Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-16

Fl vo,,r vessels !; isawlil be for your 'a'
E,srcsss 70 deliver them up, ans the oss'
nrom;.es that if that be done lmmsdia'e-s
iv. no farther measures snail PC 'u'sa.
ed.n Whas could we say! Eacn Haa
= ,.as satis6ed of his own innocence; yes
ga u.re all in doubtful anxiety. The mer.
chan,s did not know whas the captains naa
done aud the captain could place 40 rell-
ance on his men. : -.
1 This plan failing, for we all denied any
knowledge of the affair, tae geaeral o.
ders All the sailors to prisoa, and lney wers
consequently to the aumber OF aoous .'''s S
hnodrad. taken from out their yesscis anu
put into the common Jail. a boy was le's
on. board of each vessel whilst the com.
mandant with guard OF soldiers s'a''sa
and searched them.
II is remarkable that Christophe, whose
rage fer several days was unexamP.ed' "a'
! frequently heard to excialm 10 hss o. p ,,
Nv .swhas shaR say 10 the emperor 40
above stated, he had negiected ooss'nS MS
msiesly's orders in sending tne whites 10
the torts, and he very much feafed AIS u!S-
pleasure. He, however, instantly dispatfh'
/ ed one of his aids, TO Camp Marcnshd, we
! enperor's residence, about one hundred .
twenty miles distant, aud before ms return
no vessel was suffered 10 depart. ne re-
/ mainder OF easter week was employed 10
Esending out of town ell the remaining
| withstand 8 S che real method OF escape
/, had notves been discovered, the Ameri'
caus were considered still as the offenders,
and though nothing could beproved against
them, were insulsed as they passed throug1
| che streets, and cfseu times by tic soldiers,
salused as dogs. The mis,resses,who were
wamen of color. that had betn ieti BY thfee
of The Frenehmen, were put IN !f0ns ana
cas-, into prison, nor could all be sappIca.
tons OF his wife and her friends, move
/ Chrssophe to sentimental lsnisy. lsiey
were kept in prison with scarcely apy ming
10 eat or dripk, until The gsneraL ,betame
in some measure convinced that trey we're
nos acquain ed with the ins-ation ct thsif
Husbands 10 escape.
The wrecked whites suspected pretty
strongly the cause of their Journey into the
coanuy, bat neither had they or We any
idea OF their ldsssalatIon being SO near. by
! inc sime the affair bad a li,tle suDsded, and
! the fury Of the populace had dispersed, II
was hen found ou,, that ,he fugitive wh''ss
had been seen ca Easter Sunday passing
| the barrier AID ferry waicn ay OF tie road
10 the country, separately, sad some OF
them on horseback as If taking al er
! aoon's ride--that boat which had been
bought by Frenchnsab from he captain OF
an American vessel wrecked on The island,
was missing and that hi2ak n,an b@long
lre to he city was also absent. t'rom !hcse
CIRCUMSTANCES, and some traces found on
! the sand. it was haaiiy concluded .hat the
parry had, daring the aigat, met and eta
! parked near Petite Ance, about naiie a"d
half ous OF town, and ,hai they ini:nded
/ totpursue the 10 tie eastward towards
/ Sam ana and Saa;o Domingo, which were
III possession # The French.
il was certainly a CD { d'mn"re in tbs
unfortunate fugiAves, TO conduct their plan
I with SO mach secrecy and Care THAI nosihe
leass suspic1on was entertained Of their ID
/ ,ent!ons, and 10 have appointed a iioec woen
all the officers were angag9 q IN disslPasson
and revel. ~
I Chrs'ophe having been Informed 'ha;
! the whole four men who had escapedswefe
frecmasous. took up the idea thai the lodg-
! had assisted in sheir escape, and without
making any farther inquiries, went TO TIE
/ lodge which was nea; and beautiful bulld.
ing, wita his aids de camp, aud DESTROYED
IL. He divided the furniture among his
aids tore up the marble pavement III the
piazza. carried of the venetian window
shutters, laid claim to The funds OF the To-
stisutiou that we're in the treasoref's hands,
and finally ordered that no lodge should
again sit 10 the Cape. This act OF sacri-