Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-13

growths in different localities, which will give rise
to extensive internal commerce. Insects and
noxious reptiles are not found more abundant
than in the interior of our old States. In forest
products there s an astonishing variety, including
the choicest cabinet wood, oak pitch pine, lgnum-
vite, and an immense stock of medical and COM
mercial woods, many houses being built of ma
hogany.
ter years. fallen into neglect At an earlier period
in the history of the island more attention was
paid to marine resources, and funny fishery was
carried around all the shores of the island, sup
plying the home want for salt fish, and allowing
an export to other colonies. Both the surround
ing seas and rivers of the islands are well stocked
with fish of many kinds. The black fish, or
grampus, small member of the whale family, Is
somewhat abundant on the northern shore, where
several scores are caught every year, and their
blubber tried down for oil. The turtle, both the
green edible species and the hawksbill, are abun-
dant in the deep sea, few miles from land.
Santo Domingo, according to all testimony, lie gen.
among the mountains, where white men labor
strangers presents no greater obstacle to immgra-
ton than in several of our new States. The east
ern portion of the island is constantly swept by
the trade Winds and they are much more healthy
than in Hayti, to which the ravages of the yellow
fever are chiefly confined. The losses of the Span
of sanitary care, and the Commissioners are salts
fed that their losses have been largely exagger-
ated. The Commissioners have given special at
tenton to the matter of health, and, besides get
ting information from other quarters, they have
charged two medical gentlemen to report specially
and the. aTe ggpe fS a
minican territory is particularly unhealthy, and
that persons visiting it peculiarly liable to yell
general health and longevity is equal to, and
probably greater than, the United States upon the
whole. Immigrants are not liable to any any
than persons who pass = from the
old to the new States of the United States,
and, saving upon the sea coast, the process is SO
through, as much agricultural work can be done
without affecting the health as can be done in our
Middle and Western States and with greater re-
suits. Persons in all circumstances can here, by
selecting their locality, enjoy delicious climate
diseases of the lungs, to scarlet fevers and other
fearful epdemics, and without any liability to yell
low fever. The Commission, its attaches, and gen.
tlemen Of the press, numbered 32, and the officers
and crew of the frigate numbered 1896. This COM
pany of 52S sojourned in the harbors, supposed to
be the most unhealthy part of the country, or in
the interior of the island, about two months.
Few, if any, had been acclimated; nevertheless,
there was but one case of mortal disease and that
was no case of malignant fever and none of severe
sickness among them. The steamer Nantasket
has been in the harbors of the island for about fiji
teen months, and has not had single case of yel-
low fever. Earthquakes have done no serious
damage in the island since 1876, and though slight
siderable that scarce one in a dozen of the inbab ab-
tants is aware of them. Hurricanes are not un-
erable damage.
NAGIvABLE WATERS.
The island has several rivers navgable for short
distance into the interior, while three great bays
SANTANA, Acoa, and Maazeanvilla-admit vessels of
the largest draft, though only the first has any i'm
portance in a military point of view.
SANTANA.
The Commissioners state the advantages of the
acquisition of Samana. 1t would be a powerful
military and naval station, and doubtless an i'm
portant city, that portion of the waterfront which
has already been acquired by citizen of the Uni
ted States being but small part of what would be
occupied by the site of great commercial city in
San Domingo. Inland communication by water
and rail would be easy, and the future of Samana
bay, under the authority of the Uuited States,
could not fail to be of national importance.
THE DEBT OF THE GOVERNMENT.
The following statement exhibits briefly the re-
suit of inquiries as to the debt of the government
and its obligations, whether funded and ascer
cussion: