The New York herald., 1871-03-17

tarles. scientific men anu host OF newspaper cor.
respondents attached to the commission had seen
every man, woman and child In and around the VII
lage and almost every tree, stone and plant we
we wondered what Howe could find to detain him.
DIR. HOWE PoKiNG MS NOSE INTO EVERYTHING.
| Some said he must want to get his linen washed,
though that would cost the government by the de-
ten,ion OF the enn ,ssee about thousand dollars
day besides the loss of valuable time to all Of us.
Others maintained that his object was to inquire il
the dear little nggers ever had whooping cough or
the Dominican horses bots. Later in the day we dis
covered that Raez had adroitly brought IN from the
| country several men whom he represented as de.
! serters and Haytiens from Cabral. or course DR..
| Rowe wanted Immediately TO examine these men,
| In order to show the completely of Hayu with the
civil war In Dominica. BaeZ Is cunning fellow
and there is no doubt in the minds OF nearly all
board The Tennessee that these pretended deserters
and the whole Of the military movement here have
been improvised for effect just the Neybo rising
to raise the American fiag which led TO Dr. Howe's
| Quixotc journey there, was worked UP.
| The time that these impracticaole and visionary
men OF the Commission waste would be OF no cOnse-
quence If it did not affect SO many others and did
not put the government to such large unnecessary
| expense. The journey OF DR.. Howe overland from
st. Domingo to Azua was unnecessary, for two par.
ties from the Tennessee had been over the ground
same route to Puerto Plata, which Professor Blake,
Whites pr06g6, MIR. Craze ana number OF others
had travelled over. Wade Is annoyed at this waste
of time and money, and although he wishes to ex-
anime everything bearing upon the object OF the
The tennessee would have been home by Tins time
could ne have had his way, and with all the neces-
sary information Congress requires, but he Is over
ruled by his tive colleagues
HOWE AND WHITE LOOKING FOR THE pLUMs.
| have some reason to believe both Howe and
White wish to prolong the time OF the expedition
from personal and political motives. Howe Is
dyspeptc old man, and was not well when he
started. His health has improved in the tropical
climate, and he does not wish to get home TIL the
cold weather Is over. Then he and White expect to
mngo AFFAIR. They prefer that Congress should not
be IN session when they return, and de not want 10
1e called upon @ aor report s m NJ next summer or fa
report and. above all, to see first how the popular
pulse beats after the correspondence OF the press is
pull shed and the subject pretty fully discussed.
do not think either cares rush about an
nsxatlon; and born are as likely to oppose
simply how much they can make out OF
II. Taey are as ambitious and vain as they are I'm.
affairs. They imagine the world revolves around
the Cornell University, OF which White Is Presi-
dent and the Deaf ana Dumb Asylum in Massa-
Gnu etts OF which Howe Is superintendent. Gene
raj Grant made great mistake, If not fatal one to
as Commissioners. They have virtually ignored the
Secretary OF the Commission. Mr.. Burton, and
him and to appoint Mr.. Crane, who came as Whites
private secretary and who Is teacher in the Cor
nell University. Wade they have dlsgusted and
Overruled
HOWE is srINGY.
Howe, who carries the m0neybag OF the Commits
sion acted so mean that the servants OF the ship,
who waited on the Commissioners while ashore in
St. Domingo, actually struck work because they
could not get enough TO eat. While your cOrre-
spondent and others were paying three dollars gold
day for board at Augustes. In st. Domingo the
Commissioners and attaches living at their mess
at ninety cents day. True. they got some OF their
provisions from the ships, but even with that they
had to pinch the bellies Of their domeslcs At the
same time they spent the money OF the government
extravagantly enough In fitting out unnecessary
expeditions and in riding all over the country from
mere caprice or Tor pleasure well as in needlessly
detainlng the Tennessee at cost OF 81, 900 a day.
is generous minded. and both prompt and practical
in the business he Is about While lie Is as politely
reticent possible about his colleagues no can
fail to notice his dissatisfaction. s@--sH
BAEz sCHEM1NG FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SAID 4
t. HAVE FINGER IN THE PIE.
have referred TO the cunning OF Baez in the man.
aIement OF the annexation business He leaves no
thing undone Another dodge to which he resorts
to induce the United States to seize the bait with
avidity Is in endeavoring TO make It appear that
Prussia is eager to buy or annex the island This
has been whispered III the ears OF the Commissioners
with much seeming gravity, and the friends and
partsans Of Baez whisper 1t all round wherever
they can make an impression Persons came directly
IRON the President to tell me this conhdennaly. They
assured me communications had been sent TO Baez
from Prussia on this subject, aud that the PrusSan
government eagerly desired to take ST. Domingo. 1t
Is possible Prussia may wish to have tropical pos
session in the West Indies, as 1t is said she seeks
one In tropical Asia, and she has become such
great Power, but doubt the statement about st.
sian government either wants the island or has
taken the first step TO get IT,
BAEz BAMB0OzLEs BEN WADE,
President Baez seems to have captured Mr.. Wade.
for, with all the stubborn ruggedness OF the ex-
eeptbe Of Kndy impressons He IS dsincined to
believe ANYTHING unlayorable to Baez. Though
there is plenty OF evidence Of & the ,,a relentless
St. Domingo, where the heads OF families have been
seized and instantly eXed, without the form OF law
and for only difference or opinion; though the very
man, General Hungria who brought Baez into power,
Is a refugee prisoner in the house OF the British Con-
sui to escape the vengeance OF this despOt, and
though he keeps the people so crushed under his
heel that one dares 70 oppose his will or policy
Mr. Wade seems to believe he is popular and relia
bic, good sort OF man.
The truth is, judging from what have heard and
from my own Impressions, Baez Is tmplacable
tricky, and could not remain ID power SIX months
nexattOn scheme fail The Commission has been
surrounded by and under such influences as tnat Of
Baez over Wade ali the way through. II has seen
but one side. and from the nature Of things could
not see any other IL could get 1t hardly any infor-
nation that was not supplied by Baez by his friends
by the annexation party whose interest was 10
represent everything IN glowing coors. ---=a.-.--
ALAS, VAIN MEN
| Even when there was chance OF getting at
naked facts the stupidity and vanity OF certain of
men could have gwen more reliable Information
and that favorable to Baez-than the British Consul
who mas 6eem omg nan sante S 0ngo " ana
eral Hungrla who Is refugee In tfys Consus house;
but the Commissioners interviewed these gentlemen
| In such an abrupt and ridiculous manner that they
got only answers to such leading questions tai
| lied raToraby with their own partial and onesided
| view OF matters. 1t was the same In other cases.
| Respectable men have talked freely with me- and
/ suppose with others not belonging TO the Commits
son OF the tyranny, trckery and corruption Of the
| Baez government, both in connection with the
nexation scheme and in other matters, who would
| not have ventured to talk TO the commissioners IN
that way, and who carefully avoided being ques-
! toned by them.
|
/ T1,a Cv,ogu M Wants 0f Island-A WALL
street Job Put Up ON the United states
| Government-The Shady side Of the An
/ nexation scheme-Rich Soil, but Scarcity of
l. Labor--Whnt Humboldt Had to Say About
| st. Domingo. -
/ AzuA, st. Domingo, Feb. 2s 1871.
The agent OF the ST. Domingo Company Of New
| York, which holds the Fabens survey ana mineral