New-York tribune., 1867-04-09
THE PVSSJ1N HTUBEG.

THE RUSSI1N HUMBUG.
Mr.. Stewards geographical discoveries con-
tnue to be tcleglaphed over the country, and
every man who has known another man who
has ever been in Russian America is produced
TO give a description of the country, On paper
there is no place like Russian America.
The climate is delicious, and quite warm IN
Winter; vet the ice fields are inexhaustible,
and in the burning heat of the Arctic Summer
the Esquimaux take refuge i'll their Shade
The country is covered with pine
forests, and vegetable gardens flourish
along the coast. where0n the
walrls are also found in vast multitudes'
Wheat, Seals Barley, White Bears, Turnlps'
Icebergs, Whales, and Gold Mines, are found as
far north as the sixteth degree. All the uXulles
and necessities of life are grouped together so
that in a comparison of Mr.. Stewards documents
we find the Polar bear reclining among roses
barley ripcning on iccbergs, grass OF luXuriaht
growth over which the Esquimaux shuttle with
snow-shoes, and Winter everywhere sleeping
in the lap of May. 1t is the iso-
thermal line which works these wonders.
1t can be ciphered out as Mr.. Seward shows,
that the peculiar influence of the lsothermal
line makes the climate OF the most extra
ordinary Kind, 50 that while the Rus
slams and Esquimaux have always smyered
the year round in their furs, the Amer
| lean settler iii a loose linen coat Will
he compelled to carry an umbrella to protect
him from the sun. Yet if hc would bc cold, he
NAV he. Ice is always handy. Would he roam
through a grand and solitary waste, where the
| Polar bear is monarch of all he surveys, he
has only to step out to his front door.
| VOLTA cries the delighted Secretary Of State.
| Would ho prefer a tlickly settled country,
with farms, and gardens, peaceablc Esqui-
maux, and Arcadian Indians, then he has
| only TO step out of his back door.
! All tastes are gratifcd in Mr. Stewards land,
which is not Russian America, bat Utopia On
! paper it is wonderful country; on Ice II Is
| what is generally called big thing.
/ But the rose coloIs in which Nh. Seward
drapes his tccgrams will fade long before the
unhappy immigrant reaches the Zero islands.
! Martin Chuzzlewit bought town lots IN the
hourishing city OF Eden, and found his
| front door in the middle OF swamp.
The poor settler who goc, 90 Sitka-On
which little island the Russians have
with difficulty made scttlemcnt-to
raise Wheat, OF Barley, OF Oats, will find that
! his fields are ice fields, and need 10 bccutiyated
with snow plowS. We have heard OF
people going 10 Russian America, but never
| heard of anybody staying there, except those
! who were frozen in the snow; nor iS it probable
| that the enthusiasm OF the Secretary OF state
will result in his immigration
| This country is 50 delightful, 50 rch in fuis,
| and fish, and timber, that the Gar think, 1t
! entirely too good to keep. He Is not worthy
! Of il. 1t would hardly be credited were not Mr.
/ G. V. Fox authority for the statement, that
tbe Gar had sgnfcd his readiness to gre
Russian America TO the United States,
and that his only doubt was OF our
willingness TO accept such miserable present.
1t is valueess To Russia said Prince
Gorchakof 10 Admiral Fox. land has always
been an expense and a trouble Mr.
Seward Immediately conceived the brilliant
idea of paying S7,jOO,OOO in gold for what
he could have got for nothing Russia does
not care for the money, we suppose, but
| is very glad TO get rid of the country, whales
wheat, walrus, copper-mineS, and all. We
NAV be sure nothing is said in st. Petersburg
| about the value of the land there they Will
! talk about the value OF the money. 1t
| is this bargain, dressed up i'll n secret treaty
| which the Secretary of State is ashamed or
| afraid to publish with his kilograms, that the
| Senate is asked to confirm, and the people to
| approve. We trust the Senate will not; we
| know the people will not