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would amount to nearly Ave hundred thousand dollars,

?honld be annually paid seventeen hundred thousand

franca, or about three hundred ami thirty-five thousand

dollars, should be applied to the indemnity due France,

and the b? lance of the half receipts of the custom house*

to bo applied towards the interest due on a debt that the

government owes aonie banker in France and it is in

Consequence of the receipts at the custom houses being

considerably reduced from what they were in 1S4S that

the French Admiral insisted that a specific sum should

b? annually paid. The forty eight hours were now draw

irg to a elose. The aoMiers were all in motion; the forts

were fully manned and supplied with everything neces

sary for Immediate use: and at the expiration of the

time the matche* were lighted and all was ready for the

order to commence, an.l there is no doubt that the first

aliot from the French fleet would ba\e brought a volley

of cannon balls about them that might have produced

an unfortunate result.

At about P. M. the French Cons .1 appeared at the

Palaoe. and reported that the Admiral would accept the

nisals of tho Haytien government, leaving the treaty

eretofore, and receiving the small sum "Terod fur

the affair of the hatter at the Cape. And thus l a end

ed a farce which was commenced with great show of

anger and threatened violence, to brow beat and fright-n

the authorities of this little empire into com pi i tnee with

demands of one of the mightiest nations of the globe,

whose magnanimity ought long ago to have remitted

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1854). New York [N.Y.], 1854-04-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1854-04-08/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1854-04-08.