New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-25

Of State Lamotoe. pI
,,sn addressed the Prrsident, who desired us 10
call on BIN in the AFTERNOON.
Wedid So and had an interview. He regretted
that they b.d poor country Tor strangers 20 coo
10, that there we're public buildings IN toe re-
public worth vsitiDg-that all had gone 20 runs
during .oe recent reign; did not wonder, ne sad,
that U.yt, bad bsd reputation among foreign ma
tions. for cit ia natural that strangers, seeing
brutal men at The head Of affairs, should suppose
I" tire people also Ia b. brutal
Small talk, Ia b- sur-, as ia customary on 'ach
occasions; but 10 American President or European
sovereign could have done it more gracefully"
-Haring been promised toe Official STATISTICS,
and having bearded the lion in his den, Ne deter
mined TO set cut for JacDel at once.
Our object was novel one: the H.ytians, 20
whom ne told IT, though. We mu.t be mad.
II was 70 hunt down tue proverbs Of H.yel.
Now, next to running 1ff fugitive slaves there IS
nothing mat we would sooner do than collect the
unwrittrD proverbs OF people.
Tee Hay tan language, every enc 'od US, vas
ubcomDOnly rich in proverbs fet WIN oil
our inquiries, We could not collect dozen sPecF
meUs OF them.
| ,sceIta,ped however, accidentally, one day,
that Mr.. Webley, sn English mis- 'ionary at Jacrnel,
had succeeded 10 collecting more thsD hahdleo.
VISIT TO JACMEt..
Jacmel is twenty three leagues from the capita;
| int Dd.d 10 90 on foot. But every one declared
that il was impossible 10 do co. there were rivers
to he forded some eighty or DinetS times, aud the
road. into the bargain, was ey ,eedlogy mountaiu-
eous. They further added that 1t was equally III
di.penssble to procure g1ide.
| got a horse and started alone, with )lt any
guide excepting a series OF very vague directions,
and an imperfect know ledge OF French pronuucli-
ton; Which last, indeed. found 70 be an admlra-
HE aid ia ration v it'll the rural natives My
crn, ('op H.,t n ftonaIyes 40
admirable French scholar, every word that De
uttered WAS SO precsey ard accurately spoken,
that the conptry peasants, l found, could seldom
understand him. Ny own Careless aud Imperfect
pronuDciatt being much more like their ab)nlna-
bic patos, enabled NE without the slightest diff
Guilty IT, 90 any where and to ind out any thing L
cared to know.
| hired horse at the rate Of 5000 for four days,
and S25 for every day additional, paid in advance
ia the large and rudely printed Bank Bills OF the
country. 1.-TWO hundred HaytiaD dollars, BE- it re-
membered, are equ.l to twelve and half dollars of
American currency.
II vas necessary to procure passports this is
copy of the document 1 carried. 1t is not the
usual port of travellers, but a special permit
from the State Department:
Iibert! RrPvsLIQUE D4A1rr. EgaiiH!
No. PORr.av, PErsct, L Nj. 1889
an ite de- Undergraduate.
Au Department de Ia Police 9<atraIe
PeTmet al sieIr James ktep,h eitoyen des Fiat. h'
ysier les edihces public de ce;te vile. H. LAMOrllE.
on TIE ROAD.
Up at 4 O'Clock, We started for JacDel. IL
was rather dari; but. as We rode through the
streets We met dozens of the market girls already
in with their provisions. Most of them
foot; with a calabash OF strip, bunch of bananas
or plaDtans. or o basket filled with fruit, vegeta-
bles or poultry on their bead. They We're all
dressed neatly in clean cotton gowns-hoOpes,
however, sboeless, and without single bonnet.
But the neat v hte turbans their heads, both for
beauty and convenience, more than compensated
for the absence OF the browning glory OF our bellies
At the bridge leading out of The city sat- as usual
for they seldom stsnd-a ragged sentry, bis u'ls-
ket resting against the wall, aud hrs bayOnet run
through dozens Of little slips of p per, which |
found to be- the passports of the market girls. A
the babitan' cuu up, he takes the permit, and,
without lvOh ing at 1t, files 1T away on his bayonct,
and pleasantly tells the girl tO pass.
The road for mBDy miles runs along the base OF
the mountains, which often approach the shore 80
abruptly that the road is sometimes overhowed.
The land along this route is we'll cultivated and
well fenced sometimes with bamboo fences, but
more generally with DatuI al hedges; the hu,s are
generally more neat os'sde, and more clearly M
SIDE than is customary at the Dorth Of the island.
The land is held 10 small sections 10 farms Of five,
ten and twenty acIes.
GRACIER.
At 10 O'Clock we came up to a village-GracIer
think its pane is-a long, struggling collection OF
cabins, without single good babItatoD III IT. the
houses of the same material and the village pre-
seuting much the same appearance as others that
baye already described.
This was the market day and the usual con-
| course bad gathered. There i, mtrkei-place IN
The village, but the country girls assemble under
| lofty and spreading tree where, seated On The
ground with their vegetables and fruits, their CAS-
| sana bread or dry. goods around them, they pre-
scented the same picturesque appearance aud raised
the same ceaseless clatter on small scale, as on
similar and situations IN other parts oi tue
| island.
| After resting an hour and feeding my horse, l
| resumed ny Journey until crossed the dry, stony
| bed Of river. A mile further on, iOot-path To
the left leads to the eros NORM. The road hther-
to, especially at this point, had been excellent; aler
this il became CROOKED, out of repair and narrower,
until beginning the ascent of the mountains it de-
generated into foot.p,th.
| MODE OF TRAVEL.
| People travel entirely on horseback in Iiayti. IL
is impossible 10 ga from one city 10 another IN 4
carriage. Although the roads-sometioes for sew
eTsl leagues are equal 10 our American highways,
they invariably, az pOi0t, either b. rivers
mountains or from some other causes, impas sa-
bic for carriages or stages.
| II Is not uDusual 90 meet overtake Haytian
family on their trsyes-a OF them on horseback :
the old folks ahead, the mules, hooded down with
trunks (which are secured by ropes like bampsrs),
aud the children. not uDfrequently on doakeys,
bringing up The rear. TIE guide gen sraiy rides
! the pack i overlook on this josrney one
family who, in addition to guide or nuls-drryer.
| were escorted by military man, dressed in full
costuDe, with holsters to his saddle and An enor-
nous sword h-nglng at his side. There is no more
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