Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-09-12

i .... e;s;zens we're .ofderedto fepair
IouiO.,sr tet place where they were sur
funded by a great military Iorce
50a TN. man who for his offences had been
uni ,n;,,ed to prison, was liberated by the
so arh agents in consequence Of his I'M
linz to select those of the inhabi-
~, who had, in any manner, favored the
'a .a,t,I,,ion of the town, or who bad shewn
y Sosn;tality to the English, whilst they
~, !, possession Of it. The iniscreanl
a..sd before the citizens, who were drawn
4 r., n lucs, amounting TO uear three thou
Ind. Among whom nc pointed out about
-. thousand four hundred persons to the
sarv OF the government; without any cyl
4 -. or further examinations, they were
II ad;uIged to be shot. For this Purpose
suitable number ofsoldisfs were drawn
ON. The unhappy victims were marched
N 10 their destruction upon the quay, IL
cts Of three hundred and h,itchered.
the carnage was dreadful. In the last
&C these unfortunate groups, were two gen
.l.men Of great respectab!ltv, who received
- wound from the 6re ; bur, to preserve
themselves, dropped with the rest, and ex.
shibited all the appearance OF ilaylnS partlci-
r,ted in the general tate.
rh;s execution took place IN the evening
Immediately after It's close, the soldiers,
h,ipuel and sick with cold blooded slau5h-
8ter marched backto- their quarters, with
Aaossxanining whether every person upon
I whom they had fired had fallen avicnm
10 the murderous ballet. Soon after the
soldiers had retired, the women OF lou,
Zion, allurrd By plusder, proceeded TO the
Natal spot.a Mounted upoaths bodies ofshe
fallen, they stripped the dead and dying.
The night was stormy. The moon, emery
mo from dark clouds, occasionally shed its
male lustre upon this hofrid scene. When
/ The plunderers had abandoned their prey,
during an iaterval of deep darkness, in the
dead of night, when all was silent, and un-
conscious of each others intentions, the
two citizens who had escaped the general
carnage, disencumber:d themselves from
the dead, under whom they were buried---
chilled and naked, in an agony OF mind not
10 be described, they at the same moment,
attempted 20 escape. In thelr agitation,
they rushed against each other. Expressi.
ons of terror and surprise, dropped from
each of them, Sob! God. it is my ia.
,her!" SAID oae. . My son, nay son, my
son!' exciaimedlhe other, clasping him il
his arms. They were father and son, who
had thus miraculously escaped, and met II
thissextraordinary manner. !.
The person from -whea received fhi'
ays>.ssr, :-s4aoFnIeu me, that he knew these
gensemen very well, and that they hae
been re-settlet. in Tonlon about two years
The wretch who had thus directed thu
ruthless vengeance of a revolutionary ban
diti, against the breasts OF his feiiow-ci!i
zens, was at this time IN Paris, soliciting
from the present government, from to-
tal misconceptions of lis nature, those re,
muneiations which had been promised
but never realized By his barbarous EN-
eloyers.
Ineed scarcely add, that although he hae
been in the capital several months, he hae
not been able 10 gain access to the minister
secretary.
The time oftsrrors~as over---the muir
derer's occupation was gone---the guile
tine, with unsatiated hunger, after having
yorged the food which WAY thrown to il
had devoured lis feeder.
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