New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-05
IMPEROR SOLOUQUE. AND HOW HE
cor RICH.
sOLOUQUE AND HIS ENORMOUS WEALTH.

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owns Fix larse oistenes, with sugar Quotations al
tscted for the Manufacture Of tai!a aud run-fro
~ 10 seventy stores and houses mostly m Port Az
Pine and is buying aud building all tue time. Hs
huught new plantation quite recently, for which
IsiC so 600, With the intehji1n II ia sad of attempt
iIg ID. manufacture Of sugar, which used to b.
Of The principal exports oil Hayti, bat is NJ
"Ig'r
IL, Emperors tenements are always occupied, aud
nlwoys bring comparatively high rents. OAe reason
A. that they IRE generally better built thaI other ei
fee Of tie class another Is probably, that the
EuIsror has a great many indirect ways OF rev ard
up lbs tebabts VITO 90 bot ot -ct 10 his terms Oae
OF the luJg,st stores Port; auPriuce belongs TO hin.
sId l. occupied BY commission merchant VINO -
favored with the privilege of shipping aud selling
portion OF the coffee hfths. Tins 6oaHe 60ache comes
tst.usihly from the government ogeut but il may he
reasonably d"uht.d whether the merchant would %
lucky If be Lad a d fertnt landlord. While the T. n.
y,IoI usually ks hlgher rents for bis buildings than
other luLo!oTds, they cot hn less than they would
cost any o. Use because he gets abUrers for little Or
uo,bnc. OPERATIVES wall "ork for hun At a1y price,
when hey wlli woI for Others at no price. WHAT in
ducemerts be brings 10 bear bosides fear AN unable
ia say, but despO has thonstud ways oi protect
il q himself from refusal OF aim Jst aGy request ne
nay make of hi- -utj.cs without appearing 20 inter-
(, re- win their freedom Of action.
understand III. Emperor has a large amount Of
stock quariored about The country, and fa'tened by
the ue0pe at 10 expense whatever TO him. l FIRE.
qu, ntiy ne, IN the market oi Portau Prince pro-
oiu ,us hog that was known and designated by every
one as "the Emptrors hog. IL vas 10 te seen ia
The market every morning picking up the garbage
v hch il found there and ii wbIch 1t enjoyed tbs
monopoly, 40 other hog being admitted by tee police
or The market people 10 share that privilege. NJ one
osred annoy bin willie many, anaious to have
fii,ld at court, even If II we're only hog would
II row h o. sOmetbii now and then, from winch, With
file CABBAGE which naturally accumuates IN the
markets lie conirv' 10 keep III admirable condition.
lie about the most popular and lnohensive court
ia, oIi'e | ever saw
l. s,ate tbp FIN a lart
mi, ate income by indirect processes which not
60 easily roconciled with sou0C notions of political
ee.l ony will mention two or tbree of them The
tlcila export If Hay IT, as my Readers are doubtless
alehdN are, is coffee of which upward of 100000
roui dis are exported TO the Uued States annually.
The Coy rbment exacts the prlvhe5e OF appropriate
ing ot filth Of all the coffee delivered tprexp0rtdon,
a, III, IN, nent If merely nominal price, about "a
cents a pound THIS nth is weighed out at the Gov
en- mcIi waT, houses aud shipped on Government ac
count TO zone foreign market for sale. Most of IT
comes TO the United Ststes 1t yields from 100000
Ia 500 coo annually, of which, however no account
is rendered to the pubic IL is generally understood
that al does sack to the hnsers OF the Govern
neit agents goes 10 the Emperor and III dtpsn!-
nlIs TIE Lilo, DIS, an E"giisn house "h Gu has been
EST biisl,d Tor mai years III foft ufnnce, and
which has made prOdigIOus fortunes for several of rs
III, mt,tfs are the agents of the G0Vernbeu TOR the
.ae of their hfths aud 10 consideration of the PRIV
l,se If charging twice "s much ieiynl ana cjhmls-
sous us any other commission houses charge III the
o,d,uar, course f their business they hand over the
net urocecds Ia their principal. without asking any
superfu.us questions. II Is supposed that the npe-
ro receives from this source something over OO oJO
wear The cost of separating aud Weighing these iths
and IcyJs enormous coDm IS ons for selling the II IN
tnr,ip, maIket SC lous los To hdytli tor IN tue
fret Ilsc. oil the commissions might be saved by
selling The ifths in the Ha! tan market, where the
o,usud il pernauent and active; aud IN the next
,lnce they would supply material for retnittances,
which have be made hot unfrequently IN specie to
he great inconvenience of the shipper. The loss
iolls finally Of course, upon tne ha!uao peasants,
for the nieithant-. IN graduating ther prices Tor
coffee EXPECT indemn, Themselves Tor the urn, OF
which they know they will be robbed la view OF
II Csc fac, one would suppose that the hihs would
he sold where hey could be sold 10 the oer aivah'
e..-to the Ha, tinD commission merchant. But there
- ou. capital objection 10 this pau; the people wOdld
theu bbv. q means OF aseertainng the amount ot
uou,y realized from the sale-a specles OF iniprma
,io, - hch the Government has no desire To see diff
fused Hence it is sent away 10 small parcels, at
oin,re, times and by different vessels so that uone
Int the Government agents can form any dehalie
III, 4. of ia. amount Of coffee exported Tor Goyern
men! account. anu SIM ess VI 'nc "n'u'' III u'N0!
r, aliz.d from the sales. .
there is vet another way in which this thrifty ruler
"a. iii, his income without resoring to the odious
s,,,,m Of legalized taxation. When he wishes TO re-
ward friend, political or personal ana soae',n mes
uh,n he has OCCASION merely a. pay personal debt
n. has n way of giving them what is called y" com
"maHfe" That il, be authorizes the favor!te 10 pur
cbas, for the government some article IN large quau
titles nj au extravaganza price, the quantity ana price
du.udirg uuon the extent OF The obligation he WISHES
- fc.nc rather than the needs OF the service. The
fnvorite or creditor immediately takes tins commune
to som. commission merchant ana sells II Tor aoou
hsf II. face in cash; AMI aiteE paying poruon OF
H. oroc, Ids 10 the Emperor pockets the rest leaving
usually much the largest portion OF the prodts Ia the
commission merchant aud almost total loss oil the
amour contracted for Ia be sustained by the people
| very few of whom ever hear or kno" anything o.,
| these roeueres This mode OF rasing money and
| a ttpu pyp
profitable that II was resotled 10 "i'nou' nuou
canton or discretion and ii process oi Time govern
m,ut bones uf this pt"n got into general cur
| cuntiou. The abuse however, recrNeu Ncl! Sc
| yer, check about eight months SINCE under cIcun-
.,sr c. witch as had them from perfectly authentic
| source worth relating The Emperor w'shed ~
give plum u on. Madame Faubert. the daughter,
believe 81 the deceased President Peton; he tuere-
GYe give her al oroer purchase 900 hints for the
Government al SIX cents apiece Her son vas CLERK
M ,he department where these orders We're Registered
nv the Government, aud II became his duty 10 en'er
| n But cling psrdonabc oesue that NE mother
| boujd make go,d thing out of the operation, he
.,d ,h, order for 90 COZ 900 instead of 900 Hints,
a,d that the FRAUD might escape detection, az easI un-
o, none exported bu, Iiesrned my surprise tina.
,has Is rot pound Of white snsa .de on the whole ..nd
NC, ia Il here n converted into
az ,o.,,. ard Consumed by the natives aud residents
There in The we'a os' s saIPse ey ,S
,p es iC5 20 pOGid. THIS t1psi h,s ceased not
'esus' The son sch e.n only glance this letter Tue
ret 70 f,pg.r auies eoEtinnous Aod tsthal isbof a.
,tso .eAsOn. l. the care no ds.y Alter II i ss,
Uuts therefor, The planter sss sa 20. ,st ns
- !, ~, when he require. IL he eshho' us, 80 -taa
IL soldier from nheen YEAR ~ va .ha
, 20 b, called in'o service 81 any iins, =, 80
st'e " =, IN. momept whea he ssnes ms 20 -
I.,s' .ns ., Nv. them al tsten from hiT oy m go
~.Isps ss.pst Inch is Idle TO IL submitted TO-
't1 the persists system whea = ,Da
i%pe,shps the eous., will , .sS p.r.So,e.
~ n, TO this apparent tyi.nns 49,, mel
o., linz evidences they could Pssie's fve VI ~
] tnguishste hatred OF slavery