The New York Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1871, Page 3

4 ST. DOMINGO. THE HE TENNES:EE P Shs j A Quick Trip 97,4 pleasant Por sage. ~~ Intere“ting Lotiers of Our Spe- . ela Correspondents. Bamana Bay and Its Beauties--The Yankee Visitors Delighted. SALUTING THE WRCXG GOVERNOR. Fame of the New York Herald. Primitive Costumes of Natives. the OVERLAND TO THE CAPITAL. VILE MUD ae ae Tho Commissioners Received by the Dominican President, BAEZ AND WADE AS SPEAKERS. % COCKERY. INVESTIGATING THE LAND JOBS, Nor Grant Nor Babcock Im- plicated. Jerry Sultivan’s Leases—The Speculations of Cazneau, Fabens and Spofford, —— By the arrival of the steamship North America at this port yesterday, from South American ports, via, St. Thomas, we have the gratifying intelligence of the safe arrival of the United States steamship Ten- Ressee at St, Domingo, and the news of the progress made by the Commission in the examination into the condition of that island, all of which will be feund in the full and interesting letters of our spe- ial correspondents attached to the expedition. The Trip to Dominica—Lively Sketches of thy nd Its Atiaches—Obliteration lers. ON BoaRp TUE U. &. FRIGATE TENNESSEE, AT SBa, Jan. 19, 1871, ‘BFECULATIONS ABOUT THE COMMISSION, ¥f this noble ship does not carry Cesar and his Yortuges, she may cerry, In @ measure, the fate of wear. In other words, President Grant, having made the annexation of St. Domingo the most prominent question of his administration, and the Anitial atep of | new policy with regard to the West ‘Andies, the result of this expedition may make or ‘unmake bim. Should the Commission find the con- ditviow of St. Domingo favorable to annexation, and should the press, which is largely represented on Doard, take @ favorable view of the matter also, this tropical territory may be annexed. In that ease the dclat of success would strengthen the ad- ministration, the ambition of our peopie for terri- turil expansion and aggrandizement would be gratified, and General Grant would greatly improve bis chances for re-election. On the other hand, should the Commission not cordially favor annexa- tion and should the leading press of the country denounce the scheme the result of the expedition might prove damaging to General Grant. The power- ti oppositien which has been shown already in Con- gtess by leading republicans, as well as by the dem- ocrats, would be strengthened, and if the Presideut should be able to force anuexation through under such circumstances the consequence might be almost as bad as utter failure. There is, then, more poliu- al significance in this jaunt to the Apulies than most people may imagine. What, then, 18 the prospect? Of course avthing can be determined at present. But, looking at the eharacter of tne Commission, at the views expressed by the Commissioners, and atall the surroundings of the expedition, there is foundation for conjec- ture. The general view is open enough to give your correspondent a forecast of the prohabie result, “$till nothing can be known definitely till the Ten- measee is ready to head homeward again. The Gom- mission 1s instructed to explore, or, at least, is at Mberty to explore, a great many things on the earth, under the earth and over the earth. The disposition of the people of St. Domingo generally relative to apnexavion, the character of the population, the products and capabilities of the soil, the mineral resources, the nature of the harbors, the bona fide debt, as well as the possible speculative debt of the government, the reported jobs of Fabens, Cazneau, Babcock and others, and, 1f possible, the attitude of Cabrai and the other leaders who are hostile to President Baez or to annexation, as also, if practi- cable, the feeling of the Haytiens on this snbjec, are all to be determined, ATTACHES OF THE COMMISSION. To do all this there are, besides the Commission: ere anda Secretary, several other secretaries, each Commissioner having one, stenographers, botanists, a@ naturalist, geologist, sketching artist and others, whose positions or qualifications have not yet been fally developed. Then there Is the important auxil- tary corps of the press, composed of about a dozen keen fellows, who will do quite as much exploring aa tbe Commission, or a little more, and who are expectéd to exploit the Commission Itself pretty ‘thorooghly. It will be said, doubtless, there is plenty ot work forthe whole party—work enough to last for months, if carried through according to she resolution of Congress and the professed pur- . pose. of the Commission, THE COMMISSIONERS, Then, Old Ben Wade, the President of the Com- smassion, who {s earnest, thorough-going and honest im everything, says he “intends to cnow all about it? He means to get at all the facts necessary to make a complete report, and to repert according to the facts, whether they be in favor of or against mnexetion. Still it is not likely the Commission ‘will remain at the island over a few weeks. The ex- plorations in geology, mineralogy and the prouwuc- ‘tions of the coumtry must necessariiy be of a general icter and limited. A thorough exploration uid take many months, ‘No particular iustractions, or instructions in de- were given the Commissioners, They are general and speh as ave expressed in the resoiution of Congress authexizing the Commission. The Pre- mdent remarked, however, to Mr. Wado that be wanted &im to search for those lots which the op- position pens ware Marked of in his name. no! Ae said he hi ‘ thing to do with any jobs or specu. ’ Jations of the |, and if any one has used his nume wuauthorized be’ wants to know It. Ho wants to know, gape aps aye any rascality or fraud under- jyipg tue scheme o \Annexutton, Mr. Wade Js con- vinced the President’ 18 honest in this matter, and that if he has been dedelved or his name been hinpro- perly used by otuers, he wishes to have the rascali ty exposed. Apart from vindicating himself on the charges that havo baen mado, the President made wp the Comunssion, uO goubL With B view Luin Ww P.-C OUR PROPOSED NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDA' FEBRUARY 41, 187L—TRIPL TERRITORIAL. Labors of the United States Commission. Sw PW perenne Anu, w SULIT SN Wes BANIOP MARSASSILLES K eLASCAQQAS “uy, CEE obtain a favorable report on the question of annexa- ton and to create @ good impression in the minds of the Dominicans. ‘The President of the Commission, while he will perform his duty honestiv as far a3 the facts about St. Domingo go, is @ believer in manitest destiny, is liberal and progressive, and has no doubt that all the countries and islands of North America must become united in time with the great republic, Mr. Wade would throw no obstacles in the way of this inevitable progress, but would seize every fair op- portunity to promote it. Itis well known that he ha’ earnestly favgred the independence of Cuba, and that he looks forward to the time wifen tnat magnificent island shall become a part of the United States. Inaeed, if he had been President of the re- public there 1s every reason to believe Cuba would have attained its freedom before now. Mr. Wade, favoring annexation, then, as a policy, no better choice could have been made by General Grant for tho chief of the Commis- sion. Besides, botli the people and Congress will have confidence in what he may report or recom- mend. Mr. White, another Commissioner, 18 presi- dent of a university, a learned and scientific man, has no prejudices against annexation and no politi- cal object to serve, He 18 likely to favor the policy of General Grant unless great obstacles to annexa- tion should be discovered. Dr. Howe, the otner Commissioner, is the well known philanthrophist of Boston and the friend of Senator Sumner. He is disposed to be conservative and not a very earnest annexationist in any case, but, at the same time, is likely to take @ practical and a humanitarian view of this St. Domingo business. He will not throw any obstacles, probably, in the way of annexing Domin- ica if the conditions should be found not seriously objectionable. As bis views may have conalderable weight with the New England people, and even with his friend, Mr. Sumner, the selection of this gentie- man by the President was politic, The secretary of the Commission, THE SECREYARY, MR. BURTON, Mr. Burton is somewhat of a progressive man, particularly with regard to taking into our embrace the Spanish Americans. He was United States Minister to New Granada, and likes both the lan- guage and people of Spanish America. He will be apt to favor annexation. Then, as his office is sub- ordinate, and he being the paid servant of the ad- ministration, there is no doubt he will act in ac- cordance with the President’s wishes, DOUGLASS AND SON. But to give the Commission the complexion and all the shades, individually and politically, to serve the purpose of the administration, two colored per- sons—the famous mulatto orator, Fred Douglass, and his son—are attached to it, the former as as- sistant secretary and the latter as messenger. This 1s at once a sop to the radicals at home and a pro- pitiation to the oniored citizens of the Dominican re- pubic, How can the Dominicans refuse the em- brace of thegreat Americak republic when they see one of thelr own race aud color a dignified omcial and put oo $0 equality with distinguished white men in this Commission? YRACTIOAL AMALGAMATION, May not avy one of them after this hope to be a member of Oo! & minister ext: tuiyeng lap ‘under th A goer Stare and Saazest No doubt this fact will be spread far and wide through St. Domingo to tmpress the people with the glorious future beiore them. It was an adroit stroke of policy to give the Mees father passed within the last ten years than to see individuayeet ‘ace ach short time tnd had Bo ‘e ida righta how place ered equality wit! proud Ofteers of the navy and sCme of the first men inthe land. Who, ten years ago, would have feppased thet ape time men of the negro race Would sit at tableand be onan equality in ey srg rien those wearing the gold lace untf of the United States poe tho high civil cepresentatives of the government? It ay ry sald, bi. wever, that Fred lass ‘his new. born elevation with dignity, equantmi a Bua ’ ty and pro- BY Another element tn this compdaite ant variegated mizgion 1s the fighting fepresontative of the iermans in the war, anda atative of the ermau radicals now, This is Gen It 18 said tho position of Gommissioner was offered ta iui, and that he declined if, Fs is now olassed as salstans Secretary, Qut {n reality has no position at all, ‘Thia Secretary and Assistant Secretary dodge ‘Wos resorted to by several pergous as an exouse to Koide eppointmeat was forthe putea Renee Nonddal eppointmen ur} 4 leas, of gauging the ical we ee fort of offpet te Vari Boh Oppositi: iministration. Tae Gener ye apes agreeable Gla on bx , and hi ment serves that purpose at east, coming, probably, fa to see tf St. Domingo or any part of it ts adapted to German Kumigration, st. poses. Bt. Domingo, Its history, Fesout 1t were never more intently and ‘wan by "the Pomurassion, they and tomgt eu about Seren ier EIROZIO' @ SALE IROZIE jy, studied | Commisxion at Samana Bay a week. nie | Movgns, oF she Ngabatet, uo, and all on board. languages and maps of it are carefully yp dg 8 Most of the cunversations are on this sifject. If nothing else should be accomplished a great deal of light will be thrown upon tus interesting country. The Commissioners themselves will have the advan- tage ol the researches of the newspaper correspond- ents, and it may be sail, therefore, that these gen- temen are an important part of the Commission, Arrival at Samana—Picturesque Aspect of the Bay and Surroundings—Landing and Tali- ing with the Natives—The Herald Corre- spondent in Demand=The Men of Science at Work. Wire UNITED STATES COMMISSION, SaMANA BAy, St. Domingo, Jan. 24, 1871. After a run of seven days the frigate Tennessee, ‘with the United States Commissioners on board, dropped her anchor in Samana Bay. Tue land, Cape Samana, was seen at eight o’clock this morn- ing, and the voyage was finished at two o'clock in the afternoon, THE VOYAGE. The passage has been @ fine one, and Without storms or any mishap. The Tennessee ts a good sailer, and the winds have favored her. She has had the aid of steam, however, the greater part of the way, though her steam power dees not exceed four or five milesan hour, One of her boilers has been taken out, and those remaining are only equal to this speed, CAPTAIN TEMPLE, Captain Temple, who 1s in command, deserves great credit both for handling the ship in a careful and masterly manner and for his kind atientions to allon board. The Secretary of the Navy could not have made 8 better selection for this important and delicate service, The voyage could be made quicker, and perhaps in five days or litle more, by fast sveamers, sbi, tases cavlens Ta THE BAY OF SAMANA AND ITS APPROACHES, The shores on approaching Samana Bay are bold and high; hills rise up from the water’s edge. The entrance to the bay isabout a half mile wide, and there 1s deep water all the way. The little town of Santa Barbara de Samana, which is the only one near here, contains 200 or 300 people, It is a coliec- tion of miserable huts. This Hea in the inner bay, in which a large vessel like the Tennessee could not ride, We are lying in the outer bay, about a mile from the town, in sixteen fathoms of water. It is a fine and safe harbor. The largest fleet could lie in itsafely. The United States sloop Nantasket, Com- mander McCook, is lying here in the inner bay, FIRST IMPRESSIONS. ‘The Commission and press correspondents wero delighted with the scene. Many had not seen a tropical country before, and thought this a primitive sort of paradise. They were much struck with the dense forests of palms and of other trees, and the richness of the verdure. Only a tent here and there could be seen amid the dense tropical foliage, and there was no sign of. cultivation except in spots of afew yards In extent around these very sparse and rude dwellings. GOING ON SHORE, Soon after the anchor fell nearly all wanted to go ashore. The boats were soon lowered and the Com- misdion and correspondents went to the iittle village mentioned. The people, nearly all colored, and of many shades and types of the colored races, ap- peared well pleased to see the vimtors, but seemed fucapable of extitement, The Dominican colonel in command of the fort of two rusty guns and three or four sad looking specimens of soldiers appeared more intelligent than the rest, INQUIRIES FOR A HERALD CORGESPUNDENT. One of the first things he asked of the Commis- ser a te eager eRe a Pat jong them 0 of fe mueh interest to him as the United ‘Beatea Com. missioners. Even in this small and roe place the great indepenaent Journal of America is known and appreciated. The people expressed an earnest desire for annexation, anda some old negroes who came here (rom Philadelpita many years ago spoke of it with tears of anxtous joy in therr eyes. SPECIAL MESSENGERS TO 81. DOMINGO, The Commissioners will send carly to-morrow morning two special messengers overland to St. Do- with @ despatch to President Baez, sc im of their arrival here, of the object in coming to Samana Bay first and before Vth J their credentiais te him, which Is for the purpose ol taxing coal on the way, and to assure him that no discourtesy iy intended by this delay. deemed proper, as the Commission may be delayed & Wee¥ at this place, and as some explorations will be made on his territory in the meantime, SOIBNTIFIO BXPEDITIONS. There will start to-morrow morning also two aclentific expeditions up the bay, and to the interior of the county. Ths geslogins Pro to examine the reported ooal fields and the sei) and formation of this part of the island, while botanists and others Will devote their attention to other pranches of science, ‘These gentlemen are instructed by the Ceamuiussioners to inquire also into tho condition of the people and their views as to annexation through the country us they go alo To accomplish this and to take coal on board will hold, probably, the Commauder Books on the islaad in different | Fem , SAVANALA.MAs ‘ : M \ Wg RANDO 7 AM yy R RAO ALLY pnt “We, ; yun Soa ANN aN RNAP NAN eg age AR EAB porREvos kgoRe be ofRAS AS time and cruising about the island for over a year, reports Samana Bay a healthy place. Reception of St. Domingo Officials—No Dis- tinction by Reason of Color—The Wrong Man Honored—The Right Man at Last—ibe Commissioners and Party at Work—Every- thing Rose Colored Except the Natives—A Healthy Place=Vegetation—Another Official Visit—iInvestigation with Closed Doors—The New York Herald as Important as the Commission—The Evidence Before the Com- mission. Unirep STATES STEAMER TENNESSEE, Samana Bay, St. Domingo, Jan, 29, 1871, RECEPTION OF DIGNITARIES, ie napatey We dropped anchor, that 1s, on the 25th, the dignitaries and principal citizens of Santa Barbara de Samana were received on board by invi- tation and withthe honor of asalute. They were introduced to the Commissioners and the other ofticers attached to the Commission in proper form, and after that were entertained with a cold collation in the cabin, The party was composed of the Colonel Commandante, Abren, who is the highest officer of the Dominican govern- msnt here, except that General Acosta is the nominal Governor; tne Catholic . priest, | the Collector of the Port, the alcalde, or sort of vil- lage magistrate, the mau in charge of the fagstatr and several others—both oficial and unoMicial. It was a motley assembly of men of various nationali- ties, types and colors, from the light-eyed Cauca- stan race to the pure negro, black as the ace of spades. The Colonel Commandante 1s a fine-looking fellow, well educated and intelligent, and nas travelled in Europe. He is a native Derainican, and seems to be Of the Moorish-Spanish stock, with a toute, perhaps, of the “aboriginal native of the island in him. He earnestly hopes for annexation, and appears to comprehend the power and destiny of the United States, He proposed asa toast “The great republic which represents the liberty of. tno New World, and to the early accomplishment of the Monroe doctrine over all Spanish America.” The padre isan Italian, and a middle-aged, joviat sort of man. He has a great horror of Garibaldi and the Hberals of Italy, who have cut down the temporal power of the Pope, but would not be averse to the rule of the American republic here, particularly if that should iead to an increase of his flock and present very scanty revenue, All the rest pray for annexation, One of these oMcials—the man in command of the fagstat—is a pure negro, from the Umited States. He has been along time here, is intelligent, speaks good English, and gave a good deal of valuable information aboat the people and country round Samana. It was amusing to see how our negro, servants fraternized with him, One of them, who waits at table, entered into an animated conversation with him in the cabin while the Com. misgioners and captain were conversing with the colonel and other guests. No doubt our simple- minded servant thought this familiarity in the cap- tain’s cabin proper enough when he saw so much honor given to negroes—to men of his own race and color. NO DISTINCTION BY RBASON OF COLOR, ‘Then, have not the events of the war, the legisia- tlop of Congress and the established policy of the dominant radical party placed irrevocably the black man on an equality with the white? Had the cap- tain noticed the incident referred to he might have smiled only, while appearing not to see it. Heis a sensible man, and, like all of us, yields to what is inevitable, Such incidents, however, show forcibly the surprising social a8 well as political revolution we have passed through, and where we are vending. ‘THB WRONG CHIBF HONORED. The Commissioners and all on board supposed they had got hold of the chief man here tn Colonel Abren, and honored him accordingly; but it has been discovered since that there ts another, who is governor over this section of the country, and that Abren is only the special agent and military com- mander here of the Dominican government. THB RIGHT MAN, ‘The Governor is General Acosta, a full-viooded negro, but his title seems to be little more than nonorary, a8 Colonel Abren is tho representative of President Baca. There ts another man whom some of the people call governor, though it does not ap- pear why. He ts ninety years of age, and a thin, dried-up spectmen of humanity. It is hard to tell of ‘What races ne is compounded, but there 1s evidently a g00d deal of negro biood In him, Io was boru in Haytl, and remembers well the colonial government of the French republic and first empire, and the thrilling events of Toussaint’s rule and There was nothing geen his appearatce or sur. roundings to indléate that ho hoids any official Position. His head was enveloped in a cotton hand- a she manner sc ae NE, E SHEET. ACQUISITION. “saFE, |The. Boundaries, Mountains, Rivers, Harbors and Cities of St. Domingo-=-Scene of the Qe sy of Louisiana wear it, and in dress and everything elee he tooked like an oril- nary mulatto domestic, Except the respect that was paid to hie great age he was regarded by those around him as on a footing with themselves, He spoke English imperfectly, aud, from his nervous, rapid mannér of speaking it was difficult to under- stand him at times, Though he seemed tafavor annexation, he was not cnthusiastic, but rather re- ticent, on the subject. THE PARTY AT WORK. The Commission, with its corps of geologists, botanists and naturalists and the press correspond- ents, have been earnestly at work since we arrived at Samana. Several parties have been sent out from the Commission to explore the country bordering the bay, up to the mouths of the Yuna river and in the Intertor, Every day the Commissioners: and Others have been ashore to talk with the people of the village and to examine the so-called plantafions, which are merely title cleared spots, imperfectly cultivated, and to ascertain what are the natural products of the soll, COULEUR DE ROSE. Almost everything has a rose-colored hue vo these gentlemen. Most of them have never seen a tropi- cal country before, and this looks like a paradise to them. The sudden transition from cold and dreary winter at home to this warm climate and luxuriant verdure has made them very enthusiastic, Even the naked or half-clad, lazy natives appear to them a charming sort of people, It 1s amusing to hear them as they return to the ship exclaim in glow- ing langurge about the beauty and richnesd of the island, The English language 1s strained to the ut. inost to find ‘superlative adjectives with whien to express their impressions, One man reports that he found a mahogany tree in the almost impenetrabic interior worth $1,000 as it stands. Another avows that an acre of land will support a family almost without labor, and that there is wealth im abun dance to be made with scarcely any effort, All ts nd marvellous. 01 a seperate Bae leel interested i aege tion of annexation, or in the protectorate of the United States over taem, make the best of every- nas 4A HEALTHY PLACE. According to their account there isno sickness here worth speaking about. One man, au indus- trious and enterprising wuite citizen of the United States, whe has settled and acquired property here, declared this couutry the healthiest im the word, while in the room adjoining the one in which we sat aud where he inade the remark bis only chiid was lying sick with fever. Then, the people suy tis is the hottest season of the year, though the Sun is fifteen or sixteen degrees the other side of the eqnator, and in June it is right over head. ‘This ts cailed the dry seasen, alhough it rains every day and often many times a day. We may imagine what fivods come down 1n the wet season. These heavy and almost coustant rains may, however, modily the temperature and make the season of the summer soistice cooler then it would be otherwise. Looking, then, at the motive the people of Samana have for making a favorable impression upon the Commission and those accompanying it, and the natural enthasiasm of nearly all in this expedition over a country so luxuriant and @ climate so much in contrast with toat they had just left, it 18 mot surprising that everything 13 viewed in couleur de rose, Nor would it be astouishing should everything be so repre- sented by the Commission and correspondents, THE CLIMATE. Stil, with all this exaggeration, the climate is most agreeable, the breezes en the bay and along the shore are baimy aud refresting, and the sur- rounding scenery is charming to behold. It is not an Arcadia, for there are no flocks or herds, no variegated landscapes, with cleared and highly cul- tivated lands, beautiful gardens and shrusberies, Nandgome residences and comfortable cottages, fine churches and other things which make the civ.lized countries of the temperate zone so delightful, With the exception of @ lew poorly cultivated spots of an acre or 80, OF Of a few acres at most, with a rude huton each for a residence, widely apart, all the rest of the soil, and even upto the crown of the hills, is covered with a dense wood interlaced by shrubs and vines, VEGRTATION. There is littie raised for market except a few oranges and cocoa nuts. The soil almost every- where 1s om Oe CB gg a pon ea and ra wih of vege Ven D passing alo oainay. bridie roads men invariad); can ne Machete to clear away the brush aod vines that w so rapidly. wvifferent varieties of the palm, ficinding the cucoanut tree, grow abundantly, and where the latter are cultivated in little groves tn the Indeniations of the and Slong, the any eck by the thick amd dark green forest ri the hills, the scene 1s beaut! There is no doubt that the sugar gane, cofi goa, Oranges and all the En Pach hc ah A fa ee men could be kept at work iu this iazy clunate, Without that the country must remain Rootgare: tive wilderness. Corn, prouey, could be raised With ttle labor and a great yield. It is sald there 13 au abundance of mahogaly and other valuable pase pe? Ry se Ne Le upprove oe esti hor, gcd fh F Uhing is to ancek iam cy iain where that 1s to conse frou. ANOTHER VISIT OF OFFICIALS. ie Yesterday the oiliciais and principgl men of Moma, to the number of about fireen, came on board again, including the veritable nominal Gov- ernor, General Acosta, by invitation of the Conmis- ers, wid (or ot wack governor & a mupi witerly apeducated and about as stupid as He has (ne appearance, a fi, His leataces are repul aud indicat erucl character, It is this «Daracter, prot 4 hes made him @ leader oer Wie Seimi-tarbaroud POpGaliow, for he ly jus? such & Man us would be neested for Uiat position Alry ‘hatis coutinu- aily involved in revolution Investine ware. It nati he has great iaduence aver the blacks, and they comprise nearly al Ws population, and that om te reason ho Was made that Bact made or recoghices ESE Covevece, kuowlng at (he sare tne that ee been, hyo we had mates honors to the wrong inua, tos oer, our hulute. wan wonaide emoagh. Perhans tae Cotminstovers aud eapian Dal Rome doubt WHeEBOr aaoier Governor might Bok (HPD GP LOOre We IeAVe, wad eparet Lue powder 1OF sue & pOwibie Comtingency. OF hey tuay have Jet Genere! Acurta Jnouel Abren to divide Whe Remer of The sabe: fou to the jailer velwee! Imagine, tu the event & eat ” would be Ue 5 ives Present NEgTO Congress ued 4) compared with many of Une oountry. INVERTIGATION WITH CLOSeD pooRs. ba to fetura to the taveugaton made by the Commutston youterday, WELK was carried om Wit Clase doors, as in (he peuret seasivus of (he Beuale, cach Witness Was Called in se) aud Anmined under The Object, as wall be we Was otuedty to find out whe ow ned tie areved Whe bay, What the mature of tue are, am pailiculary Whether G neal | any Babook, or AmeTCa Ufienabs tls property, Your correspondeat had Ly ‘ ofvGuiy examined (he mater veore Come PL id yan Ue aud uo omer Maportan! lacks Were deve, THe SOW YORE MERALO a8 mevonvant as tam COM MISRION, ‘ Inder|, some of tue Wituesses told the Comupise Movers they had expmined Wie mater wiready to the HRRALY Correspow rermarbed, that ove, clovely eXauiuihg and Crem-excanaing te tweive to Geen Witnesses, All (us Work Mill Rave veent done im & quarler Of Yee Te had Une Wituesses been Unie igent Amenchms, tui Luese colored Du- Winicans are proay, Have & great deal of palaver Qn! chrcumlocuued, and are hard lo be brought Lo ihe polo, Some of the Commotion, Wo, ure din poréd to accumul vast deal Of wearin; wwatter lott report, and Gave 4 govd deal uf red tape Circumiccution I thew, Thee tke Com. nie niouers, HO doult, Baye Lee Very desituus of vindle calng, if possivie, Gouerai Urant against the charges that are made of having tmteresws here. Consequently they Wished (o piace Uae Vadhicwue® OM FeCord 1a Like Tubes! Manner, PUe BY DEN The evidence shows, a jour corresponaent had Viously ascertained, taat J. f. Santvan has @ fe no ee ose fost water vent on the inuer bay of a which the town of ee yoy adOibihy ine West éna OF Lie town. This lease te lor et oo ory a SAly-lWo dolar ® yout rent, He has @ lease for two town lots, with water front, owe eighty-fuur feet \roaage aud the other ninety-four feet, The rent foreach w four dollars a year, Sullivan has the right of ‘eos ol eases, With mnorlifed comiitoms, bas, in the name of £00. o perpetaal lease for Ne feet Water frout ning sutil- ane store, run vac two to #x hundred feet. on which is Spoitord at a rent of $112 @ year, to the main road, and vary in depth irom Speturd & Oo. owa the Tybee steamer which t Dorainre re is reat ha doubt, a large personal 1aies does hot own the whole, Uniess Geuer Hsabcock or otgers have # silent interest im yne both the leases of Sullivan and Faveus there be reason to believe they have any iuterest at ail Samana, So iar, the evideuce gues to suow Unat have uo interest In the leases. perty, on the water frout of the harbor, wor the most part by the litue town is owned by persons resideut Where or ta of the island, The ties are in old granis, Adjoining the towa, of i, going out of the inner b& toward the large outer bay, the generally ia me iyiuaily grauted. Por there is one trom Ule Spaniel government and the Seveuth, lu the years 196 1817, to Maria. Francisco Geaoveya, ald now ow! by the heirs of Mr. Wiliam Juunert, ‘Dua Ras 200 varas water front und 1,000 varas deep, Augthes raat is from the French empire, through Gene Ferrand, Who Was Contiauiaat im Cluef and Ads mimistrator General, perturutog the fanetons Captain General. Anolucr proverty ts by purchase fro the Hayuen repaviic, Waea Git goverument was in power in Isis, ant property Ceortitivd by the Muaytien oficiais, Taere great iiang such like ge froin the aiferent governineuts that have veen over the islaud, and soure of Wem coverug imme Leacts ofiand, 1f 18 said tie present fon ment owns fully a third of the land of Samave, and that in tue story holds the largest quantty, ths Ayunbtaimiento, & sort Gt common culuct or muntel- pulity, has the power over certain lands witha ite lunits, and can dispose of tnem by lease, A great quantity of land for which there appears ne claim- auts now would soon be claimed if Lue United States annex the island. And, looking at the many qov- ernments, revolutions and couflictlag authorties there have been in St. Domingo, we suould have # legacy of cndiess disputes aud Ltigatious, 8 - elses i i i ! ae i ; fee, and rew they were Departure for §t. Domingo City—Furthor Lae ventigationMore of the Scieuiific Expleras tionsOpinion About Jobs—tred Deuglasd Goes for the Natives in a Specch—Sante Barbara do Samana—Native Bulle The tas hubitante—The Harbor of Sa: a UNITED STATHS STEAMER ‘TEN NESS) SaMANA Bay, St. Domingo, Jan. 40, 1871, We leave tis morning early for St, Dommgo city. The Commissioners pursucd their investigations yesterday on shore. The register, or the man who Keeps the records f Samana, whatever they eal) him, was not on board Saturday, whea nearly all ine principal men of the town were overhauled, The Commissioners thought he might be an important ‘witness, and went ashore to examine him, together with several others, The evidence corroborates that taken yesterday. AS was sald in a former jetter there is nothiug to show that General Grant has any personal interest in Samana, or that General Bab- cock or any of the Presideat’s oficial famiuy bas, It Babeock or any other person near General Grant has {fh interest here tt 1s covered up in the leases or purchases under other names; but itis not fair to inter vhis is the case In the absence of testimony ta that elec. ‘THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATIONS, ‘The aclentifie exploring parties have retarned, and make on the whole favorable reports, Profes- sor W. P. Blake, the geologist and minerulogist of the Commission, who has charge generally of the scieutific explorations, went up to the'nead of the bay or Gulf and month of the Yuna river in the snip’s cutter, with the special object of examining the reported coal mines near there. He reports to the Commission that he found outcrops of lignite or tertiary brown coal, indicating beds of considerable extent and favorably situated for working and for transportation to the Gulf. He does not regard it as of any valne for ocean steamers, but as likely to prove of some ecopomical value to this region as fuel for local steamers on the Gulf, for making gas, and, possibly, for ase to locomotives im case a rall- way should ever be laid along the great valley, Wo other valuable minerals 80 far have been discovered. Allagree that the soll is very rich and generally deep, even to the vops of the hills or small moun- talus. Tho botavists and uaturatists have found some interesting spe¢imens new to them. No de tauled reports from them have yet been made up. OPINION ABOUT ‘‘JuB3.’? # Though there nihy be no jovs, as far as our gov- ernment officials are concerned, in land speculations at the town and tnuer bay of Samana, the lease of the littie coaling island and privileges of the bay to the United States for $159,000 a year looks very much like a job. This is an enormous sum of money for such property and privileges. Fifty thousand dollars a year would be too much, and the Domini- can government probabiy would nave been glad to have got less. Others besiaes Baez, tuere is reason to suspect, have their bands in thisjob. Oae year’s Tent of this lease ought to be enough to buy up early all the land around Wis harbor. >. Spee A SPBSCH BY FRED DOUGLASS. =~ . Fred Douglass madé a characterisuc speech iu the little piaza yesterday to tho denizens of Sa mana, Notice had been given two or three days previously that he would speak. About 130 peopie— men and children—were there to listen to the, colored orator, and about half of them understood, what be sald, He talked about the glory find greatness of the United States,and dwelt especially gy the rauce, 9f the negroes froux slavery, He asked them if they had heard of Sum- acr, Abraham Lincolu—the Moses of the negroes—< SPREE Yap any CeCe wer rae Cre ogo pent Wore UO NM Svat