Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-24
A HAYTIAN EPISODE.
A FILIsusTEalNe EXPEDITION THAT
CANE TO A eAo end.
4 szrvfyer II the ExpsAtfiss Eeiasss -
kxy~rienss In Haytd Dustsg the kSvsis-
tsa Arzi.zs salsasa 90 Hsv He e.
saped with His LAfA

languages "Trip "a Lightly Oh the snd u It as
II 70 each 10 bad been born IL really male
Little Differences which be uad. for hs zas .
svindlsr in sithsr. Ths revolution In HAyti.
and the capture Of Al American blockade
rrna r down there, recall him 70 my mind
As hs is In tee penitsntiary q Sing Sing nov,
serving cut q ten years. tsrn for forgery
presume 10 will do him no harm to tel his
Haytizn adventure.
"Ysz, WAS with flibustsring exp~iition
sucs and made . narrow scaps goa
nsitber gold nor glory"
"How VS. itr asked
aft IA not long story, and II yos care 70
llztea vii tell you about IT, It was along
In July, ~. that was knocking around Nsv
York living by my wits, as not infrsqGently
do, waen ] happeaed 70 get in with a couple
Of fellows who bad about a. nuch to do as
nyss.f, and WHO we're getting recruits for .
secret expedition TO 'Sons~here' d.dnt
know where 'somsvhere' wa. and cannos
ssy that cared particularly Well. the ~
suit ~as that thirty Of Us found cur way On
board Of tass one night, and lot Of. arms
having been smuggled aboard un'isf false
bill Of lading, ws sailed down the EaTows
and out into the ocean, ostensibly bound for
San DonIuso.
at did not take long, after we had reached
the high seas, Tor Us pstrl0tas. a. the chief
cut throat IN command Of the expedition .as
pieased ~ call gs, To learn that we were
bound Tor HsyIi. 10 he more exact, to the
narbor Of Jacilgei. Tho situation was this.
There had heen ono Of tie regular revo-
buttons going On IN that island and there
happening - 10 an Opportunity for til
FOSTERING expedition, the patriotic half Span
aso, and, | had almost said, us Connectlcut
seed ard Virginia bright, followers for there
WAS not haYtian IN the crowd, even toe
leader Usin. Cuban, and the rest being
principally Arnericailsl, felt their blood begin
TO bot, eud they became possessed with do
SIRE TO shout '.ibertad' on the shores OF tue
oppressed aud down tfodlen island.
We sailed along without any special in
cident, kseping out Of the track Of other ves-
sells "a much as poss ble There be ng fair
weather Ne did not have to worry much
about the bark and outside OF a sort Of mill
tarY drl!l cur captain put as through twice .
day, wo put IN most Of our time with cards
and Dice. bot ths gambling was done princi-
pslly on faith, as the crowd was about a
bankrupt in a financial way as IL was
morally, which was putting their fortunes at
arataer low figure. Every one expected 70
maze big haul, and a. it was not yet in
thar hands, they felt safe in banking on 1t,
and all icing IN the same lx none could com
plain.
After about fifteen days sailing we struck
the Mona passage, east Of San Domingo, and
then, after striking the Caribbean sea. turned
west Arriving OF the south coast of layti,
near Jaclnel, early one mo ning, we ran
close Ia 10 shore and Exnaled by running the
nag up at half mast. This was answered by
-
laud, ostensihly for water, the captain OF the
eIpedition bsius one Of the party We had
been gIvea to understand that we were .
band Of patriots going TO ssfist an uprising
in Hsyti, but. at the same time, II we hap
pened to bs benefited pecuniarily BY sacklng
a town, where the foreign merchants were
liable u have valuable stocks Of merchandise,
We could not he held strictly responsible for
the overflow q enthusiasm.
la about an hour the boat came back with
word from the captain that We were all 70
land with our arms and ammunition.
"JacIncl was found to be, as the captain
erpec,cl, \ the hands OF our friends; that
is, .' Who opposed President Salomon'S
tt ryistins government. Our arrival
wa with delight, and celebrated by
tho ,--..4llng OF a good deal of very poor
liquor 1t had been arranged for All ex pedi-
ton 10 start against Port su Prince that veBy
day, where, according TO information re-
ceiyed, the Inhabitants would rise en- rnassa
There was great excitement in the VILLAIN
with the preparations made for the e1 pefi
ton, and IN the excess OF my enthusiasm
go5 so full Of Liquor that, by the middle of the
afternoon, everything became q blank TO ma
Wien becsine sober enough to realize arg
thing the next morning. found tina, eur
company, along with tho natives who saA
taken arms. had gone OF To Pert AZ Priass
and left me
There was nothing for me to do bat 10
await the day OF tie attack, Aug. O. uA
tory has recorded the result, IL was dong
In the eveuin. Of that day that some OF the
negro troops who did not care to join IN the
concluding ceremonies, found their way back
10 JScmei, and 1t was about the same time
thst armed vessel came into tine harbor
and gobhled our schooner. The armed ves-
sci was the uaytian navy. 30 did net VEN
ture to make any protest. During the night
an intelligent fellow who had becn captured
but escaped came in and gave US the story
"They hal marched the thirty miles and
reached the Ne gbborhocd OF Port au Prisse
about in the morning After taking q rest
/ Of two hours they made the attack a. pro
open arms by the citizens, they we're an
pushed by Salomou's troops and great
many Of their party killed AZ the firSt alta K
OF tho American contingent those who were
not killed on ths field were captured, and
after the party from Jacmel had seea
routed they were placed in . row and shot u
cold blood.
ITO tell the truth felt sort OF lonesome
The vessel was captured. my comrades were
al shot. and was there among those bleed
thirsty negroes, whose only thought was 70
svenge the ones who had been killed. a.d
10 capture and loot the town where taey had
met disaster confess | hal had enoogh
{ did not know what IN the wsrld WAS Ce-
ing to do whep British gail appeared in the
{ oning and seemed disposed to come to
anchor gave fisherman the only dollar |
| had left To row me out " the vessel or d
was fortu ate enough to attract ITS attention
bslore It s.il.el away IL was a tramp and
tho capta was uncertain whether the har
/ Dor had ben closed 10 commerce or not, and
did not ant to run any risks, which -
counted Tor lis uncertain course l gst
aboard. glvirs out made up sssry about
my ben a foreigner who had been detAin d
BY the rr5els, but had made my escape
~as brought back 20 New York.
/ Did make any complaint to the United
States govern about the killing Of my
sompatriossf Well, no. hardly thought 10
would figure well as al international episode,
and the fact is, do not consider it highly
creditablo affair, any way Maybe yoaT
.hink 1t a p.;y that | did not @ along with
the PARTY to porS an Princei We'll PROBABLY
I so, Qulen s.beF HARRY j. SHELLMAS
In . FtH-
Mrs. MuggiHs-Its raining, and Mrs 9sod-
soul wants 70 so home. and have nxn-
brelis to lend Der except ny new $40 ana
Can't let her have youvf
Mr.. Mugyins-Crackyi The only amhsalla
I've got has her tushasds uaH,e . ~
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