, 1874-09-20

In tlle mldat OF the grave poNtlcal matters
now dlst.acting the country. thera Is danger that
one act OF the Presidents may be overlooked,
and one which iB deserving OF universal and
hearty com1ncnlation. On the ID OF last Au-
gust committee of prominent Icelanders, forty
in number. prepared memorial to President
Grant setting forth that their people are bent
on emigration, and that they have settled upon
Alaska az the country best fitted for them and
uearcst resembling their Own land. They fur
ther set forth that, being poor, they unab1o to
charter vessel for the purpose OF examining
Alaska and therefore have appointed COM
mittco Of three to wait upon the President and
ask permission to visit Alaska upon some United
States vessel not otherwise employed. Con-
Guiding the report, the momorialists cay:
Tho region which NC desire agents to look st is
but small portion Of that vast territory, being only
Koli2l Isand and the ueishborhood Of Cooks 1uet,
and the lcng Peninsula OF Alaska. We Judge that two
or three weeks upon tho coat Of that country will bo
sufficient for purposes, which only confirm
the report Of Deb III rtsic: TO these portions Of tho
territory.
We are most lesi1ous to begin this summer, lest
Can:da "a country whec our cope might perhaps for
the present thrive but which docs de-
srsble place Of settlement for race) should
permanently the immigration Of 1cclandcrs which is
Just beginning.
The 1celandcrs poor, and the voyage to Alaaka
(eveu by way Of the Panama Istlnau.) ia long oue
but We that If Small colony only be
tabshed there, and the settlers thrive, they will
soou earn money to bring over their relatives, and
mate1y hnd its way tAither.
The Committee appointed by the menorialsts
waited upon the President some ti1no since. and
were very kindly received. The result Of the
interview was an order for sloop-o:-war on the
Pacific Coast to make a trip to &Naska ana take
the thIee Icclaudic Commissioners. II thcy
report fayo1ably to their countrymen, Alaska
before long will be reopled By 4 hardy, intelli-
gent, and Industrious race OF people.
Early in the summer most violent phase OF
religious fapaticism appeared in the German col
ony at Rio Grande de Sui, in Brazil. It appears
that certain qnack PANIED afauer and hin wife,
finding medical imposition unremunerative,
turned their attention to the establishment OF
new religion combining the tenets Of the Thugs
Of India and the Woodhulites OF the United
States. They laid down the first general prin-
ciple community Of women and property, and,
as the second, the destl uction of all other sects
in the world. Incidentally this doctrine prohib-
tied work further than Was necessary for the
Of the community generally. It is
4 pretty wcll-estab1ished principle that the more
ext1alagant religious creed the create, |
the readiness with which it is seized, |
and the tenacity With which it is maintained. |
The Nuckers in this instance accepted the |
,recd announced by the ignorant pair without
question, and early in June commenced Staying
anbelieyers. In less than 4 month they had es-
:ablished themselves very securely, and srreneth-
ened their position by numbering all who came
4 their way. At the beginning Of August they
resisted regiment OF Brazilian
roops, repulsed them, aud enlarged their area Of
operations Latest ady1ces represent them as
securely entrenched, while tho surrounding Set
lements are preparing for the exterminauon OF
hese rampant reGgionists~