New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-17
4 VISIT TO HAYU 80. WI
NOTES MADE AT GONAlYES
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TALKS WITH NATIVES.
We had letter of introduction from leading
ab.hiionst in the United States 10 b;adiop native
merchant in GoDsivss. have reeeatediy referred
10 bin 10 other Of my lettsrs, and will pow
trabtcTbe our potes Of conversations with him.
Wealthy, Influential, MAJ, of talen, aud position,
he iss Dr. yer yet 'si'ed he United state', atsoagh
every yea, l bele:e, be spends bis Sumner
months in Paris. Why His nephew, 8 yoang
waD Of taIeD evd polished manners, WAS grossly
iDsnifed in 81, Boston and Ne|-York steamers;
tp0 bis slstcr woman Of pure life AID great
accOuplis,u .nts, was brutaily tsDt.illz-i ia tie
streets Of Phiiadelpbi., by Irlsa laboter, with
the tree ard ebght. bed seur American EXPRESSION:
BE lahrs; there GOES a niger Sench" Ta-re
is Do'h.pg that viii soob-r make m.n desire Ia
sBesk tut VI hls AmrrcaDhood than IN listen ~ the
sto ,+s tod IN Hayti OF tie brutal treatment co.
Ouo'a ID our cosntry BY the most worthy aRd best.
edvcafed ctlzens Of ttat saton. We were invlt'd
70 supper at the house Of this gentlemaa on toe
katt evening of our stay IN Gonsives. There Sas
ore patriotic AGrrica0 toast pr"posed by our ho.t,
which il n,ss ne rect Jour rca6ers to know; II was
drank staEeIns, add With earnest hope on our part
"A ato,t~. ee L eSetarags daHs les Flats Onis :"
The sod stories we b-ard-ssbamed, yet un.be to
enthusiasm tEaD We EVER drank toas. before
COITOS.
The IlaiD of Gonaiyes is twenty leagues square:
extending t~rve leagues n 81. Mark aud twelve
!. agues Ia La Petit RyrIe. IL peculiarly adapted
70 the cultivaton If cotton; the SOIL he SAID, being
Of the exact quality needed for its growth ltis
ehpsble Of producing ten millions OF pounds an.
bualy. When cotton is planted here jpst pregi '1s
20 the rains wbich-ss the season brg'ns IN May or
June and Continues ill October-it IL ehsy Ia cal
culats, il is sure IN grow p'ospercusly Throughout
the'dry without the ne ,essity Of h'ndng It,
We have bod 30 rain now (Peb. II sioce Sep,-m-
Der lasr, add yet friend who passed my pIanta-
tons in tb- country. yesterday, sid tbs, they were
lo.kng msgpIhceDtly. Gonswes has peculiar adj
vsntbets over every Other part OF Hayh tor he
cultivation of cotton, as in the North, the crop 10
frequently injured by too much flooding. lie had
eDd-avoItd to revive the culture OF cotton some
years ago and bad si two plantations 10 the neigh
burbOoo; but be found it impossible to bre the
people to pick IT What was wanted for The sac.
crss of he culture in this plslD, was rulfoad
through IT, which could be vety easily aud very
cbpspiy built and then s,esm mschioery ~ pick
tho coitcu as that hind Of work e00uied the pop-
plr here. There would be fine chances for
making tntuDrt here by the culture OF cotton pro-
vid.d machinery was introduced and railroad
rnpstrncttd; but Otherwise there is 90 money 10
IL,
Guilty Of hiriog labor, is altogether too great m
1t. m DOW he only mode ut present Of tra0s port
aiirn is by the slow aid clumsy wagons OF the
couutry which besIoe being expensive 10 hire.
very frequently break down III the joarney.
These wagons are Leavy trucks, with enormously
thick ~hctis, drawn generally by oxen or taree
de- Keys abreast, the middle one, which is in the
sbsfts having rude "ood' saddle on i,s DOCK Tor
the driver and the other tw, clumsy tied on either
side Of i'-heiI Only harness being ropes which are
faster I'd 10 the trans Sometimes you can near
the treskipg of the axes several squares on al
fer the want Of little grease. Nowhere III the
Northern States could ,uch ,biessness be seen--it
tales the chvalry Of the Caro'ioa' 10 match u.
Our b, FL knew farmers WHO, o"log 70 th5 Ohm
cui,v e TRANSPORTING to the city did not pick their
co,, n one, in thee years! COtton here 81 tolnk
hive alresdy p,t DfIoDed, gross tive or SIX ye,r.,
md il n little tree rather than plat, frequently
twelve {, er high and heavily laden with its precious
and 40 often, al,s, panhoOd crushing crop IL
prov " I'D or uusitended in every part of Hayti.
MIR. Wbi,top, jr., OF WbittoDsvllle Mass, who &C.
cnmpsp,d NE Un a subsequent journ-J, examined
.,yeIal samples on our route, aud pronounced 1t
NJ. 9. It's very superior article of th,tqd.llty,
be- sold, aud woulG find resdy market IN New
EDe lsDo if properly introduced.
INFLUENCE or sOULOUcE's GOVERNMENT.
Our hust had siade sp.czl study of the laws OF
the late Government, and found that during the
r.len of Soul.que there was not q single statnte
enacted for the announcement of agriculture Inc
laws of Ha,,i are mndrlrd siter those of France.
Updet Sououque, he said, political harreds
ces,rd: both cia.se. became unit 10 o,posltioa To
bis tyranny. Soulou9ue although al ignorant mao,
De sa d, ADOPTED policy worthy Of M.ccbi-veIli,
relying St one time on the enlightened class
aesiu.t the bsrbaric element. and then wheo this
supper grew dangerous +, h authority returning
IL the cls,s mott eoDeeuial ~ his pature 1t was
an error that soulouaue could not speak pure
F,epch: be himself had coDyers.d with him ia that