, 1869-02-06

years dLef lheir discovery We put upon the
Pacific the splendid steamships which
connect America and Aaia. The Islands
seem exactly adapted to b.vak in
bali the long three wceks' voyage between
Ban Francisco and Yokohama, make coallns
station. etse wonderfully peaceful and com.
modions anchorage, and fresh water Is found
upon them. The appropriation IL 10 blast
place out ofthe coral bur, thst the biz ships,
drawing tWcnty.ioQr feet Of water may ro
over and be tranquil The circular reef en-
closing these Islands Il Of fortr niles circuit;
The Islands themselves arc four miles long BY
two wide. They constitute dead c1lm ID
tie midst Of TIE oeaan, lake In The YEA.
aomc years hence 4 lighthouse keeper Will
trim his wick upon them, living suspended
between Asia and Amsric1. Are there no
roH ances In the kEc Of steam
"1hon stt that III 70 me, love,
Fur whita my soul did pine,
A green 1sio IN the geA. love,
fount.in and khrtueI'
20 sings Commerce upon her Calliope, and
calls for epic poets yet to bel
TIE D0A1HICA rR0rzCToRArB.
Ar. GodloFe !. trth-A name that alEays
sounds to me like "God love his EArth ~
spEang into the centre Of the House the other
day, executed 3 handspring, shook bis CORY
1osks na At Eu5opc, and proposed to take The
ltwas Ike the Mlsalssippi militia Colonel's
general order:
"Attettion company! Bg hcnlspheras
form BY systems wheel !! By races dcPloy !"
Fierce d. bate Was cager to beat the double
he. the protector. called The previous ques-
tfou. The manifest destInariaas proved
to be deceisfog body; The proposition was
ignomin}ouslT oversacd, though several
Democrats votcd in favor of It..
thus territorial aegtandizement question Is
ments. General Logan, for exampl,, will al
why's rote for any extension. It Seems to me
that this country, which cost gosd deal to
make 1t worth possession, ousht to hold 1t.
self t.o precious to acc pt any little guano-
| hill population which expresses In q faint
way destrr 10 be annexed. Ur. Blaine said
| to me The other day:
I'VE must gore:n whatever We acquire in
| the future bY VIceroys-not make States
which shall outvote the original American
! people IN course oftime.''
| A simpler mode would be to acquire moth.
suc, stand faat and grow prosperous In our
| rcpubllcanism. and allow Independent Tree
dom to grow up under our shadow. France
threw herself sway In q Qni1oIc attempt To
accept eTerl lbody's invitation Tor help. She
made the Trantalptns Repnb1Ic. the Ct.alplns
found hersefno republic whatever. 6taY Al
home! The rolling stone Is q wArnlng te
States al to people. 1took up the SECOND
volume Of Cohdents political writings to
day and tound for isa motto this passage fron
Washlngtou's Farewell Address;
The great tuie OF conduct toru, In regart
to foreign nations Is, In extending our com
| mercial relations. to hare with them AZ llttl.
political coune1lon as possible -
1rqodsove 8, Oesnts higher authority thai
this let bin, two handsprnys
4 TIE AklsKA ntAcksdHLE1s.
fhe alleged bribery TO procure he coutr
mation Of The treaty with Russia, whereby
/ A16SEA WAH n%rt1frN1 nfnFMA n u 11AAf
! reduced 10 Two items. Robert j.. Tsakcr r.
f.crIved big Tee to super1utend thcT:onfrna
tlon, and he paid & (No Of this to sne OF ii,
Forueys. LII. Stanton. however, hks testt
1ed that deliberate attempt was Enlde Il
e1tort black mali rom him by me T. q
tefrgrapher here for the New York San AM
philadelphia Inquissr.
. The testimony Is to this effect: Payutc
!; waited npon Frederick T. Stanton, laW p art
ner to aiT. Walker, 1nd Eaid that he tPAyn
teri had understood that Walker had none
TO pay to newspaper telesraphc7s; that
{Pa1utes} controlled eomc mcmbe1s Of COT
! gresa and rome ncwspapers; and that b
. wanted to be ''let In"
, To thta Stanton replied that Mr.. Wake
: muEt Be seen, bnt when Ar. Walker was sec
l be said thst If be caught the mae fayutt
In bis Office he would kick him out Into cute
l. darkness Psypter had been kicked roo
deal fcme time before hF Lnan named Be
4 esagc, and vas reveggsd by Wil!lal
D. p kll'y Si. haonss mhG e.; Gonsrss to c. =
eaplial coal holes; therefore Painter dl
not return to see Nj. Walker, but itdnlge
! hfnselftn such nbuse as be confd compose
Alaska, itsinha bitants. and Its wait q y OF
ern improvements. THIS person. 6ed .
Inquiry, does indeed 1naiataln nerspAot
committee, Foss Qlfe<s, and Poa {2aads
;. whereof John T. Farms orth u Ch4t}mAn-
( These circumstances a1e sufficient TO hA'
warranted inyeslixatiou. They prove VIII
d two or ,hrre people here VITO have accc
to the noor or Congress and :
Il some newspapers, who make isnouit
>. Gus bread By leyy'ng blackmall, pr
- Tossing TO influence legislation, snd ma
Ing stencil CT Congress AID journalism
l. gr1her. ! have understood thst there Is 4or
T. influence At work to keep the commit
which Is Investigating the matter from
ii porting The full facts and names. This u
at Be compromising With bribery. The col
nittee = made up Of J. T. Broomall:
ot Penis, lvania, who represents the district
" Illinois, md several others. Dllycr T. nu
bard |, Chairman. It5mpathize With Jan
II. Parton, Don Piatt, Schuyler Colta1, Jan
T. Blaiae and others, who attended the T
IN tgrAphcrs' Club dinner the othcr night, Il
- -. tie party alleged 10 hare attempted t
:, GUARDING TEE oRIr1+
y ~ In the Tear At our Lord 'o3, !. Christu
O. Twas tn the city Of Rome Going at d.
break 10 the omnibus Office, n route TO 1
on depot, beheid two American Gcntlem
70 Need Lay that IL the large, pors! griz'
mt nized Doctor Dyer, Of Chlca1o.
ate "I'vs been bothered to death to hnd
This Gentleman accompanied me to :.
10 CfvttA FtcthtA md Atrteinc.. found 81
a.. hc was one Of the Commissioners Of
- United States to keep s!avcrs otr the Afsi
COST, aud In this Jolly Hay he va. doing
~. telling j,kes On the Aedlter.aa-an End m
y. Ing the tropics loTely visit his couatenau
aa, a Yesterday ard to-day ~ question {,
Cast e st C comms:ionesss,.p. III. sumner
IT. posed II ralIantlY. M1. Patterson safl
ol was piece Of Idle expense, like guarding
~, crypt ot the capitol, Where there Ii moth
to Euard. l agret with Mr. Sumner fo
cen hid ocular Demonstration that 50 ,ug IS
nce Dyer Vas on thc Mediterranean there
,ss. not slave In sieht. Freedom had mol
conflict. The doctor Was taken With
~ Co1sieau eea.sfcknets and filed washba
1.d looked At him. retch1ng SO vioaeatty,
i'd. eoras tears came 10 ny eyes,
:, tIonsry On hoard, "ls now engaged In
; ~ ~ ine the nendish sl1yers OF the eoas1
~ Africa" .........
nes "He'e throwing up his commission I"
In. And. 1ure enough, be dra- He abostl.
:sts te1ward rezit ned bis paaltfon. md Ge,
tho II. Palmer, Of New ferk, vas sppolnte,
0' hHe'saa' w..Hzaro., February IS ), IS
ala- 4 good many people have EFitter 70
~. for copies OF Commissioner Wells Rev,
~ Report Application shousd be made
..n Congressman or to the Tzc2.ur5 Departu
The report Is shat Is called docamen
stitched pamphlet, without cover, nc
a.o 80 pages In length. 1t IL no. perhaps
N elaborate specimen of composition, be11
PEI, rrsctteul document and not \ piece Of Ill
Tho turc. hut IT. Is altogether the most taeth
ca1 and conscientious document tia.
efH seen IN Washington. The author has
sing tc csrn his morcy IN POINT OF labor, 10 dig
Es. bis office by thought aud modest cour
tou. and to assist the country b. shoEfoG ~
.pre act coudulou-the whole cclHHEefT with
parts, and ont Of these conditions come
suk Suggestions naturally ~ I concl sioo 1oli
n,e. prc mistk The State dehts. the stain
: ~. cspi.al md industry, Influences IN -oAd
: &c dcyrloument, currency and 1t. lessons, ?
W ~ cpuuooditte.. tariff and t<xrs-thesc
les.' ali 3htIr subsidiary topics are grouped
'oea tTuth-.eskcr, unconscious that their dc
e'ee' lions may starlle, until he has arrive
them.
and vell known. They have m.dc the
Do ohpotIous with hlsh.tArtr people
1per i}nclc Toms Cabin wa with q
.ftd. holders. And yet dare say that
We rrpott vI1l yindicite Itself before poste
!, Of vtcu trsdc shsIl be frce A. l.bor;'sod
:, INK atno-g the few thoughtful tndt
! books which have suddenly enlarged