The Highland weekly news

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Dominican portion of tho Island, and

tho blacks ail mulattnes aro quarreling.

Tho colore1!) emigrants from this coun

try, who have been enticed thither by

Geffrard, find things very different from

what they havo been represented by

Iledpath and his associates. They are

compelled to work two days in tho week

for the Government until their passage

out, somo 518, is paid. They are only

allowed three dollars llaytien currency

por diem to livo on nnd support their

families, which is equal to about 25

cents of our money. They aro also im

pressed in the army, and being march

ed to the frontiers, tho Jlaytiens take

good caro to put them in the front

ranks.

A person has como to this country, a

friend to tho freo blacks, to stop any

further emigration, nnd this will proba

bly ho the last of lledpath's scheme of

emigration to Hayti.

riuzu Vesskls Taken. Tho num

ber of prizes taken iu Hampton Roads

since tho enforcement of tho blockade,

is ubout forty, und their nggregato va

lue is estimated at fully ono million of

dollars. A single schooner captured by

tho Minnesota, had a cargo of manufac

tured tobacco of a superior quality, va

lued at 8100,000.

Tho pirato privateers at New Orleans

havo taken seven prizes, which tho Delta

nays represent a total v.ilu? of about

8170,000. Threewero ships from abroad

in ballast, ono a Boston vessel with ieo,

and another from Mai no with limo. Few

prizes of considerable valuo have boon

reportod at other Southern ports.

Mns. Gore's Wit.t,. Tho will of Mrs

Gore, tho novelist, has been proved by

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Highland weekly news. (1861). Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio, 1861-06-27. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038158/1861-06-27/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Highland weekly news, 1861-06-27.