The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-02-15

by nature for the bishopric Of two wo'ids,
being a man Of gigantic fame. Ills appear
ance imprcsses stranger with something Of
awe. while on hrther ntercoure, the gem
tIeness which characterizes his every word
and deed, insensiby moulds reverence into
love; and, at the same time, his talents and
attachments are such as to be worthy of his
exalted station. With all this the bishop is
sufficiently man Of the world to dsdain any
thing like cant. His conversation, on the
contrary, teens with amusement and instruc-
ton; and his company is much priced by all
who have the honor Of his acquaintance. "
We have no room for the portraitures, given
by Sir George, OF eminent civilians and
others among our Russian neighbors.
The names Of the days of their week, have
marched ea,twardly around the world, and
hence their Sunday is the Saturday Of the
! Oregonians 1t is curious how the same day
I is called, and with propriety, too, both Sun
day and Saturday, from America westward
TO China Through the CENTRE Of the Pa
cifc, civilization has travelled westward, and
hence at the Sandwich Islands, the Ladrone
Islands, and the PHILIPPINE Islands, the day
is Saturday; while both through the South
ern Pacific, from the Society Islands to Aus
trahs, and through the Northern Pacific
from Russian America, through the Aleutan
and kurile Islands to China, civilization has
travelled eastward and the day is Sunday
These facts will always stand as eloquent
historical monuments they show that the
eastern and western streams Of civilization
have overleaped each other more than 5000
miles Their explanation to centuries yet
unknown will make lucid the history OF the
past-that great point in past history when
Christianity first belted the globe
Russian America brings forcibly to cur
minds the problem Of mans first arrival in
America Behring's Straits have been
found by the familiar observations Of our
Northern neighbors, to be at the remotest
point only Al miles across, with continuous
chains of Islands from side to side; the wi
dest space between them being only seven
miles And the depth Of the water is no.
where more than 80 lathoms! Covered tel
egraph wires may therefore easily be laid
across, and much before we are generally
aware, the lightning lines will flash from
New York to London for distance Of 9 900
miles through the Russian Enpire These
two races-the Ango-Saxon, and the Rus
sian--will occupy nearly the whole volume
Of future history. Their two languages
will be spoken by much more than, three
iourths Of the human family But let US
not digress from Behring's Straits 1t is
crossed every summer by numerous native
canoes. Still there are reasons for believing
that the Northern inhabitants Of our CONT
nent, crossed originally over the Aleutan
Islands The passage is quite as easy, and
the mountains, and rivers, and climate of ST.
IBERIA are such as naturally to have led them
the latter way.
originally crossed from the Malayan Islands
through the South Pacific This is evident,
among other things, from their language in
many points. For instance, the Malays
double word to form the plural. "Rum-
ma" means house, "rumma rumma"
means houses. The following are examples
Of the same thing from Tschudi's work on
Peru he has given them accidentally in
mentioning the names of things, without pro-
baby being aware Of the fact; "Colo, colo,"
"cache, cache," 'huay huay," ''huajra
huajra."
To return to Russian America The OIL
dest settlement on the western coast OF
America, north Of California, is the village
Of Kodiak, containing 400 inhabitants, and
situated on an island, at the extreme north
1t was founded in 1888, just at the close OF
our Revolution, and as we began to settle
the valley of the Mississippi. Whata coin
cdence: The great west was entered upon
almost simultaneously by the Spaniards in
California on the south, by ourselves on the
east, and BY the Russians on the northwest
These extensive movements Of the masses
OF mankind to "replenish the earth and sub
due it." have ever been plainly under the
direction of Providence, as when the Isrs-
elites migrated from Egypt, under the gui-
dance OF the pillar Of cloud by day and the
pillar Of fire by night. At the present date,
the Russian American Company, who have
the entire government Of the country, do not
encourage emigration, as it tends to destroy
their monopoly Of fur, But change must
come with the general increase Of population,
and that boreal region will be filled with
human life, and enjoyment. Mr. Moore,
the ingenious American there, will have ma
NJ companions speaking his own language
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