Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-02
From the Evening rost.
QRITUARY
DEATH or THE WIDOW or THE FIRST EMPEROR Oh
HAYT1.

Il OBITUARY.
I, DEATH or THE WIDOW or THE FIRST EMPEROR or
nAYTl.
e. PniLADEIrHIA. Sept. 9, 1858.
My DEAR Sir: | End in the Port au. Prince
Recue du Commerce Of the 18th Of August the fol.
lowing announcement: ION Sunday last, the 9Th
inst, died at Gonaives, MADAME [VEUvEl JEAN
JAoUEs DEssALIsEs, ex-Empress OF Hayti, at a very
advanced age. She has always been the object Of
public veneration, because she was always good,
virtuous and humane.
This is all that the newspapers say Of the mat.
ter, and ;hus has at length passed away M Airic'
an woman who has figured in more than one popu.
lar romance, French and English-who saw aud
acted much in what has long since become matter
of established, popular history, and who. in all
positions in which she was called to act, from the
slave to tho Empress. always acted her part well.
Madame DessalInes was The second wife of the
Emperor Dessalines. and was mar ried to- him after
he had emerged from his condition as a slave, and
had become distinguished among his country men
rs . partisan warrior against the French. Many
anecdotes, recorded and traditi. nal. attest the uni
form kindness Of her character. She was the good
genius of her ferociOus husband, and the few acts
of forhearance, or of negative humanity, which he
is known to haze exhibited towards the whites
we're extorted from him by her influence OF inter.
cessiun.
The following incident, among others related by
Madiou,, fis, the native historian of Havti, il pos.
sibly it be considered II little melodramic in the
manner OF telling, is nevertheless, no Doubt strict.
ly true and all who are acquainted with Dsscuur.
tilz's beautiful and valuable work, La Fteur des
AntHes. will recognize the importance OF the in.
ierposltion described. The occurrence took place
in lSO2. after the arrival Of La Clerc's expedition,
which event had changed Toussaint from a French
Governor General to n General. in-Chief Of insur-
gents. Tuussiant, on leaving the West to carry
the war into the North 10 person. had placed Des.
snlines IN command! vt the important post of Fort
Crete'a' Pierrot aud the town of Petite Riviere.-
No man ever knew better than ToUssaint how to
lut the right man in the right place'-how TO
put the man md the work which he wished him to
do in such juxtapositiOn AZ It. make the plans v hich
he had in view apparently develop themselves
without his seeming interference, and thus to keep
himself in a position. in case of need, to deny or
repudiate all responsibility and he made this dis
position above stated in accordance with his usual
deep policy. knowing well what Dessalines would
do in HIS absence, but not telling him to do il.
U the departure of Tonssaint," says Madiou,
'Dessalines Immediately beat the generate in the
town. The whites hid themselves, some in ovens,
some under beds, some in the cane. fields. But The
native soldiers discovered them everywhere. Des.
salines led them out n short distance frOmthe town
bound and mostly naked. lie raped twfee on his
snuff. box-his signal of death--and the soldiers
bayOnetted them all. The spot Of the massacre is
yet marked by the remains of wooden crosses, and
our pious women still 60 tbither to pray. Mad.
anne Dessalines WAS Mt this time at Petite Riviere,
While the cries Of these unfortunate victims we're
stu heard In the town, two young Frencbmen
rushed into her room, begging her to save their
lives. She hesitates for u moment, for she knew
that should she yield, her own life would he in
danger from the fury Of her husband, who never
tolerated pity for the whites. However, time was
precious. She already heard the brutal accents of
her husbands staff as he and his officers approach,
cd the house. Hide under tho bed,' she whispered
to the young men almost ut the sane )ment,
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other officers entered the house with Desealines.-
They were drunk with JOY. Every drop Of White
blood, they said, would give q new vigor to the tree
of liberty and standing around The bed they dis.
cussed the resources which still remained to Tuus.
SAINT. Suddenly they heard a snceze, and the
officers. looking under the bed, discovered the
young men. DessaliDes WAS in a rage that whites,
whom be wished TO extirminate, should find uro.
lection in his own house. The young man who
was nearest was Immediately killed with many
sabre cuts. The other was violently dragged ont
of his hiding place, a sword was already raised
over bis head, when Madame Dessalines threw
herself before her husband, and. turning to The Of
6cers. besOugh I them to assist her in obtaining the
young mans pardon. Do not kill him. she said,
he is a physician, and may be useful to u.s. The
officers, moved by her tears and courageous inter,
cession, joined their voices TO hers. and the Young
a man was spared. 1t was Descourtilz, the natural
: lat and (~afterward-) author. lie had been sent
, from France to st. Domingo by n scientific society
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