The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-03-29
HAYTIAN H0STILITIES.
Progress of the Revolution In
the Black Republic.
Grand Saline Totally Destroyed and
the Dessalines Sunk.

A town burned to ashes. A man-of-war
sunk with all ON board A general deserts
from Legitime with $4,000 and 1000 men.
These are the striking items OF news
brought by the steamer William Coleman
that has lust arrived at New York from
Gonaiyes, Hayti. This puts an entirely new
lace ON Haytian affairs and offsets 10 Ger
tain extent the bombastic cables sent py
Legitims to this country. ,o,.,.d at Vera
Cruz and some Haytian ports. She steamed
into tine port of Gonaives which Is ~ ~situa0eo
thirty-two miles north Of st. Marc. captain
Scott found the town completely Iortiheu-
heavy stockade having been erected arouno
the outskirts and two forts conposeu VI
sand banks and piles erected ut the mou'n VI
the harbor. .,.-.
learned that the day previous, about r. M;
the Haytau mau-ofwar Dessalines had
steamed up to Gonaives Bay with the lnten-
tion of bombarding the town; r;,,. "se sesminSIv
AFRAID of the forts, and she had reason
to be. for they suddenly opened
fire on her from both sides. THIS treatmen'
mander of the Dessalines, who returned the
fire sometmes aiming at the forts and some
times at the town. No damage was aone 10
the former, and but one shot ganden a,1nG' im une
latter. and that tore the roof OIL n dwelling
house near the German Consulate:
The firing of the forts was rapid and well
aimed owing to the efforts OF spanish
gunner who had recently enoerea tt'p2oye 2naroi
OiHara, a soldier Of fortune who mao1 nls
r Tpssasu uaSlapSaf to Sfs
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 i'm the light sea that was
running as though seriously disabled;
Her departure was followed 10y chorus OF
yvoll-
men, who deserted their guns and ran out on
the beach and ramparts to express in de
risive 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 tho spot.
Before the festivities were completed
runner arrived from the lower coast an
nouncing that the DeSsolines had sunk OF
st. Mares with all on board. This added to
the enthusiasm and tho "tafa' flowed hk
water.
Acting under instructions from the Secre
tary of War, POO men left GonatveS to marci
against Grand Saline, which was then gar
rsoned by Legitlme's forces. About five hun
,ired men left St. Mares at the sa:uo timo fo
the same purpose, but for some reason fsilei
to connect. The Gonaives forces. how
ever, made n spirited attack on Grand Sa
line, but were repulsed The next day tight
ing was resumed and during tho night LIE
r-iD-rv,Isty seJ 1J on nre. Tho place was en-
tirely consumed, and Grand Saline is blotted
off the face OF the earth.
The Southern troops fled across the sandy
plain to the mountains tuat form the
boundary line between Hayti and San Do
mingo, ami unless the inhabitants of the
latter have murdered the refugees they are
still in hiding.
General Jean Jumeau1. late Of Legitime S
army came to Gonaives from Capo Haytian
to assume command of the troops JumeauS
was formerly n trusted lieutenant Of Lsgi
times. who gave him charge of 2o0O men and
$4,000 to so and subdue Gonaives
II was some weeks ago that no arrived
within five miles of tho town and felt a kind
of sneaking sympathy for Hippoyte, coming
over him SO strongly, in fact, that he dis
banded his army and struck ont for the hills
with the Sl0,UJU.