Having, in our last,
expressed an intention to communicate such additional
facts as might transpire concerning the Earthquake in
other
quarters (and which began with
us on
Monday, the 16th, and continued daily, with intervals,
till the following Saturday, inclusively) various prints
received by the last mails, now enable us to give other
details, which we shall briefly notice as far as they
go. But it is proper to premise, that this town has
since experienced five other shocks slightly perceived;
three of which were on Saturday morning last (unnoticed in
the preceding Spy) and the remaining two on the Tuesday
following, 31st ult—one of them at 4 o’clock, a.m. the
other at, or before, day break. Tuesday, and the
night preceding it was calm, accompanied with gentle
rains, and an atmosphere thickly charged with vapours and
uncommonly warm for the season. From the silence of
Atlantic papers, of dates posterior to the 16th — the day
on which the concussions began, or, rather, were first
perceived here (for some individuals believe in a shock
the evening before) it would appear the Atlantic side of
the Alleghany chain felt nothing of the concussions.
Before we travel out of our own state, we shall give the
substance of what information has reached us from certain
points within it — but in many instances, allowance must
be made for omissions and false data arising from the want
of due observation in those who furnished the statements.
—At
Dayton (mouth of Mad River), we are told the
inhabitants were kept in constant alarm, on Monday and
Tuesday 16th and 17th ult., by repeated shocks of an
Earthquake: the first and severest on Monday,
between 2 and 3 o’clock A.M. ‘It was not preceded,’
says the account, ‘by the usual token of a rumbling
noise.’
At Lebanon
the same phenomenon was felt; but the particulars are
not before us. — At Chillicothe there were ten shocks,
nine of which happened on Monday the 16th ult between
the hours of 3 and 11 A.M. and the other at half after
eleven next day. — The 4th shock, which took place at 4
minutes past 3, was preceded by a subterraneous sound
resembling that of distant thunder. — At Circleville
only two shocks were noticed; the first on Monday,
between one and two o’clock A.M. The next about 8
o’clock — no previous noises perceived — Zanesville
& country adjacent, experienced several shocks; two
on Monday about 3 o’clock A.M., one at 8 which lasted at
least 4 minutes, moved the cupola of the court house to
and fro, the electrical rod vibrating 8 or 9 inches; and
several clocks were so jarred as to stop. — Ten minutes
afterwards there was another shock; at 40 min. after 10
another, and 25 min. after 12 another. The next
day, at 5 o’clock in the morning a shock ensued of two
minutes duration, and which was succeeded by another for
3 minutes, at 5 min. after 12, as severe as that of the
preceding day at 8 o’clock. No rumbling noise was
noticed. — At Marietta the same earthquake was
very sensibly felt; but we have not the particulars.
Accounts from Pittsburg (Pa.) mention only
two shocks being felt there; one at 3 the other at 7
A.M. of the 16th — Kentucky was generally affected, and
with increased severity in the western parts. —At Louisville
(Falls of the Ohio) three shocks were distinctly
noticed, besides others comparatively slight. The
first was preceded by ‘a rumbling noise, resembling that
of a distant thunder, or a terrible storm, accompanied
with a rattling, like the rolling of a heavy body over a
floor.’ The person who gave the account says, ‘his
house vibrated like the pendulum of clock.’
Several chimneys were thrown down, and some houses
otherwise injured; particularly, Dr. Ferguson’s house
whose gable end (to use the writers own words) ‘was
partly dashed in.’ —At Lexington and Frankfort
and Georgetown ‘two shocks only were
noticed in each place; both in the morning of the
16th.—At Frankfort a chimney of the
court-house was thrown down—It is reported and we
believe on good authority that at Massac, on
the Ohio about thirty
