London. From Haiti arrived tidings dated until 6 September according to which the new emperor Soolouque was busy with supplying titles of nobility to his generals and that he fitted out a expedition consisting of one corvette, one steamboat and 2 schooners with on troops against the Dominicans.(1)
Note
1. Emperor Faustin I (1782-6 August 1867), born as Faustin-Élie Souloique, a Haitian general who became through an election in 1847 president of Haiti and in 1849 proclaimed as emperor creating a black nobility. He didn’t succeed in capturing the Dominican Republic.
Note
1. Emperor Faustin I (1782-6 August 1867), born as Faustin-Élie Souloique, a Haitian general who became through an election in 1847 president of Haiti and in 1849 proclaimed as emperor creating a black nobility. He didn’t succeed in capturing the Dominican Republic.
