The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register

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men, including a colonel, took

possession of the place. On receipt of

this intelligence, the President, ordered all

the troops at Cape Haytien to march for

Lexavon; but informaiion arriving tlie

next day that the Dominicans had evacu

ated and burnt the town, the order for

inarching was countermanded. Lexavon

is the principal frontier town on this side

of the island, alout eighteen leagues to

.the eastward of Cape Haytien, and just

-within the Spanish lines. The Haytiens

!took it from the Dominicans in July last.

The President is still preparing his

grand expedition for the reduction of the

Spanish part of the island, which, it is

said, will be ready to inarch in the course

of a month.

The President had ordered all the min

isters and members of die Council of

State to reside at Cape Haytien, and seve

ral of the officials had already arrived

from Port au Prince. Boston W hig.

pAnothcr eruption of .Mount Ilecla,

in Iceland, the first during 80 years, has

burst forth and threatens to ravage the is

land. A Danish paper says:

In the night of the 1st of September a

frightful subterranean groaning filled the

inhabitants with terror. This continued

till mid-day on the 2d, when the moun

tain burst in two places with a horrible

crash, and vomited masses of lire. In

former times these explosions came from

the summit, where Hccla has no regular

ly formed crater; but this time torrents of

lava flowed down two gorges on the

flanks of the mountain. For the clouds

of smoke and vapor the top of the volca

no could not be seen. The sheep on the

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The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register. (1845). Somerset, Pa., 1845-12-02. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025917/1845-12-02/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Somerset herald and farmers' and mechanics' register, 1845-12-02.