Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-27

in the port OF Calloa.-The Hannibal while
at sea, in lat 26. GO. south. long. 3lt, west,
spoke the ship Panther, Austin, OF Boston,
bound to Gibraltar, by which the above IN
formation was given-Captain Austin repre-
sented that he left CaIloa with all the other
neutral vesseIslying in port, in consequence
of an indiscriminate fire being opened upon
them by the Spanish batteries, and that the
day after the capture Of the Spanish frigate
by Lord Cochrane, boat from the U. S.
fr,gate Macedonian was fired into by the
Spanish soldiers, and several men killed on
attempting to land. 1t was added, that, the
Viceroy at Lima, ordered an escort for
Captain Downs, and conducted him on
board his ship. No blame. however. ap-
pears TO have been attached by Capt. Aus
TIN to Lord Cochrane, or to any Of his men,
on this unfortunate occasion.
The Hannibal has brought 1000 bbls Of
oil; and she spoke with the ship Midas at
sea having 100 bills; and the Laura with
100 bbls. sperm. The ship Nelson was al
so spoken with few days ago at sea. on
her passage home, full of oil. Nat. .4dv.
Extract of letter from an Officer of the
United States ship Ontario, dated of
Cape Hatien, (Francois) St. Domingo,
February 9th, 1921.
''This City, which is now governed by
descendants of the degraded, despised and
oppressed Africans, exhibits the ruins of a
very interesting and magnificent place
Every appearance indicates that it has been
a place o. immense wealth, and seat of
pleasure to those who possessed this wealth.
But the mind is filled with melancholy re-
Elections when il recalls the oppressions, the
cruelties and horrid massacres, which have
indelibly marked this blood stained and &C
cursed city. 1t is now between three and
four hundred years since The Spaniards COM
menced this diaboIlcal and extermiDating
warfare on the unoffending natives of this
most romantic and beautiful island TO graf
ify their unholy thirst for gold and treasure.
Thousands OF Engiishnen have lost their
lives in the attempt to establish themselves
upon it. for the purpose of reaping where
they had sown But in this city the French
and their descendants have more particular
" suffered for having rioted on the suffer
ings Of their fellow men of different colour
from their own.-The cries of oppressed
humanity reached up to Heaven-and the
hand Of the destroying angel is not YET
srayed.-The hand of the oppressed has
heen raised, and in its turn fallen with cruel
aud destructive severity on the heads OF
those, who fondly thought themselves free.
But the tyrannical and abominahle Chris
topic is dead; yet | have been informed
that if our ship had not arrived the very
night i did, the city would, to a certainty
have been plundered, and perhaps many
innocent persons murdered. The morning
after our arrival, Sunday, we went on shore
to pay our respects to the commander ir
chef-The city appeared in state o
anarchy and confusion Officers and sol.
der. were to he seen in every direction
some of them good looking others seeming
10 be remnant of Sir John Falstaf's army.
II was reported that the civil governor.
Richard, had lost his head. and that the mob
were endeavouring 10 plumber his house.
Captain s whom we were happy to meet
on the wharf, and whose house has almost
been our home when on shore. introduced
us to the commanding general, Maguy, a
a polite and intelligent (negro) gentleman
at whose house we met Gov. Richard, and
several principle officers, all or mostly black
under arrest, and who were sent off the next
morning to Port-au Prince for trial--bul
some say to put them out of the power oil
the enraged populace who would kill them
After the ceremony was over at the Gene
RAILS, | passed through the ruins of an i'm,
mense Cathedral where saw three or four
women kneeling at the feet of 4 full length
image of the Virgin Mary. We then passed
through the market place, and accidentally
met with Col. Bien Annie who had just
been proclaimed Gov. of the place, vice
Richard. We shook hands with him-he
appeared to be a smart (black) soldier,
about thirty-fye years old, and not in the
smallest degree elated by his new situation.
He was with company of horse who were
stationed to guard Richards house, and
some others in the sicinlty.-Several lives
,.. 90; n he loet IN tho course OF the