, 1870-06-04

ssme cM1ions DeveloPments-B~
tiautieFs Caxeneau, Schumacher,
and Babcock SchanaeA-Petix1oanF for
Large Land &rRAts a0A RRilread
Privileges 0RFeseA BY Gs1snl Perry
spicy Letters Between Certain
R@Eties-
Harrington tJune ], Go1espends"es ef the ysss
The 81. Domingo question becomes more
and more mixed from day to day. President
Grant has sent to the Senate another message
urging : ratification Of the treaty Of anne1a-
tion; but At the same time are started new
grounds Of opposition, fresh reasons why cur
government should not act hastily. il at al.
in negotiating with Mr. Raez s Co. The
1atest information given to influential Senator'S
would lead to the conclusion that Bsez is
not man to be trusted N any sort OF degree,
and that Gautier, Cazeneau, Fabens and 1er1J
Dominican President Or connected WITH the
annexation project, including General Bab-
cock. are no better than they ahou1d be. Semi
tor Sumner, who has all along opposed the
scheme, has been let into the secret OF recent
proceedings IN st. Domingo which decidedly
Of Mr. Baez and his ministers. The sixth
article Of the treaty, signed By Mr. Gau-
tier, the Dominican Secretary Of State,
and Mr.. Raymond n. Perry, our Consul to
ST. Domingo, provided that after the execution
Of the convention between the two parties no
land granite, mining rights. or other conees-
Government Notwithstanding this very plain
provision, it appears that Mr.. Gautier ap-
proved petitions Of MF. Cazeneau and
Schumacher, asking for enormous grants Of
land for mining, emigration, and railroad pur-
Dominican Senate. Cazeneau is said to alresdy
Own about one-haH the public lands of the
country, and in his new petition he modestly
begged for ccssion Of 200, 900 acres more,
with reservation to his exclusive use and
groht Of ~ e The mining Tsath that might be
Was for the privilege OF building railroad be-
tween St. Domingo and Aqua, 100 miles in
length, with one mile Of public land 1t each
side Of the road-in other Words, 200 miles Of
what, I nm told, contains soma Of the best
land in that country.
These are both very moderate and cool re-
quests in the face OF the unmistakable pro-
visions Of the treaty. But It is alleged that
Alr. Minister Gautier viewed the schemes with
favor; indeed, it is asserted that he Was di-
tectly interested in their success, and that he
had arranged with the Dominican Senate for
and Jointly consider the propositions Three
pa.s such grants would b. efAtion ion Of oS
the treaty, and yet =fd4hk to op-
pose openly what they believed to be the de-
sires Of Bsez and GAutier, went to Consul
at the same time urgiug him to protest il tho
name OF the United States Government. Mr..
Perry met Hi, Gautier soon after and asked il
it were true that such schemes we're before
the Dominican Senate, to which Gautier
answered in nthesnessti7e. This did notaatisfy
direct TO President Baex setting forth
the information be had received, calling
attention 10 the sixth article Of the
treaty, and respectfully asking for copies Of
the Cazeueau and Schumakar petitions fos
the use Of the United States GoSeEnment.
Instead Of receiving an answer from Bsez
himself he wss honored with curt
note from Gauher by direction Of His E1-
cellenCy the President" in which Gautier de-
dies the right Of Mr.. Pe2ry to demand such
information, and suggests very p1anly that he
(Per1y) had batter mind his own bueiness, and
net presume to addressa diplomatic note to
the mighty ezez, President Of DoEninica- Mr..
Perry sharply replied to this noke Of Gsutiex,
taking tha ground that his appoint
ment "a plcnipotentiaV to mako the
treaty Of annexation gave him full power over
the WholR subject, and that ha felt it to be his
duty to guard jealously ths ;atareats Of the
aaes sasss n spa % o.s the .aS n
lation Of the treaty, ha had respectfully
aeked for all inform4Eon on the subiscf-
Why il should be denis1, or why any seaEe&J
ehou1a be observed, ii tha schemes vera pef-
fecAf right and propAf, were things tAak he
eouM not comprehend
About the same time Mf. Perry had spicy
correspondence with Nr. Cazeneau ON the.
snme subject, He asked Cazeneau to, give him
copies Of the petitions but CazeneAn replied
u No,'' il. pretty much the came syla Is had
Gautier. Perry replied in sharp and pointed
letter, Harning Cazeneau that he knew all
about his scheRes, and that he would most
certainly e1pesa them. He bekeyet that i'm
proper uae vaa being made OF President
G1ant's nAna to carry Ont diarepntahle
jobe, but he would see to it THAT
the fair fame the rreEi-
dent would not be thuB ~ -. raced Cazeneau
sent another reply to this, eKesting to Perry
that Perhaps Grants chan did not require
any protection at PerDs &s1ds, md limiting
that be Perr5) had QY 4is injudiGioqs con
duet) spoiled certain plkns to which the
United States Government vas Pnvy' a1A
which were desired by the United States Gov
ernment- That thoso plaas shoud ha7e been
Kept profound secret, but were now maae
public and rniped- ,.., r
No further correspondence occurred The
protest Of the Consul, however, caused tho
Dominican senste to reject the CAzenean.
pcbnmafer schemes. Further, it Appe1rs that
On 10 Iast t1ip mxde by tho Tybee 70 1t.
Dosuineo. she carried with her = large qnan-
tity al nms and ammunition, - well ~