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FEAREFUL EARTHQUJAKE IN
CHINA '
Tan American Minister in China, Gereral.
'Lowe, has just forwarded to the Secretary
'of' Stite at: Washington, tlhe following,
account of the fea.ful eii litquake, which
occir?red in "the Bath ridi, iri the province
of Szchuen, on the 11thl-of Aprilwhich
hel hasi ad translated fromi the .reporF : f
the Chiinese Gob enrioti-Geneial of the pro
vince ini which it oceured:
B" atharig, lies on a very? elevated spot
beyond 'the province, about,200., miles
west of Li-Tang, and about thirty, post
stations friomr' the district town of Ta-tsien
on the lihighi'road to Thibet.,v About 11
o'clock on the:'mornin'g of the 11thc of'
Apiil, the eirth ati Bathan trembled so
fiolently thaf tlhe Government offices,
temples, granaries, stone houses, store
houses;and fortifications, with'dLltlie
common, dwellings,., and ,tie,..temple of
lTng-lin, were at once .ovdrthrown, and
ruined; the only:exception ~wasthe: all;
in the temple grounds, called,1'a: chae,?
which stdod ,unarmed in its isoliatlon.,,:?
few of the troops and people.escaped .but:
most of the inmates were crushed and:
killed under the falling timber and stone.
Flames also suddenly, burst o0utin four
places, which strong winds.drove: about.
until the heavens were darkened: with the:
smoke and their roaring, was mingled,
with the lamentation of the· distressed.
people. Cn the 1th the flames. were
beaten down, but the, rumbling noises:
were still heard under-ground like distant
thunder, as the earth rocked and rolled
like a ship in a storm. The multiplied
miseries of the afflicted inhabitants were
increased by a thousand fears, but in
about ten days matters began to grow
quiet, and the motion, of the earth to
cease... The grain collector at Bathang
says that for several' days before the
earthquake the water had overflowed the:
dykes, but after that the earth cracked
in many places, and black foetid watetr
spurted out in a furious manner. Ifonel
poked the earth the spurting instantly
followed, just as is the case with the. salt
wells and fire wells in the eastern part of;
the province; and this explains how it:
happened that fire followed the 'earth-:
quake in Bathang. As nearly as can:be:
.ascertained, there were destroyed, two
l'rge temples, the offices of the collector
of grain tax, the local magistrates' offices,'
the colonels' offices, the Ting-lin temple,.
and nearly 700 faithoms of wall around it
and 351 rooms in all inside; six smaller
temples, numbering 221 rooms, besides
1849 rooms and houses of the common
people. The number of people killed by
the crash, including the soldiers, was
2298, among whom were the local magis
trate and his second in office, The earth
quake extended from Bathang eastward
to Pang-Chabemuth, westward to Naz
Tun, on the south to Lintsahshih, and on
the north to the salt wells to Atimtoz, a
circuit of over 400 miles. It occurred
simultaneously over the whole of this
region. In some places steep hills split
and sunk into deep chasms, in others
mounds on level plains became precipitous
cliffs, and the roads and highways. were
rendered impassable by obstructions. The
people were beggared and scattered like
autumn leaves, and this calamity to the
.people of Bathang and ,the vicinity was
really, one of the most distressing and
destructive that has ever occurred in
China."
CATASTXoitHE AT CAPE or Goon IloPE.-
Through the courtesy of Mr Klisser we
have been favoured with a copy of the Cape
'T'own Standard and Mail containing an ac
couiit of a painful catastrophe which has
happened at Victoria West, Cape of Good
II pe.. There appearn to be some doubt as
to whether .the disaster was caused by a
Swateispout, the bursting of .a thunder-cloud
oir'liy flo'ds from extraordinary rains.; but
the-testftiply of Mr.Franz . Hugo, one of
Ltersufferers, is in favour . of, ,thq, first or
secondfiypotliess.s .:;His stateinent is to the
fohlowing cffCeCt -- Inn: consequence, of
hea;ing aloud, crash or, burst of .noise1he
hastened.outsid,. and h by the gleamof a:
flasli:of ol?ih;tifiLnpIi? tat his stable, and
waggian-house,had been,swept away. lie
ru'shed.oint?,theil house to fetch :hiswife aud.
childrenof itotry to savethemn,,and the waters.
cainme byand aioundso suddenly, and: withi
iuch a ,tremendous rush thatr:he 1 was,afraid
.for theiLrlives.p So hle :tookla child, his wife
took another, anda .Kafflr took a third, but
his wife" went -back -into- thel dwelling to
fetch the remainingone.o - At. the moment
she entered the I,hulse gave way and fell, and
the'vater?:?ashed .her out. -:Mr.Franz lingo
thrust forth his hand and caught her. They
were carried .down a.good, distance together,
but the great strengtlibof a the stream bore
lier away from . im ,;How he was saved is
a mystery :to himself,'but when he recovered
he found. himselflon the'side of a hill, his
little boy of: about seven-or eightyears -be
ingwit m. hii llhe. river of! the':village,
whihchonly runs,wherit therie:aie hieavy rains,
was estimated to,have a idepthof Iwater of
forty, feet,; and the force .was sofgreat. thatit it
carried :every thing before eit.:' A7, buildiing
containing " twenty-seven coloiired'` peo)ple
were swplit down;ithlieillagc; and by n?nib -
acle two out of that .number eiscaped:?.r"Leahi
a nurse-maid,. was sleepingtono. the iflior.in'"
Mris Armstron"g'sroonminr here usua'l posi
tion-- that is,' with ::both 'hands iiiipraised
over her. headl; holding dthepillow' on 'wliichh
it-rested. ,Thld next 'mTdring her 'bbdy was,
.found, 0abiout- three'.miles idown the' river,
the pilldw iunder her. head,' and :'her hands
holding it just as -she sras lyingw in the roorim.
Altlonugh tlie corn moittee appointed t5' in
quiirc. as to the nunitier of p'ersons 'm issing
in thevillagerep'oitonly forty five asilefiie ntt-,
eighty-three Ibodies. have'Y:b'een''?iiried.'"
It is ishapposed ,that ':ersonasnotc·iionnected
with the :village -fainmers :cominging' ithat
evening, :or parties iretuning lfroor thie dia
:mbnd fields-:must have been' overtaken by
the rush of theiriver and iave falleni i ictims
to??its force _:krBesidesithe:loss'of life,' the
destiruction to' property has' been` ver'y disas
tirons. A- memoriralto theoGovernient has
been ::agreed .upon,' asking tliiem to grant
one hurndred "convictsrto assist i n:irepairinfg
the river and mfiaking :god 'other public
danmages. Subscriptions to relieve the sf-a
ferers have been: stiarted;'andcP arbel'ig-re
spo,:ded to .with much liberality:-Adelaide
G; oss OUTRnAGE:i--,On Moinday :night it
last as M;r James±Ellis ;of L?oring Flat - was
returning home::from iAraluen,'at abiait 8
b'cloclc ,heswais waylaideliy isome cow;ardly
fellows just:outside:the towrishiplat Major-'s
ICreek,whlio sprang:from behind hifence, one
of themistrikin .hlim .two dsevere blbows on
his back bet een tili shouldeis:; Foirtunditely
!he nmanagedito retainihis'sdeat.on his hoirse,
airid galloipedl towithe :nearest hoise,: from
'whence two persons-accompanied him to:thI
police ?station.:iC Constable. Matthews: and
other' persons went--withvhinm to the scene of
th'eiassauilt'buttthe miseaeants had of course
flqedaiad:no clie:'has: been 'obtained to lead
to thliiridiitity, -ahlthough some pretty'
lhirewdsuspicions.are entertained as to who
they idire " 'Oonstable' Matthews saw Mr
Ellis liome, liebeing-in great fear of -being
aigain pouticed uipon, and, naturally enough,
'hie willibciafi:aid of venturing out alone after
ilda k frisotne tune to come, with the danger
of agaiit ieeting such an v'nweicome reei?p
'ion:i,:It is.nmonstrous that peacable people
"hould be subject upon the most trumpery
provocation to be thus placed in fear of.their
lives.-Braidwood Dispatch.
HOLLOWAY'S JINTDIENT AND PILL"C-
Disorder of the Throat and Chest.-Who=.
ever has once made trial of these invaluable'
remedies can truthfully bear testimony 'to
their astonishing efficacy, their curative and
preservative powers, against the many mal-:
adies of winter. . Tie ointrment, rubbed oh
the chest acts most beneficially in ar:resting
iiiflamniation, irritation, congestion, and all
ipecto'rhli compilaints. ::For ulcerated sore
ti'hioat, diphthat is, mumps, quinsey, a and
'iniilar ailmeints, the ointment should be
well rubbed upon the throat and summit of
cil?st at Icast'tvice a day, while the pills are
ialken internally, according to the plainly
h'iinted direction. I-Iuolloway's remuediescon
stitute: in 'themselves a perfect safeguard
against most dispase dependent upon change..
'ible,'o i'nclcemiit weather.. They counter
act the ?sou Sccs' f disease.
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