The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-03-27
ms DIRECTION or THE NEGROES az
OMOA!!
From the Honduras Gazette.
BELIZE Feb. 9. 1892.

BELIZE Feb. 2, 1929.
BY the Mexican Eagle, which left Omoa
on the 2oth, and arrived here on the even
ING Of the 3lst ult we have received intel
hgence, in some measure anticipated for
2 or 3 weeks past. The Commandant o.
that place, Arrazola, with Is or 20 persons
on board, had fled from thence and taken
refuge here, in consequence of general
insurrection of the Negroes, to which il
appears that they were melted Oh the one
hand by the San Salvador party, and on
the other by their own propensity to plum
der. AS the current report speaks OF an
insurrection Of slaves, II may not be unne-
cessary to remark, that there are in fact,
no slaves in Omoa, but that the insurrcc-
ton has been so denominated, in conse-
qnence of It's being principally headed by
runsways from the settlement, who, the
moment they enter into the territory Of
Central America, are by the ioo-wCl-
known decree of the Government of that
Republic held as free. 1t appears that 8
party Of tho San Salvador troops, adyguc-
ed in the course ofihe last month on Omoa,
and halted at San Pedro Usula, town a
bout 10 leagnss distant.-Disposltlon were
Immediately made at Omoa, for embarkins
the property OF the American, English.
ard French vessels in port, or for deposit
,ng it within the walls of the Caste.---A
osrty Of negroes was then formed, 10 pro-
ceed towards San Pedro, TO endeayour 10
dlslodge the enemy.-1his was, however.
frustrated by the attempts which were
| made by the emissaries of the San Saliva
! dor party to seducC these negroes no veil
| as the lower orders ofpeople in Ouoa, from
! their allegiance to the Guatima!ean Gov
ornment, and in which they completely
| succeeded. In the mean time, III Omoa,
| from an entire. want of confidence in each
| other, all was doubt, fear, 6lstrugt end con-
| fusion. In this state of universal anarchy.
| the party OF negroes which had been de-
| spatched to San Pedro, returned, and hav-
| ing been strengthed by the junction Of the
major part Of the lover orders, began to
manifest disposition to drive out the re-
spectacle inha bitants resident there, using
| towards them uAensces Of the utn'" rigor
TO compel them to embark. The man
dant seeing that they had no one on whom
he could place tho slightest confidence for
| Residence, except on the few whites who
! surrounded him, determined to abandon
| the place, and he was Immediately followed
by the major part Of the inhabitants. We
are happy TO state that amidst the violence
that was threatened, no lives were Iaken.--
This is principally to be attributed to the
women, who are stated to have been par
tcularly instrumental in deterring the men
! from the use Of the knife.
A thousand rumours are, Of course, a
broad, but as we are aware ofthe Impor-
tance Of our present communications to the
mercantile world, we have been most par
tcular in conhning ourselves to thst intel
ligence on which the most implicit conf
dence may be placed.
The reports which have reached us,
since our last, OF the state o. the interior.
present most melancholy aud gloomy re-
suits. The contest there, as well a. on the
coast, sppesrs no longer to hinge on the
disputed points vhich first caused the
breach between Gus'imala and San Saliva
dor bui to have suddenly merged into that
frighIful state Of d.sunion, dlsrust aud an-
srchy which IS always followed by the
most guilty excesseS, srd can only termi'
nate in the most complete revolution.