The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-06-09
GREAT EARTHQUAKE.
IFrom De .New. York RsPrsss.

fFrom the New rork Express.
Ten fhoasand LiUes Lesi.-Tfsmndsas
Esrshsu&ks n fhs Iaaad # 50. Dsmiags.
By the poliieness Of Capt. Morris. Of
the brig wm. Nelson. from Pou aa
Prince. ne bare lie Patriots" Of she
nth MAY. Published 81 that place, which
gives an secouns Of q shocking earth
quake that occurred in thai islsnd on The
7ih Of May. ats o'clock IN the evening.
The principal destruction OF life. Of
which ss have sn account. was II Caps
Hsyiian. which town Was rs,irely DE-
sIroyrd. II confined sbaul ] 5. 900 mia.
bilsRts. two thirds Of whom are shoughs
10 be dead.
The spproarh Of The earthquake vas
indicated in PoEt al faince by great beat.
and heavy clouds that covered the neigh
boring hills. and followed The direction of
the South West 10 the North East.
The vessels al anchor. soms Of the
sailors report, experienced The shock be.
fore they ssw the houses sgita,ed. which
seemed to Indicate that ihe shock came
from the west.
There we're two shocks Al Port gu
Prince very disiinclly lel,. The 6rsi not 50
long ss The second, which last endured
about three minutes. Every person slrove
TO get on, Of the houses. and the streets
we're filled with The afligh,ed population.
A little longer. says abe Patriot. and Port
al Prince would have been The ihealrs Of
a disaster similar TO that Of ITO, Of
which disas'ruus year the remembrance
was rushing into oil minds.
The Patriot also says that there 10 hard.
ly house or wall that has mol suffered
lilile. Some have become almost un-
inhsbnable. The froal Of The Senate
House. where the arms Of the Republic
are sculp,uted. is detached and broken.
The interior vas uninjured.
On the Saturday night succeeding. and
on Sunday, there were other shocks.
Mass vas interrupted. aud the persons
present ran hiiher and ,hilher. while ma
II ny women tainted.
On Monday morning ., IL o'clock
there was another shock. The weather
al the while was chsngeable, now ex-
IRENE beat. now rein. now fair. and now
signs IS il If storm.
On Tuesdsy sgain hiere was another
shock, and since then. Gays the PaIio',
it seems 10 US that we walk upon a
quaking EARTH"
SAINT MARc.-A letter from this town
says that the earthquake was Eel, there
with violence. Many houses we're Sc
riously damaged, and some destroyed.
but no loss Of life is mentioned.
At GoANIvEs the shocks were yet moro
serious. The greater part Of the houses
were overthrown. A fire broke nut al the
same time, and there was not drop OF
water in town. All the houses that were
not burnt suffered from The earthquake.
Il was in the streets that the riler Of the
letter giving this account was indIting
il. The Church. The Prison. the Paisis
National. The Treasury and The Arsenal
were all destroyed.
This letter concludes at 8 A. M. ly
saying
/" Il is only half an hour since tia, We
felt very great commotIon. ,present,
we are ignorant OF The nanfber Of persons
killed or wounded. Allihe prisoners who
are not burned in the ruins. have escaped.
God grant that Port an Prince may not
have experienced such disssier."
CAPE HAYrIAN.--The town Of cspe
Iisyiisn has entirely disappeared. and
with 1.-TWO thirds Of The population. The
families that could escape are fled 10 Fos-
settle. where they we're without, an asylum.
clothing or provisions.
The President Of uay,i has given or
ders To the physicians and officers of The
hospitals to leave The city Immediately in
order 10 give succor 10 The distressed.
Other aid Of oil kinds was about,o be dis.
patched by water I, the distressed.
LATER.
In addition 10 the above disastrous intel
ligence from The Cape, courier arrived
IRON the city few hours previous 10 ths
departure Of Capt. Morris, who stated
lhs. FIRE broke out after the earthquake,
which on Monday the 9th. destroyed ,he
powder magazine. and with j, the misera-
BILE remnant III the inhabitants who had
escaped the earthquake. The towns Of
81. Nicholas and Port Psix are also said
to be destroyed. Other paris of,he island
had not been heard from when Captain
Morris left; but it is conjectured tina. al
| the towns Of the north are mass Of ruins.
A case was recently decided in the
District Court Of Belfast, which CON-
menced two years ago, for the recovery
of ninety-two cents! The costs amount
ed 10 about $500!
Times TO BE DEslRED.-A good wife.
plenty Of cash. clear conscience. fa,r
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