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REPORT MADE EY THE emu OF THE STAFF OF THE
ARMY OF HAYTI TO THE PRESIDENT HENRY CHRIS.
_TOPHE, 3)N THE VICTORY GAINED THE 25TH OF OC-
TOSER OVER TUE ARNIY OF VS BEMS S, axiom; ST.
SeARC.. • '?

After- Oa- unsuccessful attack of the 20th of Sep.
ternber, another desperate attempt on St. Marc was
announced, for which all the forces in the South of
Hayti were called- out.
" The President having received information of
those preparations, sent to the 'reinforcement of the
garrison of St. Marc three battalions, two companies '
of artillery, and a squadron of cavalry, and set off
personally from the Cape, on the 23d of October.—
On the 244.11, he entered St. Marc, when, without
dismounting, he visited all the posts, reconnoitred
the posi.w.sis of the enemy, and gave his orders for a
general attack on the following day.
"On the 25th, the tropps of-the North entered St.
Marc, at ten o'clock in the morning. The President
reviewed all the troops on the Place d'Armes, and or-
dered the attack to take place at eleven.
" The rebels occupied on the left the habitation Pi-
vert, distant only half a mile front the town, where
they had thrown up several entrenchments. They had
in the same manner, erected some works upon the
road leading from St Marc to Port au Prince ; on the
right, they occupied the habitation Floreneeaux, and
the neighbouring heights.
" Brigadier Daquoi Vigne, and Colonel L'Espe7
ranee, were detached with three battalions, in order to
ket p the rebels in check on the right, whilst the left
sto be attacked. The Commandant Richer was
left in the town with a battalion as a reserve.
" The President divided the troops into two co-
L.mns ; the first, with a piece of cannon was to force
. e lead, and storm the entrenchments ; the second
co'.umn was ordered to turn the heights, to flank the
rttels, and to throw them upon the road, where the
. Jut • t column and the cavalry were to receiee them with
vii our. The horse body guard was drawn up in
tu t ay, at the distance of 11211iket4hOtly0111 the enemy,
' a reserve, intended to decide the action. The at-
ck began soon after the entrenchment .on the road
• ; evacuated by the enemy, who withdrew to the
er 1. enclunent on the' heights. The President was in
th middle of a thetwer of balls, which were flying in
Ili directions arOUJOhlun, giving his orders with- the
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n atest coolaws,s2 • "
6, The seemul column having, in the mean time,
reached the, heights, tinder the-fire of the enemy; the
rebels were turned, and fled precipitately towards the
road. They were; completely put tO the routi and
the cavalry, under the Generals Pierre, Tottisaint,
and Cottereau, pursuing them; they` Were 'cut to
pieces, and several hundred made prisoners. During
the ergagement, some barges were seen in the hay;
appatatitly purposing to approach the road. The
PresiJint reentered
Ambroi
the town,
and ordered the G ene-
ral of Artillery, se, to make his preparations
to receive them ; but those bares kept out of the
range of his guns.
" The President went to the right, where Brigadier
Diaquol Vigne commanded the troops. 'He ordered
an attach to dislodge the rebels from their position;
but; on 'acecinnt of their great superiority of numbers,
their resistance was veryobstinate, and their fire ex-
• tremeri brisk. The.. 7th battalion eyen-made a retro-
.. 'rade movement ; then the President ordered Colo-
nel Richer, who had been left 'at St.' Marc with a
bilgtehtt,alrioiriticinh rewservas
de;niteo more Ithorrarbad and
ttle . supp
as rer the
blished. That Officir having proceeded along the
shore; turned the extrentity of the line of the rebels,
and from that moment:, the victory was deilded : • the
horse guards came up at the same time; made a
charge,
.and the fight became general. The remain-
r of the day was employed in searching for and
securing the prisoners, wholtad concealed themselves
in the bushes and underwoods 'which are on both
sides of road. Many Colonels and other officers,
with numbers of soldiers, were made prkoners.—
The rebels left the field of battle covered with their
killed and wounded. Night coming on, put a stop
to the pursuit, and prevented their total discomfiture.
{t Both actions lasted six hours, during which the
troops evinced the greatest bravery. General Dia-
qui,' was wounded in the arm ; Captain Le Jeune,
Aide-de-Camp •of the President, had an eye shot away
by a ball; Lieutenant-Colonel Maujroint, of the horse
guards, was wounded. The two battalions of the tad
regiment had made a forced march of 36 leagues in
three days; but, notwithstanding their fatigue, their
ardour ',vas not diminished.
" On the 2t3th, the Generals Pierre, Toussaint, and
Cottereau continued the pursuit to Montrouis, les
Verrettes, et les Matteux. The President went to
Montrois, and ordered that the potroles should he
established all along the sea shore, in order to inter-
cept such of the fugitives as might attempt to reach
the barges. and canoes which were ready to facilitate
their escape—they were almost all made prisoners,
perishing with hunger and thirst, and cursing the
traitor who had exposed them to their present mise-
rable situation. Colonel Cibasse, who pursued them
into the mountains, took many priitoners, and brought
with him their drums and colours. Their famous
General,' Senator Bonnet, maintained his reputation
of cowardice : at the very outset of the engagement,
he withdrew to Montrouis, at' six leagues distance
from the field of battle, and left his troops -without a
commander.
" NO enemy being any longer to be teen, the troops
of the North were sent back to their cantonments:„.—
The battalion of the 417th was ordered to take charge
ef the prisoners : and, after having provided for the
•ivounded, the President returned with his horse guard
to the Cape, where he arrived the 7th of November,
and reiceived the felicitations of the Civil and Military
Authorities,. In the evening there was a general illu-
114a.tion,"- • - •
. The Report concludes in these words: " The friend
of hOirtanityi the man who . loves his rOuntry; and
obesi...ltaia•ws,•asks himself what may be the end
a the 'rebel Petlein, when he thus exposesl :to certain
death;.; .tho miserable' tools- of his arnbitiont ..What
would have •been the fate of t
thoge un
the hands of- the
fortunate'. men
whop the chance of war- pu into
11014.1 at, if his :leniency had hot spared them, even
at r. they had I'M u?their arms -against his person ?
*et, zloes'itlie;cannibal Pei4on cause the shedding of
VJ talcalki,.Uatkss it he owing .to A plaubf detrue4

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tion artfully preeoncerted with our itnplaeable enemy '
—the enemy of the world—for diminishing the popu-
lation of Hayti a plan which was always the favou-
rite project of the French faction, of which Petion is
the secret abettor, and which estimates as nothing the
hums* blood they, shed to satiate their execrable
ant-
bition. (signed) ?JOSEPH RAPHAtEi.",

THE EVENING- STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, tam
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TO OUR READERS.
To address our Readers on the opening year, " Custom," bt the
words of our immortal Bard, " has made a property ;" we wish
we could add with hint, " of easiness," on tlie present occa-
sion. Last night, during our midnight lucubrations, the
bells of *the Metropolitrang a merry peal to introduce the new
year; our senses were for a shOrt time billed into congenial
feelings of hilarity:--but soon the vivid lightning flashed, and
the distant thunder, at times confounded with the roaring of
the wind, rolled out its awful sound, impressing on our minds
sentiments suited to the tremendous .terms, which agitate the
moral and political world.
The annals of history no where record so fearful a conjuncture as
that in which we are now placed. The political balance is de-
stroyed; the human ties of civilization ate disregarded; and
the very foundations of society are subverted. Our toe disdains
the usual means of natural progress. He binds the elements to
his chariot Wheels, and puts all nature in a state requisition.

in the words of the Poet,
" He spurn; the earth, and towers with eagle's wings ;
" Kings he makes slaves, and meanest creatures Kings."
Hitherto we have stopped his career ; but we had the assistance
of allies. Now those allies are armed against us ; 'they are be-
come the Satellites attendant on this baneful orb, that threatens
to involve us into the general conflagration. The opening year
is fraught with the most important events. Mach, perhaps all,
will depend on our conduct during the course of it.' We have
more than once endeavoured to do cur duty. as citizens by
pointing out the manner in which our resources shotild be ex-
erted. We shall again, on the present occasion, shortly grate,
and earnestly press on the minds of our countrymen, our 'ideas
on this great subject. •
Next to 'the- indispensable duty of aveiting the judgments of
Heaven by the practice of Christian virtues, our political it'abras
tion 'depends on two thirist EXRNAL UNtou,and INTERNAL
DEEXiscE.
Whatever cause obstructs the former must be immediately re-
moved. Leland must be conciliated. When 'all patties and
all sects arc interested in the preservation of constitutional pri-
vileges, they will combine' their efforts to defend, and to main-
tain those privileges. Of the objections tirade to the emancipa-
tion of the Catholics, one' only appe:::-, to us to deserve se-
rious attention: the influence of the Pope.
We certainly cannot be perfectly at ;: o,e, when we ,ee a person,
• tbe 'vassal of our implacable enolay, exerting any authority
within 'the British dominions. Tile temporal and civil power of
the Pope is annihilated ;it was destroyed in 1798. But he has
nominally, the appoint bent of Catholic Bishops. And
while hehai it nominally, BONAPARTE possesses it virtually.
He therefore holds the temporal Sovereignty of the Pope ; and he
ma) Übe pleaties assume the title of CLEMENT, Plus, or IN-
NOEN-i', to all which, we believe,,lie has an equal claim. We
would therefore propose, while we give the privileges of the
Democracy and Aristocracy to the Catholics, that they should
embrace the Monarchy. We propose that their Bishops,' like
those of the Gallic-an Church under the Kings of France, should
be appointed by the Kings of England. With this condition,
. and with some regulations to secure the independence of their
clergy, we v.ould throviopen the pale of all political and civil
privileges. '
Our Readers recollect our plan a INTERNAL DEr stmt. We
have. heard it universally apyroved. We gave the general out-
line, which might be easily filled up by the wisdom of the Le-
gislature. We refer our Readers to the 23d of October for
the general articles, the first of which is that all the male popu-
lation of the Kingdom from the age' Of 17 to that of 27 shall be
trained warms, and that all above that age shall be 'requested to
remain, or enter as Volunteers. •
Supported by these two great pillars of national security,we may,
under the protection of DIVINE PitovinENcE, begin the year
with a rational confidente that we shall be successful in stem-
ming the totrent that has overwhelmed the Continent of Eu-
rope, and which is roiling towards us, swollen by the mighty
deluge of successive conquests.
To say much of ourselves individually, would be an unpardonable
• anti-chinas. *i !hall persevere in that line of conduct which
has received the si*.von of public approbation during almost
twenty years. INnikNosNcE or SPIRIT, FREEDOM FROM
PARTY, AND AN ACTIViLOYr Or OUR COUNTRY, ARE OUR
UNALTERABLE PaINCIPLRS: • •

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In spite of the Dec rees of NAPOLEON, vessels con-
tinue to arrive in our ports almost daily, from different
continental ports. For reasons, which_musi be obvi-
ous to our commercial readers, we frequently absiaiu
from giving their names, or detailing such circuni;
stances as might afterwards identify them on their re-
turn to the continent ; but such intelligence as we are
thus enabled to collect, we lay before our Readers.