Earthquake

A gentleman who recently arrived in New York f rom Puerto Cabello, in South America, gives some details of the great earthquake in Venezuela last month. Tliis gentleman was in Valencia at the time, and says that, although severe shocks were feit everywhore, no Iohs of life was reported except in the valky of the River Tuy. This valley lies between two ranges of mountains near the coast of the Caribbean sea, and is very fertile, being used chiofly for growing sugar. The town of Cua, about thirty-five miles southwest of Caracas, wps entirely destroyed. A terrible shock was suddenly feit at about 8:30 in the evening. The ground seemed to roll like sea waves, throwing down the walls of the Iiouee, crushing many, and entangling otbers in the debris. The roofs were made of light material, which caught flre from the lamps which were overturned, and a general conflagration ensued. In vain the poor unfortunates who had escaped the falling walls endeavored to gain the open ground. The flamea spread rapidly, and the people on the outskirts of the villtige were unable to offer any assistance. The shrieks of the dying were to be heard for a long time above the crackling of the flamea. Ful! y 300 livcs were lost at Cua that night. Repetitions of the earthquake were looked for, and those who had escaped were in a constant state of terror for a number of days. The town of Ocumare, about twenty miles east of Cua, and in the same valley, suffered extremely, the houses being wrecked and a number of serious accidents occumng, but the number of the persons killed or injured had not been ascertained when the bark )eft. The business of the country was at a still, and the greatest terror pi evailed whenever telegrams prophesying the approach oí a heavy shock were received. The people in the towns on such occasions would remain in the streets during the greater part of the night. The shocks have severely damaged the industries f the wholo country. Workmen had not the heart to work in the sugar factories, many of which had fallen in. The losses will be very large, but cannot yet be estimated. The enrthquake was the severest experienced in Venezuela for years, it being considered much heavier than that of 1812.