The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-10-10

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event has taken place here. The repub.
llcan scaffolding which, for lorty.si.
years, mas served its purpose but indifer.
emily we'll, and which many ne rsons re-
gafded as a-permane:cy, has been ou;et.
sly taken down and he, who, Yesterday
was the President Soulouque, IS now Nv
the grace Of God and "the Soyere;nnty
81 the Peoples Faustin the First. I'm.
EEpe rs roroi Ilaiti. With regard to the new
] structure, A remains for the future 10
!uogo q lhe correctness and purity Of
., !. tne Jnstness of proportions, and
the strength Of lis columns.
Illls change, also, has been almost 40
unex pected as II was sudden. True, anv
observe Of events might have foreseen
~ Tor some Time back y but even then.
only as contingency which mieht take
place u the course Of years. However.
the first lntinlation that the period was
! IS hand, was the appearance of Crcu-
iaron Thursday last, 10 the effect that,
" consid alton Of the eminent services
renee reg 70 the country by His Excel
, e ne President, he should be named
.Enpe ror Ihis document was SIGNED nv
g large humble Of persons : action WIS
tai en- upon i Inst evening, id the Senate
and Chamber Of Representatives . ond
70 accordance with this action. Haiti. th;s
morning ceased to be a Republic. A
very quiet md respectable Revolutions,
certainly and il all respects totally
dilfercnt from those Of which furope re-
Gently has been, and stills the theatre.
huI, 70 return 10 the affairs of,be dav.
q hsearlng the repeated discharges Of ar
1lilery this morning, 1 fastened out into
the ne, streets, and learned that the Senate
!, nag Just made proclamation of the estab.
accompanied BY the Representatives, had
a !, proceeded TO the Palace to offer
, !, !, 'tn perial dladem toihe newly created
Nia)es W. Cn my way, i encountered the
: looPs, crowned with garIands, on their
march TO the Church, with BEATING drums
and flying colors. Shortly afterwards,
the Imperial cortegs came into The view.
Y consisted Of the Emperor, the Empress
and two OF her nieces, on foot and At
terded by the General officers Of the
Army, anu various other military and
hlgh civil authorities Of the Government.
Ills MAJESTY was attired in the most sim
pie Uniform; and, indeed, a bearing in
all respects, the most becoming, marked
the first appearance Of the new dynasty
10 public. Arrived at the Church. a So
'emn We Deum was chaunted--wild bursts
81 martial music, ever and anon, mino|
ing with the decp!oned harmony Of the
choir. At the close Of this service, the
bells pealed, the cannons again fired re-
peatcd salutes and, amidst the load and
re'tereted cries OF rice rEmpcrcur, the
most important ceremonies Of the dav
we're terminated. The Empress and her
nleces retu rned, in carriage, to the
Palace while the Emperor, mounting
lis horse, proceeded, with his usual at.
tendance, 10 make a turn THROUGH the
city.
Many true friends of Haiti will, per.
naps, see in this revolution, much cause
u regret and it certainly is sad thing
% see a republic sink into an Emp;re.-
But, although an ardent admirer OF the
political institutions of my native land,
ana llrm believer in her political creed,
still cannot but think that there are
many persons, outside Of the walls Of
unatlc asylums, and yet within the pre-
;lncts OF civilizations who are utterly
Unit or sell government. AMI pcrhaps.
as with the stiff necked Israeiits, no
demanded 9 king, it may be necessary
or the eventual we'll being Of this coun-
ry, that she be ruled with Strong hand
ind g rodof iron. Possibly the imperial
authority may present front sufficient
Y Imposing tokeep in check the fierce
which have for so long
period, saddened her history.
# do not, us yet, know under what con-
restrictions the power Of the
Emperor will labor, or, indeed, whether
here will be any. 1t should be hopcd,
however, that human life, liberty and
property will find ssurcr guarantees un-
Ter the present order of things, than
hey have ever done, heretofore. Ear
,estly trusting that this may be the case.
md In all confidence that the God who
controls the destines Of nations, NAV in
pire the rulers Of Haiti, (under what
tile soever they may exercise their au-
hority,) TO take such measures as NAV
'ender her tranquil, prosperous and hap.
". i am, my dear Friend,
As ever, truly yours,
HAROLD.
FATTENING BEEF AND PoRK.-When-