HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
_Benerals had already resolyed | to 
exterminate. 
Under these circumstahees‘a de- 
termined spirit of resistance quietly 
though firmly arose among the ne- 
gto inhabitants; and a determina- 
tion to revenge their oppressions, 
the fitst favourable cast shred that 
iight occur, was by them univer- 
Sally adopted. The hand of provi- 
deiice itself appeared to'hasten that 
Toussaint, 
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mioment of their justdeterminations, 
It was shortly after the infamous 
and pertidious arrest of the brave 
t, that the West Indian 
fever, the scourge of European ava- 
rice, broke out with the most de- 
Structive fury in the island; the 
blacks, however, suffered nothing 
from it; it was reserved with deadly 
effect for their i imperious conquer- 
ors, Speedily did the courage and 
the strength of their ferocious i in- 
vaders, Wither away before the fier 
breath of the pestilence! Their 
hospitats were crowded with sick— 
their ranks were thinned—and those 
who stillescaped,were unable to pur- 
sue those active operations of war 
against the few revolted slaves who 
still remained unsubdued; from 
which alone they could have ex- 
pected’ success, but which now 
they saw would expose them to an 
enemy far more terrible than they 
had yet encountered im the field. 
’ The consequence was such as might 
have been expected: in proportion 
to the decrease of force and enter- 
prize'in the French army, the cou- 
fage and activity of their adversa- 
ries increased; and a general insur- 
Fection took place, Whit h soon confi- 
ned the French troops to theirstrong 
Ries on the coasts of their part ot 
e island. 
The only official account we haye 
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‘of the/proaress of the renewed Hene- 
ral warfare, is in the letter of gen, 
Boyer to the minister of marine 
and cclomies: he says, that ‘ after 
the arrest of Toussaint, the disarm- 
ing of the negroes (an essential ope- 
ration, and the first basis of tran- 
quillity) was pursued with as much 
activity as success.” “A few slight 
insurrections then took place.’ A 
man of the name of Sans Soucie, 
who was before unknown, assen= 
bled a number of Congo negroes, 
and set fire to some plantations. He 
was pursued by the French general 
commanding in the horthern dis~ 
trict, but escaped into the distant 
mornes. This event took plaee 
about the latter end of June: the 
heat then became excessive, aud it 
was impossible for the French army 
to make any farther movements, 
Gen. Boyer states, that in that teme 
perature the mornes of the smallest 
elevation presented almost insu- 
perable obstacles. The number 
of thg brigands (as the French 
terme the negroes) daily ih- 
creased; while every day the sick+ 
ness made new ravages in the 
French army. The blacks calcu- 
lated its progress with a secret joy. 
The first attacks they made in force 
were on the French posts at Marma- 
lade, Donder, and Moustique; they 
succeeded in all those attacks; the 
French, however, afterwards dis- 
lodged them, and retook their po- 
sitions. Inthe latter end- of Au- 
gust, Charles Belair, an atrocious 
African, (according to Gen. Boyer) 
rose in insurrection on the heights 
of Artibonite. Some of the black 
troops, who were in the French 
pay, deserted to him: he was how- 
ever, at length défeated, and taken 
prisoner, with is wife, who had 
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