Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-12-24


. OF 1t was received at the Cape. and the
white inhabitants of many Of tbos. nar-
IsEes had therefore found time TO establish
camps and form a chain of posts. which.
Tor a short time, seemed 10 prevent the
rebellion from spreading beyond the north
eTn province. Two of these c;lrnns were.
however, attacked bv the nrgrucs-who
were here openly joined bv the mulattaes
-;nd forced with great slaughter. At
London fhc whites maintained the con
test Tor seven hours. but were oye.powcrcd
b. the Infinite disparity OF numbers and
? compeiad 10 give way, with the loss OF
upwards OF one hundred of their BODY.
The survivors took refuge In iii. Spanish
territory,
The4 two districts thcrsfore-lhe
whole OF the rich and extensive plain of
;hc CaRc-t0@ethcr with the c09tirouS
mountains, were now wholly abandoned
- the Tflyages of the enemy. and the
crueties which they exercised On such of
the miserable whites IL lcl, into their
hands c8n no. BE- remembered without
horror, nor reported in terms stron. enough
I" coli.'F proper idea OF their aitrucitv
. III" IPERuEs NCBEAsE-wilrrE MEN
SAWED ASUNDEll
They Eeized Mr.. BIcn. an officer Of tine
police, apd having nailed him alive to one
OF, the g5aes Of hi- plantation, chopped of
his li'nL* one by one, with an axe.
\ !aef Iaan named Roberts. a curpan-
.rr hy trade, csAeayoring to conceal him
sell .rouistic notice of tie rebels. was dis
covered = his hiding place. The s.sya..~
declared tha. lie should die ii the way of
iii- crruiFs;i"n. Accordingly they bound
Linn l'etV%ecn two boards am deliberately
sawed hinl asunder
+ Monsieur Carjingau. planter of Grand
iIvl"re, bad two natural sons bv a black
woman lie had manumittcd them IN
I:tancyyanl bred them up with great ton
del1ieA< Yh,.y both Joined in the rrvolt
and when their i;.th. al, ,lnipt,d TO di-
vert .htln from tiigir purpose - SOOTHING.
lauE'.lc" and pecuuiary consideration.
ihry took his money anI tI,.n stabbed
him t. the heart.
A.l tae white, and even tn nlula.to
ci'lidr.n whose fathers had not Joined I'm
thn revolt. were murdered without cxe,.,-
tion- frequently before the eve or clin.il,..
10 tli" bnsom~ Vi tlu.ir mothers. Ycunr
women o. all ranks were fir; violated low
a who.r troop OF bIrbaria:-. and ihcn
generally put To death SON. 81 them
were indeed reserved for the further gr:tti-
fication Of t!Ie lust uf the slys,.cS. and
others had their ryas scoopgd out with q
knife.
IslFsss!EtI;~ l..yf-,,Fg, ~ -rrr,. ,.s.r-r-,-,-
oT THEIR FNgIIU.:-.
In the parish oi Limlc. a. = place
called the Great Raxinc. v,nnr:ll,i.
planter, tn father of two beautiful voinl.
iadIc-, was tied down lay "a ,slyagy ,-irsn-
leader of a band. who rayisllcd hi- eldest
daughter in his presence. and delivered
over the other Ia one of hi followers.
Their passions being satisfied. they mur-
dcred both the father and ille daughters.
la the frequent skirmi>hc- between thc
iora@ing parties sent ont bv tn. negroes
twho, after. having burned everything.
were in scarcity OF provisions. and the
whites, the rebels seldom stood their
ground lon%er than Ia receive a!,i return
one single volley: but they appeared again
the next day. and though they were at
leE@th driven out of their intrcnchmentS
with infinite slaughter. vet their numbers
seemed not To diminish. ~ soon ~ one
body was cut off another appeared. and
thus they succeeded in harI7lSsin" and de
stroying the whites by perpetual fatigue.
and reducing the country t. desert:
TWO THOUSAND PERSONS MASsACEEp.
To detail the various conflicts. skir-
mishcs- massacreS, and scenes OF Slauah-
ter which this eXterminating war produ-
ccd, were 10 offer discussing and fright
ful Picturc-a combination OF horrors.
wherein we should behold cruelties unex-
anlplcd in the annals OF mankind : human
blood poured forth in torrents: the earth
blacNcnci with ashes. the air tainted with
pe>tIlencc- Ii was computed that within
two months after the revolt first b.,ran.
upward oi two thousand white persons.
OF all conditions, Lad been massacred-
that one hundred and eighty sugar plan
iatioas, and about nine hundred coffee.
cotton ana indigo settlements. had been
deslroyed-thc buildings thereon hsin-
consumed by iire-and twelve hundred
Christian families reduced from opu,ence
to such u state of misery as to denend
altogether Tor their clothing and susie
nance on public and private charity, OF
ihe insurgents it was rcckoned that up
ward Of ten thousand hal lcri>hcd bv thc
sword or hy famine. and >omc h'lnl-o-l-
=, tho hand of 'ilc @xcor1in.,"r