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Show I By T- 'CKrai'fo.j UltDI A IIIIHIMJII. From tin Tribiini's corroj otident 1 at rv';;n!"i4 B-'y, Jan. .'10. I'lO'cssor lilako made a i,"'- intereslini; report of his expedition lo Ihe ""'"''a ul V .iik. and the supposed coal beds. visited nil the places mciiom;d by I McClellan in his report. He took the bearings and names of all the headlands head-lands ami bays. He found the peninsula penin-sula of Sauiana was practically an island, is-land, a branch of the Y'una river, in high water, dividing it from the mainland. main-land. At other times the part connecting con-necting the peninsula with the mainland main-land is low and swampy. It is reported repor-ted that there are but two feet of water on the bar, at the mouth of the Yruna, which is gradually filling up with sand. Blake found no coal, but immense seams of lignite which may be defined to be impure coal. It belongs geologically geolog-ically to a later brmation, and con-'aius con-'aius less carbon and more water and volatile products than Cual. Lignite is .ot good for ocean steamers, but can ie profitably i-ci in manufactures aud ibr river steamboats and locomotives constructed to burn it. Santa Domingo City, Feb. 2. We left Samana early on Monday morning, the 30th, and steamed slowly along the bald head:auds with the wind and sea against Us; aud on 'Tuesday afternoon came in sight of Santa Domingo. We cast anchor in the roadstead. Santa San-ta Domingo can never be a place of commercial importance, for t has no harbor for vessels drawing over ten feet. They are compelled-to remain outside at anchor, cheered by the pithy c r ... T. a u:l.... nr.. i cinat ti ul a i esL anuiau l hoi: an case of a storm or strong south wind, be prepared to ship your cable and put to sea, for your anchor will not hold; or if it holds your cable will part and you will drift on the rocks." |
