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In a letter from Cape Haytien, under date of

Aptil 8, we find t+te following details concerning

the new President of Hayti. Gen. Riche, and

his predecessor, President Pierrot. President

Riche arrived on the 4th instant,and will remain

at the cape about a month lunger. The projected

expedition against the Spanish part of the island

has been relinquished, and it is now hoped some

pacific arrangement may ha made between the

•black population and the Dominicans.

Mr. Deprey, minister of marine and of foreign

affairs, is the most influential counseller of the

President. He is said to be a man of much in

telligence, and was (orrr.erly a merchant at Port

au-Prince. Being a quadroon, however, it is

feared that the jealousy of the negro leaders may

destroy his influence. Pierrot, the ex-president

of the republic, remains at his private residence

several miles from the cape, attended by a reti

nue <rf about 200 men. This body guard is now

allowed him, because his military authority no

longer causes sny uneasiness. Riche, however,

still seems to dread his secret influence, for he

refused to enter the city through the triumphal

arch called Belle JEntre, which had been con

structed >in his honor, saying that Pierrot had

doubtless ,put Ohi in it to do him harm. For

the same reason he refused the apartments which

Pierrot had occupied in the national palace. For

several years Pierrot has passed as the chief,

king, or pope, of the Vaudeux, a superstitions

sect, which is said to have dealings in the Obi

magic, so famous in Jamaica. The mystic rites

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New era. (1846). [Portsmouth, Va.], 1846-05-12. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86071753/1846-05-12/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New era, 1846-05-12.