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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
June 14, 184914 de junio de 1849 · Little Rock, Ark. · Independence, Recognition, and Samaná SchemesIndependencia, Reconocimiento y Proyectos de Samaná

Arkansas state gazette

SourceFuente: Arkansas state gazette · Little Rock, Ark. · June 14, 184914 de junio de 1849
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016481/1849-06-14/ed-1/?sp=3

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Independence, Recognition, and Samaná SchemesIndependencia, Reconocimiento y Proyectos de Samaná · 1844–1861

On February 27, 1844, Los Trinitarios proclaimed Dominican independence. American press coverage surged with reports on the new republic, repeated Haitian invasion threats, diplomatic recognition appeals, and southern schemes to secure Samaná Bay as a naval base.El 27 de febrero de 1844, Los Trinitarios proclamaron la independencia. La prensa estadounidense cubrió la nueva república, las invasiones haitianas, llamamientos de reconocimiento diplomático y proyectos para adquirir la Bahía de Samaná.

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According to the *Arkansas State Gazette* reporting on information from the *Evening Post*, Dominican General Santa Anna defeated Haitian President Soulouque and his forces in a severe contest at the town of Azera, driving the Haitians completely out of Dominican territory. The report noted that the retreating Haitians burned Azera and suffered the loss of 500 troops and two principal generals, Geffrad and Paul Jean Jacque. Additionally, the newspaper reported that a severe earthquake had caused considerable damage at Maracaibo.

A juicio de la *Arkansas State Gazette*, con base en informes del *Evening Post*, el general dominicano Santana derrotó al presidente haitiano Soulouque y a sus huestes en un encarnizado choque en la villa de Azua [nombrada Azera], arrojando enteramente a los haitianos fuera del suelo dominicano. La noticia puntualizaba que los invasores incendiaron Azua en su retirada, sufriendo la pérdida de quinientos soldados y de dos destacados generales, Geffrard y Paul Jean Jacques. Se añadía por otra parte que un violento terremoto ocasionó cuantiosos estragos en Maracaibo.

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The passage where this article was found, copied from the newspaper page itself, reading errors and all. This is exactly what the summary above is based on.El pasaje donde se encontró este artículo, copiado de la propia página del periódico, con sus errores de lectura y todo. Esto es exactamente aquello en lo que se basa el resumen de arriba.

Evening Post of the 21th ult. says:

Capt. Coleman, of the brig Abram, arrived this

morning from Curacoa, in eleven days’ passage. We

learn by J. Naar, Jr., a passenger, that the British

schooner Sea Flower arrived at Curacoa the Sth of

May, from the city of St. Domingo. The captain re

ports that Gen. Santa Anna, the Dominican, had

driven Gen. Soulouque, the Haytien President, and

his forces from the town of Azera, after a severe con

test, the latter having lost, in being bailed, his two

principal generals, Generals Geffrad and Paul Jean

Jacque, and 500 troops.

The Haytiens, before retreating, burned down the

town of Azera. The Dominicians succeeded in driv

ing the Haytiens completely out of their dominions.

We leara from the same gentlemen that a severe

shock of an earthquake had been felt at Maracaibo,

doing considerable damage.

says:

Mrs. Andrew JACKSON—The New York Atlas

uThfre is romance even among Statesmen}1

Mrs:

Jackson, when she married the General, was Mrs.

Roberts, and her husband was still living. She had

in her girlish days been the object of the Generals’

I idolatry; “but the course of true love never did run

smooth, and the youthful lovers differed and separa

I ted. The lady’s original name was Donelson; she

afterwards married a man by the name of Roberts,

who proved to be a profligate, a brute, a drunkard

and a tyrant.

He was in the habit of beating his

wife, and of otherwise treating her with great brutal

ity.

This lamentable state being made known to Gen.

Jackson, he one day called at Roberts’s house, took

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Arkansas state gazette. (1849). Little Rock, Ark., 1849-06-14. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016481/1849-06-14/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Arkansas state gazette, 1849-06-14.

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