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Show IN A STATE OF SIEGg. A H voln'lnn Thraatcuod on th Iiland of V , Havtl tiy l.ijltiin, nppirtr. 1 y fA May Ut.sMarttaUw funs been fbroci aimed in Port An i'rio'ce. Armiifl soldiers patrol the streets night and day and no one is allowed to enter or leave the city without a passport? The Haytian capital is literaMy in a at ate of siege. The cause of this condition con-dition of nll'.iifs is Ilia agitation caused by tho sutiporlci a t'f (leu. Legitime, the deposed president. This news is contained in letters received re-ceived by merchants engaged iu tho Haytaiu trade in New York. It is also announced that Firman, minister of finance and foreign affairs iu President l'ippolyte's cabinet has resigned, though no explanation of his conduct is given. Tho report of an attempt made on the life of President Hippolyte is absolutely ' denied. The exact date on which mar- I tial law was proclaimed in the li iytiea ! canitai is not oiven. For months the supporters of Legitime have been ae- ! tively engaged in stirring up feeling j against the present administration. The i deposed president who is now sojourning sojourn-ing in Jamaica, has, it is said, been regularly reg-ularly posted in the work of his secret emissaries. President Hippolyte, however, has not been napping, and ho is now determined deter-mined to nip the threatened uprising in the bud and at the same time, if possible, possi-ble, bring the guilty ones to justice, |