Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-05-18
lwHoIE No. a6sl

saint, by unitorInlv pursuing his exter-
minating system Of policy. He causeda
numbered our unhappy breihfentobeen.
barked and drowned. II was not uncorris
mon 10 see at the balls given at the caro-
on board the admiral's vessel, those gen.
tlemen. during the intervals Of the dance,
leaning over the sides and contemplate
with cruel barbarity, the!careases Of the
unhappy blacks, thatwere floating around
them. - n Il 1 81 +
lie Clerc soon after fen sacrifice to
his crimes, and prey 70 despair, Be.
cause he could not overcome the efforts
of those who preferred death 70 slavery,
IN an existence exposed 70 the gallows,
the poign;ard, or to be drowned at the
viii Of their inhuman executioners.--
Rochambeau succeeded, and was deter.
mined TO surpass his predecessor in tho
attrccity of his crimes. He promoted
dsnuneiations and . general prescription
commenced against the people Of colour
and the blacks, and varied deaths were
eShibited. The slaughter Of Mazenco
was sgain renewed. ,.E*5 p ~
AT Jaequemel three hundred and fifty,
blacks and men Of color were enc
barked on board Of several vessels, con.
fined in the holds, the matches shut down,
and the fumes of sulphur introduced, d,
where in spite Of thsir ieart-rending sup.
plications, horrid screams and Queries
they were suffered to perish; and were
then, without any protection from the
voracity Of the fish, thrown into the sea,
aud by that means, perhaps, formed
part Of their cruel butchers Canibaps re-:
past. RI T. i, . = III -
= To strike . terror into che Insurgents,
Rochambean rspairedto Jaequemel with
1000 men, which he paraded from Aux d
Cages 10 Jerenie, with the double pur.
pose Of showing his force, and Of extnrt- !
ing money from the white inhabitants,
who were allured by the hopes ofsseing
their safety secured by our annihilation. f
Jeremie was the scene of the mast pres
meditaied cruelti.s s.cnlsa ,ers even
publicly put to death and drowned. J he
unsuitable avarice of Darbois, made him
employ every article and force TO d. .. i
troy the planters, to possess himself Of
their wealth. This line Of conduct has !
been universally pursued by The Frenth
commanders, to apprase that thirst Of
gold which they had imbibed in the cam-
paign Of Italy, and had brought with
them TO St. Domingo. q ~. L..
The want Of faith in the French, that
they so evidently display in all their treas
tics and the dread which the neigh
bouring powers entertain, Of seeingpfin-
ciples, subversive, at once, ofboth mo.
raj and religious duty, disseminated ID
their colonies, have facilitated the sue.
cess of our endeavours; while that va. 2
lour Of our armies, aided by climate. and
the strong posts which we possess, trom
whence We are enabled TO carry on war, =
againstwhilh al the tactics Of the French,
their wise mar, hes and counter marrh-
co, are unavailable. have secured Il 10
us, the fall of our tyrants, never again
in this colony to rise. The laureIs Of
Marriage are fading in ST. Domingos-
The want Of provisions. the fatality of
their men, have determined. the entirc
evacuation Of this country by our ene-
mics. And now thesonly distress Of .
their generals, is to preserve, from tho 4.
English, the treasures they have amass4 !.
cd but the danger of seeing them q
wished from their possession. in places s.
where the right Of reprisal entitled them .
to death at our hands, prevailed. Init
Undated, they prefer delivering up their
riches, to the English, 10 preserve lit.
he longer an ignominious hfe---Prinr.
however to this, the, had attempted, by
means as 'abject as they were before
proud, to cone,liate our aifections. They
feared not to inAict death, but have noe ,
the heart to meet il.
: To give you an idea Of the height 70
which their ayarice was carried. il will
Be necessary 20 revert to the moment in,
which they had determined upon the eva
ruation Of this Island. Exactions, lewis