The daily union

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arrived in Washington, in improved health.

Hayti.?Negro Government.

The recent encroachments of the French on a portion.

of this island hare awakened throughout the country a

lively interest respecting its political and social condition

Indeed, this interest prevailed to a considerable extent be- j

fore the usurpations of tbe French arrested the attention

of the country.

Of that cluster of islands which repose in the mingled

waters of the Mexican gulf, the Caribbean sea, and the

Atlantic ocean, to which early navigators gave tbe name

of the West Indies, Hayti is most remarkable for the fer

tility and beauty of its natural resources. When the ad-

venturous followers of Columbus first beheld it, clothed j

in the wild luxuriance of that virgin beauty which has

since been so sadly desecrated by the passions of man,:

they fanned they had discovered the lovely Atlantis of

ancient fable. Columbus was so attracted by lis beauty

that he gave it tbe name of Espaii da. (little Spain,) and

made it the trtne of the first experiment in European col

onization in the New World. Ry the treaty of Ryswick,

1691, Spam ceded to France the western half of the

island; whicb after the introduction of African tlaves,

IAB8, first began to be successfully cultivated. The pe

riod of most signsl prosperity in the island extended from

1716 to 1789. Its productions were immense and valu

I able, and its commerce in the most flourishing state

Sugar-cans, coffee, cotton, ocoa, indigo, the plsntsin, I

vanilla, p< tato, manioc, mahogany, satin-wood, iron

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The daily union. (1852). Washington [D.C.], 1852-12-21. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82003410/1852-12-21/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The daily union, 1852-12-21.