TOUSSAINT L'OLVERTUL.E.


 Sof a majestic carriage and an eye full of fire.
 g soul, adorned with cii., domestic, and mili-
 His prudence led him to trust little to fortune.
 Patient, and temperate. Without having been
 .the schools, he srpoke with case and grace; he
 pleasure in diverting his guests by the recital of
 er his valorous exploits. lie was moreover liable
 of temper which indicated the fiery impulses of his
 "-Some of his excellences he lost when seated on a
 i n the messenger of Leclerc urged him to surren-
hity, he replied with hauteur, Go and tell your Gen-
i.4e French shall march here only over ashes, and that
Ikd shall burn beneath their tect." lie afterward
determination in this terms,--" The decision of
&admit you only into a ity in ashes, and e'en on these
il fight still !" Ineixorable to the entreaties of treacih-
itives, he was assailed by the tbllowing proclamation
iUsparte, which they received from lhe hands of Le-
Il put into circulation.

FIR tT CONSUL TO TUE INHU.BITANTS OF SAINT
 DOMINGO.
INaner your origin and your color, you are all French-
bt ae all free and equal belbre God and before men.
ie, like Saint Doningo. has been a prey to factions,
Aeoen torn by cilil war and by foreign war; but all is
4 all nations have embrartd the French, and hare
lmce and friendship toward them; all Frenchmen like-
ec embraced each other, and have sworn to be friends
Ohers; do you embrace the French, and rejoice at again
. your brethren and your friends from Europe. The
meat sends to you the Captain-General Leclerc; he
Pih him large forces to protect you against your ene-
fld against the enemies olf the Republic. If you are
Eth e borees are dertinr-d to rob you of your liberty,'
The Republic vill not allow that liberty shall be taken
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