Star.
London, England, 1802-10-23 00:00:00

MINISTRY OF THE MAMIE AND COLONIZE.

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Balk-Tare, Guistdsupe, Frit:Net 24, year io
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Citizen litinifter.4. have' to announce to you
the death of Gavial iticasiaast, which took
place on the 16tb of this month (Sept. ;) after an
glade of azteen day& • • c
The lofs of this Officer, fo much dittinguiffied
try his courage, his talents, and his fuccefs, has
excited my whole regret as well as that of the
itrmy, and of all the inhabitants who had time to
appreciate them.

-The taft honours*paid 'to his aches vserilicsond:
panied with every thing thatcan .impre(i:inajefty
on a funeral folenznity. .
The grief of anttbe inhabitants, the tears of the
brave men who,* conftantly letrat'-w Ukftory,
and who confidered hiss u a father, accompanied
the fad proceffion, which the ceremonies of reli.
gion, re.efiabliihed by the genius of the Fixer
Consul., rendered Rill more awful. His lifelefs
remains were interred among the glorious ruins
of the grand baftian, towards which he had di.
weed fame months before the principal. amok
Made on the fostrefs. A monument has been ell.
witted on his tomb, and the citizens, as well as the
army, inferibed on it the espreMon of their
tacbment and regret.
I was too well acquainted with General Rif*
PAMIR not to experience there. fentintents -matt
than any perfop. Since my refidenie in Guadaloupe
tge plan perfka cordiality prevailed between, 11S1
;hosowd the Folontin a fiat; of liege, and this state
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Mgrisl. Alen this General was titttelteri b 7: thei
i4if AIN ts*hich he fell a facrifice. s • '1
s Sisesprefent fituation•Of the Cohn)), Vas allowed
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'tire, ftore it to its natural , on, and to
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, • `meat sip& diftrlbution .44 I tPolg
the earlieft opportunity of doinks,et
rage has ceafed ; and I have •nothing MOT to do
but to fulfil the views of Government, by employ-
ing my whole care to bring back profperity to this
important ifland.
The remainder of the rebels, whore flight into
the woods prevented the army from reaching them, I
' confifts of tome hundreds of fcatterednegroes, the I
half of whom only are armed. The number does
not exceed that of the Negroes. formerly called
Maroon: in the Colony. Their expeditions are in
general confined to fecret incurfions into the level
country to carry off a few cattle• and manioc.—
They are driven back as Coon ai obferved,and
never make their appearance-till urged by famine.
I have caufed their retreats to be furrounded,
and have formed fnares to furprize them. This
was the fyltem of war adopted by General Rs.
CHEPANSE, and, which General GOSEILT executed
with the greateft fuccefs.
This General Officer being obliged to return to
France for the reftoration of his health, which has
Coffered by the fatigues of war, the Command of
the troops has devolved on Adjutant-Commandant
Miss AID, Chief of the Staff of General RICH r-
ratice, whom that General honoured with his
particular efteem and affedtion.
In begging you to requeft from the FIRST CON-
SUL, for this fuperior Officer, the rank of Ge-
neral of Brigade, I fulfil in. regard to him the
well known intentions of General Ricozratiss, at
the fame time that I only folicit the reward due
to his Cervices' and datinguithed talents.
I cannot call die" attention of Government too
much to the Cervices rendered by The army to
Guadaloupe. It is impoffible to.add to the der*.
.t tie and courage which it has always difplayed.,
.It has-been re-infor.c ed by a detachment of 4co
men, of the 7th demi•brlgade of the line, which
yon didetched from Holland,- wliiO, landed here
on the t/th of Fruitidor (Sept. 4th.)
The unexampled malady which this year has
ravaged the American Colonies has been felt at
Guadeloupe, but I have the fatisfadtion of being
able to announce to you that it has abated, and
we have more convalefcents than tick ; but the
Rate of convalefcence is long and painful : and I

Tusk diffemble that in chafing the Maroons, the
Soldiers too often forget the orders given them to
be careful of their' health, and not I r 4 abandon
themfelvesentirelY to the impttuofity of their am-
,rage, which induces them to undergo fatigue be-
lend their drength.
For my part, Citieeti Mini&er, if I 1411 be able,
as I hope, to confolidate the tranquillity of we
Colony,' and to render happy the Citizens who in-
Cobh it, my talk will be difcharged, and I flan
Ind my reward in the honour of having executed.
the intentions cif the FirlbConfist. . .
• Healtkand refpea, (Signed) a. t.eceossa.
This letter is followed by an official report by
General GOBART of the events which toOk place. in
Guadeloupe, from the arrival of the army, on the
16th of Flores' (May 6th), to the ath of Frudi-
dot "(Sept. 5). As the mod important of thefe
events have been already detailed, we (hell give
only the following exile!

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" The affaffination of three foldien towards the
end of Meffidor, and tome cartridges carried off,
occafioned new alarms. The imprudence of our
foldiers was the only enure of their lofsk but it was
neetkary that they fhould be continually on their-
guawt—to purfue them in the Woods is ufelers,
when we are not fore of finding them.
gi There woods are immure and•intpenetrable.
The mornes on which they rife are fteep, and
form peaks above a great number of rivers and
ftreams that traverfe them in every diredion.—
There is no place in the world more proper, in
every refped, for concealing Brigand. Vt hen,
with the certainty of finding them, intinite pains
have been taken to . arrive 'at the place where
they are, tome of them only can be come up with :
the band difappear like lightning. •
' “To efcape, they throw themfelves down the
fteepeft precipices; they then follow the cur-
rent of the water through the racks, fo that their
traces cannot be difcovered, and abfalutely be-
come invifible. To all there difficulties is added a
reafon-which ought to render incorfions into the
.woods lets frequent. Almoik all the foldieri who
have undertaken them inconfiderately, have been
attacked by the. malady. Erma the people of the
country cannot fapport them at this feafon ; and
a fetious illnefi k generally.. the confeqoenee of a
three days incurs= into the woods.
On the 1 sth Thermid*, /joy t), I received
attain information thatilaw negro., had afrembled
is the woods of la Goynnit..-they was entirely dit
Perfed, all their refourwarwere dofiropdrand great
carnage was made. •::*
di Politicil mesas ware employed to this
war. They teemed likely to fueceed, and a delay of
to days was *Bowed the rebels, to the ph of Frac:
Odor (20 #44ll#9ttitst they might.hwee time

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