Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-09-04
A HAYTlAN COLLAPSE.
General Sslomon's G0yeramsnt
Financially Involved.
PLANS TO RAISE THE NEEDED WIND
A Secret Proposition to Dispose Of Tw,
Islands TO the Unted States
Government.

NEw ioRE, September 3.-Professor j.
N. Lsugston, United States Coasul st
Hayti, arrived in this city yesterday and
went TO the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He 10.
mained but few hours and then left for
Lsugston has gone to Washington on d.
plomatic business connected with Hsyd.
The finances OF that government, never
in very fat way, are now partic ularly low
as the country Is harassed with war.
Getting n Debt.
Special advioes from Port au Prince rs-
osived yesterday shoW ,tAst - Assust Il
the Chamber at the urgent request Of
President Salomon, authorized the loan Of
Sl50t00 to pay for u war vessel. Tnis YES.
sci is At present tied up at Philadelphia for
want Of money to complete It. IL 10 q
steamer OF over 300 tons burden and Vas
built by Neahe, Levy & Co. for the fruit
trade. Ii was net used in this commerce
aid has been idle for some months. The
vessel 10 said to be worth 100000 and whsa
lorded with arms its cargo will Do worth
$4,000 more. The armament Was 10 be
furnished asa cargo by Frazier & Co, Of
Broadway, according to Haytian gentlemen
IL this city. The vessel 10 expected 10
leave Philadelphia on Tuesday. She has
been under the inspection Of the Haytisn
government for several months.
To seeurc the Loaa OF elSo,o 900,
the Hsytian Government now propose 10
n, mortgage the island Of GonAiye to the
United States.
Whether the acceptance Of such . mort
gage by this Government 10 constitutional
or not Is disputed question, and the clause
in the Constitution that no territory shall
ever be alienated' forms the argument Tor
q belief that such proceeding will not 10
listened to. Ii Is thought that the Hay tiau
Minister has gone to Washington to nrgoti-
ate this mortgage, and also the csdins Of
the island Of Tortuga 10 the United States
in lieu of all claims OF American citizens
Tor damages sustained in the Hsytian war.
The MsrtEaged Island.
The island OF Tortuga is really the gar
den oil the world. IL is north OF Hayn, 10
$50 miles long and five miles wide. The
small mountains covered with groves OF
mahogany on the island rise above pleas
ant valleys in which all fruits tempt The
eye, and streams pure as crystal How down
the mountain sides bringing health snd
beauty TO the valleys The island has been
uul Inhabited since the French were expell-
ed. and no settlers are permitted to land.
About fifty men 20 there 81 different per.
fruits in the valleys hang throughout the
year unplucked. Were the ground cul.
tvated IL Is believed that crops would
spring up IN abundance, with llttle labor
to the tllers OF the soil. Settlers are not
permi tied to land, ~ the government fears
that u population OF sharp Yankees or Fog
Ii.Lmen would remain In the peaceful vsl.
ley only long enough TO concoct somo
scheme for securing the mainland.
l. "A islapH nj ID III In
not as fertile or picturesque ~ Tortuss,
and instead Cf mahogany, forests OF dog.
wood eiOthe the mountains. Gsnaivs 10
still q very fertile and desirable island.
No settlers land there, and throughout
the varied seasons of the year tbs
fruit grows ripe and mellow until IL falls
10 the ground with no one 10 gather the
harvest
Professor Lsngston will remain In Wash.
iBgton butale few days.
Arms tor IIRyti.
Mr. Joseph Frazier, Of the firm OF Frazier
4 Co, on Broadway, was seen by . World
reporter yesterday afternoon. Mr. Frazier
remarked that detectives we're numerous at
present and doubted very much " the rs.
porter wss not Bob PinksrtOn. Although
sssured OF the contrary Mr.. Frazier would
give no information shout the vessel at
Philadelphia further than that he was 70
ship cargo aboard her for the South. lie
was not fitting out q war vessel by any
means The vessel would take on cargo"
and steam south. She would sail under an
American hng and would probably be sold
in the South. Mr.. Frazier further said
that II was merely business matter and of
no concern 10 any one bat his firm and the
party receiving the steamer snd arms MF.
Frazier wished IL 10 be distinctly under.
stood that neither he nor the firm Of Hsshs
& Levy were iitiibg out Q war vessel. but
hat The first Brm had built Q steamer
which was TO carry . cargo Of his arms
south
Ports Opesed Ports Closed.
WAsHIsGros. September : - Minister
IAngslon reports TO the Department Of
state, under date OF Port au Prince, Havti,
August l3, that the Government OF Hsyu
a. dssclsrrd the ports OF Anse d'Hainauit
nd Dame Marie opened provisionsily 70
f,r.ign commerce, and has declared the
ports Il MirSgosDe. Jsckmel and yersmis
clGrsd 10 foreign commerce, doubtless for
r. ssnns com ec''d with the fact thst they
are in the hands Of the insurgents.