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Show Mr. FITCH AS A LECTURER, j Tul UijbUjq Lyctum, Magazine, for , J uly, a periodical devoted to the inter-' estoflyccums and lectures, puLli..bos' a two-pj)?'3 artb-ie on cur townsman,1 Hon. Thoinan Fiteli, from which wu extract the following: Mr. Fitch represented Nevada in tho United skates llou-e of Kepreeiit-atives Kepreeiit-atives during the ForiyT'irst Congrc-s. He made his tirst appearance as a leeturi-r b'-tbre the Bus ton Lyceum, Nov. 20, la?0, aud at once established his ribt to a place in tho Iront rank ot' lyceum orators. Mr. Fitch could devote about two weeks only io lecturine last season, and ,t-ni Atili.hnm'. Vfl l.rW . M id- dleboro', Vest Medway, Ncwtonvilie (Miuja), Biddefurd (Maine), and Manchester Man-chester (N. II.); from all of which places, tiio Bureau received eulogistic eulogis-tic accounts of bis uucje;-e. The leading papers of Boston were unanimous in their prai.-e of his lecture lec-ture in that city; which was pronounced pronounc-ed ouij ef tlio most eloquent of the whoie MaQii. - The BjsIoii JvUfiial saiJ, "The first of threo additional lectures iu the Bo.nou Lyceum course was delivered last evening by lion. Tiiomaa lutuh, M, C-, of Novida, ou 'The Coming Empiro. There was a very largo audience, au-dience, who showed their appreciation of the lecturer and his theme by repeated re-peated appluuse. Mr. lutchhiis never Beforo appeared belbre a isew England audience; but his advent bete was heralded by Mark Twain, in a recent letter to the managers of the Lyceum, in which he was stated to be an orator by birth, education, and instinct, and a fascinating speaker. His utterances last night, and the close attention bestowed be-stowed upon him by tho audience, together to-gether with the euthufiiastio applause that greeted his flight of oiatory, showed that Bos tomans fully coincided in the opinion expressed by the author of 'Tho Innocents Abroad,' and made them think, with him, that 'they never listened to any thingeo delightful before.' Gov. ClaJlin escorted Mr. Fitch to tho plctiunc, aud introduced him in the following words: 'Ladks and Gentlemen: It gives me great ploasure to welcome to the shores of Massachusetts the representative represent-ative of the youngest Pacific 8tate. He has achieved a high reputation as an orator, and is well known throughout through-out tho country; his reputation has beea sustained in Congress. I am glad to be to-night the medium of introducing introduc-ing to you, the Hon. Mr. Fitch oi Nevada.' All tho other notices were equally flattering; and what is more important, import-ant, the indorsement of the audience was exceedingly enthusiastic. Mr. Fitoh will lecture next year on the following topics: I: The Coming Empire. This is an eloquent &nd instructive lecturo ou our Pacific domain. II. Scalpers and Quakers. In this lecturo he will dovelop his theory, that distinctive nationalities among the tribes should be broken up, rather than encouraged. Land and labor for the Indian who will labor and assimi-lato; assimi-lato; extermination for the relentless Apache; aud an abandonment of the Eoliey of supporting in idleness any ndians whatever. III. Latter-d;iy Saints and Sinners. This will be a lecture on Mormons and Mormonism, the facts haviDg been obtained ob-tained by a residence in Salt Lake. IV. Our Whole Continent. This will be a plea for the annexation ol British North America, the West I India Islands, and the entire continent down io tho Isthmus of Darien. |