Maryland free press., 1862-10-31
Look On This Picture.

hsS tuoso Wuoso potOy ~ 30 w 'foetese ~N~ -
arms into the hands of $500 900 negro slaves
those who have pledged the faith of the govern
ment that there sh all be no restraint rut upon
them in any effort they may make to gain their
freedom-let the bloodthirsty aboiitionis,s con-
template the picture presented to them in the
following narrative, and sbndder at the horrors
they propose to re-enact.
MASSACRE OF THE WHITES BY THE NE
GRJES Or ST. DOM MOO.
| "TAe bloodiest .cture in the Book Of Time"
THE MASSACRE cUMAEhcGD.
1t was on the morning of the Esd of August,
| 1891, just before day, tnat general alarm snd
| condemnation spread throughout the town OF the
Cape. The Inhabitants were called from their
beds by persons who reported that all the negro
slaves 10 the several peighooring parishes had re-
volled, and we're ct that moment carrying death
and desolation over the Adjoining large and beau
tifal plain To the north. TIE Governor ana mo
OF the military ficers on duty assembled TO
gether, tut the reports were 50 confused aud Ct n
| Trajectory as to gain but little oreci. AS day
light began to break, the sudden and successi'e
arrival, with ghastiy countensno,s, OF persoIs
VINO lad with .ffieulty escaped the massacre,
aud q ,wn TO the town for protection, brought at
dreadful col nation Ut the fatal udings
| The rebellion first broke out ON plantation
called Noe, in the parish Of Acul, nine miles only
| from tue city. Twelve or fourteen OF the rias-
| Leaders, about the middle of the night proceeded
to tue .faery or sugar house, and seized on
man, the refner's apprentice, dragged him to the
front OF the dwelling house, aud there hew.d
him into pieces with their cutlassesj his screamss
brought out the overseer. whom tuty instantly
shot. The rebels now found their way to the
| apartment of the refner, AID massacred him in
his bed. young man ly ing sick in hls ch smoer
was rsit apparently dead Vi the wounds 10 uHicted
| by their eutla,ses. He had strength enough,
however, to crawl to the next plan tstion and re
late the horrors be had witnessed. He reported
| that all the whites Of the estate which he had
lett we're murdered, except only the surgeon,
whom the rebels had compelled to accompany
thsm, the idea that they might stand in need
OF his professional assistance. Alarmed by this
intelligence, the persons TO whom it was Sompu
n,cated Immediately sought their safety 10
fight.
The revolters Consisting now of all the slaves
belonging to that pl-ntssoD) proceeded to the
house of Mr.. Clement, by whose negroes they
we're immediately Joined, aud both he and his re
finer were msssacred. The murderer of Mr..
I Clement was his own pcstilliou, lcoachman,
man to whom he hsd always shown great Kind
ness. The other white people on this estate con
triy, to make their escape.
At this juncture the negroes on the estate OF NJ
Faville, q few miles distant, likewise rose aud
murder I'd FIVE white persons, one OF whom ithe
| attorney tor the estste} had a wife and three
daughters. These unfortunate women, while i'm
ploriog for mercy of the savsges ON the ir knees,
bebeld their husband aud father mui dered before
their iaces. For themselves, they were devoted
to q more horrid fate, and Wero carried away
captives by the asssssins.
The approsch OF day light served only to dis.
cover the gbts OF horror. 1t was now apparent
that that the negrots of ell tfs estates i'll the
plain acted in concert, and general massacre Of
of the whites took place in every quarter. On
some few estates, indeed, the lives oi the womtn
were sParedJ but they were reserred only to
crafty the rutsl appeues OF the rulliIns, ard
it is shocking to relate that many OF them suf.
fered violation on the dead bodies Of heir hus.
bands and fathers! E ..
rus STANDARD THE sEapoEs-THs BODY OF
WHITE ikFAsT.
In the town itself the generel belief for some
time was that the revolt was by no means as ex
ter sivs, but a sudden and partial insurrection
only. The largest sugar plantation on the plains
was that Of Mons. Gsllifet, situated about eight
miles from the town, tho negroes belonging to
which had always been treated with such kind
ness and iberaiity, and possessed so many advan-
tsges, that 1t became q proyei bisl expression
amaug the lower " hite people, in spe,kIDg of any
man, good fortune, to say, IL est heursus nrsre
de Gahifet, (he is as bappy as one oil Gslliets
negroes. Mons. 0deluc, the attorney or agent
1 E,rt ,ly ~ h.rr rf "A. r.
Assemb y, and being fully per uaded that the ne
gross belonging to it wou main firm in their
obedience, determined to repair ihither to Ell
courage them in opposing the insurgents, tn
Sh;ch end he desired the assistance OF few SOL
diers from the town'guard, which was granted
him. He proceeded accordingly, but, on sp
Prosching the estate, to his surprise aud grio he
osnd all the negroes in stms ou the side Of the
rebels and lhorrid to tell y their stuniard wac
the body Of white iu4aut, which they had re-
Gently impaied ON Q stake. Mons. Ot,luo bad
advanced too far to retreat undisc. .vered, and
both be and his friend who accoupan anied him,
with most of the soldiers, were killed without
mercy. Two or three Of the patrol escaped by
fight and conveyed the dreadful tdDgs to the
| Inhabitants OF the town.
! hASsIoSsANp CAM FIELDS SET on rIRE.
! BY this time, all or most OF the white persons
had been found on several plantations, aud being
usssacred or iurc.d to seek their fety in H. sbt
the ruff ms exchanged the ,word f. the torch
The buildings aud cane felos were every where
set fts, and the COL grations, which were
Visible IRON the town in Q thousand differ ept
quarters, furnithed q prospect more shccki"g aid
r,f.ctions more di,msl than fancy can paint or
the powers OF man describe.
CONSERVATION and. terror now took possession
| OF every mind, and the screams of the wUmt n
aud children running iIom door to door big htened
the horrors of the scene. All the ciuztns took up
arms, and the General A.s, mbly vested tho Gov.
ernor with the command of the National Guard,
requesting him to give suca orders ss the urgen-
cy of the case seemed to demand. Que oil the
Ii. st measures was to saLd the white women al d
cuil rep ON board the ships in the bal bur, very
serious apprshensiuns being entertained cunceln-
ing the domestic negroes within the towL; .
great proportion OF the attest men among them
we're likewise sent on shipboard and closely
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