New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-08
IIAYTI
State Of the American Baptist dissiou.
From The American Baptist

PORT aU-PRIs CE, Nay II. 1873
DEAR BR GRosvENoR On of the sbsencs Of the
Emperor from the Capital for time after arrival
your letter addressed 10 him relative TO this missOn
not Forwarded until ths 9Th inst had taken to have
il well translated to avoid any errors which might
possibly srse from hssty Interpretation Both the orig
nal and the translation forwarded accompanied by the
letter recognizing Dr. LavOis Minister and Missionary
&C as sls by copy Of 1e Constitution OF the An Bap.
Free Mission Society copy of the Constitution Of Hay
tan Baptist Missionary Society and by letter from my
self ucng the package You form some estimate
Of the in which they received by the letter
which received the day following signed by the bnPer
ors hand The letter is headed by the H~ytisn coat
of arms in which eagle sustsns the PALMER tree Of
liberty which is surnOunted by Empire d Haiti, aud
still above which the defended either side
By crowned hons and underneat the whole OF which =
COB MI COUsTKr AND SWORD.
LdBERTr. ISDEPESDESCB.'
Then follows the dste-POrt Prince, oh May, 1853,
soth Of the Independence and Of our reign the tth
FAUsTIN l. Emperor of Hayt
Monsieur JUDD. Baptist Missionary
Yen esn count Oon the prooD which
de Constitution dIy to scOrd to all forms of worship
Such prompt and favcrsbe r-ply signed by lie ~n
hand is regarded by friends here very haterng
mark Of favor. ! have doubt Of the sincerity
Of these expressions and hope that may result IN the
lief Of DiDterDg brethren from the military service
We are enjoying At present leraby good health Miss
Lake SEEM 10 enjoy better health than any Of
return. have suffered considerably myself bat begin
10 feel stronger that have lost all that gained 10
the States The msion is think, in prosperous state
We have it is true, been obliged to exercise discipline and
have Of late excluded several persons But there are
others Sui gathering MOuIu our 10 IA
spite of these circumstances slowly augmennE we re-
Gently received three persons for baptism who will proDa
bly, be baptized Sunday We have trials groTing out
Of the ignorance and general corruption Of socey but
stll all things considered, feel that we have been
highly favor, d. have met with some emoarraSsmsns 10
The purchase Of lot for missionary purposes
The Haysn regards his land much as the Cahre regards
hi, cattle 1t is indeed his only bank stock, and he will
suffer great priv before be will sell it, though
itsy for years without producing him cent The lot
which had in view has not only rsised in puce but
when had sfIer all, decided to buy IT, found some dill
Guilty ID the way OF clear title. / waiting fir
these obstacles be removed. pardy disposed to
buy some other place, ss not for sale and With
others there difficulties in the way OF good title
AND as have hopes OF succeeding to obtain this, have
though better 10 wait little longer
hope my friends will my apparent negligence
in wiring have found II great task to write on account
tf the lss sude produced by the heat hope no. to
write more frequently. Yours, very affectlonateiy
w. l.. JUDD.
PS We sre greatly afflicted from the fact that since
we left New York have received neither letters or pa
pers except such have been forwarded by Mr. Ck OF
Boston tits quite possible that package sent by the
HaJti, which was shpwrecked near Fsrks Island We
need very much the American B0ptid Several persons
sre DESTROYS of reading wish the back numbers from
January might be done up andorwMded 10 Mr. Clark,
Haytian Consul.