The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1873, Page 4

oc NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1873.-TRIPLE SHEET. SAMANA BAY. Refusal’ of the Company to Dis- close the Terms of Gontract, ‘The Full Text. of the Treaty. SOME STARTLING PROVISIONS. ‘Absolute and Complete Domin- ion Over the Peninsula. In Everything the Same as Grant Wanted af the United States To Be. ‘The Infant “John Kumpari” of the West Indies. RAILROAD AND: TELEGRAFH CONCESSIONS. The Right to Issue Pub- lic Securities. PECUNIARY TERMS OF THE TREATY. Its. Endorsement by the Senate and the Decree of President Baez, y e ~The parties who have organized the Samana Bay Company persistently refused yesterday to give to the'press’ a copy of the treaty which they have entered into with the ‘Dominicans. Any other in- formation—such as the marvellous. resources of their ‘acquired possessions, the richness of the soil, the certain and assured pecuntary prospects of the company, their utter independence of every- thing and everybody, and what a good thing it was to ‘hold stock in it—they cheerfully yielded to all comers, But the proof of what they chose to say— the text of the treaty—they seemed strangely un- willing to disclose, and they evaded, by ‘VAGUE AND HAZY PHRASES, any question. that touched upon what their ac- quired powers really were, and how they had con- trived to reeoncile the maintenance of their charac- ter as good citizens of the United States with the assumption of authurity to mske war and levy ‘taxes on their own account in their newly ac- quired realm. It may also be stated that tne om- cers of the Tybee were cautioned against giving ‘Sway a gingle copy of the oMcial bulletin, which ‘was published late on the eve of the departure of the Commissioners, and every other possible precaution was taken to keep this docu- ment from the public eye. Rerhaps a careful perusal of the exact text of some of the clauses will fally account for this reluctance to at once come forth into the full light of day and face popular criticism. ‘ Late in the afternoon, however, the returned * Commissioners were permitted to make to the re- porters A GENERAL STATEMENT ofwhat they had done, Mr. Harrison acting as spokesman, But even this speech was, to a great extent, merely a repetition of the old, old story of the fertility of the soil, the beauty and heailthful- ness of the climate and the general loveliness of everything and everybody in this gem of the whole world, this ‘trade centre and key of the West Indies,” There were, however, @ few new facts. The Commissioners left here, he said, on the 5th of December and reached St. Domingo on the 44th, They found the President absent, and it was nearly.a week afterwards before he put in an ap- pearance, This interval of leisure was occupied in preliminary discussions of the business at issue with Mr, Gautier, the Secretary of State, and Del Monte, the Attorney General, two of the oldestand most steadfast friends of Baez, whom they have “several times’’ even followed into exile, Oorre- spondence about the PROJECTED TREATY had been in progress for several months, but the actual instrument obtained was far more javorable in its concessions than had been hoped for. In- deed, as Mr. Harrison said, “if any one wanted les- sons in begging the Commissioners had had enough expegience to give him some worth hay- ing.”’ When at last the President arrived the dis-' cussion assumed ® more serious tone, and lasted fora couple of weeks, with daily sessions from half-past eight A, M. till four or five o'clock in the afternoon, in the Executive Palace, with an inter- mission of an hour for dinner. These debates, however, were by no means altogether a mere mat- ter Of routine, and were now and then ENLIVENED by earnest, nay even passionate, verbal struggles. On one occasion, indeed, when Baez had put his foot down, the Commissioners had to get up steam and pretend to finally break off the negotiations before they could obtain what they wanted, and it was only when the whistle was sounded again and again that the Baez folks cooled down, and with the weakness of a half civilized race yielded to the strong will of the adventurous Americans, The treaty, having been at last made complete, was sent to THE SENATE, an august and imposing body.ef nine pure-blooded whites, who discussed its provisions for about @ week. Having each of them spoken some twenty or thirty times about it, they at, Jest succumbed to the inevitable and accepted the treaty, stipulating only that it should we submitted tothe people for ratification, This has already partially been done, and no doubt ‘whatever is entertained about the votes turning out tobe much as Baez wants them to be. The election, by the way, does not take place upona single day, but each of the nine provinces has its own special date for casting its ballots. The oppor- tunities for fraud thus given are too obvious to be enlarged upon. As.to the powers of the company, &c., Mr. Har- Tison also said something, but such information we give below in a much more exact shape by publish- ing the address of Presideut Baez to the Legisia- ture and to the people, with the text of the treaty and its ratification by the Senate. President Baes’s Address. ‘BUENAveNtona BaRz, General of Division, Grand Citisen and President of the ican Repub- Hononan.e Leaistators—At a time most dim- cult for the government and of sorrow for the whole Republic we occupy your attention by means which circumstances seem te im pose Op us a8 unique and saving; means that all the people will adopt unanimously, thus giving unequivocal proof to their ju nt, of their refined love of teir native soil, of the orn Moat o co the remembrance of the ommmous ‘oke Of the west inspires them, itary ew _ : and which they 80 all, our situation has changed fav 5 but aithougn the necessity whieh prompren he supreme resolution has ceased the government, sattentive to the progress o/ the times and the truth- jul exigengies of each epoch, bas regarded it as in harmony with the ideas of the Dominican peo- ple-and the progress of civilization to enter into a treaty with @ private company which, under th auspices of th Repubite and ditpiayine with 4 its Nag in the peninsdlas and on ali the seas, to scatter there the gold and to create jinn terests, and to promote colossal factories und to bring, peace to all the country, and abundance and progress. 1 should offend your elevated intelligence by ex planing the great interests which surround this treaty and the geal wit) Which tuose Cuarged with ita celebration have discussed tiese same inter ereeing finally that it will not become of em- or be carried into ccution until ratified oy the Wonorable Senate, Bod the people, upited ly le comity, shall impart its supreme approbation by means of @ solemn piédiectian cat Legisiato! there has sounded already the hour of tue first lading place of Columbus, until Myo 4 a tnert, and made bioody by vandal inva- le by fratricidal strite. It leads on to a con- quest ot ee glorious d are before you. tinies whic! your decision and that oi the people de- pends our fortanes to-day, and | hope you will de- cide with your accastomed wisdom, J have the honor to salute the honorable Senate with sentiments of the highest consideration. BUENAVENTURA BAEZ EXECUTIVE RESIDENCE, ST. DOMINGO, Jan 2, 1878, TO THR HONORABLE SENATE OF THE REYUBLIO. The Treaty. Between the government of the Dominican Re- public, represented by Seiior Manuel Maria Gau- tier, Secretary of State .or the Interior, Police and Agriculture, cha ged with Foreign. Relations, its agent duly and fully auihorized to that effect, of one part, and, on ‘the other, Messrs. Samuel Sam- uels, T. Scott Stewart and Burton N, tarrison Commissioners of the com, to be henceforward entiticd “The. Company o1 the Bay o: Samana of St. Dominga," the ioliowing is agreed upon and accepted :— ABIICLE 1.—The Dominican; Republic by this resent decrees that, for the pu of augment- ing the commerce of the Kepubilc, establishing, by | meaus Of lines of steamers and by other metueds, 3 direct traMe with ryta ty of tae world; to de- velop the commerce of the interior of the country by means of railreads and other improvements of poms utility, and to procure, Be mpans of ioreign immigration, a population which shall render eMcient assistance to the government of 6S oat etc ry possesses, con’ increase the means of access and for all the objects and purposes that shall be mentioned or to which reference shall be made—for ali these reasons Measrs. Alden B, Stockwell, Samuel G, Howe, Paul N. Spofford, Frederick Schuchardt, Samuel L. M, Barlow, T. Scott Stewart, James P. Scott, Geo! M, Pullman, 0. K. Garrison, Samuel Samuels, Jo! Stewal H, W. Gray tes, successors and those hayv- ing cause are constituted into a political body as one community, under the name of the Company of the Bay of Samana of St. Domingo, and said com- pany will have under this name a perpetual suc- ion and one seal for all its acts, possessing all the Higue and ed and powers usual to cor- rations or legaily constituted societies in the nited States, @ principal or capital of said company shalt be $800,000 in current money of the United States of America, divided in 8,000 shares in current of the par value of $100 for each share ; but the aforementioned capital and*the number of shares can be augmented from time to time by a vote of no less than two-thirds part of the author- ized capital existing at that time. That increase will represent the value of the estate, real and | cle mer acquired or made by or under the author- ization of the company and as the company may from time to time Judge necessary, The company has the right, power and authority to fix the pro- per value from time to time upon their concessions and other propertiei an to represent them by the emission of bonds or of shares int aid or both, it being understood that the first valuation which shall be made aiter the organization of the company shall not exceed twenty millions of dollars of capital and ten millions of dollars of bonds, No subscriber to the capital or holder of ponds of the company shall be individually responsible, Jointly or separately, for any debt or responsibility of the company or for any demand against it tor more than the value at par of the capit Sopacrined by or the bonds which may have the company, and no are- holder or shareholders in the company shall be prosecuted by reason of any debt of the company or demand against it until there shall be obtained & decree or judgment against it, and the decree of execution be returned without compliance in whole or in part, and no holder of paid up bonds to the company shall be individually responsible for any debt or r mnsibility of the company or ae st it. . 2—The business and affairs of the com- pany shall be controlled by a Council of Direc- tors. The number of these directors shall be twenty-one, and may be citizens of the Dominican 01 or citizens or subjects of any nation indiscrimin- ately. The; jail be shareholders in the company and e first year shall be elected by the after shareholders at their annual meeting. But if it should happen that the election of directors shall not take place on the day fixed by the statutes of the company, the dissolution of the company shall not follow, nor shall it incur the loss of any of its rights, franchises or Hr pere, and it shall be le proceed to the election of directors on whatever other day the laws of the company shall provide irom time to time, and all the acts o! the existing directors shall be valid and obliga- tory on the company until the election of their suc- cessora. The persons mentioned in the first of these articles shall be those who organize the company and shall be directors for the first year, and, in janction with whatever others they shall name so that the mumber shall not exceed twenty-one fm all) shall form the Council of Directors. until the election of their successors. The shareholders will elect at their first annual meeting the complete number of twenty-one directors, which shall afterwards be classified by lot into three classes, which shall be distinguished respectively as first, second and third, each one of them composed of seven members. The seven of the first class shall be directors for the term of three years, the seven of the second class for two years and those of the third class for one year. At each one of the subsequent annual meetin; of the shareholders seven directors small be elected, who shall suceeed the members of that class whose term of ofice then expires, These shall be directors for three years. The meetings of the Council of Directors and of the shareholders shali take place in Samana, in St. Domingo, in the United States of America, or other lace, as the bylaws of the company from time to ime may stipulate. The'time for the first annual meeting of the share- holders shall be the first Wednesday after the 1st day of January, 1874, All elections shall be by bal- lot and each shareholder present in person ur power of attorney, and he shall nave the right to as many votes as he poreceses shares and thut shall be reg- istered in his name in tbe books of the company, The persons who receive the greater number of votes shall be named directors. In case of a vacancy of one er more directors, whether by death, resignation or other cause, it shall be filled as the b; of the company shall provide, and the term shall be for the balance of sae aoe for which the original occupant was elected. ‘The council of directors are authorised to form and establish such laws for the company and such regulations not in contravention of the articles of this treaty as shall be convenient for the govern- ment of the company, and the regulation of its ‘ations ; but they shall be subject to the restrio- tions which are laid down from time to time in the meeting o! the shareholders—in which there shall be represented at least a majority of the share- holders—which at the time of the meeting may be authorized, said shareholders being present and voting either personally or by proxy. Akt. 3—The company have full power to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, pre rty of all classes, whether real or person: in the United States of America, the Dominican Republic, or wherever it may be, to cede them partially or totally, to hy- pothecate, to benfize them here, rent or exchange them, and to establish and carry on every class of business in the United States of America, in Samana, in the Dominican Republic or elsewere, when and: in such manner as it shall judge con- venient. ‘The company may also issue bonds ef whatever species in tf uantities and values as it may ee best, oe interest which ett Je eight per cent per annum; paying principal and in- terest in Samana, San Domingo, in the United States of America or elsewhere as the company may Judge proper, and can guarantee said bonds, principal and interest, hypothecating the whole or whatever part of the cessions and other proper- ti w the company ording to the quantity of the, bonds, except the especial authorization by article IX,.—The bonds existing in circulation atany time not to exceed the authorized capital of the com- pany at the time. The government of the Dominican Republic has the eres of inspecting and ordering an inspection e of the books of the company. Art. 4. The rights, privileges or immunities which by the projected treaty with the United States of America, Known under the name of the convention for the iease of the Bay amd Penin- sula of Samana, dated the 20th of Nevember, 1360, Were conceded to the United States of America, remain conceded by this of the Bay of convention to the id company Samana, of Sav Domingo, to theend that the said company, its successors and representatives may enjoy them in all their parts as they were concede: te the United States by the said treaty. There are conceded to the company in proprie- tary title, so that it may enjoy them in absolate do- minion, all the public lands of the peninsula of Samana and those which are found in the keys and islands bay, with the full right and power of selling and paying and disposing of the same, or any ‘t, a8 and when the company find conve- nien' Also, there is conceded to the company the sole and conclusive right and privilege to make and to hold wharfs, bridges and any Other stractwi in said bay and upon the islands and keys and upon the waters of the great estuary wae estreo), adjacent to the peninsula, authorizing said company to pass the same right to others. Also, there is conceded to the Len or the ex- clusive right and privilege of collecting taxes in said peninsula, isies, keys and waters for its own proper use and behoof; all the duties of the port, wharf and all charges and imposts as the company may establish from time to time. ‘The immunities and privileges which the citizens and subjects of any nation enjoy with respect to the business between any foreign port and those of the Republic are accorded to the traffic between the Peninsula and Bay of Samana, and every place within the limits of the Republic, and they shail hot be subject to greater imposts or duties. Samana will be considered as an exporting country, and ail merchandise exported from there Lo Wha! r place in the Republic, shall enjoy what is accorded to the products of the most layored exporting country. All persons who emigrate under the auspices of the cowpany, as weil as all its functionaries, agents or employes, will be exempt from the service of arms, a* well in the army as the navy, as are Do- minican citizens in the United States of Ameri @nd sball enjoy the other rights which the Do- minicans enjoy in the United Stat in conformity with the Treaty of F:iendship, Seatac Naviga- tion, &c., celebrated between the two nations. Art, 5.—When the company judges it necessary it can name and employ ionaries, executive, leg- islative and judicial, with the powers and attributes which the company may designate. The company can also employ, Organize and sustain & police and other forces, with tye powers it may think proper and as it may deem necessary, a8 weil to collect the duties, charges and imposts decreed by the company, as to preserve oager and to carry out the objects or this treaty; and their employés the said police shall have ex- clusive jurisdiction in the Peninsula of cm the waters of the pay adjacent to it, the keys an islands of the bay,-andin the waters and islands of the great estuary adjacent vo the Peninsula, ABT, 6.—The) company oan construct, buy, rent ht any number of steamers or other ves- th, having the a narliig to transfer the same or part of them. all the vessels con- structed or nought by the company are conceded the enjoyment of the pi leges and immu- nities conceded to the vessels of the Dominican Republic, or of any State of it, and those conceded to the vessels of aay citizen or subject of the most favored nation. vessels constructed or bought by the company can sail with the Do; flag or with any other which the company has the right to use, and any of them can be matricu- lated 28 Dominican property in conformity with the laws of tne Repul No distinction shall be mado, nor shall. the Dominican government vermit any at any time net any vessel of the company. 1 the vessels of the )com| which have the American or Dominican flag il be manned and manded by citizens of the LTS. § States of public. by treaty with the erica or of the Doi ART. 7.—The company, can Proprietors be made guardian, assume and be ac- credited all the. #ghts, TURE a ad and immunities accorded to Mr. Joseph Warren Fabens in the contract and additional article celebrated with said indilvidual for the geographical and geological expioration and the examination and surveying of the several provinces of the Republic, which contract is dated July 3, 1868, and which per- tains now to the Company of St. Domingo of New York, The Gopipen of the Bay of Samana of St. Domingo can al yy treaty with the pro- prietors, make itself. jan, assume and be ac- credited the enjoyment of all and each one of the privileges, rights and immunities of the concession accorded under date of the sth October, 1868, to Mr, Robert M, Fankhouzer and his asso- ciates for the establishment of a.line of steamers. And there be acquired by the company the same rights, by the convention celebrated with Sefor Fankhouzer the 8th of October, 1868, as those which may be provided for or may be de- rived from the contract of the 8d of auly. 1868, which are accredited to The Company of St. Do- mingo of New York; and the goyernment of St. Dowingo recognizes and considers it as the domin- jon and property of The Company of the Bay of Samana of St. Domingo, and for procuring the said concessions the company shall have the right to obtain a renovation of them-upon the same con- ditions as both parties shall agree. Akt. 8,—The company can establish in Sa- mana 4 bank of issue, deposit and discount, with allthe rights and privileges usually exercised in the United States of America by Buch-banhs. The effective capital of the bank shall be $50,000, to be augmented at such timge as the company shall judge necessary. The principal ofice of the bank’ shall be located in Samana, but the company ¢an establish agen- cies and branches in the ofty of St. Domingo and in other places within the limits of the Dominican Republic, the United States of America or any other point. At no time shall the bank have in circulation an issue of paper which exceeds the sum euthorized and based upon coin. When the ee, Judge it well to establish (in the city of St. Domingo or other point of the Republic) a branch of the bank it shallin such case lor the issue of its bills make a deposit in the Fiscal Cites of the betas OO cae hy- ecating property in ublic of suffi. Rane value & Resure the redemption of the said bills, The Saige 4 is also authorized to sub- stitute for the hypothecation any deposit, the value of which is sufticient to guarantee a redemp- tion of the issue of the said bitls and guaranteed as stated. They will be received in the Treasury De- partment of the Republie in payment of munici- Ppaldues, the purchase of public lands, and all Classes of imposts, except duties on imports and Pe port and other dues relating to the Custom use, ART. 9.—The company can build, sustain and keep in operation railroads, canals, telegraph lines and roads from the Bay of Samana or any other point or Coa on whatever properties of the company, which works amd the means of mak- ing them shall be the Proper of the company, their successors and representatives. And with the object of paying out, building, main- taining, repairing and placing in operation any of these works, and of establishing or carrying out any of their operations authorized by this treaty, the company, its employ¢s and its agents shall calor the right of passing over the lands within the mits of the Dominican Republic; and with the purpose of constructing, repairing or putting in operation any of these works they have the right to occupy and utilize, free of cost, the public lands comprehended in the line of works, and to cut and use all classes of lumber, stone and other material, the property the State, that in the opinion of the company ly be necessary for the work; and the right, when they shall have ac- complished all the formalities for the just indemni- fication, to be fixed upon by experts, according to the constitution and laws of the republic of St. Domingo; and will fully have the rignt to have and to hold for their uses that portion of land in the Dominican Republic for the building of the railroad and telegraphic communication, and for the construction of highroads and canals. For each league of railroad or canal, or for each three leagues of telegraphic communication or road which shall each be completed five years er commencement, and which shall be consid- ered to have commenced from this date, the com- pany, its successors or executors shall receive from the Dominican Republic in perpetual ownership the concession of a square league of land in the said territory, in the fellowing manner:—One league shall be given to the right and the other to the left, and so on alternately, corresponding with the constructed league of canal or railroad cen- structed, For each three ieagues of telegraph or highroad constructed one square league o! land to be conceded on the right and leit hand of the work. In case that the stipulated public land to be granted inst the construction of said works are not to be had, then lands of equal value and use- fulness shall be granted to the company or its representatives, @ land grant for the conces- sion of these lands will be given by the Dominican government to the company or its representatives when each league of railread and canal, or three leagues of telegraphic communication, shall be ac- complished and ready for the public service. The Le Naf is entitled to emit bonds for fall- road, canal, the ie and highroad constructions, with the faculty of guaranteeing payment there- against, and farther, shal! have the right to hy- pothecate the bonds emitted for the purpose of raistng funds to carry on the work, and shall fur- ther have the right to emit further stock for the completion of said work. Neither :—Emigrants who the company or the be of said company, or merchants who shall engaged in commercial in between Samana and other points of the jominican Republic shall be compelled to pay higher imposts than Dominican citizens. It is also further understood that no taxes shall be levied by the Deminican caren upon works of public utility, or the banking establishments—and, wora, the company shall be treated as the favored of Dominican citizens. ‘The company shall have the privilege of author- izing the formation of other companies, and has the ht of ceding lend to them upon such terms and stipulations as may be considered most ad- vant ous, and, by so doing, carry out the aims and objects for which the company was organized. The aloresaid smaller companies shall have their names Seclen by the said Samana Bay Com- pany, and shall be under the superintendence and Inspection of the said company, whick shall have the privilege of holding shares in the said smaller compantes. The privileges and concessions accorded to this company shail be without prefudice to privileges and concessions accorded to any other person or persons by the Dominican government, for, wp to the present time, no such privileges or con ons have been granted similar to those now conceded tothe Samana Bay company which is now em- powered, for the apace of thirty days, to accept or refuse said treaty. ART. 10,—These concessions, hts, pri LY and immunities shall take eflect omune ‘Aree aro January, in the year cighteen hundred and seven- ty-three, and will continue in force and will remain in force for ninety-nine years from the said date (with the exception of a certain time that is to be conceded to the company for the purpose of taking possession, on As condition that the said company, its successors or Li shen oe fod pay or cause te be ne to the Dominican govern- ment the stim of $150,000, in American gold, in ad- vance, to the Dominican government. e said sum to be charged In advance to the company on the 1st day ofJanuary of each year, and the pay- ment thereagainst to be made in. the capital cl of St. Domingo on the same, or at any place that may be designated by the Dominican government. The first of these annual advance payments shall be made on the ist of January, ¥ the year 1873, unless it hi nm made before. ie COM) any ang its territori ali remain under the unite tection of the Dominican Republic and the United States of America, and the company and its agents, when they deem it necessary, shall ask the protection and intervention of either of these nations or of both. ART. 11.—For the purposes of ratifying this con- vention & vote will be taken on the subject by the Dominican nation and the Dominican Senate. non-payment of the annual rent alluded to in arti- cle 10 or the breaking out of war or other cifcum- stances of force majeure Will cause the said con- vention to be cousidered null and void aiter thirty days’ notice has been given by the Dominican gov- ernment, subsequent to the payment made on the Ist of January, But for no other motives than the foregoing shall the said convention be annulled, Akt. 12.—All_ matters requiring administrative or judicial intervention arisin, 3A the waters olf the mainland, and to the east of the Grand Estero, Shall be under the sole jurisdiction of the Domnican Republic, according tothe terms of the sald treaty with the United States before referred to. ART, 1 Jominican Republic agrees to pro- | vide the Samana Bay Company, according to their request, with all necessary documents and securt- ties, giving them, their agents and representatives | full possession of the territory gonveded to them all purchase land of in the terms of the convention and according to the laws of the Dominican government, Ant, 14.—Li any misunderstanding shall arise be- tween the Dominican Kepublic or any of itsom- clais with the company, its successors or represen- tatives, concerning real interpretation of any Section ol this Convention, or as to any question of right or privilege on behal: of the Kepuvlic or the company supplementary to the signing of this treaty, the subject matter of dispute shall be referred to twoarbitrators, one of which shull be appointed by the Dominican Republic and the other by the Company, and the written decision of sald arbitrators snail be final and binding. Should it-happen, however, that the said arbi- trators cannot agree, then thelr written opinions shall be submitted by the Dominican Republic to a European “political person,” whose decision shall be deiinitive. ART. 15.—The Samana Bay Company promises to use its utmost influence and take all necessar; steps to obtain the admission of all Creare’ ani manulactures of the Dominican Republic into the United States iree of duty, sipped ‘fiom Samana direct, to any of the ports of the United States, Done in duplicate, and in good faith, in the city of St, Domingo, capltal of the Republic of Domingo, the 28th day of the month of December, in the year of our Lord 1872, MANUEL MARIA GAUTIER. SAMUEL SAMUELS. T. SCOIT STEWART, BURTON N, HARRISON, The foregoing is a certified copy of the original deposited with the Secretary of Siate. M, M. GAUTIER, Minister of the Interior, of Agriculture and of a : or. G0, Dec. 31, 1872, Discussion in the Dominican Senate on the 3d of January, 1873. Having heard from the Chairman of the Senate the report of the convention mutually agreed uyon between the Minister of the Interior on behalf of the Dominican Repubiic on the one hand and Messrs. Samuel Samuels, T, Scott. Stewart and Burton N. Harrison on the other hand represent- ing the Samana Bay Company of St Domino, and after having heard statements on the subject ee ay ag Manuel Maria Gautlier, it was moved rN Considering that the ratification of said conven- tion would help public progress and establish peace upon a permanent basis, , Considering, further, that for the purpose of giving validity to the said convention it must be ratified by the Senate and the Dominican people, who represent the sovereign will, and that, con- sidering the importance of the question at issue, it was right that it should be made a nationai qui tion. Therelore, in the name of the Re} mubito, be Resolved, That we endorse the action of the govern- ment in the action taken with reference to the betore- mentioned convention and now submitted to the peuple of =t. Domingo for thelr vote on the subject. Agreed upon in St. Domingo, capital of the Republic, in the chamber of the Senate, on the 3d day of the montl of Jandary, in the year 1872, inthe twenty-ninth year of In- dependence, ninth year of the Restoration and sixth year of the Regeneration. Signed by President Pedro T. Garrido, Vice President Jacinto de la Concha, Pedro Maria Pineyro, Blas Ballejo, Basilio Echavarria Felix, Gerardo Bobadilla, Secretary of the Senate. Proclamation by President Baez. The proclamation commences by enumerating the titles of the President, which are as iollows:— General of Division, Grand Citizen and President of the Dominican Republic—and then proceeds as fol” low Domintcans—In 1869 the government of ‘this Re- public, by your hands, unanimously agreed upon the basis of @ treaty with he United States, and which was in due course ratified. That Providence Which so manifestly watcaes over the destiny of our country teaches us that we should allow no occasion to go by which promises to have a salutary effect upon the improvement of our country. Instead of forming any alliance with foreign States, we have made 8 treaty with a num- ber of capitalists from the United States, who pro- se to convert the Peninsula of Samana into an immense mercantile mart, and which will have the effect of begetting peace and plenty in the various provinces of the Republic. Dominicans, your penetration has never been blinded in the jana affair. You have seen that it has been the aspiration of more than one country to possess it, It has been difficult for asmall coun- try like ours is, while poor and fighting, to defend its integrity; but now that the representatives of a great nation are about to constitute tnemselves residents in this spot, we may felicitate ourselves on the result. This political arrangement, as well as the se- ductive promise ofa material good result occur- ring, has induced your government to ratily this convention, but it cannot be finally ratified until approved o! by the sovereign will of the Dominican people, and which will be shortly asvertained by the ballot box. Although we have temporarily ceded the penin- sula to the company it will remain under the wgis of the Deminican Bapnb le; and the flag of our country will still proudly fly there as of yore, while numerous ships and steamers belonging to the colossal company, in traversing the seas o! the world, will display our national ensign. In conclusion, the government has concluded in its wisdom that this treaty will terminate the lon, vexed question, and will guarantee your peace an future tranquillity. Judge the treaty by its con- text and its trathful spirit and its beneficial ten- dencies, and then, with the light of reason, give your vote. Let your vote be given spontaneously, and not be prompted by impassioned reasoning. Be sure further that the dominant thought of the government is how it can best promote your hap- piness and welfare by encouraging peace and main- taining the national honor, and making all in- vasion of our territory impossible, and that we will preserve the inalienable rights of free men, and ever hold dear the honored name we bear. BUANVENTUA BAEZ. Sr. Domrnco, Jan. 4, 1873, twenty-ninth year of Independence, ninth year of the Restora- toration and sixth year of the Regeneration. Decree by President Baez. Considering that by the national vote of the 16th February, 1570, the Dominican people, expressed their firm will te be annexed to the United States; considering, further, that no such necessity exists at the present moment, and seeing the desirability of developing the immense natural resources of the country, the government, after deep reflectien on the subject, has agreed to cede by treaty the peninsula of Samana to an association of capitalists and bankers from the United States, serbia a fe tthe government does not con- sider itself fully authorized to speak on behalf of the Dominican people, for this purpose it has or- dered that a national vote be taken on the subject to ascertain the will of the people. It is therefore decreed :— ARTICLE 1.—All Dominican voters are required to appear before the civil authorities in their diferent districts to express their views with reterence to the surrendering of the bay and peninsula of Li emma according to the treaty of 28th December, 1872, ‘ ART. 2.—The Mayors or their representatives, also the commanders of military posts in their respective localities, are also instructed to obtain the decisions of the people. ArT. —.—The formula for voters shall be ‘“ap- proved” or “not approved.’ The votes shall be transmitted with as little delay as possible to the Governors of the districts and provinces, who will in their turn forward them to the commander of the different States, whe shall in his turn forward them to the Minister of the Interior at St. Do- mingo. Arr. 6,—The present decree shall be printed and circulated by the Minister of the Interior. Given under my hand and seal, in the city of St. Domingo, on Fheaneee of January, 1873, in the twenty-ninth year of independence, ninth of the restoration and sixth of the regeneration. BUENAVENTURA BAEZ, Here follow the signatures of the Minister o} Tee and Public Instruction—Felix Maria De! jonte. The Minister of the Interior, Agriculture and For- = Aftairs—Manuel Maria Gautier. ie Minister of Commerce, War and Marine— Ricardo Curiel. , BAILROAD PRAUDS, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Srm—As I have always found the columns of the HERALD open to the exposition of wrongs, of what- soever nature, I respectfully ask a portion of your valuable space to call public attention to one of the many impositions practised by the railroad monopolies, particularly of this city, On the 4th instant Icalled at the agency of the great Pennsylvania Railroad monopoly, under the Astor House, to inquire as to the best route to Mobile; movements of trains, &c., and was shown a schedule and. time table, dated October 23, 1872, which. read that the 7 P. M, train from New York, with. through car to Louisville, arrived at the latter city at 8:30 A. M., making close con- nection with train at that city, leaving at 8:30 A. M. for. Mobile, via Nashville aud Montgomery, with through car attached. I purchased a ticket for my daughter, who, in accordance with medical ad- vice, leit with my little sick child on the 6th, at 7 P.M. On the following day, led a anxious to know their whereabouts, 1 call he same office and re- ceived a time table, which I found dated December 23, 1872, in which I found the said train was due in Louisville at 12:30 P. M., four hours after the departure of the Southern train before mentioned. Some days since I received a letter from, my daughter, stating that they arrived at Louisville at 1P. M., lost connection, and that there would be no train on that road until 8:30 A, M. the following day, and that the through car had been taken off a week before; also that the sleeping car was taken on at Bowling Green in the alternoon and dropped at Birmingham at3A. M., with no certainty of a sleeping car tue balance of the route. Alone with sick child she sought an exchange of her ticket for one good on the Louisville and Memphis road, ya Humbolds, whieh she (ne! ‘at some expense and delay, and proceeded at 7:45 P. M. Is it not time, the public should be advised of Such frauds and the companies brought to a sense of their duty to the travelling public and be held responsible for all jalse time tables and schedules ? It is simply obtaining money under false pretences and should be brought before the proper tribunals, and I hope, Mr. Editor, you wil continue to use your valuable influence in behalf of ratiroad as well ds other reforms, LEXINGTON AVENUE, JANUARY 17, 187% HORSE NOTES. The Monmouth Park Association snnounce the following sweepstakes, to close on Barch 1:—The Hopeiul Stakes, of $90 each, p. p., for two-year olds, half a mile; the Monmouth Cup of $50 each, P. P., two and a half miles; the July Stakes, of $50 each, p..p., for two-year-olds, three-juarters Oi & mile ;.the Grand Sweepstakes, of $19. each,.p. DP». for all ages, $3,000 added, four-mi» ‘heats; the Monmouth Sequel 8: , Of $50 exch, p. p., for three-year-olds, two miles; the Themian Stakes, of $50, p. p., for two-year-Glds, threequarters of a mile; the Long Brangh’ Stakee, of $30 éach, p. P.. for all ages, t) carry100 Ibs., one nile and three- quarters, and the August Stakes, for two-year-olds, of $50 each, p.-p.), one mile, ; ‘The American Jo¢key Club have foar sweepstakes now open, which will-clesé on the first of| Marchs Those are the Hunter's Stakes, te be run at the Fall meeting of 1874, for fillies then,thrac|years old, $100 each, half forfeit, one mi'e and three-quarters; Fordham Handicap Sweepst: of $50 each, half foricit and only $10 if declared before the 29th’ or May, one mile and a quarter; Jockey Club /Handl- cap Sweepstakes of $100 each, half /orieit and only $2011 declared by the 20:h of May, winners after the publication of weights to be penalized, two miles; and the Westchester Cup, of $60 each, "half forfeit. Winners are penalized in this race, but whether for past or prospective successes is not stated, ‘ There 1 at present a fine dollectiofi vf racehorses wintering at Mobile. Captain Coftrill has Lyttle- ton, Fireball, Saucebox, Eland, Young Harn, Alice, Romping Girl, Evelina, Mabry, Sallie Wat- son, Sallie Keller and about ,six two-year-olds. Captain Moore has Hollywood, London, Roger Hanson and a two-year-old, full brother to London. George Rice hag Annie Bush, Wanderer, C. 0. D., Bessie Lee, John McCormick, Edwin Adams and Sunrise, George Cadwallader has Frogtown, Florence, Fannie M., Vandalia and Alice Mitchel, Captain Stone has Mary Travis, I. 0. U., Meta H. and two others, and Captain W. H. Williamson's! string consists of John McDonald, Repeater and & two-year-old by Dantel Boone. The total returns of brood mares to “Weath- erby’s English Stud Book” of 1872 is 2,852, being a few less than last year. Their produce is 875 colts and 868 fillies, K. ©, Barker, of Detroit, has added Molly Lin- coln, by Australian, dam Laura Bruce, to his list of brood mares, D.J. Crouse enters bay colt Culpepper, by Re- volver, dam Gentle Annie, and chestnut colt Per- suader, by Revolver, dam Kennikinnick, to the Dixie Stakes, i - A. J, Alexander, of Kentucky,.has purchased from John McKinnar, of Chicago, Magenta, by im- Ported Yorkshire, dam Miriam; Queen Victoria, by Lexington, dam.-Magenta; Sympathy, by imported Scythian, dam. Pranella, by Glencoe; Areoloid, by Asteroid, dam Edina, by Knight of St. George. Mr. McDaniels, of ‘Vinton, lowa, paia $3,600 for Rolla Golddust at Mr. Dorsey’s sale in Kentucky. The Louisiana Jockey Club offer $16,500 in purses and stakes for the spring meeting. The race horse Aneroid (formerly Hotspur), by Lexington, dam Nebula, by Glencoe, died a few days ago trom the effects of poison, administered last October at Cleveland, Tenn. This horse will be remembered as having been in M. H. Saniord’s stables for three or four years. ‘The Utica Park Association have decided to have &@ running meeting in June next of three days. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, nailer Barney Williams writes to Florence, the come- dian, from Florence, Italy, that he will return home in May, firat appearing professionally in Bir- mingham and other English cities. He will be ac- companied home by his wife and daughter. The Pall Mau Gazette is in ecstacies o1 admiration over Mapleson, at his having organized an operatic company and travelling With it over England. The company or “the expeditionary corps,” as the Pall Mail terms it, numbers about one hundred People, all told, and includes a large proportion of stage property. We are not surprised, ‘however, at the Gazette's admiration, The journalist who breathes fog thinks fog, and the newspaper paragraphist who, between beef and beer, drags out a misty ex- istence in the murky chambers of Pall Mall may be excused for not comprehending that an enterprise like Mr. Mapleson’s is achieved every day in the United States on an infinitely greater scale without exciting any special wonder or comments among us, The subject of Mr, Edwin Bootn’s future appear- ance in London has often been broached, but it is not likely that that gentleman will ill a profes- sional engagement there for several, perhaps many, years to come. When quite a young man he acted there, unappreciated, as Shylock, and it is only justly retributive that London should now suffer for the indifference with which she treated him, That Mr. Booth, were he properly managed, would create a furor in London comparable only to what Mr. Booth evoked in this country we do not doubt, What Mr. Booth might do, with pleasure and profit, we should think, would be to make some character—like that of the First Napoleon for instance—as emphat- ically and exclusively his own as “ Rip Van Winkle” is Mr. Jefferson'’s—and so create anew sensation. He would make up wonderfully well as the First Consul; and in a play tracing the varying fortunes of that wondrous hero in something of the style in which, in ‘Marie Antoinette,” Paolo Giacometti, its author. pictures the pleasures and agouies of that ill-fated queen, Mr. Booth might possibly be- come just as renowned abroad as he is at home, and as Ristori is all the world over. LITERARY OHIT-OHAT. A NEW MEDICAL JOURNAL, of which J. B. Lippin- cott & Co., of Philadelphia, are the publishers, and Dr. C, E, Brown-Séquard, the distinguished French physician who recently came to this city, the editor, has just been started. It will be published monthly, being of magazine size and appearance. The name of the new journal is “Archives of Scientific and Practical Medicine,” and this name is an excellent description of its contents. THE Chronicle, au insurance journal, published in this city, has just entered upon its ninth volume, The editors are J, J. W. O'Donoghue and E. A. Hewitt, both of whom have the reputation of being good writers on financial and kindred topics, and the paper was recently still further strengthened by Professor W. 8S, Chase becoming connected with its editorial management, THE PURCHASE of the Bay and Peninsula of Sa- mana by American speculators having awakened great interest and curiosity in the public mind with regard to the Island of St. Domingo, Messrs. Harper & Brothers will in a few days publish avery interesting and comprehensive work entitled “Santo Domingo, Past and Present, with a Glance at Hayti,” by Samuel Hazard, author of “Cuba with Pen and Pencil,” illustrated with maps and numer- ous wood engravings, Mr, Hazard traversed the island from end to end in the early part of last year, and the account of his investigations, explo- rations and personal adventares ts sald to form a volume of extraordinary fascination and value. XAVIER LEOTURE COURSE. ‘The Xavier Union, # Catholic association formed ona basis similar to the Young Men's Christian Association, intend to erect a magnificent struc- ture, to contain a library, reading rooms, &c., in this city. The Union has siready the nucleus of the brary in some five thousand volumes and to aid in procuring funds for the purchase of others a course of three lectures is to be given. The ~_— Rev. P. H. Lynch, D. D., will deliver the first i the series the evening of the 2iat instant, fis subject being, “low to Read and What to Read,” On the 2vth instant, Mr. Daniel Dougherty will speak on the subject of “Oratory,” and on February 4 Wendell Phillips will close the course with a lectare on “Daniel 0’Connell,"” THE DREW-SHERBURN DISGRACE. The Miserable Criminal Pleads Guilty to Aduitery. ConconD, N. B., Jan. 17, 1873. Sherburn, the alleged seducer of Josephine Drew, of Fisherville, was arraigned on a charge of adul- tery this aiternoon, to which he plead guilty, ant was held tn $2,000 bail to answer at the April term of the Supreme Judicial Court, _ BURIED IN THE ATLANTIC. Probable Léss of Six English Grain-Laden Steamers. Reported Loss of the Ship British Flag on Her Voyage from New York to Liverpool. ‘The HERALD has lately published the loss of the English steamer Scanderia, Captain Upton, grain laden, from New York for Waterford—which sailed on 8th October for Waterford—and has never been heard of since. Also of the British steamer James Maryoharch, Captain Deacon, from Montreal for Falmouth, which sailed 12th October, and of which Ro tidings haye been received, Also of the Charucca (English steamer), from New York for Liverpool, grain laden, which sailed 3d November and has never been heard of. Two other British steamers irom Montreal for Great Britain— the Shannon and the Devon—which salled from Montreal for England last November are also unheard of. Changing the scene to the other side of the Atlantic, the English grain-laden steamers E, 8. Judkina and Creswell, from the Black Sea, have never been heard of alter, passing Gibraltar. Recently the Dalmatian, one of the narrow-built Belfast steamers, broke in two.and sunk in a gale of wind, and every soul perished, Another caso is tingt of the Reindeer steamer, grain Jaden, which capsizea Jn the. Mediterranean, and again the Annie Broughtes. steamer, which was abandoned in mid-Atlantic lying off ber, beam ends, ‘This list 18 fairly appalling, and the majority of the vessels lost were entirely new; and it would ap- pear that the present ocean model. o/ steamship very delective, or the material is more #0. But few except those interested in.steam and sailing ship commerce know how many of the noble craft which have left the Atlantic and European ports since November last, to use a familiar ex- pression, “are out of time,’and»are now either being tossed helplessly on the bosom of the Atlan- tic or have found their resting place many fathoma hal in the ocean’s bed, leavi no trace behind em. THE BRITISH FLAG GOES DOWN. ‘The British Flag, iron ship, commanded by Cap tain J. Mills, sailed from here on the 7th November for Liverpool, and was of 1,208 tons burden. Her dimensions were:—Length, feet 5 inches; breadth, 26 feet 4 inches; depth of hold, 22 feet $ inches, ship rig, and had one head amidshij She was built T. Vernon & Son, at Seacom! near Liverpool, gland, in 1866, for the British Shipowners’ Association of Liverpool, who own @ fleet of twenty other ships, all built. of iron, and of ‘which one—the British Vice- roy—is at the present moment in New York. The British Flag, a8 well as the other vessels just alluded to, has been en; in mak- ing vo; 8 from Liverpool to China and India, thence to New York and back to Liverpool. Cap- vain Mills, her commander, was considered @ very experienced navigator. He was born in 1828, ob- tained his certificate of master in 1856, and command of the British Flag from the time that she was launched trom the stocks. ‘The cost of the British Flag was about $160,000, and she was laden ‘with 69,281 bushels of corn in bags and a general cargo of cotton and tobacco, e THE ENGLISH GRAIN TRADE. The immense corn crop in the United States of the eee year brought out # host of extra English steamers who came’ out late in the season to get late—that is to say high—rates. meey of these steamers were loaded hurriedly at the grain elevators, which er in grain as fast asthe ship’s hatches can take it, bein | having all in in bulk without anything to ste: 1t—no bulkheads, no stowage planks. These vessels in most cases belong to the long, narrow model, which is now becoming so Re td ated on ides of the Atlantic, the length being eight te ten times the breadth of beam. These vessels are daily proving themselves mere floating coffins. A Well-known writer on marine atfairs said severat years ago, “We believe that no sailing vessel should be in length more than seven times her breadth of beam, while we could endorse ef probably nine times the breadth of beam for a m: steamer intended jor great speed, but should re- quire her proportionately strengthened, and then would not like to guarantee her as a safe vessel. It would appear as safety had been sacrificed to speed,” eir sailing powers are poor, and when forced to hold their heads against Atlantic seas their steam power is insuiticient, and for the sake of economy they have but small crews. Their hatches are large, for the purpose of being able to load and discharge with rapidity, When caught in a storm their grain head pecs fall often to one side, and the consequence is that they geta list to starboard or port, which makes the vessel unmanageable, or it is possible that she may be so unbalanced by the cargo that she may be overbal- anced and go down to the bottom there and then, or, on the other hand, while the crew is attempt- ing to trim the cargo ina gale, a sea drives the hatches in and the vessel founders. This style of vessel is exclusively an English institution. ‘STHE DISPENSARY DEMOCRACY.” SEEK ‘ Another Secret Meeting at the West- moreland Hotel—Two Dozen Saviours of New York—Preliminary Plan of Or- ganization. Any one who believed that the “great unterri- fied” of this city had wilted, and the democratic party was hopelessly “gone,” had only to stand on the steps of the Westmorelana Hotel last night, between the hours of eight and ten, to be undeceived. Shortly before the clock struck eight a pair of canoes sailed down through the slush in Fourth avenue with a Colossus on board. They ‘went about’’ opposite the Weat- moreland and slowly ascended the steps. The diminutive hall boy staggered when THE IMMENSE SHADOW darkened the glass door. The new.comer was none other than “Big Judge” Connolly. Slowly and, contrary to his usual custom, without a word he marched solemnly to the end of the corridor and entered room No, 8, Shortly after- wards Mr. Robert B. Roosevelt arrived, looking as solemn as a boiled owl and as serious as if he carried the fate of New York in his inside coat pocket, Next came Edmund Randoiph Rob- — Thomas C. Campbell, in quick succession, and 1} TWO DOZEN GENTLEMEN, all of whom looked very serious, and proceeded immediately to room No. 3 ‘The last ar- rival locked the door, to the deep dis- ust of & HERALD Tepoesats who was eft standing out in the cold. hat could itbe? A conspiracy to spring a new charter? Tre hall boy dida’t know; bat a deep mellow “ha, ha, ha,” that no auman being could produce but ‘‘the Big Judge,'? told that whatever kind of business was going for- ward it was of @ bey nature. After a while the reporter learned that it was a meeting of “THR PUSFEMARE DEMOCRACY," wh jng to save Ne . Me ae aE cried met for the first time two weeks ago at the Demilt Dispensary, pursuant toa call from & number oi gentlemen, who had resolved to establish a new democratic organiza- tion, in view of the present distracted condition of the ‘“unterrified.” At it was ousl} bert B. Roosevelt select a committee on organization, and that he rt the selected names at a meet- ing to be held night at the Westmoreland Hutel. Pursuant to this resolution the two dozen saviours of their country met last night in secret session in room No. 3 INSIDE ROOM NO. 3. When all who had been expected had arrived and the door was locked Mr. Roosevelt reau a letter from — Taylor, Commissioner of Jurors, ig on hes gee that he could not be resent. Mr, eveit then took a sheet of paper m his pocket and read the following list of names of the gentlemen whom he. had sppointed ou the Committee on Organization :— COMMITTER ON ORGANIZATION, Edmund Randolpa Robinson, Chairman; Thomas C. Campbell and William T. Bell, Secretaries ; James W. Gerard, Jr., Patrick Dougias Tay- lor, John lecker, Luke ©. Graves, Robert B Roosevelt, Claus Puckhafer, John Phat Michael Connoily, Kichard M. Ty, Mag- nus Gross, Daniel 0, Burdsell, C. Godfrey Gunther, John H, Hartnett, Frederick Thilleman, Jr.; Henry Claussen, Jr.; Smith Ely, Jr.; Myer Stern and Le Grand Lockwood, Nearly all these gentiemen, with the exception of Mr, Douglas Taylor, were present, A NEW NAME. In view of the fact that “The Dispensary Democ- racy’? was not @ very euphoneous title, Mr. Michael Conao) roosed that the opel should call itselt by the more high-sounding name—* he Democratic Union,” It was evident from the dis- cussion on this subject that the name “Dispensary Democracy” suggested the idea of physic to some of the saviors ef their country. . PLAN OF PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION, A plan of preliminary organization was then in order, Alter some discussion it Was unanimously resolved that each member of the Committee on Organization should select seven names from each Assembiy district, and that these names s..ould be submitted at the next meeting of the Committee on Organization, to be held at Mr. Rooseveit's oftice, pursuant to a call from the Chair, The names submitted are to be subjected to the approval of the entire Committee on Organization |elore they are adopted. After some further discussion as to where future Meetings were to be held, tho secret session was adjourned,