The Camden Journal

The Earthquake at St. Domingo.

A correspondent of the U. S. Gazette, after detailing the particulars of the late Earthquake, states that the country people marched into the city armed with machettes, knives and guns, and began the work of plunder and murder, killing every one who offered any resistance to their depredations: They first attacked the stores of the white merchants, all of whom that could, made for the shipping, leaving their property at the mercy of their "colored brethren," who took possession of everything they could lay their hands on. Bands of eight or ten of the plunderers would meet in the streets and contend for the spoils, frequently leaving on the ground one half of their number dead or wounded. Such a scene, says the writer, was scarcely ever beheld. Beneath the ruins the cries of the wounded and dying for succour were heard in vain, and in many cases four days had elapsed before any efforts could be made for their relief.