Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-20
HipPolyte Renews the Assault with All
His Fury


HipPolyte Renews the Assault with All
His Fury.
PoRT-AU-PRINCE via New York;. Julv
l9lh.-This city within the last few deEs
has been in state bordering on frenzy.
Hlppolyte has assaulted the extreme ont
works. He is being held in check at the
present writing. Legiume is impressing
INTO MS ranks every man capable OF carry
ing rifle. People have been delirio1s
with excitement, The Minister of War has
executed some of the prisoners with his
own hands. H1ppolyte is burning farm
houses and villages in the very sight of the
city.
All foreigners have been threatened with
extermlnatlon, but the United Stat IS naval
force on hand is prepared to take he city
II necessary. The kearsarge and Ossipee
are Eere, and the British cruiser Forward
has come in under full head of steam.
She left Jamaica on six hours notice. and
IN her eagerness for the run iumped her
anchor from the bottom. The Spanish
cruisers Comba and SANCHEZ have both ar
rived. They report French man -of-war
on the way. The Kearsarge and Ossipee
are IN good shelling positions, All their
guns are ready for firing.
PROTECTION FOR FOREIGNERS.
The combined forces of the foreign war
ships are prepared to effect a landing at a
moments notice. A system of signals has
been established with the American Con-
sulate, and the moment the danger fiac is
exhibited picked corps from the Kearsarge
and Osslpee Will jump for their boats. The
captain of the British cruiser declares that
II one Englishman is touched he will open
every gun in his batteries. The American
ships will not be second in this. Every
body aboard the Kearsarge and Ossipee is
ready for the assault The moment Hin
polyte comes over the breastworks he will
md row of bayonets and cutlasses en-
clrcling American residents.
HlFpolytes nearest position is within
almost mile OF the city. 1t is rumored
that his force numbers 10000 men. 1t is
now 6 -stiOn of only few days before
the end is at hand. Port-au- Prince knows
1t, and men women and children ale pre-
pared to die with Legitime. The feeling
against foreigners is one of bitter hatred,
and It needs but a spark TO turn
the whole native population into frenzied
mob.
AMERICANS SAFE
Commanders Sheppard and kellogg are
on the watch at every point Admiral
Gherardi considers himself able to protect
every American resident. 1t is out of the
question to take any one aboard, and with
TIC AeaI sarge anu OSSlDee at hand their
present position is almost as safe as if on
the deck of war vessel. Signal men keep
their glasses trained every moment on the
station established ashore, and there will
be ample time to open q thanking fire be-
fore any advancing crowd can reach the
American Consulate
Legltime is working like beaver. He
has every man at the outworks. MANY
women are there, too. Ali the able-bodied
of Port-au-Prince are doing service. No
one dares to finch, for fear of summary
death. If Hippolyte makes a general
assault he will be sure to sustain heavy
loss. His forces can readily be made ont
with the aid of glasses. He is covering a
very extended position.
SUMMARY EXECUTIONS.
Provisions are becoming very scarce. A
can of condensed milk of inferior quality
costs 81. Many are suffering from hunger.
and relief, to do any good, must come soon.
Every one is talking of the " fire. eater"
Legltime's War Minister having executed
some prisoners with his own hands. to
show the soldiers that it is not necessary to
burn powder to kill. This brings the exc
cutions to the very doors of the Govern
ment.
1t is increasing the hatred of Hippolyte's
men for Legitime, and the former swear
they will wreak vengeance when the time
comes. 1t is said that Hippolyte is causing
all these reports of cruelty to spread from
mouth to mouth to effect if possible, a
national uprising