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VOLUME XXVII.
A MEMORY.
Sweet breath of summer pinks
Dainty and rare ;
Sweet song of summer birds
On the still air ;
Fields red with clover blooms,
Mist-curtained hills.
Low-breathing southern winds,
Soft flowing rills.
Dear sights and pleasant sounds,
Beautiful day,
With life's most holy things
Folded away,
Stay, memory calls ye forth
From the dead years.
Stay, for my eyes are filled
With happy tears.
I was but a little child, yet
I feel it now,
My mother's loving kiss
On my young brow.
Wherefore from the rest is set
This day apart ?
Wherefore is its sweetness kept
Deep in my heart ?
SYBIL PARK CULVER.
§li;Sceliaaeoiis.
From the Toledo Blade.
NASBY.
The Xeyro vote—Mr. Xasby, in Imitation of
Wade Hampton, Tries to Conciliate the Af
ricetn—The result of the Venture.
POST OFFIS CONFEDRIT X ROADS, I
I wich is in the Stait uv Kentucky,)
March 28th, 1867. )
1 hev made mauy sudden and
rather 'strordiuary changes in politix
—some so very sudden that the
movement perdoost conjestion uv the
conshence. I rekollect wunst uv ad
vokatin free trade and a high pro
tective tariff", all within twelve hours,
(I made a speech in an agricultural
destrik uv Noo York in the forenoon
at 10 A. M., and in a mauufacturin
town in Pennsvlvany in the evenin,
our platform bein so coustruktid that
both parties cood And an endorse
ment in it) and hev performed many
other feats uv moral gymuastiks ;
but this last change 1 hev bin called
upon to make is probably the sud
denest. Last week Toosdy, Deekin
Pogram, Captiu McPelter, and I wuz
engaged in riddiu the Corners uv
niggers. We hed endoored them ez
long ez we thot possible, and deter
mined on staudin it no longer. Se
lectin three wich we wuz satisfied
hed too much spelliu-book into em to
be enslaved agin, we wuz preparin
notises to be served onto em, order
in em to leeve in twenty-four hours,
when I reseeved a leter in the north
ern mail marked " free—Alex. W.
Randall, P. M. G." 1 knowd it wuz
offishel to-wunst —that blessid signa
toor is on my commission, and I've
coutemplatid it too often to be mis
taken in it. Its contents wuz breel,
and ran thus :
"To all postmasters iu the South
ern States ; The niggers hev votes
—consiliashen is our best holt. See
to it."
This breef tho not hard to be un
derstood order wuz sealed with the
offishel seal uv the Post Offis Depart
ment stampt into putty instid uv
wax, to wit : a loaf uv bread under
a roll uv butter, with ten hands a
grabin at it. 1 comprehended the
situashen at site, and set about doiu
my duty with both Roman and Spar
tan firmness. " Deekin," sez I, teariu
up the notises, " these niggers we
hev misunderstood. They are not an
inferior race—they are not deceud
ents uv Ham and Hager—-it wuzn't
Paul's idea in sendiu back Onesimus
to condemn him to servitood—we hev
misunderstood the situation, and
must make amends. Tiie nigger is
devoid uv smell, and is trooly a man
and a brother."
" Wat ?" sed the Deekin, tippin
back ih amazement.
" Jest wat I say," sez I, " read
that," and I flung him toe letter.
The upshot uv the conlercnce wich
follered wuz the callin uv a meetin
the next nite, at wich all uv the Ethi
opeans uv the Corners wuz invited
and urged to be present.
The trouble wuz to git the niggers
to attend the meetin. The fust one I
spoketo laft iu my face, and asked
me how long it wuz sence I hed helpt
to hang a couple uv niggers, byway
uv finishin off a celebrashen. Polleck,
the llluoies storekeeper, got hold uv
it, aud told Joe. Bigler,and Joe swore
that ef the niggers hedn't any more
sense than we give them credit for,
in sposin we cood bamboozle em so
cheap, he shood go back to the old
beleef, to wit: that they wuz only a
sooperior race uv monkeys, after all;
and by nite every nigger in the vi
cinity wuz postid thoroughly, and out
uv all uv em I cood ouly git four
who wood promise to attend, and to
them the Deekin hed to pay $2
apeece. To give it eclaw I promised
one uv em $5 (to be paid at the close
uv the meetin) to sit on the stage
with me, wich, bein a very poor man,
and hevin a sick wife in a shanty
near by, who wuz a sufferin for med
iciue, i wich he coodent git without
money) he accepted.
At this pint an idee struck me. I
remembered Philadelfy, aud deter
mined to hev a scene rivaling the
Couch and Orr biznis. " Auother
thing, Cuff',understand that it's a part
uv the bargain that when in my
speech I turn to you and stomp, you
must rise and embrace me."
" Wat ?" sez he.
" Fall into my arms, lovin like—
you understand—jiet as tho we wuz
long lost brothers !"
" Scuse me !" sez he " I'se amity
low nigger, and wants to buy de old
woman some quinine, and would do
most anything foah dat, but golly,
dat's too much !"
" Not a cent," sed I sternly assoo-
min my moat piercinest gaze " ouless
this is included !"
" Well," returned he, sulkily, "ef
I must, apeck I must, but golly—"
The nite arrived and the meetiu
house wuz full. We tliot fust uv
holdin it in the chapel uv the Cdhge,
but give up the idea ez impractica
ble, owin to the dillyioriuis uv our
northern friends in forwardiu sich
subscripsheus ez they hev raised, we
hevn'tgotno further with the build
ing than layin the corner-stuu. In
the front wuz the four niggers, all iu
clean shirts, and on the stand wuz
the nigger I bed engaged. Over the
platform, wuz the follerin mottoes :
"In yoonion there is strength—
For President in 1868, Fernando
Wood, —For Vice-President, Fredrick
Duglis."
"In the nigger, strength—ln the
Caucashen, beauty—ln the mulatter,
who is trooly the noblest uv the hu
man species— both."
In addishen to these, we dug up all
the old mottoes wich Jefferson writ,
about yooniversal liberty aud sich,
wich hedu't beeu quoted in Kentucky
for 20 years, aud postid them up ; in
brief, bed Wendell Phillip's hlessid
spirit bin a hoverin over that meetiu
house, it wood hev smiled approvin
iy.
I spoke to em elokeutly uu the
yooiiiversal brotherhood uv mankind,
holdin that whatever else cood be
sed, Adam wuz the father uv ali man
kind, and that the only difference be
tween the white man a nigger wuz
the nigger wuz sunburnt. The nig
ger, 1 remarkt, wuz, undoubtedly,
originally white, but hevin bin, senee
his arrival in this country, addicted
to agricultooral persoots, he bed be
come tanned to a degree wich,though
it marred his physical beauty, did
not interfere with his sterlin goodnis
uv heart. Ther bed bin differences
between the races—at times ther hed
bin onpleasantnises wich no one re
grettid more than I. The whites uv
the Corners hed not alluz bin ezcon
sidrit ez I cood hev wished. They
hed flogd several uv em, and hung
many more, and in times past hed
held em in slavery and sich, but that
shood not be thot uv at this happy
time. It wuz constooshnel to do
these thoigs then, and Kentucky wuz
eminently alaw-abidiu State. "Here,'
sez I, " on this platform, with the flag
uv our common country over me, I
declare eternal friendship to the col
ored man, and to seel the declarash
en I thus embrace—"
The obstinit nigger didn't stir a
step.
" (Jome up and fling your arms a
round me, yoo black cuss," aed I, in
a stage whisper. " Come up !"
1 No yoo dont, boss !" sed the nig
ger, in a loud voice, which wuz audi
ble all over the church, and holding
out his hand. " I can't trust yoo a
bressid minit. Gib me de $5 fust.—
Yoo owe dis chile foah dollars now
fo' sawing wood fo' yoah post oftis,
and ef we's agwine to hab our rites,
de fus yoose I shel put mine to will
be gittia dat money. Pay up, fus,
and de 'brace afterward. 1 can't do
sich a disgreeable ting without the
cash iu advance."
This ruther destroyed the effect.—
The uuities wuzu't preserved. The
niggers in front bust out in a tortur
ing laff, and Pollock aud Bigler roll
ed in convulsions uv lafter, in which
half uv our people joined. Me a
staudin petrified in the attitood uv
ernbracin, aud that cussid nigger
standin with his hand extended for
the money, with the Deekin and Bas
com horror struck jist behind, formed
a tabloo wich wuz more strikin than
pleasant.
Tint; ineetin wuz to-wunst adjourn
ed, for it wuz evident to the dullest
cornprehenshen that nothin more
coodent be done that nite. Ez yoo
sual I failed for want uv capital.—
Hed I bin possesst uv the paltry sum
uv five dollars how different wood
hev bin the result! Perchance we
may, thro that defisheucy, lose Ken
tucky. It must never occur agin—
my salcry must be raised. I can't
make brix without straw.
Joe Bigler met me next mornin,
and remarkt that he regretted the
occurrence, ez he ardently desired to
see the two races a pullin together.
" The fait, Perfesser," sed he, " wuz
in not managin properly. The next
time you want a 'spectable nigger to
sit on the platform with yoo or the
Deekin, or kiss or embrace yoo—git
him drunk. He'll do it then, proba
bly ; I know he will. Ef he's drunk
euuff, he'll hurrah for Johnson, and
and it's possible to git him down to
the pint uv votin with yoo. Lord !
how whisky drags a man down. See
wat it's brot yoo to !" and the insul
tiu wretch rolled oft", lafin boisterous
ly. "Lit em drunk, Perfesser," he
yelled at me ez long ez he cood see
me.
We don't intend to give it up. Big
ler's advice wuz given in jest, but,
nevertheless, I shel act upon it.—
Whisky is wat brings white men to
us, aDd ef a white man kiu be thus
capcherd, why not a nigger ? The
Afrikin hezn't far to fall to git down
to our level, and it'll take less to
bring him. Bascom ordered five bar
rels to-day, wich I spose the Admin
istrashen will pay for. We hev yet
the Noo York Custom House, and
more uv the perkesits must be yoos
ed for politikle purposes.
PETROLEUM Y. NASBY, P. M.,
(Wich is Postmaster) and likewise Professor
uv Biblikle Politicks in the Southern Clas
sikle and Military Institoot.
ANECDOTE OF OLDEN TIMES. —More
than thirty years ago the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts commenced
its session, early in autumn, in Len
ox, Berkshire county : thence the ar
rangements were to hold sessions in
all the counties eastward, terminat
ing at N antucket and Dukes counties
embracing all of Massachusetts pro
per. This was called the " fall cir
cuit," In the Spring the circuit of
REGARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., APRIL 25, 1867.
the District of Maine was held, thus
completing the circuit of the year.
,At this early period the late Judge
P , one of the court, invariably
traveled on horseback. On one oc
casion, preparatory to the meeting of
the court at Lenox, Judge P was
jogging along, not knowing exactly
the localities of Berkshire county,
and falling in with a buxom New
England girl on horseback, inquired
of her if she knew where he should
turn oft' from the main toad to get to
Lenox.
" Certainly," said she : "I know
every inch of the way and can guide
you."
"Well," said Judge P , who
was a littie eccentric, and withal
somewhat renowned for his gruffness
and coarse manners, " if you are go
ing that way I will e'en jog on with
yon, for poor company is better than
none/"
They did jog on, entered into con
versation, and had a pleasant time of
it, which had the effect to destroy the
consciousness of distance. At length
the Judge felt that it was time to
have arrived at the point where she
said he must turn off, which, at the
time of his inquiry, she had stated to
be about two miles.
" Madam," said he, " have we not
got near the place where I am to
turn off?"
" La ! yes," said she ; " tee passed
it about a mile and a half bach ."'
" You hussey," said the Judge,
" why didn't you tell rne ?''
" La, sir, the reasou 1 didu't was,
that I thought, with yon, (hat joor
company was better than none /"
THE LEADING 00MM0NER8 0T
ENGLAND
PETSONAL SKETCHES IN PARLIAMENT.
"Carleton," the well-known corres
pondent of the Boston Journal, sends
to that paper the tollowing ac
count of a visit to the British House
of Commons :
"My position is on the right-hand
side of the door. In front of in are
the Bishop of Oxford and Prince
Christian. The bishop is a heavy
man—perhaps fifty years of age—
with dark hair, smooth face, a pleas
ant countenance, and wears a broad
brimmed hat turned up behind and
down in front. Prince Christian,like
myself, is a 'stranger,' although hus
band of Princess Helena. He is from
Schleswig—tall, well formed, almost
bald at the brows, his hair, soft and
thin,smoothly laid,his face unshaven,
his light-hued whiskers hanging upon
his breast. His face is bronzed as if
from exposure ; his eyes dark blue.
He has the air of one who has seen
various phases of life,and not always
the best side. He is a Captaiu of
Lancers in the Prussian army, and is
thirty six years old.
"At my right hand, on the same
bench, is the editor of the Times, Mr.
Delaine, a plump Englishman, with a
complacent countenance, whiskers
tinged with gray.
"Lord Cranbourne, tall, bald-head
ed, but carrying enormous whiskers,
stauds beside Prince Christian, with
folded arms, gazing upon the gladia
torial arena.
"The Prince of Wales comes in and
stands in the aisie at my left hand.—
He is taller and mnch stouter than
when he was in America. He has
passed from boyhood to manhood, has
a loving wife and family. He talks
a moment with Prince Christian,goes
out and ascends the stairs to the gal
lery. "
THE CHAMPIONS.
"Looking along the benches 1 no
tice in the centre, upon the opposite
side, Mr. Bright, member from Birm
ingham, in plain black clothes,a solid
figure, of medium height, with broad
shoulders, capable of bearing great
burdens, For twenty-four years he
has stood in the chamber, ever seek
iug to ad\ance the interests of the
people.
"Iu front of birn in the aisle, upon
one of the steps, bus Mr. Robert Lowe,
member from Calne. He, also, is of
medium stature. Hie hair is white,
and so silvery that it fairly gleams
in the bright light pouring down from
the centre of the hall. His face is
florid and fair. There is vigor iu hie
every movement.
"Further up, at the Speaker's left
hand, on the (rout bench, sits the lea
der of the opposition—Mr. Gladstone,
late Chancellor of the Exchequer—a
a man who has seen fifty-eight years
ol life, but who is yet in his prime,
both of body and mind He, of all
others, is most likely to be the next
prime minister. He is the son of a
Liverpool merchant. In boyhood he
began an acquaintance with classical
literature at Eaton aud Oxford, and
since graduation has continued it by
a close study of Homeric and Homer
ic age.
"When but tweuty-five years of
age be was made a lord of the Treas
ury,and from that day to the present
he has been nearly all of the time in
public life—always on the liberal side.
He is a high churchman and was <>uce
cut up by Macaulay, who reviewed
with trenchant criticism Mr. Glad
stone's book entitled 'The State in its
Relation to the Church.'
"He has been a hard worker, and
time has left deep furrows on his
brow.
"Across the table, at the Speaker's
right haud, sit the ministry—among
them Mr. Disraeli,upon whom all eyes
are turned to-night—for upon what
he may have to say important issues
are pending. He is four years the
senior of Mr. Gladstone, and is now
sixty-two—a native of Loudon—son
of the author of 'Curiosities of Litera
ture.'
"He sits there waiting till the reso
lutions be recorded in the order of the
day—his haud to his forehead, fond
ling one stray lock of hair, his heavy
eyelids drop as if he were asleep.—
Those who have ever seen him is the
cartoons of Punch need no farther de
scription of his general appearance.
He is dressed in light-colored panta
loons aud black frock. coat and cra
vat."
MR. DISRAELI OS HIS FEET.
"The business of the calendar is
disposed of, and the thirteen resolu
tions introduced by Mr. Disraeli
two weeks ago are taken up. Mr
Disraeli rises. In an instant three is
silence—so deep and profound that
you may hear the ticking of the clock.
He stands by the table, his hands
resting upon it, his head drooping
slightly.
"He has no manuscript, yet one
would think him to be reading,so un
varied his tones. His arms droop by
his side, then he clasps his hands be
hind his back.places them once more
on the table,then folds his arms,drops
them once more, agaiu throws them
behind his back, and then leans upon
the table. These are his gestures.—
Through the hour and a quarter of
his talk there is no graceful move
ment of arm, hand or finger—no ele
gant pose of the body. You are re
minded of a schoolboy upon the stage
who does not know what to do with
his hands. He has also a seesawing
motion, bringing his face well down
toward the table,as if his speech was
written on the solid oak, and then
standing erect,as if to give utterance
to a firm conviction. Then there is a
hesitation—a holding of a word half
uttered upon the lip, while searching
for a term which will express not the
rnoul but the least —a circumlocutory
expression of how not to do it."
BY-FLAY.
"Oul come pencils and scraps of
paper—backs of old letters --from the
pockets of the members, who take off
their hats (all sit with their hats on),
aud use them for writing desks, min
uting down the extraordinary propo
sitions.
"There is a sudden uproar expres
sive of disgust,derisive laughter from
the compact body of men in front of
me —the liberal party. Mr Lowe sits
in the aisle with a flushed face, Mr.
Bright behind him,making figures on
the slip ol paper, and Mr. Gladstone
is exchanging a word with Sir George
Grey, who sits by his side.
"The members on the government
side make no demonstration."
LOWE.
"Mr. Lowe springs to his feet, lays
aside his hat, and stauds erect in the
aisle. He calls himself an outcast
from political parties, and says that
he is in a position to say just what
he pleases. His words flow rapidly.
He talks as if he had much to say
and very little time to say it iu. He
has no oratorical gesture, but at the
end of a sentence makes a movement
of his whole body as if about to take
his seat, then, as if suddenly chang
iug his mind, breaks forth anew with
increased volubility, attacking the
method of the Chancellor of the Ex
chequer. With biting sarcasms he
cuts up the positions of the ministry,
amid roars of laughter from the lib
erals."
BRIGHT.
"The member from Birmingham,
Mr. Bright,rises when he has finished.
'Bright is up ! Bright is up !' is the
cry. A death-like stillness pervades
the house. -Members who were about
to leave go back to their seats. His
voice is husky,and the first words are
indistinct. Members around him,
members opposite,who look upon him
as the great Agrarian Agitator, who
would carry the country over to the
democracy and inaugurate a reign of
the roughs—all lean forward to hear
what he will have to say. A f w p;e
lirninary words are uttered, and then
in one sentence he seals the fate of
the resolutions and of the plans pro
posed by Disraeli. Thus he speaks :
"'Under this bill a ratcatcher who
keeps four dogs aud p*ys twenty
pounds direct tax would come into
the constituency which the eight-hour
ge itleman says is to save the country
from destruction.'
"The House roars with laughter.—
That one thrust has pierced Mr. Dis
raeli to the heart. 'The rat-catchers'
bill,' that henceforth will be its title.
"Far differeßt his inauner and meth
od from those who have preceded
him. He speaks deliberately, turns
to all parts of the house, lays down
his propositions clearly and distinct
ly, choosing words which fall melo
diously upon the ear,and full of mean-
ing. With sarcastic humor he cuts
up the ministry. You can see that
his shot? go home. Disraeli is ill at
ease. Walpole, who sits by hie side,
is ready to spring to his feet, and
when at last, amid thundering ap
plauses, Mr. Bright takes his seat,
Walpole, with flushed face and exci
ted gesture, attempts a reply,but the
members are leaving. The question
■ is settled already, or rather it needs
' but a few words from Mr. Gladstone
to show the ministry that they must
drop the resolutions."'
MR. GLADSTONE.
"With great suavity of manner,
with clearness, force, earnestness,
Mr. Gladstone reviews the proposi
tions of the government. He is the
j most polished speaker of all, compre
hending the graces of oratory, and
yet he is hardly so effective a speak
er as Mr. Bright. Such perfect de
fence to gentility is fatal to direct
ness of statement. Mr. Bright sends
his shots straight to the mark, and
because they are so direct, and make
such havoc, he is denounced asbeiug
rough and brutal.
"But enough. At uiue o'clock Mr.
'Gladstone takes his seat. Mr. Dis
| raeli retires to consult with his chief
| supporters. Other members take up
the subject, but there is uo need of
. further debate. The motion to go
into committe is withdrawn, aud the
. tory government in the first skirmish
.' of the session retire defeated from
.; the field."
THE boy that licked the molasses
hogshead, is now teaching a thrashing ma
chine bow to box.
OUR RUSSIAN TERRITORY.
Professor Baird of the Smithsouiau
Institute has collected the following
information regarding our recently
acquired possession on the extreme
Northern Pacific Coast:
" 2Vte Climate and Temperature of
the coast from Prince of Wales Island
to the entrance of Behring's Straits,
during the winter months, is about
the same as at the City of Washing
ton. There is little snow and much
rain. During the summer months
heavy fogs prevail.
" Timber. —The whole country,well
up to the northern coast, is heavily
timbered—chiefly hard pine forests—
the small trees extending down to
the very shores. Some of the is
lands, also, are heavily timbered
with pine forests and dense under
growth. Others of them are desti
tute of timber, bat covered with
grass of laxuriant growth.
" The Soil. —On the west coast the
soil produces excellent barley, and
roots such as radishes and turnips,
and esculents such as lettuce, cab
bage, Ac.
" Animals. Furred annimals,
such as sea otter, river otter, sable,
furred seal, mink, black, silver and
red foxes, are found in great num
bers ; red deer on the south, and
reindeer on the north.
" Fish.— Herring, salmon, halibut
and cod-fish abound in exhaustless
numbers. In Behring's Straits and
to the northward great whales are
very numerous."
Mr. Culh ns, who sought the high
est sources of knowledge in regard
to the physical and typographical
condition of the north-western limb
of our continent, in the course of his
investigations to determine the route
of the Russian-American Telegraph,
says:
" The fisheries along the coast and
islands will build up a population
and commerce there which at no dis
tant day will rival Newfoundland
and the coast of the Atlantic east of
Cape Cod. The shoals and banks
along the islands of Russian Ameri
ca are the resort of myriads of cod
fish unsurpassed for size and delicacy.
Once give us a lodgment, these fish
ing towns will soon spring into ex
istence, giving for our Pacific coast
a nursery for first class seamen,
which, in the growing commerce of
tue Pacific, will be just what we
want there in the future in order to
give us the supremacy of that ocean.
The fisheries alone are worth more
than the whole cost of the country,
and will repay us in the future amply
for the investment. The immense
population of Asia and the islands
of the Pacific will be good custom
ers for our surplus fish,and will read
ily take all we have to spare. Tim
ber for building purposes is abund
ant and convenient; saw-mills will
soon make the lumber trade a source
of great profit, not only for domes
tic use, but for export to Asia and
the more southern islands. Boat and
ship building cau be carried on
profitably where good timber is so
abundant and easily procured.
" The acquisition is also valuable
on account of several deposits of
coal along the coast and islands. At
(Jodiac the Russian-American Com
pany have worked a coal vein for
some years past, and have used it in
their forges and workshops, as well
as in their steamers employed in car
rying on their commerce with Califor
nia aud Asia.
" Nor is the country to be counted
as nothing in an agricultural point
of view. Wheat, barley and oats
can be produced as far north as sixty
degrees ; gardens flourish along the
coast in the Russian settlements,
producing all the vegetables requis
ite for domestic use.
" it must always be remembered
that the Pacific coast is much warm
er than the Atlantic coast of equal
degrees. The isothermal line of Sit
ka (New Archangel) is equal to New
foundland or St. Petersburg. That
is about 40 to 45 degrees Fahrenheit;
and the mean of the thermometer is
ascertained to be 45 deg. 4 rnin.;
winter, 34 deg. 7 min , summer, 56
deg. 7 min.
" Taking it, then, as a whole, the
country of Russian America cannot
be considered, as some would have
it, a dreary waste of glaciers, ice
bergs, white bears and walrus, and
only lit for the Esquimaux and drink
ers of train oil.
" Oue more article of commerce
must not be lost sight of—that is,
ice. On the islands there are many
fresh water lakes which afford an in
exhaustible supply of very pure ice.
The trade in ice so far has been con
ducted either by the Russian-Ameri
can Company or under their permit,
consequent!}' the ice trade has not
been developed to an}' great extent.
The trade in the hands of Americans
would soon grow to wonderful pro
portions, for the reason that these
lakes in Russiau America supply the
only ice suitable lor shipment on the
Pacific north of the equator. I did
not mention in order, when speaking
of the fisheries, that all the way
north from Codiac to the Arctic,
whales aie found in great abundance.
Codiac and Bristol Bay are all whal
ing grounds, and many a New Eng
land town owes its wealth to the
large catch of whales in Russian-
American waters. Walrus are as
plentiful at aud about Behring's Strait
as blackberries are with us in Au- j
gust. With American fishing settle
ments along the coast, the ivory and
oil of these walrus will become no
small source of wealth to our enter
prising fishermen."
Professor Horace Bushnell, of Hart
ford, writes :
"The climate is not what many
will be likely to supp e, for there is
a kiud of Gulf Stream that sweeps
along the front of Eastern Asia,
striking directly over upon this coast
and raising the temperature twenty
#3 pei - Annum, in Advance.
or thirty degrees, in the same man
ner as our own Gulf Stream raises
the temperature of Western Europe.
The climate, 1 think, is scarcely more
severe than that of Scotland. Of
course there will be much the same
chance of production—at least in the
southern portions of the territory.
" We have a very important whale
fishery clear round the coast of the
territory, and also a uew, very im
portaut, cod-fishery on the southern
coast of it, which is to be, in fact,
tue great fishery of the Pacific Ocean
and there is an abundance of har
bors on the coast, in some one or
more of which our ships can rendez
vous and fiud protection, and also a
market finally, for the exchange of
their products."
THE LONGEBT STORY ON RECORD
The followiug will amuse almost
any one who will take the trouble
aud spare the time to read it through.
There was once a certain King,
who, like many Eastern Kings, was
very fond of hearing Btories told.—
To this amusement he gave up all
his time, but yet he was never satis
fied. The exertions of his courtiers
were all in vain. He at last made a
proclamation that if any man should
tell him a story that should last for
ever, he wou?d certaiuly make him
Ms heir aud give him the princess,
his daughtei, iu marriage, but if any
one should fail, that is, if the story
did come to an end—he was to have
his head cut off
For such a price as a beautiful
princess and a kingdom, many can
didates appeared, aud dreadful long
stories some of them told. Some of
them lasted a week, some a month
and some six mouths. Poor fellows,
they all spun them out as long as
they possibly could, but all in vain.
Sooner or later they all came to an
end, and one after another, the un
lucky story-tellers had their heads
chopped off. At last came a man
who said that he had a story that
would last forever, if his majesty
would be pleased to give him a trial.
He warned him of his danger ; they
told him how many others had tried
and lost their heads, but he said he
was not afraid ; and so he was bro't
before the king. He was a man of a
very composed and deliberate way
of speaking, and, after maidng all
necessary stipulations for bis eating,
drinking and sleeping, he thus be
gap :
Oh, king, there was once a king
who was a great tyrant; aud desir
ing to increase his riches, he seized
upon the corn in his kingdom, and
put it into an immense granary,
which was built on purpose, as high
as a mountain. This he did for sev
eral years until the granary was
quite fuil to the top. He then stop
ped the doors and windows on all
sides. But the bricklayers had, by
accident, left a very small hole near
the top of the granary, and there
came a tiight of locusts and tried to
get at the corn, but the hole was so
small that only one locust could pass
through at a time. So one locust
went in and carried off one grain of
corn, and then another locust went
in and carried off another grain of
corn, and then another locust went
in and carried off another grain of
corn.
He had gone on thus from morning
till niglit ( except when he was en
gaged at his meals) for about a
month, when the king began to be
rather tired with his locust, and in
terrupted his story with :
" Well, well, we have heard en
ough of the locust, we will suppose
they helped themselves to all the
corn they wanted. Tell us what hap
pened afterwards.''
To which the story-teller answer
ed deliberately ; "If it please your
majesty, it is impossible to tell what
happened afterwards before I tell
what happened first."
And then he went on : " And then
another locust went in and carried
ofi another j rain ol corn, and then
another locust went in and carried off
another grain of corn, and then an
other locust went in and carried ofi"
another grain of corn, and then an
other locust went in and carried off
another grain ol coin."
The king listened with unconquer
able patience lor six months more,
when he again interrupted him with:
"Oh ! friend ! I am weary of your
locusts. How soon do you think
they will have done V
To which the story-teller made an
swer :
"Oh ! king, who can tell ? At
the time to which my story has come
the locusts have cleared a small
space ; it may be a cubit each way
round the hole, and the air is still
dark with locusts on all sides. Hut
let the king have patience, and no
doubt wo shall have to come to the
end of them in time."
Thus encouraged, the king listen
ed ou for another full year, the story
teller going on still as before. i
" And another locust went in and j
carried off another grain of corn, and ;
theu another locust went in and car- i
ried off another grain of corn, and j
theu another locust went in and car
ried off another grain of corn, and
then another locust went in and car
ried off another grain ot corn."
At last the poor king could stand
it no longer, and cried out :
" Oh, man, that is enough, take my
daughter ! take my kingdom 1 take
anything, everything, only let me
hear no more of the abominable lo
custs."
And so the story-teller was mar
ried to the king's daughter, and was
declared heir to the throne, and no
body ever expressed a wish to hear
the rest of the story, for he said it
was impossible to come to the other
part of it till he had doue with the
locusts.
THOSE who seek diligently for hap
piness: always find it,
FOB THE KSPOBTBB.
SCHOOL INTERESTS.
Do people realize how much capi
tal is invested in a school ? Time is
money. The pupil's interest is equal
to the value of bis lime for prepara
tion for usefulness and success in
life, say ten dollars per month—a
low estimate. It costs the . parent
say ten dollars per month for board
and clothing.
The account then for a school of
forty pupils stands thus :
Time of forty pupils per month $4OO 00
Board and clothing " " ... 100 00
Book.s, fuel and school room rent .. 20 00
Salary of Teacher 30 00
$B5O 00
This is a low estimate.
How often is this whole invest
ment made unprofitable, how often
is it lost or worse than lost in conse
quence of the employment of an in
efficient teacher, when, by an addi
tou of one, or at most two per cent
of it to the salary offered, the latter
would be made such as to command
the services of one who would make
the who'e investment au exeeedingly
profitable one.
Can we afford to support our chil
dren in poor schools, where they
waste their precious time, and iorm
habits which will cripple forever
their mental and moral energies ?
Does not the penny-wise and pound
foolish policy prevail in the manage
ment of our school interests ? Some
thing certainly is wrong, for, ou an
average teachers follow teaching
from nine to twelve months only.—
Would they quit the business so soon
if they did not find more satisfactory
employment and better pay in other
occupations ? Would not those
adapted to the work fjiiow teaching
if it was made their interest to do
so ? How long, were the proper in
ducements and encouragements offer
ed, it would be before we should
have a corps of instructors that
would be an honor and a blessing to
the country, let the candid reader
judge.
Too many look upon school inter
ests as scarcely worthy of their no
tice. Take the above as a basis and
compute the amount for this county
for one year only. There are be
tween fourteen and fifteen thousand
pupils in our schools, with two terms
together averaging six months, mak
ing an aggregate of about one and
a half million dollars, or more than
one-fourth the assessed value of our
real and personal property iu 18G3.
But the interests of education can
not be measured by dollars aud ceuts.
They require our serious attention.
We boast of our liberties aud free
government, but can we expect long
to enjoy them if we ignore the means
necessary to their preservation.
C. S.
To SECRETARIES OF SCHOOI. BOARUS.—
The School Law, Section 35, says
NUMBER 47.
Immediately after the appointment
of teachers, the Secretary of tin-
Board shall send a written list oi
their names, and the schools to which
they have been respectively appoint
ed to the proper County Superinten
dent, with a notice of the day on
which the schools will commence,
with the termination thereof.
This duty iB generally neglected,
those sending the required lists often
times waiting till the middle, or ev
en after the close of the term—too
late to be of any use. The list should
be sent before the commencement ol
the school term, through a number ot
the schools of the district be yet un
supplied. The superintendent then
knowing what schools are vacant,
can arrange his visits so as not to
lose time, and can often give desired
information which may aid in filling
the vacancies.
NEVER GIVE UR. —Many a preiuu
ture death has occurred in conse
quence of giving up. The sick per
son becomes discouraged, thinks he
is going to die, and dies. Friends
think they have done all they could,
death is inevitable and let disease
take its course. There can be no
doubt but thut in many such cases
hope still cherished, and the perse
vering use of means, might have
saved useful life.
So also in the struggles of active
life. The first speech of Disraeli i .
the House of Commons, was a com
plete failure, his speech it is said !><
mg stilled in the derisive laughter oi
the House. lie thus closed : " 1
shall ait down now, but the time will
come when you will hear me." Num
bers have sunk into insignificance
under a less rebuff. Disraeli was
made of sterner stuff. Though it
took him seven years to recover trom
his disaster, he redeemed Ins prom
ise and on becoming chancelor of the
exchequer, " clad in the same gar
i ments he had worn at the time ol kU
renowned failure, delivered to a
closely crowded assemblage the
most brilliant and the ablest bndget
speech that had been heard since the
days of William Pitt."
Every one should feel that lie is
immortal till his work is done. "Try
again," is as good for the adult as
for the child, it convinced that our
cause is wrong, the sooner it is re
nounced the better. Cease to do ev
il ; but when contending for the
right, admit no defeat as liual. We
I learn sometimes more from a failure
; than a success, and turn it to better
account. Such should ever be our
aim. Use all honorable means, rely
: on the ultimate triumph of right, per
j severe in the effort to deserve sue
j cess, and faiiure will never be inscri
-1 bed ou your life-work Their irreso
lute and half hearted have no good
! to expect, for that would only be a
j premium on imbecility.
A BRIGHT little girl, in playful an
ger, caught hold of an older sister, saying .
"Now 111 shake the sawdust out o. yon,
j thinking the human species was got upon
the swß9 plan of her doll-