The New York herald., 1871-03-17
serious questions involved In this annexation

HayH-Beu Wado nnd Or. Howe at Log.
gerhe0ds-The Difficulties Between Hayti
and st. Domingo.
ON BOARD THE TENNESSEE, BOUND tot
| PORT AU PRINCE. March l, 1871.
we set sail from Azua for Port au Prince, Hayti,
yesterday morning, have made fne passage thus
far and expect to anchor at Port au Prince to-mor-
row afternoon. We have finished with the Domlni-
can king and are now going, as Old Ben Wade ex-
presses 1t, to see the black prince In other words
the Commission is going to interview Massage
Saget, the Hayden President, to find out from his
side what difficulties exist between Hayt and st.
Domingo. what boundary the Haytiens claim and
what the Dominican republic owes Hayti, II any
! thing. There may be some effort made also, either
by the Commission or the correspondents, to sec
Cabra, as his reported habitat Is not great dis
tance from Port au Prince and along the Haytien
line. am more inclined to think this effort Will be
made because we likely to be detained ten or
twelve days waiting for the Nantasket with Com
missioner White and the rest Of the Tennessee party,
| who are on the north side of the island.
We left Aqua sooner than I expected when DR..
Howe arrived at that place from his overland our
| ney and talked or remaining week. But MIR.
| Wade became disgusted with DR.. Hswe's folly, in
wasting 80 much time for no useful purpose what
ever, and insisted upon going. Howe backed down,
IS White was not there to support him by voting
against Wade. Captain Temple gave notice to all
on shore to be aboard Monday night. Howe came
at half-past nine Tuesday morning, and in an hour
afterwards we were moving ont OF Azua bay.
BOGUS GUANO ISLAND.
We passed Alta Vela, the pretended guano island
about which so much has been said, at sunset.
Some OF those board, particularly the press cor
respondents, were disposed to joke me in good
natured sort of way, but with some satisfaction,
about my dispatches and money that lie buried at
this island In fifteen fathOms OF water. Just before
we left Azua the war steamer which had been sent
by the Dominican government to raise, II possible,
the soop Virginia, having my dispatches on board.
returned without accomplishing the OBJECT. The
captain showed me the ropes and tackle which he
had broken III the effort. he expected to return
with better means for raising the sloop
BAEz HAS NO NIGHT TO SELL ST. DOMINGO.
have just seen copy OF the Dominican constitu-
ton, which was revised and amended In 1868. Con-
stitutlons are of little consequence In st. Domingo
ana Is would nave been OF interest to notice this
had not something been said in the Senate at WASH
ington about the power OF the Dominican govern
ment to ALLEVIATE or sell the territory Of the republic
believe Mr.. Sumner made this point with reference
to SANTANA. From what see the government OF st.
Domingo has not the right or power consttutonally
TO aenate or sell any territory; but as / said con-
stitutions are OF no consequence there aud the
president Is absolute. 1t should suit the United
States to buy Samana or any other portion or the
republic and Mr Baez to SELL the bargain can be
sary, for mere FORMS SAKE to get an authorization
for that purpose, he could DO that easily enough for
scarcely any dare oppose his viii. the annexa-
tlon of the whole republic could be accomp lished in
the same way. In fact Baez has provided for that,
through the so-called piGbaScue which he ordered
THE NATIONAL DEBT OF DOMINGO.
There was good deal Of difficulty in getting at the
G Gent OF tne dominican republic, and even now the
The first sum stated was little less than million
Of delars. After further and closer Investigations
the amount was found TO be million and hall.
Then II was discovered that there sundry items
and obligations not specified, which will augment
even the latter sum considerably. The probability
Is however that from two to three millions viii pay
every legitimate claim. unless Hayti should have
n tod ar NJ nuln n,1raA nv Gt
mingo. There is an old DEBT OF Hayti to France,
amounting to sixty millions Of francs; but it is not
poets the republic or ST Domingo to pay portion or
it, Alter all. the debt, which at most cannot be but
States. other far more important considerations
enter into the question OF annexation, and upon
these 1t must be determined.
Arrival at Port Princc-The Steamship
Hornet and tho Spanish War steamer
Pizarro-The Harbor of Port nu Prince
The Country and Its Produciions-Going
Back TO African Customs-Mari6et OF Port
nu Prince-Why the vomito Prevails.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, March g. 1871.
AT HAYTI.
The Tennessee arrived at this port at five P. M.
the Sd OF March, having been thirty hours on the
passage from Azua. We were fortunate in having
fine weather, as usual, and stiff fair breeze the
greater part Of the way to Cape Tiburon. Round
the cape and up the Gulf OF Gonaves we had light
head wind and used steam only to Port au Prince
THE HORNET AND THE PfzARRo.
The first person that boarded the Tennessee after
the pilot was the commander of the Spanish war
steamer Pizazzo, whose vessel was lying near where
we dropped anchor. The Pizarro kept steam up all
the time, though not going to leave, and we soon
learned the cause OF this. She was watching the
steamer Hornet, which was lying farther in the har.
Dor amid number Of other vessels 1t is said the
Spaniard intended to follow the reported famous
Cuban blockade runner, with view TO capture her
II she attempted to leave Port au Prince
The Hornet carries the American flag fs an Anne
rcan vessel, is not cruiser, has no armament and
has not carried one since she left the United States
and whatever service she may have rendered the
Cubans or risks she may have undertaken in run.
ming the blockade she has done nothing under.
stand, In violation OF our neutrality law or the law
OF nations If the Spanish commander had ven-
tured or should now undertake to capture the Hor-
net under these circumstances 1t would be in viola.
ton or the law OF nations. 1t is said In Port au
Prince by persons having friendly relations with the
commander of the Plzarro that he is resolved under
instructions he has received, capture the Hornet
and to execute the captain and others on board.
When told that this might lead to difficulties with
the United States he replied in contemptuous sort
OF manner tnat dead pirates, lie called them
could not be restored to life, that the Spaniards
would nave the satisfaction OF seeing them dead,
and that an apology and some compensation would
be made afterwards If the American govern.
ment should make any noise about the mat
ter. In fact, he thought our government would
say nothing about the Hornet or her men; but that
In case OF q remonstrance it could easily be ap-
peased, as 1t has been so often before, by little
diplomatic management.
Captain Temple, OF the Tennessee who Is very
discreet officer, has examined the papers OF the
Hornet and will protect her II necessary After ex-
amining the case both in national and internati ona
point OF view, ne considers that to be his duty. IF
tue Hornet should be ready leave she can 60 out
under the protection OF the Tennessee's guns un.
derstand the Spanish commander wrote 70 Mr.. Bas-
sett, the American Minister here, concerning the
Hornet and his purpose but the Minister did not