The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-01 00:00:00

sr. Dommaa.

tri one of the Paris. Papers which we lately. received;
followiti:,, details of the, horrible Massacre lately perpetuity&
.oa the tViiite Inhabitants of tbe Island of St. Domingo (or
ti, as it is now called) 'are published. The .acts of
frantic and ferocious cruelty which ate particularised, how-
eiter emoivaiant they may appear, are still not unworthy of
Any man who has ever had an
,opportunity of con..
templating the Negro charaetyr, well knows that those
" L hildrenrof the'Sun," when once inflamed by kiquid fire,
arc capable 0411 srintoS, and vices in their Most horrid forms.
Human nature revolts at the bare recital of such enorthitie;;
tad we have no doubt that the following letter will tnakii a
great impression upon the acute senWiliiy of the French
People, and contribute more to overturn the dogmas of the
alew philosophy, than all thz! arguments that have been
hitherto advanced against- than.

The details you have published of the eneral
Massacre of the Whites,, in the Island of St. Do.
mingo, are unfortunately but too authentic : they
can b: attested by the 'Planters who escaped from
that I.land, and hive just arrived at Paris, sv!:ere
ha •.'e seen and heard them, being myself a party con-
cerned. If you desire particular, information, lam
going•to state that for which I can vouch.
" M. LA CAUSSADE, from Bourdeaux (whose
si,ter is at Pari.), made a voyage to the. West In-
dies with a cargo; he was at
.Cape Franc u s in
With A view tosave his prooerv, &cu-
ed it prudent to pay his court to the Negro Chiefs,
by. feastiog them. Five days after the Proclama.
Lion of the z8..11 of April was issued by DEstos..
2.114[5, he invited Des,iiLlNES, an about forty of
his Genera's and Officers, to dine with him; which
they .Ic-erred. The dinner was StiMpttlOth, accom.'
pnie'd nolooi gakty, and fioishcd 'with jiltations
orChanipaigo drank to the health of General ,Ds.
SALINES, mitt,. given by M. LA CAVs'ADF, to that
of the poopte of Hayti, Ike. The General, in his
turn, gave the health host t this was the signal.
Soot.ert was this 'Fast given, than the two 'who
sat next to M. LA CAUSsADE seized him., the One
by the breast, and the other by the thigh ; they lift.
ed loin up, and stretched him upon the table. Each
of the guests took his knife, and buried it in the
body of the unfortunate White, The Cannibals vied
with each other, in the words of the Proclamation,
for the homier of striiimsr the irs! blow. From LA
CAUssADEas douse they repaired'to M. FOLENN,
Merchant, demanded scme liquor, drank it, and as.
4assinateal him. 'Next they went to M. AttiAun's ;
then to another White MaWs, lopped nit' his arms
and leis,-and left the trunk alive as long ai nature
could support it. They next proceeded to M. HAR..
DIVILLLEItsi, partner in the house 'of FOACHtt,
&e. The cri;* of the dying spread, and were heard
in every house.
s• MadameGsoactu was at' home with her three
d.oghters, young, interesting, and well-bred girls.
The Blacks entered her house, sword in hand, The
women fled to the balcony, where the three young
girls were poigoattled. The mother not being stab.
bed, fainted away. By a refinement of cruelty,
the monuers re.called her to life by the scent of
vinegar, and forced her to cootemplate the shocking
spe&tcle of her murdered daughteo, weltering in their
hereon. , A Black, more compassionate, pelt a route
round the nick of the unfortonate mother, fastened
it to the railing of the balcony, and threw the body
over ; in this state she expired. I had a sister.in.
law in the town (her toster,daughtet), and other re.
lations : none at whom escaped.
These, Sir, are some traits of the unheard-of
cruelties committed at the Cape by the Blacks upon
the White People, the race of whom is now extind
in that fine Colony. Here you see the result of the
philosophical deciamitions which issued from the
lips of the friends. of the Blacks. Turn to the
Book intirulell, " The Year 2440;" read the Chap.
ter " Ref/satiable Monument ;" you will there.
find the cnnduut which DESSALINES porgies, traced
from first to lay.. Read (if your indignation per.
tents) the writings, the motions of such men as
BRIsSOT DE WAKVJLLE CONDOXCET,. and other
famous. Philanthropists of the 18th Century ; and
then say, if the French in the Colonies could escape
the fate they have already experienced in St. Do.
mingo, and which threatens them in theasther West
India Islands.

Thtee White Frenchmen escaped from the
Cape several days after the ,massacre, viz. Messrs.
GROSCHAMP, son.in.law to the late Admiral Count
GRAS4E,*BAREK, and CHAVJER. They owe
their safety to the courage ,ot Mr. Dunit, the
American Consul,_ who claimed, in the name of his
Government,, those three 'Frenchmen who fled to
him for shelter, asserting they were naturalized
Citizens of the United, States. Pe i)ed with them,
and they 311 arrived at New York, where they have
communicated the details published there, and which
are here repeated only in part. They there :related
the bets which you have now read, to• creditable
persons, from whom I have received them. I Was,
:no much concerned in them, having lost my whole
fortune, and a part of my tumily, them,, not to
obtain a certainty of the truth of all the 4etails
which I send yOu.
(Signed) AL,XII BUNANM"
P. S. It is asserted, that the Blacks have pre-
served at the Cape for their service, Mr. Duluvet,
Printer, and FAROUX, Engineer."

There are no persons to whom Society is more
indebted than to those travellers who. initead of
indulging in the festivities of the Courts of hurope,
transport themielves to remote and unhospiteblere.•
gions•to make discoveries beneficial, to mankind.—,
ALFXANDER Dc HUMBOLDT, Wilt) i% :just returned
to Europe, has employed ,himself irr examining the
lofty 'summits of the Cordilleras.. He twice went
to the crater of Pinchincha, which is nearly► three
miles in 'circumference. He discovertd within it
the ridges
.of several mountains, and he supposes
that the .bottom of it is on a level with Quito. He
meaStried the height of the. mountain, and found it
to he elevated about three miles above the sta.-7-
Chimboraco is yet higher by one mile.. This Tra.
yeller asserts, from adtual experiment, that'Croco.-
diles increase the quantity of air by breathing in
it ; whereas; it is absorbed by all other organized
beings. At Santa. he he saw, in what is called the
Campo de Gigante;
.a large colleetion of, Elephante.
bones, some of which he introduced into his culleC.'
tion, anti ;hipped for ' '
The Portuguese Frigate Carotin?, arrived at'
L'Orient the soih, with Madame LAstrss, and the
Portuguese Ambassador Pa LIMA.