The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-03-06
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAHCh 4, io


The Slack Mau's tsc?u5 ic.
We have bsfors c.liei aten.iJu to tn, pre-
isct u coiored emigration to II Iyti. {, mmeud.
~ it theu 10 tho attention of that cl,Ss " uu,
yopuatios, Se are gratiioi {, perc"Iv, th.
,cuera interest manifested Ly them ia tn
noveutn Tue columns sf the dn;lIA fj.cd,.
pIpcr devoted TO their inter SIS have b,eu
.uli II coms unIcat ous On the sat j,ct.
lhe second company f cmi . T ,nts sllel frum
Boston in the iris k.ary A Jones', on the q; b
~. II cons s,ei Of forty seven parsons n,ue-
zen Of whom were FREQ people. who relcn,y
eft South CToiita. Tney have otsIni z.
themselves into a Cotton Grow A sos,ation
Strenuous efforts are beng 10 ,dc to enter tn.
SnsIish markets with cotton r..iscd in HIyti.
Al accouats bear testimony to tn sutihl, moss
h'ho soil AID ella. ato for the cul ute Of this
'tIiIo. IL Is claim ii that tho plant becomes
'orcnnia,, and brings two crops year, aver
,Sin5 800 los. each crop to the acre. From tho
ommereil reports OF late Pott.au-Prlnco pa
j-rs we fad that cotton seils there the b,, of
rom COO to 500 lbs., at ssS To go American
'urrorcy, thus ayerit iag IL cents per lb. This
= haud picked and clcarcd With |. ach uery,
Is value would DO much ENLARGED.
Tao Island possesses in i;s .iimltc anil Thy
i"il features tho requisites cousil,r1d essen.
lal 10 tlo raising Of eJt'Uu,-,el AR AMI table
uDds--wa-hed by tho Gull warcr. Il, ,tuyical
,eat Of the island is lar, e'y suhIurd by lhy
urrcrts o. air pL'sIus over II. Too prolific.
,ess Of Tho "nlick Mm's lsLna' is known TO
II VINO ara CuGy,rs ut wi,A It. H. i . plmy
lays II rai.Ul 80 Pcl Csat. mtrs VI sugar, ler
ere, than jamaica.
The rro,cnt value of import from rho U't-
Il StGtc' IL no.rly $500 900, while tao
radc ia rapidly increasing. The imports at
'ort.lu.Priuce, the first six month, Of 1860,
nouutsd 20 II iSS, lii, OF which the United
Itste, received s6G5, 400. Tho o.her ports Of
re Republic carry on largo trade with their
'or,s. The llsytisn commerce Is already the
dshth, In point Of importance to this country,
nd may be largely augmented. Toe gro~th
q this people, through the impetus that we'll
rgsnzed emigration will give, will add mach
D Its commercial importanos, and M l,erially
'enedt our interest. There ale employed in
he IIaytian trade over 500 vessels, giving .
otal Of about 20, 600 tons, Of which the United
Nates bottsms arc one half in number and
onnago.
The annual expectation Of the princips 1
tsples may he estimated thus Coffee, $1,000. /.
700 lbs: logwood, same cotton, 100000
bs; cocoa, 1.25o.0o0 lbs, and mahogany,
1000. 900 feet. France is the largest cousum-
Of coffse from Hsyti the United States
,ext, aud Et gland and Denmark next. Tho
United States Is tho largest customer for log
rood aud mahogany, also for tho cotton pro.
lucei.
That the property Of the Republic 10 In.
Teasing under Its present administration, tho
ollowing fact, gathered from the IL ytian
ournals will show. Tho trade Of New York
With Hayti, /, not 20 large as that with BJs'
On, and is nearly eIusllcd by Philadelphia and
baltimore. Boston, u few years since, nearly
nonopolizsi tho entire carrying trade. From
he third Of November, 1860, to tho fourth of
February, 1851, there have arrived in this
,ort, 81 vessels from tho islsnl of lIiyti, aver
,gnS zach $50 tons burden, Representing; an ss-
yIesate Of 5000 tons. The values OF the cargs
n,y be estimated at 20, 600 each, making to
al Of s2lG, 900. Seventeen OF these vossels
were from Uaytian ports, the remiining seyen
rom Dominican. Eight wero from Port-au-
Prince, four from Jacmcl, one each from Cape
ulytian, Aux Cages, St. MARKS, Gonaiyes and
Jerenio Ten w,Ts loaded with coffee and log
wood, twelve with mahogany, logwood, hides.
lalt, &C.. one with sugar, and one with
Gotten.
To show the increase in the production Of
his latter article, one fact alone will suffice.
Tie whole amount exported from Port
,u.Prince tho first six months Of 1850,
was only 90, 600 lbs. by tho columns Of L'0pin-
on National, We find that between tho 2sh an
18th Of January this present year, there wore
shipped from the same port 81, ,2iS lbs, being
In twelve days as much, within 10, 0O0 lbs, as
during six months Of tho preceding years.
These figures show tho progress OF this Re-
public. To colorei men the hope Of its sue
Tess must bs very gratifying. 1t offers to
shcm an inviting field, Of which they should
aot be 10th to avail themselves. Especially 10
his 50, when the southern states ere likely to
irivo from them largo portion OF their free
people Of color. Hayti oifIrB to them field
ar moro tempting than any they can else
where 6nd-cortaiAly more inviting than the
,or thern states presents.