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wafer of my Government ; and then I
,all answer the inhabitants.'' M. Le
Camus observed to him, " That part
of his troop, had already carried defla
tion. murder and famine into the Colony ;
andon that account had been Jent from
thence to France, by the Government of
the ifl(ind ; andtbat their return into the
Colony would disturb its tranquility
qvithout the leaf hope of producing any
benefit to the people, four father, said
M. Camus, when in Flanders, thought
be was fare of his soldiers —but bis ex
perience convinced him of bis error. Take
' example f rom bis experience, and go
home." But Gen. Rochambeau still
replied that he Should, on the next
day, take pass ffion of his government.
With this reply, the Deputies return
ed ; and on their arrival, at ten o'-
clock at night, additional prepara
tions were made to hinder the landing
of the troops. „'
" A 74 .gun ship, and a frigate, the
La Calipfo, commanded by M. de Mal.
levant, a Martinican, were in the port
—3OO planters were ordered on board
the former, and eighty on board the
latter, to secure the obedience of the
sailors. In the night of the 16th, the
fleet anchored in the mouth of the bay,
.and M. Rochambeau sent his Aid-de
damptc rfpeak with M. de Behague.
But he was conducted to the commit
tee ; who ordered him to be put under
'aguard of four planters. In answer
to his request to speak with M. Be
hague, the committee informed him,
that the General was under an arrest,
people was in full operation—and that
there could not exist a reason for fend.
I troops to Martinico. The Com
^iffioners answered, That it was ne.
ceffary that they should be installed
into office to fulfil the objed of their
miffion—^hat such installation could
be done only by M.Rochambeau, who
was appointed Got. of the Island; and
that after M. Rochambeau should be
established in the island with his
troops, they should begin their mission,
which related not only to the execution
of the decree in favor of the free peo
ple of colour, but to several other ob
je&s—one of which was to oblige the
inhabitants to defray the expenses of
the civil war between them and the
town of St. Pierre, as well as to call to
the bar of the National Assembly, M.
Behague, M. Chevalier du Buc, Mr.
Gallct, Mr. Guignaud, and M. St.
Aurin. After the Deputies left the
Commissioners, they waited on M.
Rochambeau, on board another frigate
— But they could obtain nothing
from him but these haughty words—
"l foall, by to-morrow, ten o'clock, be
" On the 16th the Planters were
Rationed in the forts and other impor
tant Rations, and all the regular troops
were disarmed, From prudential mo
tives, the inhabitants, before the ar
rival of the fleet, had taken possession
of the three cut posts, which command
the harbor. At one o'clock. P. M.
the fleet appeared off the harbor.
Messrs Grenonville, Preclair, and Le
Camus, were sent by the Colonial
Committee, as Deputies to the Civil.
Commissioners who were with the fleet.
The Deputies expressed to the Com
missioners the aftonithment of the Col
ony, that the instruments of war should
be sent into it by the National AtTem
bly, in a time of peace.—That the de
cree in favour of the free coloured
" Orders were sent to the Planters
in the country, immediately to repair
armed to Fort-Royal. The news of
the appearance of the fleet flew with
electrical rapidity,, and the roads were
filled with Planters, on their march to
town, to difeharge their duty as sol
diers.,
rd, was defined on a Patriotic Expe
dition— a resolution was therefore im
mediately formed to fruftrate it ; in
conference, the drums beat to arms,
the militia of the town, including the
free people of colour, paraded, and
measures were taken to prevent the
landing of any armed force. By Older
of the Governor, the militia were di
vided in.o the two fortreffes of Fort-
Royal.
Extract of a letter from Ja
maica, August 28.
On the morning of the
3d inft.in lat. 21, 40. N.
lon. 71, 40. W. the sloop
Bee, Capt. Hunter, on her
passage from Wilmington,
N. Carolina, to this port,
encountered a very levere
gale of wind, which blew
from the N. E. While the
vessel was laying too (he
got upon her beam ends,
and on cutting away the
mast, immediately righted;
but on examining the
pumps, found fix feet wa
ter in the hold : Every ex
ertion was then made use
of to save the vessel, but to
no purpose. At 11 A. M.
file was full to the deck ;
in this dreadful situation,
the Capt. and crew retired
to the after part of the ves
sel, where they remained
two days and nights, lathed
to the quarter, and heavy
seas waning over them ex
pecting every moment
would put a period to their
existence ; during this time,
By a vessel arrived at Cape-Ann,
from Martinico, which the left the
iith Odober, we are informed, that
on the return of the man of war, and
frigate, which had been in quest of M.
Rochambeau's fleet, the citizens of
Fort. Royal, all the Planters, and the
crews of the vessels in Martinico dis
played the white Standard and Cock
ade. It is also said, that it was medi
tated by 3000 of the soldiery, &c. on
board M. Rochambeau's fleet, to di
vide all the property of the planters
among them.
On the llth Odober, there were
two transports, belonging to M.- Ro
chambeau's fleet, full of sick soldiers
and seamen, in the harbor of St. Kitts.
from the Colonial Assembly ; andon
the Aid-de-camp's expressing his sur
prise at the condoft of the. Colony in
confining M. Behague, a Member of
thd committee told him, <c 4 your As.
fembly have done with Louis XVI, <we
have done with his Representative.—
Injurrefhon is the hoheji of our duties,
and we expert to obtain therefor the hon
or o f a feat in your AJlembly."
"On the 17th, at 4 o'clock, P. M.
the fleet weighed anchor, and endeav
ored to enter the harbor ; but the balls
directed against it, much intimidated
M. Rocharobeau ; rhe Calipfo failing
to en gag e the La Semillante, on board
which Gen. Rochambeau was,and that
General being apprehensive, that the
intention of M.Malleraut was to fight,
ordered the fleet immediately to put
to sea :—But it is supposed Malleraut
will follow him, to complete his mis.
fion—which is to inform Rochambeau,
'' That the Colony will not receive
him nor his army ; that the peoplehad
proclaimed General Behague for their.
Governor; and that the object of his
arrest was to oblige him to declare,,
that he would not obey the decree of
the National Assembly calling him to'
the 6«rr.".
" If the Counter-Revolution does
not take place, we are loft—but we are
unanimously resolved to be buried in;
the ruins of our fortrpffes—and co ;
leave to a rapacious National people,|
nothing but a burnt and barren foil,
and a race of slaves who will revenge
the blood of their mailers."
Since the above, the following intelligence
has been receivod.
EXETER, November 14.
Thursday the 29th day of
November, is appointed by
Authority to be observed as
a day of Thankigiving and
Praise, throughout the states
of Massachusetts and Con
ne&icut.•
MARRIED] —in this town, Mr
Thomas Stickney, of Concord, to
Miss MARY Ann Odlin, of this
town.
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Yl7 Arrantee— Quitclaim,
and Collectors Deeds—-
Justices Writs and Sum
monses— ditto. Executions,
—Supines, &c. &c. fold at
this office. Oft. 30.
The Small Pox has broken
out in the family of Lieut.
Jonathan Stickney, in the
southwest corner of this
town.—How it was firft
communicated is not known
One of his sons has gone
through with the disease, be
fore it was difeovered to be
the Small Pox—and several
others in the family and
neighbourhood are begin
ning to be exercised witli
symptoms which the Facul
ty judge to be of that con
tagious disorder. To relieve
our friends in the neigh
bouring towns of their fears
and anxiety with refpeft to
coming into town, we can
assure them that the place is
far remote from any road
leading to the street, and
nearly five miles distant.
I Capt.Hunter, loft one of his
Imen thro' fatigue. On Sun
day following the survivors
took to the boat, without
fails,oars or any sustenance,
except a few bifeuits and a
little water. On Wednes
day they were drifted down
on the Caicos, where they
procured a small boat, with
fails, &c. to carry them to
some of the Weft-India I
slands. After taking their
departure, they fell in with
the schooner Good Hope,
Capt. Hall, of Middletown,
bpund to Cape Francois,
to whom they applied to be
taken on board, but the
niafter, regardlels of their
distressed situation, inhu
manly refufed. Same day
they were fortunately taken
up by the brig Sifters,Capt.
Buck, from New-London,
?ound to Port-Maria, who,
ifter every mark of kindness
landed them at the latter
Port the 17th August.
CONCOR D, Nov. 8.
SMALL POX.
on Tburfday night the Stb inst.
a bright red gelding HORSE,
5 years old, with a black mane
and tail—one white hindjoot,
and a flar on bis forehead —
trots and paces—and about 15
hands high—Whoever will ap
prehend the thief that he may
be brought to juflice and the
horse recovered,Jhall have the
above reward—or Ten Dol
lars for the borfe, and all ne
cefary charges paid, by
STEPHEN PAGE.>
Kenjington, Nov. 8. 1^92.
old last spring—Also, a black HEIF
ER, with a white face and bob tail,
3 years old last spring.——Whoever
will give information of them to Ca,t.
Babb, of Epsom, Mr. Levi Towle,
oCEpping, or the subscriber, Ihall be
handsomely paid for his trouble.
JOHN FOSS.
Rye. Nov. &b, 1792.
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