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Saluave and Uis otlloers. The cultivation of lands,

the ouly resource ol the country, is entirely aban

doned, everybody naviug been for three years under

arms. (See the recent papers relating to the deso

lation or Paraguay, where in Asuncion aloue taero

were 20.000 starving women.) Tne population is de

cimated by nghts aud executions?tue lutier occur

ring dally?to gratify the appetite tor bioon, wnich

grows by what It leedes on. Not three weeks ago

threo men aud three women were executed in

oue lnoruing at Port au Prince, aud tne aaliy rations

01 these revolutionary ugers are never less than

three per diem. Every morning some notab.e citi

zens. lathers of families and eveu women and chil

dren, aro sent to death. Nor are foreigners spared,

and tne Abb; Biscitve, the French aimouer of sal

nave, was stripped and murdered at the "Hoquots."

while, bur, for the energetic intervention 01 i11.

Doi/an, French Consul at Port au Prince, Marc

Aurdle, au italiau priest, late the curate or Mira

goaiie. woulu have been shot, he having been sen

tenced to death and heavily ironed in the duugeon,

iroiu which he waj extricated.

I have spoken or the.declmatlon or thepopnlatlou.

Tills, alas I Is literally true. Ten years ago the two

republics together numbered 1,000,000 or peopie.

lo day there are not sou.000, and this when we need

at least 4,000,000 to cultivate the Boll; beside? tiui

peace, confidence and security, which can alone

KNCOrRAGK IMMIGRATION

and draw Ita blessings from the wonderful land

with which uature surrouuds us. Clear it is, then,

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The New York herald. (1870). New York [N.Y.], 1870-03-29. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030313/1870-03-29/ed-1/?sp=15

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1870-03-29.