, 1865-01-13

Of SeIbo there had been continual sklr-
nJablus. thoa@h aot of a very severe ma
tuge, since u %paniards Claim ( have
made only ABOUT forty prisoners Tue
people of Hignez in that province, are
said to have ''behaved with much 10y
atty" Salcedo, provisional president,
and chief of the insurgents, after being
in the hands of some Of his colaborers
as prisoner, is said to have been at length
shot by them. This singular quarrel
among tie leaders of the Instruction,
which appears to have thus tragically
terminated, is worth investigating, in Or
der to get at the motive which induced
the companions of Salcedo to put him TO
death but in as much as the Spanish
papers do not choose to enllghten US,
and since J., at least, have no means of
procuring information from the Domini-
cans, we can only conjecture what that
motive may have been. We know that
an attempt was made at arrangement
with the Spaniards by Salccdo, and the
failure Of that attempt is, beyond any
doubt, partly att. able 10 the disagree
ment which almost Immediately occurred
among the Dominican chiefs. This indl-
Gates plainly enough that all were not Of
one mind, and as the quarrel enlarged in
proportions it became evident that the
peace party were in a minority for Sal
cedo was not only overborne in the con-
troversy, but actually arrested by his
officers. If he has been shot it is not
difficult to suppose that he was tried and
condemned for a traitorous attempt to
o1hroit onI ~ -, oI101ly nocvy To onpIoo-
ture, as a consequence TO that event, that
the great majority of the leaders are de-
tormined to fight to the death and be
exterminated rather than submit. In this
case they will achieve their object. 1t
only needs such a determination. Sal
cedo may have been actuated by good
and humane motives he may have seen
q great deal of suffering and misery caus-
ed by the war he may have thought in
dependence not worth its price in blood
and starvation but perhaps he also
thought he was the fly on the wheel and
that the people had no will and determi-
nation of their W and to this idea he
has fallen a bloody victim. The war,
therefore, continues and though there
are occasional rumours Of a desire to sub
MT On ClIC JuIG VA CSiCdIA pOIGIOHS vi tuC
population, as, for instance, at present in
regard to the towns of San Cristobal, San
Juan and Neiba; yet we must refuse to
attach credit TO them.
In this case, then, it will not be unin-
teresting TO glance at the of
this people, who have for so long a time
successfully resisted, and still propose de-
flying for an indefinite period, a power so
immensely superior TO them. For the
facts | have collected on this subject, I
think it right to say, I am indebted to the
labors and researches of Don Manuel
Fernandez de Castro, a gentleman of
known requirements and erudition, who
has published many interesting historical
papers 10 the press of this city.
During the revolution which separated
st. Domingo, so-called from Hayt-that
is, the Spanish from the Fr,ucfl part Of
the island-a decree was issued, dated
July IL, 1843, which divided st. Domin-
go into SIX departments :-Southern de-
partment, Western department, Artiboni-
ii, Northern department, Cabao and Oza-
ma. These were subdivided into c%antons,
these again into commons, and these f.
nally into sections. Every common was