Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-05-14
THR RUSSIAN HUMBUG.

Mr.. Stewards geographical discoveries
continue to be t~elegraphed over the
country, and every man who has known
another man who has ever been in Rus
sian America 10 produced to give a des-
cription of the country. On paper there
is no place like Russian America. The
climate 10 delicious, and quite warm in
Winter ; yet the ice fields are inexhau!t
ible, and in the burning heat Of the
Arctic Summer the EsquimauI lake re-
fuge in their shade. The country Is
covered with pine forests, and vegetable
gardens flourish along the coast, whore
on the walrus are also found in vast
multitudes. Wheat, Barley, lcebergs,
Seals, White Bears, Turnips, Whales
and Gold Mines, arc found as far north
as the siItieth degree. ALL the luIuries
and necessities Of life are grouped to-
gether so that in . comparison Of Mr..
Stewards documents we find the Polar
bear reclining among roses, barley ripen-
ing on icebergs, grass Of lu1uriant
growth over which the Esxuimaux snui-
fe with s%uow-shoes, and Winter every
where sleeping in the lap Of May. It's
the isothermal line which works these
wonders. 1t can DO ciphered out, al
Mr. Seward shows, that the peculiar In
t~iuence of the isothermsl line makes the
climate Of the most extraordinary KIND,
so that while the Russians and Esqui-
mau1 have always shivered the year
round in their furs, the American settler
in q loose linen coat will be compelled
to carry IN umbrella to protect him from
the sun. Yet, if he would be cold, he
may BIO. Ice is always handy. Would
he roam through q grand and solitary
waste. where the Polar bear is monarch
Of all he surveys, he has only to step
out to his front door. Viola | cries the
delighted Secretary Of State. Would he
prefer a thickly settled country, with
farms, and gardens, p%eaceable Esqui-
mauI, and Arcadian Indians, then be
has only to step out Of his back door.
All tastes are gratifed in Mr.. Stewards
land, which i, not Russian America, but
Utopia. On paper it is a wonderful
country ; on ice it 10 what is generally
called a big thing.
But the rose colors in which Mr.. Sew
ard drspes his kilograms will fade long
before ahe unhappy immigrant reaches
the Zero islands. Martin Chuzzlewit
bought town lots in the 1ourishing city
of Eden, and found his front door in the
middle of swamp. The poor settler
who goes to Sitkn-on which little
island the Russians have with difficulty
4 p.aln a k1ap,ant tn ratRa ~haAt har-
ley or oats, will find that his fields are
ice fields, and need to be cultivated with
snow plows. We have heard Of people
going to 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 so delightful, 81 rich
in furs, and fab, and timber, that the
Car thinks it entirely too goodto keep.
He is not worthy of it. It would hardly
be credited, were not Mr.. G. V. Fox au-
thority for the statement, that the Car
had signifed his readiness to gire
Russian America to the United States,
and that his only doubt was Of our will
ingness to accept such a miserable pre-
sent. 1T is valueless 10 Russia" said
Prince Go.chakof to Admiral Fox, "and
has always been on expense and a
trouble" Mr.. Seward immediately con-
ceived the brilliant idea of paying ST.
500, 900 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, wslrus, copper-nines, and all.
We may be sure nothing is said in St.
Petersburg about the value Of the land;
there they will talk about the value Of
the money. It is this bargain, dressed
up in q secret treaty which tho Secretary
OF State is ashamed or afraid to publish
with his kilograms, that the Senate is
asked to confirm, and the people to APP
prove. We trust the Senate will not;
we know the people will not.-NtW
York Tribune.