St. Domingo.

Correspondence of the Tribune.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1845.

The comments which I thought it my duty to make on the proposed Annexation of this delightful island to the United States, seem to have attracted some general attention. As the subject is one of considerable importance I have thought worth while to run through some dozen works, in the library of Congress, upon the past history and present state of Hayti. It is the fact, as said, that the only object of the mission of Mr. Hogan was the promotion of commercial relations between Hayti and the United States, and that the government has not yet entered upon the question of the recognition of Dominican Independence. It may be so; but if it be, the conduct of the Executive is the best possible illustration of 'how not to do it.' The truth itself is that it is in the identical garden of the Hesperides, and that the government is in the position of the children of Eden sent out of cultivation. Hayti is the Cerbi for the world, and is enough to feed and clothe all the world of mountains. It is just large enough to make a noble State, and it is now divided into two parts, the Haytien and the Dominican. The population of the whole island is about eight hundred thousand. Of these, seven hundred and twenty thousand are in the Haytien part, and eighty thousand in the Dominican. The population of the whole island is about eight hundred thousand. Of these, seven hundred and twenty thousand are in the Haytien part, and eighty thousand in the Dominican.

President Boyer, in 1822, caused a census to be taken, and on that occasion the Spanish part, which he then according to both returns then received, only 61,468, and of these, only 12,000 were white. The population of the Dominica is more than two thirds of the whole island, and yet its population is only one tenth. There have been had more than three centuries in possession. This is a very remarkable fact. The population of the Western division in 1837, in nearly the same way that the Spanish part was annexed to the Haytien Republic. From their modus operandi, I should judge that the remnant of the old Spanish white population at this time did not exceed ten thousand souls, and it cannot have increased since then; so that I suspect those 130,000 whites who have been recently discovered are men in buckram.

Let us briefly consider Hayti commercially and financially. The island is astonishingly fertile. Its principal article of export is coffee, but three others of great importance are produced, viz: cotton, sugar and cocoa. Logwood and indigo are also exported in considerable quantities. In 1789, the exports of the French part of the island alone amounted to $25,000,000. The population has not yet been developed. The average value of the exports of the whole island for the last ten years, is about eight at this day at amount to $5,000,000. What a source of wealth for our commerce, and what a field for our manufactures!

I recently extracted from Hayti articles of her production to the value of $2,347,000, and in 1844 we took from her $1,441,000. This is a very small portion of what she produced in all nearly $10,000,000. This is a very small portion of what she produced in all nearly $10,000,000. This is a very small portion of what she produced in all nearly $10,000,000.

In 1825 Charles X. sent Admiral Mackau to Port au Prince, to offer the recognition of the Independence, about the recognition of Haytien Independence, and liberty to exercise their own religion, and finance. In 1830 Hayti had more than a thousand guns, and its arguments were very powerful. The French government demanded an indemnity of 150,000,000 francs, or about $30,000,000 francs; and of this amount there was actually paid 30,000,000 francs. In 1838 this was reduced to otherwise, more than 60,000,000. What state of this country, or what state of the world, or what state of have repudiated under these circumstances? Advancing to the recognition of Haytien Independence, and repudiate unanimously. She stopped payment in 1843, and the French government, by a recent treaty, by which she was to pay 1,500,000 francs, or about $300,000 to 60,000,000 francs. Hayti, however, had paid 30,000,000 francs. In 1838 this was reduced to 150,000,000 francs, but she absolutely refused to pay any more until she was recognized. In 1838 this was reduced to 60,000,000. This immense French debt is the real cause of the present miserable condition of the finances of the island. It was assumed shortly after the revolution, and the present generation feel that they had no share in its creation, and that they are not bound to pay it. It is especially but because it is a debt of honor, and it is a debt of honor. Of course St. Domingo is annexed, and this debt will be a very serious matter.

Such are the merits of this latest question of Annexation. It is a question of great importance, and I hope that it seems tolerably clear; Mr. Calhoun sent out Mr. Hogan, and Mr. Polk has sent out Mr. Hogan, and short or not, Mr. Hogan, until he has made his report, and the government has not yet acted upon it.

In the event of the recognition of the Independence of the Dominican Republic, or of its Annexation, Mr. Buchanan shall have to receive a resident colored Minister, and this will be a very serious matter. In the event of the shall have to receive a resident colored Minister, and this will be a very serious matter. In the event of the shall have to receive a resident colored Minister, and this will be a very serious matter.