Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-10-04
Nortolk sspt. 90
HAYTI.

| Norfotk sspt. % |
HAYII.
Extract Of a letter fro u an Ameiu,
( gentleman at Port au srince. to h
friend in this town, dated August n
1916. ..
8 IN former communications | vents
led to introduce to your notice his mae,
/ Henry 1, commonly cali Cinists&tI
King Of flayti, and Ale ander Pefa I
ESQ. President Of the Z ublic OF lIs I
lti-faat introduction was general. N
may nov, perhaps afford rou so re int.
rest to become more particularly e.
quainted with some of The circainstaHa
which distinguish the private and Poida.
characters of these two individuals, sS
lcontroai the destinies and fortune oi (
people Of this Island.
Christophe has heard from soned
his Aatterers, that one Q! The lartila
Maxins of the British tosslittiiodb,
that 6 he King can do no wrong
Either through ignorance or policy, aa.
ldoptsahe maxim, not in its modified md
restricted construction, bdf 10 is orignl
and literal acceptatien; and seeign
reason why the attribute Of infiIliIlaY /
should net belong as well to kin IL
|Hayt;>as toa Kinget EasIard, be k,
lengrafted II on the CONSTITUTION Of is
Kingdom, and under its sanction, gys,
full exercise to tie vices OF lis chanc,
ter.
"'Fhe timid circumspection OF tyab
lay pervades his whole administIadO,.
and is no where more strongly eYiacd
than in the extreme risor Of bis poiz
| No preteyt whatever can procure to !s
stranger permission to visit the interiu;
and to obtain view even Of the em.
IRONS OF tie Capital (Cape francois $50
tended with somuch tr4u5ie and expeus,
that few persons are willing to eDccunr
them His Majesty not choosing to COZ.
Ifde his august person to the zeal aDdsf.
fiction efhis faithful subjects, has viii.
drawn himselfto g Sans Souci,''~a fritz
l6ed place Is miles in the iIterior-le
This place messenger mu / be dispatchd
for passport under the sign ipaDuald
! the King himself and even after yea
have obtained this, you cannot sir abos
on your promenade without two sable
i
sons of Mars at your elbows.
+" At Port Au Prince, the Metropolis
of the Republic, these scrupulOus re-
Istraints are unkGown. On the cop,1sz
Potion has made it his policy to eagn'
age foreigners in their visits tOih
plantations. Their reports, on seturay
lfrom those visits, are uniformly fever
lille. The inhabitants are 50 KINDS
unsuitable, that Inducements are IT.
|aaently found to remain with them 10
). twelve days. They arc gradualiy@
yancing in agricultural inproyeusts
are steady and industrious in their PIr
suits, and cheerful and contented VII
their conditions. These circumstancs
|aHord too strong an evidence of the bid
aud just administration Of Petien, Ddp
render him solicitous to exhibit then"
foreign observation.
s. All intercourse between tbs Fss
and the Cape by land is prersbitel b
(,hristophe upon pain OF death; apa~'f
Ifempt to clear outa vessel fran laF
Ffancois 10 Port au Prince, would syi@
vessel and casgo to condscaticn, sY
aaster and crew to Imprisonment. ~
here no inquiry is made as to tie res'
10y which the stranger arrives. and Wv
|ther bis journey has been by land on
water. he is alike cordially receiyCdhi
hospitality entcitainsd-Fo Foreign vea'g
tre cleared for the pc with as NV
difficulty asfor az er port. :.
8. A vessel arrivi a the Cape; we
Liner in distress, in search Of makei,S,
with any other object. must process
Sea again i, twenty four hours after
arrival, or be entered and aaIoan'|
Whatever diaS Desttie stare OK VIC hir'
| in the ports 81 the Republic, no specIl..
ltime>is required !or entering; aud !.
sels have frequently rca aimed here g., 20.
lal days, and not fl ding pureSt',sr
nave gone elsewhere in parsait OF b.
mas kets. &c
I" AllietIers To or from Cape Frau Frau,
nust be opened AMI EXAMINED IN the Y H.,
sence Of Chnstnphe, irfore they are =.
lveiel to the persons to srh'In thes ~
directed ia row suspicious. nag t Ia
iaI a:easare: to.ally in this part %
Iii. ~,
g Christsphe is merchant q. : d
King, and IS as soi1iiii and avarlcl'' ~
lie epe charsc e.. a, lie is afre55ar' AZ
abtra,y in the ottier It's ohf ,'a,I
npusI, arrays mucil se!os tie ~ B.,
aarket price, must be aeee "a hf