The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-25
ANOTHER RESURRECTION IN HAYTI
~ ATTACK In THE SOUTH RErULsED.
xuovernment Forces Outnumbered In the
North.

KINGSTON. Jamaica, Feb. 13-News was
brought, on February 4, by overland courier
In Gen. .Bolsrond Canal, President OF the
Haytiau Republic, that two bands OF armed
men had landed at different spots TO the north
and south Of Port au Prince, the capital Of the
Republic. who had proclaimed Gen. Morency
BENJAMIN in his stead, hosted the whlte star,
and were hourly attracting adherents 10 ene'f
standard The intelligence was not uileA-
nected The English Governor 81 Jamaica,
Sir Anthony Musgrave, had obtained iniof-
mstion that suspicious steamer had entered
MIGRANT Bav. and was there shipping provi-
a;,na and men. The gunboat Plover, quickly
rollowed by the Sirius, twelve-gun corvette,
was sent 70 seize her. the report alleging that
abe was laden with ammunition and arms
from New York. But before the British eruis-
ers entered the bay she had disappeared, and,
with her. the majority of the Haytian refu-
npas In Kin4Rtnn--the others subsequently
following their leaders In a small schooner
purchased In the port, and joining them at an
anchorage in the Bay of GonaiyeS.
body of filibuters from st. Thomas made
n landing near the important town OF JacmeI,
Hayti but from the fact that nothing mas
been heard OF them, except that the Prefident
had left Port au Prince about February . ana
which time rumofs were prevalent IN the cap
itai that the band OF filibusters had been de-
feated by the Government troops. such as
were not slain taking to the mountain woods
around Lake Vaguey, IL was considered that
the attempt was disastrous Gen. Boisroid
Canal. February 8. after declaring the city un-
Diet martial law, set out with strong detaeh-
ment of troops In the old steamer 1894 FOR the
seat of war i'm the north, whittier, for the
protection of foreign subjects, the English
and French consuls had. at the first news Of
the outbreak, sent men-of-war.
Meanwhile the insurgents had landed at the
town Of San Marco, their steamer, lying the
red 9ud blue stripes OF Hayt passing the
harbor defenses unchallenged Afterward a
boats crew surprised the cheif battery, and
overcoming Its guard, ran up the white star
OF revolution. The other insurgents made
their way TO the market-plaee, where. after a
brief resistance, they established themselves,
the inhabitants readily giving IN their adhe-
sion to Moreney Benjamin. to whom other
aapirants to the Presidency-SolomOn and
Gen. Tennise-had yielded. Next day the
expedition pushed on up the River Artibonite
to the small city of San nj ig'iel-otherwise
known as st. Michel du Nurd-which also
quickly surrendered to the insurgents. To
them 1t was on important acquisition, as,
from Its situation, 1t s easily defensible and
valuable as o centre of operations, and here
they rested, recruits and provisions coming In
hourly, and funds were obediently supplied
by the people aud planters in answer to their
government troops, headed by President
Canal, were landed on the shore Of the Bay
of Gonaives and, favored by the night mists,
pushed their way through the woods to the
summit of the hills, where they struck q
horse-path which led to the village of Haul
terre, at which place Gen. Canal established
his headquarters. The next day 1T was found
that the rebels greatly outnumbered the Pres
idential force, aud II was resolved TO await
the al rival of the 1904 from Port au Prince, to
which she had been sent for another detaeh-
ment. During the night, however, an attack
was made upon the village by Morencys par
tisans, under LaInOtte, but owing to the mist
clearing off and to the aid afforded by the
brilliant moon, the assailing force was re-
pulsed with the loss Of So killed and 80 wound
ed ON the government side. The loss on the
rebel side far exceeded this. No prisoners
were taken. The next battle Is expected TO be
decisive.
The British schooner Undine left Kingston
January %, with about sixteen Haytian refu
gees. After having tried to effect landing
near Jacmel. at L'Anse-a- Pitre, aid not hav-
ing found sympathy on shore, the refugees
were conveyed by the schooner to the Island
OF Inagua, a British possession, where they
were left on the sands without means. The
Undine then returned to Miragoane, Hayti,
where she delivered to the authorities the
arms, ammunition and all papers belonging
to her passengers. Another expedition was
to start on January 30. Its agent, Mr..
Dumbard, took the English mail steamer
Midway for ST. Thomas, where ne was to
charter a schooner or a steamer, but before |
his arrival at that place the financial agent OF
the concern, Nunez d Fills, had failed, owing
the Haytian rebels about $4,000, and had to
leave the city.
The grand ball to come off tonight at st.
Patrick's Hall will be magnificent affair.