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was given on the 1st Inst., however, throughout

the northern and western districts of tho island,

and was promptly responded to by the followers

of the tkreo pretenders to the Presidency?General j

Morency Benjamin, General Tcnniso and General

Solomon. Tho latter person (a tall, burly, grayhaired

negro) has for the laat two years lived at

Kingston, Ja., whence, as vhe nominated successor

of the ox-President, Fabrc-Gcffrard, and with the

assistance of a faithful henchman named Dumbar

and a firm of Spanish Jews, he has disseminated revolutionary

proclamations. In fact, so littlo secrecy

was at last attached to tho preparations of the conspirators,

and so openly circulated were the thousands

of proclamations thrown off at Do Cordova's

press, that tho Haytian governmont complained officially

to Sir Anthony Musgrave, Govern of Jamaica,

that Kingston was being nsed as the asylum

of enemies to Hayti, and that compensation would

bo claimod from tho British government for the injury

sustained by the Republic of Hayti by cruisers

hailing from Port Boyal.

the Govmreoii's vnocnamatios.

His Excellency instantly proclaimed tho provisions

of the Foreign Enlistment act to be in full forco in

tho island of Jamaica. At almost tho same moment

a largo steamer laden with arms and equipments,

ostensibly cleared from Now York, was shipping provisions

at Morant Bay for tho intended raid which

General Solomon's adherents had organized. Their

indiscretion had almost been disastrous, for

beforo all who had notlco to embark were

on board the English Admiral had information

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1879). New York [N.Y.], 1879-02-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1879-02-21/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1879-02-21.