and the last felt was
at 12,30 this a. m The vibrations seemed
to be from noahwest to southeast, and the
sound seemed to proceed from tbe north
west. Parties out doors ana walalng on
tbe street describe the first shock as very
severe. i ,
LiTHBEBTOK, Sept. 1. Severe shock felt
last night at 9 50. Five separate shocks
relt during tbe nignu one tnis evening at
5 o'clock. The first at 9.50 lasted a minute
and half; the first and third very severe.
The one this 5 p. m. was felt by Judge Gil
mer very sensibly during court.
Mr. Bruce Williams writes from Long
Creek, Pender county, Sept. 1st:
Three distinct earthquake shocks were
felt here auut 10 o'clock last night. The
first was accompanied by a fearful rumb
ling noise and seemed to proceed from a
northeasterly lo a southwesterly direction.
The first shock caused great alarm, and the
people of the village, terror stricken, quit
their dwellings and took to the street. Ihe
houses 8' emed lo quiver, then shake vio
lently;. The floors .of tbe houses were- seen
to twist and shiver so that it was scarcely
possible to stand without support. JN early
all felt a peculiar sensation, as if weakened
and benumbed by electricity.
A correspondent at Laurinburg writes:
Five distinct shocks were felt here to
night about 10 o'clock, accompanied by
rumbling sounds like distant thunder."
New Soffly, Brunswick Co., N. C,
Sept. 2. At 9.30 o'clock p. m. of. Ihe 31st
nit, the earthquake was felt and heard
here most distinctly. There were six di$"
tinct shocks before 12 o'clock and three after
midnight, at about 8 a. m. and 5 p. in. ; on
tbe lat inst. two more; the last one
felt here came about midnight last night.
When first heard, it reminded one of tbe
distant sound of a running train, or the
smothered hum of machinery near by;
and as the noise came nearer old mother
earth began to tremble and vibrate fearful
ly. It seemed to come. from the southwest
and die out in the northeast, the sound fol
lowing the coast. Although buildings
rocked and creaked as if every joint was
being moved, and large trees shook, no
damage has been beard of so far. Everybody
was greatly alarmed ; many fainted, and
some went almost crazy from fright
Ashbobo. N. C. Sept 1. We had a se
vere earthquake shock here last night about
10 o'clock, rne vi oration was so great as
to cause the court bouse bell to ring or toll.
The whole town was terribly frightened.
But little sleeping was done here last night.
I have heard of no serious damage done.
CoviHGTON. I N. C, Sept. 2. On the
night of August 31st at 9 o'clock, the earth
trembled in our section, it was bo severe
that the bricks were shaken off of several
chimneys in our neighborhood. It seemed
like the crockery would be snaRen on ine
shelves Two women fainted from fright.
At Trov. Montgomery county, the church
and school bells rang from the effect.
Cohwat. S. C, Sept 1. The shock
struck here at 10 o'clock last night, appar
ently lasting a minute, followed by a shock
of less nower. and still others, lessening in
power. A great many people, particularly
the colored people, were - frightened very
much. Many clocks in the town were stop
ped, crockery in houses rattled, vases were
thrown from .bureaus, and books from ta
bles. ; , - '"' " "
From Up the River.
The steamer Cape Fear, Capt. Green,
brought down a party of excursionists,
about fifty in number, from Prospect Hall
and other points along the river. On their
arrival here the party embarked on the
Passport and went down to Smithville, re
turning about 5 o'clock in tbe afternoon,
and leaving for their homes on the upward
trip of the Cape Fear.js$,
Capt. Green; reports that be noticed an
unusual commotion in the river and heard
a faint rumbling noiso Wednesday night,
about the time the earthquake shock was
felt here. . v ; : -
In Fayetteville, Tuesday night, the vio
lence of the shocks drove people into the
streets from , their bouses, exciting great
alarm. .' '; VV' ?v"l: iV; '
The Charleston Relief Committee. ,
The Relief Committee appointed by the
citizens' meeting to visit Charleston, 8. C,
expected to leave , for that city yesterday
afternoon, on the . U. 8. revenue steamer
Colfax, which was at her wharf in waiting,
under instructions from Assistant Secre
tary Fairchild. About five o'clock in the
afternoon, however, it was decided that it
would be best to await a reply to the tele
gram sent to the Mayor of Charleston by
the committee, stating that they were
ready to come to his aid with ,. men and
means. - :- -
Mr. G. J. Boney, chairman of. the Sub
scription Committee, was present at the
meeting and stated that that committee had
met with the most encouraging success in
their efforts, r. - ' . -"
; Later in the evening it was decided that
Mayor Hall and Rev. Mr. Lewis, of the
Relief Committee, and Mr. G. J. Boney, of
the Subscription Committee, should leave
for Charleston by last night's train. They
took with them a portion of the money col
lected yesterday. - '." ,:v . . , ,: c :': '
1886.
Prince Alexander ! Pay i Obseqnlona
HomsK to the Czar, but the Latter
leaves the Prince to his Own Course,
and Reserves What may be Kueslas
Fntnre Policy, i: . 5 't .
8t Petersburg, Sept. 2. On August
30th Prince Alexander sent the following
telegram to the Czar through the Russian.
Consul at Rustcbukej - - -
"Sib Having reassumed the govern -ment
of Bulgaria. I venture to offer to
your Imperial Majesty my most lespectful
thanks for the action of your: Consul at
Rustchuke, whose official presence at my
reception showed to Bulgarians that Russia
dd not approve of the revolution aa act
directed at my person. I also thank your
Imperial Majesty for dispatching Prince
Dolgatouki as Envoy Extraordinary to
Bulgaria. ' My first act on resuming power
la to assure your Majesty of my firm inten
tion to make every: sacrifice to forward
your Majesty's magnanimous intention to
extricate Bulgaria from the grave crisis
through which ; she is pressing - I; beg of
your Majesty that jyou will authorize
Prince Dolgarouki to place himself in
direct communication with myself as
speedily as possible. I shall be happy to
give your Majesty decided proofs of my,
uaaueFefrie devotion to your august person.
Monarchical principles compelled me to re
store tbe legality of my crown in Bulgaria
and Roumelia. Russia having given me my
crown, it is unto the hands of Russia's sov
ereign I am ready to tender it"
The Czar replied to Prince Alexander as
follows: . ' ;. V " i '
: "I cannot approve of your return to Bul
garia, foreseeing from it sinister conse
quences for tbe country already so sorely
tried. The mission of Prince Dolgarouki
has been inexpedient. I shall abstain, so
long as your Highness remains in Bulgaria,
from any intervention in the sad condition
to which the country is reduced.! Your
Highness must decide your own course. I
reserve to myself to judge what my father's
venerated memory, tbe interests of Russia
and the peace of the East, require of me."
. NORTH CA ROL1NA
Reply of the Governor of Sonth Caroli
na to Gov. Scales Tender of Aid.
Raleigh, Sept, 2. Yesterday Governor
Scales sent Governor Shepperd, of south
Carolina, a dispatch tendering aid. To day
he received a reply in which Governor
Shepperd expressed the thanks of the peo
ple of South Carolina for tbe tender of aid.
rne people oi jnouh uarouua stana reaay
to aid South Carolina in any possible way
upon a moment s notice.
WASHINGTON.
Quartermaster RatcheldorjOrdered to
Send Tents - to Charleston Queen
Victoria's Sympathy for the 9 offerers
Subscriptions Collected In the De
partments Appeals for Assistance
from Snmmervllle.
Washington, Sept. J 3. Colonel R.-N.
Batcheldor, depot quarter-master, has been
ordered to Charleston to issue and distri
bute tents to the homeless and lo render
such aid as it may be within tbe power of
the department to extend The Surgeon
General of the Marino Hospital serviee has
authorised the officers of that bureau at
Charleston to secure tents to replace tem
porarily tbe hospital buildings rendered un
inhabitable the earthquake. . j
The following dispatch was received by
cable to day from Queen .Victoria: J
" To Ihe President of Ihe United States:
I desire to express ray profound sympathy
e io express my pruiouuu ctympsiuy
ufferers by the late earthquakes, and
with anxiety fuller intelligence.
with suffi
await
which I hope may thow the effects ui have
been lean rliaslnm- than reported.
The Qceen."
Comptroller Trcnholm has rtceivcd about
$6,200 in subscriptions for the . reliflf 'of
Charleston sufferers. Chief Clerk You
mans of the Treasury Department, by per-
mission of Acting Secretary Fairchitd, is
sued a circular letter to day miorming em
ployes that tbe rule probibiiing tbe circu
lation of subscription papers in the depart
ment would be suspended in tbe case 4f tbe
Charleston relief fund, and the beads oi
bureaus would be designated to receive
subscriptions.
Comptroller Trcnholm fears lhat the ter
rible oliaht of people of Summerviilel near
Charleston, has ixea overlooked in the conr
templation of the greater area ot suffering
in the neighboring city. He has received
two teleerams from that town to-day. The
first was from a local relief committee,
composed of John Gadsden, chairman, and
Messrs. . Gary. Hutchinson, . Boyle and
Perry, and reads as follows: "Remember
Summerville's distress is very great. Prompt
relief in tents and money is needed " A
second dispatch was sent . by F. B. Fish
burne. and says: "Send three hundred
tents direct to this place. Shocks still con
tinue and manv families are homeless."
The President of the Board of District
Commissioners has issued an address to the
public, expressing desire that all shall be
done which can be done to manifest tbe
sympathy of this community for sufferers
from tbe late terrible disaster in Charles
ton, and offering to receive and properly.
distribute contributions.
Special performances will be given in all
the principal theatres and places of amuse
ment in the city for the benefit jof the
Charleston sufferers. .
Washington. 7 September 4. Acting
Postmaster General Stevenson to-day re
ceived a telegram from the Postmaster at
Charleston, S. C, stating that mall connec
tion -and delivery had been delayed for
thirty-six hours on account of the earth
quake, hut that now everything is working
uninterruptedly, ana tnat ne aoes noi re
quire the Postmaster General's proffered
assistance.
VIRGINIA.
A Distinct Shock ol Earthquake at
Lynchburg The Fetersburs Tobacco
Exchange Barbed toss $25,000
The Chief of the Fire Department
Serlonsly Injured.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
Ltnchbubo. September 4. Another dis
tinct shock of earthauake was felt here
last night, at 11 o'clock.
.Petebsbtjbg. September 4. Fire this
morning destroyed the Tobacco Exchange
building, the ground floor of which was
occupied by E. R. Beckwith & Co. aa a
drug store. The total loss is $25,000.
The Tobacco Exchange has an insurance
on the building of $12,000 and Beckwith
& Co. $7,750. The Chief of the Fire De
partment, P. H. Curtis, was severely in
jured, by falling bricks.
FOREIGN.
Sudden Departure of the Rnsslan min
ister from Berlin Change In British
V mission to Tarkey. : , -
IB Cable to the Morning Star.l "
Bebijn. September 4. M. De Giers,
Russian Foreign Minister, has hurriedly
departed for St. Petersburg. .....
- Bucharest. September 4. The Rou
manian Cabinet threaten to resign if Prince
Alexander abdicates. . ..v .
: London. September 4. Sir Edward
Thornton. British Ambassador to Tarkey,
has been recalled. He will be succeeded
to-morrow by Sir William White, present
Minister at Bucharest. .
KENTUCKY.
Congressional Nomination Civil
Ser-
vice Reform Denounced.
LoinsvTixK, Sept. 4. The Democrats of
the Tenth Kentucky District renominated
Hon. W. P. Taulbec, for Congress, yesterday.-
Resolutions denouncing civil service
reform as a humbug, : and calling on the
President to turn the rascals out, were en
thusiastically adopted., ! . 7 .
I Richmond M. &M. Journal!
The nrosnects of building the Lynchburg,
Halifax & North Carolina Railroad are of
the most flattering character, and clearly
show what may be accomplished by enter
prise. . . 7 .: -:: '.
NO. 45
. CHAlit.KHTON. :
Slncnlar-Featnres or the Terrible Bhak-
Ing Up Spotting- Wells -Flsnnrea on
St. John's Island Tbn shocks at
Bammervllle. -W' --'t
From the Charleston News & Courier .
One of the most singular features of the
terrible shaking-up was observed in many'
parts of the 'city the spouting wells.- In
Beaufain Btreet tbe cover ' were torn from
the wells and sent flying in the air. Then,
came a huge column of water and mud,
which was sent up to a height of 15 or 20
feet. . Most cf the wells were emptied of
theiir contents, but were speedily rt.-fllled.
After the shock the surface oi the streets in
tbe vicinity of these wells was covered in
variably by a yellowish clay deposit, which
may have come from the bottom of the
wells or from a lower stratum of the earth.
The water was in these cases forced upward
it is supposed, by the subterranean agen
cies at work below and cent flying up into
the air. .-v. -..!;.:, , '- .L. v
After the collapse the theory is that the
wells were again filled from the water
bearing strata which underlie Charleston
In some cases, an instance occurring in
Gibbes street in the yard of Mr. Uasel Hey
ward's house, huge volumes of water were
ejected, it is supposed, from a dry ; well in
the lot. The well was used for sanitary
purposes and bad no water it as far as was
known. The entrance was covered by a
heavy granite slab. This was thrown up
and the entire lot inundated bv the vast
jets of water and fine yellow sand that was"
ejected, it is difficult to say where the
water came from , i J .
In other portions of the city vast jets of
water were thrown up i from crevices
formed by the force of the earth's move
ment After the shock most of these
closed, soon afterwards, leaving exposed a
kind of mound of earth of an entirely
different character from the surrounding
soil. -
THE COUNTY JAIL.
The 'damage to the jaiL in Magazine
street, is well nigh irreparable, and parts
of tbe building will h-tve to be taken down
and rebuilt. The massive brick walls, in
some places nearly three feet thick, yielded
to the quivering earth like so much glass,
and tbe walls are filled with gaping cracks,
many of which extend from the top of the
building to the very foundation under the
ground. The main building and "lower"
are seriously damaged and the walls badly
cracked, but they can probably be repaired.
The jailor's apartment, facing on the street,
is a tottering rum, and will, no doubt, have
to be condemned. The ventilator, or high
cupola, on top of the "tower." is badly
shattered, and will also have to he taken
down.
Mr. -Kelly, the jailor, describes tbe scene
in the jail immediately following the first
great shock as terrifying to the last degree.
To the rumbling of earth and tbe grinding
of stone and brick were added the shrieks
and groans of tee horror stricken prisoners.
many of whom were seized with a perfect
frenzy of fear. Several of tbe cells were
broken open and tbe other prisoners were
quickly released and turned out into tbe
yard, where thirty-six of them succeeded in
making their escape through an aperture in
the brick fence.
The ruse was discovered in time to pre
vent tbe escape of the remaining thirty
three prisoners, all of whom have been
living in tbe yard since the earthquake.
The opening in all walla, however, is con
stantly guarded by two policemen.
AT SUMMLEVILLK.
The people of Bummer vi lie are still en
camped, very few of tbem having returned
to their homes. Several gentlemen from
the town were in the Fcity yr sterday, and
furnished the information that the situa
tion was unchanged. There were several
shocks experienced Tbursdiy.pigbt ami-
several Were felt yeuerday at long inter
val. A gentleman, who is well posted in
such mat era. said that the aggregats losses
ould be in the neighborhood of $300,000.
This shows a very serious state of affairs.
considering that the majority of tbe houses
are wooden structures, but some of them
were built at great expense. Later intern
genes irom tne town indicates tnat tne
shocks are diminishing in number and vi
olence.
FISSQBES ON JOHN'S ISLAND. .
Planters on John's Island report tbe sud
den appearance with the earthquake of
fiesures from four to five inches wide and
three to five feet deep, in various parts of
the island. In many places are holes in the
ground about tbe size of a hogshead, filled
with a ligbt sand or a quality beretoiore
unknown in that region. The sand came
bubbling out with hot water at every earth
quake shock. . -. .
NEW XORK.
Contributions for Charleston by the
Chamber ot . Commerce and Other
Organizations.
t y Twleerapa to the Mcra!n- Stir.
New York, Sept. 4 The following has
been sent A. W. Taft, President Cotton
Exchange. Charleston. 8. C . by tbe chair
man of the New York Cotton Exchanger
"Drawtrn us for $5,000 for the relief of
sufferers, ' and we will send you more aa
fast as subscribed. Dr. bimonds. First
Nationanl Bauk. savs bis bank will cash
vour draft."
The committee appointed by managers or
the New York Cotton Exchange to solicit
subscriptions, will receive and transmit iree
of charge any money raised for the benefit
of the Charleston sufferers. - The amount
subscribed to date at tbe Cotton Exchange
is also 5. 500.
The following telegiama have passed be
tween the acting Mayor of Charleston and
Mr. Norvin Green, of the Western Union
Telegtaoh Company:
'To tne Mayor of Charleston, a, V.
Movements by the Chamber of Commerce
and other organizations to raise funds for
the relief of Charleston sufferers, and I am
asked the extent of suffering and what
amount and what forms of relief are re-
auired ? Please advise me how to answer.
Anv message you may wish to send on this
subiect will be f orwarded.f ree over the lines
of this company. Nosvm Gbeer, Prest.
"Uutrletton. a. U.. tiept. 3. -norvm
Green, President. New York: The dam
age is very great- Any money contribu
Hons win be tban&ruuy received.
; - Wic J. ttuGBB, Mayor pro tern.
New Yobk, Sept. 4 The charity com
mittee of the New York Produce Exchange
metthia evening, but as they bad received
no reply to their . telegram to unarieston,
concluded that they could not take any de
cided steps. Seeing that it was reported
that the chief damage was to tbe homes of
the rich. They however Instructed tneirresi
dent to call on the Mayor of Charleston who
was expected to be in this city to-morrow,
and ascertain if his people were really in
need of assistance. In which case subscrip
tions would be at once opened.
The following has been received at the
' Petroleum Exchange from the acting Mayor
of Charleston: "Thankful for any aid in
shape of money." ' . v
C RACKS IN THE EARTH.
At
Beaniort and St. Helena Island
7 "7; 7 Volcanic Eruption.
Augusta, i Sept. 3. A special to the
Chronicle from Beaufort . says: Near the
Coo saw mines there, is a crack in the earth
two hundred feet long and six inches wide
at the ton. .7s":77
On St. Helena island.' off the Beaufort
coast, several large openings were made and
piles of mud ana sana were iorcea up.
Sy NORTH CAROLINA: :
A mass Meeting Called In Raleigh
iBy Telegraph to the Xornlng Star.
Raiktgh. Sent 4. Mayor Dodd, of this
citv. called to-dav a mass meeting of citizens
to meet Monday afternoon to raise funds for
Charleston. . Gov. - scales ana otners wui
speak. - . m :-' ' -
One hundred and seventyfive dollars
was subscribed in the Poatofflce Depart
ment at Washington veaterdav in less tnan
fifteen minutes for the relief of the people
of Charleston, S. C. : ''
Spirits Turpentine.
In North .Carolina Presbyterian
revivals are reported at Sharon, 15 addi- -tions,
and at Matthews 7. i ,
Greensboro Workman: CoL
J. T. Foster died this morning at half oast
3 o'clock, at the residence of Mrs. M, B. -'
teele, in , this city, of paralysis, aged 74
years . --- 7:;7
liattleboro . Jleaditght; The
most successful revival that this place has
enjoyed since 1879, came- to a close last
Wednesday. We believe: there were six-.
teen conversions and fourteen accessions to -the
church. i . - -
Statesville Advocate: .Rev. W.
M. Bagby, of the Statesville circuit held a -meetiog
some weeks ago at Chapel Hil).
which we failed to note by our absence, at
which twelve or more were converted, most
of whom we believe joined the Church.
Scotland Week Democrat: v e -
hear very encouraging remarks in regard
to the crops out in the country.- The - "
deer hunters- have gone off on a big camp
hunt. They have been hunting all the
season and but one deer hai been killed.
New Bert Journal : - The Ju- -
dicial Convention at ' Weldon yesterday
nominated W. A. Dunn, of Scotland Neck,
for Solicitor of the Second District. Mr.
Dunn is a partner of HonJ W. H. Kitchin
and is now attorney of the county of Hali
fax. 1 '- !
Charlotte i Chronicle: Prof. J3.
S. Hedrick, a native of this Stat?, but for a
long time a resident of Washington. D. C,
died in that city yesterday.) Prof. Hedrick
was a son of J. L Hedrick, Esq ., of Salis
bury. Judge Manning is a native of
Edenton, North Carolina, and a cousin of
Hon. John Manning, of the State. Univer
sity. He is about 50 years old. 7 7 ;
Goldsborcj Argus i The Demo
cratic constituency of this County seem to
oe centering tneir desires on our townsman,
Mr. W, R. Allen, for the Senate. We hear
his name being pressed for the nomination
from many sections of the county.
The Sampson county Democratic Conven
tion, which convened in Clinton Wednes- -day.
nominated the following ticket: E.W.
Kerr, for the Senate; R. R Bell and W. E.
Stevens. House: Jas. 8. iBizzell. Clerk- '
Jas. M. Spell, Sheriff: O. F. Herring. Reg
ister; O. B. Chestnut, Treasurer.
Charlotte Observer.". The Re
publicans of Wilkes, county, so we learn
through a citizen of 'Wilkesboro, held their
county convention a day or two ago, and
npmmaiea ut. Tyre x orK lor tne House or
Representatives, j - A number of our
people were affected by a deathly sickness,
precisely similar in its results to sea-sick
ness. This writer knows of at least thirty
persons in Charlotte who were affected in
this manaer, - One of those old war
veterans declared that in all his war expe -rience
he;was never once so badlv frighten
ed as he as Tuesday night .
From the Richmond Dispatch
we take the following: Bill Hill is a local
politician of influence in his party: A re
port of the Republican Convention at
Kinston Wednesday shows what a riotous
affair it was. William C. Hill, of Halifax,
literally flayed O'Hara in his very pres
ence, holding him up before the Conven
tion as an "Asiatic interloper" who was
"only a nigger once every two years, and
that at the nominating conventions of his
Congressional district " He was a man
who had never done anything for his race,
and who did not even recognize his colored
constituency whenever any of them chanced
to meet him in Washington.
Raleigh Recorder: This year
will probably give the largest number of
students to Wake Forest College that has
ever attended that' institution. On Fndav
last the President had the names of fifty
new students who expected to attend.
C. H. Martin, at one time a tutor in Wake
Forest College was ordained at Rolesville
last Sunday to the full work of the minis
try. The meeting conducted by Rev. ;
R. I. Devin at Mountain Creek Chnrcb,
near Oxford, resulted in more than thirty
Erofessions. Rev. Dr. J. B. Taylor, of
exington, Va., was elected Moderator of
tbe late session of tbe .Albemarle Associa
tion. Rev. Thomas Dixon and wife
arrived in Raleigh Saturday. Sunday he
preached at the Second Baptist Church,
and will continue to do so during the week.
Brother Dixon will probably- be ordained
at Wake F01 est College. He will conduct
-meetings in Baltimore after his engagement
in Haleign. .7 - " .
- W adesboro Intelligencer: It is
rumored that the railroad from Cherawto'
Wadesboro will be taken up and moved .
away moved somewhere that it will pay
better. The most profitable yield, per
acre, which we have beard of in this sec
tion the present year, is tbe following, by
Mr. F. M. Gray, of Lanesboro:' On 2 1-4
acres of ground, in grape vines, be made
1,230 gallons of wine, which he sells at
SlOO per single gallon, or 80c per gallon.
per barrel. Three hundred of the vines -
were set out lour years ago, ana 700 three .
years ago. Three negro boys went -
bathing in a mill pond near McFarlan, on
Saturday last, and one of them was
drowned. When found, the drowned boy
had a lot of green leaves in bis hands which
appeared to have been pulled from the
boughs of the bushes near the margin of
the pond. A suspicion is entertained that
the boy was drowned by his two compan
ions, who decoyed him to the pond, under
pretext of going in bathing, when their
intention was to drown him
Raleigh News- Observer: The
new spire of Bt. Stephen s Episcopal
Church at Goldsboro was injured by the
earthqake. 7. The First Presbyterian Church
at Charlotte was Blightly injured.
Capt. E. R. Stamps yesterday returned
from an inspection of the convicts on the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway. He .
discharged several persons who had, on the
part of the railway, the management ot tbe,
convicts. One of the many ludicrous
incidents connected with the earthquake
occurred at Wake Forest. A young man
asleep in a store heard the rattling, jumped
from his bed and shot the earth
quake with his gun. His aim was so cor- -rect
that he shot a hole through a door.
Gov. Scales yesterday refused two ap
plications for pardon. One was made by
Dennis McKoy, who at the spring term of
Mecklenburg Superior Court was sentenced
to twenty-five years' imprisonment for
highway robbery. The other was made,
by George Waldin, who at the fall term of
Northampton Inferior Court was sentenced
to three years imprisonment lor Digamy.
.Lenoir superior Uourt had 18a cases on
the criminal docket By Saturday night of
the first week all had been tried and dis
posed of except one case against a lawyer
for attempting to tamper with a jury. He,,
after appearing all last week as a lawyer,
was on Monday of this week tried and sent
to jail for six months and fined $100. Seven
were sent to the penitentiary (all for larce
ny), of whom five are white men.' Twelve
were sent to jail, and a considerable sum in
fines was added to the school fund.
Charlotte Observer: The re
ceipts of cotton at, this place for the year
ending September 1st, 1886, were 36,687
Dales, against- 35,87V nates lor tne year
ending September. 1st, 1885, -showing an in
crease in the receipts during the past year
of 80S bales. it transpires tnat tne
physicians of this - city have a number of
cases 01 prostration irom ingnt, resulting
from the earthquake, and . two of the pa
tientsboth ladies, are reported to be in a
serious condition. The case of Rev.
D. P. Robinson, charged with ill treating -his
wife, is to be tried by the Presbytery, at
Morven, Anson county, on September
29th. CoL Cnas. R. Jones and Col.
Alfred Rowland are to have a joint dis
cussion upon the political issues of the day
In Concord, next Wednesday night. 8th.
Gen. R. Barringer engaged brick ma
sons to repair the chimneys to his house,
but it was found that ; the chimneys
were too badly injured by the shock of
earthquake to permit of being repaired.
The freight train was going in the di
rection of Langley's just at the moment
when the dam of the large pond at the fac
tory, weakened by the earthquake shock,
gave way, and released the water in a solid
mass. This immense body of water went
rushing down the valley like a solid wall,
sweeping all before it. When it reached
the point where the railroad borders the
bed of the stream, the rushing water com
pletely submerged the rails, ? and swept
along the track in a solid boulder-ten feet
high. This rushing wall of water struck
the engine of the freight tram, and tbe
straggle was brief. When the water passed
on it left the train at the bottom of the
embankment, and just below the scene of
this accident . the embankment itself was
carried away. ; The engineer, fireman and
crew of the train saw tbe. danger ahead
and saved their lives by jumping from the
train.
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