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POSTSCRIPT. , BALTIMORE, AUGUST $1. Exfraf? of a ktltr from a captain of a v?f- jd ht Ian ring U this part, dated in the j trho tr of Auk Cayit Au'ttjl 3. ' Tne inhabitants of this place, fufpeft H from thr: contents of fome intercepted Icters from the general, at Port-au-Prince, to Monfieur Codre, late major ofiheCioe regiment, (containing fo me particulars of his proceeding at that vf i:e and St. Mirk's) 'that there was l'j.'iu fecrec plan in agitation, which migkt prove fatal to them, if not timtly prevented, affembled a large body of hcrfe and foot, and repaired, to Codre's plantation, with determination to bring hi.n to toxn dead or alive. As they v. cre pafling one of his cane fields, they verc tired on by Codre and his negroes: They received no injury frm their fire, but immediately retrnecT it with inte rs:', and ki led fome of the negroes ; after v.'Iiivh they fet fire to the cane, by which means Codre was taken prifoner, and brought into town. It was with great Jiili-alty that the council and leading , ir.:n could reflrain the enraged populace iYbm making an immediate facrifice of i larir unhappy prifoner; but they were, ac l;t it prevailed upon to agret to his II n ding trial oy law. -He was then -c- . m iid to the common jail, till matters o :!d be arranged for his trial ; but while council were deliberating fon the mod iiron;r mode of proceeding, the people jre,T OMirageouHy impatient, threatening the judges, that it they" did not find him ;.:c: !yt and deliver hm up that night, ih .-ir lives Ihould anfwer for it ; however, before they could give an anfwer to thef enraged men, the poof wnhappy prifoner Msf;iz-d upon by another party, taken f Vera the priibn, and fealed in a chair in the publi: market place : The inftant the council and mayor were apprized of his fr.uatjon, they ahandaned the churck (tre place deigned for his trial) and in vain tlrove to refcue him from the fury of ;the populace ; but they were not per mitted to approach him, the mayor ex e:ed, who in vain c.'Faycd o appeafe ihiir refentment, and fave the prifoner. Nothing could be heard but the cry rf "4; him " They attempted to bring lights to which the mob objected, de claring he (houiJ die in the dark. As ihi people were all in aim?, it was ap prehended many lives would be loft ; lr.it f1 intent were they pwn wrerAing thtir vengeance on the ill -faud Godrc, that they abati Jancd the iiea of farther ,":!iief. About feren o'clock in thz - te: ipo ' (-14-) ct2nlftg, after great altercation, one of the rabble ftabbed him with a bayonet ; anotker,witha cutlafs, levelled him to the ground, while others Jifcharged the contents of their muflcets into his body ; his head was then cut offj and kicked , about the market place with the moft la i vage barbarity ; all his fccaes were broken, and his body cut and mangled in a manner too mocking to relate ; they . then dragged his bloody corpfe to the water fid c, where it remained until . a; pried obtained liberty to take two negro criminals from the jail, toaffid at his bu rial. Monfieur Codre was k very opu lent plantr, and has left an amiable wife and feveral children to lamest thefeveri ty of his fate." j The writer of the afetve letter, juft ar rived here from Aux-Cayes, informs, that on the ninth inftant, 309 inhabitants of that place, completely armed and ac coutred, were to march to pt. Mark s, to aflifb their friends there, m oppofitipi to the dangerous meafures of the, general of Hifpaniola. ' , NORFOLK, SfPTEMSER 4. ExtrMOt ft trrfLind fay's Hold Diary Ail- -'"This day arrived the (loop Hope, captain J. Richardfon, from Antigua, configned to Mr. Nathaniel Hill, in 14 days. Captain Richardfon informs us, that the July packet had arrived there, and brought intelligence that a com bined fleet of twenty fail Engjifli,and ten Dutch were at fca, under command of Admiral Barrington, and that aSpanifh fleet .of twenty fail was likewise at fea- but no decifivc anfwer had arrived from Madrid when the packet left England. This day arrived in Hampton Road, from St. Andero, in Old Spain, the fhip Vanflookun, captain J. Porter, in nine weeks. Captain Porter inferins us, that nothing elective was determined respect ing the war, but it was believed inevita ble ; that the Englifh merchant lhips in that port were exerting every thing in their power to procure their; loads, as they looked upon their fituation as very unfafe ; letters had arrived from Madrid the day before captain Porter failed, giv ing the following account that a French mini Iter, going into the court at Madrid, received a flab from one of theminiRers of Spain, who at the fame, time called him a traitor to Spain ; they had not learned what was the reafon, but it was conjeflured to be iome deception on the part of France, to have caufed inch an outrage on the minuter ; the! people of St. Andero were in the reaieit anxiety about us con.'tqiiences.- Captain Pg- teruo,cf and for Philadelphia, who tfc day before fpoke the Falmouth packet for Lifbon, who informed him, that ready foi fea, arid that a Spaniih war was expected daily. PR I G EC U R II M N T, IMPORTS. DOLLARS Salt, - uii Irn, perlfc. Veft indla Rum, New -England Ditto, Mufccyado Sugar, pcr4J' Lo3f Ditt, Molaffes, , - . ': Pepper, ''S' Hyfon Taj , - ' L EXPORTS. Tobacco, - '; Flour, per jfM. j- Wkeat, per buflieli . !" - Indian Corn, - ; f"lxfeed, ' - ; Oats, . Beef, per IV; Butter, - - Drerikins, per lb. r : i if 91. icf. Sf If. -,f 7c. 5' Vr 56. 51. biig Aurora from St. Aa ' Nonu in ths prefs, And on the firfiof Oclcber 'will be puhlijJxd, Thb NORTH-CAROLINA A L M A; N A G. For the year of our Lord 1791. THE fuhferiber begs leave to! inti mate to thoie who Itani indebted to j AMES G AMMETT, & Co. former ly of Wilmington and Fay etteTilie, mer chants, that the boads, notes, and otlicr fpecialties, belonging to that concern, are lodged ip. his haads for colieaicn. He at the fame time is inftrufted to faf, that all kinds of country produce will bi received in payment, at the higheft czih price in vv iixnmgton at the time cf celif very, aad every indulgence granted to thoie who hcw a difpofition to pay as they arc able; . Part payisent will be expected in courie ol the prcfent cropland tliofe who neglect to perform may expea to have , their cbHgaticns placed ia the hands of an attorney, on the firfl' day of Api.il next, without any fuitfecr roiice. A. MACNAUGHTON, Wfcfngn. Ser. 16, 1700. 54. 5
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