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

reduced from opulence to such state of
misery a. to depend altogether Tor their
clothing and susteuaucc on public and pri-
vate charity. OF the insurgents it was
reckoned that upwards of ten thousand
had perished by the sword or by famine.
and some hundreds by the hands Of the
executioner
Are the people Of the United States
for such horrid scenes of devas-
taton, arocity and bloodshed in their
midst! VIII they profit from these un.
happy experiences, or is the "iiresistble
conflict doctrine to be carried out in this
country in a similar manner?
THE REVOLT IN THE WESTERN PART OF
THE ISLAND.
The flames of rebellion soon began 10
break forth also in the western division.
Here. however, the Insurgents were chief
ly men OF color, of VIII m upwards OF two
thousand appeared in arms in the parish
Of Mrabahas. Being joined by about
six hundred of the negro slaves, they be-
gan their operations by burning the coffee
plantations in the mountains. Some de-
tachments of the military, which were
sent against them from Port.au-Prince,
were repul,ed and the in urgents contn
ued to ravaEc and burn the country thro'
an extent Of thirty miles, practicng the
same exccsses AID ferocious barbarities
towards such of the whites as fell into
their hands, as were displayed by the reb
els in the north. They had the audacty
at length to approach Port au-Princc,
with the intention of setting it on fire.
SO delenseless was the state of that de-
voted town that its destruction seemed
inevitable. Many Of the mulatto chiefs,
however, finding that their attempts to
gain over the negro slaves on the sugar
plantations in this part Of the country
were not attended with that success which
they expected, expressed an unwiliingness
to proceed to this extremity, declaring
that they took up arms, not to desolate
the colony, but merely to support the ma
tional decree Of the 10Th of May, and
that they were not ayersc to a rcconciIia-
tion. These sentiments coming to the
knowl, dgc OF Mons dc Jumcourt, plant
er of emlneuce, he undertook the office of
mediator; aud through his influence
truce called the eoncordat was agreed up
on the | Ith of September between the free
people Of color and the inhabitants of
Port al Prince, which the chcil provis
ions were, an oblivion Of the past, and an
engagement, on the part of whites to admit
in full force the national decree Of the
18th of May, certainly the ostensibe,
though perhaps not the sole and original
cause of rebellion. Thus peace was once
more restored. All would have been well
if only outside infuer cos would have
ceased to be used to stir up commotion
and strife in the unfortunate country.
THE RECEPTION OF THE NEWS OF MAssA-
GRE IN PARIS.
But let US return 10 France, where We
left Gregoire, Robespicrre, and the rest
of the society of Anles Hes NoirS, exul-
ting in the triumph they had obtained on
on the 10Th of May. and perhaps waiting
that their obnoxious decree would produce
those very evils which actually resulted
from it. It, was not until the beginning
of September that information arrival at
Paris concerning the reception which the
account of this decree had met with in st.
Domingo. The tumults, disorders and
confusion, that it produced there, were
now represented in the strongest coloring,
and the loss Of the colony to France was
universally apprchendcd. At this time,
however, no suspicion was entertained
concerning the enslaved negroes; but
civil war between the whites and pulat-
toes was believed to be inevitable The
commercial and manufacturing towns pre-
dieting the ruin of their trade and the loss
of their capital from existing dangers,
presented remonstrances and petitions to
the National Assembly, urging the neces-
sity Of and immediate repeal Of all the
DEGREES by which the rights of the planters
were invaded-that oil the 18th of May
At length, a motion was
made to annul the obnoxious decree, (and
strange TO tell } on the 24th Of tSepienber
lis yepeai acas actually rOted By q huge
thirteen days after the con-
cordat, or truce between the white inhab-
itants OF Port au Prince and the mulattoes
has been established, and peach restored
1t will be remmcn bered that the concor-
dat recognized all the rights and prvil-
eges coniered by the decree Of the 9th of
May upon the free colored people.
THE DECREE OF TIE 18TH OF MAY RE-
PEALED,
Doubts had already arisen in the minds
of the muIattoes concerning the sincerity
and good faith Of the white people with
to the concordat Their suspic-
ions and apprehensions had indeed grown
to such height as to induce them to insist
on a rouewal and confirmation Of its pro.
visions, which were accordingly granted
them by a new instrument, or treaty, of
the llth October. But no sooner was
authentic information Of the repeal of the
decree received from France, than all
trust and confidence, and every hope of
reconciliation and amity between the two
classes, vanished forever. There 1caS m
l0n9er, they said an alternative The
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