New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-01

L.l6-it msy be Of service 10 the ,tudent and phi
lsnthropst, 10 put biz conceptions Of tee character
Of the historical Hsyusns on record.
TOussaint j. LOayetture, he said, was great mar =
for Il slave--a great man Iof the uNes: ne "as me
first Ia conceive the idea Of Independence bu. he
feared the mower of France be had not the energy,
being then an old msn 10 achieve it by force ot
AIMS. he sought 10 secure it by rpse. The Con
stitution be drew up was in fact Independence.
Ds,salpes bad tue sreatest. enus for war; perhaps
was naturally Dot inferior 20 Napoleon. Ihe other
leaders had great talent for siatagem: It was thus
that they 20 often defeated The generals OF Nspo-
Icon. ii they had isj larger field of acton, he
thought they would have equalled 'he best generals
10 Europe. CbTistoph. wac q bcaye soldier, but
poor geners; be Was always defeated. As states
man he was peer OF Peter tie GTeat-ODly savage
instead Of Christian ruler. PetOn be regarded
a. The greatest statesmaD IIsy,i bad produced;
be was the greatest in peace. i neglected to
put down what he said Of Boyer
RELIC OF SLAVERY.
] spoke Of the semi-ngked women that We had
seen at the streams.
He said that in the days of Slavery the female
slaves aere prohibited by Jaw from wearing shoes
and dresses; they were only allowed 10 have Il
shirt and psttic0,t. Hence, the hab!t OF expos
ing the upper part Of tbe body hid originated; and
IL still continued IN the rural districts when ,hey
washed in the streams. Travellers teldoin pas5td;
the natives thought nothing of It.
1t is only Just 10 add here $50 tt,t chicken-Bmoed
modesiy may not say that this proves the natural
inferiOrity and degradation of the negro) that the
habit OF exposing the upper part OF the Dooy $50
characteristic of all the Central American, Mexican
and South American communities.
On the other hsnd, after reading the above note
10 an English missionary, be said that in BIS opinion
the immortality Of the people and the ladecent ex-
p0sure of the person IN the Interior, proceeded
from q lack OF Oh innate sense of modesty ana
dect ncy-nOt from the bab.ts 0i slave lie or me
laws of the C0lOnists. II have often Travelled,
be ssid from Cape Hay tien 70 this place, and
"yet, ID all my trips nave seen Only one wornsn
. who exhibited when ,ee1 in her Washing garo,
any sense Of m1desty. She had only clOtn
" around her Ions, as usu1l, and when soc saw me
she tried 70 conceal herself Often, when cross
~ ing rivers and seeing them IN that state, have
" turned my eyessway out OF shsme for them; bat
they never exhibited any delicacy so )ut lt-they
" would continue to Stare at rne Without particle
" Of shame
agree with both Of these opinions. Doubtless
the slave code, and their life as slaves, did not
tend 10 civilize theln-but 1t must also be reDem-
bered that previous to their being slaves they were
savages. Savages have no scrupes about TIE e1-
pOsure Of their persons: the negro women, there
fore. never knew, and were never taught, the re.
duire ments of civilization III that respect. YET,
while they seemed to be without shame, es my I'm
slsl friend sald it would be uD 1st o. belleee that
tbey were SHAMELESS IN the seDte oi wllliully I'M
modest They deem IT. doubtlcss-ther actions
proved t--no more immodest TO expose their
bodies, from the lOns upward, than our bellies
when the fashion says so-c"nsder II indecent 70
have srms and necks uDclad. j doubt whether
they are no less conscious OF any wrong IN dODgso
DISPROPORTIOS OF THE SEXES.
My mulalto friend did not thiuk that the dspro-
portion of the sexes was considerable 10 the Repub-
| ,h ,i III IN he ~
traveller who visited the cities only. IL was appa-
rent in the cities rather than real, because 50 many
men were off op military duty.
THE CATHOLIC PRIESTS.
II was true, he said, that the Catholic clergy IN
Usyti were immoral men-tnat they hved IN
concubinage openly, and even legally recognized
their lie gtimatc offspring. 1t was true also tnat
pOygamy prevailed among the lower class, ou'
sentiment he said, was daily extending IN favor OF
legalized marrsges. There are 30 Protestant mis-
soDaries in the interior be said, although tbey are
not only at liberty but perfectly safe IN travelling
and preaching everywhere In the Republic.
AFRICAN RITES.
We spoke of the traces OF African worsnip that
still linger in the mountains OF iiayt. lie salo
that these Pagan rites were sometimes performed
at funerals in the interior, but secretly, and by
natives of Africa chiefly, of whom there Is still q
considerable number living. Dessallnes whipped
every one detected in practcing these rites Pet-
ion and Boyer passed laws against them, and lheir
rural police strictly enforced the penalties pre-
scribed. During the reign of Sououque, although
the laws remained uDrepeaed, they were never
enforced
POPULATION.
He estimated the population of llayti at 6OO 600;
of ~. Domif 20 the Spanish part at 2OO,O ,OOo.
an very confident that these figures are higher than
they oug ght 10 be- hut will reserve my reasons for
III opinion till particularly treat OF the SUBJECT
lie stated also that there were many traces oi the
old Indian races To be found IN the eastern part OF
| the sl.nd but physiological traces only.
(Anoiher gentleman of intelligence informed me
that there are now no traces of the aborelua race
| only of the tribes from the neiehborhg Islands,
! whom the Spanlards seduced ~ come INTO Slavery
by persuaoine them that in Hayti lived the spirits
of their departed friends.)
LONGEVITY.
| | read from Franklin's Notes on Hayti, a
statement that the natives were short ,hVed-soat
| extreme old age Was very unusual here. lie
! branded il rather briefly lie. He offered 10
| conduct me to Congo womaD of the ripe age ot
! one hundred and twenty; and stated that not long
| ago Gen. Apollon--One of Toussaints generals
| ditd, in his one hundred and thlrileth year. (Of
! this Franklin i aterward heard, that he was
/ accused while in llayti of very grave crime.
/ What if Was. however. could not discover His
book is sufficient 10 MAKE his memory contemplate.
Prriudiced and yindicilye lie made spec.a! plea
| against H,yt III order ~ prevent the abolition oi
! Slavery IN Jama'ca).
TIII SPANISH PART.
/ Speaking of the probable reunion OF the Island
under the cnvrrnIat nj of Gefrsri, | inquired the
res.on of the secession OF the DOmiDlcans ias the
/ Spanish negroes and mul,ttoes call themsei'es),
/ from the government of the successor OF Boyer.
! lie said that, in their manifesto oi grievances,
, the chief reason given was that the Constitution
adopted by the Reyolutionlsts, VINO snpPanted
( Boy,r, established perfect freedom OF Worship