The Wheeling daily intelligencer

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which the President is reported to

have purchased, and which Congress will

be called 011 to pay for, consists of that

part of the island ofllayti which, In 1777,

by treaty between Prance and Spain, was

set offtd the latter power. It hits always

been a distinct political district from the

western part of the Island, or French

Hayti, although for many years after

18m, when it declared its independencc

of Spain, it was subject to

the llaytian Republic of Buyer. But since

1844 it "bus been a separate government.

The lioundarles between the two little nations

lutve always been in dispute; hut It

is still ihiimed that the Dominican liepub

I lie contains mi 1110 imi npanisu [union m

the island, or about thrco-llrtlis of the

whole.

The arena annexed by this treaty will

therciori) be alwut 23,000 square miles; or

nearly three times as large as the Suite of

Massachusetts. The population is variously

estimated nt from 120,000 to 150,000;

but is prol>ably not much more than that

of the State of Delaware. The people

arc generally Idle, extremely su]>crstitious,

and poor; but the soil is rich.

Society is in disorder; the finances of

the republic are in u desperate condition,

the currency is depredated ulmost to

worlhlcssness, and the population to lie

added to our nation is not ot a character to

strengthen it much in intelligence ami

morals.

The chief productions are mahogany

and tobacco. Of the latter the less we

have the better. The former wo could

probably buy atmucli cheaper rates without

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. (1870). Wheeling, W. Va., 1870-01-11. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84026844/1870-01-11/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Wheeling daily intelligencer, 1870-01-11.