Aug 27. As the tides at St. Thomas
seldom go above twelve inches, an i
j that of Aug. 27, rose three and one
half feet. and was followed the 30th
! by a heavy earthquake shock, there
can be but little doubt that this dis
turbance was the result of the terrible
| commotion in the Suiula Straits. If
to the same agency beattributed the
; destructive tidal-wave, which visited
I our Jersey coast Aug. 28 and 20, it
would seem that the agitation extend
ed to all the oceanic area around the
globe, forty degrees on both sides of
the equator.
Securing Engagement Kings.
N. Y. Morning Journal.
