The south-western

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In 1800, the West Indies exported 17,00:.,000 tia.

of cotton and the United States 14,789,803 lbs. They

I were at this time, it will be seen, nearly equally pro

r ductive.

Let us, however, examine one island, Hayti, where

the results of emancipation are bestseen. This island

is 406 miles in length, with a maximum width of 168.

The number of square miles is 27,690, of which 10,091

are comprised in the Iaytien or negro republic, and

the balance in the Dominican. Its population was

estimated at from 650,000to 650,000. Its climate and

soil is incomparable. The earth abounds in jewels, in

precious minerals. Gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, sul

phur, rocksalt, jasper, marble are found.

The islands sit like jewels in golsen seas. The tall

and graceful palm lifts its fringed top over plains of

verdure starred with rare flowers. The spreading ma

hogany lays its darks shadows over velvet grass that

bounds the borders of fair, bright rivers. Birtd with

rare brilliant plumage, flash like beams of light among

the scented foliage. Broad, fertile Ilgoons shine

among the groves of orange, citron and coffee, and

every hill and promontory is rounded into a graceful

outline of beauty. To describe the scenery seems to

he revelling in descriptions of poetry and romance.

Plantains, bananas, yams, mangroves, millet, oranges,

maize, pine-apples, melons, grapes, grow in wild, un

cultivated auudance. Cultivation produces coffee,

cocoa, sugar, indigo, cotton and tobacco.

In 1790, IIayti supplied half of Europe wilth sugar.

It was a French colony, with a population of 500,o00,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The south-western. (1865). Shreveport, La., 1865-08-02. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016483/1865-08-02/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The south-western, 1865-08-02.