New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-03-19
NUMBER 13.
interesflng from TIasti.

- II gEr
by an arrival at Richmond Va dot., 49,
received from Port au Prince 10 the 25th ~ Tha
Wing publishes the following 81 t,,a n,
sion Of Dominica: y ~
His Imperial Majesty, finding his onno,,s;ts III,
strong for him, has abandoned his march aid
to the Cape, where he Is enjoying the rerdsa "a
quiet HE, surrounded by his ministers, ofcers and
some ten thousand Of his soldiers. 2
This campaign seems to have been undertaken Il,
the emperor. less with the idea oficonquering tht
eastern part by&force Of arms than bYbr1bery am
corruption, as it is well knowa that long before TIL
hfst movement OF troops large sums Oh ;panisl
money had been sent to certain Donmeasls, for th
encouragement and maintenance Of party said t.
exist among them favorable to Hayten rule. Reuor
one hundred thousand Spanish dollars had beer
sent Tor distribution, and it known that his Majesty
mad with him when he left the caDitoI some fftv
thousand dollars in gold, and ordered additional st
to be sent forward to meet him on the frontiers
The Dominicans. however. so far from having EN-
po{ed these funds in his favor, set themselves vgo
ousy 10 work fo8prepare fora desperate resistance
ther troops time being more numerous and bet
yer armed and .eaupned than ever befereR and they
nave MADE sad havoc with the poor IIaytiens, cutting
W W NaoIe regiments Of them with their mimic rifles
Hhat else could have been expected but their de.
struetIon, when they were pushed forward utterly
Mishoug arms capable Of defense: their burst
hg On the first fire. bayonets breaking OF bending
notoIe on meeting with the slightest resistance and
not least important Of ALL entirely without food
Men cannot fight after having been enfeebl bv limo
ana painful marches and deIrfyed Of the comrnonesf
hecessafies Besides all this the soldiers theyosel,es
were opposed to the march, and entire regiments Of
mem, when IN presence Of the enemy. threw down
Their arms and refused to fight 3Ssa" -
/ by tne isnperors first proclamation the troops
were led to believe they were on tour Of neas,sra
and were to meet with no opposition but quietly taEs
possession ora country, the people Of which Werf
ready to receive them open arms. They soon
however found out their mistake when the balls he
tegan to whistle about their ears and the Dominican
were upon them cutting them down right and left.
The Haytlens have suffered greatly, and beside
the enormous loss of life, the Do1nincans took fror
them three pieces of cannon. The loss Of these seen
to nave made more impression on his Majesty thu
that of his men.
The Military Hospital at the. Cape is filled wit
the wounded vast numbers of whom still remain abal
the field Of the last battle incapable Of being remove
Their number, however, is daily diminishing for wal
/ OF medical care and suitable nouIishment the dFse
terry having carried off many of them already.
Business all over the Island is in most Hreteht
state owing, in measure, to the removal of so lar,
portion of the male population from their homes:
). This last will undoubtedly have serious n1uen
on the export ofcoee of the present crop and great
diminish its already small quantity. Some mont
since the Emperor published an order prohibiting Il
lcuttng Of any more mahogany crotches. til
article is quite valuable one in the list Of eKor
Its prohibition will be seriously felt particularly und
existing circumstances The greater portion Of the
crotehes were feloniously cut on government land
4 and the abuse could only be stopped by forbiddi1
any further expectations.