Show from the buffalo advertiser 1 earthquake on the oila gila we are favored with an extract from a private letter dated at campa yuba on the gila december 5 1853 on the morning of the of november at I 1 I 1 12 0 we had a severe shock of an earth que quake which lasted about half at C minute it stopped my clock and threw down some books from their shelves when we got out into tho tb I 1 open air we saw clouds cloud a of dust rising showing where the banks of the river had fallen cliffs and rocks also fell from the mountains two columns of dark dust like smoke arose one on each side of chimney peak fifteen miles off that caused several to exclaim part pan of the peak has fallen A few moments after the first shock I 1 was looking toward the south when I 1 saw a large larga column of steam rise and fit a areat height spread out into a cloud it was followed at short intervals by two smaller jets the exact direction was S 47 west of the post and sa 25 or 30 miles distant the motion appeared to be from the northeast north east to the southwest south west all the ground around us is full of fissures and in many places mud sand and sulphurous water gushed to the height of leveral several feet the river rose in in a wave nearly a foot and did not subside under several hours the velocity of the current was increased and its bed appears to be ba permanently lowered the air was cold and clear and the thermometer at its usual height D during I 1 ring the day and the night there were more than a dozen shocks most of them slight I 1 felt a very slight one last night about I 1 11 I 1 the next great event is the arrival here of the steamer uncle sam on the ath of december with a load of stoves from froin the mouth of the river she was nearly two weeks getting up but considering that it is the first trip it was doing very well she lost two or three days repairing i an accident to the boiler and had to stop ar rz several ll 11 hours each day to out cut wood which is of of a very inferior quality to generate steam A sketch of the uncle sam of camp yuba tuba would be almost as great a curiosity as all was Ful tons first boat on the hudson she is 65 feet long 16 feet bean beam and 31 3 12 1 2 feet depth of hold sharp at both ends end s the sides slightly flaring with the bottom a little chamfered champ ered A locomotive e engine n gine of 20 horse power propels her she I 1 is a not decked over and has no wheelhouse over the engine is a piece of caura canvas extending to the shafts of the wheels to kee keup 11 out the water she brought up 35 t tons 0 no ard and drew 22 inches the least water found foun d in etc channel between here and the mouth of tiie the river is five reet feet it is now at about its lowest A stairs ataee this opens a new era for this part of california the colorado river is undoubtedly navigable for steamers is as far as the great kau yon or miles from its mouth where the old spanish trail crosses and not far from where the present trail from the great salt lake to los angelos passes the river valley is not wide but contains a 4 body of fine land well adapted to the culture of cotton rice and tropical traits fruits at pimo aimo the raise a kind of cotton of a quality similar to the sea 1 island and very fine wheat and cora bothilde Bo both alie aw latter grow on this river the wheat very fine V |