The evening telegraph

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some time was passed in pleasant conversa

tion over the news from home and from the

fleet. Later in the day the commissioners

landed for a visit to the local authorities,

and these latter distinguished officials has

tened to return the compliment. It was not

until the morning of the 25th that the rest of

the party went ashore.

SCENES AT SAMANA.

After giving the description of the town,

already published by us, the correspondent

continues:

We pushed our way through the lazy, grin

ning, good-natured crowd, and made an in

spection of the publio buildings of Sarr ana.

It did not take us long, for there are none at

all except two ehurches and a calaboose and,

perhaps, I should add a oouple of school

Louses. The Catholio church is a rude struc

ture, much larger than the inhabitants Beeni

to require, and full of the oddest

images dressed in quaint, not to say

grotesque, habiliments. We tried to con

verse with the priest, but he spoke none

of the three languages at the command of our

party, bo we gave it up. We afterwards

learned that he was an Italian. A Methodist

church is building under the auspices of the

English Mission Society, and the British flag

is displayed on the unfinished edifioe as well

as on the residence of the minister. The

Rev. Joseph James is a colored man of ordi

nary intelligence, and has a congregation in

cluding about three hundred communicants,

mostly descendants of the colored oolony

sent here from Philadelphia in 182 1. They

have placed themselves under the Bri

tish flag as a protection in case of dis

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The evening telegraph. (1871). Philadelphia [Pa.], 1871-02-22. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83025925/1871-02-22/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The evening telegraph, 1871-02-22.