Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-27
ST. DOMINGO

a gentleman recently arrived from the
commons of his majesty the emperor
CIIristophe. has favored us with the court
calendar of that monarch it appears in
| pamphlet form, and enumerates the va
rious dignitaries of his empire. In front
or all these dignitaries, appears the name
ct ms imperial majesty the emperor
| Christophe-then the name of the en-
press Nlarla-Louisa- then follow in sue
| cesslon the princes ofthe blood-then t!,e
dukes. counts, mobiles, barons and knights
III their different gradatjons of dignity
In short, Ii is In every sense Of the word
court calendar, and it is a curious and in
ferestlng document. His majesty rules
his subjects with great severity and RI
gor none OF them are suffered to be ah-
sent rom their dwelling after 10 O'Clock
at right, although they NAV belong TO
the highest order Of his nobility. Stran-
gers are allowed this privilege nutwith-
standing, anu the only way in which the
SUBJECTS OF the emperor can evade this row
al decree, Is 40 De found al the interdirted
hour, "a The company of stranger. If is
deemed an nigh offence TO the emperor's
dignity, Tor amy of the nobility. either
male - female, 10 be absent from the
palace Of Saas Sonci, wien any fefe is
given by order of his majesty; the par
ties SO offending, are immediately placed
under military guard, and confined in
strong and almost inaccessible fortress.
The emperors life guards are extremely
expert and dexterous in all military evo-
lutions, and very formidable military
Establishment it Is represented TO be-
The royal court and rciinue are described
as uncommonly splendid and magnifi-
cent, and as partaking Of all the form and
n lfaFnNr n
Jesty'S printer was anxious to excbanoe
papers with some printer on the continent
of America, and desired our informant to
exert his kind offices for this object
Our informant yeniured TO propose an
exchange With Baltimore printer. This
idea was immediately secuted with dis
daln-nOtiling less than printer i'm Phil
adelphia, or New Ork, would be equal
Ill dignity to the printer of his imperia!
majesty. Parties are formed in this gov
eminent, headed each by one of the prin-
ces of the royal blood, on whose success
sion TO the throne tbey look for their re-
ward. The various princes of the blood
are all provided with private tutors, and
The royal pupils are represented as I'M
commonly expert IN learning their les
sons. His majesty cnforces the most RI
gorous police throughout the whole of
his domIni0ns crimes are soon detected
and the criminals promptly and severely
pUuished.-We shall shortly Law before
our readers some interesting information
OF this subject. This will not be done
from motives of idle curiosity. lis an
important fact in the eyes OF The pbilau-
thropist, to ascertain, whether tie chill
dren of Africa, If, left TO themselves, are
capable of exercising what are commonly
denOmlnated the rights of selfgoyern
meni. II has been urged as an objection
TO the colonization of Africa, that these
men labor uuder moral If not under
physical incapacity Of governing them
selves. This argument las been adyanc-
ed by men who have this fact full before
their eyes, Of riot and disorder, confli-
sion and anarchy, now assuming the
shape OF regular government, capable
perhaps OF maintaining tie usual reIa-
ti0nships Of Other independent powers.
Is 1t not an astonishing fact, that The en-
perOr Chrisiophe modelled his court and
all the dignitaries Of lis empire, exactly
on the plan furnished by Bonaparie. that
the very emperor. whose example he has
followed, is now solitary exile from his
crown and scepire IN The desert of st.
Helena, while his imitator is left in the
full and entire possession of all his rOvaI
rights, powers and immuniiies Surely
then there rs nothing in this spectacle
10 abate tie confidence Of ihe
who would wish 10 behold
the return of the exiled Africans TO The
country Of their ancestors.
Bet. Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, May 81.
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