New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-16
4 VISfT TO HAYTL ny.
NOTES MADE Ar GONAIVES.
TALKS WITH WHITES.

| IbaJ several conversations with the white folks
| in G,bay.s II, re- sre ny L"ies of t5em:
POSITION OF WHITES IN HAYTI.
| A mercbsbt told me that although, by the laws
Of HayCi tn, testimony ol w1lte man IL not 20 be
| taken h, ainst Il nat,ee black yet the Court, if
diy to the Saxon very frequently dispeDses
with the s'stutp in that case made aud pro.
vlded:" end indeed, justice, during the reign OF
F.ustn tbe First, article OF mrrch sn'isv OF
Of favor, if the petit blanc Was On good terms
with the G, mmhndaDt O. Ia Place or the Military
IouIi tie fcvi ri ceremony OF tfin or au p,rie
teu.ins even frequently altogether dispensed
with. Let white mao, for example, Complain
Il ut na,yr had cheated ur insultrd him. Il soldier
W, uld be scot down, aid the poor fellow presently
walled ii to prison, and iocaicrrated there during
the plpsture Of The foreigner or 0ffcers Ia, white
p,ep " ho consented IT, receive such fa7ors or pro-
tecttn would be- Obliged ~ trust the officers when
they w.n.,d to buy eopds; aid they never paid
i.rir debts Oar great Cause Ut Geirara "p"-
sriiy, ~ msp, il the fac. that he always pays biz
bills Sn, aho, aben merchants "c0Dpronise
With the Custom. House officers 10 defr,ud the Gov
,rrment they re obliged to give credit ~ the Con-
berrloIe, oil things considered, made monsy By
compromising ~ith iheu.
Foreign merchants are oblig.d to take out IN
nual p.i-pt for which thy pay eight hundred
Us,tisD doilar.-S50 Spanish, OF !hereabont. The
native merchants pay Ices. But every brasch o.
industry is thus taxed OF licensed: whether farm
| eIs conkry drivers, rriaIler., or mechanics.
"Wittout foreign influence in Hayt, that is.
| Without the residence of white here, the pe0-
| Ole, " so a merchant ssid, would have drgrns>
| rated into beaihrnsm.' merchants" said
| H.,,isu geD,L man, although 18th De- reference to
Ills remark, are incap-blr nf giving you reliable
! iplurua'i"D about il'yti Or the Haynan people
all ,h-y knew atoutis her sprci. branch ut bust
| i-.s." | thought If this remark when the mrr-
chat uttered the opinion abuv- recorded, aud ve'y
| frequently af,ereard when ! bad ample rpp'rtu
| lues Of stUdyilg The cb7rocteI ~ he white resi-
| dents in Ilayn. I he WHITES of Ha,tl, a. cass,
| biz as immoral, lazy ard nreliguus - any ~ the
| patives; yet none indisnan at 'beic indo
.bcr ur s0 palheiir, AT fines about their los con-
| dit On. Our nf the lazjc.t Wcu ever met &c rr
I'D. : AZ Pnr,ai- Prince coap1iord tu M, Ut The
| irdol.i cr of the ppnoie b.'"r- nai been IL
| hour ia bis cuu,ptn,. Yet, alih ugh h. has re-
nd. d IN toe c1n;r, i've ye,r-, ana occupies 40 I'm
! purtart usiciL paSItiiu se Gao neither spcia
/ Fr,rrh Der even The ra'ly acq1r"d PIT Il. a. The
people Pressing uccupAtl1ns d. u"' present him.
/ Ior b., =, dom ~"Tks Iu"re han ivy hours day
/ MI.siotsry effort. have done solie hi-s t'r Hnh;
bat The residence VI the whites class, less Than
| n,ihle.
THE NAL.
! The postal system ol 10y is vel conducted
/ the nrll- are csr,,d ih'opeh the c"nu,ry t., r,g
riir c,url-rs. ite p0sssg- i l'ss thti Va q IA,
but somewhat varies. 1 b., lryr Tar C milJ " Ob
,~in t,iif 81 ctrrs,.. "a- told TIA. ID. m,il
( = Is one of TIE u.,st regular iusiituiHDs "f the
"c"nu'ry; IL STRIVES fr'm PuTt-au.Pr Dec every
( " No, da,. SD from The Cage every Ihtrsd1y."
TIT MISREPRESENTATION or SHADES.
INQUIRED at all tn whites Diet thu tue char
| act,r "i pr, sd-ut lie ifrard. was nuif,fmy Told
/ ttst be j. a nan uf hur shnlil; bot beng gTit,
bot a pure rrgru, h. wnst be- cautions 10 MS nose
m.nts- careful L. k-rp Cbs blacks IL prominent
rusltioI u order thai toel may not iee OF nlbgae
/ that h,. success - h mulI't' ct"ry.
/ saw an1 beard ~ sI-aii 'sut ndl 'a'on - the
intru.i1 al this ,ecrrt busy het y,ru TIE blacks
and ttr mula,,oe> Whco, al'hrrsh u fr,qlr0tiy
does uui obtrudr i'ss uP the n"ice 81 t1- rus
CT II traV-ler mauiics;s itself IN nunfr i Jrms
l., ibe careful searcher after act.. and ib al e
res crli whu J., alreaol familiar With us 'xi,teace.
Mu,c.rs very rarcly happen in H'yti but,
\ during nv witt 70 Gulatses l. h7pp-n-d tia,
a uulat,o fred pistol II black, TIE bullet
wounded hun. The quarrel grew our Of tbe
| Revolution. Tie black, j, appears. had igf rIned
ON the unla,;o 70 toe ex-lmycrlAl Go.rru1n .nt;
snd SVuloUqur, who sl~s!s is eurd t. the or,ss
az TIE lover class If blocks 0snsr ths mul,it 49,
arrested the color a msr, ard Kept him ia ,uo-
! u,inous positions uesr hi- person ar camp.
! Wien the story spresd, t,ere Wa great excite
mepi Groups gaIhefei eyerywnrre and eagerly
/ discussed il. - excited were the populace ID IL
! al tia, was teedtd. was tod, 10 lOcite re,el-
! lon and rcsoutun Was pure ursrU leader OF ability
/ ard bolduess iraS cJSerctd f'ai bsforc csg ia.
tire heard LOE he querti t,gaH, he iarariasy tyok