The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-19
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SAN DOMINGO REDIVIVUs.

Cart Him Around and Overawl
his Enemies.
Correspondence oil the Philadelphia Inquirer,
SANTA BARBARA DE SANTANA, [
Island ofsan Domingo, June 20, H. !
From the reticence on the subject o.
San Domingo, displayed by the home pa
pers occasionally received by lis, tear
you need little enlightenment on the
present status OF the annexation scheme.
When that remarkable reorganization OF
the "PiCkWick Club"-the celebrated
commission of inquiry TO this country
reached the United States in April last,
and submitted their yOlumin0us and
somewhat pOintlcss report, you will re.
member that the President, in transmit.
ting the document to Congress, aCCompa.
MED It with q message reitGrating his de.
termination to have no policy In Opposi.
ton to the will of the people, and seem.
ingly abandoning the annexation project,
in allegiance 10 the loudly expressed pOpu.
lar opposition. But an old and good book
warns us against too wholly repOsing our
trust in princes or other earthly magnates,
and seize the opportunity afforded by
the departure tonight of hOmeward-
bound coal brig 10 give you a few facts,
somewhat hastily and disjointly strung
together, GvilenCing the continued adhG,
sion of the authorities OF home to the an.
nGXatiOn treaty.
It's true that since the departure north.
ward of the Congress and the "YantC'
our naval iOrCo here Is smaller than II has
been since We became formal allies of
President Baez. But we still have two
large sister ships, each carrying ten heavy
guns-the "NAntasket," Commander
Charles @. Carpenter, and the "SwAtara,"
Commander Weld N, Allen, and have
official information that the "Shawmul'
will bO very soon added to the number,
and that a new and powerful flagship
may be expected by the LIST OF August
The "PGrit," the last mail steamer which
arrived here, also brought tho following
instructions; "Whlle your force Is tempo.
rarity reduced you will be especially yigi.
liant in protecting the present Dominican
administration against all assailants,
whether foreign or domestic, and, in dis.
pOsingyOur force, conform rs fur as praC.
tiCable 10 the wishes Of President Bacz."
These orders, issued long after the
Presidents special message already rO-
ferred to, look little like an abandonment
of the annexation policy. Nor Is such q
likelihood suggested by Commodore Jos.
+. Green's parting order, continuing In
force oil prior instructions To naval com.
manders 10 protect and aid BAez, inClud-
ing the famous one, dated January 9, from
the Navy Department, which says: "li
llaytiCn vessels menace the Dominican
Government, destroy or capture them"
Since the visit Of the commission the
whole armed force of the lrigate "COn.
grCss," under command OF Lieutenant.
Commander Stephen A. MCCarty, was
landed at Man1anillobay TO aid the troops
Of IIaCz in case of an anticipated attack
by lIuperOn. And since then the bOAts of
the "Yantic' were lowered for n similar
purpose al Monte CristO. Tho crew Of
The "NantOsket," now lying in this har.
Dor, ARE being drilled almost. daily by
Masters StiCkney and Stone in suCh eX.
crCSes rs would be required In case of
land operations. There Is scarcely any
doubt that in case Of IN uprising against
Baen at San Domingo City, and one is nj
most daily expected, our officers will be
forced, under their orders, TO participate
in the fray md peril the lives Of their
crews,
A young officer, whose voice is rmOred
to be potential in Washington, writes to II
friend hGrG;-"GO In, nj all hazards, and
back up Baez; you'll lose nothing by 1t,
for Porter Is wholly with 49," Ricardo
Curiel, the Dominican Secretary of War,
has publicly asserted In the streets Of the
capital city, that BAez has received an
autograph letter from President Grant
assuring him Of the ultimate success Of
the annexation project "allcr u while"
3D. est after the eleCtlons). And Carlos
l'aea, brother Of the President, llcrated
tho same thing, Il few nights since, In
presence Of half dozen officers, Mt An.
gousts Hotel Young ",Io0' Fabcns, son
Of the Fahens, asserts that before the
month Of July is out one Of SpnlIerl's
steamers win he down with the $3.50 600,
rental for SANTANA, which Congress 70.
fused to pay Speaking Of Fabcns re.
minds me that he and Cazneau, the
main planners Of the annexation, and
who, with lIae2, will principally be hen.
Gifted by II, are looming up again into
prominence.
When the commissioners were here the
two WORTHLESS were kept out OF the way
and ignored so far rs any connection be.
tween them and either President Grant
or Baez was concerned. but now their
names arc once more upon every tongue.
FabCns son has Just been appointed Uni.
ted States commercial agent ut this place,
M office created for him, and for which
there i4no need, as there Is really nocOm.
mcrCe here, and the very efficient naval
stOrekeeper could transact any business
required.
: General Ca2neau-hc was n "sccCsll"
TGNan-with an eye TO future influence,
has offered his elegant villa Mt San DO.
mingO City, free Of rental, for United
States consular office and residence, and
our diplomatic corps occupy II on those |
terms, and freely dispense the Generals"
elegant wines and liquors And, although |
the Washington anneXatiOnists disOwn all |
connection with CaZnCAu, among the most
prominent adOrnments OF the Generals |
parlor are portraits Of Generals Grant md
BabcOCk, presented TO him by the Origi.
nails, as marks Of their esteem, as is Cvi.
denced by the autographs Inscriptions
under them
Our navy hero has
been helping Of late to spend Uncle Sans
money in burning coal, NC, "carting
arounT Baez, his officers and troops, as
well rs baggage and ammunition, from
point to point Admiral Lee, when last
here, left written orders TO the senior
officer lefl behind lat that time Com.
mandCr John Irwin, since rclieved) to
afford lIaez such privileges, and the lat
ter uses them freely at will. On the very
trip that the "Nantasket' conveyed Com
missioner White TO Puerto Plata, she
took, under Baez's orders, sufficient
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