The National tribune., 1890-10-23
THE EBONY ISLE.
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Nar-vessel comes in or desires to take on sup
plies. The Provost Marshal is notified, and he
gets out his guard, with long clubs. They play
out In the various streets leading down to the
water, to catch and press who they can for the
work at the vessel. Then comes the sport.
Every negro who sees them coming skedad-
dies, and chase ensues the Provost Marshal
leading, aud the men caught are marched down
to the wharves and set to work.
The guard mounting of this provost patrol
in the morning is laughable. The men have
nearly every kind of uniform imaginable
English, French and Spanish sailor and ma
rine suits, and the Haytien undress of dun
garee. The bugler is most gorgeously- dressed
fellow, and can sound his notes longer than
any bugler that | ever heard
Well am ahead of myself, for / omitted to
say that returned to Col. IS Office the next
day after being at the Astor Library, and there
l met Boyer Ba2eais, the proposed revolution
AIRY President sad looking octOroon gentle
man, with very intellectual expression. He
was nephew of the former President Boyer,
who ruled the Republic so long and so satisfac.
torily He was accompanied by Gen. Mathurin
Legros, man of powerful physique, who re-
sembled Fred Douglass very much. He was O
very gallant man and his
TRAGIC DEATH,
which will tell Of farther on, affected mo yery
mnch. With these men | made my contract,
and next day was off to my post of duty.
The first intimation the people of the United
States had of any revolutionary movement
was by the following article in tho New York
Herald of April "a, 1883:
THE Steamer Tropc american Capt. Aug G..
Rand, In service of Warner & Merritt, fruilers
while repairing at Neatle & Levy's Shipyard, Phil
nhep pha, on the Delaware took on hoard 500
Springfield rifles, 100000 rounds of cartridges.
two teld-pieces saddles aud uniforms, March IS.
and reported to go ont in ballast. At Inagua took
ON 80 insurgents and outside Inagua Bay tried to
get 30 more off tho Atlas steamer from Kingston TO
New York, but the Atlas steamer would not allow
them to board the Tropic directly, but put them
nshore Mt Inngua.
There they remained day under watch of an
English man OF war, until they obtained 81 small
schooner and reached the Tropic. when she
stcamcd for Mirngoanes, the deck being used for
drilling purposes. AZ midnight on March 26 the
Iropic entered Miragoanes and put off GO armed
men in boats, who captured the town On the fol-
lowing morning the arms, ammunition and equip
meuts were landed and the revolution proclaimed,
and ht noon the TrOpic sailed away to Port Antonio
The President, Emile Salomou issued proclama-
ton, declared martial law throughout the Repub-
lie and sent down tho steamers E.alite and Liherie
to attack Miragonnos April 8. Gen. Paul Emile
was placed in command Of the Government troops,
and orders given TO execute all insurgents cap
tuTed."
In my next | will give our adventures up to
the capture of Miragoanes and the subsequent
operations. In regard TO the English man-of-
war watching the insurgents at Inagua, she
would not have let thom Off so easy had they
come from any other point bnt British pos
session, but she supposed they had made pur-
chases of arms aud material in Jamaica, ard she
did not want TO interfere with British trade.
ITO be continued)