Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-22
A TOWN.
The Cruel Sport of the Unjust General
Legitime of Hayti,

The Cruel Sport of the Unjust Genera
Legitime of Hayti.
New YORK, December 1S.-Captain Kelly
of the steamer Saginaw, which arrived to
day from Hayti, will not make any report
OF Haytien affairs, but it is learned from
other sources that the steamer Haytier
Republic was still in the harbor of Port au
Prince when the Saginaw sailed.
Passengers by the Saginaw bring import.
ant news from Hayti. On the morning oil
December 5, the passengers state, that
four of Legitime's men OF war, the Des-
s~ailens, Belize, Toussaint. Loverteure, and
one other, bombarded Cape Hayti. The
gun-boats dropped anchor four or five
miles off shore lying broaGside outside the
town. The guns we're fired with blank
catrides to give notice OF warlike intentions.
Their foreign Consul in the city sent out a
petition to the commander of the feet, ask
time to get but OF the city. They were
given SO hours to evacuate the city.
PEOPLE FLED TO THE HILLS
taking all their possessions they could con.
veniently carry. The supply OF pack mules
being limited to fifty or sixty animals, they
were in great demand, and fabulous prices
were paid to convey a single mule load oil
the more valuable effects OF the wealthy
residents to a place OF safety. Those of
the poorer classes whe wero fortunate
enough to own a mule, preferred renting it
out to using the animal to save their own
goods.
Shortly after daybreak on the second
day after the arrival OF the fleet, the Hay
tien officers trained their guns on the town
and the bo~mbardment commenced. Oper-
atlons were begun at this early hour be-.
cause a favoring tide enabled the vessels to
lay broadside to the town. The Toussaint
fired the first shot, which went whizzing
through the air and buried itself in the
sand on the beach, just in front OF the frail
matched bamboo houses OF the poorer
classes. Other vessels followed suit and
tired widely. In q few minutes, however,
the shots began tearing through the town.
DEMoLIsHING THE FRAIL STRUCTURES.
The bamboo huts succumbed easily, but
the stone buildings in the central and more
elevated portions of the town were not 80
easily destroyed, the heavy walls resisting
for several hours.
DRbplL0 Uue WdEuiuS ouCy LOU OooiNoN
to leave the fated town, many residents
chung to their habitations. In fact, it was
impossible to remove In OF the sick i'll
the city within the time allotted by Legi-
time. On top OF many oil the houses IN
which sick persons were known to be, white
flags were placed, but shot and shell were
no respectors Of appealing emblems.
None OF the people who arrived to-day
could estimate with any degree CT accuracy
the number OF killed, but it was thought
Is or 20 at east succumbed to the deadly
fire.
Legitime is, by degrees, losing the conf
dence of the people, and most all sympa-
thy is with the North.
Agents in New York OF
THE HAYTIAN REPUBLIC
are much surprised at the report that their
vessel will sail from Hayti in charge OF the
American crew which sailed from here last
week on the Atlas line ship Allen, to be de-
liyered at an American port, subject to
the disposal of this government. Mr.. Aus.
tin, one of the agents, says: II don't see
what either Hayti or the Atlas people gain
by this. I doubt very much whether they
can bring the Haytian Republic up here.
She has no stores, no fuel, nor anything
else on board, and she must be in bad con-
dition. They say she will leave this morn
ing. The Galena ought to be there to-day,
and will probably reach there before she
can sail. l suppose the Galena will take
possession OF her at once"
Mr.. Morse, one of the owners, is on the
nalona and he will take tharge,