| Show UN GEORGE CANNON EDITOR AND PUBLISHER wednesday september it 1872 A AVERY anery VERY excellent piece of mormonism and afie one that we can unhesitatingly commend to everybody every body for con Bider sider atlon an and d especially for practice la Is the exhortation to mind ones own bu bushiness onela onea ones own proper business A failure to duly regard this exhortation appears to Us ind to be one of the great causes of the very character of much ottha of the tha administration of government in these united states it wha all very well fru fuu some t thinks mugs for a french soldier to think that he carried a pbs ons ible ibie maia marshals hais hals batou baton in his his kuRp knapsack sack back but if he be wab was always thinking of the baton to the crosb gro 6 neglect or perversion of hita hla proper daily dally duties the baton idea was a bad thing au to an american citizen the ios ies that he carries with him the possibility of occupying occupy lun lug the pre presidential chair or at the very least learst of taking a seat to in the federal senate riena tp is a very good thing if it him chinito to a prompt careful hud sud nn d faithful performance of ille ilie n roper cur rent burlen hut huu if he lie is always thin think h ilg inthe of the whit whitt rikiso amise or the senate beun tp the olti 1141 ft Is a had bad thing thur for him and birse w ree for the country so far as his in fl ut lit nee rice exie i xada lids chero nit nie rn la is no royal road to true and substantial preferment breff ament except by a con henin henru die dik discharge charge ot of present duties duties not ai men plea as eye berv servants anth but with of heart towards the good which must mut he consonant with the prevalence of that thai which la Is right men who pursue this course are really real ay bortay of preferment and so far as their abilities will warrant it ic their integrity should be rewarded W crded abd encouraged by ament not too long delayed for judicious commendation especially in the bub sub ab way of an invitation upward is crateful ful fui to all true and faithful workers and Is ia also a virtual censure of those who do not labor faithfully it is cause for deep regret to every true lover of his bia country that personal or parly favoritism has more weight in determining official al appointments in ahja country than person personal al or omm off official leial integrity so long as this state of things continues official integrity will vill beof boot be of a correspondingly low status and it itis ia quite low enough which nobody will deny not hot only are official duties neglected perverted or made subservient to political ambition but they are made largely tributary to personal gain not merely do officeholders office holders as a rule en enu deavor to maue mate their offices atones stones to i political oli exaltation but to personal pecuniary gain he has come to be considered a tool fool in his day and generation who falls to make his hla font fortune une while in office so that officeholders office bolders holders have hawe bowe bome reason redson to think that they will certainly be accounted either fool tool or rogues of these two most men would choose to have the latther reputation and their aim is evidently dl at erected that way dayi though unfortunately in the prosecution of that alimany aim alm many of them hit bit both i marks right inthe lathe in the bulls eye as our du r readers are well enough aware it is a thing to be devoutly desired by every true patriot by every true lover of his rui rel lowman that those upon whom rests the high prerogative of the bestowment of authority should make integrity combined with sufficient ability the basis of f choice leaving other considerations in the back baci ground I 1 which hs as things go la Is not extensively done if it was well weli understood der stood as a settled principle of action that authority won d be withdrawn drawn instantly ulku up a evidence that an official was not ra minding luding his own official business there would be much more leial official omm off faithfulness than there is there would be a moat powerful power inducement to an omm off lelal leial to mind his own bUbi bubl ness nees for he would ouid know that it gouid pay him to do so eo ald and it would not nut py pay him to mind other but bui business doess to the detriment of his hid ow own L fortt forir a mau la Is buby baay buy with wilb other W knafl an hiar hia owl own business the evidence is highly presumptive indeed almost positive pori tive that he be is proportionate ly a neglecting his own and if he be to is a public ilc lle of officer fleer he be should be promptly removed and some better man should be put in ia bs place with the distinct understanding that his bis tenure of office depends ID flexibly inflexibly on the rame same rule ruie of action were this the case there would boon soon bea bes be a reformation in the char acter of some officials with whom we are a little acquainted the status of officials to in this C country i would rise far higher than it asand is and the credit and fair fame of the united states and of various vatious In teRral portions of he be same would opt speedily edily be unsurpassed by those of any other nation OUR dup readers reade rei ref ate awnee from perusing pernal ng recent dispatches that prof boull agassiz and the party of scientists under his direction who fin fir i the past nine months have been makin making g explorations and investigations in the pacific reached the port of san francisco on the return trip tp on the morning of 0 august 31 A As the thid objects of the exee didlot are regarded as important from a scientific point of view a brief sketch or of its organization zulon aud and results as far as known may be interesting the party consisted of Proff louis and wife dr thos hill dr iner dr wm J wrice and lames iames 11 blake the object of the expedition was to investigate the theory of ooran ocran currents the logy of the pacific and marine science in general as its facts and peculiarities might become apparent daring the voyage and explorations dr hill super superintends intends I 1 the relating to the temperature transparency aa of the seader sea seb dr white had bad charge of the chemical experiments during the trip mr nin blake was the artist of the expedition dr Stelo dachner late of tuf the academy of sciences at vienna haing batug matle matie a specialty of ichthyology or the life and habits of fishes during the voyage gave his attention to this branch of the professor agassiz hud bad the general sup rin and direction of the whole the expedition was undertaken by ible the invitation odthe of the government which would probably have borne all the expense but the member members bof of the party parly declining to accept anything beyond the vessel the hassler witha with a handsomely furnished cabin for each of them ww wax p aced at their disposal and leaving boston on the ah 4 h of lat lart december they sailed direct for the west indies reaching st thomas on the abd ano Barbado eson the thence to per pam flam buco which they reached januar january 16 10 ba b and rio jan janeiro eiro elro on the tnt tae expedition left the latter place february 15 arrived at montevideo on the 22 d dandy daudy point march 12 cleared tbt tb straits of magellan april ard 3rd reached talca Talea Tal Cahuana buana april may ath canderson Ca iderson the bay P payta ay ka int leit of june touched at lne lile gai uni Islat islands ids and cruised in the vicinity cikity a few days and ud reached P panama nm june stay a I 1 there thel a month reach ed acapulco eailee balled thence on the same day for magdalena bay which they reached on the nive five days later reached san sau diego iett lefo there on the and reached mission ba august slat tae exp eap expedition elltion Is pronounced a suc cees the deep sea soundings made during its progress resulting lu in a jar e iu in crease chease of knowledge in rel nel relation atlon ailon to the topography of the bottom extensive surveys were also made of the east and aud west coasts of south houth america rieb blob acquisitions to natural history are promised promised as one of the results of t this b Is expedition tion tiou a collection of sowe bowe two hundred curious fishes some of them unknown to naturalists natura lists having been forwarded to boston one of these iou curiosities seems worthy ot of special notice being another of those links between the animal and vegetable kingdoms which ure are so as i times limes puzzle even imen scientific men themselves selves to tell to which they belong ghis specimen resembled a weed wien wila numerous tendrils or bi blanches anches and it was at first believed to be a marine ve getable ge table but close examination under the proved that it was t b member r t f the animal creation i tae the photo photographs gra gru pbs of pointe of interest in terest teresi taken during the voyage are numerous and pronounced highly inter esting bating during darlng her peregrinations the cheass hass ler touched at island the bar reu neu rock on the coast of chili upon which the unfortunate scotch mariner marln er alexander delkirk i several beveral 3 earh elre ekre of bOli boll solitude tude tudo aud and misery iu in the beginning of the eighteenth century tub tue w were ro to lo prue proe cei cui ramt raft ea i arbin rom ban sma franai eti eik c by rall rail aud abd the worm world will no doubt doolit soon have a tull tuil account of their labors and the pleasure uie of learning the results of their ulet ex ei sand investigations considerable speculation I 1 and discussion have been liolu indulged aged iu lii ariato of late years concerning the influence nce of trees upon rainfall and moisture uld nod have been made to the effect that where when trees were extensively cle cie cleared ested hated away the land became subject to lengthy spells of aridity which resulted lu in comparative barrenness and corres correa I 1 po ding stat men s have also been presented the beneficial effects of the planting and culture of forests InFra lu france uce and elsewhere in increasing the prevalence of showers and in bringing the land laud to a higher state stale of fertility on the other baud hand counter statements some of them based upon a iong lung serles series of obder vatious s at the nian illan institution war was been published to the effect that the clearing away of the forests has noi nol not made any material difference to the thle annual rainfall ri it is a well known fact that of late years the summer rainfall and t he cou oe quent sequent moisture of the atmosphere in u the lo 10 lower lowen valleys of this ibis territory perrl perri tory have increased largely sume gume say that forthe for the last ladt two or unree three years euia tuia ham nam beon been the cabe case but we ible statement does not do justice to the acts for the tho increase of rain nud mud mole moil ture lutfie in the bummer in tb this is vicinity ma may be dated oa dacic ck ten or a duz n u deaia tl if no longer although the increase b ila ilu been more mure marked the last few ev year bearil ye arsi aryl 01 that time for fun beveral yeats years past the rains and the moisture have luckea leil etl in thu the wilter winter albu also and the conat qunce I 1 is that now snow does dues not lie in iii our streets so eo long jong his eis aa tur tor mury mery merly ant ani ami bome some winters the last for our citizens bahe hahe bah hah 0 bud little uee for sleight bielk ht but much and long iong use forwalter proof boots tuo tuu which once onee wera dru drug g 1 in I the market when brought liere and ad ane hardest stock stuck our niel biel chanta cbanta could bring have of late ears cowe come into luto aud and aud frequent fre Ire quent ube use some csome people hape habe have attributed this in eremise of rain and moisture moi mol ture flure to on onee onue thing and soine to another nor ner bomb bom to th the advent of the rail rall roads which will noe nce not nol hold hoid good inasmuch inae much as the increase was manifest lung before railroads had hao bad bao penetrated within hundreds of miles of this th is territory now it is very possible that the an nual fall of rain or rain and snow enow is not materially affected by the ur or absence of trees though there are tire bume bome reasons to think that it is but there is undoubtedly much cause to conclude that the of treks and the cuti valion of the thu land lu contribute largely to the distribution id 1 the rain in point of unity aud and to the duration of the effect 01 u aln ain aln ain and to the moisture of the atmosphere re and the soil any persio can boon soon know for that this is the oase case by observing how ver vcr much longer after rain the ground under trees moist than does tha which comp compose oseo 1 the open plain besides B in forests the rain does rut rui aw away into the creeks and rivers near so ao fast as it does from the open plain ot ol similar declivity the culture of the arth 1 too has much influence culli bated soil soll draws from the ut at and aud condensed italio receive receiver er rain m re aud nud retains it junger lunger than uncultivated soil giving it pui put agin again more gradually by exhalation through the vegetation of plants plau ta and aud trees so eo that the atmosphere in cultivated and forest regions la is naturally natu raly more uniformly moist and less subject to extremes than in treeless and uncut regions to these causes and the blessing af Providen cedo we attribute the increase of bummer rain and atmospheric wois moisture in these regions redions red reg ions ious again plant plantations of trees and field crops especially the ta taller tier iier ones besides retaining the rainfall longer to be ba exha exhaled led more gradually rob the hot and drying winds of much of their parching nature charging them more or less with moisture and rendering them more healthful and va vastly aly more agreeable than where they rush ruah unhindered over ever the arid and hard bard baked plain in timet gone by we have bave dug two feet or more into the earth in this city for a post hole and found the hoil boil as dry as at that depth but we ecar ecat scarcely celY think that it could have been beun done this eummer nor uon lu in any or of our late imle summers what do we learn from this that OU of r 1111 d it 11 aud blut tre piot hiot tog to g are ver very apart from their other many b eni ene aara aars it ft hag hsi apt n urged that on one e fourth or lor one fifth of the entire area of n country should b planted with trees if such were gho thu case inthis valley vailey we are will satisfied that ohp results would be a bum sum bummer summer atmosphere of more uniform moisture and consequently more delightful to breathe an increase to the general fertility of the soil eoll an increase to the amount antl anif luxuriance of the various grass crops and an unspeakable enhancement of the beauty of the landscape let one oue fourth or one fifth of this valley be covered with groups 0 trees and with forests with the co n sequent or at least accompanying increase in nin i grass and arid 0 ther other crops and si a m more ore enchanting lau lan landscape decice de cipe could hardly be found As asa aba a result of a by competent eug eugin invers er says au an eastern exchange ac is demonstrated that the mlp mih mouri mouri BOurl river ia irs navi navigable kabi gabi 0 above ahe the falls for 4 boid claps clarg of steamers ate ble amers amera miles beyond fort fon benton beuton the present head of navigation A JI line e of steamers to Is to be immediately placed ou on the upper missouri to run in connection aitu the compie comple completed td portion of the northern pacific railroad Ril rii road thus making a direct eastom custom outlet for the entire aliade of M THE washington sar star of august 29 said that the |
