The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-04

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~ RUSSIAN AMERICA.
Secretary Seward sentintothc Sen.
ate on last Saturday, II treaty with
the Russian Minister ut Washington,
Waldemar Bodisco, whereby ourgovt
ernment is to, acquire all the Russian
possessions. upon this continent for
the sum Of seven millions Of dollars.
1t is a vast sterile unknown region
containing some ten thousand, Ienssi-!
ans and aboge.ffty thousand sqnall
Esqnimanx, With but, one settlement
of any Importance. to.wit: A trading
post called Archangel, containing
about 900 population. A considerable
amount Of trade is carried on at this
point, principally in furs, by the Hud-
son Bay and American Fur Compa-
mics, the only other product of the
territory, (Which in area is about Ave
times as large of Iowa) consists Of
Ice bergs. and it is to be hoped that
if the Senate rati6esth treaty, that
we, will beable to compete with Car
ada hereafter in the ice trade, as
\ heretofore our New England manu-
/ facturers. found it impossible
to get their Ponds Cleft ont over
night froze up at 50 low rates rs their
neighboring Cannucks, on account nc
doubt of the1cheaper labor prevailing
there; consequently they demanded
of Congress and received tariff Of
ten cents per pound on American lex
to protect ssAmerican Industry. ~ ~
With the acquisition Of this terri
tory we win be ablo to compete not
only, with Canada but the rest of the
world in the ice trade, and can have
] lit froze cheaper and moro Of it than
!, any other peoples. Were it not fol
this reason, it would be hard to con
ceive Of any justification for the ex
. penditare fiseven millions Of tn,
peoples hard earned money to pur
, chase this superfuous quirk Of by
! Eperborean pigs tail; these hundred'
], nf thn"sands of acres nf lua.ellfcss
barren bleak uninhabited wilderness
! 1t can he of no importance in mil
! itarb point of view, because the iati
tudc is too high, and the weather t.
cold for an occupying or assailine
army to exist, while its agriculture
$ resources are Of no earthly conse
/ qence whatever. 4df. l.aes. ,al. ID
: The most rational theory to &C
{ count for this unexpected diplomat,
! dicker, is to consider it as fanl
i movement, Of the astute Secretar,
Of State. and the willy President II
: direct attention from A-.i.s.
NH failure in the work Of reconstruc
}. ton and the administration generally
: by tickling the fancy and panderin,
: to the avaracions and acqusitive dis
. position of the American people, b,
i pointing to the large addition
: they have made TO the Territoria
= map Of the United States for nom
inal consideration. The cession Gre
ated intense excitement in diploma
/. tic circles in Washington, while th
z British Minister Sir Frederick Bruce
: it is said has tclegraphed to hi
: Government for authority to protes
against the final ratification.
RI It is generally supposed TIA
Russia ccdcd sthis country to us be
= cause in case Of war with Grca
. Britain it would on account Of it
: contiguity to British America nat
urcaily fall into British hands, an,
for the additional reason perhaps tina
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