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NAL OFFICE.
The Marietta Jonrnal,
Total Destruction of the Cities of Arequipa, Arica,
Igique—Thousands of Lives Lost—lmmense
Destruction of Property—Awful Suffering and.
Destitution—Total Loss of the United States
Steamers Wateree and Fredonia—A Large
Number of their Crews Drowned—Unparalleled
Disasters,
Correspondence of the New York Tribune.
PaNama, Sept. 4.—The most terrible
earthquake that ever occurred on the
coast of South America took place
on the 13th ult. At first but little was
known of the dreadful catastrophe that
had visited with deadly effect nearly
every city on the coast, the events of
the 13th and 14th ult. at Callao, of which
you have been already informed, were
but the premonitory revelations of the
great disaster that had occurred. The
sea it was known had been greatly agi
tated, had risen to a great height and
inundated a part of the eity, but, be
{ond driving many persons from their
10mes in the terror which the fary of
the elements is well caleulated to inspire,
it was believed no serious disaster had
occurred. When the truth came to be
known, it was found that the whole
western coast of South America had
been visited by the most terrible earth
quake that has ever occured, and that
eight cities, among the most important
on the coast, had ceased to exist.—
Many more cities are reported to have
been more or less affected, and its effects
were expericneed at many points north
ward from Aricato Callao, a distance of
about 280 miles. :
Arica is the central point from which
the effects of this disaster. must be trac
ed. Itis a scaport town of Peru. with
a population of about 30,000; bat, though
a better landing-place than mest of the
contiguous - ports, owing to the heavy
surf it has always been difficult and haz
ardous for shipping. It was nearly de
stroyed by an earthquake in 1605, and
now it has eeased to exist.
About 5 o’clock in the afternoon, in
the most. mountainous part of the
country back of Arica, a sensation was
expericnced like the collision of two
heavy masses, and from this point radi
ated north and south to the distances 1
have already indicated, with consequen
ces as terrible as they were immediate.
‘Three undulations of the earth followed
this unscen convulsion of nature, and
each undalation was accompanied by a
tidal wave—the second of greater lateral
extent *han the first, and the third
greater than the second. Before pro
ceeding to give any account of the dis
aster in other places, it may be well to
relate all that I have been able to gather
of the character and extent of the eca
tastrophe at Arica. A gentleman who
was at that place when the disaster oc
curred gives a vivid description of the
scere. llesays:
The hour was that when by custom most of the in
habitants had just closed their daily labors and were
at their homes. The instant the startling indications
of an earthquake were felt there was a general rush
for uncovered spaces, which were reached by many
uninjured ; but not by all. The streets became a
scene of terror. All the houses in the city trembled
like a person affected with the ague, Then they
surged, and some of them fell to pieces with crash af
ter crash. At this juncture, when the undulations
were active, the earth opened in several places in
long and almost regular lines. The fissures were l
from one to three inches in width, The sensation
was distinet as though something was rolling under
neath. From every fissure there belched forth dry
earth like dust, which was followed by a stifling gas.
Owing to the demolition of buildings and the general
destruction ot all kinds of property, and the dust
belched forth as well as that set in motion by the
geueral tumult, a dense cloud was formed over the
city and obscured the light. Beneath the cloud was
the gas, which severely ;gigresscd every living crea
ture, and would have suffocated all these if it had
lingered longer stationary than it did, which was
only about 90 seconds. The undulations were three
in number. Each succeeding one was of greater
magnitude than the former. When the undalations
ceased, the cloud of dust ascended and dispersed,
and light was restored. Then quakes at short inter
vals succeeded, as though subterranean explosions
or collisions were taking Hlace. At this time, people
from all parts of the city fled to hills, amid falling
stones and timbers, which descended from swaying
walls and broadly-vent buildings, just on the eve of
crumbling into perfect ruin. Some were struck
down dead by the falling materials, and others were
maimed, while all were made to stagger from side to
gide like people in a state of intoxication. Many of
both sexes carried children in their arms, and those
who had not these carried articles of value. The
avarice of some was stronfier than fear, even amid
this terrible confusion, and hence there were those
who delayed to collect valuables, many of whom suf
fered for their temerity, either by the sacrifice of
their lives or otherwise. As the rush for the hills
coutinued, and stones and marterials of all kinds
were falling, and houses and parts of these were
crashing, numerous people were struck down and
either killed or dangerously hurt. The water in the
harbor was receding from t{w shore, bearing with it
all the shipping at rapid speed. Then the current
chmfed, and before an almost overhanging, tre
mendous wave, the vessels came back, tossed one
way and then another, or whirled about as though
they were only floating logs, and on the very sum- {
mit of this immense volume of water rode the United
States steamer Wateree. The huge wave dashed |
against the stone mole or pier, and shattered it all to ‘
pieces, then sw](:})t from its path what was standing
of the Custom House, and almost every vestige of
the ruins of other buildin%s. It rolled over the al
ready destroyed houses of the cit_y, and set a myriad
of articles afioat, which eddied in every direction,
while at the same time the vessels and floating ma
terials were forced ahead of the wave's at this time
curling and foaming summit. Everything which it
encountered in its course was swept away in an in
stant. Even great masses of stone were rolled over
and over. W'iwn the force of the wave was £pent,
it retived, and in a short time the equilibrium of the
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1868.
water was restored, dnd then it occupied about the
same line, and presented nearly the same appear
ance as it did before the earthquake. The vessels
carried inland were a terrible sight. The most of
them were bottom upward. Thelfi' masts had been
suapped like sticks. All this dreadful picture the
re on the hills were now beholding. Many of
them did so with the most marked evidence of f{ur,
because quakes of the earth were still felt at short in
tervals. . The Wateree was grounded inland at a
quarter of a mile from the beach, on the line of a rail
road. As far as heard from ('m? one life was lost on
board. Near the Wateree, a Peravian war vessel
was also grounded, and so gently that none of its
r!ggling nor any of its timbers were impaived.—
On board the Peruvian war-steamer America, which
is a total wreck, 80 lives were reported to have been
lost. The United States store 3 ia was up
set, and all her crew except three drowned, -
ing to report. Those who escaped were the ca ’
surgeon; and a paymaster, who were on shore when
the earthquake occurred, and sought refuge on the
hills. A(iiritish vessel, called the Chanareillo, lost
many of her ¢rew, who were tumbled overboard. A
United States brig, name unknown, was foundered
with all on board. The vessel, it is reported, was
laden with guano. The rest of the shipping destroy
ed were South American coasters. The fatal casual
ities in the eity were about 50, and the other casuali
ties about 100. The total loss on shipboard was
about 300, Principally fatal. The refugees remain
ed on the hills for two days, during which time they
suffered 51'cutl y for food ; at the same time the quakes
continued as before, at intervals. In time their suf
térin%s became so intense that the males had to go in
search of food, a limited quantity of which they found
in a damaged condition, and with this they succored
their families. The second morning after the earth
quake, a light-draught coasting vessel entered the
harbor, but did not remain long at anchor. As
soon as the eaptain became aware of what had hap
pened, he took en board a number of people, and left
with them for Callao; thence one of the parties got
to Panama. ¢ i
The tfollowinggships of war and merchantmen were
in the harbor at the time: U. 8. double-ender Wa
teree, the Peruvian corvette America, U. 8. store
ship Fredonia, English bark Charnarcillo, Ameri
can ship Rosa Rivera, French ship Ednardo. The
Warteree is high and dry a quarter of a mile on
shore; the Fredonia is a eomplete wreck ; the Resa
Rivera was discharging guano, and the Chanarcillo
was receiving eargo, and was to have sailed in a few
days. The ‘i"ldurado is also high and dry on land.
The entire erews of the merchant vessels were drown
ed. 'The Wateree logt one sailor, and on the Fre
donia all were drowned exeept the Captain, T. W.
Doty, Dr. E. L. Dußois, Paymaster Williams, and
two sailors, Augustius Jenseh and Chas, Leoville,
who happened to be on shore at the time. The
deaths are M. B. Dyer, Second-Lieutenant in _com- l
mand, M. D. Orgau, Second-Lieutenant, Mr. J. G. '
Cromwell, Purser’s Clerk, Mrs. Dyer, aud 27 suilors,
The Peruvian corvette is on dry land, a complete ’
wreck ; the deaths are Commander Maviano L le -
es, three officers, 30 sailors and marines. Tge
wounded are numerous. . The wite of Lieut.-Com.
W. L. Johnson of the Wateree was killed by a heavy
door failing on her, while in company with her hus
band in the streets, endeavoring to make their es
cape.
FROM ARICA TO THE NORTI,
Advices have been received from the City of Tac
na to the effect that for many days slight shocks of
earthquake were felt until the evening of the 13th,
when the great movement took place. This lasted
for five minutes. Never was a heavier shock, or one
of longer duration felt on ,the coast. The earth
quakes of 1831 and 1833 are nothing to be compared
to this. It was impossible for any one to stand ; men
fell as though they were intoxicated. All the houses
suffered damnage, and more than 40 were thrown
down.
The port of Cervo-Azal was destroyed by the in
undation. The loss is estimated _at $50,000. No
damage was done by the earthquakes, three of which
were felt nearly at the same hours as at Callao.
At Isfay, the first shock Justed seven or cight min
utes. During the night forty minor shocks were
folt, and the earth continued in motion up to the 17th.
Shortly after the first shock the sea retived with a
great velogity, and returned five times in succession,
until an houe and a half later it roseto over forty
feet above its usual level, Islay is built on an emi
nence of alont 100 feet above the level of the sea,
and hence no damage was done to the town, but in
the bays all the boats and Jaunches were destroyed.
The ships in the harbor parted their chains and were
carried to sea by the current, thus saving them from
destruction.
The beantiful City of Arequipa is completely de
stroyed—not a church has been left standing nor a
house habitable. The houses being very solidly
built, and only one story high, resisted for a few min
utes, affording time for many of the inhabitants to
oet into the streets, so that the mortality, although
areat, is not so considerable as it might have been.
But at least 2,000 persons perished. The convicts in
the public prisons and the sick in the hospitals were
all crnshed to death, The shrieks of men, women
and children frantic with fright, the crash of falling
masonry, the upheaving of ttfw carth, and the clouds
of burning and suffocating dust, altogether constituted
a scene which baffles description. The earth eontin
ued in motion for 18 hiours, and slight shocks are
still felt. The voloano of Arequipa is not in a state
of eruption, and hence it is t'ean'dl the danger is not
yet over. :
Arepuipa has a population of abont 35,000. It s
subject to both earthquakes and revolutions, and has
sufl!(-red nearly as much. from the one as the other.—
The city was founded by order of Pizarro, in
1536. Northward from Arequipa the earthquake af
tected Milea, Ocona, (Jm'aln-]li, Acara, Yea, Chuco
Pauto, Pisco, Canete, Yanaposa, and Callao,
SOUTHWARD OF ARICA, 1
Chala is a heap of ruins. The inhabitants saved |
themselves by running to the mountains. The town
of Tambo is also washed away, and it is reported
that over 500 persons perished. The towns of Tio
bain, Vitar, LJ():]‘]il'lld(J, and Mejia, and all the vil
lages for over 150 miles around were completely
destroyed. In the two latter places the materials for
building the Arequipa Railroad were deposited, all
of wh ic%n were swept awad\; Mejillones (in Peru)
has also been completely destroyed so is Pisagua,
Tlo, Junin, and Mot}uegn, in fact the whole coast
south of Callao, as far as Iquique, is one mass of
ruins. The number of lives lost cannot yet be cor
rectly ascertained, bwt must ‘be very heavy. The
loss to Peru by this terrible visitation is beyond all
calculation, and the misery and desolation which
must follow in the wake of this catastrophe is incon
ceivable.
Nor Particunar.—Those who re
member Captain Magruder as a captain
of artillery at Newport, will enjoy the
following : 2
“In 1863, Magruder, thena Confed
erate, had camped at a comfortable
place and made his headquarters at a
country house with broad, cool veran
dahs. ~Dinner for himself and staff was
placed on the table, when a reckless
young Kentuckian passed by, looked at
the spread, and, liking it, quietly sat
down, regardless of the company, and
began to eat. ‘My friend,’ said Magru
der, sternly, ‘do you knmow in whose
company you are dining Y ¢Compa
ny ! replied Kentucky ; ‘no, I used to
be very particular about company, but
since I got to be a soldier I don’t care a
red who I eat with.”” .
LETTER FROM A NORTHERN CLERGY
MAN.
The Norfolk Journal has been shown
a private letter from an intelligent cler
gyman of New York, addressed to a
brother clergyman, well known in Vir
‘ ginia, from which the following interest
ing extracts are made, bearing upon the
political condition of the country :
\ “You apologise for introducing peliti
cal questions. Had you been writing to
l most of our ministers, it m
have been fiigpolite; for most of
are of the Radical school. Radicalism
has been popnlar, and many have adher
ed to the stronger party more out of in
terest than principle. I would not have
you infer that I favored secession, or
that I was in faver of slavery. I thinkl
the people of the South made a great—
an unfortunate mistake, when they. re
solved to secede. Had they remained
in the Union, they might have depend
ed on the Conservative men at the gbrth
to aid in protecting their rights under
the Constitution ; bat when they decid
ed, to secede, they lost this hold wpon
the Conservative men, and united all for
the maintenance of the Government.
There were many men here, like my
self who were anti-slavery in principle
—thatis, who regarded slavery as wrong,
but who were opposed to its foreible
abolition by Government. They con
sidered that the States were entitled to
manage their domestic institutions in
their own way. But when the results of
the war worked out the freedom of the
slaves, we had bat little pity for the
South. The South should have foresecn
this result. We had hoped for the ex
tinction of slavery in a quiet and peace
able manner—under circumstences in
which both the slave and master would
have been better prepared for it, and
without the expensive and bloody con
sequences that have resulted. As it is,
the North and the South have both been
sorcly punished; but, in my opinion,
the black race is destined to extinction
in this country. They may be enfran
chised and the power placed in their
hands, but this will only hasten their de
struction.
The great object of the Radical party
is to retain power. They care no more
for the interests of the black man than
for the “man in the moon.” The en
tire Southern representation wonld have
been admitted at the opening of the last
Congress, if they would have acted with
the Radicals; and the great struggle
has been to disfranchise until they could
make Republican States out of them;
and even now they dare not trust those
States that have been recomstructed. I
not only agree with you that the hope of
the South is in the success of the Dem
ocracy, but I feel that the hope of the
entire country depends upon such a re
sult. In the presentcrisis, I feel that
there is no better man in the world for
President than IToratio Seymour.
These are sentiments that 1 openly
‘avow, even in the midst of extremely
Radical ministers, and many have been
the hypocritical moanings and regrets
because of my position. DBut lam con
tent to bear their reproaches, and trust
that time will demonstrate the correct
ness of my pesition. I think the trne‘
policy is moderation, but firmness in re
gard to equitable rights, carcfulness
about running into extremes, making
the most of what educational means she
can corrmand, that her young men and
women may be qualified for duty at the
proper time. The disfranchisement will
work evil but a few years, and if relief
is not afforded in other ways, it may be
secured by the next generation. DBut 1
have strong hope in the overthrow of
Radical power, and the return of good
feeling and general prosperity. 1 have
a strong desire to visit the South, and
have sometimes marked out in the pro
}grammc of the future that I will do so,
but sec no opening that way at pres
ent.”’
THEY SAY.
“They say” is a fool. Don’t mind it. ‘
It can’t hurt you. If you are truthful,
correct honest mman or woman, what does
tale and tattle concern you? “They
say” this, that and t'other. Very well,
let them say. Truth isn’t made out’ of
falschood. ~The thing can’t possibly in
jure you. In the long run—and every
thing runs as long as it can—th> good
and true triumph. Gossip—small and
large—never does any real injury ex
cept that its subjects take it up in carn
est; and no true man or woman cver
wants to wade in the filthy water.—
Don’t let “they say” have the slightest
influence over you. Ifit’strue and bad,
correct yourself ; ifits false let it go. ‘
It is a poor matrimonial firm that is
three-quarters wife and one-qaater hus
band.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
Senator Doolittle lately thus discours
ed upon the subject of negro suffrage :
“The States of the Sonth have as
much right to fix the gqaalifications of
their clectors as these States of the
North, under the constitution. To de
ny that is to deny that the consti
tution is the supreme law of the
land, over the South as well as
the North. Let us now practically
apply the doctrine upon this point con
tained in the jflatform of the republican
party—tliis duuble-faced platform that
has a dark face for the South and a
white face for the North—this double
tongued platform, which declares that
the people of the North have a right to
determine for themselves, in their gtatel",
who shall vote, while in the South the
people of the North, or rather the radi
cals of the South, have the right to say
who shall vete, and not the people of
those States themselves. Suppose the
Chief Justice of the United States shou'd
be called upon in the State of Pennsyl--
vania to refer to the Constitution, and
should apen that volume and read the
words which it contains. Does it not
contain the same words when he opens it
in Pennsylvania that it contains when
he opens it in Virginia? Does it read
any different when read in Virginia
from what reads to the people of I’enn
sylvania? A man must be a fool to
suppose there is any difference in it.
I have stood in the Senate of the
United States and seen these men who
in 1865 urited in resisting this usurpa
‘tion upon the constitutional rights of
the South, denouncing the idea of forc
ing negro suffrage down the throats of
unwilling people—men who stood by me
and then represented three fourths of
the republican party—l have seen them
go over, onc by onc through the influ
ence of caucus dictation. DBut Tellow
citizens, there were two or three spirits
in that body that have not bowed the
knee to Baal. There is Dixon, of Con
necticut, and Norton, of Minnesota, who
with me stood with the Republican par
ty when it maintained the doctrines of
Lincoln and Johnson in a reconstruction
policy based upon the rights of the
whites of the Southern States. They
have steod by the constitution they took
an oath to suppoit, and they have not
broken it. I claim no merit in this that
I had kept my oath when othier men had
failed to do so. It was a solemn duty I
owed the constitution and the country I
loved. Whenl entered the Senate of
the United States I raised my right hand
and in the presence of Almighty God
swore to support the constitution of the
United States. That oath, which was
‘then taken, was registered in hcaven as
‘well as upon earth, and there is no
earthly power, no party dictation, no
caucus resolution, that can drive me to
a violation of that oath.”
PARABLE OF THE BONDHOLDER.
~ “And he taught the pcople and spake
‘unto them a parable :”
In the paradise of the bondholder it is
as with a man who borrowed from a
friend $lO,OOO in gold.
But when the war came, and the
chief council at Washington declared
that debts should be paid in greenbacks,
he went one day and bought with his
$lO,OOO in gold $25,000 in greenbacks.
And he took therefrom $lO,OOO, and
went to his friend and said, ‘“Here my
friend, take what I owe thece.”
But the other said, “I loancd thee
gold and thou should’st repay me in gold #”
“Unbeliever,” cried the other, read
this : “This note is alegal tender for all
debts, private and public, ete. I, as a
loyal man, show mysclf willing and obe
dient to the command of the chief coun
¢il. Thou wilt resist the laws of the
land. Thou art a copperhead and a
traitor. Here take that which is thine
own, and go thy way.”
And, as the loyal man would not bury
his pound, he went and bought him,
with the remaining $15,000 which he
had honorably earned by thisloyal trade
United States five-twenty bonds, which
netted him an income of $9OO in gold,
or $2,500 in the money of the land,
‘about 15 per.cent. And he clad him
sclf in purple raiments.”
And when he wished to increase his
talents, he deposited his bonds in Wash
ington; and it came to pass that he re
¢eived permission to take from the peo
ple many thousands of dollars more ev
ery year, because license was given him
to put forth national bank notes at usury.
Then spoke the chief council :
“This loyal fellow shall be free from
all taxes and assessments.”
“And,” eried the republican conven
tion at Chicago, “Laborers and taxpay
ers, be honorable—honorable—honora
ble! Pay this loyal man, who is in
need, with gold—gold—gold? 7
But the writer says: ‘“He that hath
‘ears to hear, let him hear.”
No. 38.