The Marietta Journal, 1868-09-25

water was restored, dnd then it occupied about the same line, and presented nearly the same appear appearance - ance appearance as it did before the earthquake. The vessels carried inland were a terrible sight. The most of them were bottom upward. 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 intervals. - tervals. intervals. . The Wateree was grounded inland at a quarter of a mile from the beach, on the line of a rail railroad. - road. railroad. 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 upset, - set, upset, 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 destroyed - ed destroyed were South American coasters. The fatal casual casualities - ities casualities in the eity were about 50, and the other casuali casualities - ties casualities about 100. The total loss on shipboard was about 300, Principally fatal. The refugees remain remained - ed remained 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 suftérin%s - térin%s suftérin%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 earthquake, - quake, earthquake, 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 happened, - pened, happened, 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 Wateree, - teree, Wateree, the Peruvian corvette America, U. 8. store storeship - ship storeship Fredonia, English bark Charnarcillo, Ameri American - can American 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 is also high and dry on land. The entire erews of the merchant vessels were drown drowned. - ed. drowned. 'The Wateree logt one sailor, and on the Fre Fredonia - donia Fredonia 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 husband - band husband in the streets, endeavoring to make their es escape. - cape. escape. FROM ARICA TO THE NORTI, Advices have been received from the City of Tac Tacna - na Tacna 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 earthquakes - quakes earthquakes 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 inundation. - undation. inundation. 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 minutes. - utes. minutes. 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 fortyfeet - feet fortyfeet above its usual level, Islay is built on an emi eminence - nence eminence 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 destroyed - not - stroyed - not destroyed - 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 minutes, - utes, minutes, 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 eontinued - ued eontinued 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 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 aftected - tected aftected Milea, Ocona, (Jm'aln-]li, Acara, Yea, Chuco Pauto, Pisco, Canete, Yanaposa, and Callao,

The hour was that when by custom most of the in inhabitants - habitants inhabitants 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 after - ter after 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 underneath. - neath. underneath. 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 creature, - ture, creature, 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 intervals - vals intervals 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 than fear, even amid this terrible confusion, and hence there were those who delayed to collect valuables, many of whom suf suffered - fered suffered 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 tremendous - mendous tremendous 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 already - ready already 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 materials - terials materials 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 instant. - stant. instant. 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

NEGRO SUFFRAGE. Senator Doolittle lately thus discours discoursed - ed discoursed 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 deny - ny deny that is to deny that the consti constitution - tution constitution is the supreme law of the land, over the South as well as asthe - the asthe North. Let us now practically apply the doctrine upon this point con contained - tained contained in the 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 doubletongued - tongued doubletongued platform, which declares that the people of the North have a right to determine for themselves, in their who shall vote, while in the South the people of the North, or rather the radi radicals - cals radicals 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 I'ennsylvania? - sylvania? I'ennsylvania? 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 usurpa'tion - 'tion usurpa'tion upon the constitutional rights of the South, denouncing the idea of forc forcing - ing forcing 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 influence - ence influence of caucus dictation. DBut Tellow Tellowcitizens, - citizens, Tellowcitizens, there were two or three spirits in that body that have not bowed the knee to Baal. There is Dixon, of Con Connecticut, - necticut, Connecticut, and Norton, of Minnesota, who with me stood with the Republican par party - ty party 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."

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 agitated, - tated, agitated, had risen to a great height and inundated a part of the eity, but, be be{ond - {ond 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 earthquake - quake earthquake 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 northward - ward northward from Aricato Callao, a distance of about 280 miles. : Arica is the central point from which the effects of this disaster. must be trac traced. - ed. traced. 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 hazardous - ardous hazardous for shipping. It was nearly de destroyed - stroyed destroyed 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 radiated - ated radiated north and south to the distances 1 have already indicated, with consequen consequences - ces consequences 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 proceeding - ceeding proceeding to give any account of the dis disaster - aster disaster 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 ecatastrophe - tastrophe ecatastrophe at Arica. A gentleman who was at that place when the disaster oc occurred - curred occurred gives a vivid description of the scere. llesays:

LETTER FROM A NORTHERN CLERGY CLERGYMAN. - MAN. CLERGYMAN. The Norfolk Journal has been shown a private letter from an intelligent cler clergyman - gyman clergyman of New York, addressed to a brother clergyman, well known in Vir Vir' - ' Vir' ginia, from which the following interest interesting - ing interesting extracts are made, bearing upon the political condition of the country : \ "You apologise for introducing peliti pelitical - cal pelitical 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 adhered - ed adhered to the stronger party more out of in interest - terest interest 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 - greatan an greatan unfortunate mistake, when they. re resolved - solved resolved to secede. Had they remained in the Union, they might have depend depended - ed depended on the Conservative men at the gbrth to aid in protecting their rights under the Constitution ; bat when they decid decided, - ed, decided, 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 myself - self myself who were anti-slavery in principle - thatis, who regarded slavery as wrong, but who were opposed to its foreible abolition by Government. They con considered - sidered considered 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 extinction - tinction extinction of slavery in a quiet and peace peaceable - able peaceable manner - under circumstences in which both the slave and master would have been better prepared for it, and without the expensive and bloody con consequences - sequences consequences 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 enfranchised - chised enfranchised and the power placed in their hands, but this will only hasten their de destruction. - struction. destruction.

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 obedient - dient obedient to the command of the chief coun coun¢il. - ¢il. 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 himsclf - sclf himsclf in purple raiments." And when he wished to increase his talents, he deposited his bonds in Wash Washington; - ington; Washington; and it came to pass that he re re¢eived - ¢eived re¢eived permission to take from the peo people - ple people many thousands of dollars more ev every - ery every 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 convention - tion convention at Chicago, "Laborers and taxpay taxpayers, - ers, taxpayers, be honorable - honorable - honora honorable - honorable - honorable! - ble! honorable - honorable - honorable! 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."

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 entire - tire entire 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 Democracy, - ocracy, Democracy, but I feel that the hope of the entire country depends upon such a re result. - sult. result. 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 content - tent content to bear their reproaches, and trust that time will demonstrate the correct correctness - ness correctness of my pesition. I think the trne' policy is moderation, but firmness in re regard - gard regard 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 pro}grammc - }grammc pro}grammc of the future that I will do so, but sec no opening that way at pres present."' - ent."' present."'

LLLE E B, RESIDENT DENTIST. THANKFUL TO THE CITIZENS for a patronage of nearly twenty years is better prepared than ever to pre preserve - serve preserve the natural feeth, or to insert artificial substi tutes at his office - north-gide Public Square corner opposite Wi, ROoT & SONS, Marietta. Ga., Feb. 14, 1363, - _ - - - - n B ATEY R @0 J: T. HALEY & PKALERS® IN Dry Goods, Groceries and GENERAL MERCHANDISE, MARIETTA, GEORGIA. Dec. 20, 67, i ITRIDSON A M. SIMPSON, ATTORNEY AT LA, Marielta, Ga. PRAC'I'I(IF.S in _the State Courts and Distrie Courts of the United States. Proseeutes elaims against the Government. Gives special attention to the purchase and sale of Real Estate in Marietta and strrounding country. - Auy business confided to him will meet prompt at tention and any engiiivies made in vegard to Real Es tate, &e., &c., witl be promptly given. CILTRERT G. R. GILBERT), Cherokee Street Marictta Geo, Grrocories,. WWares, ¢oC. All kinds, Country Produce bought and sold. jybh - ~o6m. e s T YA ET D ITX Y JOSEPH ELSAS WHOLESALE aud Retail dealear in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes and Hats, READY MADE CLOTHING ? I wiLL sell for CASH at ATLANTA PRICES New Goods constantly receiving from the largest and most relinble houses ot New York City at the lowest market prices. Call and see before purchasing your Goods, at the old corner of "Chuck Ander Anderon's." - on's." Anderon's." jan.3.768.