The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-03-13
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Arrived laf9 evening, capt. Rogers, OF the
lchooner Nelly, from Cape Francois. which
he left on the I4th Of February. The news
by capt. Rogers is mott dihreGing; both on
account of the American property which has
been deitroyed at the Cape, and the fcenes of
horror and bloodihed which have and w1lltake
place.
It appears that a diyiiion Of the French
fleet conti1ting of fourteen fail of ihips of th.
line, and reri other fhips of war, with abour
10000 men, arrived off the Cape OH the q
o. ebrnary, when negotiations were entered
into by the commandments on each ide. "a to
the terms on which the one party were 70 be
permitted to land, and the tenure OF WHICH
the other was to hold their liberty. During
thoie negotiations, general Leclerc refulcd 10
recognize any tuch character as a governor
in the iiland, whole fan6tion, il was pretended
by the blacks, was wanting to pcarnit him 10
land, 7 lis lupoitic Rep Immediately routed
the iufpicions of the negroes, who pcr.nnto-
riy forbade him to land, and threatened. IF
force Were ufed, TO repel it by force, TO fire
the town, and murder the whites. Or thl
the evening of the following day, one Of the
hips hove in near ihore, and was fired on bv
the battery with red hot fkot; which was al
the fame time the fgnai for tie confederation
inc town Fire and fasgots lighted up the
flames in many parts at the fame time. and
the place, during the hight,eShibited a lceDe of
horror and deffuaion beyond the power Of
Description, and eGualled only by the dreadful
fate it experienced in the year 17o2. MANY
rnaiiacrcs took place, and tie brutal laos Of
the negroes ipared nei her age nor Tex; nor Of
Their own color, except americans, one only
n r %
Killed. With one hand the black demons
OF haugatef were ieeh Folding up the writt@
ing infant, and hacking OFF its limbs with the
WORD ~ the other: Ihole who efcaped ths
iWord were preferred to witneis more horrjd
ieniatlons, being dragged by the ncgroes( who
evacuated the town during tlte hre} and aftet
!demoIlii'lng OF The forts ITO their Rrong places
IN the mountains, to ferve as hostages, or to
gut fhelF fury: On the morning of the sth,
OF 1000 HOTTIES, So only had eicapcd the raya3
ges OF the flames, and their tenants, except 4
Wfetched few on board the fhipping, were nd
where to be ieen. Sugars and other property
either rolled liquid fire along the hreets, or
mounted IN cloudy volumes 10 the a,i6s. All
the plantations of the eItenfiye ana GonrjG1
ing Plain around the Cape for many miles,
sXh,bited the fame tremendous appearance.
Us "iN WAS sIlo cobiumed, and eEerc tbWIl
in tie iiiand except Fort Dauphin, il was
expected, would fhare Guilar fate w,,h .he
Cape. tort Datpl}n lad been pre|eryed he
another divifon of the feet taxing pogtifnl,
OF itwthout medication; four digiGons hsy.
arrived at different points Of the iAaDd .bogt
the fame time. Befidcs the two mentioned.
one bad gone into the bite of LeoQaue.
Alter the total evacuation Of tie 60 nc
the blacks, the French ihipp;ng haired ma
the bsr6or,and took podcglo,, Of tl. Town >, 1
forts Certain Rogers was permitted 10
the intendant 20 fad on the r4th win d..
patches, we lesfn; but all other Atnsrle.,4
were Rill detained
Is was not knoan where TouFaint ga l,r-
ing the conRagration, bot Re W., i,or,o,.l
70 have been at th= Cap, :nr5g. in, ,.g;o1
me hand OF deitU6ti5n Re is now n ths
bead o. his army in the noontsirs. +, IL
itfong BY na;uJe,a and which ne lad for l,ms
1ire been t5riifyiEg and rendering iJ,,oreo !.
nab'a by arr TO this from hold he has r.
tired with lis myrnoijons; aud from il viii
maze his nurdcroJs executions an5 b.rrsfs his
aiia'ants. Rigaud, his old ard i,npiacablc
fiYai5 was witt bis eneniss, and much WIS