Maryland free press., 1862-10-31

.,rsnrthened bv A number of seamen from the
.b;p,. and brought into some degree of order ard
military subordination, were now dssirous tuat
detachment should be sent out to attack the
strongest body of the revolters. Orders were
given accordingly, and Mons. de Touzaro' go
oficer who had distinguished him"h In tie
limited States service, took the command OF
narty of militia and the troops of the line. With
these be marched to the planta ion OF hons La
tour and attacked a body Of about four thoasand
of the rebel negroes. Many were destroyed, Dat
10 little purpose, for Touzird, auding the nuw.
Der of revulters to increase to more than Cen
tuple prosortion of their losses, was at length
forced TO retreat. The Governor, BY the advice
of the Assembly, now detersained to act for some
time solely on the deiensisej and, as 1t was every
moment to be spprehended that the reFoltefs
would pour down upon the town, all the rcaos
and posses leading into 1t were for Tiled Al the
same time an embargo as laid on all the thipp'pg
ia the harbor-a MEASURE of indispensable neces-
sity, calculated as we'll to OBTAIN The assistants
of the seainen a, to secure a rctrest for the in-
h.bitaLts in the last extremity.
To sach OF tLe distant parishes as were open
to communication, either by land or by sea, no.
tee of the revolt had been transmitted within
few hours after advice OF 1t was received ut the
Cape, ald the white Inhabitants OF many OF those
par lishss had therefore found tune to ESTABLISH
camps, and form chain OF posts. which, Tor q
short time, scented TO prevent the reb lllon from
spreading beyond the northern province Two
of these camps were, however, attacked by the
negroes-who were here openly JOINED by the
muiattoes-a and forced with great slaughter. Az
London the whites maipt tanned the contest for
seven b, urs, but were overpowered BY The infn-
ite disparity Of numbers, and compelled to give
way, with the loss Of upwards OF one hundred oi
their body. The surrivors took refuge in the
Spanish territory.
These two districts therefore--ths whole OF the
rich and excessive plain of the ,Cape-tcgether
with the coutie uous mountains, were now wholly
abandoned to the ravages Of the enemy, and the
crael les VII ch they exercised on such Of the
miserable whites as fell into their hands cannot be
remembered without borror, ner reported n
terms strong enough to convey proper idea oi
their atrocity. 't-.- $. ..''aA -'''
rRs HoRRoRs ncREisn-wnirH MN sAwEp
AsuEDEn.
They seiz Mr. Blep, ctIcer of the police.
and having nailed bim alive to one Of the gates
o , his plantation, chopped Of his limbs, one by
one, wti an "' - %
a poor man named hnoefu, carpenter DE
trade, endeavored to conceal h'm,ef from the no.
tce of the bells, was d'se"vered in tis hiding
place. The savsges declared that be should die in
the way Of his occupation. Accordingly they
bound him between two boald de, ard deliberately
sawed him a,Rnder. --.
Monsieur Cardiueau, . planter OF Grand Ri
Were, bad tEo natural sons by black ~ man
He had mauumitted them in infancy, and bred
h.,Ih -,
in the rsvolt-and when their father attempted
to divert them from their purpose by soothipg
language ard pecuniary consideration, they took
his money aud then stabbed hi,s "a the heart.
AL the white, and even the nulatts children
whose fathers bad not joined in the revolt, were
murdered without exception, frequently before
the eyes clinging to tbs bssons Of their IN o
Tiers. Young womeR OF all rarks were FIRST vio
lated DO a whole troop Of barbarians, and then
generally put to death. Some of them were i'll
deed reserved Tor the further gratiication of the
lust of the savagus, and others bad their eve:
scooped out With kaife.
DAraHrBns nAyIsHED IN TUE PRESENCE CT ruEIR
..E FAIHERs. -,-
In the parish of Limbe, at place called the
Great RsYine, a venerable planter. the father Of
TWO beautiful young lades, was led down by
savage riogIeader of band, who ravished bis
eldest daughter in his presence, and delivered
over the other to one Of his followers. Their
passions b.ng satisfied, they mur dered both the
iather and the daughters. @-. .,h
In the ire qaents furnishes between the foragirg
parties sent ,ut by the begr oes no alter bsving
burned every hing, re 10 scarcity of provispns
and the whites, the rebels seldom stood their
lnnu.r than n rereipe nd of n M q
single volley; but they Appeared again the ut xt
day, and though they we're driven out o! their
,ntrepchments with in6uite slaughter, yet Their
numbers SEEMED not 10 diminish. AS soon
body was cut Of anoth appeared, and thus th. y
| succeeded in harrassibg and dcstroyi ing the
whites by perpe,ud fatigue. and reducing the
couhtry to desert. .'..-. aft
TWO rn0usAND rErs"Ss MAssAcRgD.7 p
To detail he various conf cts, skirmishes, mas,
sacres and scenes OF sisug hter. which this
mInating war produced, were oG,r disg us'-
ing aud lrigbtful p,ctare-a cdn,oination OF bor
r lis, herein should behold cruetties xim-
pied in the annals of mankindj buman bio,
poured forth in torrent; the earth clacke, eo
: with ashes. and the air ted wi pest enc :.
1t was computed that within two months after
the revolt first began, upward Of two thousand
| white persons, of all cunditious, had been mass
ed; that one huudred aud Eighty sugar plant =
inrs, AID about nine hundred f.e, cotton, ard
ind 20 settiem, nts had been destroyed, he build
| i gs thereon being consum d BY Hre-and twelve
hut dIed Christian families rreGuced from opu-
lence to such'a state of misery as to depend alto
getber Ter their clothing and sustenapce on pub
lie and private "harityl o. the insurgents it Yves
| reukOned that howard OF ten thousand hAd 1 err
,shed by the sword or BY famine, and some hu g.