Star.
London, England, 1803-11-08 00:00:00

THEM DOWN FOIL FILAR OF IIIIN G DROWNED.

Thefe are great evils, no doubt, and many im-
prudent things have been done ; but thefe are not
all ; many horrid deeds remain to be unveiled—The
multiplied arras, executions, by hanging andpchUe,
gas of vengeance which have been exercife4
munberlefs perfecutions, repeated drownings(swjadir)
by hundreds, fometimes a or soo at a time, have,
filled up the meafure of our evils, have'difgufted all'
goad men, have alarmed them for their own fifer'',
have excited fear of the faml effeasof thefe atroci.
ties, and given reafon to apprehend a cruel tetaliation
on the put of the enemy, driven to deipair, Wholhave
to avenge themfelves, not only for the prefent,' but
for ages of mifery and torment which their race have
, (offered.

Leci.aec was not a man ea cruel difpofition. It
was the bad meallises purfued in France which made
him fail in his deigns, and the French government
was deceived by the difaltrous influence of intriguers.
It was after LacLeac's death in particular,•thst
this ferocious fyaem of general deftruaion was (up•
ported, and made alarming progrefs. •
At to the prefea Daure exeicifed per iateril*dos
dice of Captain General. He is a man interelled its
all bargains, who hobs oaly to enrich hinsfelf, who
tans thane with every body, who vials.' to makel
many pattlaunit, and for that reafon is exceedingly
complaifent; and courts every Body. He has there.;
fore &feted every thin to be dose, and Weed all
his orders agreeably to the wines of the faaions
file feet froth France and the agents of England.
It iris durinithe time that the Freed Dauer*
eiallialidit thief .PO interim, es, the death 4,
Locum, that &Litho of Aliesty whiab eosin Air

Ckamp de Mari, was tat down.
itoceassasio *Mild from Port an Prince t rake
the command- He kia canted the tree otablity t.
be reamed ; another Was ended in its place- lie
teemed as if deferent Of tonduaing himfelf with pro-
deuce and moderation, of conciliating the minds of
the blacks; be even canted all the prifoners who were
crowded together in' he.thips of war,„to be fet at li-
berty. But be *as Loon fUrrotiaded by the Engfith
Whom. aid the cunning and addrefs ants peridrtous
saints triomphed: all his patrons and weakneires
went Battered, aid they Coon got hint entirely fubjedt
to their influence.
. .
They made him efpoufe and participate in digit&
aces of cruelty, and when once become their accom-
plice, they brought him completely under the yokr,
and Rill keep him enchained.
At the cadet a fortnight they revelled coition to
Hine in oral. for fending back to prifon all *ors
Wham he had fet at liberty, and they were ackord-
ingly carried to the (hips from which they had bed
beleafed ; sad it i•• w. itiosie fir iriat pole&

OCRAWIIIIIC is a MILO always [sr:Wogsdad by hdr
own creatures, who yields only to the Whim:Sof It.
bcritiites and proftientes ; he is it party num a tool
and fer•ile agent of the royatift and colonial Mica,
Vatnitanc and odters l be retains hawed in lithium
is viodiftive to excefs, and paellas no generous fee.
tiznents, as deba*bees and thole addllbed to their
bottle generally do. This is his particular &moles
.-he is ohilluate to foUn lad atvir *Madam a bat
baeafure.

AU that can be faid in his fa oar is, that be is not
a ribber e be however emits money RI a very impe-
rious manner for the wants of the ferviee. *ideal re-
plate lay prim, saw y is a Vespared amary, ibijag
so military kap.
In a word, he is defpotic and cruel, both by prin-
ciple and Oa:atter; he is only a ferocious (oldies;
brave as a grenadier, and that is all ; proper far
advancing, but in no manner sued for a Commander
in Chief: without dignity, and without llytnnef•
tie is merely a loldier, and abfolutely incapable of
governing: be is pad only at,adies If ma.
There two Chiefs, who have fucceeded General
!Artier, (offered themfelees to be circumvented by
all the pardoned emigrants come from France, who
pretended to be patriots, while they were only cm
cealed enemies.

Thefe atrocious men, by whom they were, and Bill
are ihrrounded, have indoced, and *ill induce thins,
to commit daily, or to rater to be committed before
their eyes, the molt horrid atrocities.
There Chiefs, therefore, have beets, and medium
to be the intrisic's,' of the caprice raffions, hatred,

. . . . ,
All thefe men of blood, all thefe malef.dtors, are
affilled in their perfidious manoeuvres by the protec-
tion of LA Touc H E, the naval Commander, cs•ho fup-
ports them with all his influence and all his power,
participating either through indolence or weaknefs in
all thefir principles and opin(ons. He is an old liber-
tine, who jives here in a very indecent punnet, whis
thinks of nothing but bit plearsires, who has the meas.
nefs to be the obfequious tool of the companions of
his debauchery ; and of thole who furround his mit
treffes : he covers them sbith his egis.
Every day new con.fpiracics are fabricated or (up.
pofed at the Cape, and in the different "parts of dill
Colony, in order that there May be a pretence for
biszg or drowning.
It is faid, and daily repeated before the Blacks, that
they mull be maffacred to the laR man. It is in this
manner that onr rulers wilh to prolong the war 'of
extermination between the two Colours.
The dr`ownings (noyadu) did not take place merely
after the death of General LECLERC : ant: that time
they have been continued, repeated, and mul•iplied.
It is often fuppokd, that all the perfons detained on.
robs, board a Chip are about to proceed to France, but on
king tarried out a atilt way to fed, the voyage it endei! ! !
4~asertd, very few precautions pre taken :
awn do not give themfeins the' trouble to
fwgi a 'prettnee : they coafult only the gratification
of their hatrid, revenge, and pride, or the defire of
getting:o4 it ..• ,creditor, or of fcizing on the pro-
pos/ of stnother, without the leaft form of trial,
without easainiklll, without surly formality, without
* leaft appearance of any regular proceeding; men
ot colour an& even gasket, old men or children and
even women, are crowded together on board Come
regal or Orip'of war, and. witboht much inquiry the
whole are confounded, tad fat-rifted evitheut arrey.-1
They ark thiown overboard or put into Wan:, and.,
Iliot being tied to their feet, 'they are carried to'
the extremity of the harbour and precipitated aim
into the waves. The Mans lowever.often refute to
receive them. and throw back the. bodies into the
harbour as if to actufe their wiwesotioefei'e and'give evi-
dence of their crimes. The bpdies of many white
men have been in this manner drives back to the
Awn • Such is the plaice of this country, and there
,are conildered as fuperb fpettacin. Every thing is
right and proper, provided they can get rid of an
enemy. Such is the rdigion of Saint Domingo.—
This is the juftice.of casaibalsseilir.b excites horror,
001100 ch is an intuit to the French Govertuiseer:-n
lladi executions are eallodifo wogs a Pyle is joir4 a
ioyage to the Wind at tie bottom of the tea : a/kr a
~.itdsr perks. to go to the pearl•fithery. Many other
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are gisien by way of ridicule to tbefe horrid
pogises. They tall them alto Belie Is liftr. to
tea s, and they pee a draught of eels kind
to the Abbe Laren, a celebrited Natural, and
'Member of (*Tend Academies, aid to many others I
'oci. Not long ago, before the departure of Roc eau-
stab Mon the Cape fck Port-au-Prince, about the
s6tb of Ventofe !,March :7), the e'were drowned in
this manner, withootemansination, without trialemd .
without mercy, few fay too, others yo men of
colour of blacks, who were on board the Duqoefne
/hip of the line irk the harbour of the Cape, no doubt
for, the &pore of making 'ram for cubes.
I grieve Maintain 'leak efts of inhumanity. They
.611 sue with horror. I never (peak of thefe public
misfortnots, which are here coldklaid as gimlets
aeries% and excite general •"
t bat a few days ago,
being on a nut ko frtadiams, •• • ptorkt"
of a foga work, who iiieselly oldie in Francs,
befig married to sbt obi ltagilham 'of heardares.4
/be told me before reveal perces, with the indigna-
tion of as hostel egunsa who potelfed a humane' •
beam that sio oleo of colour or blacks had been
drowsed oa board the Daquefne. A perfaa is com-
pany levies Abed whether thit was certain 6e re-
plied, it was fo certain, that as Officer of the Lbipt
woos came the mentioned, " the young Ow,
donna who wet bee yeltuday," declared that Übe
had hoes charged with the execeloa, be would have
refufed. and would have tipSed shai k oak iota*
issksw. This reload* Li* added, that aims
theft unhappy victims them was a yospg bum of ty
or s 6 years of age. named Pact, who had bees the
ftbeolifellow of her fon, sod 'educated with him at
the College de Liancourt.
I bad Isolate beard at the horde of this Lady, that
a naval Officer whom i have fometimes feu, sod
who belonged to the Degas; Tronia, reefed Is take
charge of theft executions in foot boats lent tint free
that (hip, flying, k was eel aa szonolostr, 11411
not tasskieak the dial q—.
Townso n. was awshered is as Americus islp a
this was SIVA s bat ir trier wet &mei
Rather than kill and drown without iLsyaloft. why
dot enchain the guilty whoa proved to lief° ? A dead
man is of no life I a man ia chains may be of great
de is Sr. Damian by his labeler.
That, drowainp (..pair) fo okra repeated. and
fo foment% were fucceeded by ads of &rocky of a
new kind.

Blood-boeuds were brought Iron iaand aft

Cubs. or hoe the Continent of America. sad the('

dogs, which fecund to be refereed for war. far the'
porpofe of ambukades. or for felf-prefeevatios, were
Mimed through a relhararent of croaky, under the
authority sad approbation of the principal chiefs. to

ism r di &At ;lima To mix tb;s ana node: then
forocioosethey yore fed on the lictit of the Ingram

To try them, a bLlcit was taken from prifori; atri
being carrried into the Court.YArd, or Garden behind
the Government Houk, the dog& were ler look upon
him,and by e way encouragement made todevourhien.
Anwher was Carried to a place called le );taut du
Cep, at the diflance of a league, where the dogs ynqe
let loofe, and the black •expofed 'to be detoured -by*
them.

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The dogs at firk made whine attatk, and At !in-'
fortis tote wretch only. received a feW bites intiace-
rations. .This was not, enough, nothing lei's than
death would faddy his tormentors. The victim was .
then railed up and 'ordered to run, as it was hoped
that the dogs would then double their fury, aad pec-
toral Osq ferrite required of them.. They %Cereals*
let ionfe, but not.being tufficiently cruel sad yorwa-4
ous, they only repeated their former laceratiaelisMlL.
would not devour the unfortunate vi dim, fo
wasfoultdomeitary to pet an end to his tortattrbil
• t- • • -
&Opt; mar.
Perfoos who call therafelves men were pretest at.
this fpedtacie t it is even (aid, that there were women's;
but I willdot Venture to dirt; I &ode rather to"
(10,6.4. pride and the obilinaey of prejudice
incite to the commilEon of fo horrid cruelties 1

• On tic nth or.2Bth Ventofe (18th or 19th March),
Oen. Baal* Chief of the Stall; a very young emaii
whieh is a Sante to humanity, and ticket alionioi-
meniahlinintirdele. srfe. nfieumplaint again ft his cook:
who had robbed bins nist few few. Premix& when hie
went to market, engird hiss to be retried out into.
the court or gareell-Aeltitid the ClAnstnent•botti,
arbetVa cfaiiiereeltifl oiler to the fury of theft:
hkm4irawfL It is tddad. but I Will not venture to,
aim it, that Gcieral. Itacisamiams was remit*
that the Week went and threw himfelf itt his feet, to,
implo'r'e hie them. land prim; but that he pedietti
hint Voclely kom With on *hick ie was I:dared
dedive• : •
Ail aria Mies gime in the town, with the ham&
le* and Wei is eyes of the Wicks, who are me
tigt, aolmilie ferrite. or in Meths ersOrese
bile . :
not Joinid di• iiiJllii
meth*** pitetintid to their knits, whein,liellia."
and. what obltyliveleew ie• will eitleulated-an
thqs;Wisit a daiire to join the brigands, tallithim/
thefr
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jafties the sidead kepdJwertwdid 4
awhile M Sitig!lith_ ~idifl~ to
k bee hod to be dhows bed si fah—. :
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• There Maud baud Were midget hpahelagaiehrgeld;
!dr, Olt leaded is the fastedbed. tided der
r or Ude flasis,to eddsttiilwidie gslertgemeilmilleds 011
par hodete," hY• 004 • gleseld wide Se shisheted •
sedge le Whereto ad iodise se the Ilpalede, who plied
so heeimets et liessekas Ism; sr 'dales, id Wed ebbs
bees calf hr the Ildredheadiddied. Ts 111 gp dig medics
theif relty.-they hell, die bre dee dai
ear Ma. dm lie talk*. Ileidiet de hair isteded 17
the loss silk to dish they were wWaft ezashi, fade;
dog seiderg/ es leldwpwle. Ides der hoed his Areggagi;
the Smirk hole a he mess .eerier., le seeders a Ws-
drat bah. ter site Atedied."-40 Mahe die Icwast ai A.
I4Weerkg yet hs NOitreshalsie dor Av this OssilsamMe,Rdrl).4ll.
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NEWCASTLE, NOV. 6.

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It is with the deeps* regret we be& girl ear abi.
Wary of this week. •A fever is new nips ia this
Rowe, which has, vAdda a few days. Glared al! w
'aualwr.of irerflas Various are the twin to wink
aeroef Ade malady is at s that vas& .
sedleed is. that it was breaths hese by the
Bapplesaastary Militia, who Imola
(mod of their assa, sad who haven rasa a ries
number lick
The &Corder hes yarrasled use* is the low=
of the tows, cad pellerday she
wat the Ire enema; far *e perpoieMlingeN4Lez!
lass cad alley as the eresy Edecoat**
Ws hope this fabstary aseafare will lelp to pregame
the costerie !ma fliftedies, amid &Sit is the sella
ratios dands

We in gemmed to hes. tiss Issesalloss beet '
received is toss, which moil% am
Week has suit its appearaoes at risp
The fallotriag is as emus of a ktsa;
8, *Yids cemossitetes fame particelars telisealst
this unfortunate !peat

is A calamity had befallen tts here, from which
won ferious couliquesces are appritheaded. &meat
welds lately arrived is den pen fres New Ifork.aad
other parts of America, ban cosumaiessed as se
that fatal diforder, the yellow fever. is deitosilive
the Amaiesees. Soese of the inhabitance in the tows
gad hint e die daily s all the crews la the harbour
are more or left Aided with it. C.iptaha a
swede, whom you blow, sad will regret, died lait
eight, halides three of his crew. ' His weird pelf es.
tend the port three days before. All emmesica.
dos between the tows, the harbour, aad the side, is
codorkl, which prevent se from learelog the true
lase of thole on board of doe Miami hip ; but we
fear the wore. At pretest the weeds are relkilled
hoe all iorercaerfe with tads other, wwwitheaadime
fusetimes the goo* organ calls of befusdi. The
Ea 4141 Cseverwoost well, so doubt. fess be so .
qoanntd with our fituatioo. and wal take amalimos
sccordiegly, to amid a (Miler midgets's ranee aft
your cowry. by preveatior the hoodattaa 0f..,
nick into the d 6 that hen lastly ems
from this Tauter, soa7 they have pariemed gm.