Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-04-04

prise and grief, he fouad all the negroes
in arms on the side of the rebels, end
thorrid I'd teb) fheir standard ,sas Nsbody
Of rhite infant seh,ch Uey had recently
impaled ,oa o stake! Mons Odeluc had
advanced 10 far to, retreat Undiscovered,
snd both be and his friend that acconpan-
led him, with most Of the soldiers, were
killed without mercy. Two or three OF
the patrol escaped by fight, and conveyed
the dreadful tidings to the inh aLi,aut., Of
the town. .- E. ?. .,t Vi. 7 .0...
- Nansions and Canefelds SC! on FTs--
By this time, oil or most Of the White per.
sons bad been found Oh several jplAnta>
tatlons, beius nassaciel,o or forced 10 seek
.ae,r safety in, flight, the rutians ex.
changed the sword for the torch. The
buildings and casefelds were everywhere
Sc. on FIRE, and the couAassstions, which
were visible from the town in thousand
different quarters, furnished prospect
more shocking and rehectious more dis.
NAL than fancy eau paiat or powers Of man
can describe. - ..1. .r.
Consideration and terror now took pos.
session Of every mind, and the screams Of
the women aud children, running from
door to door, heightened the horrors Of
the scene. All the citizens took up arms,
and The General Assembly vested the Gov.
~ernor with the command Of the National
Guards, requesting him TO have such Or
ders as the necessity Of the case seemed
to demand. One OF the first measures
was to send the white women and child
rem on, board.the ,shi ps in toe harbor ), very
serious apprehensinus being entertained
concerning the domestic negroes within
the town, great proportion of the ablest
men among them were likewise sent on
shipboard and closely guarded. ...
"A rain attempt 10 pat doun the Negroes.
The Assembly con,iuAed their del,bera
,ions throughout the night, amidst the
glare Of surrounding eontiagra,iops. The
inhabitants being strengthened by num-
ber Of seanen from the ships, and broush,
into some degree Of order and military
subordination, were now desirous that
detachment should be sent ou, to attack
the strongest, body Of the revohers. Or.
oers were given according y, and Mons
De Touzard, an officer who had dsin.
guished himself in the United States SER
vice. took the command OF Il parry OF mi
htla and troops Of the line. With these
he marched to the plantation of Mons
Laionr, aud attacked a body of about four
thousand Of the rebel negroes. Many
we're destroyed, but TO little purpose; for
7Touzard, tiuding the number Of reyoiters
TO increase TO mora than cenluple pro-
portion Of their losses, was at length Oh.
lged to retreat. The Governor, by the
advice Of the Assembly, now determined
to act for some time solely ou the defen-
sive; and, as it was every moment to be
apprehended that the revolters would pour
down upon the town, all the roads and
passes leading into it were fortified. At
the same time, an embargo was laid Oh all
The shipping in the harbor--a measure Of
indispensable necessity, calculated as well
to obtain the assistance Of the seamen as
to secure . retreat for the inhabitants in
the last extremity. tr.r.. ..s.:...... ~
To such of the distant parishes as were
open to ommuntealion, either by land or
BY sea, notice Of the yeyoh had been trans
amitted within 4 few hours after ADVICE Of
IL was received at the Cape, auc the white
inhabitants of many Of those parishes had
therefore found time to establish Camps,
and form chain Of posts which, foe a
time, seemed 10 preven. the rebellion
rspssading beyoud the northern province.
Two Of these camps however, were At.
lacked BY the negroes, (who were here
openly joined by the mu!a,oes,) and forced
with slaughter. At Dondon the whites
maintained the. contest for seven hours,
but were overpowered by the infinite dis
parity Of numbers, aud compelled to give
way. with the loss Of upwards of one hun
dred of their body. The survivors took
refuge in the Spanish territory, ...
=, These two districts therelore--,he whole
Of the rrich and sxtensiys plain Of the
Cape together with the contiguous noun.
tsips, we're now wholly abandoned to the
isasagas Of the enemy, and the cruel.ies
which they exercised on such Of the mis-.
erable whites as fell into their hands can.
not be remembered without horror, nor
reported IN terms strong enough to con
vey q proper idea Of their strocity.t ~
vol TIE Horrors Inersase---WAite Nan
Saved Asunder--'Ihey seized Mr.. Blen.
IN officer Of the police. and having nailed
him o'is 10 Que Of The ga.es Of bic plan.