The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-14

So .ea'' w .'eFv- ork, DARED Oh Julu
iooo' on year Of the rsisu6Hc Of Huyff.
communicated far hubHca!ion in Ibe NJ
! camille .9dOeriise,.
Inc tender concern YOU have alyy,ys
delgned to take in whatever concerned NV
country and myself, has induced me To yr;re
you every information in my power or the.
"eseht political, military, commercial and
'sricuituT?i situatio, of Hayti I shonid
nave done It earlier, had not the commupco-
| l'"n between US and the American cont;nent
experienced an interruption of NOR. ,b,n
| seven months.
To give some little order to this let,.,.
/ snail begin my narrative with those events
whlch nave lively relation to our dom.s-
NC aisairs You will receive it with vonr N
saai goodness and you will make pnl,l;c of
1t whatever you may think proper. fnr ,h,.
purpose OF enliGhtening the opinion W, ich
ehe spirltot party and me wickedness of bn-
man nature are too aptto mis!ead men info.
:, Aou WIZ doubtless recoilect shat atyour>
Nepaitu'e I'm fort-au-Prince, the i'll health
| CT the c'nef OF the government had occas;on-
ed general reiaXation of manners cue;
rac!eS without end sprung up, which had fo,.
ehclr object the triumph OF anarchy over tL,,
WISE principles 81 an equitable government
louhoeu upon morals and justice i'm short
Magioire. The iiiemi AID accomn,ice of W
you' hatched IN darkness new plor. in which
iooNc All Things, ne wished to revive the roo
| aplracy of Yayou 10'i-
Magioire, misled by the fa,lacious mo-
misses OF Christophe and torgettinq rho h.
neiits of a government too ;3d,,I,,s,, .''e &c
arnsin Decc tbcr last against the Rer,,hI:u In
Jac'nel was to be the rallyinp point Of ~
laStions, Magleire, notwithstanding h;s
weakness, escaped from Port-an p,;nce
inc night, and joined his satellites At tha
pace OF rendezvous. General Bonnet am,
Solonel David Troy were to have been the.
'irst NictiuS. lhe members of the con.,,;
rsoy were 10 give the signal, and the breas,
( OF the republic WAS to be wounded j., 49,
person OF two OF It's abiest defenders a.
this coajuncturc the choice of the means ~
carry tins plan into execution rested nor u,;,h
lhe iactious for. when Magioire arrived a.
IacHlei, on the 18th December at = o,c,o.,.
IN the morning, David Froy and Bonner wera.
informed OF every thing; they had follow.d
dscreetly all the ramifications of the tra;n
@hu oy a courage more than human enya
iopea WaS ore lIimseifin his own net e..
ni'hais are seldom courageous: the tr,itor
SAP'"teu ms crimes by his death and his ac-
comphces paitaking the same fate thu. H.:
has trinnphed, and the country is ,;,.i;y.r aw
: Inc government, always penerons -
searching INTO this cDnspiracy, dstnen;s,,
60 between the little and the great crin;-
mas ana alter executing seven or e;rht ae
the principal leaders, order was restored at
Iacmel " @e
The republic, tranquil within, and ba-
yrs nothing to aPpTetend from the consni-
Lators'. edrhcd It's attention to the army up-
Ger the orders OF the valorous Lamarra
ouCcours were sent to him in men, clothino.
and money. ChTistophe frjrhtened AZ tb,'
appearance of six thousand men ,vio ., ,. ..,e
encampcd within thirty leagues uf tbe;,. -.
trap, and despairing of ever being ablo -,
Forge anew the chain of Conspiracy. ra;eed
en- ma8sc his debifitated troops. with En-.
Intention OF crushing Lamarre hnt tii;.
man, who for more than wear mast III
contracted a habit of bsating Christonh,.t
Wiitcsf w1tf that Guinness, which To b;1,,
was the sure preSage OF victory. The 6r.e
ehglgement tooS place towards the end of
hprh ana after IL days fighting, the troops
OF the north were comp ctely beaten tb,.l,,
huudred horses were taken: fine cayoi III g e
ChrIstophe defeated 500 muskets vere.
found by our troops on the field of b,f.Io
and great number of the enemy's soldiers
were made prisoners. These are the cor
sequences of that terrible march. ami tba.
grand levy OF CultivatoIs which the pbaIor;
OF the north, was continually driving 70 tbc
slaughter-house to CRAFTY his devourino ann
oition. In these affairs, Christophe himself
was indebted for his safety to The swirtness.
VI ''o 'iSi % Olh NillCu YOU VIII uDGergfaud
that he is not so i'll mounted as his re-,
and for what cause.
g In short, within the space of two months
and a half, we have seen % battles. the In
trcpld bamarre has mad with CLristor,f,s.
in all which the victory was ours. Ala -
IS rot iisey we Shall relax in orr preDurat;.
ons, our resources being IS powerful &c tho
courage OF our troops. We have NO. 49,,
numanciy speaking, the smallest inolie.uJe
tor the fate Of the army Of the Mole. strength
ened by 5000 men, who have carried tbci,.
advanced posts to wi hin league Of PORT de-
i Lax. MS army, which is ib want of no
thlng, rs wen commanded Iamare ms
under him some excellent officers. Delva
Benv5ir, and many others, all mil;tar0 cbs'
ractcrs, Distinguished for their Courage and
their lnviolate attachment tn the rerubI;c
The health of the President is nerfs,+
~ restored, he has lately made tour Of
even weeks in the provinces of the south .
ne insurgents ut Jeremie are returning TO
order and Yesterday VIC were assur,.d ,ba,
their CHEF Gomen, after several co, 60