IIAYTI. 



IIKI.M, JOHN L. 



887 



point*. 1 1>\ tli" President, with power of removal 

 Plurality of salaried offices ia expressly 



:irmv is ri'tlu.'.-.l t a peace footilit.', and its 



[g vit.-.l uiiiiiiallv. N ie i-in bo pro- 



: \ military Lrra.le in tin- urmv wlio has 



.'l.liiT. Th. rv is M.I privileged corps, but 



nl ct'llayti li:is a particular guard, which 



. ill.' game military rule as the other corps. 



il iruanl, in wliirli nil Ilavtions are 



,'i- of eighteen t<i sixty. 

 .iM.l in thr territory of the ropab- 

 11 eiij.>y full jip'tiTtion of person and property. 



OIK- of tin 1 i\r-t acts of the new I'rc-idciit 



was in lay b.'foiv tin- Constituent Assembly an 

 elaborate report on the condition of the re- 

 public. This document throws considerable 

 light upon the state of aft'airs in Hayti, and de- 

 tails tin- reforms which, in the opinion of Sal- 

 n:iu>, are most neces-ary. Tho President says 

 that the finances of the country were found by 

 the new (iovcrmnent in a most disordered state, 

 and the public, treasury was almost empty. The 



rigid economy would therefore be ne- 

 cessary in the administration of affairs ; and 

 such economy the Government pledges itself to 

 adhere to strictly. Owing to the present pov- 

 erty of the treasury, no public works of utility 

 can be at present undertaken. Agriculture, 

 which is described in the report as the grand 

 of Ilaytien prosperity, offers great hopes 

 tor the present year; and as a large number of 

 soldiers will shortly be discharged from the 

 army and remitted to the cultivation of the 

 soil, the future prospects of this important 

 branch of national industry must be regarded 



i-eedingly hopeful. As facilities for the 

 transport of produce are of the firlt necessity, 

 i lie Government will give immediate attention 

 to the construction and repairs of the public 

 roads a matter hitherto shamefully neglected. 

 The agricultural population, which the report 

 speaks of as an "interesting population," will 

 engage the solicitude of the Government, of 

 which, the President says, "they are worthy." 

 The army is to be reorganized, with a view to 

 economy in expenditure, and better discipline. 

 The number of soldiers will be greatly reduced. 

 The reorganization cannot be immediately ef- 

 fected, but steps have already been taken to carry 

 it out with intelligence and judgment. The ad- 

 ministration of justice has engaged the anxious 

 attention of the Government. A change in the 

 personnel of the higher courts is also demanded, 

 in order to insure greater respectability and ef- 

 ficiency. Scrupulous care will bo taken in the 

 choice of candidates for the bench. Religious 

 affairs, under the wise administration of the 

 Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, are assuming a 

 more cheering aspect. All the parishes of 

 lliiyti are not provided with pastors, but the 

 want will be supplied on the return of the 

 :;: -chbishop from his visit to Rome, as he will 

 bring a number of priests with him. The In- 

 fant School and the Girls' School, established at 

 I'o: t-aii-IYmce since the Concordat with Rome 

 was concluded, are in a flourishing state, and 

 have exceeded the hopes of their founders. In 



time other towns of the republic will have 

 similar institutions. Tho Girls' Schools are 

 conducted by the Si-teis of St. .Jo-cph, and 

 great hope- are entertained of the good these 

 establishments will effect in the work of re- 

 t/e n.-rat iir,' Ilaytien society, by training up 



\OIII1LT female-, to become vil'tllOMS wi\e 



good mother-. With regard to education in 

 general, the I'ro\i-ioiial Secretary of State for 

 Public Instruction has addressed a circular t-i 

 the local authorities, calling for such informa- 

 tion as will as--!*! the Government in its meas- 

 ures for the c-tablishment, with as little delay 

 as possible, of free schools both in the towns 

 and the rural districts, and for the improvement 

 of existing educational institutions. Tho Pn-i- 

 dent closes by expressing the hope that the 

 citizens of Ilayti. profiting by the lessons of tin- 

 past, and not suffering themselves to be c: 

 away by the illusions of the moment, will ad- 

 dress themselves steadily and with persever- 

 ance to the work of regenerating their country. 



In August a treaty was concluded with San- 

 to Domingo, of which the following are the 

 most important articles: 



The two governments reciprocally bind themselves 

 never to permit or tolerate, upon their respective 

 territories, any individual, or any band of men, or 

 any party, seeKing to disturb the established order of 

 things in the neighboring state ; and they further 

 bind themselves, upon the demand of the govern- 

 ment whose peace is threatened, to remove from 

 their frontiers, and even to expel from their respec- 

 tive territories, all persons whose presence might oc- 

 casion trouble and disorder hi the neighboring state 

 provided such demand be based upon a knowledge 

 of facts rendering the measure necessary. They en- 

 gage further to maintain with all their forces and 

 with their whole power the integrity of their respec- 

 tive territories, and never to cede to, or alienate in 

 favor of any foreign power, any part whatever of 

 their territories or of the adjacent islands dependent 

 thereon. The two contracting parties engage also to 

 enter into a further treaty of defensive alliance in 

 case of foreign invasion. 



The vessels of each state and their cargoes shall 

 freely enter the free ports of the respective republic-, 

 and shall enjoy all the privileges accorded to the 

 vessels of the most favored nations ; and the products 

 of the two countries passing over the frontiers shall 

 not be subject to any fiscal imposts. 



In November a new insurrection broke out 

 again-t the administration of President Salnave. 

 The President himself took the field, but at the 

 close of the year the insurrection was not sup- 

 pressed. 



HELM, JOHN- L., Governor of the State of 

 Kentucky, born in Hardin County, Ky., in 

 1802 ; died in Elizabethtown, Ky., September 

 8, 1867. While yet a lad he commenced writ- 

 ing in the Circuit Court Clerk's office of Hardin 

 County. Here ho attracted the attention of 

 the celebrated Duff Green, who directed his 

 studies. After acquiring a fair general edu- 

 cation, he commenced the study of law, and 

 was admitted to the bar at twenty-one years 

 of age. Hero he soon achieved distinction, 

 early taking rank with the great advocates of 

 the Kentucky bar. He was appointed County 

 Attorney, and afterward served some twenty 



