Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-25
Progress of the San Domingo Inyes.
LEGATION.

san Domingo dispatch in the papers yester-
csy, had foggy statement to the effect "thst
vale the bulk of the testimony taken. by the
Commission indicated very favorable cordi-
ton Of affairs. certain information, the exact
Character OF which the Commission does not
make known, has been obtained, which in the
minds OF some of its members introduces
ob-tac'es which earlier testimony did not
promise" This remarkable piece of Blnsby-
isn does not seem 20 be Calculated By the letter.
o. Any of the correspondents brought by the
same vessel, the Tybee. According t. the let
tiers, the Commissioners had found none o. Mr.
Summers promised lions in the path, and even
the terrible Csbral, the insurrectionery chief.
lad dwindled down to the proportions OF petty
marauGer, with a squad OF Hayden followers
numbering at most one hundred and fifty men
Moreover, IT seems by the concurrent testimony
of all the writers that this patriot hero Of straw
has signihed to the Commission his willingness
to come into the annexation movement on Ger
tain conditions beneficial 10 him. So much for
Cabral. Hayti, too, that has been made bug
bear IN opposition TO annexation, IL seems l.
already showing disposition to come under our
nag.
Dir. Hurlbut writes to the Worl1 that the
bulk OF the Haytien people are really quite as
quiet and docilc OF temper as the DOminicsns,
and quite as much hsrrassed as they by the or
sasized factions" of rival chiefs. As H,yti is
made the constant bugbear of Santo Domingo.
20, too. SantO Domingo is made the constant
Jugbear n Hayti. Both sections, he says, need
he extension over them of some welI.Orsanized
foreign authority to save them from literal poIit-
zeal and social decomposition, and all the best
Fart OF the population Of both sections OF the
island are of this mind.
The results of the investigations NJ tba Can
mission, as set forth by Mr.. Wade, its chair
man. just before the sailing of the Tybee, are
a follows:
I" The President, BY authority OF Congress.
cent Us down here 10 Investigate the condition of
the country. We have pursued that Investigs-
ton a fully and as earnestly a. possible. First
Of all, we find BaeZ President OF this Repubic
ds "a. 0-it IL not our duty to say % in luire
whether he y the is lure President not. He is
IN yea cefuf possession OF il, directing its army
they are; performing al the functions of Gov
eFumrnt. Then We find that the people are all
in favor Of annexation, that a vote was taken
or the question twelve months ago; that the
people were then unanimously in favor of il
and are more vehement aud enthusiastic in their
desire 20 be annexed 10 day tn An they were then;
that It's debt will be fully covered by one million
and . hall OF dollars; that the country is a
healthy country; that concessions OF lands were
made 10 a railroad company, which, by tie
EOu-i eriOTmance OF the contract, are utterly
worthless, that contract was entered into by
the government with a company an New YORK
to survey the whole territory. in consider alton
o. W. lCh II was stipulated that One-iifth of the
public lands should be given 10 them and tte
Contract 10 not very clear on this pOiat-one-fth
OF al the mineral wealth-but we didnot come
O. aJjudicate upon that. We ini tn at San Do
nl,ns0 Is rich beyond all comparison-rIchar AMI
mote fertile IN soil than any OF the surrounding
Islands, that in the interior are large mahogany
tracts. OF immense value, and immense QUAINT
ties G! other valuable kinds OF tnbeTS.'