The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-14
INTERESTING FROM ST. DOMINGO.
Our 81. Demings Correspondence.

a PyansA and NHgaish Squadron Before Tie OiAy-Pe-
Tenpory Dc1ands-7As Deprecated Papr Currency
Reputation for Us Redemption at 1ztrdud9d Rases-
AistOry Of Its Vtnaliy of Europaan Cbxsuls-
Thar Efforts TO Crush he Liberal GosznmeHt-Pro6a-
~ Uuinae Designs Of the Present Demonstration, dc.
We have four European ships OF parade be.
1sre this city. They have come TO ST. Domingo q mis-
sss 70 strange and scandaous that staggers be
Hef There two French vessels, one English and one
Spanish steamer engaged in bullying this government
INTO sarc'oning stupendous swindlng operation but the
noneyed profits Of the speculation viii remain TO the ex
elusive benefit Of two three British officials.
10 begin at the beginning, and make clear statement
We must 60 back to 1878, whenhanks to European in.
tcrventionBaez became the despouc ruler Of the DO.
ninican republic. Baez has the support Of large
portion Of the negroes who wish unite with Hayt
NE basis Of holding the white race in absolute subsection
V the black but when left to themselves, this party
mach the weaker and osly keep the control while
European vessels Of hand TO sustain them in
The possession Of the capital and other seaports
Baez with his staff ministers and officers, being thus
backed, disposed to shear as large fleece as
the closest cutting could collect from the backs
q the poor Domincans while he had them in hand.
they had many ways Of fleeing the people, but the
which they operated the most extensively in the
issue Of paper money During the whole Of his admins.
ration, Baez kept the press hotly at work
manufacturing paper dollars, until the whole country
was swsmped with it. Millions Of was employed by
ez and his agents in buying up property of every kind
speculation Among other friends and partners in
these ope atoms, members OF the British consular
corps became deeply interested in the Baez money or rs
The people here call it, "Aangolino papsletes.n
There limits to everything and the issue Of forty or
Afsy millions of "papeletes" banshed specie circulation
rade--necessay the Baez paper went down to nothing
The poor people who had received for their rice sugar
and tobacco for their corn, cattle, wax honey, yams
socoanuts, &c. dsmayed to their little all melt
ing sway into bits Of waste paper. They had sold the
suits Of their labor for this government currency be-
cause the only circulating medium Of the country
and there was help.
While Baez yet held the supreme power in st. Do
miDsc his Mangolno papeletes sunk down to the rate
Of two thousand to the dollar under his eyes, yet he
went printing off by millions, and sent it into the
buy up produce for shipment Europe his
own account.
A. last the whole country against the Baez govern
aaent and his niquitous nest OF money makers The
whole concern except the foreign consus forced
leave the Dominican territory, but not without the
"spos for the European consuls used their official posi-
tion to cover their own and their partners lgotten
suls here just his master-Napoleongov their
masters home, abetted and sustained Baez and all MS
ssrruptiops their most offensive FORMS although
any personal interest the papeee spccu
h4on
This may be perhaps explained by considering this sup
mort the reward OF Baezs disposition to carry out the
Anglo French plan Of annexng this republic TO Hayt
When General Santana succeeded to thei Presidency
this proposition Of accepting the negro rule of
Hayu, pressed upon the Dominican Cabinet
with ouch disrespectful urgency that the Execu
i've sen! Mr. Raybaud his passports. This gentleman
Was the late Charge dAars France at the court Of
Soulorque, but the special annexation agent Of
France England and Hayt While Santana was battling
with the European scheme Of Hayden supremacy, the
Consular spectators in Baezs paper pressing him
recognise the sMangono papeletes" government
rency This Santana had right do for by act Of
Congress- provision had already been made to call in and
cancel this paper at fixed price. This at the highest
rate at which circulating before Baez went out Of
power-hat is at 1000 papelees to the dollar But this
liberal law did satisfy the demands of the European
Ccnsuls and they officially informed the government that
they would be treated null and void None Of them
pretend that Of the millions Of they have hand cost
either Of them more than the government offers 10 allow
and is known that they have bought nine enhs Of it at
$500 and 600 "papeetes' to the dollar Yet in the
face these admitted facts they have brought fleet
"nsist upon this poor ana frendless government allow
ing them twenty times much they PAID for their
is GOO go mapgolin0 papeletes.
After Official correspondence full Of dctatorial
gance the part of the French English and Spanish
Consuls, these gentlemen informed the Dominican govern
ment that they would close their consuiaes and leave
the country a body if their demands not accedel
TO at once. They were answered that the Dominican
executive hat the right power 10 anno act OF
Congress- and they reminded that the it.
seg just liberal, provided for the acceptance
Of the Mangono papaetes at much better rate than it's
aEnrg hail in ri fhnfs
fore could do no more IN the premises.
or this the Consus of France, Spain and England
struck their flags with great deal Of parade aud left the
country The Dominican government despatched agents
10 PARIS Leudcn and Madrid with fun state of the
case but all those courts nave united IN tee plan suppress
hg-that is of crushing the Dominican reprblic-and
refused TO entertain the question
This republic has ally on TIL continent, and the
European Powers take advantage Of It's frendless, unsup
ported position Cypress II outrageo1sly Reperlous
mo,sos The French, English, and Spanish squad
ron now pointing its guns on our city, has brought
back consular masters with list Of demands,
amounting in fact To unconditional surrender OF the
independence of the Dominican republic
Of demands secret but there scarcely
room for doubt that is repetition OF the old aterna
tve-negro rule or Be certain that American
merce American enterprise and American citizens must
be forbidden the Dominican territory, or the Dominican
republic must be "suppressed," and the white
driven ont if IT does not yield submission 70 Hayt.
This the and substance Of the cid quadruple ALI
Of France, England Spain and Hayt, and will not
b. changed until this republic recognized By the UnGsd
States or the negroes Of Hay are put in full possession OF
Me- whole island.
is the Of the consuls to let the Domincans under
stand that the Anglo French alliance longer consider it
independent nationality Spain and Hayti but pas
svo tails TO this kite, although they are counted in as
equal Powers in the quaarupe alliance. Snoe Faustn
has dropped OF the square, his imperial brother Ma
poeon, his august SISTERS Victoria and Isabella, may
only stand for Triangle though it is very far from right
anEed triangle The square Of the French base good
deal ha6 equal the square Of the British and
Spanish sides which Napoleon subends, and, what is
more than Euclid knew how to reduce 70 geometry,
extends bis pleasure without increasing their power
Before they landed the consuls sent note 10 the Domni
Executive ordering that salute Of twenty guns
should be given within twenty -four hours 70 each Of their
flags The Dominican Cabinet felt and said that such an
oroer would only issued 10 DEPENDENT or in chas
tsement of some wrong inflicted, and outsde Of the
"Nangolino Papee.e question no offence had been
alleged. The oonsuls only replied by commanding tue
sAlutes 10 be given within six hours.
The Dominican government complied, though under
protest that yielded 10 force for they could not expose
Tho ely 10 the horrors OF bombardmcct for form.
Alter this preliminary the French consul carried his B.
tsh colleague ~ the palace that he nigh, repeat after
him. and In the OF the English government,
the recent o the Emperor Napoleon What these