Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-03-11

npOR us the sOlemniiies al death
I0r in d Q nature Of things, We, too
must soon I0ll0N our ased friend o.
the grave, 10 "lhat Tar distant
bourne iron whence no tTaveleI
ever returns,
Who will hs the next Senator
/ called, NO know not, IL may he
You, AIR, President, or IL may bs
nae, or some Senator upon my right
or ono upon the lril ohe thing
however, Il certain, that before the
time for which We were elected eN'
pire., we will be called upon, no
doubt, 10 mourn the death OF some
other brother Senator, Tho pale
horse aud his rider to-day may bo
lowering over The Capitol, with his
bow aud quiver ready, In search OF
another victim,
Then, let us, in the language OF
holy writ, "kcep our lamps trim
mel aud burning, and when ihu
bridegroom comelh, let MS bo able
10 go out and meet him
sour days, alas our mortal days,
Are short, aud wrelehsi too
xvii aud few the patriarch says,
Aud we'll the patriarch knew,
"Tis hut At hes, narrow bound
That Heaven alloi. 20 men,
And pains aud sins run ihra the round
Of fIhrs,seors years aud ten
kJ- The United State, Steamship Ten.
nessee, for the safely of which fears have
hesn seriously entertained, ha. arrived
safely At samana Bay, Van Domingo, with
the United States Commission ON board,
all in good health. The wan, Of eoalipg
facilities detained the vessel six days at
samnna. 4 dispatch from San Domingo
City, dated February "a, says:
The Commission found that tho
inhabitants of that peninsula gen.
orally favor annexation, y full in
vestigation made into the owner.
ship Oi the land around the harbor
showed that no United States oili'
cials are involved In any private
transactions there whatever. Fa'
bcas and associates and O'Sulllvan
have u perpetual lease, ut II nomin-
III price, of nearly all available wa.
ter front for large vessels around
the harbor of Samana. There are
no valuable minerals in that scc-
iion. The Commission landed here
this morning and were formally re-
ccived by Bacz. Wade expressed
the character OF the object. Bacz
and Cabinet gave II cordial welcome.
Bncz said peace and u stable gov
ernmcnt would follow union with
tho United States. The people
were all anxious for union. Ca
Dral had no Dominicans with him.
The commanders of the force he
was supposed to command were
Haytiens, and Ilayti was tho real
mover in the whole matter. lie
had information that an incursion
WAS to be made while the Commits
sion was here, to influence them,
and from his agents he had learned
the whole movement. lie express
cd tho hope that the commissioners
would examine all classes, and
promised to x'cnd cvsry iucility.
Five OF the party came across the
island from Sanana to this place.
The Commission find no appearance
of public disturbances or disscn-
siuns. The season is very healthy;
the officers and crews Of the Uni
ted States steamers Tennessee,
Nantucket and Yantic. now in this
hnrbor, are all well. Tbs Commits
sion will be here q week. longer,
and will probably visit Azua next
week. The stories of troubles there
arc Untrue. The Commission ia
tend to start home in about four
weeks. Baez agreed to give safe
conduct to Cabral or any Of his Off
GERS to come here and meet the
Commission, and messengers will
be dispatched at once.