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IMPORTANT PROM HAYTI. I

"THE EMPIRE OF SOULOUQUE DESTROYED.

Iwcei of the Bevolutioalsts?IbdieatiM of

8nnlniiuB^.?)(iit Plight tn Jamaica

ii a Britixli War Steamer.

Triumphal Entry of Geffrard into tke

Capital*

Aceeont of the Revolution?Histories o

Soulouque and Geffrard,

Ac., Ac., Ac.

Vie negro empire of Soulouquo has fallen, and an inde

pendent republic has been proclaimed in XlayU, with Gen.

Geffrard as first ('resident.

This intelligence we learn by the schooner Flying Dragon,

Cbptain Burgess, which loft Kingston, Jamaica, on

the 22d of January, and arrived at Lewes, Delaware, on

the 9th inst. The details of the important news of this

vent from that port are as follows, as furnished us by

?ur correspondents there:?

On the 2lBt of January the British mail steamer arrived

at Kingston, having touched at Jocmel, Llayli, bringing

news that Soulouque was en his way to Jamaica in the

British war steamer Melbourne. The American commercial

agent at Auz Cayes had written to the United States

Consul at Jamaica for an American man of war; but there

wan none at Jamaica, and no opportunity bad offered of

writing elsewhere for one. t

Answer correBponacni writes:?news iruui x-urv mi

Prince has just come to hand, stating that Soulottque has

teen totally defeated by Gtfrard, and has fled from Port au

Prince. He is now on board the British steamer Melbourne,

lying at that port.

A later report from Kingston says:?"The British

steamship Melbourne is just coming in. The Emperor

Soalouque 1b on board."

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1859). New York [N.Y.], 1859-02-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1859-02-12/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1859-02-12.