, 1869-11-30

x,fs 81 d,,costx4na hiFpastos IN sae royal apart. !
meoia. into tns u1rnlt Au1s Of 6oalouqno. Qet-
ftayd tsssed aslns!e xtth poor ooasiderafso0s and
insnl1ea his vic, Whereneon sAlaeso . seseaa
becane Prestdent' .Tne pastlsans Of Gtnrsfd aad |
othexs eectsrsd wax 1kz1nst hin, tnd the uRhth
stt,t raging tho insurgents estAblished u JacNel,
md tho epsefnnent At Port N Prince.
Tho CITY OF Poxt au Prince {somet1nea called
Punt Republtcan) contains about sc, 900 people, or
~ many - Toledo, and stands n tho foot Of
.lpge Of mo1nta.ns. on the waters edge, whllo
along the aescosst north Of 1t rms a wM.e Of
once fertile plains, called Cul IL Sae. Impotent
reM fo1ta aud the rules Of old o1es enclose IL By
the peande, erd I'll stfeetz are straight tupassa-
bic ior caEtsgos, znd dltny beyond American con.
ctpt1on. Mont of the houses Are Of Wood. and
the ruins Of opnlens' time arc Of melancholy
eneczHtneae Taa government hoote lcoks nte
\ low bAraek: The 8en1te house II iumhllng to
pieces; the Representative house ought 70 tumble;
the Ca,hsdlalh low batn. The whole place u
dirty - Tho vorst pdrlieu of New Tork or Omaha,
and tho fertile pla1nS round about are hideoua
gpectactes Of nrgiect THIS II The capital OF Sal.
uave, the superb netru, who Il pioud Of Ehe PFC
lection OF Ame11ea, and bound to triumph over
his enemies Worthy ambition!
Jacnel. tho capital Of the insurgents against
ss1nave, has 5000 people, and stands on me
and coffee country. an waited By war and neglect
A I1tEerAhls road leads hence to Port su Prince,
twenty-five nilea-LoF road Of warfare, lul Of
dead mems bones-
There sre several dne ports In Haytl, but cape
Haytien is that which does the ehist commerce
with tho Unised s,atee.
Cape Haytteu, tue American shipping port and
the native city Of SalnaTe, Is alse reduced town
OF S.o0 pecp'e-1ess than A1,ors, below Chicago
t&Af7 Re- r1UF t1ttEt .
the capital. Before It, to tho nn1th, reaches the
Sea: behindi 1t rtse the peaks and Its water ap-
preach IL Veil defended. Mht1e fresh water de-
scendA 10 It By gravelly streams from the mouu-
tatnt. Capa Hayueu Ia the moat chl!sttan
city IN HaJtt Near By It are the sro
inmeu8a he1then vorka OF tho Emperor n Chris
tophe, or Henn l.; tho palnee Of Sans Souet.
NOW sesies Of buznt-oue walls, but once tnlald
uud wainscotred With mahogany and sandal wood ;
and the Citadel Henri, powerful mountaln fors,
likewise lcveIled memory OF heatheuIsm-
Gonaives within the upper Jaw Of IIayti, has
11to people, and St. Marc close by It, was settled
By Louisiana negroca There are many beautiful
and fertile valleys IN HaJn IS we'll tn Dominica
and the Hountatn& arc fertile almost to tter aum-
nls..
The language Of Hayu Is French dialect In
1854 the revenue OF uaytt was four millions Of gold
doIlzr3, snd the expenditure three and hsn mill
ions. Tue puo'fo debt Is very large. TAte, now
Haytlcn Min!ster at Washingtonr WIS Salnaye1
Mln!kter Of Finsnoe, and. to meet the Interest d
tee debt, he maae Of c.dee 4 government 1uounp-
oily, and forced loan Of S7o, 900 iron the people
1t was question Of coffee and ptstols,
The TWO Political parties OF 1Iayti 60 By ths
name Ct Lizards and Caros ih'ack palrotsl
Salnave being at the head OF the Lizards, aud he
| u hefHeuded bJ = :hce Of aemt-savases from the
Wilderness borders OF Dominica called pi7u<t4
Tne American Minister haa mixed IL The quarrel ol
theee parties, and Iloster allowed h,nsell to be-
come party 10 bomoardEent Of q town, fol
| which Seward re2.imAEdcd him. 5alnave has
| frequently used the American DAG to cover hi
| Military operations, and the insurgents fron
| Jacmel have demonstrated With our State Dc
partment. In sratshs line, overland, Is Ia ah0u
159 utles from salaarc's caoita! to BsezT capital
unytt Is Jaas twiea tar from Nav YORK, tn point
| OF time, ~ ChArleston, eauth Carolnb.
wHAr DO WE WANT WITH IT. poMINoo7
! had m extended conversation, som. day.
| ago, wish IN Official IN the State Department Of
the government
ais 1t ppes.bie, said, "that Mt. Fish is going
| TO take poa.tiye pos.uon with regard to st. Do
nit go:''
| "Tha: Can't and khAn"t n.y.. E2ld aue on1ctal
1--WE have been be.ieged from the Spanish cad oi
the islArd these four or 0pe years. to annex Do
mirRo, bodily, aud twice or thrca during the SAINT
| period We hsve been asked 10 extend our protec.
| tofAte over uaJtL BAez has offered to use tht
| whole influence Of his party to mate US proprle
tors o! Dominica accepting 1t as Territory Of tht
| United StaSes, 10 be. in course Of time, = cAndt
date for admission TO the Unlon State, aud fo
| no other price tl.an the ASSUMPTION OF It's small
| debt This offer Ia open TO IA at preaent. With
foothold established there, tue HAytlcn end Of u,
island woold be soon anxious for annexation
AID sa1uave would be only too glad 10 be the IN
rrument Of copsguin2 Haru to place auoni
the United statet.''
| "1k there any party Ia either end OF 81 Do
mtnGu violently opposed to annexation 7''
| "None! The Iaemel party Of lIayti have been
| at times, incensrd With Us for permitting Gu
Couspls. Agents, etc to take sides with Ssloare
and VIC have reason 70 belieSe that the cueutes o
| BAez arc the enemies OF the United States. Bu
! eseryboty In St. Douiu9o, who owns = foot o
lacd, wants us to come aud tnsure the weak pro
iectlop sgnlust the drunken, the Idle, and the "a
| pacious.'
| "Ia this Offer Of annexation solely from the ua
uvss:"
"Sot entirely There are many Americana
with large interests, IN both republics who hnd II
impossible 10 s~cure adequate protection for tibet
! prupertJ.-merchAuta planterr, and lnmber-sAw
| ycrs.-and the property OF these would spptcc,at
| Immensely II We Ahlelded tho land with ou
| strength"
"Of Vbat ute would It be 10 ~, a. the p4ren
/
| OF those halt breeds -
We fhoold save immense exsense and DIT
nca'1y IL mnnsR'ne our nAsa! matrfs aud Keep
tnS ~. .unaenGo pa.auoant. ~ Lne Mes1 ino!es
| otke 70 'se 'otJ oao " tee Stes. auI'le
tnAt VIC eount ac4uae "tacas lne nsztIo or va
WIN eoue olaef io"ef' tos u - vi ln"eF"u"en
naIa' ano .ne SsntAeu "o.iu Naula oe R.a y
w. - - - =. =. ..,s ~ ~ -
place for cur surplus co1cred population to 60
auoa.u 'nsAe oaa4na nas .'e na,Ana y. w.
u,a ~ =" ~ a,,as aes.a ,,s go. ~
ntn nS ahpns. ou'' o'ao 4e&''' "oo'a ''ses'
aTne1r srcm. n he , ter,nc ,c,,c., ..s,uo :,
more territory. The nexhnaper nYtic1es iuI1c.,,
NJ"
.Tbere Ia on,y On, thing stronger than tba n.
rf.-the n.onIe. and tne nscn1e ar, witt Mt !,
mis- art IN, otter movement toward extends,
rule. Neither The rapets por tic reopte can d.
the nice work Of d;n1omac1. uere tnev nAy
trrn hnxl,ng .hou, tns nnTh,s, cf A,ass, n,
rr,t,l ~ me fact thnt Il a,..ka vr-r AZ vorthies
Al ,hes fay The acon,.t,o Of II hss rtl hi. con,,
rent Of R1.rts.La jea.ou, and nrrre,.iyr M vrr
ard reduced the rivals Of The rcitca States uno,
the VIZ stern Hemi.poere from three to two. II,
s%v,rd vii. obta,, tha rrtnect and or.t,tn1e n
generations to come for his forethoa,hs IN hi
ZANE purchs.c,r
nonAirgo, II We annex then:''
They Will take their chance: Root hog, o
cie.' But heJ are noc- hoepGAhlc mixed hEued
Il We o7ly show them how 10 get 10 work"
"1s there anything IN 81 Dou''aRo shat v
want: Ii the islsnd seff-sustalu,nE ,"
"Why. Fir. II caa sustain x, a,t1o Of people
-sn,rrss ~ rsnn,s, ,h,s ,.,sna r+.nas $500. 80
.a ~ lee'vs' ~" t'"au iianee AZ