The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-29

The tslegraphie nsws By way OF Havana
which We publIshed yesterday from Hayti re-
porls tAas althosgh salnAvss troops had beaten
the rebels back Of Port IA Prince on the 18th
inst, they were In turn beaten BY the rebels
on the l0th int. The general attack made
upon the rebel lines was, however, renewed In
the afternoon Of the 10th, and our dispatches
published this morning state that Sainave
had met with another slight success He
was still threatening 10 burn the capital TO
the ground II the rebels should beat him;
but the American Minister was determined to
prevent 1t IL possible. The British steam gun
boat Royalist had got ashore after having re-
leased the imprisoned foreigners and steamed
to the outer harbor. The United States man
of-war De Soto had arrived on the 18th inst
from St. Croix ''but as she was short OF pro-
visions she proceeded next day to Key West,
despite the protestations of the American Min
ister" Surely, until more satisfactorily ex-
planned, such conduct on the part OF the COM
mander of United States man-of-war must be
condemned as utterly reprehensible. We can
not conceive of the possibility that an officer OF
any other navy in the world could venture to
| expose himself to similar condemnation. III
the blame attaches not only to the commander
of the De Soto, but also to the ancient Secre-
tary of the Navy, it is devoutly to be hoped
that in case of rumored changes in the Cabinet,
old Barnacle Welles may be scraped OIL the
hull of our ship of State. We do not know
how far Mr. Seward also may be responsible
for state of things that leaves an American
Minister under the necessity of invoking the
aid of British gunboats for the protection OF
| American citizens.
Salnave appears at length to be fairly at
bay and almost at the mercy of the Cacos.
The Courier de Jacnael of May 5. which we
received yesterday, is full Of proclamations
and ordres du jour, which show how
thoroughly the Haytiens all over the island
have revolted against his odiously barbarous
tyranny, and, in particular, against his formal
assumption of the dictatorship which he has
been virtually exercising ever since he became
President of the republic. The charges Of
Message Saget, General-in- Chief of the revolu-
tionary army, against Salnave are but too vel
founded. They complain that 'citizen Sal.
nave" has abused the power conferred upor
him by the people through his maladministra-
ton, introducing into the country incendiarism
pillage, assassination and civil war; The re
evolutionary Committee Of Public Safety il
session at st. Marc decree the removal o
Salnave from the Office of President of the re
public of Hayti and his expulsion from TIT
island. We shall not be surprised to learn b.
our next mail that the general outbreak o
opposition to the outrageous tyranny of Sal
nave has resulted in his final overflow. But
Judging the future by the past, we cannot hop
that any substitute for his authority will b
likely to restore permanent peace and brinl
order out of the chaos and anarchy to which
Hayti has so long been doomed Revolution
has become chronic in Hayti, and externa
remedies alone can effectually cure it.