Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-06-26
soULoUauE, THE NEGRO EMPEROR OF HAzTI'

correspondent of The Journal des De6ats, a far-
i. paper) gives the following Interesting account
The French Consul easily procured me an ln'errie"
His palace is not very grand afaif,beng all eon'e
which served as habltaon to the old Governors VI
St. Domingo; but it appears more imposing w'e.
comnared with the mean houses of the city, although
il had but a single story, raised several feet above
the ground A barred courtyard, where the Empe-
70, holds review every Sunday morning, Vagueiy
recalls that of the Tuilleries. 49,,
We entered hall Of waiting, which ! examined
with curiosity The floor is OF marble saos' INC
furniture is Of black hair-cloth and straw Oh rc-
ly.wrouoht table stands fine bronze clock, repre-
sen,ing the arms of Hayti-a palm, surrounded WIN
bundle of lances, and surmounted with fhryS'an
can Two handsome portraits serve as Pendeh's 20
oacb other: one represents the Able Gregolre, lne
celebrated conventionist the other the Emperor "e
first is the work of European pencil-lne sgoo"u
does honor to the talent oil mulallo ar'iS', pdroh
Colbert. should perhaps, have noiiceu o'her par,
,icuars if the step of his Majesty had not oeeh heard
in an adjoining hail. which contains por'rai's OF 'he
GREAT men of Hay and serves for grand receptions
We advanced to meet the Emperor, VINO wears a
Green uniform OF an irreproacable cut ePauel'es OF
GOLD adorned with twelve silver stars, Plale on ms
6re,st. sword at his side and his chapeau IN his
hand. He commenced oy giving us CORDIAL SNAKE
or ,a hand then seated himself on fauteui, and a.
,,,.;,od with certain tmidity for NJ. Raybaud Ohe
ConsuN to commence We seated ourselves. Inc
Consul. in announcing my name, said that had come
- ;s the Empire as traveller, and would not have
denar,ed without the honor having been received
hr his Majesty. "Since it is the only aim oil my
vovage.n said /, half rising. The Emperor initiated
NV movements thanking me. 81 have already hau
The Measure Of seeing Monsieur at the review on
Sundav.n he added graciously. II was now my turn
n ,bank him. The conversation continued Ill ihs
tone twenty minutes. When we rose 10 take leave
Of The EMPEROR, he shook hands again. Three sal
nations on our palt and three on his completed the
ceremony.
Faus,in Soulououe is of an inky backness but his
features have by no means the savage ana hiceouS
eynression which has been gnorantly attributed to
the purely African type. His look might be called
handsome. and his smile is quite agreeable
AGED about 64 years, he does not seem to be more
than So of medium height he has very iuil ches''
large shoulders and broad hips. On horseoack nc I
has stately air, and is one oi the BEST horsemen
have ever seem On foot, his corPuehce MAKES nun
appear small Although naturally not huch oi 'alNe'
he ALWAYS exhibits perfect propre'y anu oig"iy III
his words. Here may be we'll 10 reclly lhe ru'i'ot
which has attributed 10 him complete ignorance y,
the French language. In my presence ne eNPresseu
himself very correctly, and Without 'he leas' A''
of Creole dialect. He has also been accused OF Hhom
;rc pe;,her how to read or write. The truth IS ne
s;ens his name eqiby, writes letter if need be, anu
rooJs every evening. without the aid OF Secretary
tho new History of fayti, which is now being pup
sbod bv talented native, NJ. Modon,r n,recently crea-
,eJ Poron The ciricaures and squibs oil the PariSi'
an nrcss have annoyed him profoundly. liz THIS res
nec he possesses an ncurabe susceptibility.
The birth of Sououque was very humble ne was
horn as slave on the plantation oil M. Va''e'' lh'S
white who has been pointed out to me, succeeueu III
s,emming the revolutionary waves winch nave ag''a
81 tho Oneen of the Antilles, and actually lives a
port-au- Prince at present Soulouque: meeting nm
lately said "Alhough Emperor to every oody e'se
cannot help regarding you as my master; n"' w y
sire consider myself your subject" replied NJ Yiai'
let. little dialogue which indicates how marvellous
are the reverse of human destiny!
On tho evacuation of the French the freed slave
0,,oroJ The army of Dessalnes as soldler aud al
,e,y,rds under Pelion, fought against Chnstophe.-
From sten TO step he came TO be Colonel, at The lme
Of the fall of Boyer, an event 10 which ne coh,F'ou
tod in no way. His tacturnity-a quality or delec
which among the blacks, is considered marx O
nrofound dscreton-caused him TO be admitted &c
,be confidence of the different sublerranean trains
which succeeded each other from 'o4o 10 lo1',I
Created General of Brigade by Richer, ne owed hE
election to the Presidency to The chance whch pro-
nounced his name in the Senate, when opinions wef'
about equally divided between two candidates, hei''e
of whom could obtain the necessary majority iie
was favored by both parties by the 0lacks' o" ao.
count of his ebony skin and bv the Creoles, because
,hev boped 10 use him as their plant tool. The Sc
ouel showed how much they were ihls'aAeh' ih'y
had chosen a master, not a servant.
@TA11n SroRY.-The best way to "come the gl'
raTen over "hundering story-eller' Is TO Out Nun
chausen Munchausen-to draw longer bow than
Mai Lonubow himself If the following example o.
.his sort does not provoke quiet laugh from lhe
reader. he is made of slerner materials than we:
"a traveller related with all seriousness 10 com
nanv of persons that he had passed through The 1--we
divisions of the earth and that among other curlos
tiles he had met of which no writer iiau as te
made mention. This wonder was, accoruihg 10 "''
account, a huge cabbage, which had grown so oroao
and high that fifty armed men might nave s'a''o"e'
themselves under single leai, and performed ''.e'
manpuvres. Some one who had heard MN uee'''''s
This exageeraton not worth conlnlaon, saiu WIN d.
much self-commandand coolness,lhat he,oo'lau oeel
abroad, as far as Japan, where to his as'onis''e"'
Ls saw more than three hundred copper-smhs
work upon single kelhe, ana "I,,''' '"o I.Iov d
five hundred men polishing it. 'What could they d'
with sucb monslrous kettle p asked the traVeiier
aCook the cabbage therein, Of which you Just nov
have told us pn-.N FL. Democrat.
A FORTUNATE PIRATE.-Babe, the sailor "h'
cut such figure in New York. some years ago. as
pirae-condemned and to be execued,only ne ~asH
has "turned up,"as Phillcoddy says, IN Callor"'
and is now one of the millonaires OF that co"nmS'
Well, such is life. Babe was mysterious ,e''om on
rumor said, when the President kept resp'l'"S
respiting him, that the pirate was making usr
ures which, if they had ever become PUBIC Pto -
would have made New ork ana fh'lauecpHr" on
bo, to hold certain wealthy men in the sea-iarng az,
con commercial line. Another rumor was, that Jon
Tvler-another mysterious man, who by one OF ", WI
r. .hIo Ireal,s of fortune. got into the Presuel