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VOL. XXVIII—NO. 214 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA : FRIDAY Where the Terrible Earthquake Did Its Greatest Damage. The Kurtli Cracks Open anil Water and Mini Issue Forth—A Wild Hide on a Train by an Excursion Party—Full Details or tlic Wreck at (Tiarleaton—Font rlliiit loan for the Sufferers. Etc. Charleston, September 2.—The last earthquake shock was experienced here at 11:60 last night, since which time there have been no vibrations. The people are just beginninir to pick up courage to come out. Efforts are being made to clear paths t hrough the streets for the passage of ve hicles and pedestrians, and the city once more begins to show some signs of life. For two long days and nights of horror, women and children have been camped out in parks and squares. The earthquake has swept over the city like a besom of destruction and Charleston is laid down in the dust. It is impossible to give any cor rect estimate of the loss of life and prop erty. For two days and nights the people have done nothing but huddle on the squares. Small detached relief parties are going to dig out the dead from the debris or succor the wounded. The first system atized effort to get at the facts is now mak ing. A list of the dead recognized and reported this morning at this Dr. Desaussuro’s residence has been thrown down, leaving the at'.ie floor ex posed, and several building! on the south side of the street have been similarly treated west of King street. The most serious damage is to the Episcopal rest deuce. The gable end bus been thrown down, the wall falling on the roof of the spacious porch andcrushingitin. The new and handsome residence of Captain F. W. Wagoner and that of Arthur Barnwell, immediately opposite, do not appear to have been seriously damaged. The second floor verandah of Captain Wagoner’s house, on the west side, has beeu crushed in, but beyond this the building shows no sign of the terrible shaking of Tuesday night. What scene of desolation the fashionable boulevard of Charleston presents. Commencing at Broad street, one passes through a block ot burned houses, the fire starting at No. 118, third building corner of Broad street, on the east side, and consumed the entire row of buildings as far north as Tuilv’s old stand, next to the Quaker graveyard. The few houses left on that side of the street are more or less shattered and gutted. The few houses on the west side of the street north of Broad street have not escaped the general fate, although the damage is not as great as in other p irtions of the street. The immense vacant lot on the west side of the street is occupied by families who lived in the burnt houses, ami who are camped out on the sward with the few household effects which they saved from the flames. From Queen street to Horlbaek’s alley almost every house is shattered, lops of the Walls near the roof being thrown lie buildings in the city are either dam aged or wrecked. Even historic St. Michaels and St. Phillips are so badly wrecked that it is feared they will have to be taken down. Waves, from 9:55 Tues day night, have been coming about once every five or six hours. There has been none now for twelve hours, and hopes arc entertained that the horror is about over. | Specials to the News and Courier from points in South Carolina ranging from the extreme northwest to the sea coast, report severe shocks of earthquake with more or less resulting damages to property, though without loss of life, so far ns known. In Orangeburg the people became so much alarmed that many moved to Columbia. As the details of the calamity in this city are gathered its effects become more and more alarming. It is feared also that much distress will prevail, as by far the larger part ot those’ whose property has been wrecked or seriously damaged belong to the poorer classes. People are as cheerful as possible under the terrible eirc ord expected wharves, warehouses and business facili ties of the city are generally unaffected by age is not as great as it might have been ltabb’s lot oil the east side of i the street is occupied by several hundred J people camping out. Victoria hotel ap- | pears to have escaped, and the Academy j of Music shows no signs of the earthquake on the outside. From Market Lo Hazel streets the damage does not seem as great as in other portions of the city. The Waverly house is externally uninjured. A largo red brick boarding house, how ever, immediately opposite and next South of corner of Braufain street, bus suffered badly, the top of the wall and under eaves having been stripped off on all sides. The handsome block of stores from Braufain to Wentworth streets have been singularly preserved, very lew of the French plate glass fronts being broken, although here and there a parapet is thrown down and bricks displaced from the walls. The Masonic temple seems to have escaped. The damage to the buildings between ’tills point and Calhoun street seems not t la uuuciuu rtr> uuaaHHf uiiuui uic tui i iuiu , ' ,, .. . ....... .. j liroumstances, and are trying to restore 1 t?, T 1 !',' 1 a JR"-' :l . ,anri ' s S'>- Tvr1i*» tint nf ch inq The'nrpTotrute Lm ;•«= * n >»^ntwoith street, the handsome hull ’jmeeted to reach three mlSions The of the G,Jimal > artillery has been badly w&rves, warehouses and businefefaoil,! j The" hu'iidinl a “ <1 , "Tfe™ ties oftlie citv are generally unaffected by ! down ^leet w street the catastrophe, and Charleston is as ready ! siirl L of the earl as ever for the transaction of business. ^’^“y iffi? Both the" hi THE DEA'D AND WOUNDED. The official total of the dead is thirty- three; the wounded will probably number 100. Business is still suspended. The Whole attention of the people is being given to providing for refuges and making residences safe. Bricklayers have advanced their rates to six dollars per day. The city coun cil will probably meet to-morrow to pro vide measures for reaching the poor. Ex pressions of gratitude are heard on all sides for ihe assistance offered to Charleston, of which the suffering people will gladly avail themselves. There were shocks last night at 8:30 and 11:60 p. m. and 6 a. m. All wore light. Confidence is gradually returning, but much apprehension is still felt. OFFICIAL LIST OF THE DEAD. The following is an official list of those who were killed by the earthquake or who damaged; the northeast and northwest corners of the building are both gone. from th- quake are very plain. Both the high .school and Freundschaft’s band hall are comparatively uninjured. The building of the Charleston water works in George street is uninjured, and so, strange to say, is tlm immense million gallon reservoir on tlie premises, although a brick house opposite in George street is badly dam aged. The shock on Monday night sev ered the pipe through which water was forced into the stand pipe, and during the progress oftlie fires a pressure was applied directly to the main. This pipe was, how ever, replaced and the stand pipe, which was uninjured, was filled with water. All over the city the injury was of the same character. A special report from Mount Pleasant, opposite Charleston, says that the sink near the German church, which on Tues day was perfectly dry sand, is now full of fresh water. Near Shell street there is a abin occupied by a colored man that is have since died from their injuries: White J completely surrounded by a yawning C. Barber, Ainsley chasm extending through the — Peter Powers, Mrs. C H. Robson, Robert Alexander, Charles A1 b*echt, B. P. Meynardie, Patrick Lynch, Arinin Tarek, Mrs. Rachel Aherns, Goldie Aherns. Colored—Thomas Wilson, Wil liam Dean, Anna Glover, Z. Sawyer, W ill liam Grant, Alex. Miller. James Rudolf, Hannah Smalls, Marie Burn wall, Maria Pickney, James Brown, Angeiie Davids, Eugenie Roberts, Robert Redoff, Grace Fleming, Rosa Murray, Oliver Mieklebv. John-Cook, Clarissa Siinonds, Hannah Harris, Sarah Middleton, Rebecca Ward. There may be a few more. DESOLATION LOOKING WES T FROM THE POST OFFICE. People are gradually taking account of the details or the injury caused by the earthquake The list of damages to prop erty is startling* A. limited section in the south part'of the city is a sample of the whole. Standing at the post office and looking west, an almost impassable road way of debris meets the eye. The build ing of tho chamber of commerce is badly damaged, a portion of the south and east walls having been thrown down by the violence of the shock, and the building of Evans & Cogswell has also suffered, whil arth fiaee for ten feet and over. All around this there are sinks of fresh water and masses of mud, with queer-looking soft sub- Thomas_ Wilson, Wll- I stances that have never been seen before. It is contended by many that the mud and other substutdes found around tiie village are volcanic matter, just after the first great shock on Tuesday night l here was a decided and distinct smeil of - sc iping sulphuric acid gas over the entire village. The smell lasted throughout the nighi. It was distinct in those localities where cavities in the earth were most numerous. Some say that portions of the mud thrown up by the water spouts are strongly impregnated with sulphur, and that a small portion of sulphur can be found in the mud. Not far from Charleston, on the road lo Soinmcrville, extensive mounds of clay were thrown up and hillocks of sand, in most eases in tin.* shape of inverted cones, the hollow part of which liarl evidently been formed by the action of the water returning into the depths from which it had been raised. fii many eases the erupted matter had streamed away from Walker’ i the breaks in the \ in many places along the track of the South Carolina and Northeastern railroad. I and for several hundred yards in width the dreadful energy of the earthquake was extended in particular ways. First, there were intervals of a hundred yards or more in which the track had the appearance of having been alternately raised and depressed like a line of waves frozen in their last position. The second indication was where the force had oscil lated lVotn east to west, bending the rails In reversed curves, most of them : taking the shape of a single and others ot a double letter “8” placed | longitudinally. These latter accidents oc curred almost invariably at trestles and culverts. There were no less than five of them between the seven mile junction and Jedlmrg. In other places tlie track had the appearance of being kinked for miles, but always in these cases in the di rection of tho rails. A train at the time of the earthquake wits running along at the usual speed, and when about a mile south of Jeobttrg It encountered » ! terrible experience. It was freighted with hundreds of excursionists returning from • the mountains. They were all guy and happy, laughing and talking, when all of a sudden, In the language of otie of the excursionists, the train appeared to have left the track and was going up, up, up into tlie air. This was the rising ! wave. Suddenly it. descended, ami as it j rapidly fell it was flung first violently over ; to tlie east, the side of the car apparently leaning over at less than an angle of 45 degrees. Then there was a reflex action and the train righted and was hurled with a roar as of the discharge , of artillery over to the west, and finally subsided on the track and took a plunge downward, evidently the descend ing wave. The engineer put down the brakes tight, but so grout was the original and added momentum that the train kept right ahead. Tt is said by one trustworthy authority that the train actually galloped along the track, the front and rear trucks of the coaches rising and fail ing alternately. The utmost confusion prevailed. Women ami children shrieked i with dismay, nml the bravest hearts quail ed in momentary expectation of some ter rible catastrophe. Rev. Ellison Capers chanced to be on board and he lost no time in conveying, ns best he could in the agony of the moment, the best advices and counsel lie could oner. The train was then taken back in the direction of Jedlmrg, and on : the way back the work of the earthquake was terribly potent. The train had actu ally passed over ten of those serpentine curves already described, and it is a simple truth to state that every soul on board was saved solely through the interposition of a Divine Providence. The horror of the situation in Summer ville on Wednesday was much intensified by certain manifestations that were not ! observed in Charleston td any great ex tent. All during the day there was a con stant series of detonations, now east, now west and from all possible directions. It re sembled the discharge of heavy guns i at intervals of about ten minutes and was like the sounds of a bombardment at a great distance. All of the explosions were not accompanied by tremors of the I earth, as it waH only occasionally that tlie I earth would quake from subterranean dis- I charges. A remarkable fact was noted in ; Summerville in respect to the bulging i of the water from the interior ! oftlie earth. Nearly all of these wells had : been at low water. There was a sudden rise in all of these wells, and the additional j water was pure. Looking down in one of i these wells the observer could, on the eve 1 of any of the loud detonations, see water rise itp the wails of the wells, and after the shock again subside. There is rather a more cheerful feeling to-night, but no sense of security will repair tlie shattered houses and renew the ruined homes. Offers of assistance are coming from different quarters, and il is expect -it that the city council will organize relief committees to-morrow. Despite the loss by the earthquake Charleston is in as good a position ns ever for transaction of the usual autumn trade. There is ample warehouse and wharf room. Compresses are in trim and merchants ami factors arc ready In 1 sal expeditiously with all business that offers. Tin’s statement is made to correct a n or ronoous Impression that the eomuicr. ’ facilities of the port at-.- imp tired. The following additional deaths arc • ported: John Cook, colored fisherman Zera B-. daughter of Isaac Sawyer, colo •< b:ti>,y child of Mrs. Barnwell. MrsDuvi !, ■ treet, died in thre qua T< rs of M011M NC, SKIT KMBKH 1880. i from the Urea lit ap tiie 1 ;eiveiis over Him 1 hmal, ol’Sai eity. lutf aid to C Tho (v | tliou^v ; •lazed vesideiu • ■ ;f tha pa.i.di a reply, in ' eat j udqnioiit • i- i.v ii.'.il eonio, anil pressed the Mi I OK FIVE CENTS comment-.mI crying and praying for mercy. At Williams’ farm, near t,be throe-milt: post, w ii.-'i lip! it’ - I iiy John Uratiuou, the auiTuec oftlie ground win disturbed by vent hoi--s, which threw out during the night .seven different kituLufsaud, varying in color an ! shade. At Summery!!' ) yesterday t&o scones __ . . wire such as it is impossible to adequately resolved to telegraph tho mayor of Chiudes- i. To-day he received >\ cra.tr Shepherd ex- fthe people of South Carolina for the tender of aid. The peo ple of North Carolina stand ready to aid South Carolina in any possible way upon it moment’s notice. t iiii-liimiti ll'lll Help. Cincinnati, September 2.—At. to-day’s j session of the chamber of commerce it was i I describe. All the stores wel'u closed, and the f-.'tv p.’iple who wmv o:i the streets ! wandered about in an aimless way, not knowing what next to expect. All the inhabitant,3 had abandoned their houses after the shook on ! Tuesday night, and a few of them had to return. The shock is said to have been much more violent than In Charleston, but the general characteristics were of course tlie same. In Summerville, how- ' I ever, the people nulled ufrightud into ink ; black darkness and in general gloom and ! despair. The wailing of the ' j women, tlie shrieks of the children and the frightened voices of the men made un a scene and sounds that were equally | I distressing and appalling as in OhnrJes- | ton. All through the night there \ was nothing but sickness and sor- j I row and suffering and constant 1 dread of a final dissolution and uttor ton, S. C., asking what Cincinnati eoulddo ’<> alleviate their distress. Tho sum of $53i> was subscribed in a few minutes. Clilengn .liMTidcrs I'nntrlluiteil. Chicacio, September 2. —The Jewelers of Chicago circulated a subscription list to day for the sufferers by the Charleston earthquake. This evening the paper footed up $1130. quiet A tea i'll ut tmniNlii. Augusta, On., September 2.—The ex citement. about the earthquake has sub sided here and apprehension has ceased. Liberal contributions were made to-day for the Charleston sufferers by tho citizens of A ugustn. Prince Alexander's Regiments Clash With Those of the Revolutionists. flic Our of Russia Frowns on tho Popular Prlniie's Return lo Ills Kliigiliini—Tin/ Prince’s I'onelllntory Let ter—The Czar's Cold Reply, Tronhle Feared From Outside Interference. St. Petersburg, September 2.—On Au gust 30 Prince Alexander sent tho follow ing telegram to the czar through the Rus sian consul at Kustchuck : - ‘Slre : Having returned the government of Bulgaria, I venture to offer to your imperial majesty my most respectful thanks for the action of your consul at Rustchuck, whose official presence at my reception showed to Bul garians that Russia did not approve of tho revolution. I also thank your imperial majesty for dispatching Prince Dalgarouki ns envoy extraordinary to Bulgaria. My first act, on resuming power, Is to assure your majesty of my firm intention to make every sacrifice to forward your majesty’s magnanimous Intention to extricate Bul- Twu Mure Shucks In HimlUllilll. Savannah, Ga., September 2.-Two garia from the grave crisis through which - . , . more shocks were telt, here between 3 and she is passing. I beg of your ntfesty that I annihilation. Waun morning clawnou the 4 o’clock this morning Our citizens are i y° 11 will authorize Prince Dolgarouki to ruin and devastation was found to be com- i still alarmed and many are staying in tho — * ”’ M ‘ "" 1 plcle. There was not a home that had not , been made desolate in a greats r or less do- Slinrtnue III Hie Flow of Uns. Pittsburg, Pa., September 2 -There gree. All tue chimneys had disappeared, the walls were rent in twain, the ceilings fell, and in numerous cases the houses that rested on wooden blocks or masonry were leveled to the ground. Other houses were split from top to bot tom, and left with yawning chasms In tlie buildings. Among those which wore was a shortage in the supply of natural gns on Southside to-day nnu several factories suspended operations. Somo people at tribute the decrease in tlie flow to the earthquake, and the officials of tho com- hurled from their foundations were those ! !)any ?° W ‘ :aus «’ of Gen. John C. Minnot, Mrs. B. F. Tigtie, L. Detreville, E. J. Limehouse, P. Guerrard, Ben Perry, the Nettles house and that of Mr. Ed Fisbarnes. The old family, man sion of the Pringles on King St. Charles street,rendered familiar to tlie reader injall parts of the union by the description and illustrations in the Century about two years ago, stood the shock well. Apparently the walls were pot cracked and but littl: of the plastering fell, although som of the valuable china relics fell and wore broken. In the yard, strange to say, the water from the well came up like a water spout and overflowed the yard and deposited six inches of sand for u distance of twenty steps around the well. In the yard of the premises of Lieut. Goulding, of the police force, is an up heaval about eight l'eet square, showing yellow clay. The soil of tho yard is black earth. During the progress of the fire in King, near Broad street, on Wednesday morning a woman who occupied the second floor of one of the burning buildings tied her infant child ina featherbed ami threw It from the window to the ground. Tlie child whs unhurt. No damage of consequence is reported on Sea island. Transport ut tmt nml Tho Government Furnishes Tents. Washington, September 2.—Applica tion was received at the.tronsury depart ment from the mayor of Wilmington, i North Carolina, for the transportation of ! a relief committee from Wilmington to j Charleston. The revenue cutter Colfax I was immediately placed at the disposal of i the committee. General Drum, tlie acting I secretary of war, has directed that tents I be sent to Charleston to shelter tlie home less people, and, as railroad communica tions are interrupted, tiie revenue cutters ... ; will transport the tents to the distressed pledging a vigorous vote and an aggressive ! city; A "" ~~ J To In: Ofllohilly F.xiiinliicil. Washington, September 2.—An official of the coast, survey has been sent to Charleston to make a sounding of the har bor and adjacent const in order to see whether any remarkable depressions or elevations of the bottom of the ocean have been caused by the earthquake. WISE IS STILL IN THE RING, Anil Rill (lollies ItcfVnts St till Rollins. Richmond, Va., September 2.—The re publican convention of tlie fourth con gressional district to-day nominated State Senator William E. Gaines for congr from that distriot. defeating General Stit'i clients loyi! to Prinoo Alexaude Bolling, the vote being 93 to 21. The dem- ! regiments siding with the revol ocratie convention of the Third con- ami that IS, latter wero detei place himself in direct communication with myself as speedily as possi ble. I shall be happy to give your majesty decided proof of my unalter able devotion to your august person. Mon arch ial principles compelled me to restore the legality of my crown in Bulgaria ami Roumelia. Russia having restored me my crown, it is into the hands of Russia’s sovereign 1 am ready to tender it.” The czar replied to Prince Alexander ns follows: “1 cannot approve of your return to Bulgaria, foreseeing from it sinister consequence for the country alremdyso sorely tried. The mission or Prince Dolguranki has become inexpedient. I shall abstain, so long as your highness remains ill 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 t lie right to judge ivhat iny father’s venerated memory, the in terests of Russia and the peace of tlie east require of me.” ALEXANDERS REGIMENTS DEFEAT THE REVOLUTIONISTS. Berlin, September 2. — Private tele grams received here this evening from Sofia state t hat a battle took place at Ra domir, eastern Roumelia, between the reg- "ruiee Alexander and the revolutionist , nted willi heavy losses. gressional district met here to-day. Rich ard F. Berne, editor of the State, was made permanent chairman. Several candidates min™, were placed before the convention, but the russo-bvi.uaiuan situation causes lion. George D. Wise, despite his a sensation j.n Paris. repeatedly expressed declination, was re- Parib, September 2.—The publication of nominated and accepted. Th" convention the correspondence between the czar and adopted resolutions endorsing President; I’rlneo Alexander has created a great sen- Cleveland’s administration, reaffirming the sation in political circles here. The czar’s sound declarations contained in the plat- i menacing reply to tho prince’s submissive forms of the democratic national conven- epistle is regarded by diplomatists as en- 85; 1 suring Alexander’s abdication and Russia’s tionofl884 and state convention of 1885 commending the efforts made by the demo crats in the last congress for a consci entious fulfillment of the solemn pledges of tho democratic party; favoring such appropriations of public moneys by the federal government as will promote all necessary improve - ments of tho rivers and harbors or Vir ginia, lamenting tlie death of_Samuel J. porpetri ocoupat io: i war will eu >i Bulgaria, it is feared that uc unless Bismarck intervenes. I ri'liiml. THE UNITED THE LAND’SCOMMENTS ONTHK SITUATION. DUBLIN, September 2.—The United Ire land says tin- era of the extermination of landlords has cm in Ireland. “We Pilden, and eondemning tho foul wrong don’t owe them anything.’” the United lorpetratcd by unscrupulous partisans by Ireland says, “and ive don’t feel any pity vhfch he was robbed of the presidency, for them. 'Irish landlords are the modern Till- IV(‘stern Union's Uhprallty. New York, September 2.—The Western Union telegraph company lias issued tin- following order; “To General and District Superinten dents: You are authorized to send free messages of r -lief for Charleston sufferers.” [Signed] “Norvin Green, Pres’t. Mi. ■ l-Ylc 08 N an Last hour old fri , distance of the heavy granite slabs which formed a , there weic fissures, aim parapet of the News and Courier buildings bly Jit wide a lie upon the sidewalks, leaving the root: !»>we “.M-ta were lie upon the sidewalks, and a portion of the atticb floor exposed. Almost tho entire front of the building is occupied by M.vers’ cigar store. Smith s stencil establishment is torn out, leaving the upper 'Xnmer thrown from the bottom of the phosphate The Plenge building, at the cornel . im-’«“ ‘ The water in some of Church street, was badly damaged. ) pits K • artesian floor exposed. : genert face of the earth to a 30 feet, in other places fissures, almost invaria- to south. _ and extended downwurd, always in a slanting direction. The matter that was thrown up was of a dark, slatv color, and was mixed with gravel. There was also a little slate. In 3 ral the mud resembled that which is most, oi cne uuuuiugB un j , - - - - are more or less damaged, but the violence ]' dt • of the earthquake is most perceptible at i n but was. just from many instances clear and limpid mountain spring, w. ™... i- . , from a mountain sprinu. the historic intersection of Broad.and , ;; evidences of a great convulsion are Meeting streets. Ihe police station is , sl)or(U p c . They extend far and near almost it complete wreck. The upper edge ^1 dj tion • f rol „ the citv limits of of the wall is torn down and that of the north wall has tauen the roof, the porch carrying i - th“at "the cracks and fissures Charleston to Summerville, and, at the lat ter place, it was found from trustworthy ing is badly damaged, the walls being tel . out , cracked in several places and portions of tieight, the roof and gables being thrown down. .... ‘.A.. ,■ -i of these fissures in jets of from fifteen This was evidently the re- mgs. “ t c | rY: , u j everywhere that there would be a general inundation caused by some ex traordinary force of the earthquake. Not only was water em it ted in low places where had just oeen be expected t o exist all ihe time, to be intact, h , ’ t - thu highest elevations ® f _. A could beseem This fetter tact indi- be the only damage done to the The worst wreck in that locality, hTaffeiierafinundation caused by some ex- is St. Michael’s church, which = to be beaw««S force oft ,,« earthquake. Not doomed to destruction. The steeple, it pairs on which had just _ been completed, seems to but it is nearly out ui U' 1 -;:""’ cou ld be and is 111 momentary danger of * a ' lia S: “ es l hat force was being exerted ai The massive porch has been wrenched _ h more depth than was at first from the body of the church, and the [f^ht t Q be the limit of the force, building has been cracked in four places. \ e ar the ten mile hill a fatal accident One crack in the north wall extends from | Tuesday night. The down the eaves to the lower window , tw Columbia train jumped the track, and En tile west waU of the church extend the ^ 0 ‘“™’£“ rns H11 ’dFireman Arnold ,colored, entire height of the building, and one on ” re | md | v iniured b.v a tremendous leap tho south wall also extends from the eaves weifc o.mi.v i . , almost to are all immediately which it stand for an,. — in the top of the clock pointed to m ■ “ utea of 10 o’clock, which must have Ra the hour of the first shock on tin- u- The buildings between Meeting and a > \ streets are all more or less damaged,! ne i fuels oftlie eartbq’u.ik ‘ being th ‘ ' ' nearly every iusUnee. The from wall first pluiWI| It was then raised restrial undulation top of the wave, tie force to the the ill-fated train . tup "succeeding Ler- ,und having reached the a sudden s'.vervingo! right and left burled down an embankur. lit. was plainly indicated night fear were enacted in the public- squares and parks. Frail women, suin' of them almost dead, with infants in tho.'r arms, wore driven to the necessity of spending the night on the squares, with only such covering us could be impr wised by the use of blankets, shawls and s . <.: -: In many of the squares, notably at Wash ington park, the fright and annoyance t > these people were increased by the excruciating religious performances of the colored people who crowded the parks. Ill Washington park these were led by two negro men with stentorian voices, who shouted and yelled and shrieked until long after 1 o’clock ill the morning. They were asked to desist,, or at least to conduct the services ,in a less boisterous manner, but refused todo so. Remonstrance on the part of some gentlemen produced very insolent | replies on the part of a number of negro ; roughs, who shared in the conduct of the i meeting, and who boisterously protested I that they would make as much noise us ; they nleased, and that no interruption | would lie allowed. Night wore on slowly and painfully. At 11:50 p. m. a heavy earthquake passed through the city. I Its coming was presaged by 1 quite u /lumber of explosions, dim and distant, which commenced to lie heard fully live minute! before the vibration was felt. The wave vvas somewhat more pronounced than the two which had preceded —one at 8:25 a. m. and the other ; at 5:15 p. in.—and as it passed by to the northwest there followed sounds which indicated falling walls or buildings. This vvas the last vibration last night. Soon after it had passed a man appeared ancf advised the people to go to their houses, stating that he was tlie only scientific man in the city and that he was authority for the. state ment that there would he no more shocks. This advice was unheeded, very few peo ple leaving the grounds. At, daybreak there was a movement, and as tlie sun rose, and as there had been no additional vibrations, many of the people pulled up their tents and departed to their shat tered homes in the earnest hope that they had participated in their last picnic in the park. In St. Andrews parish for tep miles on the other side of the Ashley river bridge, the country is cut up by small fissures arc! mud holes of from an inch to two feet in diameter. These holes have emitted blue mud and'grav sand in large quantities, and the whole surface of this area is covered with little mounds, (’tuple living in the parish say that tiie mud arid w iu boiled up from five to ten feet in height and they .‘ill seem to b< in a most demo."".! izeil condition. One old negro wo n; said that the vie.v of the ity was most . ■ palling; that’ ai'i'-r the si New York, ■ rnith, preside appointed -i e •eceivc co il i .offerers. The exchange sub c Jac; public Sep: iirlcstnn. ick exehang ! afternoon i C Char.'.-,to tin P I oleu warfare upon Mnhone and republicanism. The anti-Gaines men subsequently hole, n meet ing and adopted resolutions calling upon the state republican executive com mittee to call another convention to nomi note a republican candidate for congress, denouncing as Irregular the action of to day’s convention. ON 'CHANGE. Nl:\v York, Sc, very little news < values. There vva enitenl thit fighting literally ! assured k. then Irish tenants are for life. A final victory GfifiYL'NG’S CHIEFS, 11 '(sill'll I'. V 1(111 • <i lliirli'll I from tv oi train at t n’al.enian nr ike on wood. ’ the grad - n mid bra! ; the tenth liv. id. lb. oi t . iris in Gram! vass the city for a sti! shock of earthquake In since -1:30 a. in yestonia .,ns with they lack. Haiti it;, York Liiuh [iiitml, Ijiit Un it.i'l opuiMtio their Tue <1h- 3etin^ to formal suhHcrijj- l un ■ »« t» tiie id va. rally, while Pi Louisville a Washington, S** trict com missioner day discussed the (jii • .:i ) action on the matter of tionn tor the reliel of tlu ferers, hut reached no conclusion. With out waiting for official action the private citizens are hurrying to proffer aid. The daily. newspapers have all announced their willingness to receive contributions for the suf ferers, and been reeei made* ^pT^of tfe I then prevailed, lusting unti. about' 2 given to Comptroller Trenholm to be sent I to the sufTbrers. A prominent firm of iiatters to-day sent llie following to the Post: “We have selected and packed in boxes 100 worth of black stiff hats which wi and Ohio, ition. The market, ilrTv strong in the , bought some New price advanced too > in that direction first time. This •in k were deeided- ciiiging from 4 to ' Mail was and Louisville and Nashville down A. There was more activity in the early trading than at any time during the present degression in business, but it soon died away, and the usual dullness succeeded. Prices were firm, and Jersey Central ‘decidedly strong; but tl Okayung. Mich., September 2.—On Uofiffoti & Dyrne’s logging railroad, eight ire yesterday, an engine left • top of the grade, took one 1 wci'ft a short distance to While the ears at the top \vu < being loaded one car m the men and ran down engin . The engineer, fire man had just finished load- ttiid h id got into the engine to start back when the car struck them. The engine and tender were almost instantly de- •troyed, and Ernest Wilcox, fireman, and Janu s Mosstry, brukenian, were killed in- 1 tolly. Th* engineer escaped with seri- <us. but not fatal, injuries. The brukemun vv;is found some distance from the engine in a hole (ing beside the track with a log lying on him and the hole filled with wulcr. The fireman was putting wood in to the lire box and was crushed against it and horribly burned. ONE IN CALAMITY. Tin* f{i‘|Mifdh Ship* (dii ven f foil mm’s iliiniiiiiity. I several do.mUo.iB have already : ^ ^“al noiin '!> ved. I he employes of the office l v differ cut IVmii f hcoomiini/ ptrolier of the currency to-day I ".f: India na polis, September 2.—The repub- licun state convention to-day nominated t ... tr it. S. Robertson for lieutenant-governor, Ty gains were afterward , Charles 8. Griffin for secretary of state, mt materia!- Bruce Carr for auditor and J. A. Lemoke A stronger , for treasurer. A resolution offered by R. W. Thompson extending sympathy to the Charleston sufferers and pledging the oon- uesire to contribute to the suffering poor of Charleston, S. C. We will deliver them to any one designated by you to forward to ‘.hat desolated city.” Arrangements have been made for a sacred concert at- Herzog opera house for the benefit of the Charleston sufferers. The Lictare & Russell company have ten dered their services and Manager Strass- Imrger gives the use of the house and pays all the expenses, the entire receipts to ho sent south. IMilImlCplf.a Tnidii* Vulii.ii. Philadelphia, September 2.— Several p •eminent citizens, as well as the perma nent citizens’ relief committee, have called a meeting for to-morrow for the purpose of aiding the people of Charleston who suffered from the effect of Tuesday night’s earthquake. The citizens’ committee still hold an unexpended balance from previous relief funds, which it is nrobahle will form the neuclus of another fund for aiding the ( harleston sufferers. i). m., by which time fractional udvaiic* luid been established. There were slight recessions from the best figures in the last hour, and the market closed rather heavy. The total day’s business was 101,(MM) shares, i The net result of the day’s business is an advance for almost everything on the ac tive list. HE WAS KICKED OUT. iih Liti* mil) lii.'.l the Front !»•> A not lie New York, 8cr: Ward hank of tlm i LUl Open Savannah, September 2.—Postal In spector W. W. Simpson, of Atlanta, to-day ejected A. S. Wilson from the post office and placed Cant. U. W. Lamar in posses sion. Wilson nad positively refused to turn over the office unless force should be used, and went out saying, “I am still postmaster of Savannah. President Cleve land had no right to suspend me under the constitution.” Wilson was suspended for offensive partisanship. Lorkeri Oul. New York, September 2.—The union plumbers in eleven shops were locked out by employers this morning. Notices to the hands were posted up in tiie shops lay requiring the men to work under rule »n in° ill Y i jp’lo.y >f the dd i .*uuie hatv lv ., - ’ ., /1 * 1 :. *.• • .I'-Iti.r , !■ ,.U|, '.Ii't Krit.'t It:. ales sent Gov ruor Shop- ! during v/hich Germdino escujied. vention to material contributions in their behalf was approved with enthusiasm. Catholics Love Humanity. Lancaster, Pa., September 2.—At this morning’s session of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union a collection was taken up for the relief of the Charleston suffer ers, £109 being raised. An election for officers resulted as follows: President, Machael Gh.-mian, New York; 1st vice president, John A. Coyle, Lancaster; 2d vice president, Maurice Call, Jeffersonville, Ind.; secretary, Martin J. Griffin, Phila delphia ; treasurer, Rev. Mr. Henry, St. Louis; executive committee, Judge Dennis Dwyer, Dayton, Ohio, Rev. O. J. McDon ald, St. Louis, and J. J. Behan, Kingston, Canada. After the selection of Washing ton for the next place of meeting, the j convention adjourned sine die. Tin* Trcnsiiry nml tlu* Nittion'nl liaukM. I Washington, September 2.—Prominent officers of the treasury department. char- i acterize as untenable the position taken by certain national banks in maintaining that-they are not required by law to re place with other bonds such of three per cent, bonds forming the basis of their cir culation us may be called in by the depart ment. To settle any reasonable doubt on this point, however, acting Secretary Fairchild has called on the attorney-gen eral for an opinion. TlmTTiv«s Lost. Albany, N. Y., September 2.—On the farm of Rutger Vandenburg in the town of North Greenbush, three milts northeast of Bath, this morning a steam threshing ma chine exploded its boiler and caused the death of David Phillips, owner -and en- lii.T iMiit: d, gineer. Archie Hankie >i;id Mertie Defreest. hers were badly injured. ster jdumbers* associa- lose oi the union, espe- number of apprentices - A special ora Torab- the Mexi-