New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-25
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JACuZL, March 9TH, 1s59.
THE EMPEROR THE rREsisESr-A VISIT TO
A IlCMEL.

yACMEL.
,r, x,.-o,.,;nn kad been successfully accom-
E.,s,in md Delva, VII Lu'I, aud ; 10.
- sanger had already lett Port au-Pfince
.opl, ..e boots and eIecra,lons Of the people
"a ths noan of progress, was hrmy estto-
800 IN "Notre Pslais National, aud was s'eali'y
~ ty dsy, botn in bis public and private acts,
demonstrating his capacity for the raiership ci
Hsyti. ,., avn .erre,so.
. striking contrast is tbs President Of the
pa,nhie to the recent imperial ruler OF the Em
n;,.. Brutsl, ignorant, a ~orsoipPer OF SPIKES
"a O h,ter Of Intelligence, the enemy OF com
merce. education, progress, man OF os'iy NJ
ure and g-otesquely autccranc carrlsse' Son.
ia.oue bas oeen succeeded by a gen.l-m n of
6ns talent culture and courtIy address, the fore
.ost Haitian of the age, both az regards position,
.snins and the championship Of liberal idess,-a
s,ntespsn whose enlightened siews Of public policy
aid duty il successfully carried out, Will place the
Bekubhc, ere another qusrter-century revo'ye-, On
An tnuAlity as respects INTEL genco and industry,
with the enlightened and sever tlrIDg community OF
somuonu eaiths 10 the north OF her.
As illustrative OF the characters oil the Emperor
and the President several anecdotes are told by the
UsytisIs. one or two Of which Will bear transia-
tisp:
OF FAUs1IN THE FIRST
Faustin, few years ago, Visited the thriving
CITY Of Gonsivrs A deyuiation Of merchants and
On Iotty throne at The further end Of the room OF
reception. He WAS dressed IN military costume,
With bisb cavalry boots, the tops OF which. as be
xss l,spjee forward nearly touched his chin, be
kobing extremely ridicu"us1n IN absurd posti0o.
The deDutatiOn entered aud bowed profoundly, but
FaustD did not cODdesceDd to notice their presence
either BY word nod or change OF position.
The orator Of the party advanced, aad READ
koyai address 10 his Majesty.
S.,lou,on the yGunanT, a b'ach, aDd i austin
.hief cOYpsellCr in the Absence OF Delva, arose
when the address was finished, and made brief
reply in the name OF the Emperor.
iThere! 20 - said Faustin, Immediately, w,v-
ing his band impatiently, and slightly raising bis
head. a. be motIon.d the deputarion to the door.
1--WE left " said the merchant, ~ho informed me
Of the incident, hardly knowing whether to curse
or laugh nj him. and afraid 10 do either Openly, for
fear Of Fort Labouque.
FORT LsB0UoUE.
Laboudue was an ocean prison in the north Of
fbe island, in which, during Soulouques reigo SIX
teen hundred persons persisted. IL w,s the Basie
of Hsyti There was one cell in it, below high
water mark into which, after brutal beating with
n club, the prisoners were t6r0on hulf Daked-tD
be rtung TO death by reptiles or devoured by the
sharks President Gefrard, in one of his earliest
scts-by proclamation of the Central Committee
ordered its destruction and the release oi It's prs
sners.
We had the pleasure OF Witnessing both public
and private reception by the President. We went
sp one day to the National Paoce-a plain but
tasteful building, erected by the English during
their occupancy Of tie island. We entered the
outer hall, and, passing through it. stood. three
whites among nearly hundred blacks aud null
lstoes, in the public reception room or hail of au
dience. Having heard much of the barbaric
spleDdor OF Fsustin's court, we were agreeably
disappointed 10 the appearance of the Palace.
Every room We entered paved with alternate
black and bite slabs of marble; the walls richly,
but never gaudily painted aud papered; the large
mirrors and life. size portraits with which they
were decorated, being plainly and neatly framed
there WAS nowhere the slightest evidence OF Il
vEiated taste nor of u desire to dazzle by gaudy
APPENDICES.
In The outer room, on a marble slab beneath the
mirror the right hand SIDE in entering, stands
laIee bronze bust. We asked Of black officer
whose bust IL was
Liable Gregoire," he responded al e.ait
notre AMI"
The pride with which he said it, the time that
has .lopsed since the old Able died, the place, the
spolesnian-surely, We thought this is the most
aes'rsble Of posthumous James
The inuer room, or Hall of Reception is gal
Iery Of Industrious Haytians, chiefly the Generals
Of P6tion and Boyer. They are oil painted by
tive artists, and ole or tao of them show good
deal Of merit.
PRESIDENTIAL LEvEE.
One bslfOf the persOns in waitog we're women
al plainly and neatly dressed; yet there was not a
cap nor bonnet, nor crinoline in the hall; only
clean muslin dresses and neat turbans instead.
They bad come on all sorts of errands-tbe most
ludicIOusy trivial, as we'll as uucalled for; for
nothing but decision from the chief himself will
sa,isI great numbers of simple people. One had
come Ia complain that her neighbor slandered her;
bat what tue business of the little boy opposite
could be- | found IT impossible tn discover. Yet
theIe he sat this Dung boy of twelve, with his
clean blue shirt, and neat white head-dress-
holding in bis arms a child of twoyears, and speak
ing frcm time 10 time with girl of five who sat
neat 10 him. They had all the same simple COS
tume--tuo articles of clothing only each
Outside of the reception room stands building
which was the glory of the recent reign. II is toe
Coronation Room, in which, on grand occasions,
the Emperor gave audience. We were not per
nititd 10 pass IN and IT, for abre'ooted sentry
at the d,or stu'dly forbade our entrance Tn,
Wsrhmer, however, we could easily see w-r,
palling down the Imperial Arms, which, richl,
carved ard gldsd, stretched across the doorway o
the building.
Suddenly, every one arose and walked forwar,
10 the. end Of the hail. The President, the secg -
tary OF State, and other officers, had entered til,
rvoH.
One of tbem-s small, SLIM handsome man, will
brlilabt eyes and very pleasant expression
stepped forward and uttered few words in French
courisously bo@iDg to the people as he finished.
TIE singular grace of his manner and speech, ex-
cited our attention, for We did not yet kn0~ that
this was The Republican President OF Hsyti. He
appeared perfectly black in color, but with Dene OF
the African features: be had small feet small
bands, snd tie Caucasian type of figure and face
lis age, should Judge, was 80; his hair is already
gray. lie has temperament eX ceedngly nervous.
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