South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-05-09

for more than forty years in possession
| of the blacks. The city now contains
about 60, 600 inhabitants. 1t is situat.
ed on declivity, is we'll laid out--and
its principal streets are continually re.
freshed with regular currents Of water
which flow from the mountain, and
empty into the bay.
The houses are mostly built of wood
and are two stories high. One peculi
arity which strikes northern visiteI
on entering the city, is the utter desti
tuition Of glass Enthusiastically q
pane of glass can be seen in the whole
city. At every place where door can
be hung, one is opened--that the air
may circulate freely through the dwell
ling. Shop mechanics, such as cord.
wainers, tailors, &c. instead Of working
in their shops, may be seen arranged,
and diligently employed at their busi'
ness on the outer edge ofthe side walks,
in front Of their shops over which pi-
szza usually projects. Another pecu.
liarity is, that nothing like chimney
is to be seen in a dwelling house. -
Their cooking is usually done in the
back yards, either in the open air or in
sheds.
Hayti is under a military govern.
ment, Gan army Of 10000 is inspected
every Sunday by the President a, Port
au- Prince and nearly thousand SOL
diers are continually stationed at diff
ferent parts Of the city, in attachments
Of eight or ten, to preserve the peace.
If a citizen is found guilty Of any dis.
orderly conduct, he is at once seized,
speedily tried, and in an hour or two
is either imprisoned, or chained to a
heavy weight and set at work on the
public highway.
The prevailing religion is Roman
Catholic, and the Sabbath is but little
regarded, except as the greatest market
day in the week.
The inhabitants are cleanly,-prac-
tise frequent bathing, and although
some of the lower class are occasional.
ly ragged, it is rare to see any with
dirty clothing. Many of the children
90 naked until ten or twelve years Of
age. The inhabitants are courteous,
and strangers are received well by them.
But few white residents however can
be found-perhaps not more than
hundred white men then resided 10 the
city, and only three white ladies.
President Boyer resides at Port.au-
Prince. He has fifteen wives, who
live in different houses and have each
assigned to them piece of land as a
garden for their own cultivation, and
by its products support themselves in
good style.
Many white residents have black
wives. As ii is a regulation of the
republic that no white man shall hold
real estate, he evades the difficulty by
taking black wife in whose name his
property stands: they however pay
but little more respect to their wives,
than to treat them as servants, and sci.
dom introduce them TO strangers. All
burthens are carried on the head, from
single orange to tub Of water. II
is not an uncommon thing for a female
to be seen walking leasurely through
the street, with arms swinging, and q
barrel of ship bread resting at ease on
her head.
The ease with which living can be
obtained from the abundance of fruits
and the little care which is requisite
to provide place to dwell in, tends to
create an indolenl disposition in many
of the inhabitants, who under ether cir
cumstances might be more valuable cit
zens.
Any one who visits the place will be
fully convinced, whatever his former
prejudices might have been, that where
intellect is called into exercise, it shines
as brightly from the ebony as The topaz.
Tar on Passengers.-The bill which
we mentioned as having passed both
branches Of the Legislature of Louisia-
ma laying tax on passengers, has been
vetoed by Governor White. The Lee
eislature then reconstructed the remain
| der of the bill imposing a tax Of 500
year on ,averns, cofse-houses, grog.
shops aud other such professions |;
$1,000 year on the agents Of foreign
insurance companies, and 10 per cent.
on the property of foreigners in the
state. The bill in this shape passed
both houses. Chron.
| II Fact.-sThere is one single fact
that one may oppose to all the wit and
argument Of infdeli'y, that no man ey-