The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-04
Anatrsin IInytI.

10 rur Vufrous % rus ssIrHFu~ rREss
letter from Port an prince to he New YORK. y..r.
nal Of Ccrmsrcs copied into your paper of the 2sth Of
August has the following rcls,ion 20 the last inva
riop Of the Dominican Republic ny the tlaytiens:-
In tbs march they took so thrrs ual towrs ths
sp,hhh frontier .nt ,ssn srhi uI'u aiua Which hss
However wish great lee. o. ifr they
the Bsy tsb' susee,dst y rsiehiss b9ris Dc u r.
ls,s PLATA but tis tppo.ts hish ela sni
t ssi DS' sI .Sssd sass & ~ ss % anu .s.
g crss The river Herc the army rmenoa f,r a's dsf.
then s in,snsty sss BODY u tem ut,e,iT
l 80 me- h s m , i asa is NJ; 81 r SaR
q &c = ys'sr Ne h,rt 80 rou eanr h' esarsiss
bit Tbs euud go - water le, vhs ths v.rs ,hus
dyihs n u hns, ths liver ussa rolled insds,siv tefsr.
hsn 80 ~ sf,nsh vope, n thr ses'.eiss - thsir
The - Hd pour q int ths river before then vet
.,,sr ra,a p h. ,as,, si,h n. 10 r'4'h 'a'
The shove v the Hsyti,N sc,ouut q the battle OF
nicans call the q q the most unequal
eoonicis sud glorious victories that the world has
witnessed 'incs the days q rh.fmopyln There are
sevsrsl insceursciss In this statement correction Of
vhieh msy interest ycur readers.
There "a 20 three days fgtt 80 Asus That place
though strongly fortified aus garrisoued by army
Of ssVsrsi thousand men ssrrsndsred -uhout a
bios IL. retrss' q the norinician army frsm Aaus
doubiless the result Of trvschsfy. bat .hsthsr
propeTty chsrrssbls tothe r~nsfsis "a st that
place "a 90 the then ffssidrbt % the Republic, -.
m.nes impartial history hss not yet decided. Being
otdsrd 90 retreat The omucsn soliiers suspecting
both tbs rensrss sud the govern disbanded tev
Ing the road 10 the cspitfl open ~he greatest con-
etsrnsiion prevailed The Consr.ss called npon Ten.
raj PEDRO santans then a. hi residence At ssybo to
% the capital snd tske for the safety
Of the Republic. ssutans otsysd the call aud ier the
city Of ssnto Dcmisgo With not more than dozen
foilovrrs 20 meet the Advancing Hsytien forces On
the road h. picked up the vord advsedly about
hv- hundred men Of the disessdcd army Who we're
eeekng their hones 90 thee shout tvo hundrei -ere
detailed a. fcrlofr hope In II accidents with
the ~ alndcr about three hundred he net the Hsy
usns. bstween seven thousand and eight thousand
ssro.r on the banks ~ the river Oco. The east bank
Witch vas occupied BY the Domioiesns 70 an open
plain With fev cactus busbes the vest bsnk, Which
occupied By the Hsytiens, Il thckly wooded aud
bseked By btgh hills commsnding the ford and the
plain on the east side The H.ytiens bad ose Geld
piece ~ the waters edge the vest bank OF the
river at the ford. and four others the oomnandng
points sdjseeAt The Dominicsns hsd no csnnon aud
but few muskets being armed chiefly with msshetss or
cutiassss when Santana, with too hundred men, st
vsneed te the ford General Alton Who had crossed the
river, With shout one hundred men. crept up under
the dense foliage snd attached the the Hank
With the swort The Hsytiens thus asssiied. fed at
The hrst onset esving the road srs-n Nth dead men
and bore The place has siaes ben called Les Oar
r-r,~ vent overths feld ~itA eur tntslis.nt euit.
vhs IN the battle. snd l.ft tilsd Nth sdnlrs-
ton q thu daring ssilsntry n the vietors vhich
would Loo LITTLE By comparison With IN. achieve.
nerts ~ th-ir ancestors the conqusrcrs q Msstso
AZ fast IS u became kno-n that ssstsss vss In