The New York herald., 1871-03-17

and no prospect OF Improvement, Frequent revO-
to bring the country to this condition, but the
natural Incidence Of the people, together with the
without labor have done more Ii must be femen,-
bered that when Hayti was one or the most produo.
the Sa n
o sum nearly equal to $60,000o0O OF our money 8
year, It was Under forced labor. Ever since Hayu
and relapsing into barbarous state 1t has been
the same everywhere where the colored race have
same in the republic OF st. Domingo as In Hayti.
CANNIBALISM
Not only has the material prosperity OF the C0uH-
try been destroyed and the soil returned 10 wilder
ness. but the people were going back to African bar
Of the s peop !. the bes
ter class even are devoted TO 1t, while the bulk 0e
the people In the country and mountain o9
barous rites. Incredible as 1t may seem
It nevertheless true that the negroes and even
and eat their nesh. Though this horrible cannibai.
ra,, ISM Is practlsed under species Of barbarous
the flesh OF the children sacrificed arrests evil inu-
ences or prevents tue death OF those who partake q
y there no doubt monstrous taste for such foodi
for the wretched people fatten with care their vi0-
TINS before killing and eallng them. Shocking and
disgusting as this Is there Is no doubt Of the truth.
have heard Of it with crcumstantial details from
number Of respectable and intelligent persons. both
time. Every resident knows OF it and makes no
hesitation In speaking Of 1t. several persons VINO
derers ana cannibals when Gefrald was President
OF Hayti described the scene to me- some 0l
exuted IN their dreadu anatca crme a%en when
confronted with the soldiers who were to shoot
them. They declared and pretended to believe the
bullets could not hurt them. Gefrard did not favor
lie VandouX, and, seeing 1t had become 80 general
and public he tried to check 1t by this terrible
secretly favored it. 1t Is said the Emperor, si
soulouque was devotee Of vandoux ana tnas, !
in Wandoax e t purer the 'G negro type type aaa etS tho
more are they given to this horrible superstition
and Its orgies; but many others who pass for edu-
s TX
In other ways For example, they are in the habit Of
no the e sRod ey priests 1r IS sasd
papa-Loi, and he is regarded as the oracle
the cennr Ten there re or ~
witches, who make ouanga, or Ietiches, with eggs.
lizards liz m ana Id to avert I ey nes
the Papa-Lo, in connection with those assembled
with him, are frightI9i and lascivious In the ex-
treme. The blood OF their human Victims iS az
such times put in q sort Of gourd, and the Papa
Lo holding this IN his hand dances with the rest
into the most extraordinary and llbidinous con-
tortions. In all these rites and practices there is
strange mixture OF the grossest superstition with
strong animal passion and sensuality. They show
that the negroes here are last going back TO the
rudest pagan superstition and barparism OF
/ speak here of the Haytens. ! did not
degraded si ID and and demoTsllzed as as they are
The tendency to African barbarsm and fetich-
aomlnates. In Hayei there are, probably, nine out
Of every ten persons pure negroes, or near to that
The rest, winch are very small minority, are mu-
are scarcely any white natives.
THE INHABITANTS.
proportion OF those OF mixed color, though the
pure whites are about as rare as IN hayu. was
development Of the Haytlen negroes. BOtn men aud
women generally tall and large, the women IN
Ginning to be taller than the men. All, however.
have thin legs and enormous leet and heels. The
men have fierce and savage look. The dispropor.
IL said there three the former to one of the
latter IN the population Of the republic. THIS large
the many revolutions and wars Hayu mas passed
through. In general the population of the whole
speaking dinerent languages, and though tue most
ef the Haytiens are blacker than the majority OF the
Domincans. ls the same IN character ana IN ths
people are asked to invest with the
privilege @ Of bring INTO our glorious or Gus
Tennessee, when referring TO the question of an
neAaton, mad an apt illustration OF this scheme OF
taking In such an alien ana degraded people Sup
pose. he SAID, MI. Astor should pick up some aDal
doned vaeabond IN the streets OF New York and
adopt him IN his family; that would be. no doubt.
for the family of Mr.. Astora
THE MARKET.
One OK the most novel and striking sights in Port
au Prince is the market and the crowds of women
coming to IL from the country, most OF them either
mounted on or leading donkeys with immense, rude
looking paners filed with bahamas, yams, oranges
or other fruits and vegetables. The marke; places
are large squares III the heart OF the CITY, and in
morning are crowded with women, either selling or
quantities woman win bring for miles M sf from % the
country, on her head or on u donkey, less than q
dollars worth OF fruit ana vegetables: Taere
are no men IN the market, except few
at the butcners' stalls. All the rest OF the
business is done by women The morning went
to the market there must have been 500 or 900 OF
these women, most OF them squatting on the ground
beside their little piles OF produce. All wore COM
which are carried OUT from the back or the head
fully eighteen inches or two feet as str as starch
city, are filthy. cutters running everywhere filled
with slops and carnage. There are no sewers or
as rough as the toughest corduroy roads. Consider
ing ing there are no lamps In the streets navigating
imagined, very agreeable.
SICKNESS.
make terrible haysc here at times. Seeing, or
rather feeling the thermometer at nnetyhye III the
there ,ass. are every day fresh nreezes ana
have to be carefully provided for or they Will prove
dangerous, particularly to strangers. The gouro,
this is so abundant aud deprecated that four hum
dred pass for one silver or gold dollar. Sometimes
told, four thousand for one. People carry the
gourds-.fthy and ragged looking paper-aDsut In
ing to near two millions gong into tie country on
the backs Of donKeys, to purchase proddce fer
mercantile house All this, lii reality, amounted to,
only few thousand dollars. 1t IL satd there are
five or SIX hundred millions or this money In Hayt
Tne Haytien government which Is despOtic In.
everything, like that vi st. Domingo issues, with:
draws and reissues these gourds OF wil and with
little regard rs to who may suffer
Departure from Dom nica-Arrivnl at PorA
au Prihco-HOw the Haytieus Think OF Ana
naxatiOn-At tho United States Consul's-
a1t IN fIa Dnp
an Prnce-visit Of the Colored United States
Miuistcr to the Teanessee-What Has Been
Heard Of Cabrnl-Ihe Commissioners ON The
SituatiOn-Our Detention.
PORT Au PRINCE, Hayti. March 7, 1871.
LEAVING aqua.
On Tuesday, the 2sth of February, about halEpass
ten A. NJ, we bade farewell to the Dominican p0r.