The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-29


his Excellency, and in this way the important
truth TRANSFERRED. His appeals for protection
against these outsges TO the oommissary of his
arondisse ment, to the Project Of Police. TO the
American Minister, and to the French Minister of
Marine, were alike entirely disregarded His
to he latter is a. follows
PAais, Oct Is, 1856
SRI deem II proper TO acuuaint your Eroellency Nth
Inc fact that trunk has recently been opened and "
rohtens subjected examination II contain together
nh many papers book shutting with lock. In which
' ere memoranda, bearing an important rotation 70 tue
subject Of my late letter 10 his Majesty much priEet
map executed ny myself 10 have been paroined
mat the locks u my trunk and book must have been
picked In reiterated instances These occurrences trans
ped a. my apartments No 20 Rue dAntin, the key Of
hicb, during my absence invariably cbtrusted 70
Mr. Who is al the proprietor and concierge o. the
house l have the honor 70 be, with distinguished
tidera'ion your Exosiieucys obediens se5ysn, :,
To His ExcelIency Admiral HAss,is, Min s,er Of state
Tor The Marine, &c.
Immediately upon this discovery by the French
Of the mineral value Of st. Domingo, the best map
Of that island ever published Zone Of which, namely,
that by Piquet. Geographic du Ro ct dc Mgr. lie Duo
d'0reans ) was reprinted with a haste 30 ludicrous
that whilst the date Of its imprint was altered from
1910 to 1867 it still purportcd to have been issued
in 1857 by 'the geographer Of the King and of the
Duke of Orleans" General Santana, in reply to
Mr.. Parrish's inquiry for maps of the island Qor
the use of his company hereafter mentioned), in.
formed him that the French government had just
issued these new editions, by some understanding
or arrangement with the General. The following
articles also (all Of which tell their own story then
successfully appeared in the Moaae,o', the official
journal Of the French government
On Ar NJ l. n If
submarine telegraph intended to connect this island
with the French Antilles
On the 18th Of November. 1857 il is stated that
number Of emgrsnts recently left France for st.
Domingo, and a new departure is announced TO
their projected establishments.
On the 2lst of February 1858. an imperial decree
establishes line Of steamships No Hayti, &c. aud
approprates 800 600 francs per annum for its sup
port
On the 18th of June, 1860, the Haytien loan Is an
nounced as having been distributed at the Hotel de
VILE at Paris under the supervision Of the Minister
OF the Interior.
During the years 1857 and ISIS Mr.. Parrish or
ganizcd a company in New York for the deyelope
ment of these West Indian gold fields. whose plan
was to connect the island with New York by steam
ships: TO introduce steamboats, on the rivers Yaqu
and Yuma; to construct railways in the Vega Real,
&C., and to procure from the local government
general mining privileges throughout the island
In the same year he visited and prospected
these formations, procured both ores and nuggets,
and only reached the city Of st. Domingo in time
to ascertain that Mr.. Reybaud the French Consul
General, had obtained from the Dictator Santana
the identical grant Expressed almost in psisst,is
cetis) with that which he himself had gone to OBJ.
tain II will be found published in ertenso In the
Gdceta tsfcidl Of that city. April 10, 1852 Similar
concessions were also obtained By Mr.. Reybsud
from Hayt. A knowledge Of these encroachments
BY the French was promptly brought BY Mr.. Par
rish TO the notice of his government by letters to
General Cass Of the 18th and oath Of May 1853. In
the course Of which he remsrks:--
The nautical ascendency over the larger Antilles con
icrrea uroo TINS Island by ts bays ana ~
climate and produe Tons BY a vast area and close prcH
NIFTY 70 the stats0, gives IL political value whether
for good for far too momentous 10 DO regarded
with indifference. Nearer In time TO New York than Bu
s thirty years ego, more necessary to our expand
Ing than any other portion of the West Indies
gaining daily aad hourly 10 the general appreciation
world the time would seem TO havs totally Ella ssd
eon,d TO the inIigues OF European governments
These suggestions elected no notse, and the ope.
ra,ons Of the French went steadilyon. Their poll.
cy, however, might long ago have been anticipated
BY the perusal OF a couple Of editorials in your
paper Of the 9Th and 9th Of July, 1858. which an
pounced the existence of an entente cordidlc be-
tween Mr.. Buchanan and Louis Napoleon. having
for is object the appropriation and division OF the
Anttlles:--France to take San Domingo. and the
United States Cuba, &c.-a project still In force,
but oneur part not yet successfully consummated.
Hence the Thirty Million bi,r for the pur-
chase Of Cuba. urged upon Congress by the Presi-
dental message Of the succeeding winter; the late
overthrow Of the Haytien empire in the west and
the Spanish republic in the east OF San Domingo
(both the result OF French intrgues) the resuscita
ton OF tie old Hayten debt 10 France, Of $50 000..
Oo0f. Indemnity for the revolutionary confscs.
tons OF 1889; the concordat between the Pope
Q.ouis Napoleons Prime Mnister) aud the churches
Of the island. and many other indications that Gef-
frard aud Santana are mere creatures OF the French
government In short, the French power is actually
consolidated at our doors. This entente cordia's
however profitable il may have proved to certain
persons IL certainly the most fatal the most igno
rant, and (since treaties not ratified by the Senate
are unlawfuB may even be termed the mos. tres.
sonsbe error Of diplomacy which has thus far oc-
cured in our limited history. St. Domingo Is
but another California. In fact, II Is rsking nothing
to say ,hs, II the people of the United States had
been aware Of il inestmsble value and OF its his.
tory during the past four years, they would have
frustrated the policy Of France, even At the peril oil
awar.
Bot enough Of this episode.
Probably led by the alluring example Of Russia
(ss above montoned), the French government, IN
ISL also sent out commission to examine and
report upon the value Of the gold fields reputed 70
exis, in Bambouk, which was a little negro king
dom in the Kong mountains Of Africa at the head
waters Of the Gambia and the Senegal. A. long
ago a. 1904 Golbeuy had published work enti
tied Travels in Africs'--ireahng. smongsi other
things. Of this region. and giving pretty good
summary Of its exploration by various travellers
So an'eduyian. however, were his geological
views that (ehap. si.) he estimated it, annual su