The morning call

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:n d dropped anchor iff the ancient city of

..'Kan 'Domingo May 6. 18JC.

Lieutenant Porter found the Dominican

finances In a deplorable condition. The

small amount of specie lv the country was

In the hands of usurers. The currency con

sisted of paper and copper tokens, nnd

twenty paper dollars were equivalent to one

mm silver. On his return io Washington

w Porter made a full report in duplicate, one

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for the State and the other for the Navy

Department, but both of these papers dis

appeared from the deportments prior to the

breaking out of the Civil War in 18fil. The

report was highly favorable In lone, com

mending the excellent harbor at Samana

Bay. and pointing to its strategical ad

vantages as a naval station.

In 1851 President Fillmore and Secretary

of State Webster commissioned Robert M.

Walsh as special agent of the Government

to Hayti and San Domingo to co-operate

with the British and French commissioners

in bringing about a cessation of the war

fare that the llaytians bad been waging nn

the peacefully Inclined and numerically in

ferior Ssn Dominicans.

The United States steamer Saranac con

veyed Commissioner Walsh to Port-au-

Prince, where he met the French and Eng

lish commissioners, and during a stay of

some weeks had two interviews with Em

peror Fan-tin I.

With the French and English commis

sioners he then went to San Domingo and

reported the results of their negotiations at

Hayti to President Baiz of the^Dominican

republic.

Mr. Walsh's mission was not as successful

as it might have been, for the Hayiian

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The morning call. (1893). San Francisco [Calif.], 1893-04-02. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn94052989/1893-04-02/ed-1/?sp=15

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The morning call, 1893-04-02.