HF^ u
O ':- The we J wee long, intense the heatThere
ceroe unto my door
A wandering child with weary feet,
m Duet stained and Uavcl sore.
Bis eye was end, his cheek was pale,
And (oil and hunger there,
And summer heat and wintry gale
Had seamed it deep with care.
His mother long had passed away
Into her dark, cold tomb ;
Bis father, in the bloody fray,
Had met a soldier's doom.
Be was on earth alone, alone:
On him no parents smiled.
The joy and light of home had flown?
Oh, Ood 1 and he a child 1
Oh,.east that shadow from thy brow ! '
Here let thy sorrows end
Thy time of grief hath passed, and now
Poor ohild, thon hast a friend 1
My God, I thank thee from my heart,
That thou hast sent him here;
That 1 may bid bis grief depart,
And bis young,bosom cliecr.
Dear eliild, thou dost not here intrude;
Ob, welcome may'st thou stay,
I dare not turn thee, if I would,
In emptiness nwuy. I
My little store ol daily bread
I'll frSely share with thee ;
I well remember who hath said,
Ta'ee done it unto me.*
I'll shelter thee, poor stricken dove,
And bind thy broken wing ;
And God, who is God of love.
Will health and healing bring.
^Inasmuch as ye have done it unto (he
least of these little ones, ye have done it
unto one.
The Charleston Board of Trade
i'Ae Qreat Banquet of the Season?
Speech of Governor Orr?Burial
of the Democratic Party.
At 6 o'clock yesterday evening the
members of the Hoard and their invited
guests entered the spacious and elegant
banquet ball of tbe Charleston lintel,
to the inspiriting music of the U. S. Oth
Infantry band, which was stationed un*
dor tbe verandah in the quadrangle.
Mr. Ilatiie announced the first regu
lar toast:
14 Tbe State of South Carolina," upon
which the band struck up " Dixie"
amid tbe deafening cheers of the enthusiastic
assemblage.
Governor Orr arose, and was loudly
cheered. After the applau&e subsided, '
be spoke as follows :
Mr. President and Gentleman of the 1
Board of Trade :
I thank you for the very flattering
reception which you have been pleased
to give me personally, and for the pa- 1
triolic manner with which you have re 1
ceived the sentiment to the Stale of '
South Carolina.
% ft ? ? ? ? i
I propose upon the present occasion, <
Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the {
Board, to indicate to you my opinions 1
as to the course to be pursued by South
Carolina. If the counsels I give are
not acceptable, and I do not substantia
ate them by sufficient reasons, reject 1
them, as it is your duty and your pro 1
. vince to do, but, if on the other hand, 1
they are reasonable and have weight, 1
ask for them your respectful considera
tion. (Applause.) 1 desire to state to
you that your commerce, manufactures i
'.and agricultural interests will all remain
paralized until our political relations are
re-established and re instated with the
Governmental Washington, and until
YOU secure renresentation in the Con- i
gre?8 of the tinned States. While the l
Constitutional Amendment whs propos i
ed to South Carolina as a State, and
our own volition in that capacity could i
be exercised, as is well.known to every i
fentlenoan here, I opposed itradoption, i
ut the act of Congress reoenlly pa?secT, 1
has assumed that thie country is a con- i
quered territory, a conquered people, I
and consequently that that body has a i
right to dictate terras. The power ex i
ists in that body to dictate*those terms, i
it is secure for ibe next two years, and i
when tbey plsco themselves squarely l
and broadly upon that platform, I for I
one, do ml propose to go to the Su- i
preme Court or any where else, for the I
purpose of disolating that power ; but i
in good faith 1 will accept the terms, i
humiliating as tbey may be, and open* I
If, fairly and squarely urge their adop- <
tionv before our people. (Qreat ap*
pis use.) i
As 1 hare said to you these terms <
are humiliating, and, in many respects, i
ungenerous uud unjust, bat wbcu Con- I
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PLE
i
tenm exercise their power In spite of the
President of the United States, and
without regard to the Constitution
which has in vain been held up to them
for the last eighteen months,. I see no
other course for us to adopt as a matter of
Interest than to yield. I happen to be
one or that class or perrons tlial are die- i
fraticbised now, henceforth, and for
ever. I have neither the privilege of
enrolling myself as a voter, of casting 1
ray vole at the ballot box, nor of be- <
noming a candidate for the humblest 1
office under this organization, and, >
therefore, the counsel which I may otter
upon the present occasion tnay be re I
garded as accepted by even those who
are in the habit of distrusting me as l
the expressions of an individual entirely
disinterested, and anxious only for the 1
welfare of his people; [Applause J 1
With reference to the disfranchising ,1
clause, I think it was an uufortunale |
one. According to au 'estimate made I
in the region of country in which I re? I
tide, it appears that within the limits of <
Anderson District alone, about eighteen
hundred persons would be excluded from I
the privilege of voting. I presume that ]
this rule will apply to the entire State 1
of South Carolina. Very many of these <
persons excluded, enjoy the esteem, re- f
ipect and confidence of their fellow-oil <
zens. Many of them, indeed, are, in f
ray humble judgment, required in the 1
formation of our State Government.? I
And the absence of these gentlemen in (
rour Convention, when it assembles for
he purpose of preparing a Couslitu t
lion, will be a source not ouly of regret f
lo the people, but a tnisfonuue to the
slate, because their wisdom would, en- t
able them lo give such a directions to I
public attiiir* as would nrnke them mo<e I
tcceptablo lo the community at largo <
ikaD those thick we are likely to |
hope for with the present prospect. It 1
is better, however, tbat wo should be t
excluded than that we should refuse to 1
rccepl (be terms proposed, v ben ibere
8 a reasonable certainty that if we do
lot Accept those terme, other and harsh
sr terms will be proposed than those
which are contained in the bill. Look
ng,- therefore, to the interests of the
great mass of (he people of South Car?
>lina, and believing that the threat of
:oufi*cation will not be carried iuto effect
if we accept the terms of this bill ;
tiid behoving that confiscation will folow
if we do uot; knowing, also, that
we shall be benefitted d>y its acceptance,
t say that, as my humble judgment, in
terest, and wisdom dictate, that we shall
:oncur iu the measure proposed by Congress.
[Applause]
I would, therefore, say to every man
n South Carolina, who has uot been
Jisfranchised, that a* soon as the prop
sr order has been issued, he should piojeed
to register bis name, and picpare
lo go to the polls to vote for the best
man that can be selected lo form a con->
ililulion under *hicb we and our posterity
can live.
1 believe that Congres made a n;is.?
lake, and they will realize it, when they
extended suffrage to the colored man.
I was in favor of giving to the colored
race, before that law passed, whenever
its individuals could lead and write, or
possessed property to the amount of
fc250, the elective franchise.
In the first place, if you open the
door Tor all to vote, von give an opportunity
for bad men to exercise their influence;
but il you had restricted the
privilege in the manner in which I had
suggested, you would have had a guarantee
that when their arguments are ad
dress-d to colored men, they would have
had the good sense to reject them. In
the next place, if Congress had created
this limitation to the right of suffrage,
irrespective of color, I undertake to saythat
every man in the limiis of South
Carolina would, in Ave years, have
qualified himself to exercise the privilege.
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Under the present circumstances,
however, you hold out no such inducement,
You have an opportunity to educate
this race. If you educate them
you will make them citizens who will
understand the relations of society much
better than if they remain in a state of
ignorance. It js, therefore, to our interest
to give them an intellectual character
; and it 1s your interest further,
that Ihe black man shall vote with you
in the common election. 1 have heard
a good deal said of controlling the rote
of the black man. It has been sup
posed that his vote will be controlled by
personal influences,and notwithstanding
bis convictions of interest, but you Are I
mistaken. That vote is destined to be t
controlled not by personal considers I
lions, but bv going to the black man i
snd talking to him in private eonversa- !
lion, Hnd proving to b>m that his in- ?
terest in South Carolina is your ioterest; <
that the white man's-interest is the
bla'ck man's interest. J think it can be i
ihcwn to any rational black man thai l
it is to his interest to. make bis friends l
here rather Uibn io the State of Massa
chusetts. ^ ' ,
It is supjftewlMhat because the lIcV I
man has been held here in a ooodilion I
[>f servitude for ages past, so.?oon as re <
itraints bavefbeen removed from him I
he will at ooc<fcjiLc#ta<r;the aiihinr el ;
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GREENVILLE, SOUTH C
llie white man. It will be delared that a
the Northern man set him free. Dul t
it may be remembered that it was not r
the first, nor the second, nor the third l!
year, nor till they were called upon to p
fight in the armies of the Uoited States, tl
that they were set free. Suppose, how tl
ever, that they were set free by the d
Northern people, the question arises g
with them: this relation having been n
destroyed, we occupy a totally new position.
What, therefore, is our material, u
our social, our personal interest! I p
>u|/|n/?v uinv iimujr \JI IIJU I'UIUIfd C1II- H
zeus of this Slate, both before and after n
the w?r, Rre able to cite the nnmea of Si
Mr. A., H. and C., who have extended g
Lo them pecuniary assistance. t<
If agriculture flourishes in the State, a
whose interest is promoted by it ! J?it'
not that man's who occupies the posi- w
lion of landholder ? Yet you find Con h
gress imposing a tax of three cents a b
pound upon cotton up to September tl
last, aud two and u half cents since that it
Jale. s<
Looking at the last year's crop when S
ihere was oo eomplaint of the colored S
people in any section of the Stale, w
rod when we produced 100.000 bales b
jf cotton, what proportion of that has p
gone in the shape of taxation ? $1,00,- C
J0U, which has been literally wrung F
rom these people in the shape of tax
ipon cotton, while not a dollar has a;
>een levied upon the wheat or graiu in w
Dhio, or corn in Illinois. . it
l)o not, then, tell tnc, gentlemen, that et
he colored people have not the intelli hi
gence to he interested in these affairs. e?
I'hcy need representation in Congress a
is much as we do. They requite that pi
he tiix shall bo taken off their labor. c<
It is not ouly the cotton of South Car L
jlina, however, but the tobacco of Virginia
and North Carolina, which is as C
inequally taxed. It is not. then, bv in* N
imulation and brow beating, or by I
wTOBging tliese people, that you are to tl
:ontrol their votes; but you must show *
uai u is 10 iireir interest lo vote wilt) A
rou, and I undertake to say, that when tl
heae facts aie presented to those who fi
ihvo intelligence, they will be found T
landing shoulder to shoulder with the c<
while man. and catrySng out the prin? tc
:ip!es which I desire to urge upon you w
rri this occasion. tl
It is to he expected that attempts N
will he made to alienate the sympathies o
>f those people f?oin us. I'eople will p
:ome here and see that the negroes have tl
treen persecuted. We concede the f.?cl li
hat theirs was a condition of servitude, n
I'hey were so under the law. It was o
.relieved to he light, hut the relation is tl
shanged, and now, every dollar which ii
the black man earns by his labor goes a
o his pocket in precisely the same way o
is every dollar which the white man w
earns goes into his pocket. Now, theie a
fore, our iulerest is identical. o
As some of these remaika are likely "
to go in print, 1 would here take ocea- 11
sioti to say one or two things which 1 c
Jed re 6o go upon record. When an li
pmUsary comes here from the State of c
New Yoik, Massachusetts or Ohio, and ^
<ays lo the black man, we are your 11
friends?we are going to take care of l<
?ou ; vote with us ; these white people *
:annot be trusted : I want our colored 8
men to say to these emissaries, to the P
Massachusetts man, that in South Car v
jlina, under this law, it matters not by w
whom it was passed, every colored man, P
iwe.ity-one years of age, is entitled lo
his ballot, and that he would riot be l'
allowed to vote in Massachusetts, unless >'
lie could read and write. Say to the sl
rmissary from Ohio w ho comes here for ^
die purpose of giving advice as to how 81
you shall vote, go back to Ohio, and f'
enlighten the heathen there, befoie you 11
EOtue here, because no black man there 81
is entitled to vote. Within the last l<
ihree weeks, New Jersey, Ohio and
Michigan have resolved that the black '
>uan shall not vote under any circums 11
dances whatever. . f
Tlierefore I say to those colored inen, ^
when these emissaries come among you .
.ell them to go back and remove the - J
ieam from the eyes of their fellow citi- .*
tens before they come here to lake the 11
mote from the eyes of our own people. ?
I have seen indications in various lo
;aliiiea in South Carolina to organize a
colored and white party, lo be called a
National Union Republican Party. 1 a.
lltiuk that is the name. I do not |t.ink t?
this is wise ; because I believe that (be u
white and colored people of these time
jonstructed States will further their ends li
more thoroughly by turning their at- fc
lentions to their owu Slate policies ; and -a<
when we get the right of rtpr/jnsenta h
;ion in Congress, 1 would send men t<
here, not pledged to a Republican tl
Union Party ; not pledged to the Dem y
jcratic party, but would send tnen who b
would say to all parties : We stand by tl
:he; parly which will give us equal I
rights, equal legislation, and equal jus
lice, under the laws aud constitution of
;bia country* ' . . p
I know there is au apprehension wide e<
ipread in the North and West that, af- E
er the reconstruction of the Southern p
dates, we shall fall into the artns of p
>11 r old allies aud associates, the old n
Democratic pat IV. I say to you, gen cl
leuien, however, that 1 would give no a
Bfcpp!*
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W^W
LPTTr^LR.
AROLINA. APRIL 11. 186
uch pledges. I was identified during
be teti year* of my public career as a
epresentative in Congress from one of
be Districts of South Carolina with that
arty ; and as mv distinguished friend,
he Commander of ibis Military Durict,
knows that 1 enjoyed their confience,
and the highest office within the
ift of that party of which I was A
leinber. (Applause.)
I have, therefore,'every reason to entrtain
the respect and regard for that
aity. Mid I have entertained the hope
>r many years to see it reinstated in
ower; but the dream baa passed. We
a??*"accounla to settle with that party,
entlemen, before I at least will consent
> affiliate with it. (Good, gOod, and
pplause.)
Many of you well remember that
hen the war first commenced, great
opes and expectations were held out
v our friends in the North and West,
iat there would be no war, and that if I
commenced it Would be north of Ma?
in's and Dixon's line, and not in the 1
outh. You know, sir, (turning to Gen. 1
ickles.) that faith wns .pledged, apd 1 1
ill now state that if that faith had
eeu property carrieu out, mere is no
reliability lhat any State bill South
arolina would have seceded fioiu the
edeial Union. * 1
Another account which I have tc bring j
gainst the Demociatic party, ia thai
lien the Philadelphia Convention met, 1
adopted a platform broad enough to 1
nbrace every conservative man North
nd South, yet no sooner had it adjourn '
1 than an attempt was made to give it 1
Demociatic character, and make it ap
ear that every man who atluuiDd that
invention wife an accession to the I
tcmocralic party.
Again, duiing the pendancy of the
'onMitutional Amendment, every
forthem newspaper, and almost every
lemocral in the countiv, urged upon
to South to nject ita.provisions. Ii
a* rejected. A lew weeks only elapsed,
nd yet we find lhat on the passage of
lis Sherman Kill, our Democratic
iends acting in conjunction with old
had Stevens, were instrumental in in- ,
operating on that bill its most odious
aiures. It went back to tbe Senate,
as tina'ly adopted, and every one of
in Democratic newspapers all over the
lot lb, so far as 1 am informed, have
nine out and urged the Southern poo!e
to accept the Dill. I say to you,
lierefore, thai in tny judgment it is
me for us to seek new friends and a
ew alliance. Hence 1 am opposed to
rganiziug any party in South Carolina,
iial wi I cement -itself to the Democrat:
or any other party. 1 would uot afiili
te with any party that would put a tax
f two and a half cents a pound on cotton,
hen not one cent is put on the corn
nd giain raised in Ouio, Indiana and
.1. ? - O. t Ml r
iu?r n u^itru oi.iies. 1 will vote lor
o parly that will perpetrate such an
trdignity. Therefore, when we are le
ouslructed, I hope that our Bepre.-enatives
will go to Washington and delare
all giance to that party which will
o us justice, and that, in my judg
lent, is the policy for South Carolina
) pursue in this emergency.
1 will uot ?ay that the attempted oranization
of a Republican party is unatriolic,
because there may be 6ome
ery patiiotic tnen engaged in that
rotk, hut it certainly isu short sighted
olicy for our people to pursue.
Lint, Mr. President, and gentlemen of
lie Board of Trade, 1 will not detain
on longer. This being the first occaion
presented since the passage of the
herman bill. I felt that it wa? due my
alf and to you to give expression to
neso sentiments. 1 think they are disiterested,
for the reason that I am my
alf deprived of the privilege of going
a the ballot box, and of holding office.
In conclusion, I would say again that
believe it is wise to give to the black
ian the rights which has been conferad
upon him, and to permit him to eniy
those privileges in good faith.-?
hrough their efforts we rhall tuidot.btf
be reconstructed, mid thus secure
-presentation, and our rights as equals
? the federal Union. I thank you,
entleinen, for jour attention.
[ CJuirlexlvn News.
A Prophecy.?Over thirty yearn
go Fanny Cetuble wrote the following
mtence in her Journal while on a visit
> this country :
" 1 believe in oy heart that a repub
c is the nobl.At, highest, and purest
trin of government; but 1 believe that
ccording to the present disposition of
utuan creatures, 'tis a mere beau ideal,
>inlly incapable of realization. What
re world may be lit for six hundred
ears hence, I control exactly perceive ;
ut in the meantime,'lis my conviction
[rat America will be a monarchy before
am a skeleton."
The Haiti more conference has recentr
acted on the question of the propoa
J change of name of the " Methodist
Ipiscopal Church South," to " Episcoal
Methodist Church." Uy its ap
roval, the chango, we understand, is
tade certain. Lay repreHentatiou in
hurch councils of that denomiuation is
l?o adopted. / v
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EVENTS
7.
You a LIumk 1'apku.?The Cleveland
ileralr# very justly says :
It matters not how many newspapers
a man lakes, his list is incomplete without
his home pAper Every citizen
who wishes well for his locality should
give a generous support to his home
paper. If that paper is not just such as
he would wish he should feel that bira
self atid neighbors are responsible, jn a
measure, for its short comings. Give a
paper a liberal support, an active sym?
pat by and it will instantly respond to
such manifestations. Let art editor feel
that his tflbrts are appreciated and he
is the most tosponsive being on earth ;
his paper a part of himself he is as sensitive
to praise or con.->uro as a dealing
father.
Nothing can supply the place of the
home paper. It is tho mirror in which
the Itwn Ami neighborhood news is re>
fleeted ; in the social, political and religious
circle where printed it Ill's a place
where no other paper can. When a
need for economy compels tho curtailment
of your newspaper list, strike off
uvery other one, before you any to tho
publisher of your Louie journal, " stop
hi/ paper."
The man who does not rend the advertisements
in his home paper, can
never be said to bo well posted. The
sdveitisemuntj indicate not onlv tbe
business ertterptise of the place in which
they are published, but the enterprise o
the advertiser. When you see a manj
who udvQrti?es libeially, you may bo
certain of finding a good slock of goods
in bis store, that he keeps up with the
maikct, and sells cheaper than those
who uo not advertise. If you want
good baigains always patroiiiza those
who avail thciUSelves of ihn urtvnnOi.ro
afforded through the ad\ ertising column*
of the home paper,
Tiik Doctoi:.?EveiyLody knows the
doctor; a very important person lie is
to us all. What could we do without
him? Ho tilings us into this world,
and tries to keep us as iotig in it as he
can, and as long as our bodies can held
together ; and he is with us at that
rltange and last'hour, which w ill come
to us ail, when we must leave this world
and go to the next. When we are well
we pel haps think little about the doctor,
or we have our small jokes at him and
his drugs, but let anything go wrong
with onr bodies, that wonderful tabernacle
in which our souls dwells?lot any
of its wheels go wrong?then off we fly
to them. It' the mother thinks her husband
or child dying, how she runs tc
him and urges him with her tears ! how
she watches his face, and follows his
searching eye as he examines the dear
sufferer; how she wonders what he
thinks I what would she give to know
what he knows ? how she wearies for his
visit ! how a cheerful word from him
makes her heai t leap with joy, and gives
her spirit and strength to watch over
the bed of distress! Her whole soul
goes to him in unspeakable gratitude
when biings back to ber from the power
of the grave ber busbaud cr dailing
,1.11.1 .1?-.. 1 '
v.uiiu. x lie uutiui nilu?s many 01 our
secrets, of our sorrow#, which no one
el#e knows; some of our sins, peihnps,
which the great fJod alono knows.?
liow many lives and hearts he carries
iu his heart and hands ! So you see he
is a very important person. the doctor,
aud \va should do our best to make the
most of him, aud do our duty to him
aud to ourselves.
Varnish for tfiioics.?It is a bad
plan to grease the upper leather of shoe*
for the purpose of keeping them soft; it
tots the leather, and admits the dampness
more readily, it is belter to make
a varnish thus :
Put a half pound of gum shellac,
broken np in small pieces, in a quart bottle
or jug, cover it with alchohol. coik
it light and put it or. a shelf in a warm
place ; shake_ it well several tiroes a day,
then add a piece of gum camphor, as
large as a hen's egg ; shake it well,
and iu a few hours shake it again, add
one ounce of lamp black ; if the alcohol
is good, it will all be dissolveJ in three
days, then shake and u-o. If it gets
too thick, add alcohol?pour out two or
three spoonfuls in a saucer, and apply
with a small paint-brush. If the mate
rials were all good, it will dry in about
live iniouts, and it wiil be icmoved only
by wearing, it oil, giving it a gloss almost
equal it* patent leather.
The advantage of this prepaiation
above others is, it doe# not Mi ike in o
(lie leather and make it hard, hut icmains
on the auiface, and yet exoi.^t lLo
water almost perfectly,
'litis same preparation is adioiiahle
for harness, and does not soil when
touched, hs lamphlack preparations do.
[J/alL't Journal of Health.
Tjikkx is no man more independent
than the owner of a well cultivated
farm. lie is less beholden to popular
sentiment than any other calling. lie
has always a suie support before him
without consulting the opinions or relying
upon the custom of any one. There
is a constant nraiket for all the surplus
he cau produce, and lie obtains for it
the current prices without Any one de*<
manding of liirn to know of hku his religious
or political faith.
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Acquisition of Rutsian America. .'
It ban been announced by lelegiaph ' .*.
that the President communicated to the
Senate, on Saturday, a treaty with Rus- "
sia, bv which the latter power cedes to
the United States all her territories in
North America for seven million dollars.
The N. Y. IleralJ, of Sunday making
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Although a price is set upon the tern
ritory thus surrendered, it is in fact
merely nominal, the value of the fish*
eries and the fur trade alone to our enlerprising
people being vastly iu excess
of the sum agreed upon as the purchase
money. The treaty is an evidence of
the close and friendly relations existing
between the two great powers, ana
evinces the concurrence of the Russian
Government in the policy which denies
to European monarchies the right to
build up kingdoms and dominions on
the American continent.
With Russian America in our possession,
it will need but tho annexation
or absorption of British Columbia and
i Vancouver's Island to give us the whole
of the Pacilio coast North of Mexico as
our own ; and in one way or other this
result is certuin to bo acouiplished. We
cannot consent that our territory on the
Pacific shall be broken between Washington
Toriilory and Russian America,
when the latter is fairly in our possession.
It will bo well for England if she
is dUcieel enough to profit by the exj
ample of Russia, and to withdraw gracefully
fiom a continent where her institutions
ar e out of place and where her in1
Irigucs can only bring trouble upon her
colonies and humilatiou to her Uo?crn1
ment at home.
1 Tho acquisition of the new territory
' is of especial importance at the present
lime, when the trade of the United
Stales with China hi d Japan is being
1 so satisfactorily developed.
1 The Ballimoie Sun comments as foN
lows :
The whole area is about 380.000
square miles, hut the strip along the
coast from the 54lh to the GOib degiee
of latitude ia only'fiom twenty to sixty
miles broad, yet it cuts out perhaps
one half of the British territory of Columbia
from tho sea, the Russian line
extending some 400 miles, and ceasing
at Portland Inlet. The greater portion
of the territory lies between the 142J
and 100th degree of longtitude. and the
GO and V 1st degree of latitude. Portland
Inlet ia in about the same parallel aa
the most Northwardly portion of Cana'
da. On the Noilh, Russian America ia
hounded by Bebring's Straights and the
' Arctic Ocean. The population ia now
estimated at about "70,000, of which
1 some 40,000 to 50,000 are Indians and
Esquimaux, the temaiudcr being Russian,
Creoles, Kodiaks, Sic. The principal
settlements is New Arcbangel, said
' to contain 1,000 inhabitants, on the
island of Basanow or Sitka. The other
chief islauds are Prince of Wales. Kodiak,
Numvak and St. Lawrence, forming
with numerous others, the Aleutian
Archipelago. There are also the sets
tlcinents of Michaelovski on Norton
Sound, Souwaott* on Kvichark Hiver,
Fort St. Nicholas on Aliai-ka River, St.
(ieorge Factory on Priblov Island, and
a factory on St. Paul I.-land. A great
| portion of the country, however, may
| be considered uninhabitable, but the
Southern and const portions of it are
considered valuable for the fur trade
and fi-hories. It will afford us commercial
advantages upon the Pacific,
and a strategic position in a naval sense,
which may be made available for many
purpo>es. It will also give, ua possession
of a large extent of country through
which the overland telegraph is enrtied.
| If this treaty is ratified, as mast probably
it will be, the Lititish authorities
will he sandwiched in British Oolerabi?fchy
the possessions of the United
States on the North and on the South
of them, llence the announcement cf
the negotiation of this treaty is said to
have caused a lively sensation in Washington.
VVhal may be its ultimate effects
on British power in the extreme
Northern region in question is an interesting
subject for speculation.- -.The
thought naturally suggests itself that it
tnay lead to further acquisitions there,
on the part of the United States, in time,
through similar peaceful negotiations
with Great Britain?the interest and
convenience of both parties mutually
working to that end. It is suggested
Russia cedes her American territory for
1 the same reasons (hat induced Napoleon #
| to eel! Louisiana. That is, having de- o
?igns in Kurope, in tho event of a war,
she would probably lose this territory.
Hut, apart from that, lbe cession of the
United States at ibis lime is the fruit,
in pail, of the extremely friendly rela*
lions which have been maintained between
out own and the Government of
the Czar.
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