The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-18

Add hionai Parties iars OF the Great Com
nagrasion st Port su Prtnce-Origfn
and RavnEes OF the Fire-Many Hun
drfas OF Buildings Destroyed-rhe Cur-

naHrasioa st Pors au Prtnce-Origfn
and Ravages Of the Fire-Many Hun
drfds OF Buildings Dcstroyed-rhc Cur
rsba News, &c.
4 OUR JAcmrL CORRESPONDENCE.
JA,SsL, Hayti March %, 1868
News u the terrible connagration Port Prince
reachld Kingston Jamaica, yesterday. There being no
mcspi Of getting the burnt city directly, took the
British steamer which touches port her
a. 1hsmas whence this letter shall 90 via Havana, 10
New York have seen a newspaper issued at Port
since the fire, and have besides conversed with
eve witnesses of the occurrence and from both
am enabled to forward to You The following
i4t'r DrAsrKR.
The FIRE commenced In the establishment OF Mr. Hep
burn Il about o'clock IN The afternoon OF the 18th,
and sstended with fearful rapidy much SO that in
the short course OF hour nearly seven hundred
bouses wrapped IN flames waic is not pisntifui
at Por Prince and Are engines still more scarce so
YOU On fancy bow much Of is way the nre was al
lowed TO have President Gefrard rode FOR about ten
nnus through the blazing sfreeis but gave no orders
probably seeing that hnnan aid would be quite unavang
The military we're ordered out, but nearly all that
did turn 10 be found endeavoring TO save one
sole baiIdng the residence of Gerards sonn law Tho
peopls in general manifested the most sioca apathy
prohsbly because they found themselves helpless; STILL
. hit.e energy would have SSed much that mas peeh
lost
Tho cause OF the Ore is vet In cerssn sense, I'M
Known but there can exist reasonable doubt that u
Was Toe work OF Dcendary The following facts are
addupd proofs Of this:-sx OF salnaves followers,
oalcess believe, In the outlonary army, we're ar
rests a Cape Hayden, tried and condemned 70 oe snot
on the 18th When news OF the sentences reached fort
nj Pdnoe. threats made that their death would DC
avenged. Tho men were eIecnted IN accordance VIII
their sentence and the apparent consequence was tho
IRE which broke out two DAYS taller.
The fact that two three attempts we're made
20 complete work by burning down tho parts oil the
city which escaped destruction one OF my nfoImanis
disrovered and eruguxhed fire IN the only hotc icit
standing which evidently the work OF an fhcen
diary This occurred two or three days after the connn
grafton.
JscInsI spontaneously with the capifs; bat by aeeden
the nre discovered IN time
- MwsrAYKR Acoousr
Translated from IL Ben pnbic, of Port-ap Pence,
March % for the NEw YORK Herald.
The quarters destroyed we're The richest BEST con
struggled and elegant and formed the hcart OF Tue
city, Inhabited for the most part ~ penons IN the 4her
branches of commerce. the cla's winch has been Amos.
without exception the victims Of the catastrophe fh-
teen blocks have been entirely destroyed Thifisen
have been very seuousy damaged
Ibc iosses ave ip,p,erse luca1sbie al present Val
nsber in great quantities and of every kind has" been
devoared by the hsmcs. nl
These who have kpown rort au-irince viii have an
idea of the Tremendous inisfosiane wi'eb has over
vbclrned us and tue e,tans 1f the ground covered 0y
the connagTstion, ia iml2iniug vast psrWsochA"
bospaed the west by the side Of the CITY ironng ,ne
lowsn FORT Per, the asd by the ado ssirndink
tho Of thr enesai Treasury on toe norm
by street ot Bonneo thFoaznost its sare lcnssh
| aud ON tho soafb W all tie bxrr>rsxf. ft
! me pablo tutdinr. consumed are IA. senate, with
the archives and those oil tho thsaie.r or kepessna
hvs ths sinsS OF tho Ainrisy Of the Interior ene ,
Buesn the Euvesa OF the Arrvsa sse,ssh large t OF
The national printing ohces, the Gesers Treasury WIN
nc .s,a9 s,, g9S p AV X. %
Of the brother of the crr,au crine mat o. ihs
a. srs Of 81 lpsopn 10 Chny the Court OF ,ss.i on
the District Court OF tho norb section, the Post ohce and
| ssws - pA'.
fcensg % anesne.s aud uncertainty psrynhe- ~
| MINDS Every one Who sooa, OUTSIDE the rtie'
poe, armed and every -Npecv .nohrf res olu,ion
n@r,s ri hos l,os,s ~ enernies Meu say openly tos
,s-s Gesu,,pd rTesdenSy We 10 he states cnteris
b gh opinion OF the hitter parsonage and have s~sy
thought highly % him have seen anything ~ 70
| simply this that tho people are extremely ignorant
49, ~. W. s.S ,,.de, w y. so snytbipg thew ar. ,o,
by the ennl.ar es OF Genard eneales who are ysr'
numerous The hand or the government are 10 conse
quence weaL for has almost como 10 this that Get
frsrd has htiie else bat The army TO snprort him
| osnss
| proof Of thls wezknsss Il eymced by the cobdnr
Of the government in slaie osss OF Opiism, rneIe
parry " several persons discovered 81 one n the
ightful csnninal orges. fesiins upon cooked n,anA
| Nothing v1 done because G-rrsrd ~ afraid. n "
great pity for nfo control be exercised. baby PIE wi
| ret 20 be and moro extensively used, ADD y
MI be positively unpleasant 10 travel that country
Fancy your correspondent arriving A. hotel. very hun
CRY rDd tired, snd having d IN Of stewed babies On
| gers set before hun An Oh African once assured M
\ fndl ~ VET. hi0f "AinEt WY N'heFf
! and he spoke from experience. Nevertheless woul,
| prefer siewed OYSTER
Tue obiism prsctlosd IN Jamaica of direreD, tind
thongh q has there, aso Is eannba features bot u
for most part confined 10 study or p0soDs Tor IN
purpose II Getting rid OF obnoxious individuals. an
soue of the OH men have wonderful kD0~ledge o
mir branch Of her profession. Some wears ago 81
| Old Oh man died o. Kingston who confessed 90 ~
d.shbed some Of tho eoormltlcs 10 wbbb he had len
himself BY selling hs sefvlcsr - poisoEef Heaps o
syniEr bvered' literature could be- made out OF tbs
old fellows confession A very respsctse'e Iooshs y,
,old his conjuring stick, which keep ~ res
curIosiiy Ne promised " get me az ho hut was io
by o friend not N arpeei q aud was N course a'af
\ pointed.