Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-03-23

h fore leaving Samana, he said to me, {"
n am convinced that Nature has arrayet
herself in all her beauty to tempt mel
e to come here to their death. Beautiful
n as this country is, am satisfied it is the
G grave of the white man and the negro
o also. | feel the climatic influences my
! self" ] respectfully call the attention
! of President Grant to this remark o
e Mr.. Douglass.
The question of the ACCESSIBILITY o
| purchasing SOmana as a coal station is
{ entirely apart from that Of anneXine
, San Domingo. [ will therefore lay be
fore the readers Of TIE Sun the relative
cost Of
COALING AT SANTANA AND srTHolTAs.
There were delivered to United States
vessels Of war at Samano in all the
year 1870. about 1000 tons Of coal,
which, reckoning the cost and freight to.
gcthcr at $40 per ton, and adding there.
to iho rent Of the place Slj0,000, brings
the cost Of the coal to about $3.50 per
ton.
At St, Thomas the United States can
have coal station far superior to Sa
mana in every reSpcct--that is, in geo.
graphical po4ition, safety, depth of an
choragc, facilities of coaling, &c,-for
$1,000 per annum. In 1870, United
States mcn-oG-war took on board at St.
Thomas about 1 900 tons of coal, which
cost, including rent, about $3.50 per
ton, or some $13 per ton less than what
was supplied at SANTANA. When | fur.
ther record that coal can be supplied at
st. Thomas. at the rate of one hundred
tons per hour, and that it took the Ten
nessec five days to take 250 t9as On
board at Samana, | think further com.
parison between the two places unnec-
essary.
In connection, the annexation of San
Domingo by the United States is. as far
as Baez is concerned, swinde for per-
sonal agrandzcment; as far as Domin-
leans not immediately interested are
concerned, it is an imposition TO which
they are in reality earnestly opposed and
which they will resist to the death. as
far as President Grant is concerned. it
is mistake into which he has been led
by misplaced confidence in unworthy
men; aud as relates to the American
people. it is political blunder which
will begin to bear its bitter fruits in the
shape OF defamation OF our army and
navy, ana an increased expenditures OF
every klnd' from the very moment OF ITS
conSnmmatIon; n Olunder winch Tor all
coming time will entItIe the United
States to rank, on account Of It's av'diiy
OF conquest and expansion on par
with Spain in her determination OF the
Indians OF this hemisphere or with Eng
land in the su9lugation of the present
subjects OF her Indian Empire.
But to the United States, If she per
petra'e this crime viii come, as has
come to Spain. as VIII most sure at some
day come to Great Britain the great
day OF atonemcnt. The poor one hun
drcd and twenty thousand present nha1-
tants Of San Domingo may be eXterml-
mated by this great and powcrlnI rcpu6-
lie, as easy as even the aboriginal lndl
ans by tho. Spanlards but unlike Spain,
America Will never, having dopopuIated
it, be enabled to repeopIe it.
How TO Make FARM LIrE ArrRAcr.
wi Bv less hard work Farmers
often undertake. to do more than they
can do WELL and consequently work too
early and too lato
2 By more system. The farmers
should have & time to BEGIN and stop
labor They should mt more mind and |
machinery into their work. They should
tbeorize as well as practise and let both
90 together. Farming is healthy, NOR
al and respectable; and, in the long
run, may be made profitable. The
farmer should keep good stock, and .
keep out Of debt.
3. BY taking care of health Farmers
have a healthy variety of exercise, but
too often neglect cleanliness, eat irregu.
larIy and hurriedIy, sleep in il-yentiIated
apartments, and expose themselves
ncedessly to cold
H. BY adomiug the home. Books,
papers, pictures, music, and reading
should all be brought to bear upon the
indoor family entertainments; and
neatness and comfort, order shrubbery,
flowers and fruits should harmonic all