, 1861-04-27

From the Detroit AdTeft1Hef.I
We received q call yesterday from Thomas
Mason, colored man of Peoria, I'll who has
just returned from prospecting tour to the
Island Of Hsyti. He went ont with the deter
minatlon Of aseertafning for himself whether
herepresentationsa as to the fertility and health
Of the 1alaud were correct, and also to make
such business arrangements, ehould ha bo
1ayorab!y impressed with the country, that be
might at once remove his family thither. He
says that thEta!f has not been told OF this
Island, and he intends to return there with his
family aud such ether persons Of his own con-
dltton q he can prevail upon to accompany
hun. There negro is o n4an-there he has q
right to his family, being entirely ont Of the
II taeho of min hnhlera, and can gather toYsth-
er competence for his old age without fear
Of molestation or sudden summons to quit
the country. The fertility Of the soil is IN.
surpassed BY that Of any portion Of the United
States, many Of 1ts productions being OF spon-
taneoas growth. The Inhabitants only plant
cotton once In ten years, md he has seen many
plants reach an altitude Of ten feet. It also
grows wild and Of q character equal to the
best Of our Southern States. This wild growth,
although Of q finer qualty, does not yield SO
abundantly, and it is tar more profitable there
fore to cultivate 1t. In the opinion OF Mr..
Mason now is Just the time for emigration, as
the troubles In the South, should they confln.
ue, must Of necessity cut off the cotton supply
elsewhere very profitable. He says there IS
no resson why the negro, who has all nls h1e
worked upon cotton plantation, should ros
turn the knowledge thus acquired to account,
snd make it beneficial in land removed by
the strong hand Of L'Overture from the crack
of tbs slnve drive = whip. Amorg the fugi-
tive slaves in the Northern States and Canada,
are many good cotton hands who are hardly
making living, but who might in d few years
possess themselves Of wealth were they In
Hayti. :. -',.,.
He has brought back with him several sreci-
mens of the produce and wood Of the island,
Which he exhibited. Among them were Aa
ni]la Bamboo, Sugar Cane, Lignumsi'R, and
Cotton. He a1so had specimens of the clrcu.
1ating m edinm Of the country. 4 dollar bill
made OF yellow paper, with wood cut Wig
the 1athers Of the revolution, q bushe1 of
which, ut the end OF the war, would hardly
pay for dinner. Yet We are told that the
bank notes Of the Island are well secut ed, and
the people SIRE SO strictly honest that it makes
llttle difference In what manner the bills are
ma 1e, they are never counterteited.
:. Notwithstanding the majority Of the inhah-
1tants are negroes, there are many whites upon
the Island, and to our surprise We were told
that they are treated resp 4ctful1y, and a1Io 4ed
all the privileges aud inmuni.ies Of the blacks
permitted to ride In the came omnibussea,
and eat at the same table. Having Learned
the miseTy Of oppression, they do not seek to
oppress in return.
In view OF all the advantages accruIng to the
colored man in Hagti, Mr. Mason insists that
those remaining here, who eau do so, shonld
at once remove thither. While the Journey is
neither so long, nor Us expensive a. a voyage
to Africa, the advantages to be gained are iuily
equal, and the social relations, If anything.
superior,