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

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A poorl man named ,Robert,,a carpen.
ter bStrade, sndeavoring to conceal him +,
self from the notice Of the rebels wss dis.
covered in bis hiding place. The sayagss
declared that be should die iu the way Of
bis occupation. Accordingly they bound
him between two boardA aud deliberately
sawed him asunder. ...- ..f. A...,.
Mons. Cardiuesu, planter Of, Grande
R1viere, had two natural sons by black
woman. He had manumi,ted them in
their infancy, and bred them up with
great tsnderpsss. They both joined in the
revolt, and when their father reudeayored
to divert them from their purpose by soo,h-
ing language aud pecuniary offers, they
took his money, and then stabbed him to
the heart. p,
lu" All the white and even the mulato
children, whose fathers had no. joined in
the revolt, were murdered without excep.
ton, frequently before the eyes or clinging
to the bosoms Of their mothers. Young
women of ali ranks were FIRST violated BY
whole troop Of barbarians, and then gen,
orally put 10 death. Some OF them we're
indeed reserved for the further grati6ca.
tson Of the lust of the sayages, and others
had their eyes scooped out with Knife.
Daughters Rarished IN Presene Of their
fatters. -" In the parish Of Limbe. a.
place called the Great Ravine, a VEN
cradle planter, the father of two beautiful
young ladies', was lied down by a savage
ring gleader of bahd, Who ravished the
eldest daughter in his presence, and deliv.
cred over the youngest to Que Of his fol.
lowers. Their passions being satisfied,
they slaughtered 10th the father aud the
daus shters." ...,
In the frequent sairmishes between the
io:aging parties, sent out by the negroes
who after having burnt down everything,
we're in scarcity Of provisions) and the
whites. the. rebels seldom stgcd their
ground longer than to receive AMI rel.rn
one single solley, bu, they appearc :, asu.n
the next day ; and though they were at
length driven out of their eu,rencsloen,s
With infinite slaughter, yet their numbers
seemed not to diminish. AS suon rs tne
body was cut off, another appeared, and
thus they succeeded in the object OF har.
RAISING and destroying the whites by per.
pelual fatigue, and reducing the country
to desert.
Too Thousand Persons Nassacred in
Cold Biood.-To detail the various con.
Hlcts, sarmishes, massacres. and scenes
OF s aush hter, which this ex.erminating war
produced, were to ofiera disgusting and
ir'gh'ful picture-a combination Of ter.
rors, wherein we should behold crueIlies
une xampled in the annals of mankind;
human blood poured forth in torrents; the
earth blackened with ashes, and the cir
tsiu,ed with pestilence. 1t was com puted
that, within two months after the revolt
iirs, began, upwards of Two thousand white
persons OF all conditions and ages, had
been massacred; that one hundred and
eighty sugar plantations, and about niue
hundred coffee, cotton and indigo settle
fme"ts had teen destroyed, (ths buildings
shereon being consumed BY fire.) and
abou. one thousand two hundred Chris
tian families reduced. from, opulence to
such state of misery as to depend alto
gether for their clothing aud sustenance
On public and private charity! OF the
insurgents Il was reckonsd that upwards
Of ten thousand ad per;shed BY the sword
or BY famine, and some hundreds by the
hands Of the executioner! -
Are the people Of the United States pre-,
pared For such horrid scenes of devas,a
ton. atrocities and bIoodsbed in their
-midst2. Will they profit from these un>
happy experiences, or is the irrepressi-
Wv SShutSS uONkIhlC W Uc ChIIiCu QuL al
this country in q similar manner?
The RcroN az the Wcslern Part of the
lsldnd.-The flames OF rebellion soou be.
gan to break forth also in The western di.
vision Here, however, the insurgents
were chiefly men Of color, Of whom up.
wards Of two thousand appeared in arms
in the parish Of Mirabalis. Being Joined
BY about six hundred Of the negro slaves,
they began their operations by burning
the coffee PLANTATION in the mountains -
Some detachments Of the military, which
were sent against. them from Port au
Prince, were repuIsei, and the insurgents
continued TO ravage and" burn the country
through 40 extent Of tbirt, miles, prac.ic.
ing the same excuses and ftrocious bar.
bari,iss towards such Of tho the whites a.
tell into their hands, - we're displayed BY
'hs rsbels 10 ,hs North. They bad ,hs