The daily exchange

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nearly played out. Nine years ago, as President

SOVLOCQCE, lie astonished the sable republicans of

that fertile, but mountainous island, by a coup d'etat

fashioned according to the most approved French

models. In 1849, just after the rainy season was

over, and the Haytiens were emerging from their

rickety dwellings to indulge in the luxury of loung

ing in the sunshine, he won over to his cause the

breechless soldiery of Port-au-Prince—a set of

tatterdemalions that would have put FALSTAFF'S

ragged regiment to sliame—caused himself to be

declared Emperor; organised a Court; created

Princes of Turtle Soup, Dukes of Lemonade and

Marmalade, Count 3 de Red Terrier and Pumper

nickel, and in bis ludicrous attempts to introduce

the ceremonious observances exacted by European

Potentates, played such fantastic tricks as would

have provoked "the melancholy JAQCES''

to laughter. His coronation, in 1852, was

the richest piece of burlesque imaginable.—

The display of cocked hats of portentous

dimensions, was absolutely astounding, while the

tinsel ornaments worn by His Imperial Majesty

and his Royal spouse; by those Princes of Dark

ness the members of the blood Royal, and by

■what Governor WISF. would call the "ebo

"shinned," and oleaginous dignitaries of

the Empire, would have moved the most en

terprising of our theatrical managers to envy

and admiration. It was unquestionably a most

extraordinary scene; and when the cannon thun

dered the inauguration of an Imperial dynasty

across the Bay of Gonaives without kicking the

gunners into the water, and the queer old muskets

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The daily exchange. (1859). Baltimore, Md., 1859-01-24. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83009573/1859-01-24/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The daily exchange, 1859-01-24.