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stage, and In the West Indies 1 doubt if there be

any other now living except the imperial beauty I

accompanied to town yesterday morning. Our Min

ister, Mr. Ebenezer Bassett, who, as yon are aware*

is not a blonde but a brunette of the proscribed

shade, has as lovely a place or residence outside

the steaming city of Port au Prince as may be

found in the tropics. Basaett is a splendid fellow

and deserves to live In a palace, which, I am

happy to say, he does, lie stretches his legs of an

evening, alter his work Is done, on the Imported

tiles once trod by tho august pedal extremities of

the Emperor Soulonqne. In another palace, a few

hundred yards above our Minister's residence, em

bowered in palms, almond und mango trees, lives

the relict of Honlouque, and there, likewise, resides

his only daughter, the Princess Houlouqne. Count

v*n Bokkelyn, Major Burke, Chief Engineer Bush

ncil, of the Haytlan Navy, and other guests of the

Minister, had ail gone to town when the Princess

rode down to the broad piazza where I was sitting

engaged measuring with a telescope the character

i of a vessel distinctly visible sixty nuiw sway on

the pale silver rim of ttafl I

was lovely beyond descrtptton. Mi

wau thick with the periume of the Jason

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The New York herald. (1873). New York [N.Y.], 1873-04-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1873-04-22/ed-1/?sp=6

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1873-04-22.