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before Aux Cayes to blockade the port. All ho of

compelling the submission of the city by a bombard-

ment having departed, it had been resolved to attack

it by land, for which purpose Salnave had conceu-

trated a large force in the neighborhood. It was

confidently expected that Aux Cayes would soon fall,

but Domingue had declared his determination to give

the city to the flames rather than allow Salnave to

gain possession of it.

The two steamers purchased mn New-York for the

Haytian Government—the Alexandre Petion and the

Salnave, formerly the Galatea, of the United States

Navy—were giving trouble. The boilers of the for-

mer were leaking, Fequiting considerable repairs, and

the latter could not stand shot, whieh passed com-

Pletely through her. The Petion had run aground

near Aux Cayes, and to get her off it was found

necessary to throw overboard a large quantity of

provisions and ammunition. The crew of this vessel

consisting in large part of colored Americans, had

also mutinied, but, owing to the prompt action of a

Haytian general who was on board at the time and

assumed command of the vessel, the mutiny wus

speedily quelled, not, however, before one of the

subalterns, a colored American, had been killed by a

pistol-shot fired at him by the general.

The Government bad again resorted to the system

of Tonepoty, thereby assuwning virtual comtrol of

the whole trade of the country. The native pro-

ducts included in the monopoly are coffee and cot-

ton, which, says the decree establishing the monop-

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1869). New York [N.Y.], 1869-06-03. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1869-06-03/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1869-06-03.