The New York herald., 1870-01-22
ST. DOMIN GO.
A New Power Threatening tho United
States-Cabral Stirring Up the
DisaRsotea- a-opposition
to Annexation.

ST. DOMINGO Dec. 8. 1860.
fIavti was the OLD indian name OF this island. bu,
the small territory composing the western thlrd OF
its area assumes TO itself this name. Lately this
republic OF Hayt cut itself into TWO governments,
one in the northeastern section, under Saget, and
the other under Salnave, holding on to Port au
Prince and the region surrounding that cap
ital, but both claiming 10 be the 'nation OF
Haytl" Now the southeastern section, adjoining
the Dominican province OF Azua, has bloomed
cut into third independent State, with Jacmel
as ts seat OF government This last division OF the
always exceedingly narrow territory Of Hayn IL
about tho size OF Westchester county In New York
and may have q population OF 1900 souls. II
claims, however the ability to put 1000 Cacos in the
fed for the invasion OF the Dominican repdblfc
This Caco State prints and distributes by mule loads
the paper currency OF Hayti like the other two
Powers, and claims like them also, to be the nation.
This new Power is seriously preparing to make war
on the Dominican republic Tor having leased Samana
the United States and for the 'base surrender or
It's nationality In proposing annexation"
Every white Dominican that shall fall into their
hands ls promised the fate due traitor. Not to put
TOO hne point upon II. the cacos in their blind fury
atthe determination OF their Dominican neghDors
seek admission into the Union, are lashing them
selves into war OF races General CanraI vindic.
tive at having been superseded in the Presidency by
Baez IL the military leader OF this movement II
VIII be his desperate dying struggle and with his
inevitable QuenchtDg out VIII expire the last hopes
Of the Cacos for the exclusive supremacy OF the ne
groes The backs-as race-no longer govern
this island, and the influx OF mining and other set.
tiers from Europe and the United States makes 1t
every day moro impossible
CaDral Is bold, reckless and experienced guerilla
leader, and has for more than q year hung on the
dominican rontei, living on the nocks and herds
piundered from the fine border pasture, but could
gel no further. lie mas unlimited power to print
Haytlen currency-a power so freely used oil round
that one silver dollar Will buy 200 or more OF these
paper Ones-ne has had the aid and good will Of the
surrounding European colonies wnere his partlsans
found means and protection under even the most
suspicious circumstances he had the presses Of st.
Thomas, jamaica Cuba and Porto Rico 10 sustain
his cause ana credit by puolshing the garbled and
often utterly false statements put forward by his
partisans while they invariably suppressed the
true statements OF hts weakness, ana he had
the private favor OF several foreign consuls at
st. Domingo VINO went SO far as to receive his
manifestoes and circulate them under their of1lcia
envelopes, and every enemy OF annexation aud the
United States was doing his best TO nelp HIM. Yet
make a months stand on Dominican soil. He has
0ten been, anu was again at the last accounts, en-
camped with strong guerilla parties at some point
within the depopulated frontier belt and he has had
several skIrmsnes with parties sent TO dis0dge him,
but always with the same result. His Cacos scatter
Mt signt OF regular force and he falls back to the
shelter or Jacmel.
Baez made arrangements for introducing from
1000 to American families In this frontier belt,
and the noisy preteace OF invasion by the Cacos was
got up year Sgo by the Cabral party to head on
this movement and this last concentrated and final
Caco gathering on the frontier will come to nothing
Ike the rest. Simply as matter Of precautiOn
answer TO their lofty threats of "war and extermi-
nation" a civil request from the commander OF the
United States steamer Nantasket that citizens Of the
United STATES who happen to be attending to their
nican frontier, shall be respected in person and
properly: AZ the Nantasket was leaving the French
dropped In the roads, on her way from Martinique
10 Port au Prince. she leaves again to-day.