The New York herald., 1870-02-20

Inc steamer TSDec, rom ST. Domlnpt mo ath, sM
Samana and Porte Plata the 10Th and a2th, arrived
nere yesterday.
Spanish InSesence-T Ti&erisus~ Attempts 10
Silence tho Press-European Influence
Hatred FOR America and As~ericans.
ST. DOMINGO, Feb. T. ft10.
An outoresg OF spanish anip,asity, an attack al
once brutal aud cowardy on the person OF an
American oisizen who cdits u paper nero On 'ic
American ~ stem, has natnrssiLed new ana eA-
pressive word. Utter tue word "tigerism"
di0reSmOJ in the presence OF any Donsnicah ana
u Is understood al once expressing all tnat can
be sao OF Spanish policy IN the Annes. From
la-o--wNen the Spanish Q-lclas declared. without 4
blush that Two millions ~ the gentle and connding
race which had received the spanish sscoyerers OF
nayu with divine hopcrs had oecn DESTROYED bv
the severe and unacccstonled laborsT' cxacsed bom
thcm by their new tasNmastcrs-up TO this year OF
1870 which opens upon Ten Thousand CuDan homes
wansoniy desolated ty spanish cruelty, spain has
been the pundorer Of the weak and the mur-
d.rer OF The helpless That 'pirae nag of blood and
goid' as Soule defined IT on tbe noor OF Congress,
is the only one IL Cnristendom under which the
hquisttion could thrive rae bu,cheres AMI
plundenngs In cuba could be tolerated. Bat W the
case before US.
There are Two papers printed IN ST. Domingo.
One, the BoLetfa, IL dry ana narrow, ~ State ga
zettes usually are The otncr NJ sol the Snn) was
started as the organ Oh various socetes-religious,
moral ana literary-in which A large portion of the
most able and promising OF the Dominican youth
are enrolled ~ sol mas, however, taken high and
independent position on all national questions. Mr..
1ngu Gurldi Is tie government editor OF the gov
ernrncnt paper, having his brothcr Senator XAVIER
GuTldi as mis- colleague, and between these brothers
and the brave Geacral Jinenes the SJi mas been and
IL managed As the iadependent advocate OF the
American system. whcn out mere means annexa-
ti0u The general tone OF tue >o anu, ABOVE ali its
articles III iaVor OF cedins sainana TO the United
states, have gwen unb0undcd offence 10 the Euro
pean party mere. ncluding consul or two, who are
pIckiing rods FOR taer own backs. some of them
have had much 10 say about the npropfiety oI con
ndtng the government paper 10 such notorious
and incorrie.be Unoan- American as Anguio Guriai;
out rs Nc IL connected on both sides WITH
I'VE very best o. the Old planter families
of the island and is unimpeachaLe III character
and capuci,y Baez turned deai these ren0n-
strances Ire official 6Ojetin ol course maintains
y silent neutrality; but Liie SR has dealt freely with
the cuban question: ana us hvticcs VI ana ts stric-
lures the progress of the Cuban revolution have
eTased the Spanlards to the hi2 nest ptch. Two OF
them went 10 the residence OF Anguo Guiridi with
the evident intention oi slencng llis TOO truthful
pen by threatening demonstrations. Jhcy began
BY demanding the name OF the author OF an article
on the brutal conduct OF The Spanish volunteers in
Cuba That Is IA question To be answered IN my
etice, not nere,n was tne reply. Iney went there
.iear IT, and 1t Was tnis:-"fhe article Of which you
s0mpian was written uy me, As well as many sml-
iar ones tnat have appeared heretofore, and Others
si the same stamp that are yet TO be publshed,
The rampant Spanlards retired with this Official
reply, aud GuridI went over 20 The Governors,
wnere after an hours conversation with Don
Uameon HacZ, he left To return to the Office OF the
.Uk. On his way the two Spaniards Iamayo and
Morales sprang upon him IRON behind corner
from which tue5 had ne n watching mis- approach
Iamayo, already answered, repeated the ques-
lion as TO ihe authorship OF the Cuban
articles, and on the affirmative beng gwen
was presently assisted III his cowardiy
assault Dy Morales. / say cowardy tor they two
were IN iu health and strength auu Angulo Gurdi
WAS known to them as very iecbie from recent Ill
ness and wholly unprspared 10 mes, tnc sudden
saught OF two picked puiiies. There several
most estImaDie aad highly respected spanish resi-.
dents III 81. Domingo, Who mucn regret the occur
renee, but most OF tnat nation joined III defending
the criminals. anu That has lolscd the Ire OF The Do
Inlnicans 10 Il dangerous heat. General Jinenes,
who had distinguished part IN expe.lug the span
lards III ls64-65, came out SDt win fu ac-.
count OF the afair, which intensified the public
Indignation. Many members OF the ponce are span
iar,s and they cuunived AT the escape o; Morales SO
that only Tamayo was taken before the Alcaide.
THIS judge was browbeaten py tue European party
into letLng h on with the paltry line Of three
lars and half Tor sayasely beating SICK anu unof
lending American citizen IN the puolc streets ol ST.
Domingo. "Are we TO live under law or ligerismS"
demanded General Jimenes, on hearing the measure
Of justice dictated 10y European influence, and me
word was caught up aud circulated 10y the DoIninl-
can cItizens 'sigerismn anu 'Tgre5usn iygerltes)
hourly hissed the ,paulards In the Streets
and the autncrllcs nave their hands full To Keep the
peace between tne American and aptl-Ainericau
parties.
venezuelu and Aruexutiou--iiumored Move.
mcnt of Iunuentiui Venezueinns- What
They Desire Of president BUeZ--am0nM
Affairs Business.
IT was reported at st. Domingo just before the
rybee left that place for New York that President
BaeZ had received communication from influential
parties in Venezuela asking him TO use mis- good
Offices with The Uniteo States government to bring
aDou, the annexation OF that republic TO the United
States. They were heartily tired, they said, OF the
constantly recurring revolutions In Vene1uea and
saw no hope for the country but IN such political
change would insure for il strong ana stable
government Tney represented that there was
considerable party III venezuela III favor or annexa.
LOn and thai all that was wanted to deveope the
strength or that party WAS for some sign OF en-
couragenent TO be gwen II from the United States
At Samana all was quiet. Colonel Fabens the
United States agent was still there and an Ameri-
can vessel was unloading coal at the naval station
where preparations were III progress for the
OF number OF government buildings, the materials
for which were expected 10 arrive shortly from the
States. An English and a French man.of-war had
visited Sainana, but left after short stay. The
United States steamer NatasBett was at st. Do
ming0
Business was very brisk both at ST. Domingo and
Port an Platte. The exports were increasing and
there was growing promise OF large trade be.
tween those places and New York.