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Otago Daily Times, Issue 319, 27 December 1862, Page 6

The President of Hayti.— Geffiard's heart lias been wrung by the keenest woes that can try a man, all in direct connection with the exercise "of his* power. His only son, a youth of eighteen, died of exhaustion and fatigue, brought on by his exertions in thatblessed aud well-nigh bloodless*revolutiou which carried his father to the Presidency. rdU el lost daughter died in childbirth from anxiety for h«r father^ His youngest daughter became the victim of one of the most dastardly murders recorded i n , history, Yet nothing of all this has availed to sour-" or freeze the man's long-suffering generosity. A general officer iv attendance upon him had resolved ti murder him, and Geffrard knew of it. Taking ith him the would-be assassin, he went to the ceruetery at the gate of which he left two *« guides," who had accompanied him, and proceeded to his son's "-rave Haying-reached it, he turned to his companion and said, " I know you carry pistols to shoot me oil tlio first opportunity. Do it here ; let me foil on the grave of my son. Do you hesitate ?" lie procc-' |."l after a moment; "take my pistols if your own foil you." The spirit of the assassin was disarmei- he was forgiven and retained his rank. There remaira to be told the most dreadful of a 1 Geffi-ard's trials. It has been said that, to conciliate the blacks, he has kept as many of them as possible in office, and n°;>r his person. One of these, a " General Guevrier Pr;phete." who had taken part in the revolution, was Secretary of the Interior, and received various other appointments; but before a twelvemonth was out Prophete had become the soul of a formidable plot. having for object to recover supremacy ofthe blacks by assassinating the President and the female men- ' bers of his family, and by snch further massacring ' f " yellows" as might be expedient. Emissaries w° ,?„ sent throughout the towns of the North and the r . • tal, officials bribed, secret meetings held, an( j 2 "!]"" dezyous fixed. No fewer than sixteen p\ j e . _ c 'y ' "nn of the President were in the plot. B JZ% " ,t cf m? tallion ofthe army, not one comrau' „'*; Jm f l' could be made to Saver in its all™ if™ % C T*' 7* dent, moreover, was fully apr .^"^ ~ Jf ; l' ,;S!" taking place, and early onV 4^5 "1, 1 ! h,f * Z*l for Pl-ophete. and gaVe Mr i . 3rd S. e/S ' L f h3*e.f orimpr&mment. Ho c> ■* his choice betrre^i exile the same day. But v f se. the iormer ' embarking murderous designs r •*.*? f™m renouncing tlieir spirators sought to ainst A he P™Sident > *,c r0?,7 more hateful eW 383 h{ ™an* of a f. T|ll part of his ev«»' - He was m the habit of spending also the wsidr' *ne* a* hl* mother's house, which was • to at ww?- ace oi "ls daughter Cora, just married net canned -*fc, walking thither unattended. A cabith*»i.m.«r' J» summoned to deliberate on .the arrest of hour 'jirators nexfc da^' lasted beyond the usual loade* i wretch named Sanon, a huge blunderbuss his -I W sl«gsih Ms hand, and three'accomplices by to- i* crept under the gallery ofthe ladies' house. f i war-sf tlie dining-room on the ground floor, where x\ Blanforfc sat reading at a table. Raising a bar of the Venetian blind, he fired with fatal cf&ct. Eleven slug^j were extracted from the wainscot, besides those found in the body of the victim. But the crime remained fruitless. Geffrard was not suffered . to leave the palace, and the assassin? had to disperse* -— ' Geftrard, President of Hayti," in " Good Words." The Aht op Borrowing.—" My dear," said a young Paris lady to a feoialo friend, *edo you believe that Miserly X. would lend me three thousand francs V "It depends upon chance," was the answer. "How shall I set about it?" "Take a pen and write: —" My dear Alfred,—l have been disappointed in the receipt of some money this morning. Could you bring me, this evening three thousand francs,and at the same time carve a pheasant, which I have just receivedI?—hrnestine." "And do you believe," when the letter was sent, "that I shall an my money ? " " With that note, my dear, you will notget any money." " Why did you make me write X\a\ "-Because it was necessary that a first note should precede a second—do you understand 9 " « No.'' «Take your pen.". " What! write again ?-" "Three lines only: -Mydear Alfred, think of mv note as not sent. Just after I had despatched ifc I received my money. - Don't forget, however, to come i and sup with me. The pheasant is superb." This letter was sent like the first. " Now, see what will happen," said the lady friend. "Alfred will fci^w not to have received your second letter, and w il make a show of generosity when he thinks you „"i no money. The rest is with^yourseh." /'„ executed according to form, ihe sporting „, ll s lantly offered the three thousand franc? man gaithat they would not be accepted : but ' ''. ? on, VHlcea the lady quietly ported tfc moa^^^ 8 %*£ Fatai. Pugimstio: Enoowt t ,^ •..-•,-. ~ lately been held.at Carlislee A^V'Tn 6 LaS Sinclair, who died some tiir: "a the .body of George anbtheryduhg'mahiaraed7 / c j^tera% lfc T\, lasted an hour and 20 mir '? rae3 CaV um" J TJ e- ?-7 L.b' time Sinclair was picked '^tes/'aithe^nd^t wh^v/ dispensary, and died r ':»P-«*»»We,- carried td -.5 mortem examination v -'W^J-^^rds. A, postTeraperley, who foun«» remade hy Br Jones and Mr neck; and 'face, an? * about tne head, Mint of extravas&f \ As° ■/ttnbuted.death to a lodgiuhermembran^- between the outer and « the bram. The jury returned a azainst TnKft/ a»atughter!Vagamst Callram, and also Sts Jfe/-'PH^M^M:MioIas--BWn.- his for trial* Ki*«/ ,i *°ree prisoners were thun committed wwiai, imv Hbenited on bail. > davit 1?? ? 6*s- ■'An inquest was heid the other had '^ on oa tte of a cWld, who«e deatli hun/*T* thuf;cat,sed:-TiA Kttle girl.had had a 5/ of aftiSttal. grapes givea to After ?SS f J6^ Wiethe toy.ahfi^avoittca.plnv™7 a °% ut er 9™ 11 ,*&, -who tly pieice.l a ffi^-°rf thfe *»noh'«nd sacked^it. The next day n» li j ,Wfls« * *&ss*•" 'A» eminent nhysicinn^ who - , J^ysedtbelfataljghvything,-deposedJ W, 10 of the ■ j S^y™4,Jflw««l?aiiai of arsenite ot coppsjr-a, . SS? W* * f ad"t»,M* each vine-leafon **he bunch «.«- wngined tinongh of the same, compound to kill a