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

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81. csneral 10 a rage ordered him 70 oe
/ sbo. ,o,nm edlately. AYE, that Is waas
desire replied Ambrose race me
49, nne OF those cannons that ! have
h. - ere cling 10 satisfy your pride and am.
10, and blow me into atoms; l should
s,a,, = the dea,h.'' But Chrlstophe, on
T1easc,ion, recollecsed that he was zoo valu'
ahlr man TO lose, and simply orderedhim
nom his presence.
abant the same time this comnotioa
baooeped in the Cape, another affair OF
similar nature took place az Camp March
and. Eighteen Frenchmea, who mad Deem
employed near his majesty 10 1ne NICE
hraoches OF mechanical trades, attempted
- make their escape. One OF them, who
w.s ! printer. backed the faces OF his CON.
!. de, and they started off IN the evening.
Atsome lille distance, they got into DIS
nnte about the choice OF roads; lheir Cd.
iect was to go by Land towards the CITY OF
81. Domingo. SIX Insisted upon pursuing
the main road, and twelve BY pain. Tic
twAIve wen, clear, but The unfortunate SIX
were oyertakea tne next day ~ apsrty OF
dragons. Two OF them were cut 10 pee
es in the encounter that ebsued, TWO Q.
,be,o were disarmed, and two submitted
without making aov resistance. Inc iouf
euy.ioers were then conducted back 10 the
emperor. who ,hus addressed them 'Wny
did you treat me so basely =! Were you
nor provided for aa u,y children and had
uno, as much as you could eat and dfink:
But, again, since you did break my laws,
bv ,teTnptiug 10 leave me-, Why sid you
suifer yourselves to be taken: DID sou not
keow, that " oui4 put you to death # |
caught you again. Way did you pos fight
and die like your brave ccmpanions? Two
Of TIE NJ replied. that .hey had Tough, but
we're oyerpow3ted. 8 And yoa two"
turning 20 ne Others, Why, Your m4jsa-
". we knew that we should be vanqelslled,
ard concluded 10 rely on The mercy q your
MAJESTY y Fang ;hose twe cow-rds IN.
siaatie," were the orders, and ,ney were
uiibou; hesitation executed. Inc remaia.
ing tws who had fought were suffered &c
ilve.
! The loss CT Ihe twelve, who weaf o&
| froq MsrcEland, combined. witf.she escape
| d the seven from the Cape, exasperared
| the emperor TO so violent a degree, thaI he
i-ipstsn .aneousiY decieed she obstruction CT
all The remaining whites. His orders feaeh
! ChristoDhe, who rc.!res 10 tort Ferrier ana
sirp!es our sweI,e or fourteen whites who
must be preserved Some Of these be has
! with him, and some remain in toVr. but
/ under the In. medlate eye Of The con'a9sad.
an. of the place, who Is directed tc sex !t'af
40 isiuly is done them. Except very lew,
all lie other whites are in the country
! where, as have above ated. they wrrs
| sent shore limeabcfoIe. acse arrange
ments are all carried on SO secfei!y. SAat
i not a " OF d is known of the Intentions Or
| movements of The government uafli lues
| dsy morning, the 18TH Of May. waen w
| isarn. with horror and concerts, tiia' Gil the
/ unfortunate whites. e1ccpt lnose mas q
| Tor preservation, were assassibated during
| the preceding night. IS Il was dofle @lt
/ of the civ, our ears were 20, assslicd with
| he shfieks Of the GgiCg victims, nor were
| our cutters as In che preceding massacre,
floating with streams OF human blood, Cne
unfortunate family however, we're butcher
+! ed in town, and as il viii g1.e sons idea
/. Of the modes OF uufder pursued by 1ae
/ Haytians, VIII give the particulars. 1t
/ vas publicly communlosse cd through the
,owp on the following day, by :he nurse
| Of the family, negro woman, who openly
pa,ated OCT the individuals employed ooihe
expedition
hlr. SelIe was baker, and a man Of re.
specesbii!ty Drssallnes s. ChristoPhe had
long expressed great friendship Tor him
ard after having ved hin from the gene
rel massacre Of 1907, appointed him bakel
of the army. EIis wife was a handsome