The daily crescent., 1850-06-26


A correspondent of the NewYork Herald writing
from Port au Prince, under date of the 2sth ult.,
says:
Mr.. Green had an interview in reference to the
American claims but had no powers 10 settle them,
and the Emperor talked about commission. This
is all nonsense. will give you short history OF
these claims. They amount TO a million and hall,
and belong TO American merchants and ship own
ers. They arose from the most serious tyranny l
will give you one instance. The captain OF an
American vessel lying in this port sent ashore and
bought few sticks of logwood to make fire to
cook with, being out of fire wood. The vessel was
Immediately seized for having logwOod on board
contrary to law, and both cargo and vessel were
confiscated by the imperial government All the
other claims are of a similar nature. Both the Eng
Esh and French had heavy claims against this 60
yernment; they took strong measures and were
promptly paid by his majesty. The only course
the American government can take that Will be OF
any Use, is to send man of war here to demand
the money. and it will be paid There is no use of
talking. The Emperor will talk about it for six
years rather than pay dollar of these claims, un-
less forced to il. He wants all his gold to keep up
the splendor of the Imperial establishment.
There has been secret agent of the British
Government here for some time. He is German,
frierd of Prince Albert, and was made knight
by him. This Sir Robert has been busily engaged
in bringing about union hetweel the Dominicans
and the Haytiens, so that there should be but one
government on the island He made proposition
to Santana, who is the President and military chief
of the whites, the Domincans, that he and his
republic should acknowledge Faustian first as en-
peror of all the island, and that the latter would
acknowledge Santana as his second, with the title
of miiitary-chief of all the island The Dominl-
cans saw through the trick and rejected it with
scorn.
The men in power, backed by the abolitioniss
in England, have sent this Sir Robert out here TO
carry out deep laid scheme They wish to see a
negro empire cover all this beautiful island. Be-
sdes they look with alarm at the progress the Uni
ted States are making, and they see that the day is
not lar distant when your great repubhc VIII ab-
sorb all these islands. They wish to lay a train
that will destroy all such prospects hence the mis-
sion OF Sir Robert, and it is desirable to the British
government that the negroes should obtain the
possession, control and government of every island
in the West Indies. This, they trust, will retard
| our growth, and these negro governments be a
means of freeing all their colored people in your
Southern States.
The Haytien government has two agents in the
United States, who purchase and ship here all the
military and naval stores his majesty requires. The
agent in your city is A. G. Rossere and in Bos on
Mr.. Clark. The Emperor is accumulating large
supply As soon as he is ready, he will go to
work and exterminate the whites of Dominica In
this he is supported by the advice Of the British
and French Consuls He is very ambitious, this
| Faustian. He is not to be satisfied with being
| Emperor OF all the island of St. Domingo his
| eagerness for sway is much more extended. He
| has agents and spies at work Imong the slaves o
| Cuba, and as he has put down the Doml
nicans he will prepare to make descent on tha
island, and if the blacks rise and assist him, he vii
have an easy time of it, and become Emperor o
Cuba, after which he will find it an easy matter tt
unite with the blacks of the other islands, and con
| quer them from the whites.
| Why will not the American government send q
| charge to Dominica, and at recognize that re
| public, and make a treaty with it The Domini
| cans are anxious and ready to receive white emf
| grants from the United States and give them
| lands, which are the richest in the world. Ii youl
| government recognize Dominica as they ought in
justice to do, she would be in position to pu
| down Faustian lst. If Dominica is left to hersel
and her resources, her white citizens will be mas
| sacred by the Haytien negroes before 1851 comes
| round.