Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-04-20
Hayti.
Correspondence of the New York Times.1
PoRT AU-PRINCE, March les,

PoRT AU-PRINcE, March ls5s
There is not the least doubt and we expresS ~.
with real phanthropical regret, that the negro.sn
pire of Hayti is going down rapidly with everv ron
and will be lost, without help The rotten machine,
OF state and society went on pretty well for whilaF
as long as the illusion of paper money lasted ana
the ignorant negro, by habit or want of refectnnN
received the bad shin plasters of this Government f
good current money. During the time of the ~
public, the rulers of Hayti prudent as nott.
carry to an excess the manufacture of this ns'o
which has no specie basis. Under President Borr'
the whole Island formed single State the T.
penses of the government we've moderate, and livin
in Hayti was cheaper than anywhere else in ,he
West Indies. Even under the last President Rcbo
the amount of the paper money in circulation wsa
but SIT 200, 900. During the reign of the Emnerou
Sououque the expenses OF the State have increass1
Immensely, and in an equal proportion the poyer,v
OF the masses has augmented. The circulating n.
per-money has reached the immense sum of &5O,0 6o
OO0 Forged bank notes have been imported in gras.
quantities. aud are not easily to be distinguish
from the good ones The paper has almost entjrrIu
lost its value. All kinds of goods have risen in no
portion, and living is actually as expensive IN PORT
gu. Price as in any luxurious capital of Europe
The army, the public officers, the whole Governments
costs now almost three times much at The Tina
of the Republic, which, it is true, likewise BY M
means model State yet, even in It's worst Condition
did not attain such high degree OF roltenneSs and
corruption as the Empire.
Soulouuue seizes as is we'll known, fifth part NJ
the whole annual coffee-crop for his civil lst or
rather for himself The coffee cuItivating negroes
are obliged to sell their crop to certain privileged
SPECTATORS from whom alone foreign merchants are
permitted to buy 1t is from the privileged specu
lators' that the Emperor receives this fifth part
The coffee-crop is decreasing rather than augmenng
with every year. According to a gentleman we'll in.
| formed in these matters, the coffee product now
amounts to about 40 100000 of pounds annually
while under the administration of President Boyer
reached more than 6O,O00,O00 of pounds. On &C.
count of the increasing depreciation OF the paper mo.
ney, and the great injury suffered from the usury Of
the licensed spectators, the profit of the culvaror
of coffee becomes smaller and smaller they diSuse
certain things which they had formerly bought from
foreign manufactures. Their dress resembles more
and more the simple primitive fashion of their an.
cestors in Soudan or Guinea. They hardly know
shame, and the climate of Hayti is so delightfully."-
warm, that it's inhabitants require hardly luxu
nv in dress than it was the fashion to wear in the old
Paradise Some bacon and few pan,ans are
sufficient to fill the negro's stomach even without
any labor. In case Souloque, who governs with
tyranncal oppression, should not modify his system
and should continue 10 refer his very numerous but
extremely badly paid soldiers and public officers to
fraud, bribery and robbery in order to he able 10
gain their support, there is nothing better expect
than return 10 complete barbarlsm. On account of
the bad condition of the finances of the State, h;
deficient organization of the army, and his personal
avarce it is not likely that Souoque will ever VEN
ture again march toward the neghboring Republic
of St. Domingo. Upon paper, the number of The
Hoyten army is put down at 10000 men. The real
number, however, amounts scarcely to 10000 men,
among whom there are al least 200 generals The
negroes are not so strong and robust the ancient
slave population of ST. domingo, and we have the
conviction that small corps of few thousa dis,
cpned white soldiers would be perfectly able to
put end to Soulouques imperial grandeur and the
whole negro empire.