Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-09
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ROMGUADALGUpsS
BY the brig Hiram capt. Dew. arr;;.
Lazeretts, from Point Pere. 10 ]c At ,As
whence he failed the r7sh ul,, y. N h,.
following. ~ uaSsiAs
81 fuppofe you have ALREADY b.,-a ),
fate OF Guadalupe. The black. h,s. ~ 'hs
and deitroyed the principal par, of ths s s'
tons, only FIVE have eleaped in Grand lana? Ta
They even hays..dsluoysd the cotton and .' ls
tee trees, by pulling them out Of the s Go, .ol,
by the roots, or cutting them down Wv elvu'a
failed, and after the battle Of Banh m%e
the blacks had generally taken to the wig!
in the adjoining coan.ry.--Tae aN;on . .s:
took place 10Th May, begun a, 3 n, 'a.a
in the morning, and continued unr. us'uss
until S in the afternoon, when The Pss
carried .hs sor,, and took ABOUT 400 nr;l %,4
ers.--- Thee hundred blacks eica.et r''. W.,
rsachsd the woods. In this aaoa ,h ,.s
were go blacks Killed, and Of tie vS; s.
100 killed and wounded.--Ths French !"
mediately .hot all the priConers in the onsl n'
fquare !-Pelage was iecond in eann,n.
during the action and indeed he is IN r,s'
engagement very conlpicuous.
The white inhabitants were .eavino Il.
Hand with great precipitatie#--A gr,s, 0c ,tT
nels RACES in the French army. Ouof II.
4444 men who came cut from France b,l,
are either dead or in the Holpi,al and in
deed unlefs reinforcements icon arrive H.
Blacks will certainly poGels the Inund,
America sslleis are not fufFered to briu,
from Guadaloupe, Cotton, lugsr, nor COFFEE
They are absolutely limited to rum and mo.
lsffes. II is certain, that for fons ysar,u
come Guadalupe will yield but little pro.
duee, either to France or to The Ansrlears.
The Government of Guadaloups take IL,
American eargoes, of which they asrd in
need, at their owa price, and are to pay them
one half in produce and the other in bills on
Bonaparie.-The produce they will doublsi
deliver when it grows
MIR. Jones our eonful was abou, falling
from Guadaloupe, the Government having
refuledsto;accept him. lin ihorl Guadsioupe
is in every rslpset leeond Cape Francois.
Yours J. ..
Capt. D. has alto furniihed the following
Proclamation,
LIBERTY. EQUALITY.
In the name Of the French Republic.
PROCLAMATION.
CHARLES SEkIzIAT, general OF br'gatt
commanding ,h. frf diyiilen OF the army
and the srrondiGsment Of La Grsud'.
Terre;
To all CalhivQt0ys Of La G,andt-lrn
Men who hold nothing iaered, not benz
fati.aed, in their principles of rebellion, Wit
letting on fire the fnelt difriets OF Guad',
loupe, have landed on the GFande. Isrfs, a@
done the fame mitchell.
Already leveral plantations havs Ossn'
prey to hames.--at the news OF The DANGER
our troops marehcdlsgaina thels ineeadIalls'i
two of their chiefs have meet with DEAN
and the greater part Of this bandi'u f'H
bitten the duf---th0ts who remained ~"
been dilpsrled. e..
Troops Of cul,iv.,ors, inaead Of opT0f1as
the conAagration, Or topping its pr9sls.''
have, on the contrary, aGisd in it, and rsn'
dered themlelves guilty Of the lame 'I'ns'.
Others, Iefs guilty but as dangerous az, az.
ceiyed or ieduced by thele wicked msn, ha.s
followed they are now fenhbis Of 'n'D
wrongs, bu, dare not aejars ther aso'' ,a..
Tbs general commanding The a'fe Gu new
raent ct La Grande- Terfe, wlihins I,h
the kindnels which The latter dsGst'e' a'a 81
iua r;sorr which the former have 10 "p'ii s'
when once acquainted with the :, p'' s0IIos.
Of the general in chief, has 'iiasa ''' w.
ing arrette,
A,tielt Fue.
sThere mall be an amnefy for evefYs% n
tiyator abfent from his plantation Wv
fhall re-enter it in "a hours after 'u' r
Gent proclamation. go. a,u k
granted to every cultivator, x .a,d; ra,
Bring back 6rslock in good , ;sna'''I
either to the conmiaary of his 0''''7
the commander Of the place s5oi |
3. Every chief Of cultl'a az ire, and |
plantation may have been lei %. on If Ls every
who fhall not have mace ~. ofthe in.
,,oc, the wickednels u ". ,,