New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-15
nrwvoaK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER Is, 1851

hidsouslook9g DID women Sere s,ang 'n ~. Nsn.
With hvk eta Of .ue ar. can. bsfore them, es ooe
Ms. ard oraoges, and barehes u large yeios oo",
witch were never intended 70 ba ea,eni oue -.
emaeia,ed Et,le pigs which seemed :" MAXI nou
selves perfectly a. home by reclining on ne $50 -.
the old won. dres,es and shi n Teze 70
fsnlily pet- add brought here rather - ,ansnv
than nlerchaIdisel were ted 70 s'aAe W 80 ant
with a varike looking gsnecock, while an s'Fyg NS
looking butcher with bis sleeves rolled up I'd w
bo4s, loisplsyng dirty PAIR OF sfIn.,l was crl
out "e0mprd carEs," and pointing, Win o. "a "
price 10 a half quarter Of be I, ~, rs'ner "ns'
II, Of III which was covered with niss--a'd oeSi
looking a. # il properly belonged to the buzz fas
that " ere locking at il from above wltn very sesp
cious air The few fish in the ma ket were o. we
poorest, although the river oZms aoouDds WIN me
choicest kinds spd It only requires one 10 throw IN
line TO be rewarded with fac trout or pckerei;
Tie foreign merchants, however, 1--we on Tue iat OF
tn land and have means of obtaining luxurles not
known 10 the poorer class OF people. .
One of the most Interesting reiss oI ahpqn.y Is
the .Tover Of Columbus where the mao "aOn
nrine,s delighted 10 honor was bound N CHAINS, ana
knit prisoner until be was sent 70 SPAIN Az maj
tin il was q solid stone structure, without DOOR OF
vino ow Of any kind and only an opening IN the top
,hrouSh which Columbus was lowered down, and
through which also his provisions were sent TO him
A copd mped criminal DOW occupies the s<ne CELL
bur has the sdv antage OF having door and window
10 bis dwellirg place. was invited - stay and at
tend his execution but having always been NJ opinion
hang him j" declined. The tower seems TO have
bid defarc &c 20 time and is almost A. perfect - the
day II was built; II is connecting LINK between tho
present and centuries gone by, AID may it oog last
a. monument to Columbus, and Of the injustice or
princes. uo H.
The population of st. Domingo Is about $500, lex
elusive OF the block troops, and IL mostly made up
OF women and chileren, who much outnumoer the
men, The pure sbites amount % 800 or thereaoouis
Tao tbrcs of the population are composed OF the
cescepdants of whites and mula'toes, all considered
bite there and the rest vary from dark 0roTD TO
pure BLACK who are Afican extraction. an not
az ar that marriages take place between light
colored woman and negro; il is the ambition OF tue
women u marry with lighter.colOred persons than
them,elves-the consequence is the population hes
tendency 10 whIten.
The foreign merchants do not desire better stste
Of things than at present exist in Saint Domingo;
They have a complete monopoly Of everything aud
some Of them have amsssed large fortunes Toey
have ruined Leary all the retail shopkeepers by BE-.
con ing retail instead of sboesse merchants; aad
the little shops about town baye a very melancholy
ook, and are only lourgiug places for idle and laz
men sbo having nothing ID do, spend half their
time in cock fighting, and try TO forget Che evils OF
TIER situation in the Vaccinations OF the pit.
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