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quaintance with the greatest men of his 
time; in short, all who were illustrious 
among the magistrates, generals, men, of 
letters, and artists of that day. 
«<The hero corresponded or conversed 
vith Crequy, L uxembourg, @ and Chainilly 
the statesman, with d’istrade, B: ee 
Polignac; the Prince, with Boucherat, 
and La wmoignon : the connoisseur, with 
Mansard, Le Notre, and Coisevor; the 
man of eloquence, with Bossuet and 
Bourdaloue; the philosopher, with La 
Bruyere, and La Rochefaucauld; the man 
of letters, with Boileau, Racine, Santeuil 
La Fare, Mademoiselle de Scudery, and 
Madame de Ja Fayette.” 
Condé had hitherto paid little atten- 
tion to his religious duties; ‘ but the 
conversion of the Princess Palatine, the 
edifying death of the Prince de Conti, 
and still more, of his own sister, the Du- 
chess de Longueville, effected greater 
wonders in a single moment than forty 
years of search and examination.” 
Having learned from one of ‘his physi- 
cians that he could not expect to live 
longer than a few days, he occupied his 
whole attention with his duties as a pa- 
rentand a christian. Father Deschamps 
acted on this occasion as his confessor, 
and that jesuit required of him “ that 
he should make a public reparation for 
the scandal that he had occasioned.” 
After taking leave of his family and 
domestics, the great Condé expired, on 
Monday, ‘December 11, 1686, at seven 
o’clock in the morning. On receiving 
intelligence of this event, Louis XIV. 
exclaimed, “ I have then lost the great- 
est man in my whole dominions!” The 
corpse was carried without pomp to 
Valery, where it was interred with that 
of his ancestors; but his heart was de- 
posited in the church belonging to the 
Jesuits, in.the Rue St. Antoine. A fu- 
neral service was performed at Notre 
Dawe, on which occasion Bossuet pro- 
nounced one of his most celebrated 
orations. . 
MISCELLANIES. 
“ Copies des Lettres et Pitces écrites 
au Général en Chef de l’Armée d’Hait.” 
—Copies of Letters and Writings ad- 
dres oA to the General in Chief of the 
Army of Haiti; printed at St. Domingo 
‘in 1806, aud 1807. 
The war in Europe has long since 
extended itself to the Wes: Indies, and 
St. Domingo at this period appertains to 
a new class of men, the majority of 
whom were formerly mere slaves, ad- 
siricti glebe, like the bulk of the people 
Montuty Mac., No. 166, 
“The tyranny, 
ct of French Literature—IMiscellanies. 647 
of England at a remote period of our 
history. ' After having driven out the 
French colonists, and overcome such of 
the regular troops as did not succumb 
under the diseases of a tropical climate, 
the chiefs at length contended among 
themselves for superiority, and a new 
civil war commenced, which at this mo- 
ment is not wholly terminated: 
The first letter, now before us, is dated 
from l’Anse-a2V eau, October 12, 1806, 
and is addressed by. Etienne Gerin, mi- 
nister at war, and a general of division, 
to the ecneral in chief of the army of 
Uaiti, He begins by complimenting 
Henry Christophe, who has since assumed 
the title of emperor, as the legitimate suc- 
cessor to the government of the island. 
” ‘says he, “‘ exercised over 
the army and people of Haiti, added to 
the destructive genius of the present em- 
peror (Dessalines), has produced an in- 
surrection on the part of the people of 
Cayes. On the 10th of this month, Co- 
lonel Et. Mentor, the inspector- -ceneral, 
had his head cut off, for attempting to 
enforce the orders received by him, 
which extended to the slaughter of all 
the old freemen, especially those of a 
yellow cast. The execution of this com- 
mand, first entrusted to General Moreau, 
was prevented by Ouagnac, a colonel of 
cavalry, one of our good and brave bre- 
threa: Moreau has been arrested by the 
people; the troops have demanded their 
pay, and their situation is truly pitiable.” 
After stating a variety of particulars 
relative to the soldiery, the minister at 
war anticipates that a stop will soon be 
put to cultivation; that foreign comes 
merce will be destroyed, and that the 
rich will be despoiled of all their pro- 
per by the most cruel confiscations ; 
, adds he, “ twenty thousand gour des 
= eat are not sufficient to maintain one 
of the imperial concubines, of which 
there are at least twenty in number, 
wlule the ammunition destined for actual 
war is expended with prodigality in in- 
ignificant salutes, and not a single bar- 
oi of maize (Indian corn) is to be found 
in the stores. All this occurs too at a 
time when there ought to be no other 
object in view but for us to bury oure 
selves under the ruins of our country, or 
to defend it like free men. But as to 
liberty, good heavens! it is a vain name 
here, which no one dares to pronounce 
openly; although it be placed at the head 
of all our acts and declarations, it exists 
there alone. 
“ They have usurped the votes of the 
generals 
