The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-02-24
EDITIONS CORRESPONDENCE.
IfTo n our 10 xular c OF Te.ponssatl
NV YosK, Feb, %, lsle

New YoRK, Feb, %, 1916.
have read with some surprise a communication
IN The Union" Of the Goth inst. over the signature
OF "a, pnrporting to be written from Lake Sups-
rior. presume its statements inadvertently escaped
your revision, or they would not haye appeared
charge is indirectly made against the North Amer
can FUR Company OF very serious character and
that 10 Of gross collusion with the Hudson Bay
Company, II not Of being indirectly ia the pay OF
the British government. Knowing as | do from
personal observation, many Of the sgents and the
highly respectable officers of the Company in this
city, must be permitted to say such an in.inuaoa
is, no doubt, utterly unfounded. know Of no man
who is more esteemed and respected in this commu-
nifty than MIR. Rsms>y Crooks, the president of tho
North American Fur Company, who to a hsh
sense Of patriotism unites feelings of beneyoienus
and integrity Of the highest order. Ills associates
IN this city-among whom 10 a nephew Of Mr.. John
Jacob Astor-are all gentlemen Of Tho puIest integrity
ana OF the highest responsibility. They are far above
Ihe suspicion Of your misjudgins correspondent,
whose communication aboands with erroneous decla-
ratlons, which my limited space will not allow mo To
dwell upon. IL the Indians have cause 10 be deeply
grateful TO any one white man in the United States
above another, that man IL Ramsey Crooks. Il was
him who some ten years ago succeeding in farming
an agreement with the Hudson Bay Company 10
| exclude ardent spirits from all their respective
tradng-posts among the various Indian tribes Of
North America. This humane regulation has been
faithfully adhered to, and with the happes effects
without hesitation, any servant OF the company
found violating this important regulation. II tho
Chippewas on the south side Of Lake Superior arc
orderly, honest, and better off than they were be-
fore, or than those on the British side Of the line,
much Of their improved condition has grown out of
the humane efforts Of Ramsey Crooks, whose inhu-
ence among the Indians is deseryedly very crsat
Ills name Is apasspoH to ali voyageurs and strangers
traversng the vast Indian Wilds Of the North
west. The government has never experienced any
RnllU I.ls. Il
American Fur Company have traded or exercised
control Some years back the two companies
English and American, agreed to make a separation
between them Of thirty miles on the boundary line
between the United States and Great Britain, ard
not TO conduct trade with each others ndians this
has led also to greater harmony between them.
But because the two companies have moved for
ward IN mutual harmony, instead of being in
nuenced by mutual jars, az formerly / should
| think II by no means follows that In. Am.rican
company has aeceded to any undue influence on
| the part Of the government Of the other COMPANY.
word moro on this subject hereafter.
have in possession a Montreal paper OF the 10Th
instant, but IL is exceedingly barren Of news. u
kind Of riot occurred today in Greenwich
street, as understand, before the houss Of al In
famous woman by the name Of Restell which
the mayor found It necessary TO supprss by the aid
of the police, &c.
The streets in the part of the city continue
| to DO much blocked up with snow. while ali the
avenues afford good sleighing.
The paeketship Rochester, for Liverpool, sailed
to-day. The Quebec, for London, is detained UNI
| Ill the 18th.
,NiW York market hi, day, S p. m-The stock
market was heavy, with slight decline in some
kinds of railroad shares. Two thousand bales of
cotton sold without variation in price. The mar.
ket, however, Is decidedly frmer than IL was prior
to the steamers news. only head Of sale OF 500
barrels Of Gcnesee -four at IS sol. which seems TO
be the price. understand some orders are
IN he m Tkef for he ar