Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-04-11
PnfLADRLPHIA, Jan. II, 1862

Kr. James Redpath, Gent Ageat for
Hoyti Emigration-Dear .Sir:-Through
the politeness of Mr.. George r. Taylor,
an intending emisrant, 1 have been per-
mitted to make the subjoined extracts
from letters received from his personal
friends now in Hayti.
Very respectfully yours,
GEORGE LAWRENCE, JR., Resident Ag't.
ST. MARX, HAITI, Oct. 10, 1861.
Deur SIR: You will excuse me for
not writiag sooner to you.
l have very little to say shout the
country that would be Of any great i'm.
portancc to you, as find it precisely as
we used to argue it was, according to
our views. Considering the advantages
they have had, they almost exceed our
calculations, as liberal as wo were in our
view towards them / often wonder
that you, or any other man, conld form
az correct an opiaion of any person,
place, or thing, considering the infam-
Gus end scandalous libel which the
American people never considered too
vile to heap upon this people--the
Uaytians. All these yarns you hear
about barefoot soldiers with n spur on
the naked heel is no more the represen-
tatiye of this nation of people than is
St. Mary Street, Bedford Street, and
others OF the same character, the repre-
sentative Of the intelligence, morals, in.
dustry, and respectability of Philadel-
phia. l only feel sorry that al! the dia-
monds amongst the colored nation are
just picked up, without ever having
them disengaged from the dirt amongst
which they are found; consequently,
only the surface is analysed, and the
gems which are hidden underneath are
never brought to tho notice of the world,
and this accounts for the, wrong i'm
pressions concerning this most worthy
nation of people--the Hay,ians. Tell
our friends who wish to question the
SUP eriority Of the Haytians as gentle
men, that they will never see one--as
Fred. Douglass trnthfully aaid--in my
opinion, until they zee Haytiaa gem
.leman. They are the most courteous
and gracefully polite people that ever
saw.
You can tell all Of sy friends that
Jerry is perfectly satisfied, and in no
way disappointed With the country; it is
just what I had anticipated.
Tell the friends they had better not
dispose of anything which they can
coaveniently bring with them--their
beds and bedding, chairs and such like
in fact, to bring all thoir small fur
niture with them. Bring all your farm
ing utensils with you, and do not de-
pend or these tales of getting anything
cheap here, where everything of the
kind is imported. All this about bring
ing cattle, hogs, and poultry out here is
sheer nonsense, for fner cattle I never
saw. Robert Purvis' prize cattle don't
look better than the cattle out here.
There is as good quality of hogs
here as the common breed is anywhere,
and only need improving. l never
tasted better pork. AS for sheep, they
are hardly excelled by the improved
stocks Of America; but their wool is of
no account, because the Haytians don't
sheer them. There is every kind of
chicken here, from the Shanghai down
to the Bantam.
There is an engineer wanted at Port
aa-Prince, or will be wanted, so / am
infor med; tell johnson that l can say
anything about broom making / have
not seen but three Yankee made brooms
since I have been here.
Oh, forgot to say that Mrs. Robin
son* is we'll and likes the country very
we'll; she has got her land alongside Of
ours. She is quite tidy woman, and I
! think that she will be able to cope with
some women who have been fxee all
their lives. Her two children are we'll
and quite hearty.
Tell all the friends Hhe are coming
ont here to provide themselves with
| such little provisions as they would like
to have on shipboard, such as soda his
cuit cooked ham, dried deef, and such
like, in such quantity as would last them
about twenty days. Tell all the people
that they need not think to find large
city like those in the States, nor large
cultivated farms; but the credit Of these
Improvements must be given hereafter
to the colored men from the United
States, and I hope they will not fail to
embrace this opportunity Of winniag an
agricultural reputation for this nation
Of people, as we'll as ,caiti;ag reputa-
ton which we have gained, the world
over. No more at present, but remain
your friend, &c, j. Buck.
Mr.. George R. Taylor, Phil. Penn.
&Mrs Il. was o contraband from Vir.-a. L.