The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-15

Htppoiyte's Necene victory - efA""~s
1ctne- The Town Destroyed ny t-rs.".
mes Gun nsats. lsnt the Troop. Landed
Nes,smcd In and Annihtias~d ~ Hippo
iyte's Forces From G"n'sis~--
ST. MARC. Hayti. Jan. -. General Hip
poiyte has just gained great victory. IL /
l. the most important battle which has \
been fought in the civil war Ia iayu- /
"Raftie. by the way, is rather miSlead-
I'M. word In the present instance, Tor
when thrr. hundred men are caught Ike I
rats III "A trap. with their retreat inter-
ccpfed. AMI they are then surrounded anu
shot down al leisure with harbarons
cruelty. no quarter being shown. no pris-
oners taken aud every living soul put -
death. "Bntcneryr seems % be the proper
characterization Of the horror.
That was the scene Witnessed yesterday
at the little seaport town ~ 'randss-
leiue. about twenty-five miles from here
where detachment ~ Leyitime's army
was completely annihilated. ~ was ap""t
100 in the morning OF the 2ith-four days
ago--when the distant booming ~ heavy
guns was heard o. the northward- Gen
eral Montpoint, General Hippoiyts's Sec
rotary ~ War and OF the Navy. vas IN
command al st. Marc. He had only ~
troops az hand. but there was general
call IL arms. and every man IN the town
capable 81 bearing arms was required y"
respond az once. In scarcely more than
nm hour the army was in notion WIN
the civilian volunteers Il numbered about
| $40. The troops set out Ak ouce
| for Grand~eliene. expecting - JONI
forces with about 100 troops.
| which were known - be AZ "rniviars'
ana some 90 more scattered in interior
| points. The troops arrived az Grandse-
/ leine on the following morning. They
| advanced cautiously aud encamped under
I the shelter ~ tropical forest. Inc SOL
| diers from st. Mare had met those from
! Gouiyiaes and the interior Mran"hiie
the bonhardment had continued from the
gun boats in the harbor and me whole
town had been completely destroyed anu
laid IN ruins.
About 20 soldiers had been sent ashore
10 hold possession ~ the town after the
shells ~ the boats had reduced i %
ruins. Many ~ the inhabitants ~ the
town had been killed and wounded IN the
attack. but most ~ the people had ted 70
the wood. when the bomhardment began
After having put the troops ashore
~. naval vessels steamed away from
Grand~eleine. thus leaving the landing
marty without means ~ retreat and en-
tirely depend mt upon their own resources
10 hold the toxin. With force ontnuin-
herring Le.ifime'- forces TWO % one Hip
pnlyte's men quietly surrounded the town.
Still remaining concealed until the IN
vaders should feel comparatively secure
az the arparent absence III any foe. Then
the soldiers ~ the North poured int
Grandseleinc from all sides NJ quarter
Wa Showa. The Legifimisfs scattered
and tlsd. bit wer-. pursued ani ~Api dow =
like rat~ Not pne MaS spared Nothing
wa> lc.t N mark Ihr -str " tne little town
but 1mo1idcril:, ruins sul litaV- - dead
and dying.
Meantime. the inrn-o.-war ind proceed
ed IL GuniviaeS. They sh-lled 'h- 'nwn,
but iii not ~ very much damage. They
arrived off 81. Mare IN tAr morning n ine
18th. At IA a. m. the TpA- ain; Luaxfr'
,ure o,,et,e.l FIR. M I'M iew1. Tn- Br.tl~l
steamer Harold was "A ihr barber ans
several foreigners. the cousuls and SOM
women ana children sought refuge ~
board az her. under the protection 81 tn
British flag. Many buildings were d.
Sfroyed. two foen were killed dnzri
| men. women aud children were mortal.
wounded and many others were more -
las injured. Toward nightfall. the gun
. hoats withdrew. On the e.th the Toussain
L'Ouverture suddenly paid st. Marc
, visit and hred about twenty steel shell
, into the town. Not much damage wa
: done 10 property and no lives Were lost
! Fort Diamanf returned the frr.and man
(, aged 10 drop some shells 80 close y "a
1 run-boat that she gave M the night an
: sailed away. There was an en@ayemfn
on the aOfh. at town IN the interior Gale
= Hispie. About eight hundred men wrr
engaged on both sides The >"r'her
: army came Of victorious. cap'uriu
4 eighteen prisoners. Fifteen n tless PIT
4 ,n,rs were shot immediately. and the r.
manning three were sent 70 -. Mare % !
mn IN the rack and otherwise torture
!. until they gave information a. q u
y movements ~ Legitime troops. The
Y sbev. too. will BE- mercifully shot p cil
a fheir nrnuie<.