Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-04-22
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WHOLE NUMBER lll2.

to immigration than in several of our
new States. The eastern portion of the
Island is constantly swept by the trade
winds, and is therefore much more heal
thy than lIayti, to which the ravages Of
the yellow fever are chiefly confined.
The losses of the Spanish army by illness
was largely due to lack of sanitary
care, and the Commissioners are satisfied
that their losses have been largely ex.
aggerated. The Commissioners have
given special attention to the matter of
health, aud besides getting information
from other quarters they have charged
two medical gentlemen to report especi-
( ally upon it, and their reports are ap-
| pended.
Their conclusion is this The popular
! idea that the Dominican territory is par-
ticularly unhealthy, and that persons Wis
iting il are particularly liable to yellow
fever, is entirely erroneous The average
general health and longevity is quite
equal to and probably greater than in
the United States as a whole. Immi-
grants are not liable TO any more dis
turbance Of their general health than
persons who pass from the old to the
new states of the United States and
serving upon the sea coast. The process
is so simple as to escape notice. Taking
the year through as much agricultural
work can be done without eflecting the
health as can be done in our middle and
western states and with greater results.
Persons in all circumstances can here. by
selecting their location, enjoy delicious
climate and an abundance of fruit, with
far less liability to diseases of the lungs,
to scarlet fevers and other fearful epi-
denies, and without any liability to vel
! low fever. The Commission, its attaches
and the gentlemen of the press, number
cd thirty.two the officers and crew of
the irigate numbered four hundred and
ninety six Of this company of five hum
dred and twenty-eight sojourned in bar-
bors supposed to be the most unhealthy
| parts Of the country, or in the interior
of the Island about two months. Few
! if any had been acclimated. Neverthe-
less there was but one case of mortal
disease, and that was from causes uncon-
nected with the climate There was no
case Of malignant fever and none of Sc
we're sickness among them. The steamer
Nantucket, with its full complement of
officers and seamcn, has been in the har-
Dor of the island for about fifteen months
and has not yet had single case of yell
low fever. Earthquakes have done no
serious damage to the island since Is46,
and though slight shocks occur almost
every year, they are SO considerable that
scarce one in dozen of the inhabitants
is aware of them. Hurricanes are not
| frequent but are sometimes attended
with considerable damage. The island
has several rivers navigable for short
distance into the interior, while there
are the great bays of SANTANA, Azua and
Maizeanila, that admit vessels of the
largest draft, though only the first has
any Importance in military point of
view.
SANTANA BAY.
The Commissioners state the advanta.
ges of the acquisition of Samana Bay to
be, powerful military and naval station,
and doubtless estimate the growth of an
important city, portion of the water in
front of which has already been required
by the citizens of the United States, be-
ing but a small part of what would be
occupied by the site of great CONNER
cial city. Inland communication by wa
ter and rail would be easy, and the fu-
ture of Samana Bay, under the authority
of the United States, could not fail to be
of national Importance.
| FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
| The following statement exhibits briefly, the
result of inquiries, as to the debt of the gov
ernment and its obligations, whether funded
and ascertained and admitted, or unadjusted
| and under discussion
Unpaid salaries. cs.............. 100000 90
Bonds and Treasury notes. 1888, ,436 IS
Debts and loans. ns.............. 4944, ,302 80
Obligations of Cabral. ......... 22, ,1S4,577 90
Natl Bank Notes countersignec 4l3000 90
Interest bearing loans. ........ 29,351 ,223 90
Loans without interest. ....... 2,422, ,320 90
Debt of 1859. 9................. 100000 90
Pending claims s........... &c, 400, 900 90
Tin francs). ........ 13,6Il,9
'' lin dollars). .......$ 1884. 400 90
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