Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-02-28
From San Domingo.

On Monday OF last week, the steam
ship North america arrived at New
1 ork, bringing the glad tidings of
the safe arrival of the Tennessee at
San Domingo. The following letter
was received from the expedition:
SAN DOMINGO CITY, Feb. 3.-The
Commission arrived from SANTANA
Bay yesterday. Every one conuec-
TED with the party was in excellent
health, The want of coaling facii-
ties detained the ship six days at Sa-
mana. The commission found the
inhabitants of the peninsula very
generally in favor of annexation =
Full investigation made into the
ownership Of the land around the
harbor showed that no u. S. official
is involved in any private specula-
ton there whatever Fabers and his
associates and o Sullivan have per-
petual lease at nominal prices ofnear-
ly all Of the available water front
for large vessels around the harbor.
There is no available mineral in that
section.
The Commission landed here this
a. M, and were formerly received by
Baez. Mr.. Wade explained its char
acter and objects. Baez and his cab
met gave them cordial welcome.
President BaeZ said, "that peace and
stable government would follow q
union with the United States; and
that the people were all anxious for
the union. Cabral had no Domini-
clans with him, The commanders of
the force he was supposed to COM
mand were Haytiens. Hayti was
the real mover in the whole matter.
He had information that an incursion
was TO be made while the commits
sion was here TO influence them. and
from his agents he has learned the
whole movement. He expressed
the hope that the Commissioners
would examine all claims, and prom
Used to extend every facility.
New YORK. Feb. 21.-The Tribm"e's
San Domingo correspondent writes
that the Baez Government denies
emphaucally that any cessi0n Of
lands, or any lease, or any advanta-
ges, or special privileges whatever
have been granted to any person IN
the United States or elsewhere.
From the best information obtain
able, it appears that the mines are
regulated according to the French
law, which declare that the private
owners are owners of the surface
and what is below the surface, pro-
vided there are no mines, or at least,
until they obtain authorization from
the government for such mines in ad
vance of the announcement of the
designation by others. There are,
therefore, Baez says, no reservations
in contradiction to the law in force.
In reply to a question to the i'm
prisonment of individuals for politi.
cal offenses, President Baez emphat.
ically says that no one has been i'm
prisoned or banished for opinions
against annexation that all who fol-
lowed Cabral on January 81, 1867,
did so of their own free will, and that
some few who have gone since owe
their forced absence to the fact that
they conspired against the public
safety in favor of Cabral or Upper
on.
The debt of the Republic appears
to be as stated in the Senate by Nor
ton and others, namely, one and a
half million dollars in gold; but the
friends of Baez say that unless great
care is taken to reject spurious claims
a much larger amount will be re-
quired. 1t seems to be the desire OF
the Baez administration to pay its
debts while the government still has
legislative power to admit or reject
accounts according as they are just
or spurious.
None of the clergy, as is stated ,
have thus far made any protest
against annexation. 1t was charged
in the Senate that Baez intended TO
leave the country: this he emphati-
cally denies.