The liberator

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pedition which had been got up by the Haytien Gov

ernment, against the Spanish or Dominican part of

the island, had marched to the attack, and were re

pulsed with a large number of the blacks killed, and

as many of the browns taken prisoners by the Domin

icans. We have not heard the name of the General

who commanded the Haytien forces; but so irate had

the President been at the result of the expedition,

that he had determined to get up another hostile

force, and take the command upon himself.

Later from Port au Prince. By the arrival of

the brig Fairy, Capt. Harper, at this port, with dates

to the 6th inst., we learn that at the time of sailing,

great excitement prevailed throughout the Island, in

consequence of a late decree of President Souloque,

which obliged every man of color, without reference

to rank or standing in society, to bear arms and march

against the Spanish portion of the Island.—[Phila.

Gaz.

Starvation in Nova Scotia. The whole people

on Palmer’s Point are actually starving. One man,

after travelling all the way to Halifax for relief, re

turned home without anything, and with his family

have given up to perish. Another family were yes

terday making a sort of soup from some scraps of

bones that the mother had laid by in the fall for ma

king soup—her children lying around her whilst the

nauseous meal was preparing. Hundreds will be in

a like situation ere April passes. Every day brings

accounts of heart-rending scenes, and no one is wil

ling to help another.

Tbxas. By an arrival from Galveston, we have

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The liberator. (1849). Boston, Mass., 1849-03-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84031524/1849-03-30/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The liberator, 1849-03-30.