New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-02-26

NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2s 1871

Spannsas in dressing meats. Charlevoix
says that cloves and nutmegs have alss
besn: successfully cultivated in San Do.
miago~ Vanilla is indigenous to the woods
and seqqires no tillage~
| FISH, CRABS, ETC.
| Owing to the enterprise and energy Of New
Enghntlers, Il Large trade In salt herring
| antL ev4lfish is carried Olr with this island .
fish, tlaaa is San DOMINGO from. the watery
waste around it. Besides all those mon
sters. Of the deep that play around the
island, such as sea-hogs on proposes, sea-
| turt.as, sea-crabs or lobsters Of every varie-
| ty, and the beautiful dOlphins and flying
| fish before alluded to, 10 man need require
| IA moEe wholesome or agreeable diet than is
! daily in the market under the cocoa-nut
| trees here. 1t is both anlusing and astOnish-
| ing to observe, in the heats and ON the
grass. under the shade the variety OF the
| kinds and the brightness of the cOlOrs Of
| these. live fish. Some of. their common
names are the g grunt," striped with alter
nate lines Of yellow and parple: the "gOat,-
pink and silver; the doctor" Of FURNISHED
COPPER; the ''Welshman," pink with yellow
stripes :; the '.hind," white, with red and
brown spots: the "rOckAind," green with
brown spots; the "parrot," dark brown,
blue, and yellow; the :'silk,fsh, p Of bright
gious, white eye; tie "Seanish hog" bright
yellow and brown; the ''angel." specics-of
ray, Of the finest gold and. purple; the ''gilt-
heads or "dOradOs," with scales like gold;
besides rayes, bOnitos, mullcts of various
species, pargos, groOpers, baracOOters, sea.
cells, sea muscles, and multitude Of others.
large, splendid looking, and generally good
for the table.
THE FEATIIERED TRIBE.
Next to the fish naturally come the wild
ducks and geese, teal, plOver. snipe, etc.,
which are here. as on the continent in
great variety, and differing. little from. ours;
also such American birds as wild pigeons
(of four species), pheasants, swallows,
dovcs, crows, gui2ea hens, peacOcks.
Ortolilns. etc. are abundant. Asweet song
stes is heard in the country, called here
the nightingale, which it resembles IN nOte,.
but which is d variety of your Southern
mockng- bird. Then there are Gnnets that
sing beautifully besides any quantity Of
binds Of prey. Among other birds Of bear-
tifu plunage are ithe banana birds (black
and Yellow, and the wonderful hamingOs
and lovely humming birds. Poultry is good
abundant and cheap.
RIVERS, CLIMATE. ETC.
There are few countries in the world so
well watered as this, and SO great is the
| number of rivers, large and small, that it
| would be mOnOtOnous and tiresOme even to
| maine them OF this any one can satisfy
himself by casting his eve over any map Of
| the island. There is salt lake in the
| southwestern part called Henriquil!o. or
/ Little Henry. eighteen leagues in circum-
| ference.
The climate is delightful but varied
| The island is intersected i'll every direction
large. fertile valleys. thus atfording ii
greater difference OF climate than is easily
met with in an equal extent of territory or
! polar elevation. The thermometer rises in
the plains to 90 but in the mountains gen
| orally stands from - to 7S. The high
mountains Of Cibao, six to eight thousand
! feet above the level OF the sea, moderate
| the violence of the winds, vary the temper
aturc Of the air. and multiply the resources
of human industry. People here agree with
! Walton and other authors in saying that
| hurricanes are seldom experienced here.
though OF course all know they sometimes
occur, as they do in all countries. 1t need
not be remarked that snow is not ceyalent
in San Domingo.
SHOULD SAN DOnINGO De ANNEXED?
l am not such a tine anne exationist as to
| wish President Grant TO say in his next
message about this island what President
butildudu SdIu III his, ttl OF IL UOLcu years
since. in regard to Cuba, viz: that "Cir
cumstances and destiny absolutely require
that the nited States should be the masters
of that island" &. But can say that
if it should ever come to pass that we should
he driven to use an armed fleet IN any OF
these waters to protect our commerce or
coast. San Domingo will be as se.viceable
to us as Bermuda is to Great Britain in these
same waters, or As Malta Is IN the Mediter
ranean But Americans have nObler MIS-
sion They have to beget nations, oivilize
countries, and instruct in truth and knowl
edge the races OF coming ages. The welfare
OF the coming world is our proper care.
But # the ideas of Senators Sumner and
Schurz and some others are true, ,sthe West
Indies entire are doomed to tyranny and
barbarism. John {. Calhoun would agree
with them if living. and would protest as
he did in lS4S against such a union as
that. when he said Ours, Sir, Is the govern
ment of the white man." for these people
are not very white. But it seems to be
now the settled policy Of a majority of our
nation more than in 1913, to recognize no
political differences among mcn-althOugh
it is equally the established policy of the
Democratic minority to regard no race as
capable OF Liberty but Il Q Cauca sian or
white race. The same wise Senators say
republican institutions have not been sue
monarchichal institutions been successful in
these islands Has not government of all
kinds been but Il mOckery in San Domingo!
Barbarism and inhumanity will be sue
ceSsful nowhere. Slavery Of no kind could
be successful here. Irving remarks truly
that lit is Il fact worthy Of observation.
that llispaniOla, the place where this fla
grant sin against nature and humanity was
first introduced into the New World, has
been the first to exhibit an awful retribu-
ton. In no part of the world has indul
gent nature dealt out her gifts with more
plentiful hand than here. Whatever plant,
either necessary for the sustenance Of man
or contributing to his luxury, here finds
congenial soil So many other pens have
written Of the sugar cane and coffee plants.
that barely say this appears to
be their most cOngenial soil, where they
quiring but little more than planting.
Should it he annexed. and a governor ap-
pointed who shall have some tOlerable idea
of what a governors duty should he in such
a place as San Domlug0-and such a one
could easily be found in the person Of Judge
Burton, of this commission-the earth
would soon bring forth her increase, and
the whole island blossom as the rose. The
peopling and filling up of this island terri
tory, and forming it into State, would
occupy the attention of tens of thousands
of our good citizens; and San Domingo
would furnish an outlet and employment
for those active, restless spirits who are
always ready to volunteer as the vanguard
of civilization. And this increase to our
possessions can be accomplished without
the force and fraud that nations generally
use in making such increase. Dominicans
i Il