The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-02

An indifcr1minate maiiacre of all the white
French inhabitants at Cape Francois took place
on the Goth OF April. In this dreadful carnage
which continued for three fuccefiive DAYS and
nights, the murdererS ipared not &c ez,en fbe zuo-
men and children E'' An embargo was laid on
the American veiiels in the harbour previous to
this work of death ard had not been taken off
at the date of our corefpondent's letter, which
was the 29th.
On the 18th inf. arrived at Charlefton. the
Brtlih fhip Enterprise, and brig Garland, pri-
vate armed vefel, in five days from Nahau
The Garland captured the day before her arri-
val, about twelve miles below Charlefton bar,
and carried into port with her, the French fl,ip
African Formerly the Herald Hoop of war, in
the navy ofthe United States) having on board
35s French troops from the HAVANA. The
french fhip truck her Ggnal without firing a
gun, after receiving two fhots from the brig.
Two days before the Enterprise and Car
land left Nafiau, French armed brig OF 6 guns
and upwards Of 600 men, ran aihore on Abako,
and only l3 of the men were faved She was
laft from Havanna
Yefterday arrived and anchored off the Qua
rantIne Ground, after pafiage of l6 DAYS from
Guadalupe, the French fhips of war Cybele,
capt Senez, and La Didon, capt. Brouard, OF
"A guns each. We underitand thefe veiiels late
ly carried out troops from France to that place.
At the time they left Guadalupe, neither it nor
Martinique were blockaded by the Englifh.
| Among the paflengers arrived here few DAYS
hnce from the Havana, in the brigantne To-
feph, capt. Pratt, is the brother of the unfor-
tunate Fedon the elder. merchant. late of
Cape-Francos, who fell victim to the fero-
city of General Rochambeau. Mr.. Fedon,
fearing that this melancholy event may be
mllreprefented by the malicious or uninforn-
ed, and produce impretiions unfavorable to
the memory of his brother, and prejudicial to
MS family, has requeited us to publi{h the
following Declaration, which he made before
| the French Agent at the HAVANA, & which
contains correct ftatement of the circum-
tances which preceded and accompanied this
fatal cataftrophe.
T,iNglated for the Mercantile Ad4ertier.
Extract from the Regiter of Acts recorded by,
the fpecial Agent of the French Government
at the Havana.
| !, the undersigned Bartholomew Fedon, COM
PEELED to retire from the colony of St. Domin-
go, have confidered it my duty to publih at the
place OF my debarkation, and within the firft
twenty-four hours, the motives which have for
ced me to abandon my property and my COM
merclal concerns.
| For long time paft the houfe of Fedon, Bro
theirs, has been the object of unceafing and
caufelefs perfecuton from the Commander in
Chief; which periecution has been principally
directed againft John Baptifte Fedon, my bro
Their, probably becaufe he was the principal
partneri In the houte, and had the chief direction
| of its affairs.
General Claufel had let us fore in the dwell
ling houfe he occupied, and of which he is the
proprietor, for the purpofe of ftorng -four this
-four was confifcated by order of General Ro
chambeau, although he had fufficient evidence
OF It's beng our property. /. From our decla-
ration made before the commifary of the police
Tome time antecedent; and 9. from our books
in which were duly ported the purchafes and
fales, great part of it being difpofed of.
] In fhort time fubfequent, and in Vendeni-
aire laft (September) FIX horfes were taken out of
our fables by order OF General Rochambeau.
three of them of great value, under the pretext
OF mounting the dragons, although fuch hories
cannot be employed in that fcrvice.
| Thefe circumstances, highly ageravatinp in
themielves, were as nothing in comparifon TO
what followed.
On the cd Brumaire October e3d) at s o'clocl,
in the morning, an officer ofthe gendamerie, ac-
companied by two folders, prefented them
ielves at our dwelling houfe, and delivered an
order from the general in chief, in the following
| terms -
| Head Quarters OF the Cape, 1T Brumaire,
| year II (22 OGtober) 1908.
| The General-in-chief, conlidering the pref
fling neceilities of the army, DEGREES, That the
Citizens Freedom, Brothers, fhall depofit in the
public treaiury, within two hours, the fun of
Six Thoufand Dollars for which a receipt from
the treainry ihall be delivered to them. The
commandant Of the garrifon is charged with
the execution OF til prefent order.
! i3iSHe,O RocHAMBRAU."
| Citizens Fedon were at that time wholly deAi-
tute of cath yet they were prevented from 60
ing abroad to procure rcfources by the two FOL
diers who were left as guards over them at one
O'Clock orders of imprisonment were iducd A.
gainft Citizen Fedon, and the younger brother
was conducted TO prifon. The elder brother
however, was the defined victim; and in con(e-
qucnce thereof, in few minutes afterwards, the
former was releafed, and the latter put into clofe
| confinement.
| Ii should BE- remarked that similar demands
were made on other merchants al the same time
and they were imprisoned because they could not
comply but Citizen Fedoh the elder was the on
ly one closely confined, excepting Citzen Allard,
whose confinement wasn cor -equence Of noro.
per language used towards the General in Chief
| On the forenoon Of the following day October
4th) / received in Information that the General in
Chief had ordered my brother to be shot for not
having furnished :he sum required
Although was far from believing that this
sanguinary or,er wonld be carried into execution.