Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-03-13
BALTIMORE, March :.

Arrived iAa evening. Capt. Rogers, ofthc
tchr. Nelly. from Cape Francois, which he lefr
on'thc I4'h Feb. The news by Capt. r. is
mott diitreihng, both on account of the Ameri.
can property which has been dearoyed at the
Cape, and the icenes Of horror and blood0ied
which have and will take place. ssas.s..-s &.
IL apPears that a diviGon of the French
heet, coofting Of a faiI offhips of the line and
u other ihips OF xn, with about 20 900 men,
arrived OF the Care on the cd Of February,
~hen regociations were entered into BY the COM
n,andan;s on each hdc, as TO the terms ON which
the one party were TO be permitted 10 land, and
the tcnaTc on which the other was 10 hold their
Liberty and property. During thofe peeocia.
lions, Gen. Leclefc refuisd to recognize any
toch Character as governor in the ifland, whole
iaattion, II was pretended by the blacks, was
wanting to permit him 10 land. This impolitic
i'eptmmed,stcly routed the fnfpicions of the ne
srocs. who peremptoriIy forbade him 10 land.
sod threatened, it toEce we're oed, to fepel il by
iosce--fo fre the town and murder the whites.
nthe evening OF the following day, one Of the
hips hove an near lhore. and was fred on by the
battery with red no, fhot which was ar the
lame time the Ggnal for the conaagra,ion of the
!own. Fire and faggon Lighted mp the Aancs
In many parts at the fame time, and the place,
during the night, exhibited fccne oi horror and
deitrutfion beyond the power Of defcription,
ard equaIled oniy By the dreadful fare il expe-
rlcnced in the year ga. Many nsiiacies took
place. and the brutal fass8e of the negroes fpar-
Cd neither age no: Tex. not Of their own colour,
except Americans, Que only of whom "a Young
man from Charleaonl was killed. With one
hand the black dr mons Of 1apshtcr were feep
holding mp the writhing infant, and hacking off
its limbs with the fxord in the other. 1ho(e
that eicaped the fword were preferved to w.t.
neis more hortid feniAiious, being dragged by
the negroes, (~ho evacuated the town during
the hre, and after the eemoIilhing of the forts
to their arong places in the mountains, to ierve
~ hoRsgcs or to glut their fury. On the morn.
ing ot the Stbs OF 1000 horfes, 20 only had e.
capped the savsges Of the flames. and their ten.
ants, except wsetched few on board the Ameri.
can ihiPping. we're no where to be fecn. Sugars
and other properly either rolled iH liquid FIRE a.
lcns the Rrccss, or mounted in cloudy volumes
10 the kies. All the plantations Of the cxtsn-
hse and once Aouriihing plain around the Gaze
for many miles. exhibited the fame tremendous
appearance. Port de. Psix wss ALTO coofumsd.
and every town ip the Ifland except Fort Dauph.
IN, Il was expected, would fhase GmiIar fate
with the Caps. Fort Dauphin had been pre-.
iervsi. by another diviGoo Of the aeet taking
pcGcfIion Of II without moleaasion---four diyi.
6ous having arrived At different points of the
Hand about the fame time. BeGdes the two
mentioned, ono had gone into tie bite Of Leo
game.
After the total evacuation Of the Cage By
the blacks. the Ffsneh fhipping saeIed into sbe
har5or and took petition Of she town and fosss.
Csps. R,gen was permitted By the insendsns TO
fail OF the s<,h wish difpatches. We learn bat
oil other Americans were Gill defaincd.
Il wa not knows vhers Tou6.;nf w.s