The Sun.
London, England, 1806-06-20 00:00:00

EMPIRE 01,

PHILADELPHIA, MAY 10. -We aGeri-
tleqiatOvho arrived in thiscity aday or two ago froM
St. Domingo, that at the•time of his departure there
wdrevery"general movements among the stabjeets of
the BVek Emperor DESSALINES. What was the
actual cause he did not understand; but it was said,'
sotile ivivices_ had been received by way of Jamaica
which: taught the Blacks to expect a speedy attack.'
The consequence was, that DEssALiNES was put-
ting the Black .A.rna3r into an aaive'organization for
war. All the money, valuable- propeftY, and goods,
were ,removed to the Mountainous country in the
interior, and all the Whiteinhabitants were ordered
to remove froni the sea coast.
During the.' retent CelebrAitn of ' some fete; a
French family (White) had made its escape from the
Cape ; butbeing soon after missed II Gen.
TOE;HE, he attributed_ the circumstance to the
connivance of sOine Americans, and ordered the
Commanders'and Crews of all 'the American Vessels
at the Cape to be seized and confined, threatening
to hang or shobt them, 'all. Upon an investigation,
however, the innocence 9f the Americans was'as-
certained, and 'they were set at liberty.
A Gyntleman of this City is
,said to be DEssA7-
tANEs's Agent. was,mentioned at tie Cape, by
persons'who had intercourse with the Black Court,
that DESSALINES had purchased an estate in Penn..'
-
sylvania, near Philadelphia, as a retreat in the event
of an imperial Bouleiersement
liosTo., MAY 19.—C-aptain CUTTER, 'arrived at„
Portland, troth 'Martinico,' which he left about the
• -20th April, informs, that he 'saW Trinidad Papers;
received there the
.day before he sailed, which say;
thatMlRANDAhad taken Margaretta, Cuwana, Bjr-
celona, and 'Carraceas ; that imme-diateri after laud 1
'ing ho was; joined by 16,00'0 Colonials ; that the
• current report was, the United States were 'at war
With Spain; and that the Expedition was fitted out'
by /he United States'"Government. BarCelona and •
Cumana surrendered without resistance.
MA 20.—Accounts from .Port 6 Cavell° to' April
13, and from La Guixa to'April 23, frirnish:no in-
forfllat1011: of the arrival ofMIR A FDA at the. Carrie-.
-eas, nor of an insurrection there: These accounts
render t:!' late reports improbable..
MAY `.2`_.-MORE 1301T1511 OurrnAGEs.----Annther
o;_itrage upon`the independence and sovereign-
ty of this country, has been committed by. his " Sa-'
cred Majesty's" 'Frigate the Cleopatra,-wbo boarded,
one of our 'regular trading Ships,' the Eliz utRY
master, from Lortdonderry, within two leagues of the •
land, in, four fatkonis water, and after cc piM had
been recAed_on board, and violently carried off one
American citizen, 1-t• men passengers coming to re-
side in this:Conntry, one woman (wife to one of the .•
. iMpressed), and an apprentice boy. • .
This" damning deed" was dine on Sunday even-
in;last attended with all the insolence and cruelty
,
with which 1113 Majesty's people are wont to-110-.
-r- - pour us TankieS ; and .the Lieutenant, to give an
- „ undoubted proof, of his courage, severely wounded•
with his swbrd a young man who had attempted to,
- secret himself from the outrage.'
- Many of ' the passengers posseSsed considerable
'property on board the' Eliza : they, were dragged-of
'without being-permitted to make any arrangement
for the preseryation thereof for their childrewor re-
latives, without any clothing save what' happened
to be on them!
. The 'Cleopatra-, we-. are 'informed, proceeded for
Norfolk to take inprovisionS and water. We hope
the citizens of that place Will evince the same patriot-
, - ism and spirit as those of New York have done, and
deny the " man-stealers" the rights of hospiurlity.—;
They , deserve the,,execration of all good men.—
(11a4. Amer) '

AI.r:sAN'DRtA,'MAI 23.--=Vi>i-y ifTrv.
—We give thefOltowing as ^ report, wittiont
mean-
ie; to authenticate it. Indeed weltno‘V not how it
originated ; but it is said that as the United States'
Frigate Essex was returnitv-A hse she met with an
English- SloOp of War, and after making a variety of
signals, none of which were , answered, the Briton
suddenly fired a broulside into her, which being re-
turned by the American, the other went instantly to
the bottom. It is supposed the-. Sloop mistook the
Frigate for an .Inclitirnan, and by this mati(Euvre ek-
pectea to capture her.' •
'PHILADELPHIA, 1.1,1Ar20.--7Yesterday arrived,the
Ship Spe-edwell, Capt. WILLs; from La Guira
the Spanish Carraecas), which place, he left on the
_2Bth ult.' - He informS, its, that at the above' date
there were no accounts of. the arrival of MIRANDA
on any part of the Spanish Main, although,by intcl-
ligeae received there 'they Nt:Yere.ip daily expeaation
of his-appearance; and the'Spanish:Government wits
on the alert, 'having prepared all the Troops (about.
2000 Regulars; and 30-,000 Militia) ..that could be
raised to oppose him ; that the various accounts of
ingurredions -in that country were, ,as he belleves,,
erroneous;.as he heard nothing of any such insurrec7
tions ; thatfonthe 3d inst. in the*Mona Passage, he
fpll in with the British, Frigate Mermaid, Captain
licir..us,'ho. informed Capt. WILLS that Generpl
MIRANDA had sailed from Mole St. Nicholas, where
he Was joined bv.six British Frigates, in additiOn to
his two Arined Ships and two Schooners, with an
English General, and .6000 I'l-obi's, composed ,of
Mtilattoes and- Negroes-; and that his destination
was the Carraceas-, Whither• another- reinforcement
was to follow