The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-24
INTERESTING FROM ST. DOMINGO.
o,r por,e uu Platte Correspondents.

Poliiioas Affairs Quiet-frtce and Utina Pcd;e Nth
&c Hayleas-rhe yuma Navigation Complay-Ihe
Government Favorable TO the Introduction Of Hdeee E.
terprise and Eaigration-Chan,e in PvJlis Sentiment
IN Regard 10 the Unted Staks--Ths Gold Feds Of
Explorations and Ainiy,g Operations, &c. dc.
q Nothing regard to any further revolutions in the
mt OF Dominica has trs nspirei since last wrote
- governmental point Of view everything is quiet.
~ SEEM 70 have got tired Of those repeated revc.
luons md insurrechons and have settled down 10 ke
lie fee and easy Since the accession of Gerard the
Presidency Of the Ha tiens the Domnicsns longer
kept in dread Of .neir black neighbors the policy Of
whose former roller, rather tyrant, was t subju.
gae the Domn cans, and drive the whites completely
from the sAnfi In consequence Of these renaces, tho
Dcmnicans were under the necessity Of beng constantly
prepared End constantly The alert fer thu ncursions
MO, and attacks upon them, by Soulouque aui
hls Sse ,werr Very few Of the HaytenT however, sym
pshiz cd WITH sououquc IN his ambitious schemes Of terri
sorI aggrcndzement But his autAc riy being absolute
law any expression Of their ON this p,int was ha
Ardousn the extreme. The five ysrrs truce or armstce
That had been agreed upon betweea soulouqus ard the d.
icaa authorities expired sst sring, and preparations
had been made by the black EN- pcror for renewal Of
The Onslaught the would expire Bat the
revolution whice drove him FRO power put aspect
Ithe international affairs d the governments Upon
No accession Of Gcrard, the negro popurce aud
tave expression TO their vicgs and demanded Of Geart
pledges that he would longer pursue policy Of his
ypredeceeso- in regard tne Domincans The tace
accordingly renewed for Ave ycars longer, with
The assurance that in the mcer.me treaty
u snity and commerce would be concluded
between the two gov ernments Whom II is un.
aerstecd that at cest thirds Of IL the Instructions
md solutona Dominica for tho isst years have
been omentcd ind insigaed by the secret influence and
avszaacy Of Sca,suque, you will readily conceive what
ssarce Of troueic is here got rid Of
You VIII, pcrtaps have beard ty this time that pro-
ject now foot here Ivy Baltimore company TO nav
So with steamers the Yvna rvtr, which rises high af
the Cboa mountains and flowing eastward through the
Royal Plans emptes into the far famed Bay Of Sans
n those plains lying between the northern and middle
sange a runains ara, perhaps the most fertile district
- The world. They about one hundred and
MY mRcs long, aud vary in width from ter 10
SDvty ma.es, and yroverbiay healthy Were they
settled ty energetic and indus population, their
produoes in tobacco sugar, Coffee indigo, cocoa, &c,
and chsfy for grazing purposes The agents
Of the ,aay Howet So Domingo City, endesvog
navigating the Yune, present indications they
win 70 do AIT succeed What this country wants TO do
veope IN colossal resources In mineral agricultural and
eoi al wealth 10 Sonkee enterprise ingenuity and
skAl
n is urprisng what change public sentiment has
aone here within tic last year In regard to the United
Bates Through the influence OF the English French and
agents OF Onted states
b this part has hitherto been in measure
psoebed. England France, Holland and other Europ
Powers have treaties with Dominica and their trade has
thus been protected and favored, United States
having no treaty witt this government its trade has
sequently suffered by these determinations proscrp
sons and the ruinous and arbitrary exacous OF the
government officials Recent edicts however, place the
trade Of the United States on footing with the most
favored natons. The people Of Dominica uni
versay favorable 70 the Yankees coming among them
conceded by them. that ever their country ia
deemed from It's present waste must BIO BY the
thrift and energy OF tho Yankees. The President and
majority of his coeDselors this 70 be the case.
and will hereafter modify their policy 10 favor
inevitable Issue. Particularly all the north side Of
hland called the boa region, looks nnxiousy forward
70 the day when Anglo American capital, industry and
ski will undertake the work OF reclamng their country
from it's present desoaton
That gold exista abundance is beyond all ques
aDu We have explored the Nboa and Msgua rivera,
and every where tried found the "c,lor.s
s.s The psosescns psmsns !. high as 81 90 psr day
per hand That the mines were exhausted by the early
inning operations are still visible 10 their long bat almost
sb'terated trenches, shafts and excsvat MS yet they
evidently worked with little skill and ge
q auriferous deposits. satisfied that,
ancient "cieginsv to be worked again by modern
did those who sst worked them Besides they seem Il
have traced the deposits to their sources in toe Quartz
bases OF the mountains ss the base Of almost all hese
mountains 10 gold bearing quartz.
We CONNIE need TO dam and hume the Cboa river just
n point where pitches rocky precipce iuto
deep hole below. We found by pattng do pole split
at the end and driving into the sandy and gravey bot
tom, and then Withdrawing IT, thst the deposits thus
and that there evidently 10 that hole the accumus
tons Of ages. But project was abandoned last fall,
because found that could no. depend upon the
tive labor to fnsh before the wet set in is
impossible TO get the natives to labor more than about
day out Of three and then only few hours OF that day
hey lazy, sloT and ineffective. We got ont Of all
patieuce with them.
gold in the streams. Aher heavy rain they seen
going along the little brooks and rvuets turning up the
vices and from bcisw the stones over which
u washes, and then washing out the gold particles
semc o. very srea, value, radey ma sufactared ont Of
This native gold, gathered by themselves and which they
resr upon their persons But 70 get the native men to
make nothing OF time and take no thought for the
POW They cultivate Anew panains and little corn, and
these together with the wild hogs and cattle which range
In mAepse herds upon thesavannahs aud mountains,
and the superintendent fruits OF the island support them
m comparative dleness and consequently,
their living is concerned, they have cw This how
sver, ases only TO the country people In the towns
and villages there are some mechanics and traders who
give show OF thrift and prosperity TO them Although
alehargc quiet aud doce people, they are nevertheless
pleased and excited upon witnessing any enterprise going
Forward ans2g them by foreigners
Under the tariff adjustment ell agricultural nipple
ansy free and when Is remembered that there Is not
saw mill in the Sepublc, while the mountains plains
Gany, pine satin, fusc and other valuable timber il is
surprising THAI enterprsng Yankee has yet undertaken
the importation and establishment. Of sawmll in some
f The districts near the principal cities The lumber
used At Port Plato, Santiago Lavega, Cotuy, &c has
. be brought al great cost from the States aud sells
Aeee cities at from SEQ 10 500 thousand feet Neither
there grist mill on tho Spanish part Of the island
The people grind their by hand mills or pound in
sort OF mortar while the corn in the eel Mt from
81 80 50 per barrel and when ground from 90 to $40
Ger barrel, in the principal cities. few thousand
dollars invested In saw and grist mill In the
neighbcrhood Of Santiago, for instance, would pay
the proprietor immense revenues per year. II
could be landed at Monte Christi, from whence
.shere is nearly level road and good carriage all
she way up the Vague to Santiago The lumber could be
cut and RATED down to Santiago the Cboa and Vague
evers There Is little lumber sawed at Santiago By
and, at cost Of eighty cents per cut OF ten feet In
ynsequerce OF the scarcity and coat OF sawed timber
n oab,ans bud their floors Of Tags and brick ami roof
N Wr houses With the palm lea. Those arc able 20
ak wd II, however, flor and roof and build of lumber
q Mmil and = lumber yard here would be q mine OF
veal N. There q number OF rich merchants AMI
trade 70 ana families hercdtzriy rich, In the place
Who have boarded their donbloons for genera