Litchfield enquirer., 1863-07-02

roelous and mischievous every fish and fowl, with just insects enough to feed them--- which Is known or found in any part of the globe. The inhabitants, therefore, have. 50 to speak. all that any people have. And they have one thing which no other people can have to wit the North Polei
 This magnificent object stands in the centre of the island, and>it points perpe,ualiy and perpendicularly to the last star in the tail of U,sa Minor; which star, t5eys, always pre- sents the size and appearance of our full moon.
 The Pole is,a mono,tt of pure loads.ohe, without any ornamenta,ion; it's surfacs being smooth, it's form cylindrical, and it diameter uniform from the top to the bottom-although 1t seems to taper as it recedes into the upper air. It is not truncated. but rounded at the top, like the half of sphere. Its diameter is one hundred feet. and its height, six hundred its order, therefore, so far as it has any order, is Doric.
 The diameter, as will be seen, represents ex- actly one second (") of a degree of latitude In all scales of measurement, there must be a minimum, a primitive denomination, an ali quot part, first quantity; and, that being fixed by a standard, all the multiples or in- creasiDg gradat;ons follow in course. Thus, the inch. the second and the gill represent re- spectively the primitive of long measure, ge- ometrical measure and liquid measure. There IS great convenience in having these primi. tives graduated by positive standard hence, the advantage of the North Pole, geometri- cally considered. Geographers erred, howev- CT, in making the North Pole the terminus of north latitude: it is, in fact, rather the begin. hing instead of being soe it is 0 ., whence the numbering should increase to the Equator. The North Pole would then be geographically what it is mathematically, the .1frst second of north latitude.
 The height of the Pole seems also to have been graduated on utiitarian principles. Itis universal landmark to the inhabitants. as it's summit can be seen from every part of the island-a thing that would be impossible, how ever, but for the crystalline clearness of the atmosphere. The people are very proud of this stupendoas column; and well they may bel t.
 The inhabitants of this island are exclusive y Anglo Saxons. Their form of government is republican. and its affairs are administered by President elected for life, and Congress scomposed of two Houses. like the. Congress If the United States. These officers gre all el, e. tive; but the right of suffrage is restricted to men of over one and-twenty years of age, who are possessed of unincumbered real estate val. ued. not less tban one thousand dollars. A clause in the Constitution provides that any man who shall attempt, or propose, to reduce the standard of the suffrage. shall be punished by punishment and confscation within twenty four hours after the proof of his crime is per- fected. And the Constitution itself is declar. ed inviolable under still higher penalties. By. cry man, previously to casting his first vote, is required to sign the Constitution and swear to maintain it intact.
 The name of this country is UTOPIA: and travellers and adventurers may as well save themselves the trouble and expense of seeking it by any of the known linesfof steamers or sailing vessels. Practically. the country is in- accessble-not at all so, in the nature of things, but in the nature of those who seek it. of which, more anon.
 The Utopians are . highly cultivated peo- pie, though it must be confessed, somewhat exclusive. They discourage all intercourse with foreigners. They have within themselves every appliance of wealth, progress and hap piness, and they choose not to experiment on their social and political privileges. They $ let well alone" TAey know the outlets of the ice girt Polar Sea, hitherto undiscovered by other navigators; and they often make voyages of pleasure as far down as the tropics But, ow- ing to the swiftness of their vessels, they can
 
 not be overtaken or ' spoken withal, by the ships of other nations. Their vessels are oft. en seen at sea and their peculiarities of rig, combined with their unapproachable speed. have caused them to be stigmatized as Phan- tom Ships, or Flying Dutchmea. If, howey- CT, 9 foreign cruiser should happen to get the weather gage of one of them and lay her alongside, the aggressors wonld soon find that they had anything but ]" phantom antogo nistl Many splendid men-of-war, as well us mercantile craft of every name and nation, which are supposed to h.ve been foundsred or burned at sea, have in fact made this very ex- pertinent, and have been sent to the bottom for their teinerity. There is no instance recorded in history of the capture of ship bearing the Utopian flag. The design of the Hag is . blue field with perpendicular white column in the centre, surmounted by yellow star of the frst magnitude
 The number of travellers-of both sexes and of all ages between seventeen and sixty who annually undertake . journey to Utopia. s4e 1