The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-11-29
Faustin the First, In his Palace,

A letter written from Por; au Prince, Island
Of llaytl, by an officer of the French war steam
er the Milan, gives the following details respect
ing the Emperor Soulouque:
I'VE have seen his Imperial Majesty, the En-.
peror Faustin l. In the visit which we officers
paid to him, he received US with all the etiquette
Of European monarchies. At our arrival in the
principal court of the palace, formerly the resi-.
dencc Of the French Governors) we found rang.
ed, in toleraby good order. platoons Of the foot.
guards and of cavalry, also on foot, who present.
ed arms as our staff advanced After having
waited for some time in the first saloon, we were
introduced into the Sale des Marechux where
the Guard Marshall advanced towards US, lie
wore au elegant Lieutenant Generals uniform.
Shortly after, one uf the large doors opened. aud
an usher cried, The Emperor, gentlemen"
Faustin |. then entered, surrounded by staff
wearing brilliant uniforms, but awkwardy and
without taste. The Emperor seated himself on
raised armchair, and begged of Us, through his
Guard Marshall, to sit down. As to the court
and ades-dc camp, they remained standing but
were covered. After an insignificant. cunversa-
tIon, our commander arose, and we took leave Of
the Emperor. We were accompanied to the doors
of the palace by a veritable escort of generals.
The Emperor is Of very fine black, and Is well
made; his features are hard, but intelligent. He
wore simple dark green coat, with the star Of
his order (Faustin / and the grand Gordon of the
Legion of Honor. white trousers an admirably
beautiful sword a magnificent cane, aud pair
of epIulettes ornamented with seven large stars
in diamonds. lie wears his costume with a good
deal Of grace. Sooque has made himself Empe-
ror but he has not been crowned; and, as lie i'm.
itates Napoleon in all things, he is very anxious
for the ceremony. He has sent an ambassador
TO Rome to demand that bishop shall come to
crown him, and make him nm Emperor "by the
Gr,ce of God and of the Holy See" 1t appears
that his Holiness, who reproaches Faustn l. with
having somewhat unceremouiousy declared him
self chief of the Hayten church, the orthodoxy
of which is very conestable, and which has
scarcely anything Catholic except the name, hng
fatty refused. However, Faustn |. has not vet
lost all hope; and he has recently spent 750,OO0l
in purchasing a throne, prie Dcu, crosses Il lgs
velvets and silks; and he has caused a throne.
room to be built, which is really admirable in de.
coratjons aud rich hangngs But there is no
bishop His Majesty, wishing to see all his peo.
| pie, has gone on visit to different places fol
lowed by his guard and by five or six regiments
u very numerous cortege for such an OCCASION
| The part Of the island which was Spanish, and
which now forms the Dominican Republic, is
much alarmed rs it fears his Majesty intends nm
invasion. The great powers, however, have de.
clared that in case of aggression, they will estab.
lish n blockade. Such is the position IN which
we are with Faustin l., until we shall blockade
him in concert with the English; but perhaps
that is hardly probable"