The National tribune., 1890-11-13

he yelled at the culprit.
"Nolhing at all, General; only, for Gods
sake. snare my life" he answered, sobbing
Have you a family ?" Legros screeched,
putting his face down TO the trembling
natives.
"Yes, General, I have wife. I have
only lately been married.
Legros sprang back, and then advancing
shook his fst under the mans nose, saying:
"Yes: and that is what made you
scound1el. You were good man and a
revolutionist when you first brought us pro-
visions through danger, but the franc pieces
80 buy fine dresses for The pretty wife Sc
duced you. Praise TO Jesus, / have no wife
will not shoot you, but must punish you,
and I'll do il myself"
He then called Capt. LaRoche and told
him to have the man tied mp and his SHIRT
taken OF, and a number of stout orange
switches TO be brought The General then
took Of his coat and asking me TO hold IT,
stepped cut with the switches and said to
the men assembled:
"This man was a spy and we ought TO
shoot him, but rs he has wife We viii
only whip him and let him so back and
show her What she brought Oh him.
He then took the switches, gave the man
81 lashes. and had him then carried to his
golete the sail hoisled, and started him out,
one day Capt Williams came over from
Jacmel and got into Jeremie. lie said they
were about TO surrender over there, and they
had report that Miragoanes had suTrend-
cred. and we, having no word from them for
some time. believed it. So we called on
Legros 10 either get out or let the men re-
main and surrender
WHILE WE SLIPPED OFF.
But he said no, that we would fight TO the
last and die together.
Well Hudson, Williams and myself had
no intention Of dying together, neither had
any of the native officers, so after counsel
ing among ourselves, we went in body to
Legros and told him that we were going to
break out 10 the mountains, and that the
men preferred escaping to the mountains TO
suTrendering he at first objected, but then
finding that we were determined TO save
ourselves, without q word went into his
headquarters and sat down.
We sent word to all the men TO come from
the fort and other places and congregate in
the little ravine 10 the right Of the block
houses, and then as we started over there,
SO as to get the men in shape as they arrived,
Jegros ran out Of the blockhouse, and turn
ing TO Us with proud wave Of his hand,
cried.
] am sorry that You viii not remain and
see how the President of the Haytien Re
public dies at bis post Of duty"
] have already described him as fine
looking man, rather large and resembling
Fred Douglass very much in the face. He
had Oh 4 stiff cooked hat, French Generals
coat with gold epaulets, and the red trousers
with gold stripe. His coat was opened,
and he had on neither vest nor shirt, his
broad brown breast being exposed, and his
EWord-belt was buckled around his pants
waist and under his coat. His big feet were
also bare. He drew two pistols and one in
each hand, strobe down to the one street
that forms the town, The very impersonation
Of valor. and disappeared. ! thought when
he made the remark he did TO us, that he
had in mind Marshal Ney at Waterloo, cry
ing 10 the old guard, Come and see how a
French Marshal dies on a battlefield" I
always thought that such speech was dis
eoursgiBg, and If had been carrying gun
under Ney would have felt better to have
seen him
JUMP Up sTTFF-LEGGED,
swing his sword around his head with his
night hand and flourish a pistol with his
lett, yelling: Come on, Iavincibles, and see
how q French General can eyerlastingiy
cbaw Up English and Dutch. Whooplr
Wefound 81 men gathered, the entire avail
able force. and is Of these were wounded,
while II lay in town too dangerously
wounded to move, with no doctor and no
medical supplies. We foraed them in two
columns Oi iours, with y men as a skirmish-
line IN advance, and started on a run for the
left center Of the eDemy's picket-line at our
old bIeastworks. They fired few shots and
broke, and We went ont without finding any
further opposition, and were shortly after
wards ascending the mountain-side.
When we had gone mp few hundred
yards and stopped 20 rest, We heard firing
ali around the just-abandoned town. We
looked through our glasses and saw the
Government troops coming in On the east
side from the creek past the fort, yelling
and cheering and occasionally shooting
Williams had naval telescope, which he
set IN the fork Of q bash and had a good
view Of all that was going on. We could
zee them advancing along the street until
the houses obscured them, when rapid firing
and yelling occurred, and as they emerged
past the houses again Williams said, "They
have Lcgros,7 and sure enough
TREY had KILLED HIH.
and were carrying him along on their bayo-
nets. An officer Of the Atlas line told me
Afterwards that Hsytien officers said that
Gen. LcgTos stood IN the street dressed as
have described him, and fired his pistols
at The advancing troops until they riddled
him with bullets.
We held a council and decided 10 pusb On
for some distance farther and then disper.e
most Of The men preferring 10 take 70 the
mountains and by keeping 10 them to try 10
make San Domingo. Three native officers