The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-04-18

men to report speciallynpon it,and thei
reports are appended Their conclusion
this: The popular idea that Domiaical
territory is particularly unhealthy, ant
that persons visiting it are peculiarly liza
ble 70 yellow fever is entirely erroneous
The average general health and longev
ity is quite equal to and probably create
than the United States. Ass whole, i'm
migrants are not liable to any more dis
turbance of general health than person
who pass from the old to the new States
of the United States and serving upol
the sea coast the process is so simple a
to escape notice, taking the year through
as much agricultural work can be dom
without affecting the health as can b,
done in our Middle and Western States
and with greater results. Persons in al
circumstances can here, by selecting th'
locality, enjoy. delicious climate ane
abundance OF fruit, with farless liablit,
to diseases of the lungs, scarlet feve
and other fearful epidemics, and withou
any LIABILITY to yellow fever. The Com
missioners, its attaches and gentlemen
of the press numbered 80, the officer.
and crew Of the frigate numbered 496
This company Of 52S sojourned il
harbors supposedto be in the most mn
healthy parts of the country, or, in tht
Interior of the island, almosttwo months
A few, if any, had been acclimated, new
ertheless there was but one case Of NOR
tai disease, and that from causes uncon
nectcd with the climate. There, was nc
case of malignant fever. and none of Sc
we're sickness among them. The steamer
Nantasket, with its full complement oi
officers and seamen, has been in the
harbor OF the island for ABOUT Afteeu
months, and has not had a single case ol
yellow fever. Earthquakes have done
no serious damage to the island since
1916, and though slight shocks occur al.
most every year, they are so inconsidc-
rable that scarce one in twelve of the
inhabitants is. aware Of them. Hurri-
canes are not infrequent, and are some
times attended with considerable dam
age. The island has several rivers nav
igable for 4 short distance into the inte-
rior, while three great bays Samana,
Acoa and Maazeanilla-admit vessels OF
the largest draft, though only the first
has any Importance in military point
Of view. aGia
The Commissioners state that the ad.
vantages of acquisition of Samana Bay
will be q powerful military and naval
station. and doubtless estimate the growth
of an important city, a portion of the
water from which has already been re.
quired by citizens of the United States,
being but small part Of what would be
occupied by the site Of a great CONNER
cial city. Inland communication, by
water and rail, would be easy, and the
future Of Samana Bay, under authority
Of the United States, would not fail to
be of national importance.
The following statement exhibits
briefly the result of inquiries as to the
debt of the Government and its obligaY
tions, whether funded, and ascertained
and admitted or unadjusted under dis
cussion: Unpaid salaries, $4,000, 900 !;
bonds and treasury notes S953, ,343, 1884 4
debts ard loans, S4.943, ,302; obligations
Of Cabral, $22, 2,l84,577; National bank,
notes countersigned. S4l3.000; interest
bearing loans, S29. .351,123; loans with
out interest, S2,O22,320; debt Of 1859,
$500, 900; pending claims $204, ,0o0; !;
claims, in francs, S,67l, $40, or
1884. Sum total of the debt and
claims, 8l56, 5S3,159 Is; deposits 3d..
243; additional entrance fees 81, 400
rotsl, S72,S60.55S Is Second direct
and indirect taxes, registry and mortga-
,es, S2l4, ,706 so licenses, 8l,272,186
rs; stamped paper, Sl,857 A50; postage
stamps, sl0S, 1859; postal ::income, S92,-
,42 Is. Total, S3.5l6,655. Third !.
Public property, sales and rents. e15.--
100. Fourth: .Sundrics, $S46, 262 25.
Total, S77, ,26S,474 %. elis'9
The following statement Of receipts
or 1870 is here presented in order to
,ive as far as possible complete view
If the financial condition Of the, Domin-
can Republic:
Revenue Of the income of the Gov
,rnment for 1870--1st. Customs receipts
or tonnage, s27. .2o6 70; entrance fees,
81, ,469 95; lighthouses, $679 9l; ex-
change, S1,469 s5 :pilotage, S1,499 q i
ighterage, $216; interpreter, S6l4, ,20a !;
signal men, 1854 16l;; quarantine, $3.50
81; wharfage, s6,7ss 'ss; reoargo for
SlI0o soy; reuargo for stea-
ner, $5,S86 IA; water, S241; import
lues, S69l, 1893 644, export dues, $751;
El9 20A coast fees, $6,51l IL.
The Commissioners believe that the
Of the public debt given above
includes all Indebtedness or obligations
or which the Dominican Republic is in
my degree liable, "a well as that which
t considers valid and binding, as that
which it regards as unfounded or over.
stated by the Claimants. itl9
Throughout the inquiry it was urged
ipon the Dominican authorities that ey-
Try claim known to exist, whatever its
should be exhibited to the
Commissioners, whose object was not to
determine the precise amount that vas
ustly due and binding, but to get at the
bottom and find the utmost limit of. their
and setting forth that for
which the Government could, under any
be made liable.
The above account contains much that
he Dominican Government believe 10
De partly or wholly groundless, and sae
which, upon inspection, will appear i. {
81 IsaA
Among the pending claims is one
against President Baez for the destruc-
ion of property. 1t is alleged by the
claimant that the Spanish Government
recognized this claim as valid and order
II an examination to fix the amount, but
he Comm ion cannot understand how
his claim could be voted against the
Dominican Government A question
las been raised in our connt-y whether
he Government and people Of the Do
ninican Republic, having once been un-
Ter the rule Of the Haytiens. MIGHT not