Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-03-21


orders ~ the urgeoey of the case seemed
TO demand Que Of the FIRST measures
was TO send the white women and children
on board the ships in the harbor; very Sc.
rols apprehensions being entertained con
corning the domestic negroes within the
fown, great proportion of the ablcst
men among them were likewise sent on
shipboard and closely guarded
VAIN ATTEMPT TO PUT powN THE NE.
GRoEs
The Assembly continued their deliber-
ations throughout the night, amidst the
glare OF surrounding oonfagratons. The
Inhabitants, being strengthened by a nnm.
Der OF seamon from the ships, and brought
INTO some degree of order and military
tubordlnation, were now desrous that n
detachment should be sent out to attack
The strongest body Of the revolters. -
b Orders were given accordingly and Mons.
dc Tonzard, an officer who had distIn-
guished himself in the United States SER
vice took the commend Of party of
militia and trorps of The line. With
these he marched 10 the plantation of
Mons. Latour, and attacked a BODY of
about four thousand of the rebel negroes.
Many were destroyed but to little purpose
Tor ouzard, finding the number OF revol-
erS to increase 10 more than a centupe pro
portion OF their losses, was at length
obliged to retreat. The Governor by the
advice Of the Assembly, now determined
TO act Tor some time solely on the defensive
aud as il was every moment to be appre,
hended that the revolters would pour
down upon the town, all the roads and
passes leading into il were fortii, AT
The same time, an embargo was laid on
al the shipping in the harbor-a measure
OF indispensable necessity calculated as
well to obtain .he assistance of the seamep
as to secure retreat for the inhabitants
IN ihe last extremity.
TO such of the distant parishes as were
open to communication, either by land or
by sea, notice of tho rsvolt had been tranr-
mitted within few hours after advice Of
II was received at the Cape, and the W bite
inhabitants OF many OF those parishes
had therefore found time 10 establish
camps, and iurm chain of posts which
for time seemed TO prevent the rebellion
.preading beyond the northern province.
Two of these camps, however. were at
tackled by the negroes, who were openly
Joined by the muattoes, and forced with
slaughter. AT Doudon the whites main
talned the contest for seven hours, but
we're overpowored by the infinite disparity
of numbers, and compelled to give way.
with the loss of upwards Of one hundred
of their body. The survivors took refuge
in the Spanish territory.
These two districts, therefore - the
whole of the rich and extensive plain Of
the Cape-together with the contiguous
mountains, were now wholly Abandoned
to the ravages Of the emmy, and the cru
elites which they exercised on such Of the
miserable whites as fell into their hands
cannot be remembered without horror.
nor reported IN terms strong enough to
convey proper idea of their atrocity.
THE HORRORS INCREAsE-wHIrE MEN
SAWED ASUNDER.
They seized Mr.. Ben. an officer Of the
police, and having aoiIed htm atire to one
of the gates of his plantation, chopped of
his limbs one by one with an AK.
poor man named Robert a carpenter
by trade, endeavoriug to conceal himself
from the notice of the rebelo, was discov-
cred in his hiding place. ! he savages de-
clared that lie ShonR,t die IN nthe poy of h1S
occ~putton. Accordingly, they bound him
between two boards, and deliberately Sa.c-
ed him oSt1lder.
Mons. Cordneau, planter Of Grande
Riyiere, had two natural sons by black
hal
their infancy and bred them up with great
tenderness They both joined in the re-
volt, aud when their father endeavored to
divert them from their purpose by sooth-
ing language and pecuniary offers, they
took his money, and then stabbed him TO
The heart.
All the white, and even the mulatto
children whose fathers had not Joined in
the revolt, were murdered without exccp.
tion, frequently before the eyes or clinging
TO tue bosoms Of their mothers. Young
women of all ranks Were first violated by
q whole troop Of barbarans, and then
generally put to death. Some Of them
were indeed reserved Tor the fIrther grasi-
fcation Of the lust of the savages, and
others had their eyes scooped out with
kuife.
DAUGHTERS RAvIsnEO IN PRESENCE OF
THEIR FATHERS.
In the parish of Llnlbe, at place call
cd the Great Ravine, q venerable planter.
the father of two beautiful young ladies,
was tied down by a savage ringleador of
n band, who raylshed the eldest daughter
an his preseuce, aud delivered over the
youngest to ono Of his followers. Their
passion being satisfied. they slaughtered
both the father and the daughters.
In the frequent skirmshes between the
ioragiug parties sent out by the negrous
(who after having burnt down everything
re in scarcity of provsons,) aud the
whites, the rebels seldom stood their