MEMOIR OF


had made, and that when I gave up the command to
was not wiltlout reflection ; that, moreover, I had no in
of trying to take it back. I assured him, besides, that I had
knowledge of armed men in the envirotn of Enutry, and
for three wel:.k I had bs'en t ountantly at work on my
place. I sent my ln Isaac to givEi him an act:ount of all t
vexation I -suitfred, and to warn him thbt if he did not put
end to them, I should be olliged to l-av,' the place where 1
was living, anid go to my rant he in the Spanish part.
 One day, bebre I reo'tied any answer front Gen. LecleriO
I was infotrmitl that one: ofl hi.- aidr,--d-c amp, passing by E
nery, had tuld the commander that he was the bearer of an ol.
der for my arrm-t, addrei,.d t. G,-n. Brunet. Gen. Lede
having given his word of honor and promii.d the protect
of the French Government, I refused to bAelieve the reporting,
even said to some one who advised me to leave my residenaoe
that I had proonist-d to stay thn-r quietly, working to repay
the havoc that had be-n mard ; that I had not given up t.1
command and sent away my tro)op- to act so Ibolishly nowu$
that I did not wish to leave bonm, and if they came to arra,
me, they would dud mc there; that, be;,ide, I would not giv
credence to the talmunny.
 The nest day I re..eived a second Ittt>-r from Gen. Lecle
by my son whom I -ent to him, which read thus:- :

 ** Anltr 4rF Sr. Domr'oo,
 "HEtQA[Qi.A.Rr.s .\r CAP FR s-(.Al, June 618,0
STHE GF.N.-IN-CHIEF Tt) GEN. TmOUSAINT:-
 "Since you permit, Citizen-General, in thinking that the
number of troops stationed at Plaiiao.e (the secretaryy pro
ably wrote Plaisante by mi-take, mi-aning Ennery) frig
ens the lahcorcrs of that diitri:-t, I have commis.oned Ge
Brunet to l..t in (nn-.trt "ith you. and to pla e a part of th
troops in thl. rear of Gnan'.e and one Idtac:hment alP
sance. Let the laborers und.-rstand, that, having taken
measure, I ball puoi-h those who lIave their dwellings to