Wichita eagle., 1888-12-19
ADVICES FROM HAYII.
General Legitime's Fleet Bombards Cape
Haytien.

NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-Captain Kelly, OF
the steamer Saginaw, which arrived today
from Hayti, would not make any report of
Haytien affairs, but it is learned from
other sources that the steamer Haytien
Republic was still in the harbor of Port
auTrince when the Saginaw sailed, and
that the insurgents were to attack Cape
Haytien December ). Passengers by the
Saginaw bring important news from
Hayti. On the morning Of December ),
the passengers state, four of Legitime's
men-of-war the Dessoline' Belise, Tous-
saint L'Ouverture aud one other, bonn
barded Cape Haytien. The gunboats
cropped anchor four or five miles off the
spore. lying broanside onto the town The
Eessels' guns were fired with blank cart
edges to give notice of their warlike in
tentions. The foreign consuls in the
,ity sent out petition to the commander
IF the fleet asking time to get out of
the city and they Lwere given thirty-six
hours to evacuate the town. The people
led into the hills taking all their posses
Fions they could conveniently carry.
They loaded their effects on the backs of
mules which could only carry "carga"
zach which is only $50 pounds. The sup
ply of pack mules being limited to firtv or
sixty, the animals were in great demand
and fabulous prices were paid to convey a
Single mule load of the more valuable
effects of the wealthy residents to a place
IF safety. A wealthy resident by name
of Morel paid 500 for the use of a single
animal for the afternoon of the first day
on which the people had to remove their
effects. An incident of a similar nature
marked the second day and those of the
poorer classes, who were 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 first feet the
Haytien officers trained their guns on the
town and the bombardment commenced
Operations were begun at this early hour
because a faYoring tide enabled the four
vessels to lay broadside to the town. The
Toussaint L'Ouverture fired the first shot
which went whistiing through the air and
buried itself In the sand on the beach Just
IN front of the frail matched bamboo
houses of the poorer natives. The other
vessels followed suit and fired wildly. In
a few minutes however, the shots begun
10 tear through the town, demolishing the
frail structures. The bamboo huts sue
cumbed easily, but the stone buildings in
The central and more elevated portion of the
town were not so easily destroyed, the
heavy walls resisting the fire for several
ceived to leave the fated town, many of
the residents chung to their habitations
In fact it was impossible to remove many
Of the sick in the city within the time al
lotted by Legitime On the top of all of
the houses in which sick person was
known TO be white flag was placed but
the shot and shell were no respectors of
the appealing emblems.
None of the people who arrived today
could estimate with any degree of ac-
curacy the number killed but
It was thought that fifteen or twenty at
least succumbed to the deadly fire Legi-
Zine is 10y degrees losing the condolences of
the people and most all the sympathy is
with the north. The agents in this city of
the Haytien Republic are much surprised
at the report that their vessel will sail
from Hayti today in charge of an Ameri-
can crew which sailed from here last week.
10 be delivered at an American port sub
ject to the disposal of the government