Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-12-21

Nay, some affirm, that Just below.
w oere wales OF grass in general grow,
Thy Philos0phic eve has found,
lake of guineas flowing round.
= The New Years address Of the New York
Erening Post had the following in the same
direction: % .Fr
While on Missouris bank is seen
a mountain with no herbaGe green)
OF Solid salt! With heaven il wars,
And rusts the polish of the stars
Around It's sides, so smooth and clean,
Ten thousand mammoths huge are seen,
Who licking, with each other vie.
Then scud, and drink the river dry.
The subjoined, from the Balance, of Sept. IL,
lsJ5. was considered q very smart epigram in
those days
Louisiana is claimed by many,
And each one claims the whole
France, Spain, and Freedom,
Have there each an Eden;
But the Devil beEuilsd them all.
The same paper, The Balance, IN some . Pre-.
dictions for the year 1906" says:
A wonderful discovery win be made Allan
ferson's administration, In which he will pur.
sue the same sublime strains of the piece in
which, ne compares Mr.. Jefferson to Jupiter
renity and silence the fate OF empires. IL will
include an account Of the horned froo of the
sat- mountain. Of the prairie dog, &c
The TermOnt Mercury, under the head, Won /.
derful prospect Of greet bargain" has two
columns Of satire and burlesque aimed az this
Jefferson purchase. which was doubtless rel.
ished immensely in that day. In this article
the Mercury says: r....
at is whispered in certain circles that a
courier has arrived, post haste, from his
Lunar Majesty the Man IN the Moon His
MAJESTY II is said. proposes forth with, while
Government Tor the sale Of a territory. supros.
ed to be that which has been sneeringly called
the 'hmbo Of vanity or the paradise of fools,
containing the whole exterior half of that ORE
If seized with avidity. the acquisition will
immortalIze the negotiators, and be an mex.
haustlole source of wealth, greatness and
ooundless empire. Should we
decline 70 accept the proposal, his Majesty
swears point blank that he will cover the
whole lucid part of his dominion with blan
kst, and deprive Ms OF moonshiue.
tine mndexpands With a. tonishment at the
sublime prospect which this wonderful nego-
1aiien opens to the phiieyophic view. 1t seems
10 be the first ana q sure step in the ladder
which leads to universal mpire, 1t least over
planet may be purchased in succession. Tue
mighty Herschel, though he hide HE enormous
head In an almost incalcu.abie distance fro N
Sousht as S.oy es t OF morss,s, may yet be
win. The comets may be purchased, cr 81
least chartered as frIgates TO carry treaty
bearers and useful iaborers; and the sun him
self, that great source of iliuninism, with his
merry phiz, may yet have reason to trem BILE for
his own Independence. What miehty-whas
terrible republic we then shall be ~
The no-more-territory cry extended away
down East to Portland. Maine, (then Mas sa-
ehusetts) and in song sung. with "immense
applause" by Mr.. Charles Prentis at "Ths
celebration Of American Independence, July
4, 1sO6." in that city, we find the Louisiana
purchase very much torn to pieces, and de.
preciated-
Lands" sang Mr.. Prentis' Glands as useful
70 rs; lands, as much, too our own,
As are diamonds unbound, or al realms in the
neon
Land abounding with saI, would to heaven
From tn: mountain Of salt, to our Congress
might come;
For q httl: fine salt will make cows young
And what's Congress Hall now but the nations
COW pasturel -
Sister France wanted cash; Nothing else would
Fifteen millions of dollars we cheerfuIly sent
It is nonsense to grudge such a trifie cash,
For WHO steals my purse, sir, steals nothing
but trash"
Very badly squibbed, too, was the purchase
In dialogue between "Dick" and ssTom"
In the balance, in which Dick asserts that the
Democrats" poor wights, are sunk In Loui.
sisna's mirs." In parody upoL the "House
thar Jack Built" Jefferson is scored az the
man
That squandered the Treasure. five millions
and more,
That was LOGGED in the Trunk, all rified and
tore,
Tbat lay in the House that George Built"
Whole columns were gwen in the papers TO
"Parables" and ssCbronicles,' in which the
worthlessness Of the Louisiana territory and
the awful manner in which Jefferson had
been guiled In its purchase. were set ferIh In
Scriptural phrase. The articles in the papers
Of that Gay ndiculing that important acaui.
sition Of territory would I'LL volumes, but the
above serve as specimens Had our Govern
ment been laughed out Of the Louisiana pur-
chase would not the laugh be very much against
us at this day! The ridicule and depreciation
In regard 70 that purchase soon died out as the
Importance Of the acq uisition was developed.
and 80 il will be in regard TO ALASKA ana st.
Thomas. Already the New York Tribune, the
leading opponent Of the recent purchases, ad.
mits through Its Alaska correspondence the
surprising value OF that acquisition in view
OF lis fisheries alone 1t is now found that the
climate OF this ice-fi 10 really milder than
that Of some of our northern States.
Similar admissions in regard to the Danish
Islands are finding their way into tie same
class OF papers, and II is now shown BY the
history Of ST. Thomas that the 20 much talked
of hurricanes only occur at intervals OF about
twenty i've years, the visitations al that Island
having occurred, according to the records, in
17l3 lbs, 1742, liza. 1885, 1919, 1887, and 1867.
Uncle Sam can stand a hurricane there oncs
In twenty five years for the sake OF holding a
position that commands the Isthmus and the
Gulf, and that II central point Of oceanic
travel Tor both con tinents.
~From Messrs Blanchard Il Mohun, and
from j. Shillington we have Harper's Ma ga
-iRs for January, containing the commence
ment Of 1.-The Woman's Kingdom" q new
love story, by the author OF John Halifax,
with other interesting reading for the Holi.
days.
GESKRAL HANCOCK has revoked mt New Or
leans two more orders previously issued BY
General Mower, by which quite q No m Der of
judicial officers were removed. Portions of
Two other orders issued by Mower are con.
hrmed.
"A GREAT AMOUNT Of interesting editorial and