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CONSTITUTIONAL form Of government "

4 CONSTITUTIONAL form Of government was
N adopted by and Toussaint LQuverturc
"A elected president for life Of iIayti, now
Temporarily called Saint Dominique, u name
given IL when siS years before Spain ceded
the whole island 10 France In the treaty Of
Baslc Toussaint, as leader Of the blacks, had
come 20 the assistance or the French govern
rnent and been appointed commander in chief Of
the French army in the COLONY When Bona
parte learned Of Toussaints elevation 20 the
presidency he determined TO reduce the island
10 dependence and consign the blacks to sla.
very. General Leclorc was sent with 25,0OO
troops to accomplish this purpose. but tailed
altogether. Leclere therefore invited Tousant
TO an interview, and then treachcrously seized
and sent him 10 France, where he died two
years later, in 1903. Dcssalincs man Of con-
siderable power succeeded Toussaint, and con
tinued TO prosecute the war against the French
Three years later Hayti proclaimed itself an
independent republic, but Dessalines soon broke
tue constitution. declared himself emperor and
was crowned with great pomp and ceremony.
lie became cruel and tyrannical, which led to
an insurrccton and his suicide.
The rebels ravaged Little Wallachia In Rou.
mania and their ravages were succeeded by
those Of the Turkish troops, who now swarmed
over the country Exacton followed cxaction
and Russia resolved to assert her treaty rights
in favor of the oppressed inhabitants OF the
princpalitieS,
The banditti in Italy, who carried on both
open and secret war with civilized society and
kept mp a certain romantic idea OF honor, con.
tinucd to flourish. but by means OF severe meas.
ures adopted by the papal government their
haunts broken.
Mutiny Of the squadron under Admiral Mitch.
ell in Bantry Bay. South Ireland, resulted in
seventeen Of the nutineers being condemned to
death. Only eleven. however, were executed,
the others receiving 200 lashcs cacn.
The art Of lithography having been acct.
dentally discovered two years before by Alois
Scncielder. a native OF Prague Bohemia was
being rapidly perfected.
Commodore Baudin, Of France made impor.
tant discoveries along the western and north.
western shores of Western Australia
Additional births of the year OF persons who
later won fame were a. follows:
Henry Inman, American painter.
Daniel Hand, American philanthropist.
Jan Won der Ioevcn, Dutch naturalist.
Roland Gibson Hazard. American author.
William IIncks, Irish educator in Canada.
Karl Rudolf IIagenbach, German historian.
Joseph Wesley Harper, American publisher.
Phincas NJ 1leiltrin, Polish scholar and author.
Samuel Gridley Howe, American philanthropist.
William Hall. American lawyer and statesman.
Daniel Ilaincs, American lawyer and states.
man.
Samuel Holland, Canadian soldier and surveyor
general.
Henry A. Henry, English Jewish rabbi in
America.
David Jackson. American physician and con.
gresham
joaquin Eufraso Guzman. Central American
statesman.
William Henry Haywood, American lawyer
and author.