Telegram-herald., 1889-07-04

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thss AOrrslf's full name sss AoEisl Mac
xenxss called ~ ~ do2st by some iadis
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EnxiisA doctor JOAN Bull vas psrfecs
type Of the Hsytisa nSxro, lazy. always
bssgiag and always iying- tie mas, how
.. DE laaded on the htsls wharf. Was AZ
once surrounded BY beyy - dusky
maidssss listening ~ she konsyea verbs
fEo<a his lips. . compliment whlSG be
s-neraliy repaid by tursisx prone on his
. onseh and going To sleep. Indeed. AZ
times ae ~oaid sao0ze comfortably while
rowing cut % the ship. lie was, Of course.
soldier liable ~ 40 on duty now and then
a. ~rr.ft IN. \ tA.ls
OF hls prowsss la the Geld were terrific.
Thea according so his owE account ne had
R@eesssts ted the starting Of priyats grave
yard. s9ca slaughter had he wrought. or
course this Haytian war 10 not TO he taken
too seriously, it IA like one Of O1eneach' :
military operas, when there is iissls or no
biOodshsd- After hard weeks nghslnx
not far from Gonaives. the loss on one side
was Two and oa the other three Killed
The latter mo, their untimely end by tax
ing refuge II a hollow tree when they were
seen by their opponents. who opened a
brisk fusiiisde through the bark of the tree
which lasted until they had riddled their
victims with bullets.
The Haytians are great fellows for shoot
Ing spies One morning bright and early
We saw six poor devils marched down To
by fils Of soldiers until they were all
dead Such an execution, however. takes
up considerable time each man firmly
believes that he can only be mortally
wounded in one particular place, and
when IL is the left ear or the little finger Of
the right hand Is taxes some time for the
Haytian marksman 60 hit that spot As a
rule these men are more or less surrounded
and fall TO the ground aud then the soldiers
advance aud placing the musksts against
the quivering wretch blow him into king
dom come. They meet their deaths with
remarkable fortitude. indeed it is difficult
to see why they should not be glad to escape
the horrors Of Haytian dungeon In
the town Of Gonaivss martial law prevailed
and at all the roads leading out into the
country WAS a stockade of old -four and
Goldfish barracks with a few sentries to sing
out "Qui va In" and to Insist upon the an
swer 'Etranger." Everyone, however
seemed to 40 backwards and forwards as
they liked, and every afternoon, as soon As
the sun got low, We started on. horseback
along the magnificent roads which are
almost the sole remnants Of the French
occupation. Along these roads one would
meet hundreds OF oonkeys briaging ia log
| wood, for which Gonais.s is famous. and
coffee. but the barros were generally
driven by women, the men being all away
making believe fighting or asleep like John
Bull. For the first few days that we were
at Gonaives we saw nothing of the gun
boats. but could hear their guns to the
south 1T La Grande Saline and St. Marc
| One morning we saw the Dessalines appear
around the southern point of the bay and
reconnoitre. OF course, according 10 all
| rules of international law we had per
feet right To be where we were for there