The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-03-02
Interesting About San
Domingo.

The New York Standard informs
us that" Holy Slbbathr is the traus-
iation OF San Dom,hgo. the pos,e,slnn
Of which is now giving US 81 much
thought.
IL We're idle to 20 over the Old his
tories and recount the stories of great
and 'prtcions treasures which mer
the eyes of the cavaliers OF SPAN whh
went out to he island in the different
voyages Of Columbus for the pui poses
OF searching for gold 10 those days
five credit contemporary history, SIuto
Domingo in the prcacious metals was
the richest Of all the isles in the Car.
ribbean
The Spauinrds found large quan'i-
ties OF gold, silver, copper lead AMI
ron, and their defendants continued
TO work the mines uufil y mplrative
ly recent period, If tradition ani ex.
pioration are to be trusted, its mineral
wealth is almost labulous
Az to soil we find that the best in
formed Spaniards rated il above that
of Cuba. Tho Admiral who COM
mandcd the ships Of Ferdenand and
lsnbclla in these seas-C"lunbus him
sclf-thought it the best of all the
islands and as an evidence Of the bc
lief, built tho first town in the New
World at San Domingo City. He
erected q fort there also, and last
though not least, encouraging the
erection in this same locality of the
first temple to the Most High on the
American continent, IL was in the
old church that the remains of Colnm-
but reposcd for many years after their
removal from Valladoled, and until
Spain lost her dominion over the is
land.
San Domingo il in shape somewhat
like a huge turtle with head protrud
ing and feet extended Its locality
for all purposes could not be betre er
positioned, for il lies on the track If
all vessels going to Brazil aud the
Azores, TO Venezula, Panama, St,
Thomas aud Guiana, and is passed by
all vessels going from Southern Eu.
rope or South America to Mexico,
Panama and the Southern United
States. It's area may be said TO b.
approximately 10000 square miles or
thereabouts. 1t is almost as large a.
all New England, while il present pop
nlation does not number more than
$50, 900 to 10000 Energetic men
and well-directed means are alone re-
Quired to make it again, as in the old
en- time, the most prosperous and, 1our-
ishing of all the west Indies a
AS to tho woods, they are the most
valuable 10 the world. There ara nu.
merous streams running through the
island, aud along their banks, as well
as upon the hillslopes, are to lie deere
ed live oak. palm, mahogany devery
species OF dye. woods The harboI.
are Dumerois and OF great capncliy
That Of Sammana is large enough "a
loat sll the navies 10 the world l. it
a stretch of immagina'lnn to rcglI
this "Santo Domingo'-lhis " llolS
Sabbuth"as Eden iu al It's gl"ry2
An extreme cas- of avcricc h,-
come 10 tho surface in Ven,ngn con
" Bonninahof. the millionaire, n
he last session OF the criminal c'urt 81
Franklin, actually feed an attorney t.
defend two of the men who robbed
him, in order 10 save the $1,000 re
ward which he had offered for their
arresl aud conviction.
"A touchy old widower.in response
10 . ueighbor who aidresssd words If
nfart 70 hin', ,.teplied: 'Wall yes.
Al >nisA hce-aha uaa n Yerp an .