The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-03-01

character of tho people OF Sun Domingo,
for whom there Is such o yearning in Adj
ministratlon circlesat Washington, isfrom
the correspondent of the New York Giid.
uac, who is favorable 10 the annexation
scheme:
"The people hcre-I refer, Of course, TO
the blacks, for they IRE really the pOpula.
tion-are not, am sorry TO say, q vlrtu-
Gus people, as the report Of the Commits
sioners 10 Congress will probably show,
for they have Investigated the question,
and found the facts appalling. The mum.
Der of diseased children isvery large, and
cases ofgrown persons being literally eat
en- up by disease are not rare An intel.
,ligent apothecary from Santiago stated
that tw0-thIrls OF the medicines dispensed
by him have been for private diseases.
But the general healthiulness OF this
portion OF the island is established be.
yond question. DR.. NewComb, Of
Cornell University, who Is charged
by the Commission with the investigation
US to tho sanitary condition OF tue island,
reports the existence OF leprosy. The evil
denee of the physicians In charge Of the
hospital shows that there Is always lepro'
sy here, but the cases are few, not over
twenty in the whole city, and 1t is not
considered contagious. But what the city
Is rich in Is Cripples and monstrosltles.
There are big.headed children, children
with q dozen or two fingers, and some
without any, children with joints as big
us their heads, and with legs bigger than
their bodies, children overgrown and I'm.
dergrown, children with feeble mind, or
without any at all, and all other capri.
ciOus varieties. But the most singular oil
all arc the spotted children; that Is, white
children turning black, or black children
turning White" s-Uf-gH.rs.F
Here are some more tid-blts from the
last letter of Mr.. Fulton, ofthc Baltimore
AmerieaR, who is q warm partisan Of an.
nexation, and aims to give rose color to
everything he sees. In little paragraphs
like these, however, the truth occasionally
crops out: ~ Nd r.I -, 81
g. TILE MORALS OF DOMINICA.
II report speaks truly the morals Of
Santo Domingo are not Of the highest
order, and the marriage ceremony Is said
not TO be essential 10 good standing In
society, nor LEGITIMACY any bar to social
position. The law, however, excludes
ilIcritimate children from any right Of
inheritance, as well rs unmarried wives.
A man may live with woman in all the
relations ofman and wife without the per.
Torrance OF the marriage ceremony, and
neither She nor he will loose cast by such
proceeding. All prominent men have
numbers OF Legitimate children, who
tnkc their fathers names, but the only
law against them is an exclusion from the
rirht ofinheritancc, all the property going
to tho Legitimate widow and her chill.
drcn. isN.H. ~ llgHiIJa .ulf'a1'l
SUNDAY AT sANTo DOMINGO.
u,ho.o Ii {, nro,,v r,crcrol susnens;on or
I,ainos, %, Sunday nxcrnt sich nIaces
no sniI TooI md the peonle apncar upon
H.. ~ ~ .,r nc ci"oniv alfred Going 10
c1, V Il Tho or,icr NJ thc DIV IN lilo morn.
Inv m h II" % y, mr. mon sunday anpears 10 end
a nsi Mi tho male popGlation start out for i
general iolliiication. Chicken fighting
on the suburbs Of the city is the ilvorit0
amusement, and even the Governor of the
city appears upon tho ground with cock
under Ills arm. Bacz and his Cabinet
stand aloof from these sports, but when
Cnbrnl was President he took the lead In
nil Of them, and Consortel generally with
the lowest peoplc In the city, carousing
and drinking with any one who would
ioin him. This Sunday afternoon there
| Il 10 he both bull fight tind chicken fight.
| Inc. These arc common, however, In all
Spnnisli countries. and those who were
present nj the r,i;tl.ui fighting last Sun
iay represent il - d most shocking cxlli.
bitten, Tic shouting and yelling Of the
champions Of the different cocks rcsem.
bling nothing so closely rs the chailering
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