Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-05-04
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4 correspondent Of the N. Y. Tribune
furnishes the following melancholy picture
OF .Hsylien affairs: =
There j, not the least doubt, and we ex-
pres. this with real philsnthropic regret'
that the negro empire Of Hsyu y gong
down rapidly with every year, aud VIII oe
lost. Within, help. The rotten machinery
OF state and sucicty went on pretty well Tor
n while. - long as the Illusion Of the papei-
money lasted, and the ignorant negros. oy
habit md want of reflection, received the
had ,hip-p,asters Of this Government for
good curren, money. During the time OF
the Republic, the rules OF Hayti were so
prudent Ms not to carry to excess the man
ufac,ure ofthis paper, which has no specie
basis. Und IT President Boyer, the whole
island formedoae single State, the expenses
of c Government were moderate, and nv
ing in Hayti was cheaper than anywhere
else in the IVES, Indies. Even unler the
las, President, Richie, the am ount OF II pa
per.money in circulation was but Sl',ooo'-
600. During the reign OF the Emper"
Soulouque, the expenses of the State have
increased immensely, and in an equal pro-
portion the poverty OF the masses has aug
mented. The circulating papcr-money mas
reached the immense sum OF Soo,uoo,oop'
Forged bank-notes have been imported IN
great qu antilles, and are not easily to be DIS
tinguished from the good ones. Inc paper
has almost entirely lost its value. All
kinds of goods have risen in proportion, and
living is actually as expensive IN Pori-au-
Prince as in any luxurious capital OF Europe.
The army, the public Officers, the whole
~ "A three
times as much as a, the time of the Repub-
lie, which. il is true was likewise cy no
means model State yet, even in It's worst
condition, id mol attain such high de-
gree Of rottenntss and corruption as the
Empire.
Saulo1ue seizes, rs Is well known,
fsth part Of the whole annual coffee crop
for his civil list, or rather for himself. The
coffee cu,ivating negroes are obliged 10 sell
their crop to certain privileged spectators,
from whom alone foreign mer ehants are
permitted 10 buy. 1t il frem privileged
spectators that the Emperor receives this
filth part The Coffee crop is decreasing
rather than augmeating with every year
According to a gentleman well informd In
these matters, the coffee product now a
mounts to about 40 o,0o0 of pounds annu-
ally,whie under the administration ofPres-
ident Bower, it reached more than 60,0oo,Ooo
o pounds. On account ofthe increasing de-
probation of the papet-money, and the greet
injury suffered from the usury Of the Ii
cansed spcculptor, the prefit OF the cultiva-
tors Of coffee becomes smaller and small er,
they discard certain things which they had
formerly brought from foreign manufac-
turers. Their dress resembles more and
more the simple, primitive fashion Of their
ancestors in Souian or Guinea. They
hardly know shame, and the climate of
Hayti is So delightful, that its inhabitants
require hardly more luxury in dress than
il was the fashion - wear in the old Para
disc. Some bacon and few plantains are
sufficient 10 I'll the negro's stomach, even
without any labor. The negroes are not SO
strong and robust as the ancient population
of ST. Domingo, and we have the convic
ton that's small corps of few thousand
disciplined white soldiers would be perfect
ly able TO put an end to Soulouque's i'm
periai grandeur and the whole negro en-
pire.