The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1791-11-14
P E N N S Y l. V A MA.

P E N N S YLV MA. a
H A D E L P H / A, October 20.
The Governor OF this commonwealth has if,ued
proclamation, otf-ring reward Ct Fize huaa,.a d.
lar, for experimenting any of the perons concerned
In lately letting fire to tundry fables in this CITY.
In addition TO the above few pri, ale citizens Aay.
oAered reward OF Five kus4,yd Dsays for the fam.
purpofe.
Extnatf efa letter firm te-fraaeei, lated Ga. a.
=" Aecordlngto the repreieniation made TO The
General Aaen,bly on September ~ no lels than
two hundred 1ugsr plantations Destroyed on tho
north Tide of the Aand. The devaltations of theCs
feyrs III the northern and weitern parts fill con.
time, and the number of revosed caves are eitnpa,
ed at leatt oae hundred thouiand. The Enelisb At
Jamaica have trnt US iome a(flance of ihippnp and
iallors which ieem to have it in their power 10
do any thing efectual towards quelling the revolt.
The Jamaica Blue Mountain negroes are looked for
in few days, iome fay Ave or iix regiments, whole
modes OF fighting :: is thought will! anfwer better
IN the mountains than thoie pra6fied by the whites
Bftiifs HOP of war OF Fifty guns and frigate are
arrived at Port-au- Prince with arms and ann,upi.
on. but no troops, which alone in he preient exgen
cy could be OF any fervce. We'have every realoa
to inpPofe thar this inlurrsaon will have conebi.
on hn,iar to a former one in Jamaica the negroes
retiring into lnaccefible mountains, where they will
bid defiance, and in the end force declare h.m|
/ independents to prevent their inva6ons and ~ |
berries"
o.. 80. Turfday laf, about one O'Clock, ,hs |
table OF Mr. 7bsmas Filter, in Spruce Areet, caught
fire, which continued the roof and upper Aoor, and
quantity of hay, &C. and communicated to brick |
fable adjoining belonging to Mebaas Waka, Ef; !
the roof Of which, and about tons of hay, were
iikewile contained. Circumstances have created,
tnipicion that this diiaAer was occaGoned by for
evil -ditpoted perfon.
i Wednesday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the er
was again alarmed by the cry of fire, which appat
ed in the neighbourhood of Dock -treet, and d. |
itroyed frame -houie, containing quantity d
hay.
NOVEMBER I.
Extra9 efa Il hev fr0m Gensleman at Cape F,amsi
aMerebaut in tb.s city, dated On. a.
=" We remain in diftreilng iituation relating 70
the Negroes and there is hope that peace asa
fafety will be reltored, until get more forces
this 1and."
BY advice from Port au- Prince, received this day,
we are informed that Negro camp, in rhe vicinity
Of that town, contains 70 ooos all armed.
-Four Perions, fuipected of being concerned 10 "
late attempts to iet fire to the city, yeitsrdJ
apprehcnded, and are now confined for trial. Th
The information which will be had from then
will, probably bring to light the whole Of the d'',
ing plot.
NaD. !. A gentleman who arrived on M0paaa}
laft from CapsFraneois takes the liberty Of public
ly declaring the report of the defeat of the Whites
On the zzd Of September Taft, with the los Of Nv
men, void Of truth, as he was an eye witnels to th
attack, in which only 4, Whites were killed ~
wounded, and as Negroes were put to the iwe'.
One of the chiefs, named Giles, was found, ahH
the battle, wounded in feyeral places; be wa, p
headed, then isnt TO town, paraded through ~
ftreets, and expofed gallows for four days I.
On the sd ofOaobcr. an attack was made on ~
plantation of NJ Gallifet, which was the graos
camp Of the Negroes, in that part Of the province
they were iarPrifed in the morning. before , ~
when there enlaed complete bntchery-the Wn.s'
took all their cannon Ueven pieces of iron and o..
Of brafs forced them off the pan,ation ing on,,
lofs the Whites received was one regular ioes
wounded.
! The lateft accounts from ST.. Domingo are 'n''s
brought BY lie Betty, Crawford, aud The A1s'A'