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r )t Kansas OLljtef. J?i! SOL. X1XTCR, EDITOR. WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS: Thursday, : : : : : April 18, 1867. Talae f Oar flfevr Acqafsltloat. The purchase of the Russian American possessions is severely condemned by large portion of onr people. It is claim flct that we have merely secured. large extent of bleak territory, ntterly worth less for any practical nee. We have no doubt tbe same was s2id of Jefferson's Louisiana purchase, yet time baa shown the territory thus acquired to he; among ,fke most valuable and -important of all tbe United States possessions. So it will prove, we faave.no doubt, with the Russian purchase. Let us look at it for moment. It is, or "should be, the policy of tbe United States to produce everything necessary, aeful or ornamental, within ber own ju psdfctioo, so that she may be dependent Hpon foreign powera in the slightest de '"srree nossible. If she cannot do this within ber present bounds, let her extend them. 'This was doubtless the object in annexing Bussian Ameriea. See what advantages we have thereby gained : The United States had withQ her lim its men of almost every knewn race and . .nationality. But of the graceful, band t-iome, energetic, intellectual and dainty Esquimaux, we do not believe she had a ' single one. By tbe purchase of Bussian . America, she at once acquires a vast aumber of these highly useful and orna mental citizens, who, in the progress of the great principles of the Declaration of Independence and Impartial Suffrage, rill aoon become intelligent and inde pendent voters, and will be studiously conrted by ambitions politicians. White Bears did not exist in the Uni ted Stales, of their own freo will and ac cordand, thanks to the Society for the amelioration of the condition of dnmb brutes, the animal kingdom is rapidly being transformed into free moral agents, and will soon be supplied with Bibles, tracts, and missionaries. (Tbe bears will nndoubtedly prefer tbe missionaries 6 raw.) As white bears would not vol untarily come to tbe United States, it was clearly the dnty of the United States to go to them. This they have done, by securing possession of Bussian America. Seal skins are a valuable species of peltry, extensively used in our country. Yet this nation postered not a single ealrexcept the great seal of the United Btates, tbe various State seals, and the seals with which the wives of the Mor bob are seated to mem. lint as an item of peltry, we doubt whether any of tbe above named could be made generally nsefoj. Bussian America abounds in seals. By securing that country, the United States is enabled to raise her own seals. Tbe possession of health and vigor is essential to the permanency and power of a nation. v Health and vigor depend principally upon iooa ana naoits. uar new brethren, the Esquimaux, are among the stoutest and hardiest people known They subsist chiefly upon the flesh of the Walrus, which doubtless imparts this rigor. The United States bad not walrns in all her broad domain. By tbe purchase of Bussian America, she secures aa abundance of walruses. Who doubts that the result will be a speedy increase oT.atrengtb' and vigor in our people, and increased power to make other acquisi tions, whereby we may produce other ar tides which now have to be imported from foreign countries ? It has been the boast of the United States, that she. possessed almost every variety of climate. This was an empty boast she had no frigid zone. But she can now make the boast truthfully ; for in the purchase of Bussian America, she has acquired a vast extent of frigid zone, aad soon icebergs will become an article of United States production. The question of fewest hours and big gest wages for a day's labor, is becoming a leading featnre in American politics ; and it will continue until the laborer is not required to work at all, and has free access to the money-box... The firsteffort was to make ten nours tne standard ot a day's labor, and it was with difficulty accomplished. The' effort now is to re duce the standard to eight hours. The working-men are warmly in favor of these changes, while the men who have to pay the money are as decidedly op posed to them so that wo now hear of alternate strikes for fewer hours and higher wages. One difficulty the labor ing man has to contend sgainst, is the fact that the natnral days in the United States are too long. Now, if wo could secure any possessions where the days are only from four to eight hours in length, there tbe four, six or eight hour system would be established, as a natnral conse quence; and a starting point once secur ed, the system would Boon become estab lished throughout the Union, npon the principle enunciated in the Declaration of Independence, that all men are created free and equal, and the provision of the Constitution, that every State shall be secured a Bspnblican form of Qovern ceeat. ' All men are not equally free, if aome have to work ten hours to accom plish a day's labor, while others work hat' six or eight; and such a discrimina tion Vaet Republican. Tbe acquisition 4 -- oKJIomUb Ameriea is just the -right thing in the right place, for the days are of suitable length, from eight boors down to nothing. Now, the labor reformers can intrench themselves firmly on the Arctic Circle, and, making that their base, can' " swing around tbe circle," until tbe grand principle.of no work and big pay is securely established through out the entire United States. Among the islands of ice and along the frozen coasts of Bassian America, the wrecked vessels of a century have accu mulated, in every stage of dilapidation. Now that the United States owns that coast, Yankee enterprise will drag forth and overhaul those wrecks ; and we have no reason to doubt that, in the next war, Gideon Welles will set afloat and equip an immense and effective navy from tbe debris found in that frozen ocean. These are but a few of the many ad vantages secured by our new acquisition and all for tbe paltry sum of seven millions of dollars. Yet there are those who'objeci to it, and grumble at it 1 FiuraiE Ncuseby. In this issue will be found the advertisement of tfao "Prai rie Nursery" of E. Snyder, at Highland. Mr. Snyder has met with several mishaps in starting bis Nursery, but has at length got it established on a firm basis. He made tbe first start in 1859 60, but tbe unparalleled drought of (he latter year de stroyed everything. In the Spring of 1861, he made another start; but the war breaking out in that year, he entered the army, where be continued through the war, and of course his Nn'rsery went to waste again. Since his return home, he has again made the attempt, and is now enabled to offer a choice variety of trees and plants, suitable for this country and climate. Of ono thing the public may rest asured Mr. Snyder will never know ingly palm worthless trash upon them, for the sake of making money. J&T A stranger came to town, on Sat day, riding' a pretty good ' horse bare backed, with a blind-bridle. He was very anxious to sell the horse so much so, that he sold it to a person whom he did not know, for S60, and trusted him for $30 of the amount. He was then im patient to cross the river at once. The circumstances were so suspicions, that he was arrested and lodged in the Calaboose, until Monday morning, when, nothing new having come .to light, and there be ing no evidence upon which to detain him, he was set at liberty, and got across the river in quick -time. There can be but little doubt that he stole the horse. &3T Tbe Repo-"c.'is np0n the as sertion tbat Wathena is tbe Ingest town in tbe County, and does a heavier busi ness than any other. When we state the simple facts, tbat one man in White Olond pays more United States Bevenue Tax, on business done here, than the en tire balance of Doniphan County ; that one dry goods store here, sells more goods in a year than all the stores in Wathena combined ; and tbat tbe lumber business of White Clond is alone greater than the whole business of Wathena the large dimensions of the Beporter's joke can be appreciated. Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Practice vs. Theory. The nnparalelled success which attends these remedies in their radical cures of Scrofula, Erysipe las, Salt-rheum, King's Evil, Barber's Itch, Ulcer, Sore leg, Bingworm, and all skin diseases, would be deemed incred ible, were it not snbstantiated by "a cloud of living witnesses." Snch ben eficent results cannot fail to challenge onr admiration for the genius which dis plays such Bcience in the extirpation of disease and in the triumph of health! Sold by all Druggists. &" Tbe Season may be late in pre senting its smiling countenance, bnt not so Demorest's Monthly. It is on band for May, exuberant with Novelties, Bril liant Ideas, Fashions, in their multitudi nous forms, Illustrations, Poetry, Musio, Braid Patterns, Dress Patterns, Architec ture, and a host of other valuable matter useful and indispensable to every house hold. S3 per year. W. Jesnings Demorest, 473 Broadway, N. Y. .XSTWo fear the female suffrage ques tion in Kansas will be more unpopular than if taken npon its simple merits, from tbe fact that Sam. Wood is taking such an active part in its behalf. The people have come, to regard anything with which he is connected, as a humbug or a swin dle. The friends of any measure, who desire its approval by the people, will hereafter have to manage to keep him out of it, make np their minds to meet with a failure. "Westers Empire." This is the title of a Weekly paper, the first number of which we have just received, published at St. Joseph, by Messrs. Hruby is Yonng. It is a handsome sheet of seven columns to tbe page, devoted to literature and general intelligence. Tbe first number gives evidence of editorial ability. The subscription price is 82 a year. JEsf Tbe river is very figb, and is still rising, and boats have difficulty in making their way against the swift cur rent and through the floating drift-wood. A large portion of the bottom between this place and Forest City is overflowed; and.it will be an unheard-of event, if the wateraubsides without carrying away the Tarkio bridge. JjHPJbbWW!.w BCMM At the request of the people of this and neighboring School Districts, we wrote tbe State Superintendent of Public In struction for hia opinions and interpreta tion of the laws npon certain points which bad arisen in these Districts, and received tbe following reply. His an swers are clear, and to tbe point ; and we print tbem, for the information of tbe public : Omn Sitt't Pes. iKtraocno. Torn, April 9tb, 1867 Mt. Sou Millxb Dear Sir: Yonra of tbe 3d inst. is before me, and contents noted. shall first state what I consider the sabstance of jour inquiries, and then give my opinion Inquiry 1st. Has a District Board the light to pledge tbe credit of a District for maps, globes and furniture, when no tax has been levied for that purpose? Reply. The law makes it the prerogative of the voters of a District, if they see fit, tfJevy a special tax for the purchase of map, globes, furniture, Ac. The District Board, therefore, should not incur an indebtedness, by tbe put cbase of articles for the payment of which the District has made no provision. Inquiry 2d. If a District Board gives the note of the District for the payment of maps, globes and furniture, when no tax has been levied for such object, is the District bound by tbat obligation to pay the amount when duet Reply. The officers of a School District are tho agents of the District, for the transaction of business; and a District is bound by the ac tion of its officers, or agents. The officers, however, are answerable to the District for the right discharge of duty. Inquiry 3d. Is it lawful to pay notes given for maps and furniture, out of money raised for the payment of teachers' wagest Reply. The statutes fpage 43 of school laws) provide for the levy of ipecial tax for special purposes. The law evidently contemplates tbat the proceeds arising from these different levies, shall constitute separate and distinct funds. In cases of emergency, however, my opinion is that the voters of a District may au thorize the Board to borrow from one fund for the payment of bills against the other fund, such loan to be replaced at a future time. Such diversion, for the time being, may be in extreme cases allowable ; but the District Board cannot thus divert, without tbe consent of tbe voters of the District. The separate funds are entrusted to the officers, to be applied accord ing to, and not contrary to, the expressed vote of those creating those separate funds. Inquiry 4th. How,oftcniia County Treas urer required to pay over money due the Dis trict to the Treasurer of the District? Is it only on the 1st of February and July, or is it whenever the District calls for it? Reply. Whenever, during office hours. District Treasurer presents a proper order to the County Treasurer, it is the duty of the County Treasurer to pay over all the funds in his possession due the District and called for by the order. By refusing to do this, at any time, the County Treasurer subjects himself to a penalty. See School Laws, pp. 33 and 35. Inquiry 5th. Can a County Treasurer legal ly retain from the money due a School Dis trict, the amount of notes against a District, either purchased by him or placed in his hinds for collection? ki" - "Reply. A School District is a body corpo rate. It can sue or be sued; and creditors " . w -(. - ,. . . . must look to the District, and not to a Cocnty officer, for their pay. A County Treasurer has no legal right to cancel the floating debts of a School District, with school funds, in his pos session, due that District. The school funds, State and County, and all proceeds from taia tio, are entrusted to the County Treasurer, to be paid over to tho District Treasurer, on the presentation of tho proper orders of the Dis trict, or tbe Cocnty Superintendent. All that the County Treasurer is allowed to retain, is the per cent, allowed him by law. The trlofe, and not a part, of the remainder is to be paid to the District Treasurer. By refusing thus t pay over, tho County Treasurer subjects himself .to a penalty. See pages 33 and 35 of School Laws. Inquiry CM. Can several School Districts legally unite for the purpose of establishing a separate school, in some central location, for colored children? Reply. Tbe school law provides that the in habitants qualified to vote at a school meeting lawfully assembled, shall have power "to make such order as they may deem proper for the education of white and colored children sepa rately or otherwise, securing to them equal ed ucational advantages." This provision con templates a separate school in the sane, and not in different Districts. The only union al lowed by law, is a unioa of School Districts for the purpose of establishing a Graded School. If colored children are so far educated, in sin gle Districts, separately or otherwise, as to need a graded school in which the higher bran ches shall be taught, then Districts may unite for the establishment of such graded school. But a District, which unites with other Dis tricts to establish a primary school for colored children, or limply a common school, outsido of the District, thus compelling colored chil dren to travel twice or threo times as far as white children, and often rendering it imprac ticable, on account of distance or state of the roads, for colored children to attend regularly, or even at all, does not secure to such colored children equal educational advantages; vio lates the law of the State; does not maintain a common school, i. e. a school which secures to all children of school ages, within the Dis trict, free and equal educational advantages; and consequently the District is not entitled to an apportionment of the public school funds. I send jou herewith a copy of the laws per tainining to schools. Hoping that the above views may meet the approval and common sense convictions of a majority of the people of our State, I remain, very truly, yours, P. McVICAR t3T It is a singular fact, that all who oppose women voting, do so solely ont of their hieh rezard for the women. It must certainly be gratifying to the wo men, to know that they are held in such high esteem, that they cannot be trusted to a voice in choosing men to make laws by which they most be governed. tW A prominent landmark in Sew ard and old AndyU Bussian acquisition, is Moont Saiat Elias. There is where a monument commemorative of the trans action should he raised. We suggest tbe erection of three tabernacles one for Seward, one for "Motes," aad one for St. I Elias. BetmAswjMxirTB' HsreraTTwhat are termed three "solid arguments" in favor of female suffrage, from the Oika Ioosa Independent, a paper ao bitter in its opposition to the sssasure, tbat it de fames all women who iete the privil ege of voting 1. If women art brtrtirht down on the same level with men, then gentlemen can keep their Beau iu cars, nomnmu, cuorcncs, iuu pwnv assemblies, giving the ladies eqflal right; and no more. This is what they claim. 2. It will give anxious old maids and spruce Tonng widows a chance to eo "sparking," and to "pop the question," privileges they have been groaning for these many years. 3. In traveling over bad roads, it will give them the advantage of the glorious privilege of sharing with men the labor of "walking and carrying a rail" to pry stage coachce-ana other venicies out or tne mud. Well, they ore solid."' Opponehts.of negro suffrage, contend tbat to grant the privilege would bring about negro equal ity, and that 'white women woold take to marrying niggers. Opponents of fe male suffrage, insist that if women vote, they must 'necessarily become brawlers on the streets, must carry rails, work tbe roads, and, all that sort of thing,"hnd will not be entitled to any respect from tbe men. -Tbe one argument is about as solid the other, ana they are both worse than childish. Z2T Dr. Vinchow, one of the most eminent Professors in tbe Berlin Univer sity Medical Faculty, who exi mined Dr. Bartn, tbe distinguished African travel er, after death, says he was killed by tbe carelessness of his physician, whom he called in to relieve a trifling attack of dyspepsia, to which be was subject after . ; t .., . .. eating oeartuy. Among otner articles of the prescription was one ordering six grains of tartar emetic, which in itself was sufficient to kill four persons. If people would for one moment consider how easily remedies can be procured, which, white they are perfectly harmless in themselves, work marvelous enres, the cases of p'oisoning by the carelessness of physicians would be few indeed. Such a remedy is Boback's Stomach Bitters, for dyspepsia. Procure a bottle at the drug-store, and test yourself. jtar We.-see it reported that S. A Biggs, of Lawtence, has been appointed United States District Attorney for Kan sas. We are glad to hear it. He is one of the genuine men of Kansas, not a dirt eating shyster. The only thing we dis like in the matter of recent appointments, is tb if so many of the members of the "(cent Legislature are suddenly receiving Federal offices. It looks too much like the palmy days of Lsneism, when, imme diately after a Senatorial olection, neatly tbe entire Legislature would go on a pil grimage to Washington, and come back with commissions in their pockets. Tflc L'tatrj OrrnEIoiisEiioiTD Smi ling faces are the household lights. Can a wife expect her husband to smile when she sets before him poor bread? Can a husband look for smiles from his wife if be offers her inferior materials for ma king bread? If yon, sir, will please your wife, get D. B. De Land is Co.V Best Chemical Saleratns, and she will produce bread and biscnita tbat will please yon that will please her, and there nill be light in tho household smiles all arooud. Use it instead of Soda. The Copperheads are shouting over the result in Connecticut, more bois terously tban they used to do over the election of a President. It is evident that tbey have not been used to snch things, of late years. Tbey used to tell us that Connecticut waa a traitor State, that burned blue-lights during the last war with England. Consolation from snch a source is thankfully received by tbe Democracy. C We have received a copy of the speech of C. B. Wilkinson, editor of the St. Joseph Herald, in the Missouri House of Representatives, in favor of negro suf frage. We have also read a report of his subsequent speech in St. Joseph, in favor of tbe election of rebels to city offices. Tbey are both able efforts ; bnt somehow, when we put them together, they won't mix. Bdbeiialter is Forscrook. The new advertisement of tbe above popular firm appears this week. They keep a com plete stock ofnll kinds of Groceries, and. are constantly receiving fresh supplies. Tbe superiority of tbeir goods, and their reasonable prices, have already secured for them a large custom. The negroes held an immense meeting at Macon, Georgia, recently, which passed off peacefully and agreea bly, with the exception tbat the dirty dog. Brick Pmeroy, intruded npon it with a speech. The negroes felt the dis grace of tbe association keenly. SW Fencing. Siding, Flooring, Scant ling, and every other description of lum ber, may now be had at Taylor is Ortons', in any quantity, and all bills promptly filled. If yon want smooth, neat lumber, requiring no unnecessary labor in dress ing, go to the Lower Saw Mill. tW Cough Medicines should be so compounded that they can be taken "lit tle aad often." It is the throat and chest, not the stomach, that fa affected. This is one great secret of the success of Cos's Cough Balsass. Try it. All dealers sell it. , Tba acquisition of Bussian Ame rica is characterized as a stupendous piece of folly. 'It iou look foolish to cede a country where seed will produee nothing.' 'Respect roa thett'VyY have seen married women whose meek and pitiful look at all times, whose timidity in company, and whose shrinking and trembling silence in the presence of their -"lords and masters," all spoke unmis- takeably of the churl and tyrant at home; and we have beard tbe husbands of kuch women declaim eloquently against female suffrage, because of tbeir high regard for tba fer. A man who systematically abuses his wife, and compels her to smell bad whiskey and tobacco, tempered by a natorally foul breath, from the first of January to the thirty-first of December, is just the person whofe-regani for the sex would prompt him to preserve women from contamination by mixing in politics, and using her influence to suppress tbe dens wbero he goes to make a brute of hiraelf. AT3T The iteauw Monntjineer, on her way up tho river, was run into by the Sunset, on her nay down, near Pern, N'hrnftka, on Tuesday forenoon. A hole was stove into the hull of the Moun taineer, and about fifty tons of her freight in the hold nan damaged. 3T" The miners in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are on a strike, and serious riots. Iiavo occurred. The Govnrnor of Nw Jerfpy hai called ont the tuiliti.i, to hold themselves in realinrss for any emergency. JtrlT The Sonthern Nebraskian. of F.ilN City, commences Volume 2, enlarg ed to n "even-column sheet. It is a good and a loyal paper, and deserves the sup port of tho people of Sonthern Nebraska. X5T President Johnson is sick with gravel. It has been reported, for some time past, that ho had not much "sand in bin craw" perhaps it has changed lo cation, and tnrnod to gravel. gST The Humboldt Union boats that tho A11n County jail is empty. So is the Doniphan County jail. It has not oven so ranch as floor, ceiling, roof, jofct, or windows. & The XVonnense or It. ''It would never do for women to vole, it would lead to such divisions in fami lies." But political division-i do not, after nil, make men qnnrrel half so much as religions division.-; and if you allow v.-ivex to do tbeir own thinking in relig ion, why not in politics? Besides, nothing makes a man to mixing rnd per-naMvo as when he trie to induce Iiis neisbor !o vo'o "nur tickit." llustmnds wlu nre bnors all the reu of the yrar, tvnn'd b-come patterns of politeness for i tuni.th before flection day, if the wires only Iiml a vote! "The polls are not decent places for women a I present" Then she is certan. ly i. ceded theie to make them decent. Lileiatiire niw not deeent, nor the din ner tilde, till fin was ndmittcd to Hem on cqust tyrnis. But already, llitonli- nnt mof.t parts of the conntty, the h-illot box Id as qilit't a place In go cs ll h Pnst cffice; anil where it is not fo. the pres ence of tine womnu would be uuith a ilnzen policemen. "Politics are necessarily corrupting " Then why not ndvise (nod men. as well as good women, to t-top voting? ' should not wish to hear my wife speak in town meeting." I should think not, unless slio poke more to the poii t thin the average of men. Peril ps she tv.-inld; no telling till she tries. And yon aro willing to pay a high price occasion Jly to heai somebody's wife sing in pub lic and if it is proper for a woman to sin;; nonsense before an andiance, why not to ppcak senRe? Woman is sufficiently represented al ready, through her influence on ren " llnw is it then that the whole legist tion of Christendom, in regard to her. wns "a disgrace to any heathen nation," till the Woman'x Bights Convention began to call attention to it, ten yearn ago? ' Women are entirely distinct from men, altogether unlike, quite a different order of beings. Are they, indeed? lhen.il they are so di-tinct, how can men repre sent iliem, make laws for them, admin ister their rights, jndgo them in the courts, spend their tax money? If they are the same with men, they have the same rights; if they are distinct, they have a right to a distinct representation, dirtinct laws, conrtw, property, and all the rest. Arrange it as you please, it comes to the same thing. "A woman who take proper care of her household, has no time to know any thing about politics." vvuy not say, "a man who properly supports his house hold, nan no time to know anything abont politics?"- Show me tbe husband who does not assure hia wife tbat his day's work is harder then her's. Huw absurd, then, to suppose tbat he has time to read tbe newspaper every day, and step round to tho.ballot box once a year. and she bas not! ." Women, after all, are silly creatures." No doubt tbey are, often enough. As the old lady says in a late English novel. "God Almighty made some of tbem fool ish, to match tbe men. And tbe men have done their best to turn the beads of others, who were no fools by natnre. Bat it is the tbeorv af democracy that every man has a right to express bis own folly at the ballot box, if he will and in time, perhaps, learn more sense by so doing. And why not every woman too? EW Tbe amount of it all fs, that wo man must be enfranchised; it ia a mere question of time. All attempts to evade this, end in inconsistency and nonsense. Either she must be a slave or an equal; there is no middle ground. Admit, in the slightest degree, ber right to educa tion or property, and she must have the right "to suffrage In order to protect the property and use the edncation. And there are no objections' to this, except such as wonld equally bold against tha whole theory of democratic government. Ten bushels of snake bones were fouod in A Iedie of rocka a fair davs since, nesr Cedar Rapids, lows. That is where the Copperheads were last falL sV9SIA-AMERICA. The Ceded Territory. The cesion of Bussian North Ameri ca to tbe United States, if consummated, will be tbe most important international event affecting this continent which bas occurred in many years. Snch an unim portant part has Bosnian-America played in the affairs of nations andof men, that, when an offer for its cession from one nower to another is made known, the an nouncement conjures np in the mind of nearly every one visions ol a cold, bar ren and uninhabited region, converging about Bebringe strait, and celebrated only because Capt. Beecby and Sir John Fraklin voyaged on its coasts. But in this resuscitation of school day memo- lies, or even in a casual glance at tbe map of the continent itself, the raot im portant parts of the territory wonld mot likely escape notice. These are the pe ninsula of Alaska and the archipelagoes known as George 111, and Prince of Wnles, rather peculiar names for a series of islands forming part of the pos-esnions of the Bnstian Bear. It h noticeable, however, that tbe Russians kno'v the is lands hy other names, and the one nam ed George III., by Vancouver, forming part of tbe archipelago generally known by tlin name of tlMt monarch, fs by them called Baranoy. These inlands are form ed by inlets of the ocein,- and are more properly a narrow strip of land extend in for nearly fonr hundred miles along tha coast of the Pacific, broken by irn row causeways and arms of the sea exten dinc iu everv direction. The principal settlements are in these island, the largest town being New Arch angel, on the island of Sitka, which hits a population of only 1000. On the is land called George III, or Baranoy, is the seat of the governor of all the estab lishments of Bnssiau America. It has a governor's resilience and fortifications, and magazines built of wood, and on its const is usually a fleet of two frigates and two corvettes. The whole region along these coasts, inclnding the archipelago of Kodiac and the peninsula of Alaska, is exceedingly mountainous, being a suc cession of lofty peak, most of tbem vol canic, one of them reaching nearly 15, 000 feet in height, and another -being lit tle inferior in altitude. The part of tbe mainland sooth of Mt. St. Elias, one of the volcanic peaks before referre 1 to,- and the loftiest summit on the continent, ia nowhero more thsm thirty-three miles wide. The islands and cojsts of the mainland have generally been well ex plored, bnt the interior of the conntry, which looms np prominently on the map, is almost entirely unknown. The esti mated area of tha whole territory is about J'Ji uuu square miles, it baa an aver, age length and breadth of 600 miles, The longest line that can be drann across the conntry, from Cspe Prince of Wales on liehrings straits throngh the narrow strip bordering on British Colombia and the Pacific ocean, to the extreme sonth ern point of the Radian possessions, is 1600 miles. Bnt it will be seen from its average length and breadth tbat the mas-, of tho country is tolerably compact. From sevvral expeditions that have heen projected into the interior, it seems that tho wedrn part of the territory is eleva ted and uneven, while tho, part extending along the xVrctic ocean is generally fit. The north coist was discovered early in the present centnry, (Japt. Cook having previously, aa early as 17, penetrated as far nnrih as lev cape. In 1S2G Capt. Beechy reached Point Barrow, and at the same time the lamented Sir John Franklin, then Capt. Franklin, traced the coast from the month of the Macken zie river to Return renf. The population af Russian America is about 60.000. of whom at leat 50.000 are Esquimaux. The remaining portion of the ibabilants are Russians, Creoles, Kodiaks and Aleoois The piincipal pnr Knits and chief dependence of the inhab itants are the fisheries and fur-hunting. Little attention is given to agricultural pnrsnits; bnt to view this vast territory as wholly forbidding and barren is to fall into a grave error. For. itH shorrs being washed by the warm Pacific trem, which aweepa np from tin China sea and breaks ner the extreme north-west point of the continent, its atmosphere is toned down to the salubrity of points on the Atlantic coast whirh are many degrees fnrther from the pole. Far inland there is a region of almost perpetnil snow; bpt on the coaM, and, aa far inland as the breezes from off tho China sea enrrent may reach an I molify the rigors of the climate, the land is fruitful and the conn try inviting. The fnr product of the conntry has for many years been made a monopoly by the Bossian government but tbe Uniied Stales and Grea't Britain succeeded in obtaining a lease for the territory from 50 deg. 40 rain, north latitude to 58 deg. 13 min., and the exclusive privilege of supplying the Russians with agricultural prodnce and provisions was granted to the Hudson's Bay company. The mon opoly of-tbe other territory remains with the Bussian-American company. It is noticeable tbat, by the treaties with the United States and Great Brit ain, made in 1824, the late Bussian pos sessions comprehends all tbe American coast of the Pacific, and the adjacent is lands noitb of the paralell of 54 degrees 40 rainntes north latitude, and the whole of the mainland west of the meridian of 141 degrees west longitude, which passes throngh Moont St. Elias. This boun dary treaty was accepted and made bind ing so long ago as 1824. Not Posted The Topeka Tribune gives the following amusing incident, growing ont of the present suffrage move ment. Two parties arrived at tbe Capital House in that city, the gentleman being registered as Dr. Blackwell. and tbe lady ss Lncr Stone. Tbe register as it ap peared, did not appear to show to the Clerk of the Capital that the parties were "msn snd wife," bnt simply two differ ent and unconnected individuals. The gentleman remarked that tbey "wished room." The clerk thought of conrse that the two conld not occupy single room, but was informed that ont room ould be qmte sufficient, snd thereunon. as cool as possible,, nnder the circum stances, onr friead said: bnt we don't do basiness ia that way." Explanations followed, and the matter was asaicablv arranged, ao that Dr. Blackwell and La cy atone occupiea.ine ssme room. ftljingamigg. ID-Petroleum V.Xaabydoes not seem to succeed very well aa a lecturer, though his reputation carries him through. CT The Kansas bill to encourage the growth of hedges is now a-law. It gives fire cents a rod eachyear for fifteen yearsfor good hedgs fences. XT The whole number of Webster's Spelling Book printed, has reached 40,000,000. It sold last year at the rate of 513L copies for each working day. IT An old Episcopal church at Richmond, Staten Island, was burned last Thursday. It was built by Queen Anne, in 1713;. , ,,, lET Dr. Jayne, of "Expectorant" notoriety, left two millions, of property, .His widow U said to be about marrying a wealthy yooag man of New Jersey. D-A'negro recently refused 6,take the oith as postmaster at Forest depot, Virginia, because be had "sympathized" with tb 8ot& during the rebellion. ID- The Mobile Tribune, an exceedingly amiable sheet, recently remarked of Horace Greeley, that be was "tbe most abominable vil lain ever belched to the surface of a corrupt age." ID A Texas paper in illustrating the adran' tges of advertising, states that a gentleman advertised the loss of a $50 note and found it in his vest pocket before he reached home. ID" In England, France and Germany, wo men have been admitted to practice, and in the two former countries, Womcn'a Schools of Colleges have been opened. ID The Border Seutinerrejoices over the fact that there is living in Linn County, Kan sas, a man by the name of HulRy, who has a family of nineteen children, all alive, neither a cripple uor a Democrat among them. O" An Italian astronomer named Sciparelli has been studying about the comet of 1862. He predicts tba.t the earth will be obliged to pass through the very nucleus of this comet the year 1882. !D In Washington, a woman shot a man be cause he did not marry her; in Cincinnati, another shot one because he did. What can a bachelor do to save his bacon T ID A cat recently got into the large cylinder or the Hoe ptes or the North British Mail newspaper. The unfortunate puss remained quiet for two hundred revolutions of the cylin der, when she fell under it upon the forms and was distributed over tbem. ID- An incautious individual at Terre Haute, Ind., the other day, after smoking his pipe put it in his pocket with a package of powder. He was seen shortly after looking a good deal sur prised, and inquiring for his coat tail and a Urge piece of his breeches. O" The raid on tbe "chignons" still contin ues. The London Lancet says it is certain that many Iadica carry about with them in tl eir chignons the seeds ol ringworm, which is call ed an "intractable malady." It also siys that much of the hair csed for chignons is "chnrch- yard hair," pulled from the scalps of the dead. ID- A Buffalo paper has the following : " We know of one enterprising Western Representa tive who bought twenty five dollars' worth of written eloquence in aid of a railroad grant, and who circulated it at home with such accep tance that he w3 rewarded by a credulous peo ple with a U. S. Scnatorship." U- "A. Head," of lbs New Orleans Cres cent, a retired printer, proposes that every printer shill set "one thousand cms" of type, to be paid for in the usual way, according to the price ruling :n the locality, and appropria te! to a monument which shall "typify" the j virtues of A. Ward, and transmit lis memory to futurity in imperishable bronze or marble. Bin&FODOK Are now receiving, and will keep constantly on hand, a choice selection of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Qneensware, CONFECTIONEIty, Ac, Ac, Which they will sell for CASH or PRODUCE at as low rates aa can be found in the city. Call and see for yourselves, at their old stand. Corner of ."Main andlicree. WHITE CLOUD. April 1, 1867. PR AIIUi: N UKSERY, Highland, Doniphan Co., Kansas. FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES GRAPE VINES, RASPBERRIES. LAWTON BLACKBERRIES, PIE PLANT. 4c, for sale. Persons wishing to purchase, are invited to call at the Nursery and see for themselves. I believe my trees and plants are good, and well adapted to the prairies. Certainly much tare has been taken to attain that result. April 18, 1667-tf. E. SNYDER. SILVER .MAPLES, $10 per thousand. Law ton Blackberries, 16 per hundred. Sweet Potato, Cabbage, and Tomato Plants, in variety, and by the quantity, at the April is. PRAraiE-HtrageaY. Sheriff Sale. State of Kansas, ) sg ASVU'fUAU UVlUl.Ji In the District Court for Doniphan County, State of Kansas. John Wagmiller, 1 Plaintiff. ' va. Dr. Wm. H. Brown f- , . ... Maril!a Brown, j Defendants. NOTICE is hereby given, that I will, en tbe 20th day of May, A. D. 1867,betwen the hours of ten (10) o'clock', A. M., and four (4) o'clock. P..M., of said day, at tbe door for the Ovurt House, in Troy, Doniphan 'Comty, State of Kansas, offer for sale, at public sec tion, for cash, the following described real es tate, to wit: Lots number nine (9) and Un, (10) in Block number three, (3) In East Troy, in Doniphan County, Kansas. Taken as the property of Dr. Wm. H. Brown and Manila Brown, and offered for sale to the highest bid der, for cash, to satisfy a certain judgment and costs now of record, in tbe District Court for Dooiphn County, ia the 8tate of Kansas, in which John Wagmiller is plaintiff, sad Dr.., Wm. H. Brown and MarilU Brown are defen- , fdants. . .-.. Given nnder my hand, tins I5tn day or April, -A. D. 1867. JOS. HAYTON. ' " Under and Acting Sheriff of Doniphan Ge.i v By S. Baowaux, Deputy Sheriff. - j April 18, 1867-5w. PVs fee, $9 HELMBOLD'SFLUID EXTRACT 150"- t CHU is pleasant in taste and odor, free rros s all Injurious properties, and immedlats la' its action. THE GLORY OFMAN IS STBENGTK, 3 Therefore Us nervous saw deMHteted steals i sMssdwtely see Kstmete' Erraicr stoesari Z . i - -. - - . w tfl