The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-02
f1or;er7s s'a.turst.

treaty was under discussion, described the
rosy Polar Arcadia, where TIE slopes OF
he iceberys were clad in perpetual ver-
aure, aud the wsIrrs disported in the
aowery mcads, and tropical monkeys gam
boiled in the sn ,ws or Mr. Sumner grew
eloquent over the SitSan c,df>h, and the
lettuce and chccory of Alaska. no more
beautiful pastoral poem has been gwen Ia
the world than the lovely piece which
Admiral Porter has just written about ST
Thomas. While 81 many of his gallant
| ,hipmstcs are forced t. leave their swcc-
pastures and domestic JOS and are to-sc
| about by raging seas. caught up by wiiirl
wind, hurled through the angry air
wrecked aad drowned in Mr.. >evari's
chosen harbor o. refuge t-eii the gslani
ADMIRAL, recumbent meath the shaie Of
| The United States Academy. like se,-
tarng Tityrus. pipes his rustic lay HIS
| song begins In the stately strain of "A gaze;-
ieer, but the fire Of inspiration soon kin
'iles in his veins the qn.ckens !;
| the inspetuous numbers h1w hea Hong
forth, Knocking each other into ah.sort-
OF corners, and filing the brain with be
willer;ng visions Of waving palns. yell
low haired mermais, dry-iocks. steam
boats bananas. rum pnnch. f,rtific,iions.
trade winds, parrots. Parrot guns pianta-
tions. aud coa-y,.r,ls. Regarded simply
X terrestrial paradise. the Island OF st
Thomas Is considerably ahead of the Gar
len of Eden, wlsilc as naval station it is
lnneaSurably superior II any seaport
since Tyre an Silon Besides the charms
of its tropical scenery it has the additional!
advantage Of being inhabited BY :; coiony
Of prosperous mlrine-stors dcilcrs. It is
a good place to cruise in. "eSpccIalv luring
/ hurricane | here are sh rs whcre You
cin buy things Il is a 900 naval station
u Oh the hill there are Nee little Gotta
gcs and every body rich enough buys one Of
them. They ID this because it is TOO hot
to 1--we anywhere else The island is sssr-
rounded by reefs aad breakers All the
shop keepers clerks are negroes. ST.
Thomas is a good naya.s'ation. Strangers
always have capital fan when they - there
The Government is strictly republican in
form. and closely resembles our own, all
the officers except two or three being APP
pointed By the King OF Denmark The
most beautiful sight in the world is the
town and harbor Of St Thollas, seen from
the hlll above It, Also the most beautiful
sight in the world is he towr and harbor
of ST. Thomas viewed from the sea Y0u
can take in c.al there very rapidly. An.
other advantage is that IL IA hostile army
should land on the ISLAND they would im-
med.afe'y srarve t, death. there heng M
f,ni and very little water. The iahabit-
ants exercise a prince!y hospitality. all
make up for the want oi water by 4 liber-
al use Of other beverages II we bought
the property We should have a rare oppor-
tunity of building iarts. docks, and
navr-y;ris. there being no Improvements
ment, whatever upon the estate. Thus ST
Thomas would become the paradise of
contractors, as it is already Of -hip-chsnd
ers and dealers in second haud clothing
and dirk knives Moreover IL is good
nava. station ft would make a delightful
watering place. New York merchants
might send their families there in the
summer. and run down every Saturday
afternoon for their Sunday holiday The
healihine,s Of The pl zee, the pet cnnfe,seS,
is "doubttul;' but it is Il sineular fact
that deadly a the climate 'nay he to other
people, IL nvariabe spares citizen, native
or na.uralzed) Of the United States and
any nan who ha- been registered as a va
ter in any part os' The union may - +, ST
Thouss not only without fear OF gettiag
III hut "a. IA a..t - t,..,
cured "i' any ailments he may have hal
bpfprei,aud The cpiiemicS t. which The
natives are subject are attributed To The
evaporation ci Eng isli coal. Bat if We
went there we should have American c1aG.
which i, not in the habit oi' evapora,inl
There is "A hill from which one gets IA very
pre,ty view ot ships Passing thr ,ugh the
Aucrtia passage. The laud scenery would
be fine, only unfortunately ali The trees
have been cut down but there are c,,uces
ana pricS'y pears, and niany other funny
plants which are very Amusing to |, Ok at.
Finally it is good naval station.
So the gallant commander sings away.
and the little mId>hipmen, We suppose. SIT
in order round, and listen to his Howery
claim pot only to posses the best Govern
mcut, bat to produce the best government
poetry out Of the worst material of any ma
.ticn on the earth Mr. Seward found
beauty in the polar bear. Mr.. Snlnuer |
drew inspiration from II IN oil. pine trees. !
aud caupb.ls aud naw. amid the rum
BILE Of earthquakes. the below Of volcanoes.
the shrieA Of the whiriaind, the crash of
tmber>. and the roar of the angry waters
our sentimental sailor pipes his pastoral
notes Oh "A bnatswain' whistle aud makes |
Us 'uost elegant little song out OF the
uprnar of the warning elements. We |
have never seen tlii- equal of this achieve |
ment, except, PERHAPS. now and then al |
the theaters, where when the thunder ha
rolled aud the red and blue lie ehtaing
flashed and devils came mp from The deep,
aud gone again with their yictims into
yawning abysscs, aud everything for IA
while been one dcmuition crash and bans, !
and halinbaoo. the canvas has rolled away !
aud "a hood Of rosy light bccn poured upon
the .i;,ni transformation scene. where all