New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-13

The following sketches are by tie WASH
ington correspondent; Of the New icvk
Null:
Baez so-called President, Is {; man o.
about fifty years OF age. He has about one
sixteenth negro blood, and probably as
much OF the Carib Indian III his Veins. He
has been in rows al life long, excep: some
ten years or so which he sren. as an exile
in Paris-a city whittier it is said his aunD!-
ton turns az the present time. !ie IL more
anxious to see his coffee plantation prosper
Gus than anything else, is well aware OF the
| necessity Of peace and order. and Ike
nearly all the educated mixed blOods ether
Haytiens or DomiIicans, Of whom l nave
heard, has no faith whatever in any AIDE
pendent future for their island nationa,;ies.
Baez is man Of polished manners VIXEN
he chooses to be, and IS probably as unssr.:-
pulQus.
Cazueau ie a Virginian. I believe. Ne IS
a man of some mears. and was formerly our
representative there. He owns . large
coffee plantation. has large minera! and
land grants, and his stake is Of censiCera-
be importance, 70 him at least. His wife is
a woman Of decided ability, and was trained
here, in the old school Of political intrigue
and management. whose heaGG quarters were
in this city.
Fahens Is a Salem. Massachusetts,. boy.
though hI5 appearance would .naIc...c
Southern or Spanish descent. lie IS a nan
Of rather eIeg.n. appearance. An old fla
clustering companion OF Lopez and Walker
told me today several incidents OF Fabens
and others. The first named lie me: in he
Canary Islands, some fifteen or more wears
ago. lie was then engaged n TIE eXrc.i-
ment OF employing calaeis IN Texas. Ipcl
the .staked plains and ether sections
where the difficulties ~ obtaining water
over long stretches OF country were so S:ca..
Fahens was q. nc Canary Islands :rar-
shipping his ca.reis. lie a.terw":d .c.
gagged in San Domingo III rLe same plan %.
acclimating the ships OF the d.ser.. So.
several years he had some thirty came,s
bringing ore down from the mines 20 San
Domingo and SANTANA. 50 :i.ey wee -.
males. there We're none 70 replace tics.
whom dealt, carried OF. Fabcns even then
owned large tracts of Ian. OF S..!r:r.,
Bay.
II Is more :han twenty years aga >iu""
General Pickett, the exConf.derd-e. was
United States Cousl.l q. Turks Island.
Willie there re proposed the leasing OF
purchase OF SANTANA Bay 20 The STATE De-
partlnent. This. o. course. turned lie a..
tention OF such keen-wi.:cL spectators ..s
Fabens. Cazneau, O'Sullivan & Go. 20 lie
value CT real estate III that vicinity. !: =
worthy Of notice thai in Hay.: IN alien
whit8man can 10: nc. :hink. either a en-
zen or the owner ~ real estate. az. ClI.-e
sure o: Ire latter prohibition.
A curious tact was tois. me by IRE :.!bas-
tering general. OF whom I've already
spoken. When kossli:ii was IN America. II
1878. there was a nnmber OF Americans
and others organized as a ;iibUs.er.ns ie
gion. They were originally intended 20 aid
LOPEZ in the Cuban movement. Atterwald
they were kept together for kossu.h, there
bein q some expectation OF a w..c between
Turkey and Russia. a number of Hunga-
rian exiies We're also ont OF business. and
had 10 he provided for. A! the time Sou
louque, the black Emperor. was continually
rafting OF San Domingo. As is generally
known, the Haytiens claim CONTROL over the
island. Propositions had been made to
Pickett TO employ his tiibusters in driving
back SoulouGue. Afterward Pickett him
self went to San Domingo to renew it for
kossuth's colnpatriots, as well as his own
men. After lie got there the pature of his
mission got out, and the English, French
and Spanish representatives. all fearing the
event OF III Filibusteros,' sent their fleets
to Por. al Prince, and made such torcible
representations 20 the black ruler of Hayti
that the rad On Dominican territory