The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-05-17

in one place, flying abcnt, from point to point,
and accompanied by a great noise Of wheels
and sea of foam. IL this continues, the
Baltic will soon be unfit for residence.
An adventurous Shark, who was bold
enough to risk one eye out OF water, for a
short time. states that these great vessels
carry a fearful number of fire arms, and re-
marks, also, that fiji ever come to firing
them all at once. 1.-The result will be TO render
deaf even the herring on the coast of lee
land
l need not inform you, Sire. that iceland is
situated some distance from Cronstadt, and
that it's inhabitants have not the felicity OF
living under the fraternal governmental your
Majesty-you are, of course, better acquain! J.
ed with geography thanI.
This 10 not all; learned from Cod, whose
skin was all one expose CT goose flesh at
the thought, that he was informed by Tur-
bot OF very distinguished position, and OF
course, well Informed, that all these vessels
were coming In the Baltic, not with the view
10 peaceable measures, but actually to can
nonade and lombard the buats and forlifca-
tons of your Majesty.
This news seemed to us quite improbable;
tor II they do not respect the Emperor Il Rus
STA, who't the deuce will they respect, on the
earth OF or the sea!
Bur men, and above all. those who are not
orthodox, are sp,wicked, thatit may well be
true, that.these eunGers have actually come
with bad intentions, and that they will at
some moment, open Their fire upon all within
its range, even the Surgeons. II is there
fore of the highest Importance, Sire, that you
by means OF judicious temporising and ne
gotistons, succeed in suspend.ng the opening
Of hostilites for FIVE or six weeks.
You know, Sire, that the month of A pril
is the Fishes month. 1t is at the opening
Of spring that each OF us begins To- feel the
impulse prompting him TO offer his heart to a
Sturgeon-ess, who bushngly accepts, ac-
cording to the usage of our best society. But
it would be impossible to make q declaration
in the mids: of cannOnade.
And, no love and courtship-no Caviar.
You perceive the great Importance of this
question. Caviar, Sire, furnishes the mos,
respectable branch of Russia commerce,
and, il we may believe a leaned Seal, who
was educated in one Of the best boarding
school of Paris, and who can even pronounce
papa and mamma, there is annually consum.
ed OF this article, eighteen millions of rou.
bles worth.
Thus, Sire, in the name of our loves and
our lovers, have pray you, the extreme kind
ness to protocel-ize with the strange can.
noneers, for, say furty days, or If that sui
your majesty better, to put to sea with one o
your majestic squadrons, and order The can
nonadsrs OF these audaci"us vessels with
wheels, to take their flags and at once re-
quest to be recrived as prisoners Of war a
Cronstadt. This done, S.re, and you will
overwhelm with joy all the Surgeons ane
Sturgeon-esses in the Baltic.
IL you do not take this course, in 1854
Caviar will be but thing Of the past, anc
| the Russians will be reduced to live on her.
rings, like the fIolanders, or frogs and gud
gcons, like the French.
lam, Sire, &C., &c,
| A BALTIC STURGEON.