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

''''5- ~ JVufut, uhu securing the
person both him and his wife This un-
fortunate womeu.-my hand tremblcs while
] wrte-was far advanced in pregnancy.
The monsters, whose prisoner she was,
having first murdered her husband in her
presence, rippc4 her 'Yo ahve, anu three
The 'njd0t 10 the hogs. They then (@o,0
ShaH relate l?) sc,ced up Me head If the
muracred nusb0 d in--- II! Such are
thy triumphs. phiantrophy And such
an act was committed by mulattocs, some
of whom had received an education in
Francel What may have been the deeds
Of the untaughl negro slaves ~
With justice may we cxclam, Of our
Abolition and republican leaders, who are
now busily engaged in preparing the ad-
vent of such horrid sccnes-thc impend-
ing crisis, as they style--in our midst,
" Forgive them; they know not what they
! do !'-or if they do, they are the greatest
- but everybody can answer that
for himself
THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1871.
With these enorm,tos terminated the
disastrou. year 1871 Just before Christ
mas, the three civil commissioners nomi-
Lated by the National Assembly for St
Domingo arrived at Cape Francois.
They proclaimed a general amnesty
and pardon to all who should 'sist from
acts OF insubordinatiop, aud who would
subscribe to the NV Constitution This
proposition was di.proved by the Colonial
Assembly and by all parties. The COM
missioners then left the island, in which
they found themselves powere's and dis
respected, BY the white inhabitants, a
general amnesty to the men of color and
rovolted slaves was considered as a justif-
cation of the most horrible atrocities. and
as holding out a dangerous example to
such OF the negroes as preserved their
fidelity. The mulattoes received the de-
cree OF the commissioners with contempt
and iudlgui;y, as it annulled their lavorte
decree OF the 18Th Of May. At Petit
G0Gue, the free coorcd persons were mas
terS. and held in close con Gcment thirty
Iour white persons, whom they reserved
for vengeance. On the publication Of this
amnesty, they led them to execution 4; but
instead ofputting them to immediate death,
they caused each of them to be broken
alive, aud, in the midst of their torturos,
read to them, in strain Of diabolcal
mockory, the proclamation, affecting TO
consider it as a pardon for the crueltes
they had just committed.
THE DECREE OF THE Arm or APRIL, 1892.
The Society of Aoi8 des NoirS had
soon obtained considerable influence in the
National Assembly On the 20th Of
FEBRUARY, 1892, Garan DC Co. llon, after a
long and inhamatory harangue against the
planter in general, proposed a decree for
abrogating that of the 21h of September,
declaring general amnesty throughout
all the frence colonies, and granting to
all free colorcs persons the right Of suf-
fragc, and Of being eligible TO the Legis
laturc and places OF trust, enacting that
new Colonial Assemblies should be form
ed, which should transmit tn ir sonti-
ments, not only on the subject Of the in
ternal government Of the colonies, but also
oatAe best meth>d V066cting the abOlu on
Of negr0 SlaUery in toto. Frantic as the
new Legislature has shown itself o II many
occasions since its first meetings, ma jor-
ity, could not at this time be found 10 vote
for so scaselcss and cxtravagant propo.
stion But short time afterwards, this
Assembly passed the famous decree Of
the 4th of April, 1892.
The carrying Of this decree into effect
was intrustod to three commiss oners
Slnthonax, Pulverel and Ailhaud--who, ,
with a force Of 5000 mon, arrived at St.
Domingo on the 18th OF September fol
lowing They Immediately diss lived the
Coonal Assembly, and sent the Gov
crnor (Blanchelande) to France, where
he was tried and guiIlotined. Mons.
Desparbes, his successor, having di a.
greed with the commissioners, was sus.
pended and sent to France, where he was,
it is said, also guilloinod
The commissioners of the National A.
sembly, in the end, openly declared that
the muIattoes, with the free negroes, should
enjoy their civil privileges, and the pro-
lection Of 5000 National Guards. The
commissioners held secret communications
Nlln lnC tulclS VI lit lHulHtlOlS, III all
parts Of the colony. Besides; they sent a
great number of whites in a state of ar
rest to Europe, to answer before the Ma
tional Assembly 10 the accusation which
tney pretcndoi to transmit against them
NEW FRENCH GOVERNOR ARRIVES.
A new Governor, Mons. Galbaud ar
rived in May, 1893, to take the command
and to place the Island in a state Of dc /.
fence, in case the British might invade it,
war having been declared between the
two Powers. The National Assembly Of
France soon after sent out commissioners
with fresh instruct ons, and suspended the
new Governor,
Galbaud, aided by his brother, armed
forc2 composed Of militia, seamon .rom the
ships in the harbor of Cape Hayden,
lErancois,) and great number of yolun
leers, and marched without delay against
the commissioners. who were with the