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of an As.istant Secretary of State, in the Department of For-
eign Affairs, under Soulouque, and who had the credit, which
I do not doubt he deserves, of having written the telling and
statesmanlike despatches of the Haytian Government in reply
to the agents sent out by Fillmore and the English and French
Governments many years ago, to compel the Emperor to ac-
knowledge the independence of the Spanish or eastern part of
the island. M. Nau is probably the only Haytian who has
e'er made this pious pilgrimage to the prison and tomb of the
mont renowned of African statesmen. M. Nau, I understand,
died within the last year, much regretted by his country-
men, whose interests he carefully watched and tended during his
lirf..
 Toussaint's remains, consigned to a grave under the chapel
of the Ibrt, were lis:ov:.red by a captain of engineers in 1850.
The trp of his ekull, whibh Liad pr.tbably been sawed off at the
tim the prh.. ini,,rti i examination, and replaced, he deposited
in the city library of Pontarlier. where it was shown me by M.
G;iril, and the rest of ithe head Ltands on the mantelpiece in
the room where Toussaint was confined and died.