The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-13
REVOLT IN uAYTf.
on,hreak Of Another Revolution Capture
OF Miragoane-A Mulattc Uprising


of Ntragoane-A Nulatto tprising'
A gentleman Just arrived from Hsyu
,,ave to a Herald reporter "Wednesday an
Scrount Of an Instruction that he mad
,,itncssed on the 9th of March in that re-
nubljc. General Boyer BaSslay and Gen.
erol BARLOW landed at \. NJ. on the date
named. with IO3 men. Nell armed. and
canturcd the town Of Miragoane. The
csuscs which have led 10 this new attempt
NJ revolution are given by the reporters
ingormapf i'm the following statement: The
nrcsont Government. with President Saio-
mon AT Us head. is most unpopular because
of the crueltics which il has praciiced
unou muIattocs. There has always been
bitterness between the blacks and the
mulatioeS. The latter, forming third OF
the population, are by far the most lntelii-
cent. but have been Systematically smut OF
from all political privileges and snare IN
tho Government. and are especially hated
bv President Solomon. Solomon, VINO Is
Seycntv-hye wears oi axe, came into power
bv intrigues \ little over three years ago,
and SINCE his administration the country
has been going from bad 10 worse. Inc
army is supposed 10 number So,OoO men,
The President lets the soldiers, a. wen aS
the Government officials, pay themselves Is
best they can from the property OF the cl-
villains. The soldiers are Seneraly seen
With Gun i'm one hand and dicc-boN i'll
the other.
PRESIDENT SNOMON's CRUELuEs.
Tho prc>cnt Government began It's regime
~, L,pisn,Dr some 81 the mulattocS, inn
nr'Sopiny others. and shooting hundreds
after a brief incarceration. Even now the
nri.onS are fllcd with women and children
of hapi>hcd mulattoCs. Onc morning. SAID
the narrator. he saw seven men taken out
ami Shot without trial. In another place
no sow fweniy-righl men taken ont OF pri-
son and shot without tli1i. anu IN the lat-
fer case the dead bodies were mutiiated 10y
the blacks. the ewes being torn from the
sockets. For the past ten months thlS
course has aiicnated the Feelings OF me be'-
ter class Of the blacks from TIE Govern
mcnt. and they are ready 70 hull reyolu-
ton. Nearly all Of the property OF the
mulattOeS has been cOui>cdtcd.
Generals BaSSl1v and Barlow h9d Dom
been banished. Bas,lay j. about thriy-five
wears Of aye. a man OF some refinement,
belongs 10 a good family, and once ran Tor
Tho presidency. lie Is married; ana Ms
home is nj Icremc, on the southwest ,ide
Of the island. Barlow. who i also married.
i about titv wears OF aye, and Is man OF
considerable intelligence and energy. some
of ms family are in prison. These two
chief, lived for some time in Kingston. ia,
and there met many OF their fellow-eNIieS.
whom they gathered about them. Their
numbers were augmented by fresh crueliles
i'm Hayti. ~ there is no representative oil
the American Government outside OF Fort
an Prince. the knowledge OF these cruel
ties did not reach the United states. Inc
American trading vessels were afraid TO
say ANYTHING because Of the possible loss 10
their commerce which might follow.
tbs TOWN sToRMED.
The conspirators gathered at Inagua,. one
Of the Bahama islands. I'm AmercaA
steamer. an old vessel called the lrollc'
vvos loaded with military stores at Phlla-
daIrbi. ana Baltimore. and coming to Ina
,ru5. took on board Generals Basslay and
Rar,ow. with 1903 men. On March 2'th
they dcbarkcd in front OF Miiagoane, a
town Of about 1000 inhabitants. but with
DopulouS suburbs. and attacked the guard,
Al the first shot the Government soldiers
fed. and soon there was CONSERVATION IN
all uuortcrs. The garrison Of 200 men
sought safety on board the American ana
other trading vessels in the harbof. Inc
shin, were strewn with arms. military caps
and coats. No one was hurt.
The Invading force was Joined by nearly
oll fine able-bodied citizens, both blacks
and mulattoe>. and at once set 10 WORN To
fort,fv an the approaches to the town IN q
scientific manner. All the barrels they
could Law hands on were filed with sand
and erected into barbados. The Nictors
took no prisoners, and made IL known lla'
they did not come to destroy. All the!
wanted wa, that Solomon resign. Mlfa-
poane i about seventy miles from Iort au
Prince. which is reached by post hOrses III
about eleven hours. When Inc reporter :
Informant left the President had not been
beord nom. The United States war-yesSel
Powbafan had been in the harbor IN front
Of NIiraeoane previous to the 9th OF
March. There were rumOrs OF rising,
and II wa, reported that the President had
aid that he would cause the massacre OF
every mulatto in such an event. The Pow
batan waited until the 18th, but all SEEM
Ing quiet left.
WELL ARMED REBELS.
The brig Letitia, Captain Joseph Potter,
arrived Yesterday from Hayti. The re-
porter saw Captain Potter, who said he was
present at the rising. The instruction
:. i,ts were armed with Remington and W IN
chester rifles OF the best pattern and
swords. They were attlred in neat uni
form and carried knap,acks. From ~.
NJ. till . =. NJ. they continued 10 unload
cases Of rifles and cartridges. there being
about five million Of the latter. They had
also two or three field pieces. The Letitia
left Mirag0anc on the 10Th Of March, at
which time the rebels were in undisturb-
cd possession.