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

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Prince, with the intention Of setting il
on fire. So defenseless was the state O
that devoted town, that its destruction
seemed inevitable. Many of the mulattt
chiefs, however, finding that their attempts
to gain orer the negro slaves on the suga,
plantations in this part Of the country
were not attended with that success which
they expected, expressed al unwillingness
TO proceed TO this extremity, declaring
that they took up arms, not 10 desolc,e
the colony, but merely to support the ma,
t'onal decree Of the 18th Of May, and ,ha,
they were not averse 10 a reconciliation
These sentiments coming to the knowl>
edge Of Mons. De Jumccourt, a planter o!
eminence, be undertook the office of medi.
ator; and through his influence truce,
called the concordat, was agreed upon the
l1th OF Sept, between the free people OF
color and the white inhabitants of Port
au Prince, Of which the chief provisions
were an oblivion of the past, and an en-.
gagement on the part Of the whites, to
admit in full force the national decree of
the 18th Of May, certainly the ostensible,
though perhaps not the sole and original
cause OF rebellion. Thus peace was once
more restored. All would have been we'll,
If only outside influences would have
ceased TO be used to stir up commo.ion
and strife in the unfortunate country.
The Reception Of the Neus Of the Mas
sacre in Paris. But lie. US return to
France, where we left Gregaire. Roles
pierre. and the rest Of the society Of Amis
des Noirs, exuhing in the triumph they
had obtained on the 18th Of May, and ner.
haps waiting that their obnoxious decree
would produce those very evils which ac-
tua!iy resulted from it. 1t was not ur,il
the beginning Of September that nforma.
tion arrived at Paris concerning reception
which the account Of this decree had met
with at St. Domingo. The tumult., dis.
orders and confusions that it produced
there, were now Represented in tie strong.
est coloring, and the loss of the colony to
France was universally apprehended. A.
this time, however, no suspicion was enter.
tanned concerning the ensaved negroes
but civil war between the whites and ,nul.
attoes was believed to be inevitable. The
commercial aud manufacturing towns pre-
dieting the ruin of their trade and ship,
ping, and the loss Of their capital from
existing dangers, presented remons,rances
and petitions to the National Assembly
urging the necessity of an immediate re.
peal Of all the DEGREES by which the rights
OF the planters we're invaded that Of the
10Th Of May especially. A, length mo.
tion was made TO annul the obnoxious de.
cree, (and strange to tell y on the oath of
September its repeal was actually voted by
a large majority thirteen days after the
concordat, or truce between the white in.
habitants Of Pot. nu Prince and the mul.
attoes had been established, and peace
restored 1t will be remem bered that the
concordat recognized al the rights and
privileges conferred BY the decree of the
18th Of May upon the free colcred people.
The Decree Of the 18Th Of May Repeal.
ed doubts had already arisen in the
minds Of the muIattoes concerning the
sincerity and good faith of the white peo-
pie wit respect to the concordat. Their
suspicious and apprehe ensions had indeed
grown to such a height as to induce them
to insist on renewal and confirmation of
its provisions, which we're accordingly
granted to them by now new instrument
OF treaty, of the llth Of October. Butno
sooner was authentic information Of the
repeal of the decree received from France,
than all trust aud confidence, and every
hope OF reconciliation and ami,y between
the two classes, vanished forever. There
was no longer they said. M alternative.
The "irrepressible conflict" doctrine was
once more brough, into operation!
il The Negroes Enguged- The Massacre
Breaks out a frcsh.-The ensaved N egroes
in the district Of Guide sac joined the
mulatsoes--a bloody engagement took
place, in which the negroes (the slaves)
being ranged in front, and acting w,hou.
any kind Of discipline, left two thousand
Of their number on the field. Ofthe mul
staes, about fifty were killed and several
taken prisoners. The whites claimed tho
victory, out for want OF cavalry were una.
bls to improve it by pursuit, and con.
tented themselves with satiating their re-
venge ON their captives. But, in order to
prevent misunderstandings, j. will be here
proper to state that the whites comprised
in their ranks not only the 'slaveho olders,'
but French soldiers and The non. slave.
holding white population. The whole
white race wss ip arms.