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then left tho vessel, but had scarcely set foot on

shore when tho bombardment commenced and was

continued nntll this evening, when a report reached

JerOtnie that in conscience of the absence of Sal

nave, Nlssege, Saget and Generals Normll and

Lynch had inarched with a large force on Archale

and were proceeding to lnvc st Port au Prince. This

at once determined Salnave to retire, and he accord

ingly left J.;romie and his bombardment ceased. It

Is stated that tho entire town of J6r6mie has been

destroyed, every bouse mora or less shattered or

burned, and that numerous deaths resulted, among

them a lad} and three children killed in the con

sulate by a cannon ball.

The Insurrectionary troops and the Inhabitants of

30r> rale, as is stated, behaved very valiantly, stand

ing by their guns in the forts to the last; nut they

proved no match for Salnave 's artillery, with which

lie shelled tho town at a distance Qf four miles and

beyond the rau^e of the forts. Several engagements

on land had UU^en place between the Insurgents and

the Piquets, In whleb on every occasion the latte*

was routed with loss. The next destination of the

P< t Ion Is said to be Aux Caves, where her arrival

wat anxiously awaited, the forts being, we are told

well able to cope with her and the Inhabitants are

very determined.

The revolutionists at J<tomle, Aux Cayes and

Jacmel have so much coffee on hand tnat they are

anxious to charter a steamer for its removal to somo

port lu the United Slates or Jamaica.

Commodore Phllllmore having had it represented to

him tuat the ilaytlen war steamer Alex Petion Is

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The New York herald. (1868). New York [N.Y.], 1868-11-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1868-11-12/ed-1/?sp=3

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1868-11-12.