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fowls. How much beyond needs of family; vermin

destructive or troublesome miscellaneous particulars;

what money used? Any trouble from the public disiarh-

ances? Any law suits, and if so how condnewed? What

feeling regarding annexation, ideas regarding Spanish

occupation aud evacuation, Ideas regarding raludous

with Hayti.

THE PEOPLE AND THEIR WISHES,

The Commissioners were especially struck hy the

remarkable intelligence and independence of the

negroes of American descent as compared with the

their brethren of the present day in the United

States. By theirown unaided efforts they have won

forthemselves the respeet of their neighbors, and

have steadily advanced in material prosperity.

Their great desire ia for annexation, for to them it

represents order and quict, or, as one expressed it,

the privilege of reaping what one has sown. They

are tired of insurrections and revolutions, and mid

night attacks. The Catholic priest, a very intelli

gent and woll-edneated Italian, spoke favorably of

annexation, for he said he had seen what the

Yankees could do in California. The same testimony

was, of course, given by the Rev. Mr. James and his

brother, the former the pastor of the Methodist

Church, and the latter the teacher of the school

established under the supervision of the church.

The Rev. Mr. James is one of the American emi

erants of 1824, and a most intelligent and valuable

man. He said that the kindest relations existed

between the Protestants and the Catholies. Sone

of the latter send their children to the Methodist

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

New-York tribune. (1871). New York [N.Y.], 1871-02-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1871-02-22/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: New-York tribune, 1871-02-22.