Since our last we have been told of
several slight vibrations: we do not, however, find a
proper concurrence of observation, to warrant a report
of more than the following, viz., on the 13th at 10
o’clock a.m. and about 2 o’clock p.m. These were
both slight. On the evening of the 16th, about 10
o’clock p.m. and at 40 minutes past 3 o’clock a.m. on
the morning of the 17th—these were also slight. But the
latter was sufficiently strong to awaken many of our
citizens. The vibration was like that of most of
the other shocks, SSE and NNW.
From a recent conviction that these
earthquakes have no connection in the manner of cause
and effect, with any particular state of the atmosphere,
we forbear to trouble our readers with the statement
concerning the weather, etc., which we promised last
week.
P.S. From a letter just received
from Fort Wayne, it appears that the great shocks of the
16th of December, the 23rd of January, and the 7th inst.
with many of the minor ones, were felt at that
post. Those of the 16 of December were likewise
experienced at Fort Dearborn, near the southern end of
Lake Michigan.
