Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-01-09
FROM FOREIGN FIELDS.
Horrors of the InsurrectiOn
in Hayti.
gOoDOOIsM BEING PRACTICED.
Legitime's Overthrow Imminent.
The Old WOrld-Madrid
Dynamiters.
Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.

Associated Press DISPATCHES to the HERALD.
PoRr.AU-PRINcE, Hayti, December 80
AS this dispatch is being written the
opposition of Lsgitime by the dissatisfied
citizens of the Capital, or by the advanc
ing victorious troops of the North, under
Hypolite. appears to be shortly expected
by all but the immediate supporters o
Legitime. He has thrown into prison all
the prominent citizens and residents oi
the North in Port-.u Prince suspected OF
opposing him.
Three battles have been fought and
lost by the Legitimists in the last ten
days. During the rapid retreat to the
Capital, two divisions of the Southern
army deserted to the pursuing North
eners. A stand was made next day at a
rising knoll of ground by the dispirited
army Of the South, but they we're able to
stand but short time against Hypolite's
assaults. The army of the
North are entrenching themselves
some twen'y miles from Port
au-Prince, completing their lines OF
communication, reorganizing their aug
mented army, and awaiting the arrival
of recently purchased arms and NUM-
tions of war. They are also devastating
the great agricultural section where they
are now encampedj and from which
Legitime received tie greater portion of
his supplies
General Hypolite having been elected
and declared Provisional President by
the Central and Northern Departments,
on his capture of the Capital will dem and
Congress of Deputies from all the De-
partments, and the election of perman-
ent President, declaring Legitime's cleo
tion unconstitutional and void. He will
probably then be the only candidate in
the field.
Reports of defeats and desertions have
raised to high pitch of excitement the
inhabitants Of this section, and hence
Legitime is imprisoning all possible
ring-leaders in the revolt against him.
He is showing great activity in securing
volunteers, through press-gangs who
seize laborers in the fields and bring
them to the barracks, frequently in
chains, to prevent their escaping.
Without law, life and property is I'M
safe in this section. Excesses of every
kinds are the rale, the horrid cannibal-
istic rights of Voodooism are revived,
and reports reach this city of the meet
ing of several thousand on Christmas
night near Jacmel, and the sacrifice of a
young girl and the greedy scramble for
some portion of her half-cooked flesh.
The devastation of the central portion of
the island has been the cause OF the rob-
berry of recently buried bodies and the
devouring of the same. These are we'll
authenticated facts.
The steamship Haytien Republic is
still in the hands of Admiral Luce, as
agent of the owner, Mr.. B. G. Morce.
cannot receive her until she is in more
presentable state. While she has been
thoroughly disinfected by the surgeon
of the United States steamer Galena and |
her Captain, Mr.. Thompson, her
condiction by reason of her occu-
pancy by the Haytien guards is filthy |
in the extreme. Under command of
Lieutenant Shiers, with prize crew of |
eighteen men from the Galena, she will |
steam on January 1st to Santiago de |
Cuba, where she will be re-coaled and
turned over officially to MIR. Morse, who
will there collect crew. The Galena
will keep her in sight during the trip.
While it is impossible to secure the
$3.50, 900 indemnity demanded for her
detention and damage to the property OF
her owner and crew, it is thought it will
be possible to secure some cash down.
The Government pleads poverty, but has
recently paid 500, 900 for former Eng
lish mail steamer which it has fitted
out as q gunboat, and on December
26th she paid to the steamer Andes
$27 800 for 5000 Winchester rifles, and
100, 900 rounds of ammunition, all in gold.
1t is also claimed that Legitime has
appropriated to his own privy purse all
the remainder of the cash in the
Treasury, and will fly by his fastest gun
boat as soon as his fall is an assured
fact.
Legitime's official organ issues to the
American and European press, under the
title of Une Unfamie, can Outrage" a
long statement defending the seizipg OF
the Haytien Republic for having illegally
run the blockade and saying it is deplor-
able for great and historical nation land
republic as we'll, to abuse it's power by
depressing feeble nation in opposing
the power of reason with it's guns. 1t
then goes on at some length to insinuate
that the actions of the American Consul,
Thompson, were decidedly biased and
unfriendly to Hayti.