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point — to a point, sir ! We must cany it to the very 

 Pole itself! — and there, sir, we will nail the Stars and 

 Stripes, and our flag-staff will become the spindle of 

 the world, and the Universal Yankee Nation will go 

 whirling round it like a top. 



" Fellow-citizens and friends : — In conclusion allow 

 me to propose a sentiment befitting the occasion, — A 

 Free Press and the Universal Yankee Nation : May 

 the former continue in times to come, as in times gone 

 by, the handmaiden of Liberty and the emblem of 

 Progress ; and may the latter absorb all Creation and 

 become the grand Celestial Whirligig." 



The youthful orator sat down amidst what the press 

 would very properly designate as " tumultuous ap- 

 plause." He had evidently made a favorable impres- 

 sion as well in behalf of himself as of his paper, and 

 we were all the more eager than ever for the reading. 

 After the rattling of the tin cups had subsided, the 

 reading began, and it was not interrupted except by 

 those marks of approbation in which men are always 

 apt to indulge when possessed of a satisfactory dinner, 

 and are listening afterward to good stories. The only 

 regret expressed was that it should come so quickly 

 to an end. The expressions of approval were univer- 

 sal, a vote of thanks was bestowed upon the editors, 

 the orator was toasted, and the occasion wound up in 

 a very lively manner. Having but one copy of the 

 paper, this was handed over to the sailors as soon as 

 Knorr had finished reading it in the cabin, and the 

 marks of approbation were equally reassuring from 

 that quarter. It contains sixteen pages of closely 

 written matter, a somewhat ambitious picture of our 

 winter harbor, a portrait of Sir John Franklin, and a 

 spirited likeness of the General, with his wounded paw 



