Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-10

An ex-Attorney Generals Summer Exc
CUrsiOn.

-"'''"' VI tanning Ill switzerland. me Rflne
OF Egypt. accompanied by his son Edward he
visited Alaska Mr. Pierrepont returned from
MS Alaskan visit four weeks ago. but has been
putting the time in since then in quiet visit to
the Yellowstone. He arrived in Chicago Satur-
day He was sitting in his comfortable room at
the Palmer when the reporter called.
Yes said he Il have put in my summer
rather oddly. but in selecting Alaska in pref
crei.cc to some of the more wOrnout places.
Ike the land Of the Sphinx or Mont Blanc. |
was actuated by several considerations. You
are too TO,InT to remember it. but il was our
ing PO!k's administration that Il quarrel arose
between America and England over certain
western possessions. in which NanCOuyers
island is incIa,ied. America cOntCndei that
she had a rlgnt to extend our parallel TO 81 40
degrees. England contested this right. A bit
ter feeling was en.cn;cre,i. and for Il long time
ii looked as il America ana England would 60
to war Indeed. for q long time all the demo-
crate newspapers We're crying for $40 Or fight.
But England held on to her claim for the extern
sion. and America finally backed down. and
Great Britain got the territory between +, de-
greeS. the Emit of our possessions. and 81 de-
grces. One of the objects of nv visit to Alaska
was to see this territory on which the hight was
made. and ! was amply repaid. though it was
very Illuminating to me to be obliged to travel
through British territory to get to Alaska
But Alaska was what | desired most to see.
so on the 18th OF july my son and | sailed from
Portland. OREGON on the steamer Eureka. Alas
ka is peculiarly formed. IL is one succession of
strips by the watery trespaSscr We went from
the south TO the north and over greater poi-
tion or it, and never was so much surprised at
anything as was at what | saw
What. among other things. did you see?'
Mr.. I'crrepont consulted his diary for mo-
ment Then he read: July 81 saw an Indian
hung by a mob of miners. EXpOstulated with
them. but they said they must protect them
selves. and. after holding an informal court.
decided that there vas evidence OF the Indians
guilt OF murder. and offered no further obiec-
ton. The ins,ian was promptly hung in my
presence. That. exclaimed the eX-Iilinster.
lis fair evidence of the kind of country
Alaska is. 1t Is American possession. but
there is no law there. religious. civil or other
wise. and of all the GOd-fOrsGken places | think
it leads the van.
MY son and were the sole passengers on the
Eureka. and i'm penetrating short distance
above JuanO we came upon camp of thirty
five miners. who were digging gold with indf-
fercnt success. We landed and found a few
shanties. one of which was q store kept by a
man named Colcheur. We discovered that there
was something going On. and on inquir:ng we
discovered that two Indians had the day before
murdered two white men. You see the nhab-
Itants of Alaska are 10000 Indians and about
400 whites. The latter are fur traders and sal
mon and seal fishers. and are principally Ger
mans At this particular point there was a
white men. One Indian had been hung for
the murder. and we were taken and shown his
body dangling from the limb OF q tree. The
other had escaped. and the whites had made a
requisltiOn upon the chief of the Indian tribe for
his surrender. 1t was o'clock in the afternoon
that we were in Cocheurs store talking. when
there was great connection and a party of
3OV Indians were seen approaching the camp
we all. miners and all. supposed that they We're
hOstlles coming to ayen@e the execution of the
nd cfil bow Il
armed themselves. ready for the attack My
son Thought it was great fun to fight the In
dlans; but rather looked at it differently. and
sought refuge in COlcheurs store. After all it
turned out that the Indians were not hostile
but were coming to deliver the escaped
murderer. whom they had captured A
trial was immediately held. with myself as ex-
amlner. was asked to interfere by COlcheur
and on inquiry | found that the Indian was
guilty OF the murder charged. Then | offered
no further objection. and the white miners. with
massachusetts, man named Fuller. took the
culprlt to tree and executed him. The cOun-
try there Is in a fearful condition. The whites
are afraid OF an uprising on the part of the In
dlans There is no law. and the United States
should establish a territorial government. We
returned to British Columbia August 4th. and
since that time l have been travelling in the
Yellowstone"
MIR. Pierrepont describes Alaska as having
scenery unequaled by that of Switzerland He
said the grazing lands We're as fire as those in
the southwest and that the waters were filled
with salmon and seal. He purposes making q
report to the government OF his researches.
Senator Beck's Faculty. 4
From the Louisville Courier Journal
Talking about peculiarites of mems minds.
i heard Senator Beck tell queer story the
other day." said a gentleman to some friends
the other night. I'VE We're all discussing the
same Sn(ipct that iS II pOu,, Urban Sanction p,,I,
remarked that he thought a popularity of his
brain had done him great deal Of harm in his
life Il first noticed it. said the Senator. when
was boy going to school in Scotland | had a
strict old preacher for tutor and with a num-
Der of other boys went to the parsonage to be
educated. One night was very sleepy and still
had long Latin lesson to get of. tried hard
to learn it. but almost before was aware |
would be doing. At length read the exer-
else through in half-dreamin@ condition. and
with the Latin all a tumble in my head | went
to sleep. | awOke the next morning with my
brain Thoroughly clear. and. strange to saw all
the antiquities in my difficult lesson We're made
plain and read the Latin without balk The
same thing happened second time and again
found that when went to slcepwith confused
idea OF my lesson. learning it while half DOING
awoke with all tine knotted points unraveed
Ii became my custom after that to read nv tasks
over Just before going to bed and never failed
w H'NN tHtit III tit morning. NV strict old
tutor saw that | never studied. and thought
one OF the other boys was helping me- AT
length he gave me a page of I.vy to translate
and told me If did not have it for him the next
mornin" he would tog me. He then forbid
any Oh the boys coming near me. and watched
my actions. | read the lines as usual before 90
ln@ to se-p. and sure enough the next day |
had them pat as YOU please. He never troubled
ne after that Well, the year passed by. and |
found my faculty still cin"in9 to me- till began
to put too much faith in it and depended almost
entirely upon my mysterious helper Some
time ago plrcnOlOgiSt came to examine nv
famliy's heals. and they all went wild over him
paid no attention to their talk. though nv
wife urged me to give the man trial One
day. however he met me and was so persistent
that at length sat down to him. He said that
he would examine my head for So and give a
chart for 81. told him So was all would
throw away. and he began to name my charac-
ierstics. At length he said: You have one
faculty that is fully developed. 1t is
spirituality. You have that faculty de-
veloped TO a marked degree. You would
have made fine medium. Your mind is cana
Die of working separate from your bOdy-that is
it can peform mental labor while the body is at
rest and knows nothing of it. You sometimes
solved difficult problems while you are asleep, and
wake up in the morning without knowing that
you have been at work Here is So said l; "a
who knows "a ypuph you do 6ocorroo II