San Domingo Farming

A correspondent of the Hearth and Hwne who attended the Coliimissioners in their visit to San Domingo, alludcs to the indolence and unthriftiness of the people of that island as follows : " Thero is not a plow in use ; even hoes are seldom to bê seen. The machete, a loug knife, is used tb cut off the timber, to dig holes in the ground for seed, and to remove the weeds, and to harvest the erop. Cultivtitiori, in our sensc of the term, hurdly exists. It is' diffieult to believe how p'rimitive is the eondition of agricultura. In faet, with the exoeptSon of tobáceo and a little coffee, scaróely any articles are exported. As a striking evidenco of the present state of afïairs, it is sutficient to say that we have benn genorally supplied during' our stay on the islund, in'sight of the waving tops of the sugar cane, with beet sugar made and refined in France. We have used condensod milk frbm the United States, amid sivannas covered ■with herds of nati ve cattle, and ' uípon plains where a hundre'd' g'ó:lts have been grazing by our side. We have eiaten cheese from Holland, in a country whieïï is eomparativoly rich in nativo grasses ; ' and have seen in the markets adulterated indigo, imported from abroa!, wïien the plant is a weed every where by ÜT roadside."