The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-13
Andexapn 9ntelligenter.
A sTEAMER.LOAD OF REBELs.
Hayti Invaded by Refugees From Jamai-
ca, Who Proclaim n New President.
KINGSTON. JA. February I3

KINGSTON, JA., February 13.
On the 1st of February news was
brought to General Boisrond Canal,
President of the Iaytian republic, that
two bands of armed men had landed to
the north and south of Port. Prince,
the capital Of the republic, who had pro-
claimed General Morcncy benjamin in
his stead, hoisted the white star, aud
were hourly attracting adherents To their
standard. The Presidents spies in
Jamaica had kept him so we'll informed of
the movement in organization in Kings
ton by the adhercnts Of General Solo
mon that he was able to definitely warn
the English Governor, Sir Anthony Mus
grave, Of the projected expedition before
the close of the year, and that gentleman
proclaimed the foreign enlistment act to
De in force in Jamaica, and all who
harborcd or aided the insurrectionists
subject TO its penalties. The work went
on, however, when it WAS rumored that a
spicious steamer bad entered Morant
.,ay and was there shipping provisions
and men. The gunboat Plover, and the
Sirius, twelvc-gun cor, cite, were des-
patched to seize her, the report alleging
that she was laden with arms and ammuni-
tion for New York But before the Brit
ish cruisers entered the Bay she had dis
appeared, and with her the majority of
the Haytian refui, lees in Kingston, the
rest subsequently following their lead
ers in small schooner purchased in
the port and joining ,hcm at an ancor-
age in the Bay of GOnaiyes, which was
the appointed rendezvous.
At Port-au-Prince couriers and rumors
constantly arriving from the north re-
ported new cxccsses Of tho insurg ,nts,
but it was not until the 7th that Gener-
al Boisrond Canal, after declaring the
city under martial law, set out with n
strong detachment Of troops in the old
steamer "lS0i" for the seat of war in
the north, whittier, for the protection Of
foreign subjects, the English and French
consuls had dispatched men of-war.
Meanwhile the insurgents had landed
ut tho town of San Marco, their steamer
flying the red and blue stripes Of IIayti
passing the harbor defenccs unchallcng-
ged. Afterwards boats crew surpris-
ed the chief battery, and overcoming its
ton. The rest made their way to the
tance, they established themselves, the
inhabitants readily giving in their ndhc-
sion to Morency benjamin, to whom 1t
seems the other aspirants to the Prcsi-
dcncy-So!omon and General Tcnnise-
had yielded. The night was passed in
enrolling new aGherents, replacing the
civil functionaries by rebel sympathizcrs,
political discussions and libations in pro-
pitiations Offuture good fortune.
Next day tho expedition pushed OH up
the river Artibontc to San Miguel-oth-
erwisc known ns st. Michel du Nord-
which also quickly surrendered to the
insurgents. Here they rested, recruits
and provisions coming in hourly, and
funds were obcdicntly supplied by the
townspeople and plautors in answer to
their re1uisitions.
On the evening Of the Sth tho govern
ment troops, headed ny President Canal,
were landed on the shore of the Bay Of
Gonaives Mt point near the bend of the
river Art;bonitc, on which San Miguel
is situated, and favored by the night
pushed their way to the village of 1Iau-
terrie, where General Canal established
his headquarters, whence in the sunrise
the town might be seen full of activity
filled with armed men and the rebel flag
iluttering from the mast in the piazza
a reconnaissance in force WAS dcternlin-
cd on, and the skirmishers plunged into
tho wooded valley which separates the
hill OH which the village is situated from
the prccipitous Colder St. Michel, Which
dominates the town. In two hours the
sharp cracks Of rifles and white pulls
rising in rapid succession from tho woods
we're heard aud seen. On the return of
the troops in the evening it appeared
that the rebels greatly out-numbered The
Presidential force, and it WINS therefore
resolved to await tho return ofthc 1902
from t-AuPrince, to which sAe had
been sent :cr another detachment, before
assuming the offensive. The night did
not, however, pass of quietly, an attack
being made upon the village by Moren-
cy's partisnns under LaNlottc, but owing
10 The mist clearing Off and the aid af-
fordcd by the brilliant moon it was effect
ually rcpulscd with tho loss of thirty five
killed and eighty-nine wounded on the
government side. The less OF the rebel
side inr exceeded this. Ne prisoners
were taken.
The next battle ia expected to DO
decisive of the fortunes of one side or
the other.
Stephen Preston, the Hnytiun minis
ter to the United States, has received
the following information with regard to
the troubles in Hnyti:
Cn February 2 General NJ. Benjamin,
who has resided in thepominican rcpub-
lie during the last two or three years
as q political exile, at the head of few
partisans crossed tho frontier and took
possession Of tho village of st. Michel.
The Military Governor of the District,
General st. Pierre Paul, having Joined
tho rebellion, the other villages, Hinche
and Emery, also took part General M.
Nicholas. at the head Of the Militia
and troops of the locality, marched to
the seat of action. On February 7 Pres
idcnt Canal, with few troops, went to
Gonaivcs, the nearest city on the coast
to st. Michel, about 100 miles distant.
When the steamer Atlas left Hayti for
New York it was expected that the re-
bellion would soon be crushed, as the
rebels were without foreign aid.
With regard to the invasion of Hnyti
by tillibusters from Jamaica, the facts
are as follows: On the 22d of January
the British schooner Undine left with
about sixteen Haytian refugees. After
having tried to effect n landing near Jac-
mel Mt 'Anses Pitre, and not having
found sympathy on shore, the refugees
were conveyed to the island of Inague, n
British possession, where they were left
on the sands without means. The Updne
then returned to Airagoane, Hayti, where
s.s;. - ...o authorities tho arms,
ammunition and all papers belonging to
her eA-passengers. The other expedi-
ton came to nothing because the finan-
cial agents of the concern, Nunezet Fills,
failed, owing the rebels about Sl5 900.