Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-04-16

The deputies then went to Chriitopne,
to inform him of the conference they had
jua held with the captains general, and his
further pleafure. This news only ,ferved
to inAame the ientiments of tcroci,y he had
already manifehed.
Then the deputies repeated with more
force and energy what the municipality
had told him on the morning of the fame
day they'painted tie miefties withwhieh
he was going to cverwheim the colony OF
| which he would be the fole caufe. The
| mayor and the comm;if,ry of government
reminded him of the eGcem he had acquir-
ed with his fellow ci,izeas, Tie !ervicesh he
had rendered the pubic, the fruits OF
which he was going TO LIFE in noment,
, and laid before him the crime OF rebeill-
on, of which we was rendering himfelf
| cuipable.
Chrifcphe anfwered the conlni8ary Ct
government, whole, oblervaiions had more
particularly chssrined him Yen ypf1k
rs q blautsr, as q irepnstSr, 6a0e M
confidence in y,x," and retired teitiiying
by iaysge look, how much his foul was
exaiperated by the truths that had been ut
tered.
1huIiaay, 18th. At the dawn of day,
tie municipality Gill hoping to work up
On his ferNious foul, attended large col
lection Of old men, woren and children,
| wcut in crouds to the Camp de Mars, ard
from thence to Chriaophe, to reprelent to
him the extent Of fhe evils of which they
were TO become the victims. This pee
tacle produced no efttt upon his obdurate
heart, and he ordered them to retire.
1t was then icen tia, all was loft, and
that the menaces he made would loon be
| realized. TIE Frcrch fquadron which
could NOT enter tie evening before, on, &C.
CANT # THE zrjud, was diiccrned. lis
! entry N the courfe of tic day becoming
probable, tie novemen Of the troops OF
! the line, re united IN the Place d. Arms,
became mere attivs. Chriltophe repaired
thither, ard made ,hem take the oath, TO
CONQUER OR DIE III. forn, Of the
oa,h announced in TouGaint Louvertu,e's
procIama ZION OF the 7sth Frimaire.
At Q O'Clock he went TO the Common
Hall, where he warmly reproached The
mayer with having given 70 much publ
city to the proclamation OF France. The
mayor anlwesed, that he had only exer-
| c;fed the right his itation fantsioned, and
that h. gloried in having informed his
fellow-c; how noble ard generous
France was towards the colony.
Chriaophe announced to him, that he
had given orders that all the women, old
men and children, fhou|d leave the town,
and enjo:ned him, as we'll as the munich.
pal oiicers, to DO the fame, and to rem
devious at Haut-du. camp. The mayor
anfwered, that he would take the fen,i-
ments Of the municipality on this fubjet,,
who, faithful to their duties, declared
that no order, no injunction would make
them qui; their pof. This refolution was
tranEni': "a 70 him by Medard Thomany,
commander IN chief of The national guard.
Wri,ten notices were fehs 10 he comnan.
dsrs Of tie !our tettichs Q: the city of til
Cage, thai they lhouJ repair to the Com.
mon Hail, for yhe.puspoie Of receiving
the orders OF The Municipality.
Chriitophe, spptiied Of thefe difpofti-
ons, ana fearing no doubt the ifae, OK.
dered to the barracks, there to remain,
the national guard, which, after the h'it
orders, had psraded at the Place d'Arms.
By degrees he Withdrew the gendarne-
ric, attached to the fsrvice Of the NUM-
cipslity. The captain, lieutenant, and
Jingle gendarme remained notwithstanding
reiterated orders thas they G,ould retire.
Then was leen arriving from the plain,
feveral troops, to whom cartridges were
furnilhed.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, infor-
nation wss received that Chraophe had
delivered quantity Of FIRE. lances, as well
to the detachmcnss arrived froa the plain,
| as to the different pofs, for the purpofe
| of letting fire to the city, as foon as the
frft gun ihould be fired.
The municipality anxious to render 70
| atrocious dehgn Intellectual, circulated
notice to all the citizens, to provide their
houes with water, in order to oppoie the