New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-22

In gathering Ucnuf0NltB Tor inc market. Tho this
savanna apparently poor though the natives say It Is
productive in tho rainy seasonthat is from May to o.
tober There ere few gardens or orchards OF any kind
except rude pens for c6rraling goats little beyond
this cluster Of buildings passed the Balm River,
small stream Of pure, swtrunning water and found be
yond its banks enormous growth OF cacus-some OF
the plants throwing from 90 to 100 stalks Il to 40 feet
high Two miles beyond the river reached tho town
THE HosPIrALTTIEs OF Balm.
The town OF Balm itself is also upon sandy savanna
and near the mountain range. The COmmandante, Sr.
Ortis read our letters and received with every
OF respect The white element preGomnates in Bain
the ooored does In San Chrstobal Mons Grand-Grard
French citizen, entertained us In French STYLE and
with hearty French poeness. Tho Puebla has about
2ooO inhabitants. and the Commune about 6OOO There
are two Catholic churches 20 which all the population
belong with the exception Of Protestant and
jew They have two schools and about IS per cent OF
the population read and write. We met with more
intelligence and refinement here than at any other place
VIC have seen tho Island, the City OF SantO
Domingo not excepted. Several copies OF q
paper published at Santiago taken and that paper
has a contributor here. The entire population
are enthusiastic the subject OF annexation. Not
man is known to 10 opposed to it, The ANIMAL products
OF the Commune are about 10000 Qunals Of sugar, 10000
OF coee 1000 OF cotton 800 Of cocoa 100 of tobacco 1900
tns OF dye woods, 10000 of mahogany 10000 gnum-
Vit@ 400 quintas OF lgnumyite gum COO of wax, and
ortortose-she They have about 10000 head Of cattle,
$4,000 sheep and goats and GOO horses aud asses There
are two mines Of sa Of coal, and Of gold, all
within three leagues. We fine specimen OF the
COAL but, as the owner abeent, did not visit tie
mines. 7. L. Baehr, a very intelligent German, has
started cotton plantation hero. He is now harvesting
his hrst CROP which is On the 1th accompa
MED by two new guides furnished by the cOmmandant,
We started for savanna Buoy.
Along the whole distance from Balm to Savanna Buoy
of SIX leagues found the evidence Of drouh and
poor, hard. rocky surface Tho ground is not hly,
though considerably broken We passed through the
dry beds OF several large rivers Of them within three
miles OF Balm. The timber is stunted growth The
palms are small and Of variety. The only water
the route found in wells co feet deep and when
procured is that is not agreeabloto the palate.
There few houses and gardens this route and
ne evidence Of an attempt to cultivate this apparently
barren soil. There herds Of CATTLE sheep, goats,
and Gonleys. Tho cactus shows vigorous
growth than anything else. Among the small growth
Of timber Is dense chapparal, so close as to
be almost impeuetrable. at about ten miles
from Bain upon little elevation, Lad fine view Of
The Savanna Buoy Is situaedn basin formed by
hills around the mouth Of the OcOa River. From the
hltoT before descending into the BASIN the view is
very ne Il would he delightful IL not that vese
taton has been burned Dy TIE There about
families and their nuts naked and desolate
the sands OF Sahara could make them. Tie Com
mandantc Manuel Rcga Baez, was confined TO his
by sickness, but his wife and two daughters paid
every attention in their power The population is about
100 They live upon their herds Of cattle, sheep, and
goats. Honey and wax are produced in considerable
quantities They neither church school, There
are few Of the women who came from santo Domingo
who read and write. All the people in favor
OF annexation, and many well informed concerning
our Government. Leaving Savanna Buoy on the
10TH almost Immediately descended tie bank Of OcOa
River Il has O wide bottom, covered with powders,
froar OH nd Inn nj q
which have been down from the mountain by the
rapdty Of its during freshes. The river, in
single channel wOd have been too large TO ford but ii
is divided into several streams four Of Which Orded,
and passed through the dry beds Of several Others
Passing over the river bottom mile more, went
down sandy bed upon its western side two or three
miles. It's currents rapid 10 Ocoa Bay, into which
they empty Passing spur OF tho mountain we came
upon Tich piece Of bottom land, covered with dense
growth OF palms. OF different variety from those OF
other sections through which We had Travelled. The
trunks arc large and short-2O or 90 feet igh-with
short wide-sprcading fan-leaves clustered at
their tons At distance OF seven or
eight miles from Savanna Buoy we came to the
shore OF Ocoa Bay, some distance 70 the
west of the mouth Of the river, and kept
along its banks, sometimes upon sandy beach, then
acroe salt marshes and under Jagged rocks near tho
water and finally took the hills losing sight OF the
Bay The growth Of cactus along this billy path, was so
dense IN places that 1t would be difficult FOR man or
benst to pass through The shore Of the Bay for miles IL
lined with coral rock, and affords fine specimens. Coral
reefs are also fl the Bay with their irregular tops
projecting above the wafer Over rough rocky. barren
hills covered with cactus and small growth of chap
uaral. we again came TO the shore Of the Bay. We
found fat rich soil covered with forest, in which lig-
nun,vita and O small growth of mahogany pIcdomi-
mated Again we entered upon naked, barren hills ana
rassjUg under burning reached ANA at noon Of
the 18TH We could only judge Of distances by the time
occupied in travelling, by which rule VIC maize the dis
lance from santO Domingo to Azua something over one
hundred miles. -
AZUA-vALUABLE TIMER
The present site Of Azua is between two small rivers
tho I}ia ond Juraand about five miles from the Bay
Tortueassa branch Of Ocoa. 1t was formerly located
ON handsome plateau near tire Bay Dut was totany
DESTROYED by an earthquake 100 years ago. The ruins OF
an old cathedral are still the spot. The present
town OF city composed mostly OF huts covered with
alm boards and pamleaf roofs, with the ground well
boaten down and Clearly swept for floors. As excep
tons there four buildings in the place made OF con-
crete MASTERED and tinted. The Oldest inhabitant
never saw pane Of glass. They have population Of
go one church (CatbOic one public ond several pri-
waite schools with about O0pups IN all The Commune, or
District Azua 1863, contained 1850 Inhabitants 1t
nroduces annually from 10000 10 10000 quints Of wax,
aoo 0o Gallons of moasses qunsls Of gum gugac.
e trade in valuable woods considerable The exports
Of beae last wear were $1,000 feet Of mahogany 100 tuns
Of uumvte 500 tuns Of fustic loOtuns Of campeachy
IN tns Of Brazil wood and smaller quantities OF satin
WOOD rosevood cochineal wood, espneo and cibey
woods The supply IL unlimited. Tie health OF the
MACE is good The only contagious diseases IN seven
wears ending In 1871, cholera anu smallpox, from
b,cb there were 400 deaths. There were during the
sarn neriod 1s5 deaths from other The moral
di,on of file place is not so favorable there being In
the same period only us marriages and 1850 children