The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-19
Full Particulars Of the Haytian Re-
beliion.

The New York Sun Of the 9Th says:
Mr.. j. Henvelman, = merchant of this
city, who has just returned from Hayti,
says that for some time past the Gov
eminent of the Republic has been very
unpopular with the masses. The Presi-
dent is an old and feeble man, and had
delegated nearly all the power TO the
ce-President. The latter ruled the
people with a rod of iron, and under his
rule the slightest expression of dissatis-
faction by any of the inhabitants was
the signal for either Imprisonment or
death. The dungeons of Port-an-
Prince were full of prisoners who had
dared to say something that displeased
Rameau, and executions were of daily
occurrence. The debts Of the Govern
ment were also accommodating rapidly,
and the people were ground down with
taxes and levies for money.
On Good Friday last the storm burst.
The troops deserted and Joined with the
populace, and hasty council of the
President, Nice-President, and officers
was held all through the night in the
palace, and early the next morning
President Rameau procured schooner,
and was about to transfer the contents
Of the Treasury, intending TO take the
treasure to Gonaives; but the armed
populace intercepted him, and he re-
treated to the palace.
BY this time even the palace guards
had Joined the people, and the condi-
tion of Dominique and Ramean was very
precarious. The United States Consul,
n II - n-.~.sL fr..ro.,1
Major Stewart, having been invited to
the palace, clearly demonstrated TO the
President that his Government was at
an end. At about o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, April Is, the revolution
AIRY army, fully 5000 strong. under
command of Gen Larquet, was about
IS miles from Port-au-Prince. The
President proposed that the United
States and British Consuls should meet
the advancing army and propose an
armistice of q hours, promising that
he would resign al the end of that time.
They carried the proposal to Gen. Lar
quet, and he agreed TO the armistice.
He then left his army where il was,
with orders TO come on by easy marches,
and with two OF his officers rode rapid
" TO Port-au-Prince.
The General arrived in the city early
on Sunday morning and found the mob
wild and furious. They accused Gen.
Larquet Of having designs on the Pres
idency himself, and with yell of rage
they surrounded his house. The doors
were soon battered in and a search was
made for the General. He was discov-
cred hidden in closet, and soon after
ward he was 4 corpse. The mob flung
his body into the streets and danced
over il and then mutilated it.
The CRY was then raised to sack the
palace, but the French Consul and the
Spanish Consul dissuaded the mob.
Then the two Consuls went TO the pal
ace and offered President Dominique
and his wife and Vice-President Rameau
and his wife the protection Of the Con-
sulate building. and the party, with the
French Consul on one side and the
Spanish Consul on the other, started "a
walk to the French Consulate. The
Revclutionists followed them. shouting
and suddenly the son of Monplasiel
Pierre, rushing up to yice-Presideni
Rameau, shot him dead on the spot.
Several other shots were fired by the
mob, and President Dominique wa:
wounded in the thigh.
The body of the vice-President was
kicked about the streets Of the city fol-
two days and mutilated beyond all rec
ogniiion. 1t was then thrown into ;
hole outside the city and covered will
stones.
All the Ministers Of the Government
or any who had held Office under Dom
ingue, took refuge speedily in the Con
sulate buildings, and were unmolested
After being two days guarded in tn
French Consulate, the deposed Presi
dent sailed in schooner for st. Thomas
A military provisional committee wa
then organized. with Gen. Canal at it
head, and partial order was restored
The popular vengeance appeared TO b'
satisfied by the assassination of tn
lVice-Prcsident and Gen. Larquet, am
the fight of President Dominique. In
Provisional Committee are Gen. Canal
ex-senator j. Manigal. Gen. J. Pari
sien, and L. Reboule.
EN-President Dominique has since
ldicd % his wounds