Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-06-16

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Ill. to whom he should pay the duties
! Justly chargeablc upon the iieight witch
! he was thus about to take to the Por-au-
Prince market! and as Fanny was going
upon an extraordinary mission Of philan-
thropy, she certainly had a right to max e
the most of her crrand Of mercy. With
! this view she had the following provision
carefully incorporated into the charter
! party: "And the said Lawrenson further
agrees with the said Wright, to permit
whatever freight he may put on board
the said brig, to be entered by the sad
Wright, in her name, at the custom
house in the said port of Port-an-Prnce.'
| And here we arrive at the cream ofthe
IIioke:-"Me said Lawrenson 10 allo,o
he said Wright Me regular duties on The
said articles as are charged IN The IdrV
IoC duties Of Mm Isiomd." This last pro-
vision is The key which unlocks the hid
den mystery of tho whole voyage. Fan
ny had not miscalculatcd the influence
which her charms, and the object of her
visit, would have upon the gallant and
accomplished head Of the sable court OF
EIayti. At her mere presence, board
ing officers would be disarmed, and custom
house clerks forget to make their entries.
And what could the chief himself do, less
than by single dash Of his pen, to order
the duties OH the whole cargo to be remit
ted. Magnanimous Boyer!-Fortunatc
Fanny Wright!!--lt was so done. The
goods were entered in the name of the
lphilanthropist, and the courteous Ebony
RENTED the duties To the lady Topaz, !,
amounting, we are told, to nine thousand
dollars, which sum tie captain paid over
to his fair constituent rs per agreement in
the charter party. lis excellency the
Hayticn "Nlilitary Chicitain" also caus-
ed his poet laureate to make sonnet on
the eyebrow of this "Virgin of the con-
tincnt," as the said laureate called her,
part of which we lately rendered into
sorrowlul prose-but the best the case
would admit Of And this is not ALL
The President was lavish of his presents
to his fair visitant, and among other things
put into her hands purse Of one hundred
doubloons-enough to pay for the whole
concern, and leaving the duties over and
above the value of three slaves actually
emancipated, as a clear profit on the
! speculation! If this operation does not
beat the tricks of any yankee pedlar that
ever sailed forth from Berlin, Suilield,
or the Turkey hills, then we never heard
the worst of them. We have heard it
said ofsome ofthese itinerant gentlemen,
that they were never known to weep but
when wedding their onions, or blush
but when plating their tin. But we rath-
er guess that they would have cause to
weep, should they ever make decker
with Fanny, and blush to find how easily
she could take a yankee in.
i NJ Y. Commercial .Adrertiser.
II No person living-not even Miss
Frances Wright, shall be intentionally
treated with injustice in this paper We
therefore insert the following:
\ For The Commercial .4dperiiser.
Il have been shown, in the Commercial
Advertiser of Friday evening, a statement
Respecting myself and my voyage to
Hayti, which is untrue, both in the details
it gives, aud in the impressions it is cal
culated to convey.
had not considered the public inte-
rested i'm my private affairs, and therefore
have hitherto abstained from publicly ad-
verting to them.
The article in question states: first,
that at least 81 of the 80 negroes, pur-
chased by me with view to an expert
ment in favor of the enslaved population
of our Southern States, and cmancipated
at my own expense, were free already:
second, that received from the captain
of the vessel l chartered to Port-au-
Prince, duties to the amount of $4,000;
and lastly, that received from the Presi-
dent of Hayti 100 doubloons.
1 First. To all who may have any GU
rosity to ascertain whether the now
cmancipated colonists were purchased by
me or not, ! state, that original bills of
sale are in my possession, and may be
seen by any one at the Office ofthc Free
Enquirer, 3J9 Broomc street. The in
spcction of these first outlays may suffice
to relutc the Misrepresentation OF those
who, it seems, can conceive otnO motive
of action distinct from the love of gain.
/ Sccoady. | have in my possession the
account of the duties regularly executed
as paid intothc treasury of Port-au-Princc
the total of which, moreover, in hmc-
rican currency, amounted to about one
third Of the sum falsely stated to have
been paid to me by the captain of the
vessel. The certificate ofpayment may
also be seen in our office.
/ Ihrdiy. ! did receive, not in doub-
looms, but in what | believe will prove
cqualto the amount, or somewhat over tho