The New York herald., 1871-02-21

Iaes inlerviewiag him aad his Cabinet ci wn.ch
an account VIII be sisen Ia Iaturc letter.
Arrival Mt st. DoGs;ngs City-Dosr rspiion Of
| II by Our rCcrrespoadenr--uantiag Up Quar-.
| ters-MoDs. anSusic to the Rescue THO
Herald md President Eaex- Cfnc,nl Re-
ccp,ion Of the Go Conn,issloncrs-Con,nss on m sssener
White-Re .,ort.d Trouble on tke HAY tiea
Bordcr-Unsvornbic eide Of Annexation
Exposed. ~
/ sr. DOMINGO CITY, Feb. g. 1871.
We anchored In the port OF st. Dominyo on Tues
day at sunset having been thirty-dve hours on
the passage from janana. The Nantaskct arrived
several hours before us. Drawing much more
water we gave the shore o wider birth, which made
the distance somewhat greater, Then We had head
winds part OF the way. and, as have said before
iae Tennessee is very slow under steam. We found
the Yantic, Commander Irwin, lying mere repairing
damage she had sustained. There were three or
/ four merchant vessels Ia the port
BAD ANCHORAGE.
The so-ealled hare9r I. 4 Toaastead except for
R'9a- Vessels which be hauled or steam III lit
tie river. The Tennessee could get in this river.
The swell In the roadsteai, even with light breeze
/ from the land ~ very ncavy and vessels roll n II
they would 20 ever. Oi course Il Is diicut 10 got
/ Ia and out OF boat rope was put rouad our
rather portly Secretary OF the Commission and he
was care ully lowered inio the boat. when he went
ashore just as baie OF goods s discharged igoDs a
ship. Ii a strong wind we're to blow from the sea
and toward tho land hardly any vessel could ride
ut anchor. The Tennessee would have 10 pu, % sea
| If there were storm. With light land broeze the
sea dashed up asaiast the shore ruriousy ana rose
| to great height II Columbus had arrived here Ia
| large ship he would not have attempted to land,
probably, and some other place womb have had tho
honor OF being the hrst founded In the New Gra.
st. Domingo can never be valuable as port.
| ~. THE SHIP ROLLS HEAVILY.
We remained on board all night, rolling In more
| disagreeaLle manner than when out IN md ocean.
/ The Consul and q naval ollcer came aboard. In
the morslng. at nine O'Clock everything being ar.
ranged for It, we fired salute OF twenty.onc guns,
anu immediately the Dominican fort returned tue
compliment Our big guns shook the Tennessee
anu made the hills reverberate. Tho guas ashore
were feoble. comparatively. Some OF our company
wondered where the Dominicans got 80 much
powder from, and expressed the belief that they
should be REQUIRED " fire another salute they would
| nave 10 50rrow the powder from US Poor anu dc.
:! ncient as they mar he, however In other things
they find powder and arms enough to xii! each
other and to keep up constant revolution.
GOING ASHORE.
After the salute began TO 60 ashore In one boat
after another The distance rrom tho ship Is about
thges sI m!ss The PresIaea! ot tne Q2ma,ssion ANA
several otaers did not SO ashore till the following
morning. We found that our overland party pear
ing message TO President BaeZ arrived safely on
Saturday. description OF this journey is given In
another part OF the correspondence
ST. DOMINGO CITY.
St. Domingo is quaint looking, anci ent and dlapi-
datea Old town, containing seven or eight thou
sand inhabitants. II is the Oldest place built by Euro
peans in America " is much ike Panama and other
ola towns built by the spanarls, except, perhaps,
hat IA n a nf md hau a
more perishng blight resting upon It. The very
buildings are overgrown In many places with grass
and shrubs. Some Of these buildings and large
ruins are picturesque, as showing the architecture
State OF civilization and colonial grandeur Of Spain
several centuries ago. shall mention these more
IN detail h reaiter. and merely advert TO them now
TO give an idea OF the impression sucn place must
maze at srst upon Americans wno had never seen
anything Ike II Ueiore.
LOOKING FOR ACCOMMODATIONS.
ihe Lrst thily TO 40 wnen on shore was TO IND
s;raascrs here. Augasse is a Frencamaa, long resi-
Dent IN ST Donlngo, and keeps sort OF p0Sdoe or
limited, but the proprietor Is pote, does best ne
and we are glad to accept anything rather than
y se s ana S aS S sng vas 10 snd
/ Till Auguste found the Commissioners had taken
tnat could procure an apartment to myseI-tnat
ia, an apartment separate from others below only
m s Oih % "a az 1s , se as e ae sas o
mlssioners Were offered the Presidents palace but
declined IT. They hav5 rented smaller house be-
longing 10 Bael. Our sleeping apartments are rur-
nishel with stre5cher bed, one chair, or two at
most wasnstand and a small liable. They have
washed only at long intervals The first room en-.
tered from Tue street serves for dining, breakfast
and sitting well for the Office and general
business OF the house. The frst thing saw was
notice over the end door, III large letters, not to
hab'Gr ds poI,taea." We were tod, however, we
might talk American politics. Such is the freedom
are AFRAID To express their opinions. ANY Domini
can daring 70 oppose the government in It's policy
sale Tor some foreigners to do 30.
THE HERALD CORRESPONDENT CALLS ON PRESIDENT
After taking possession OF nv quarters pro.
ceedei to tine sldence OF President Baez deliver
entrance did not interrupt my progress, though
they glanced at me IN scrutiniziny manher !
doors into sort Of outer Office, where found the
Secretary oil State air. Gautier. TDls gentleman,
sH Mp ssfS 60 .s s sa5s 5ssss sos aasa
uslusss; the pars WITH WITH ins 81 psssa
TO an adjoining room and returned With the piesl-
HOW PRESIDENT BAEz LOOKS.
General Ilae1 welcomed mo good French and
SPOKE occasionally IN bad English. He Is n short
shGrt made mon OF forty eight or fifty years OF age
ner lie Is a lignt n.ulatto with the negro kinK OF
hair. There Is good nature and cunning blended In
s ao m e was - rianrv an " ana
press with the boundiess natural resources OF the
country, richness OF the SOIL the general wish Of the
people for annexation aud the weakness OF the
Ca1rallss and Opponents OF annexatioa. According
to his account ali Is promising and glorious for the
United States ,u ST. Domingo if annex the coun-
try. lie hoped we should go to Azua, which, he
says, is surprisingly rich. and he spoke OF sugar
cane there that was planted before he was porn
winch now yields aoundantly.
CONVERSATION WITH THE PRESIDENT.
called the Presidents attention TO the enormous
grant OF iaud-onc-lftn OF all the public land In the
country--as O survey grant to Fabens. He seemed
10 regard tls as valid grant, and argued that the
services rendered ana TO be rendered by Fabens and
the company associated with him are qua pro quo
for such vast territory In conversation had
white man. fOuad that he also regarded the grant
as valid. Mr.. Demoate said, however, when 70.
marked that this stupcndous grant OF tenth Of the
whole territory of the republic might prove an OBJ
stac.e annexation, that President Bae2 regretted
a. III ~ laor,