The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-02-27
HAYT| AND SAN DOMINGO.
REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.

hlSGSTOS, JAMAICA, rtDTudTy 90
We have St. Thomas dates TO the 10th
instant At that.time there was a ru-
NOR current there that revolution had
broken out in Hayti, the object Of it
being to place Salamons in the Presi
dental chair. Salamons is now in
Europe, but was expected at st Thmas
at an early date.
Dominicans Called 20 Arms.
A proclamation has appeared at ST.
Thomas, from Capotello, calling on all
Dominicans to arm and drive Baez from
Dominica, and in this way prevent the
country from being sold like merchan-
disc.
Progress OF the United states Com
mission.
SAN DOMINGO, February 1.-THE
United States Commissioners have been
here eleven days and will probably re-
main a week longer. At the present
rate of doing business it is not likely
the Tennessee will reach home before
the end of March or the first of April
Two rarties left here Thursday morning
for the interior-one a scientific party
to 20 across the Island to Puerto Plata,
by way Of the reported copper region,
Lavega and Santiago. Professor Blake,
geologist, has charge Of the party.
The other party, which has gone to
AZua, is composed of newspaper CORES
pondents and General Siegel. Their
object is to prepare way for opening
communication with Cabral, and, if
possible, see him. Cabral is said to be
in the mountains with few followers,
somewhere about sixty to eighty miles
from Azua.
Baez has sent few troops, such as
they are, with the pretended object Of
fighting Cabral, or demanding the more
settled portion Of Dominica. But as
small and miserable as Cabrals force
may be, it is dou btful whether any Sc
rious effort can be made by Baezs sol.
diers to reach the enemy in the almost
inaccessible mountains.
Credit must be given to the Commits
sion for the amount Of diligent and
faithful labor they perform, but much
OF it is useless, or at least unnecessary.
1t is expected, too, that they will lean
to the wishes of President Grant and
the interests of their party, in the color
ing they give to the San Domingo ques-
ton. So far, the bulk of evidence taken
here, as we'll as at Samana, shows that
the Dominicans are in favor Of anneXa-
tion. There are several classes, how
ever, opposed to it. The first is Cabral
and his adherents, though they dare
not show their hands wherever Baez
exercises authority.
Feeling OF the People OH Aunex.
alton.
Many OF Cabrals followers, however,
are favorable to annexation, but from
hostility to Baez, and because they do
not wish to see him reap the advant-
ages of carrying through the project
they array themselves against it. 1t is
known that even Cabral himself, when
in power, was favorable to annexation.
Then there is another element of op-
position in the foreign merchants and
traders, including Americans, who
foolishly imagine that the present mo-
nopoly of business would be interferrd
with, should annexation take place.
The priests are mostly neutral and
express no opinion or wish one way or
the other. The negroes desire annex.
alton most, as far as they understand
the matter, and the mixed race, which
constitute by far the largest part OF the
population, are more indifferent or are
opposed to ii.
Another correspondent writes, on the
llth: On the subject OF annexation, |
believe it is very likely to take place.
That the voice of the people is almost
universal in favor ofsuch course there
can be no doubt. Indeed, the Commits
sioners are so well assured Of this that
they have discontinued Investigations
with that branch Of the subject in that
locality. The investigation has been
full and careful on the subject. Efforts
have been made to ascertain those who
might oppose annexation, yet ] have
been informed that only six persons out
of hundred who have been examined
have said they were against annexation.
There is little freedom ofspeech here; ;
people mysteriously walk away when
the name of Cabral is mentioned. Two
points upon which there is no doubt,
and which will operate more against an
nexation than anything else, are the
amount of debt and extent of Govern
ment land and property. Baez states
the debt to be less than a million and a
half in gold, and promises to pay all
just claims against San Domingo for
that amount, but when asked for state
ment of the debt and names, SAYS he
cannot furnish it
Before the United States consents 10
pay for this portion of the island and
annex it, the people ought to know just
what they are getting, how much land,
how many buildings, location Of both
land and buildings, claims against the
same, the gifts, grants, concessions,
charters and all such matters as con-
Germ them.
Baez cannot give the amount OF the
public domain and nothing is known
here upon which an exact estimate can
be based. There are no records. The
extent of the public lands are probably
about eleven thousand square miles,
which liberal construction Of private
imperfect titles may reduce TO nine
thousand.