The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-09
What t,ae yoyagc.asayofRu Auaerica.

territory Is IN itself good thing, and faat it was
ing IN expansion OF our boundaries.' We are not
without hopes that the experiment. may in this IN
stance bo JUSTIFIED by the results The Interior .s
tho decision 81 theenate, have boon little ,e consd
cred as yet, but bore undoubtedly q close relation
to the ultimate acquisition of British America, and
the absorption by the United States Of tho whole
North American continent, Mexico excepted.
= The pennshlar portion Of Russian Amorica was
der Bohring whose namo has been immortalised
ca from Asia. IN the Century and quarter % WHICH Which
can sde,of Behr1ng's Strait have been visited and
etaborately described by MANY nayisators.; Com
a7s5 m Sngs s 9sa Il i ,sos
'zotzobuo in 1855, and again in 1S2s-26, Wcan-
gol in 1928, I@tko il 1926 Klttlitz 1t the same
kassian voyagers; and the full account which the
chronicles Of their voyages yield of the possess
sions now to become our own, due to the en-
Government. n'.IFe.as ~. IS
Besides these Russian nayigators, Captain Cook
visited the Aeutian: Islands and the American
Pacific in 1776-80; Cochran, another Englishman,
. sibesIa, u Is2o75s Captain bsodhy spent some @
Sir Edward BelcAer stopped there Oh his voyage
round the world, performed in B. n. $. Sulphur,
81 RounR tn
World !" was published at. London and Philadel-
phin, in 1847 spent Considerable otine there in
tits to the work last mentioned that we are IN
debted for the following particulars about coun-
try concerning which there is just now much spec
ulation. but little exact knowledge. Sir George
Simpson. held the office OF Governor-in- Chief Of
the Hudson Bay; territories under the British
Of d and a on
sympathies, and appears to have honestly recorded
what he saw, without prejudice on the one hand,
It was in the -month Of September 1870 that
Sir George and his. feliow-travellers first came in
sight of fthe:Russian-An1orican Companys estab-,
coast enveloped ln'fog, which is stated to be the
predominant feature OF the weather during the
greater part Of the but Bhich to our English
rience, have never: seen any lthing SO miserable
three wess sos Ts d as 81 not not
only to render observations pTactioable buteyen
to prevent one from seeing te the distance Of
there WAS o1s continued faE Of rain, With the e.
ception of part Of a.day7. ,l. a .EJ
sitka is described g the depot Of the
ton, similar to the Hudson Bay Company, but far
less wealthy and powerful, whose valuable franz.
in tho treatios Of ls2a25 between Russia and Great
Britain, and the former Power and the United
States, have but; recently expired. Sir George
on the mainland, each the nucleus of small settle
ments and says that it has also 'seithor forts or
flying parties in the Aeutan and Kurile Islands,"
The principle business OF the company is de-:
scribed as the fur trade-beaver and fur-seals fur
| nishing the larger portion OF their commerce. Y
~" In the mouth OF May, with the regularity, Of
at the Island Of st. Paul. one of the Aeutian group
Each old male brings herd of females undor his
protection, ranging in number according to his s1ze
and strength. The weaker brethren are obliged
| to content themselves with half q. dozen wives
while some of the ssurdier and hercer. feilowB
preside over harems that are two hundred strong"
J 3 IA " fra alrv
hyperborcans to rearing, their young; and the an
nual hunt begins when the preiminnries Of this
| fur-seals are slain. in a single season, and their
slins shipped 70 st. Petersburg or to Califor:
4 mia. Y x ~ z. :s4 .g- 5-ss- m. ~
BESIDES furs, what are called essea-horse teeth"
aro very prominent article Of export from Rus
| sian America These teeth weigh, on an average,
one pound each. As tho animal produces only
thousand, it will be seen that ten Thousand huge
waruses are slaughtered every year, to secure this
species Of. ivory. 5
Tho natives Of Russian America arc describedn in
] people Of Sitka' says Sir George Simpson, ,'ayo
Che most wretehed Indians in appearance that +
paint and covered with the scars Of syphilis. Pre-
viously to the formation Of the present establish
n1enS Of New Archangel, the sayages had destroy
| ed two forts in this neighborhood. and butchered
| the unfortunate o. garTisons of twenty-6v 1asn
each' The use OF fre-water, :. Or bad iwhiakey,:
! is universal, the Russian American Company gv2
/
| that sthe Yankees" {meaning an occasional whale
ship had boon beforehand with them in employ
| ing this powerful instrument Of trade. :, =
| .aTho good folks Of New Archengel appear to
live well. The, surrounding country abounds in
the cheyreni the finest meat that Lever ate, with
the single exception Of moose, while halibut, cod
are always to be had for the taking, in unlimited
quans sties.@HSsnon are so plentiful that they lite
ahundred thousand Of the latter fab are:annusliy
salted for the use Of the establishment; bnt
inferior in richness OF flavor that they are not
| n September, Sir George found fresh fallen
snow aswhitening tho green ice that flied the
rayinesof the mountains"=aad in the following
Of sitka, in the midst Of Q heavy squal of snow,
rendering it impossible to see quarter Of o. mile
on the Friday after our landing; the Bishop: q.
sltka returned from. Kediok; distant about Six
hundred miles, after run ot, about i've days. his
hsd sssgpi Rssbs Rsfb
does, not only the whole of :Russian America, but
tan nArchipaeoes Be iooks as 4 int intended nd d sby
nature for the bishopric or two worlds being a.
man Of herculean hamey and the specimen OF his
e need ID I saims Epeo faas ss
~ssof all the-+drty and,wretched aplgces that I
wretched and the most dirty. Tie common,
| houses ere nothing Eut wooden novels, huddled
together Without order or design, in nasty Alleys.
the hot-beds Of such, ,odors as are sufficient "tS
breed all sorts of fevers. ," XII s:i:S 77'55T.'.'
| Sir George founda more inviting region at GONE
hot springs, about twenty miles north from New
ArchangeL Here WAS 9 fine bay, shattered by an
archipelago OF Islands, and the rear 8 barrier of
I rugged mountains In the vicinity was q iuxu-
RANT yerdure, presenting green oasis with va
riety Of shrubs in full BLOSSOM though the sur
rounding Wilderness all as dead as cold could
make 1t, still wore ita=4 MANTLE Of snow. Here,
rnoreoyer, were found plants that grow nowhere
else on the coast, as also many rare BIRDS even
the -humming bird, that lover Of the warmer and
SUMMER clnes Of the South. stAltogether, writes
Sir George, this Isl spot; on. which the senses.
may rest with pleasure, when weary ofthe esvage:
monotony Of the rocks and forests bf the coast
The means OF living were also abundant The Wa
ters being alive with fsh and fowl aud the lind
teena1ng With deer and game. z = r -. \.
| 5t4 yf5sss tSE&$,E
l,iJsst Florida Itams..S.S@
General sprague, commanding the District OF.
Flerida, Left this Monday. last fos Atlanta
Georgia, where, .by sagreemant, he Il Ito confer
with reconstruct From Atlanta he proceeds to
l Tallahassee to meet his Excellency; Governor
! walker: It may not be Unacceptable to our citi-
I zens to know that there is q cordial intercourse
and understanding between; his Excellency Gov,
! Walker and General Sprague giving to each other
q mutual support in the discharged OF thefr waved
and peculiar duties. Registering Of voters will
| soon commence throughout the State when; IL ia
hoped there Will bea renewed energy and activity
| among all classes. IL many are disfranchised. &
i neVertheless deEolves unon- them to- see that
others have tho privilege of cnstng their votes