New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-01
West Indies.

Bv the Merlin. we have received later
intelligence from the West Indies. We copy the
following account of an earthquake IN Guadalupe
This day. 10Th OF May 1851. Pont-a-Pltre has
had to undergo another severe trial Al sixteen
minutes after GIN the morning vloienl Slock
of earthquake was felt, It's oscillations beng from
: E. TO n w. Ii was preceded by rumb!ing
noise like that Of thunder. Its duration was OF
about one second. II were Impossible 10 describe
the impression made on the population oy tlS shoca
recalling as j; did that OF the 9Th Of February. 1913
'orunaiely al Ponta-Pire. we have no serious
C;rnaee 10 depore from II . our wooden ouldlngS
having withstoOd the shock not one having ialien
AZ = o'clock IN the morning there wasa sllgh shock
nd AZ IS min past another was felt and then al %
MN past 10. fourth shock accompanied WlIhahose
strong enough 10 create deep anxiety namOmehtthe
whole town was OH the alert and ai,er me principal
shock. al fortV-iye minutes past nne the CRY Oh It
w. heard the shoDs were immediately closed, and
the people thronCed IN the dlarccton OF the alarm
Fortunately there Was nothing Oh consequences y
Coapot. oy erturnedby the shoes hao 49,
fire 10 some pieces OF wood m house IN me hutu-
Arbaud near TIE TaDanOn wharf. out y was ans
covered IN time ANA eXtlngdisleI. we Iepe1ti
then that for this lime. Fomt-a-fIue has t''dpct
Tree Heaven grant HAT We may nos nave 10 record
some heavy disaster - having oeialiti. e-lAei on
wretched plantations now IN the hght oil crop ..
our sister colony - Martinique. or some oi our
ucichbors the Brush. DANISH and Spanish COLONIES
p Since the FORGING was written q IN
.olpe fresh shocks Of considerable violence, nave
succoedod-one ~ % minutes past l. anolliei al %
minutes past. ~. 49,.
We Learn That .egeral estates At Pent-Bourg, 10y,
ave- SIC Marie, ard Cap,terre. nave incurred 5oou
,ral of damage !, Is added, that the new BRUCE ~
Capstcrre has suffered much injury. and house al
The AelneS has Iccn thrown down.
The following additional particulars are extracted
''oi' porxr-.-pIrRr. May 20. 1851.
The earth continued 10 quake. though Win less
violence. up 10 = ociOct M oi the ldh INST II =
unnecessary Ter me 10 paint the CONSERVATION INTO
AIN, n they were piunged-you may more easily ina,
glue y. some families had 10 take refuge on DodId
Of the ships. Where they passed the day ana hish
until the Osci. aonS became less violent ana more
DISSENT nom one another We thank Providence tidl
our town has been spared There have been. how
ever. some walls cracked, particularly those oil the
.all. -..,...,,
SuHINAN-By the Curacoanaar we nave receNei
surlnam papers TO the 23d INST They contain solnt
lmporiaut Government regulations Tor carrying INTO
eject the roya order Of the 9th OF February LAST re-
.rectlre the slaves These regulations. when form
an entire new slave code, are too lengthy LOT u 10
30 through he whole Of them at present we Hdy
safely say however. that they appear 20 De one
great step more made iby the government Oh me
Netherlands toward final emancipation ana Ho"
ever they NAV be received BY the planters, tla they
eyince much solicitude for the improvement OF lhe
slaves Ia defining the amount OF LABOR 70 DC rem
dercd bv the slaves on plantations the prnciple da'
hered IT IN these regulations Is not 10 state tlt num-
her Of hours daily during which the slave slhI nave
boon found Ia work but the amount OF WOrh WINCH
no shall give ms master daily. In this respect the
Dutch Government seem 70 have taken Zeal cut OIL
nur book The principle thera. upon when olaVefy
IN Surnam NAV now be considered 10 rest, j, lha Oh
COMPULSORY task-work Dem. Royal uaZi May -