The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29
HAYTIAN HOSTILITIES.
Progress of the Revolution In
the Black Republic.
Grand Saline Totally Destroyed and
the Dessalines Sunk.

A town burned to ashes. A man ot-war
sunk with all on board A general deserts
from Lsgitime with $4,000 and 1000 men.
These are the striking items of news
brought by the steamer William Coleman
that has Just arrived at New York from
Gonaives, Hayti. This puts an entirely new
face on Haytinn affairs and offsets to Ger
tain extent the bombastic cables sent by
Legitims to this country. Va.
Cruz and some Haytian ports. She steamed
into tine port of Gonaives, which Is situated
thirty two miles north Of st. Marc. Captain
Scott found the town completely fortified
heavy stockade having been erected around
the outskirts and two forts composed or
sand banks and piles erected at the mouth OF
the harbor.
Captain Scott went ashore. and there
learned that the day previous, about p NJ,
the Haytian mau-of-war Dessalines had
steamed up to Gonaives Bay with the inten-
tion OF bombarding the town: She recon, recon,
afraid of the forts, and she had reason
to be, for they suddenly opened
fire on her from both sides. This treatment
mander of the Dessalines, who returned the
fire, sometimes aiming at the forts aud some
times at the town. No damage was done to
the former, and but one shot landed In the
latter and that tore the roof of a dwelling
house near the German Consulate .
The firing of the forts was rapid and we'll
aimed owing to the s0rss o5 HinS6i1tss
OHsra, a soldier OF fortune VINO made his
sns ilsss e a1s ssTa atfsS oF sa1s
shots the Dessalines pulled out of range, but
not before gaping hole was seen in her side
also noticed that she listed heavily and
seemed to labor in the light sea that was
running as though seriously disabled.
Her departure was followed by chorus of
yn1ts. frOY thar, nrttl
m"r, who deserted their guns and ran out on
the beach and ramparts to express in de-
rsive gestures their contempt for so COW
ardly an enemy.
All the town turned out to feast and toast the
soldiers, and two or three of them were made
Generals on the spot.
Before the festivities were completed
runner arrived from the lower coast an
nouncing that the DeSsalineS had sunk of
st. Mares with all on board. This added tc
the enthusiasm and the "ta'la" flowed lik
water.
Acting under instructions from the Secre
tary of War, POO men left Gonatves to marcl
against Grand Saline, which was then gar
risoned by L4egtime's forces About five hun
dred men left Sc. Mares at the Sa,ue time fo
the same purpose, but for some reason failec
to connect. The Gonaives forces, how
ever, made spirited attack on Grand Sa
ing was resumed and during the night LIE.
rfevfodsfy set It on fire The place was en-
tirely consumed and Grand Saline is biotted
off the face OF the earth.
The Southern troops fled across the sandy
pain to the mountains tnat form the
boundary line between Hayti and San Do
ningo, ana unless the inhabitants Of the
latter have murdered the refugees they are
still in hiding.
General Jean Jumeaux. late of Legtime's
army, came to Gonaives from Capo Haytiar
to assume command of the troops JumeauS
was formerly trusted lieutenant of Lsgi
times, who gave him charge of 1000 men anC
$4,000 to go and subdue Gonaives.
II was some weeks ago that he arrived
within five miles of the town and felt a kind
of sneaking sympathy for Hippolyte, coming
over him SO strongly, in fact, that he dis
banded his army and struck out for the hills
with the Sl0,0J0.