Cairo evening times

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ed to general enquiries as to his health, aud

how the prison agreed with him.

New York, Sept. 1. Tiie Iferald's King,

ston, Jamaica, coTCspondent says that the

headway which the revolutionists are making

in Hayti has been deemed by President Geff

rard sufficiently alarming to induce him to make

preparations for escape from his country. A

mail steamer has, therefore, been chartered at

Kingston to proceed to Port-au-Prince, and

there remain until the time arrives for him to

seek safety in flight, or until the danger of such

an event has passed.

Owing to the severe drought of the present

summer in tho Island of Jamaica, to the heavy

taxes and other causes, the negro laborers there

have been reduced to the most abject poverty

and suffering, and thousands of them are on

the vergo of starvation. They blame the Gov

ernor and his oflicers as the cause of their af

flictions, and so strong and bitter is their feel

ings against the local government that an out

break, on their part, is feared in tho western

part of tho Island, iu consequence of which

two gunboats have been despatched to that lo

cality. The Herald's Santiago correspondent says:

Notwithstanding the havoc and spoliations of

the Spaniards during their invasion of San Do

mingo, the crops are now coming forward, and

promise ample sustenance for the inhabitants,

and that the sacrifices which the peoplo were

made to endure have only made them more

united and determined to maintain their inde

pendence. This latter statement is hardly

borne out by tho reports which wo have al

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Cairo evening times. (1865). Cairo, Ill., 1865-09-01. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84038364/1865-09-01/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Cairo evening times, 1865-09-01.