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SAVAGE, JAMES. 



SAXOXY, KING OF. 



Santiago de los Caballeros, and Concepcion ; 

 the area comprises 17,826 square miles; and 

 the population is estimated at 136,500. An 

 estimate made in 1872 by the ecclesiastical 

 court gave the number of inhabitants at 207,- 

 000 ; but these figures are evidently exag- 

 gerated, and the former certainly approach 

 more closely to the truth. Some nine-tenths 

 of the people are said to be native Dominicans ; 

 the pure African type is not here common as 

 it is in the other portion of the island ; nor 

 are whites of unmixed blood numerous; but 

 the great majority are hybrids in whom the 

 white element seems to predominate. 



The-capital, Santo Domingo, the oldest city 

 in the New World, has a population of some 

 15,000. The Government, based upon the Con- 

 stitution of November 18, 1844, and modified 

 November 14, 1865, after the expulsion of the 

 Spanish troops, consists of a President, indi- 

 rectly elected for a term of four yenrs ; and a 

 national Congress composed of two Houses: 

 the Conirjo Coiuervador, and the Tribunado. 

 The members of the Oonsejo, five in number, 

 and those of the Tribunado, fifteen, are indi- 

 rectly elected, with restricted suffrage, for six 

 years. The powers of the Congress, which 

 embrace only the general affairs of the state, 

 extend to declaring war or peace, and par- 

 doning criminals; each province has its own 

 legislature. 



The President is aided in the administration 

 by four secretaries or ministers appointed by 

 himself: they are those of Finance, Justice, 

 War, and Foreign Affairs. 



The President of the Republic is Seller Pun 

 Ignacio Gonzales, elected December 20,1873. 



The staple articles of export are coffee, to- 

 bacco, gaano, hides, wax, gold, silver, sugar, 

 and logwood, and small quantities of mahoga- 

 ny and other cabinet woods. 



A revolutionary movement against the ad- 

 ministration of Baez was inaugurated early in 

 the year; the principal leaders were Cabral, 

 Luperon, and Alt amir i; many encounters took 

 place with the Government troops, the latter 

 being almost always unsuccessful; and the 

 revolution ended in the downfall of Baez, 

 whose rule was regarded as in every respect 

 prejudicial to the interests of the country. 



BAT AGE, J.VVKM, LI,. I)., an American ar- 

 ehcologist and genealogist, born in Boston, July 

 18, 1784; died in tb.it city, March 8, 1873. Mr. 

 Savage was a lineal descendant from Thomas 

 Savage, one of the early settlers of New Knir- 

 land. He graduated from Harvard College in 

 1803, and was the last survivor of his class. 

 After graduation he studied law, and was ad- 

 mitted to the bar and common practice in 

 1807. He wan subsequently a Representative 

 and Senator in the (rcneral Court, or legis- 

 lature, of Massachusetts, a member of the 

 Council, orator for the Fourth of July in 1*11, 

 and a member of the State Constitutional 

 Convention in 1820. He was for more than a 

 More of years treasurer of the first savings- 



bank established in Boston, and for nineteen 

 years he served in the same capacity the Mas- 

 sachusetts Historical Society, of which body 

 lie was at one time president, and the editor 

 of several volumes of its collection*, lie lie- 

 longed to several other associations, so that it 

 may be said no good cause of letter* or charity 

 failed of his active sympathy. As an 

 quarion and historian bis pen was busy, ami 

 many are the cherished memorials of its dili- 

 gence, looked upon and consulted as authori- 

 ties, the most prominent of them being, per- 

 haps, his admirably annotated edition of 

 " Winthrop's Journal." Among his other 

 published works were: ''A History of the 

 Adoption of the Federal Constitution!" 1 

 "A (Genealogical Dictionary (A 

 tiers of New' England," 4 rota., 8vo, 186" 

 and many articles in the .Wnntklt/ Anthology 

 and North American Review. He was a 

 member of the New England Hi.-torical and 

 Genealogical Society, and of the American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences. Harvard 

 University conferred on him the degree of 

 I.I.. 1>. in' 1841. 



SAXoN'Y, JOHN NEPOMUCKSK MARIE-JO- 

 SEPH I., King of, a German monarch, born in 

 Dresden, December 12, 1801; died at 1'ilnitz, 

 six miles from Dresden. October i!'.i, 1*7-. Ill- 

 was the second son of Maximilian, Klector of 

 Saxony, and the Prince-s Caroline, of I'arma. 

 In his youth, ho studied jurisprudence and 

 literature, and became an accomplished schol- 

 ar. In 1*-1 be entered the Ministry of Fi- 

 nance, at Dresden, where he attained hiirli dis- 

 tinction from his financial ability during the 

 next ten years. In 1831 he retired from - 

 to take command of the National ( Guard of 

 Saxony. He was at the same time a mem her 

 of the Saxon Diet, and took an nctive part in 

 framing the constitution of that year. Ho also 

 devoted much time to literary and nrchiei 'logi- 

 cal pursuits, and published a German transla- 

 tion of Dante's " Divina Commedia," with his- 

 torical and critical notes, and an indifferent 

 translation of Sbakspearo into (German. Ho 

 was President of the Saxon Society of Antiqua- 

 rians from I-^'-'l till his death, and in lK.~>i! and 

 1853 presided over the German Historical and 

 Antiquarian Society. During the reign of bis 

 brother, Fried rich August II.. who ascended the 

 throne in l3fi. Duke John acted with the reac- 

 tionary party in the religious and political con- 

 tentions which culminated in the outbreaks of 

 1848 and 1849. He supported the repri 

 policy of Baron von Beust, the principal minis- 

 ter, and in concert with him virtualh dictated 

 the policy of the Government. In IH.V1. on the 

 death of his brother, ho became King. Karon 

 von Beust continued in office, and under his di- 

 rection Saxonv supported the Austrian policy 

 of ctni-hostiiity to the allied powers daring 

 l be Crimean War, and became the champion 

 of the smaller states in the contentions nri 

 out of the Schleswig-Holstein question. 

 ony also sought to avert the impending con- 



