The Portland daily press., 1869-03-30
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
Tuesday Morning, March S0' 1859.
The Revelation in Haysi.

HORRIBLE ATROCITIES OF THE INSURGENTS
George G. Brown and j. N. Nicholson, two
Americans, send statement ofthe atrocities
committed by Dominiguez, Tor Dominigue)
the Haytian insurgent chief, which is in
closed in the official dispatches of Admiral
Hoff to the Navy Department The truth.
fulness of the account is vouched for by Mr..
James De Long, the United States Consul at
Hayti. The scene of the massacre described
is Aux Cages, a town held by Dominique
and unsuccessfully assaulted by Salnaye, the
President of Hayti. The account saws:
Upon the arrival of Salnaves forces before
the town, and upon the first attack that was
made the numerous persons who found them
selves in prison for minor offences and So
called political crimes, as related above. were
ordered into the prison courtyard, the sick
were carried down, the doors were thrown
open and discharge of musketry was fred
INTO them. This being found insufficient to
Kill fast enough. rounds of grape and canis-
ter were directed against them to hasten tbjs
dreadful butchery. Many women were thus
sacrificed-the wives and sisters of the indi-
viduals above referred to as having Joined
Salnayes party, as also was General Fills
Aime Mentor. General Fills Aime Mentor
was unable to stand up on account of sick
ness, and was in consequence tied in chair
Even after this, recourse was had to point
blank musketry to irish the sufferings of
those who still breathed. A father and son
were shot together, without any other reason
than some SILLY remark made by the latter
After having uselessly pleaded for the life of
the son, he requested to share his fate,
which was too gladly accepted by the sebels,
and they were murdered before our eyes un-
der circumstances too horrible to relate.
A woman Madame Zorphiso) was arrested
on account of some of her relations being
in Salnave's ranks. The facts of her execu-
tion ARE the following: A guard of soldiers
drew up before the prison door; the officer,
creature OF Dominguez, who had hitherto
ofticiated in these murders with alacrity-
called for this woman, and told her that
Dominguez requested her presence. Upcn
appearing, and as she was about being tied
with rope, in great CONSERVATION and agony
OF mind, she cried out, "surely, you are net
going to kill me-" The aforesaid officer as
sured her that such was not the case. In
spite of this protestation, she was marched
off few PAGES to the sea side, between file
of soldiers-some of whom held the rope
with which her arms were bound-and she
was then shot, that is, murdered in the usual
style.
It may not be out of place here to say that
all the people who were shot had to stand up
facing the firing party, and forced to look up
on them while loading and going through
manoeuvres preparatory to their execution.
In most cases the first fire only wounded and
otherwise shattered their limbs. There be-
ing no reserve party lett to hasten their ends,
they had 10 wait about quarter of an hour,
still standing, before the guns were reloaded.
This woman was one OF the numerous in
stances. 1t would lengthen out the list OF
sad details unnecessarily to recount all the
other executions which took place. The OBJ
ject of this note is merely to illustrate the
;barbarity under which this civil war was con.
Quoted on the rebel side, who pretend to be
and call themselves the elite and intelligence
of the whole country. We do not know the
exact number of victims who fell In the pris-
on, but to our best knowledge and belief
there were one hundred and nine persons,
among whom were (they say) ten women
and one child. Besides the above murders
in the prison, there have been at different
times quantity of people shot, OF, as it is
called here, executed in conformity to the
law of the country, but in point of fact it
should be more properly termed murder.
The number who have thus fallen outside of
the prison we cannot up to the present hour
ascertain, but it was frequent occurrence.
When men in the revolution desert, their
wives are imprisoned, and in many cases
shot,