The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-11

| W ARLINGTON, hprli ~, looi'
RS done! Seward did &--him and me
The American egle hez coz now to screen
with rcdoubed energy. Ef the nashnel bnrt
wnz angel, | shood remark to it, " Toor
your harp anoo;" but it amt, and there
fore. sich request would be ridiculous. -
This rhapsody hez reference to the Roosher
purchase.
The idea originated in this massive intel.
lex. When wuz here aforc, the Blairs, all
nv EN-, wuz a crowdin the saintid Johnson
fur a mshun. Cowan wantid mishun. and
SO did Dooittlc, and that day pretty much
all NY the delegates to the Cleveland and
Philadelphia conversions he'd bin there
wantin some kind nv n place; wat, they
wuznt particular. One gentleman whose
nose (Which trooly blossomed as the lobster)
betokcncd long service in the party, urged
| that he he'd bin delegate to both conven,
| shcns. "Thank Cod" sed johnson.
bin made upuv the same men. wood then
| hev hin bored fur places only half as much
~ am
wuz helpin him ont in my weak way.
| When the crowd wanlin places become too
great for human endoorance, would say.
in Il modrit tone. - lets go ont and git suth.
| in, and to wunst fully half wood cxclaim,
Thank yoo. ! don't keer eff ! doc. II
wuz a great relief 10 johnson. but wuz pizcn
! on me. With the most nv EN-, the anguish,
anxiety and sollSsitudc in the gttin Of ofliscs
and free drinks WIZ about an ckal thing
| The otliseS they wantd WIZ merely the means
to that per;ikcler end, aud 50 long ez they
wnx giltin the latter without the trouble OF
the former. they wuz content y good con
stooshcn and copper-lincd Stumck carried
me thro this tryiu ordccl, until came across
u Boston applicant, who, in conscience nv
| the pcrhbitory law, he'd bin for some time
on short raShens. and WIZ keen set. Napo.
Icon he'd then met his Wellnton, and sue.
cumb The mans talent wuz wonderful.
Secretary Seward wuz in trouble about
the Blair family, pcrtkerly. He he'd did
his level best for en-. He he'd appinted EN-
to Collcctorships and furrin mishuns. but
the crooe SENT wich he'd ne respeck for
US. took delitc in fastening nv EN- onto us
BY pcrpctooally rcjcctin EN-. Jest after II
long scge by Montgomery and the old man,
! scjestcd the purchs nv the Roashin Terri,
| tory. to wich not only they could be sent,
! but a thousand NV others wich We he'd on
cur hands. and the Secretary WIZ so pleased
at the idea that he wept like chld. With
a vipger wonderful in one so old, he set
about eittin testimonials ez to the valyos nv
the territory, To influence the SENT in rat'
I tyin the treaty he was agon to make. And
| he wrote 20 naval officer about II, who an
swered more promptly than ever knowd n
naval ofiGer To answer, cz follows:
"lts trooly splendid country. The
trade in the skins nv white bears kin be, eli
properly developed, made enormous. There
bis seals there. and walrn,es 50 tame that
they came mp nv their own akkord to be
| ketcled,
"P.S.--In case the purchis shood be
made. a naval stashen will be necessarily
Max hope that my long services on the
Florida coast would prove sufficient recon-
mendation for the command Of the depot ?
Mayl?
= | hev the honor to be. Nc
A distinguished Professor wrote:
1.-The climate is about the style NV that
they hcv in Washington. The Gulf Stream
sweeps up the coast causn n decided twist
in the sothcrmal line, wich hez the eifeck
NV making it putlGr sqltry than otherwise
Anywhcres for six hundred miles back NV
the coast Strawberries grow in The open air.
| recommend strongly the purchis.
:.P.S.--In case the purchis is made a ex'
plorn expedshun will be necessary. May
hone that my scientific attanments are
sufficiently well known to VOC to reckon
mend me rs proper person to he'd the ex'
pedishuny Nay
hey the honor to he ct settrv.
The President wuzn't tayerably inclined.
He wnz full of the old fogy idea that it WIZ
rather oh;lly there than otherwise. lie
hedn' faith in the igGthermal line, and wuz
skeptical about the Gulf stream. u WIZ his
experience that the further North 700 got
the colder it wuz For instance he remarks
that while the people wuz warm toward him
in virginny and Maryland, last fall, they be-
come very cold ez he got North. Nher WIZ
the isotherma line and the Gulf Stream
then?
Randall. who viii hey his joke, remarki
that the isohcrmal line twisted. lie notlsl
that the people made it ez hot for EN- ez he
wantid it ez far North ez Cleveland to wicf
Secretary Welles replied that it only con
irmed him in the opinion that, Tor platir
vessels nv war, iron WIZ preferable to pine
plank any time.
Seward removed the Presidents obiec
tons to wunst He read his letters witch SCI
forth the beauties and advantages Nv the
country twict over. Here wuz whales, anc
welrnssea, and seals, and white bears, auc
: APPLES. and wheat, pHd sea lions, and fields
Nv Ice the year round, in climate ez milo
and ednable ea the meridian Nv Washington
The isothermal line wuz more accommoda
tin Their than in any other part nv the world
1t cork screwed through the territory so G.
to grow enc peaches for expectation to thu
States and ice to the sandwich Islands, sid'
I by side. He drawd pictur nv the white
boar n rushin over the line and disportlOl