Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-28
From The New YORK Mercantile Advertiser.
Nov. u
FROM 81 DOMINGO


we havr BEEN favored with "A y, Thomas
paper OF The 27ib ui containing tie following
extract al letter srOm Cane Henry ui6cI,
supplies the in'n mdtiom lfitherto waited of
th1 cause aud manner OF ChTIStophe's deatl,
a"d Tue subsequent occurrence. ia his owr
CODuiUDs.
Cape Henry, 15h oct 1920.
here has be u sotne very fnno,I',t
ohah-rS IN lhiS goveTHmeni since | last w,ole
yon ahont Two months ago the kim Vas
suddenly attacked with a severe Gl nj a,,o-
rieAy, ana II was thought he never wond
c0ihpie ieiy TCCOVCi. During hs life time
YOU ha'e heard Of his tyranny and cruel
ties, which of late has been more .xres
nise on thu 30ih Of Sent he pul in irons ths
colonel oi the Sin regiment his men who were
mnch attached 10 him. instantly rrvoIted and
'I'k possession II lie town of 81 Mares:
ne blil iHutd'altlS sent d foIce ara,nst IN
mi lhry we're rerulsed. IS soon as The news
reached This, The garrison Ievolted also and
declared themselves free, and by the 1th ipst
me whole county wa in arms to depose ibe
hI"E a'u 90 away VITA royalty altogether
on 'he ON TIE King asSemb G his Body
GVai dS offered the M money and also tIe nil.
lage OF Tie Cape, but they refused 10 take nm
thfIi a'ms tindng himself totally desprted
hefturtu to his room and shot himself thIOapl,
lhe htaIt The qnPeu and his family had hin,
imHeiIa'ely caiiied np to the Citadel where
he was buried under one OF the basiions iu
stdiu quo, as he was so detestPd, that tley
cOn.d not ti0d any person even 10 make a
c0ihh iOI INN his body was hardly out OF the
pdldCe OF Sans SOuCI before tie soldiers enc
tered, and III two hours lime they pIlIaged Ia
TIE ai-ount of one million of dollars in plate
Jewcls aud money.
The prisons have all bren thrown omen.
and 10 the number of nearly 1000 poor devils
have b. en- set at liberty. II il too shocking 10
relaie 10 yOnthe miserable appearance lfsotne
o. ihese poor wieiches, many OF whom have
had Their backs broken by basiinadIng, and
wiil be cIipplos for life. His crimes aud cru
elte- viii nov be ktown, aud will astoDish the
world the Dey Of AigeTs has not been aear
so bad IL rs said hal one of his last orders
vas 10 muidef all The whites aud mulattOes
IS he attributed The commotiOns entirely to
thtm. Ihey are now about forming the new
constitution, which is 10 be sOmetnng like the
liberty they enjoyed under Foussaint Lower
lure ~ is expected general Romano will be
Ftesident, veiy good mas and very popular
1he soldiers are all to have dou6le pay, and
are 10 be allowed TO go and come when they
please there are about ~ millions OF dollars
~ The Citadel, asd good deal of II is TO be
pnt 10 circulation, from every point We eau
receive it--it mast benefit commerce, and
am OF opinion, that twice The imports aud ex-
pOIts will he seen IN less than one wear: con-
slider that lhe,e have been for The last 10
years not less titan ~ 900 people in gAfiisODs
md pnbllc works, WHO will nov be allowed to
work Tor themselves, and there Is no cnuutTy
In The world, HAT holds oHt greater enconf.
10 fment 10 cultivation. The Queen Prince
aad Ptincssses are in town they did not save
more than Was On ibciI backs- there are all
several Of the chiefs here that stuck by the
king some OF them have but poor chance to
i've. / shall be able by next opportunity TO
lDiOrm you more abOui 49, in tie mean time,
i CONSIDER myself and property perfectly safe"
IMPORTANT FROM HAYTf
we lave stena letter from Port au Prince,