The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-22


trip from Samana was without special inte-
rest. The weather, excepting q stormy
night, was delightful, but for twelve or four
teen hours previous to our arrival, the sea ran
high, although the wind was calm and warm
The ship, not generally given to rolling in
any sea, was unsteady, because, rs
the sailors said, the waves was all chopped
up, and many who had escaped the deep
dalnnation of sea-sickness off Hatteras were
now sent below in pain and sorrow. The
Nantasket, which started with us from Sa-
mana, arrived an hour or two ahead of us,
and, as we sailed along towards the white
breakers we saw her reeling and struggling
as though she bore a restless spirit. The
Tennessee anchored about a mile from the
city. Her coming had been looked for for
several days, for the party which came over
land had announced her speedy departure
from Samana. She had hardly let go her
anchor before the American Consul, DIR.
Ames, came on board to pay his respects to
the commission, aed soon afterwards a COM
mittee was sent ashore to arrange the ceremo-
MES of reception.
GETTING SETTLED.
The whole of February l was consumed in
attempts to arrange for the proper dignity of
the presentation, and in providing quarters.
President Baez had set aside an unoccupied
Government house, very spacious mansion
IulbCdlltu bD6 COumlSSlOu, ana
nished plain cots and an insufficiencyof bed
clothes. This house, unoccupied and unpro-
ductive, was refused by the commission
through an innocent agent, although it was
specially proposed that the commission should
pay its own expenses, including mess, can
dies, attendance, and everything. Afterwards
house owned by Baez was rented, and in it
the commission is safely lodged. Several un-
official persons accompanying the commission
were permitted to occupy the palace, and SO
the whole party is accommodated without re-
course to the one hotel of the city.
MATTERS IN GENERAL.
The Tribune correspondent closes his let
lers, nine columns in length and remarkably
graphic in style, with the following
The Baez Government denies emphatically
that any cession of lands, any lease, or any
advantages or special privileges whatever had
been granted to any person whatever in the
United States or elsewhere. From the best
information obtainable it appears that mines
are regulated according to the French laws,
which declare that private owners are owners
of the surface and what is below
the surface, provided there are
no mines, or at least until after
they obtain authorization from the Govern
ment forsHch mines, in advance of denounce-
ment, designation, etc., by others. There
are, therefore, Mr.. baeZ says, no reservations
in contradiction to the law in force. In
reply to the question as to the imprisonment
of individuals for political effenses, the Pre-
sident most emphatically says that no one
has been imprisoned or banished for opinions
against annexation that all who followed
Cabral January 81, 1867, did SO of their own
free will, and that some few who have gone
since owe their forced absence to the fact that
they conspired against the public safety in
favor of Cabral or Luperon. The debt of the
republic appears to be as stated in the Senate
by Mr.. Morton and others, namely, one and
half million dollars in gold, but the friends of
Baez say that, unless great care is taken to
reject spurious claims, much larger amount
will be required. 1t seems to be the desire
of the Baez administration to pay the debts
while the Government still has legislative
power to admit or reject the accounts, accord
ing as they are just or spurious. None of the
clergy, as it is stated, have thus far made any
protest against annexation. 1t was charged
in the Senate debate that Baez intended to
leave the country. This he emphatically
denies.