, 1858-04-23

uITlNcu at tne same COnCiuSlOuS aL ull VI tSlu'
At Port Townsend however, he cnlargcs upon
his subject, and draws comparisons between the
whites and Indians Of that place. Afler placing
the Chief Of the Claim tribe, the Duke Of York,
exceedingly low in the scale Of humanity, viz
"strctchcd on a rough bed, SO drunk that he
was incapable Of noticing even the Cndcarmcnts
Of his wives, Queen Victoria and Jenny Lind,
who were sitting beside him beating him as a
demonstration Of Affection" for having given
Jenny black eye and knocked few teeth out
Of the Queens MOUTH" he says that it is "a
sad commentary upon the morals Of the white
population Of Port Townsend" From what he
saw, he formed the opinion that the Duke Of
York and his amiable family were not below the
average Of the white citizens residing at that be-.
nighted place" lie is otherwise complimentary.
We have noticed in the Atd California, Of
April 9Th, that some Of the citizens Of Port
Townsend have dissentcd from his judgment Of
them.
The Army is not overlooked. Fort Townsend,
in the opinion Of Yusef ais Of no use whatever,
and merely an unnecessary expense to Govern.
mcnt," and might as well be fiiiy miles from
the town as five." AS Yusef has never exhibited
any great intuitive military talent to our knOwl-
edge, We prefer 10 rely upon the judgment Of
those belonging to the profession, and trust that
some such small considerations as the
subsistence, health and convenience Of the
troops, Influenced It's selection for Post par
ticularly as, In the Judgment Of sensible persons,
Port Townsend has never had anything to fear
from Northern Indians, as the place Is seldom
without two or three large vessels in port,
which, Il they are not always provided to blow
their canoes out Ofwater, the Indians themselves
are not aware Of the fact. s,.rga
Yusef pitches into the Navy. The act Of the
Massachusetts which took place nine months pre-
viOus, is designated as an event "two years ago"
and "there can be no doubt that Il was the i'm
mediate cause Of the murder of COL Ebey.. We
beg leave to suggest, however, that there Is 4
adoubt," as we have bees informed, on good
authority, that the murderers Of Col Ebey were
neither the same nor relatives Of the same In.
dams He administers an inaccurate but still
very sarcastic blow thus, speaking Of the policy
Of our Government: p a''i'i5
i"It sends up war steamer 10 the Sound;
this vessel drives ont few Indians fires several
rounds Of ammunition into the trees back Of
Seattle, causes general reverberation Of large
and small guns around tho shores Of the Sound,
winds up BY killing some four or five Indians,
informs The settlers that there Is no use in stay
ing any longer, Is the enemy have al len, gCls
| ~. had ~ afaaw and r,a11laa hack A NJ ~
island, where she rests from her lahors for the
| space Of one or two years" a'i' sn'
This terrible righthdndcr Is Immediately fol-
lowed By sewers leflhander at the military,
thus. ~ llFE SieeisM e s'tos AkF q
aBut, then, military posts arc established
lpickots and block-housos are erected; officers
and soldiers quarters are constructed; daily pa
rides take place. All this Is done without doubt
But the country IS impossible; the woods and
Iundergrowth form barrier to land operations
along he shores Of the Sound more impregnable
than the great Chinese Wall. 4 consider, there
fore, that 80 fir as any beneficial result Is con-
cerned, this expensive system Of operations Is
worse than useless. One war steamer, Of suita-
be size, and wen armed and equipped, would do
more good than the whole military force united, /,
a. i Is now situated. :, is5sl =. s
a Wal steamer aof suitable size" &C., that
can protect the settlers fifteen or twenty miles
back from salt water and that could have per-
formed the laborious sc1pts and trayerseJ The
innumerable sEamps, and performed The other
arduous duties Of tho military during The late
Indian war, would no doubt b . great aequisi-
ton. Yusef makes no distinction between the
def1nses on land and those required % thevateF
We would suggest however that the military
have never been 10 the habit cf meying on the
uhier for he dcitnae of the country. " sfI
He takes every opportnnity to enlarge upon
| The degenerate state Of Affairs The Indians are
Sin condition worse than barbarism;p "no
advance Is being made By any Of them towards
civilization; y 4nGording : profitable trade Cor.
| tic worst possible class Of white men that can
lnlirt nycountry. 2 The large appropriations
arc resulting IN no practical good, either 70 tho
Indians OF Tie people. = Nor B the lust for
Office which 8 engenderei BY the large number
Of employees in the district, moro advantageous
% the unhappy race whose welfare L i the OBJ
jcct of the Goyernmcnt % snbserEe, than 70 the
interests Of the Territory" Yet, nOtwithsnnd.
ling Sin stating the actual condition Of thsagcp-
cies itwiIl b understood that the blame does
no, necessarily an uponths sgsnis.n wsthink,
however. from his way Of stating matters, that
he reverse win be understood. ;a.ss. \
We win venture fsw words in defence Of the
Indians here. Although Yussf may have seen
great deal more Of that class than We have, we
arp disposed % differ with him about the condi-
| ton Of our Indians being 50 much worse than
| thntof Indians elsewhere, Instead Of regarding
them IS in condition aworss than harbarism, !"
thsyars IN reality half civilized, They wear the