The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-03-02
AN IMMENSE OYSTER.

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AN IMMENSE OYSTER.
The weather was very warm, and in A day or
two Il pungcnt odor from the oyster, the worms
and the lizards ditlused itself through the ship.
The captain and his officers mildly proeStcr while
the sailors vigorously damned the eyes of the bug
gsts, and crowded to the lee of the ship. At
length the stencil became ntocrablc. and the
sailors descended upon the Wardroom. The ontnd-
ing oyster, which still clung to the coral. was
thrown out of the window. The buggi>| begged
that the worms and lizards might be spared Their
peous appeals touched the heart Of the command
er, and the cabinet of curioSicS carefully re-
moved to the shore.
TWO MOST REMARKABLE SPEECHES.
On the afternoon of the 2Sth the Assistant Sccre-
taries. Fred. Douglass and Gen. Sgel, addressed Il
crowd of some 200 or go people, all the town and
few from the outskirts, i'll an open space in Santa
Barbaba. which is digniticd by the name of the
Plaza. Douglass held forth for some twenty-five
minutes on the many advantages which would
accrue from annexation. AT the close he sald' -
wonder how many of my audience understand
what | have said will all i'll favor of annexation
please hol up their hands?' Three people only
responded 1t was pretty evident that his oratory
and he did speak well, fell on barren ground /.
Whether it was the result of cruel hoax or no t,
is not known. The most astonishing part Of the
performance is that Gen. Sigel who followed
Douglass, addressed the crowd ill German. He
might us well have talked Hebrew 4 more ud-
crous caricaturc of outdoor elocution was never
witnessed. 1t was, however, consistent With the
whole thing. 1t is farce. to charitable term
an expensive one. perhaps, for the ship is not sailed
under $3.50 to $500 per day; but, int he end if the
result should prove the dcath-blow of anncXa-
tion very capital investment. If this happy end
be attained, vessel will have rendered so inn
pOrtant service to the country as the noble shi p
Tennessee. Such the condition of thing )
when our informant left san Domingo. 1t was re-
garled certain that the Commissioners would
not conclude their arduous labors before the 18th
of April
TGorrn opIn nf thn VUnrnJJ
THE PARTY AT WORK.
The Commission, with its corps of ecologists
botanists, and naturaliss and the press corrcspon
dents, have been earnestly ut work since wc arri-
we'd at samana. Several parties have been sent out
from the Commission to explore the country border
ing the bay, up to the mouths of the Yuma river
and in tie interior. Every day the Commissioners
and others have been ashore to talk with the people
of the village and to examine the so-calcd planta
tOns, which are merely little cleared spots. imper-
fectly cultivated, and ascertain what are the nat
ural products of the soil.
COULEUR DE ROSE.
Almost everything has q rose-colorcd hue to these
gentlemen. Most of them have never seen Il trop-
cal country before, and this looks like paradise
to them. The sudden transition from cold and
dreary winter at home to this warm climate and
tic. Even the naked or half-clad, lazy natives an
pear to them charming sort of people, 1t is anus
ing to hear them rs they return to the ship eXcaim
in glowing language about the beauty and richness
of the island. The English language is strained to
the utmost to find superatiyc adicctves with which
to express their impressions. One man reports
] that he found mahogany tree in the almost I'M