New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-08
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"This remark sbie peninsula ard bay II, ear ny
81 P.ny lone Of tbOse mart .e pO-,uors BOT often
No., vi,h In a survef Of the m ? a ;te world. Il II
20 ,,s Gull 81 Mexico ~ha' N4yoita 20 the iafisn
Ocean. I;srot only the military, ba' tie com ner-
.s.tL.y ~ IN. l,gif" Ne .-e where c-ls me 'eis
IN yotf the "head # ;hs bridge, o. the tRhF-y
O., ,se Atlantic % he Caribbean So snd tne l.'a-
M. ~ Darn i q .hs Mons Pa aye be- een -.
Do,oirgo on ne wet ana Porto Rio on ne ess..
Tba Bay q San.ara Il 81 inceaf ron, ihir'y nHes
lon~ s.d sbou. gi' i-ss ace ~ in9 eaten 4
~ IN. Is.nd n -yaniog nr ~ Donipg'. W1-n %
luubu- frst opsDec t,is BAY. !i33 on . return
from b.. fret vogue he fhorft' = - ira '~?'-
rating me ,outrerD par cf the i!aod ong F,icl
he bsd been cosstirg from .pm- other and. >tns't
IL in the y.niisuia e. the noT-h o: DO BAY Inc
isthn 10 ccnbec' rg j. vi.h 'h@ msin 2 so ow naf
ZONE time within written h..',fY. there - been
rally RI en- Il through = p-sc,'c-'i- - p'7''
Thns channel c.i4o the Gfsn E.'4f', ., COS l"s~'
up With saud Mountain chans ne s1cdsnY I'm
The lou J.. Lu8s. sud fl- p-n.1slis 'i'"'ds v IN
west 10 eat ab0Ut thirty mic - = 4'--i " -i
l. eleven nile. The s@tnpy lana a. ID" -,t nN- ~
nsuosesf pgIt. Is I've mii-2 "!ae - * -,
BIZ gh 80 aste- ;he Of '-e bob pen.n- IN a.
225 square H.i"s ...,. t,,.
.,., nat tis xhole peios, h.s been trsl-i'r f~H
IN an, GoveJuu.a, We con e.ve J. ~ - ~ u
u.srs Improbable hat io. k'f,PI' - = m l.' l
asked 10 ceco spot for Navy iAiI 'l''i - w
10 10 suy,ebd.r the whole oi DO . - p1plla'ion =
email and H. VIII lc ex'en. is incOnsideraDi-.
TIE Bay of Sarps'a j. r. 'e"'-d ff'n TIE ssAs
which would eLter Wli. Lolth aud eat Vi11S, -
forr idsbe reef Vbicb makes nj i 4ln - ? i4nq-
locked tain. This ref extelds 'roo CAGE ks'a~l'
The snu'b eastern pYprO0'ory Of - moan o. ine
bay " = v. 10 Pa.cua Key. ~ti't i sufd mile ''m
the main land OF Sa1aDa. The passage tor Vesse.s
into tbs bsy i. st.lly ttr ugh he nile le STRAIT
vh,ct thus separate PASCAL Key from Point Cacso
or he rnsiu. iois ctann. IL fu'ff lT 'e9e1 Oy
sh,al ~b only t@fity four fee ~ 81 ly4og OILY tx
cables lef 9Th rtr.v',t & IN '-e keJ - VJtTle-
ton Which make difficult fpr v-s... d, 'e4ge ~i'h
The ca breeze snd reneer- u advas1s for wees %
stand out With he lard bf~-Ie. Tor OF
the channel gives to ne mmen haT.'r VIM
singular defeI.e -g5irsf tisfnI-s re rom 1'H',
vLich mskes the noc bern side OF me ntTo' eha me-
of entrance - projecting, boz 70, III. fhere -
t4rv would entirely coWna'd Tho "n0Ie phs-7R' 10
the hitie sea within. Jack Bannsier, ine sns %h ~
e4l4b,a'eJ crat. OF ~. lftn c"u dcy vailed d. -
,eE of this pos ton ., drive Fl two Ell sl flg'es
which we're in puf.uis u bim and he oJn,ort
Lag,r0e.
WiIip, the hay afford. GOOD accbo'are .lm'st
eyeryyh here and Of course Affords she t-r ana pro-
lection 10 he lrges' fleets. The French h..t sent
out by Napoleon 10 crry oG' ms Ouirak- ON ipus-
saint anchored hefe, RI lie 'lercs amy ltnce1
here II fest con-ist,d Of 90 v.ssel- ~ Fhcr 30
were tbips of the line. The peC1i n advaD'GS2
which ne bay h.re oG4fs lo~evef, a. r4vtI sta
ton consists OF u veins Of c)ai. Nca the rsule;
Aluac.p are large yeIs 81 D.tumnous coal WI. -
have ais beer re, {" b forfter eat. Toe Alm',"n
flows into u bay nclr i's vest END. J. Is SAID mat
The coal which bias been tried has proved ij" Otl-
"u.inous tor the use o. stcsmcre. Ba' nc expert
mem, have Tot been followed up = 'ii a'y ene ~,
anG The veins have no. N any place been Fou- ht 10
He det'b Of TN feet TIE geo. ,r'r4l strururc If
tie country IA such hat there may be coal of bet
ter quality below. Iron. copper. aud small qpgou-
ties of gold, aso found on has little peIios'li
Now that our Government II 10 treaty i'T part or
the hole Of tbs territory Il s ac' tr n"@a Al run-
Gus that sixth pafi Of the populauoO L. already fur
DisLed from our oNn country. Ihe t.tal population
in 1871 was ~, OF whom cous ierabe part we're
DelIo,s from this country, VINO emsTa'eI IN lr2i.
WHEN Boyer n8s Pf.fldeht oi HayI dud TINS ptr' 81
tle is NJ formed pert of his d0millOns Iness peo-
pie, with their Descendants. nON number ABOUT 3DO-
and II is CRAFTY iug fact that they dtn-uleh them
seN.r by the cleanliness al Their proViion Erouu4s
and Their industry. They form the pT hclpal part OF
the congo alton Of the Missionary of The London
Wefl.yan Missionary soc ely, WGo ic-id,s at Puerto
PLATA but occasionally waits .lis place, where d
Nolelan chapel.
The Iopulation has been varied since he discovery
Of the Island. Columbus fonui on this psnlnsa'4 a
vaIlke tribe and thought II 10 be tuIcsly settled.
Tie fret blood shed III America 10 hsot between no
Indians ana whites, was IL skrbish betFeen hs
men al d desc Indians Columbus CAV. the bay the
Haa.o If the Bay Of Arrows, Ia consequence. Inc
per insula was atefwaTd oade station by French
buccaneers whore settlement there .a- ~ - tour H.
il q state, with The III lie want of W JmCn Oscron,
the French Gov cfrof of Ior'uga suppll-d this want
by sending 10 them Il party, who ha1 been sent -
bin from IT. NHlO and he settlement thivel tlll
near The end of The l1th ccntGry, whcn an attack
from the Spanlards mot ann 1ll tte II and IN !'OJ
the strnggliug r-musut wiihdra 10y the French
Government. til 1850 tie peDins 4la neglected.
but ~ that year the Spsii,h Government planted
colony from the Ianaries there Afierward SON of
the refugees from French ~. Domingo took refuge
there. The peninsula has been in TIE last century
nuder the various dominion Of Spain France, the
Haytien Republic and Empire. the iusufgeDt repub-
lie of Spanish IIayu Of 1921, aud the present
Dominican Republic, which ht. held, since loii, the
tasteIn halt OF this beautiful islaud
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