The Liberator

From the New York Journal of Commerce.

From Hayti.

We have Port au Prince papers to the 19th ult. A good deal of excitement had been occasioned by an article which appeared in the newspaper called 'Le Manifeste,' reflecting upon the conduct of the French Consul General; in consequence of which article, the Consul had demanded his passports. The state of the case is thus presented in 'Le Telegraph' of Dec. 19th:

The Manifeste having inserted on last Sunday a libel on Mr. Levasseur, Consul General of France, the public Attorney was directed by the Chief Justice to commence a prosecution against the editor of that paper. But Mr. Levasseur, thinking it not proper to await the issue of a trial to obtain due reparation,—notified the Government, after a short correspondence, that his official relations had ceased, and that he had retired to the corvette Berceau, there to await the orders of his Government. As the proceedings here have been in conformity with the practice of other nations, the good understanding between the two States will not be interrupted. And whatever may be the result, the Government of Hayti will exert herself to strengthen more and more the present relations, and to pursue strictly the principles of national law.

The following extract from a private letter received in this city, gives the following particulars relative to the excitement prevailing there:

Port Au Prince, Dec. 22d.

For some time past, a report has been current here, that arrivals of counterfeit money, to the amount of $600,000, were being expected either from France or the United States, which caused our government to keep a close eye upon vessels arriving from those quarters. Inquiries subsequently led to the detection of a Frenchman, the brother of the Secretary to the French Consul, being engaged in this new branch of financiering. He had been a resident of the city for many years, and but recently returned from a visit to France. Our authorities caused his dwelling to be searched, and succeeded in finding counterfeit money about the premises. The French Consul was immediately informed of this, and a request made that two French vessels of war, stationed on the roads, should search every vessel coming in, which measure resulted in the seizure of the ship St. Jacques, from Havre, on board of which, counterfeit money, to the amount of $300,000 in notes, was found most ingeniously concealed in marble tomb-stones, whereof her cargo partly consisted, consigned to the Frenchman. He was immediately arrested, but denies having any knowledge of the matter; and President Boyer delivered him up to the Consul for transportation to France, on the ground that the counterfeit notes had been engraved in France, and the discovery been made by one of the French frigates, on board of which he was then conveyed. Meanwhile, the notes were made a bonfire of. These transactions were considered by the Haytians as calling for an interference on the part of the press; in consequence of which, the papers were filled with insults on the Consul and the French nation, which statements induced the Consul to demand of the President publicly to declare that the removal of the prisoner on board the frigate had taken place at the instance of his—President Boyer's, request; to have him transported to France for trial. Boyer refused to comply, apprehending by such a declaration to excite public indignation. Hard words ensued, which cannot have been of a very flattering nature to the French, since the Consul had been induced to withdraw from the Island on the 18th inst. on board her man-of-war. Great excitement prevails here, and no one can tell what end this will come to. Meanwhile, expresses have been sent to Jamaica, and one of the French vessels has left for Martinique.