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New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

TnURsDAY May lGTherc 305 fresh cattle arrived
al C0Inmunipaw today making pa at that market 80
far this week At Onebundrcdthst, we ilnd Gy2 which
u total OF 39n Monday. and including that day,
rising G0O0 head With about 100 left over from yester-
day there were close upon $50 head on sale to-day 40
COmmunipaW, and only 100 unsod at o'clock m, win
several wholesale buyers still in the yards There was
every prospect closing out Prices scarcely NJ
firm yesterday, IL taking very good cattle TO bring lc
one salesman picked out ~ OF the best Of his drove whc
hc sold al IGc dress co ~ per cwt, while drove OF
good even, Il cWt, Illinois cattle reported aver
aging l1c Dut there no poor ones among then.
There were a few sales 10 NE. but they were
7ia75 cwt was sold yesterday and to-day at lG@l7ic.
buyers not plenty at Onc-hundredthst and owners
admitted decline Of lc. per pound from last Monday,
10 one claiming c and few of the good cattle sell
ing above 6yc lot OF fair cwt Illinois steers were
selling at lGaI7c which the owner clanedWere or the
same aualtyas "A drove winch averaged ISc last Monday
drove of . Texas ster, cwt, brought 5c, while l2j
Canada sil fed cattle Of 6i cwt brought Jdl6c The
cattle were not all sold and dealers not very sagulne
of q hgh market next Monday
The receipt Of sheep az COmmun,paw 30 Today ana
1.s, thus this week The 25 were sheared stock fair
"A d. sold stc There 200 SpnS lambs sofa ~ lhe
same place to-day at SjdS 20 each, or lO0ljc. Y 10.
some GOOD 80 5 lambs were sold about Washington Mar
krt ri l9c - b which was high dealers there were
willing 10 quote them Thcv certainly 20 on very slowly
Two cars sheep received in SiXth-st to-day, good
ohio stock clipped sold a 3. .a9ic-thc latter price Only
for very fine selected sheep
Hogs rather dropping, with IL ears or ltf nead
fresh stock on the Conmunipaw market and SIX fresh
and six stale for sale at IOrethst. Prices range from
1ic &c. with primo holding at &C., but no pros
pect getting IT, -Four l6j IL average, were SOFA
This morning 7ic. Dressed worth - 0lOc Receipts
ri 1--we 527 up 10 this time this week at COmnunipaW
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
FARM ITEMS.

Armies of caterpars are desOlating the forests in
some parts OF Tennessee.
A San Antonio paper complains of drOnth in West
Texas The grazing IN that region suffering from
this source-an unusual thing at this season.
Three thousand acres of land in the vicinity Of Ham
mondsDOrt, SeuDen County were under grape eultya-
uon last year.
Reports from Arkansas are 10 the effect that while
the recent floods in that state very disastrous the
overflow viii not prevent the putting III OF large crops OF
cotton and While IL has been customary To plant
cotton in April the best that raised last year was not
planted until May should the summer prove dry one,
The crops will be better foe the overflow Of this Spring
An editor of New-Orleans paper on the 18th ult:
Bags Of eating ripe plms from trees In his garden ana
Hy that he Is ust gathefDg the last oranges OF the o
Op from his trees which Just passing out OF bloom
ier another crop. As for green peas, cncuOers t9l
es caalflOwera, &c, they have been on hdnd 50 long
that they have almost passed out of fashion.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
-nnnH CommfrrInl Ill Tnc,lnN ~.

ttNftHWdH
borrowers do not appear to diminish their arpcd; Ions
for loans and there general agreement iu report
ing about close money market as ever 1hcfc nave
been better receipts OF currency AT many OF tho banks in
the regular Of business hut they have anotd no
relief sincc they been fully absorbed in making np
the deficiency In the supply ot exchange ens 10 ho
generally conceded that exchange must rule dcan,t t9
West until lars surplus of produce u realized, ana
though such relief must best br some months in the
futurc II looked for que hopefully with tho present
promise of the growing crops.
No report has reached the city, at this hour OF the
result of the New-York aud New-iIaycn Railroad
election After organizing the meeting il was pro-
posed to appoint committee OF stockholders to
nominate a Board of Directors and report IN two
weeks.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17

The BroOkign Church Union asserts that Bishop
Potter In participating in the rualisc ceremonies az
D. Adams Church on Faster Sunday became thereby ai
tDOstate and n ROmanist. We quote: 1--WE have said
nat m participating in the POpsh ceremonies Easter
enday In St Alban's Church, HOratio Potter guilty
apostasy from Christ We have weighed all words
hd upon prayerfnl and repeated consideration yegad
hs Qft ss by FAR the most important step OF the whole
r Of this effort OF Trinity Church corrupt the ancient
th and practices OF the Protestant Episcopal ChtocP
this Land For and Of himself HoTate Potter IL in
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
CIVIL COURES.
SUPREME CoURT-GESERAL TERMmMtf sSI,, M D'i'i0
Jusfices LEONARD, INGRAHAM. ana oMii"'
OPTIONAL SALES ON COMMlss9seeNE'


OPTIONAL SALES ON COMMISSION.
Elssd NJ NsNboud ag SanL b scnel ia.,,o oo. @or
This is an action brought TO recover 6 la 'S of
the wrongful sale, by the defendants, VI 1V'''' o"
peroleuIn belonging to the plauIH ,, am os folIovvs.
The facts of the case shown on the TlaI aIo 40 20
On Aug QO 1862 the plaintiff and deienuahlS
su agreement N wilIng; oy VIII ooo harTeis of oil
thst the defendants should pay FOR lOn D1IIes @ "a S
winch the plaintiff had bought AZ IitIsDu 49,. ~ ..
ard the same 70 NewYork, with the option 10 lnen W
take the sale in New York. at " per cent d
Ala furnish 572 the defendants WAVING the othe - u
els The defendants took charge of the oil ana brought
TO York but sold II before lts arTlv9 AZ 40 SetS
Gallon without giving the plaintiff any notice OF their IN
fsnon 10 do So OF their intention III any way 10 tNcI
ese the option given TO them by the contract Inc panH
smmediaey declared his disapprOva telling them th3t he
never contemplated their selling without consulting nm,
which they did not deny but assured nm thal le se
,Toud leave him profit The market price steadily ad-
yanced TO GO cents gallon On the 18th OF october the
ACCOUNTS being made up, the pltntU DOIiOWcu sou
from the defendants giving receipt, stating lhe sum 10
be on account sales petroleum But the ueIchudnts
told him that they could not give IL 10 han on thJ account
the sales not beng made up Some time IN DeCenbei'
1862 an account OF the sales was presented TO the pa
tiA which he Immediately declared To be wrong ana
which showed OF So GU the OIL, besides the 52 par
rels furnished 10y the plaintiff making ms loss atOgether
sgo5 te barrels being worth 81 25 each Tho $3.50 being
loan ON call the plaintiff promised 10 repay ~ OF NOik ~
out but made promise to the rest OF the account
On these facts without hearing the defendants case the
court below dismissed the complaint No evidence was
veD TO show correctness of the charges made y the
defendants in their account OF sales.
Tire plaintiff appeals the ground that the agreement
was one under which the defendants had no right 10 sell
without consulting him. and their action therefore
amounted to acOnVerSOn
The defendants reply that by the well understood Gus
tom OF merchants, well by the terms OF the agree
ment ITSELF they entitled TO sell and that even II ~
the plaintiffs subsequent action was Iatl
Sation, and precluded him from his suit Decision re-
served. -
Mr. T. c. shearman and Mr. Field for appellants; MI.
l. B. Woodruff for respondents.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
Net. ...... S5G,6l6 $3.50


tho detailed statement, but could not have been
avoided in any instance without imparng the safety
Of the road.
The Michigan Southern road earned tho second
week in May:
1896 s9i.5s1 1861 ....ss3 92s Dee. s1O9C3
The Bank Note Reporter says:
The Tradesmeu's Bank and tho Chemical Bank were
each done of n few thousands last week by paying
forged checks Scarcely week passes without hearing
of some swinde on the banks. The payingoicers and
tecrs in banks cannot be too sharp in TINS bfaleh OF
their busness and judging from what has come TO our
knowledge and belief bank officers canpot with any
advantage employ some of our detectives 10 work UP
case of fraud forgery robbery COnvics now III state
Prison have given Government officers long histories
of their lives aud dongs. We have read sone OF their
confessions with astounding interest Their history OF
events when compared with prOyable facts Is true and
in minute detail forcing upon our MIND that thelr asser
ton fbat some of the private detectives of great pOpu
ary were in some cases sharers in the fOrgerles and
robercs and in other cases stgators ana advisers III
10 he history of the cOnyics secure the workngup OF
the of fraud blind, all the uIne acung III Inc
interest and for the safety the gang OF robbers The
confessions cover large portion Of thc bond robberles
and bank TObberes of this city and various parts o inc
country for the years s645, running into lSGd One
atemt for 81 coo on the SubTTeasury failed because
of the party did not come to time
The Times this morning makes an unjustifabe per-
sonal attack upon the President and Treasurer Of the
Ncw-York Central Road
at now depressed to 9i per cent from caneos which
is safe TO say TO be ascrbcd to no ult III inc prop
ery itscif falling or in rcccips 10 no increase oI
expenses and to 10 want or confidence ~ az east ee;
ont OF thirteen Of the Board OF Directors m lhe
ability Of the property 10 honestly earn ana regularly
pay larger dividends than the average OF the last ten
years"
The Times pays n very doubtful compliment to
eleven of the directors who by its statement, allow
two of the board TO sacrifice its interests for per-
sona gain 1t is equally unfortunate IN ITS insinua-
ton that the difference between l2i and % Is the
measure of damage by changing the directors. In
May 15 1866 under the old board, the stock was @4
against % this year. When the stock sold at ll2t
other stocks sold equally high, as the following
shows.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
Is6G.
ISiiH.

The whole paragraph. from which we copy, Is
out of the line of fair criticism and grossly UNJUST
The bold stroke of \. 7. Stewart d Go. IN reducing
their stock through the auction houses las startled
the dry goods trade and owerprces predicted for
everything in the line II Mr. Stewart and his fellow
merchant princes in dry goods return no profits for
1865 with their ample capital and superior
ability what must be the condition of the cross-road
retailers of the country 10 whom the city trade looks
for payment?
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company have declared
a dividend Of three per cent ont OF the earnings Oi
the quarter ending April 90 payable June ].
The following shows the receipts at the following
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
pPCFIprS or PRODVCF.

May Gi3 bbls Flour, bbls. Whisky, 800 sacks
Corn Meal, 1sn sacks Oilcalr. 263Gl bush Corn liJ
bush Oats IOO bus Malt 5j pkes. Ashes, $50 bbls Pork
pkg. Cut Meats, 2l pkgs. Lard 4ij bblS petroleum.
1900 bbls Eggs, 5000 pkgs Butter 1875 pkss Cheese
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
SUPERIOR COURT TRLtL, ,TERsf-MAY l5.-BeiOre JUS
tice BARBOUR.

SUPERIOR COURT TRL&L, ,TERM-MAY l5.-Before Jus
tice BARBOUR.
FATAL IGNORANCE OF THE LAWS OF VENTILATION
EXPENSIVE METHOD OF ENICTING TENANT.
Faues AcGaey administrator sgt Eliza l. Hunter and hdau D.
The circumstances OF tiifScase have already been
reported in these columns under the head OF accidents
The plaintiff with his mother two sisters ana MS son.
Mrs Hunter was the owner, and her son, the other de-
feDdant the agent 10 appears that rightly OF wrongly
they desired to evlct the PLAINTIFFS family and they re-
fused gO The defendant, Edwin IN December, 1862
had hOie broken IN the chimney ana the chimney
stopped for the purpose Of freezing them ont Un0r
tuHatcly they would have fire, aud retired AZ msht
with the fire Stl burning Late the heNt Gay & 1He rOo
opened, and twO-the grandmother ana chhd-Wele
found dying, and the Two others nearly So, td mUhI
Rsphy xia, caused by the poisonous gas wlheh should
have gone up the chimney Four suits have been com
menced the present one being by the father as admins
tratOr Of his son, I'm which he claims SOOOthe others
being respectively 5000 for the death Of the
mother and two others for $4,000 fOF the injuries 70 luS
living The defense in the present case is not yet deVe
C. s. Spencer for plaintiff; Mr.. Dominck for defend
Before Justice ROBERTSON.
RAILROAD RECKLESSNESS.
Jane Mooney g The Hudson River Railroad company aud otSea
In July 1866, collision occurred between Hud-
River Railroad locomotive and car OF the Central
Park and North and East River Railroad Company in
Tenth-ave Thirty trstst by which several per
cons were injured among them the plaintiff She brought
for her personal injuries, claiming $4,000 damages
The defendants both dsciam negligence throwing ~ on
each other aud on the Plaintiff and also claim at pam
m not much hurt after all IheJ jury gave her YER
GENERAL TERN.
DECISIONS
Marcus Schwartz ct al. agt. Tho Hudson River
Railroad Company.-Judgment reversed ana new tIlai
ordered with costs to abide the event. opinion Dy Gar
vim. j.. Jones, j.. dissenting.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAs-sPECIAL TERN MAYO
BY CARDozo, J.
DECISION.
Dellevie agt Edlesson.-F. " Kennedy appointed
receiver
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
p1NSENGERS SlILED.

FOR HAVANA Nav l6n steamship Eagle H. g. Ngles De,
lo ar Lorenzo Salvador Senor Francisco Montana ssd
chFea Cafotts Monqna C5a Montana Dolores Montana NJ
Zones G. W. Garrett Jose QueIco tBeram Senarens -
Duve Henssz Juan de Soonga and ebid Louisa Dc 30
tonga FnscO de So'onss, gnaco Neses h Css-i@' os
yens and lady.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17

AFTERNOON PROVISION MARKET, ) 0CIoCK.-Ihe York
market is quiet but remains steady sales OF $50 bbs.
Mess $23 90 cash. at the close S23 ls is bid cash. @ 20
bid and S23 Is asked, regular Bacon and Lard un-
changed
PETROLEUM-The market is quiet but firm at l0ic for
Crude In bulk 5talGc in bbls 22022lc for Light straw
10 White; 2i4 G25c for Prime Light Straw to White
26i&2Clc. for Standard White; and 2'Ac Tor Prime
White. .
RICE Carolina remains fnn with holders generally
asking iG12; sales Of 100 ties. on private terms For
eig,n is quiet hut steady
SUIGARS-The business in Raw Sugars has not been
very heavy prices decidedly better and close very
firm at the improvement The demand is largely from
reners but partly from the trade Fair to good Refining
closes at full 10in0fc sales OF s3 hhds at l 01c Tor
Cuba 1O Tor Porto RicO and 500 boxes havana NJ
10i ollie Refined Sugars aTc in demand and nrmef
Messrs H. I& A. Stuart have to-day revised their figures
us follows: Crushed, Granulatcd. and Ground, l5c;
white \, 14tc.; yellow c, 1870. -
SEEDS-fhc inquiry is light for Glover Seed M 22@1ic
Timothy selling slowly at - 62aSj IL per bush Rough
FlaXsecd is selling at 81 9Od3 10 per bushel Calcutta
Linsecd firm in fair demand at ~ 60Gs2 65 Bod IN
Boston and here.
TALLOW-The market is moderately active ana
steady; sales OF 5000 n at II C.
WHISKY-Tbo market is little more active without
material change in prices sales OF $50 Dds at o2aJItc
ia bond, and 81 20aSl 80 for COntTaDand.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17

SrlTE NTvYOHK BANK DkfAAINtNt,y
- ALBANI FebmaU6 1861
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant TO
Chapter 1882 and 6 Laws OF l83 that the rn ~
not. issued TO the TRADESNENS BANh OF Ik CITY OF NEW-
YOpK assocaon located the city OF NeN-lork VIII be
deene PAR by the Superintendent Of the Banking Department
on p-r,cnaon the NewYo National BANK The Cy oil
Abry FROM the date hereof and not thereafter
se outstanding circulating the d bank must be presented
q. -.s within the date hereof and al uoirs which
ns Tor trlcn a payment within tue tm 'hn'
oesih will charge the und IN the hants o. Tie ~
o. W SCHUYLER, Superintendent
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17

Beef Hams unchanged sales Of 95 bbls at ~ for
Cragns Cut Meats in fair demand and firm; sales or
pkg Mt sld9ic for Dry Saed Shoulders. the latter
for cloicc Icpaeked l0sc for Picked do 1870 Tor Dry
S8ltcd Hams, aud 13l6llic. for picked do. Bacon -
fairly active and steady sales Of 35 boxes nj le Tor B.
r. l2c for G. 10 arrive, and 1900 lbs Loose 5 IL at
He Lard In fair demand and firm; sales OF l3OO pigs
a 2i Ql2ac for No. l. 13Ql3ic for City; E@l5sc Tor
faT to prime Steam and Kettle Dried, and 3l 0l3e Tor
Kettle Rendered, the latter rate for small lots.
BUTTER-Ihe market is very quiet prices are without
f,rnp prfa telta We n1of Ia NJ foflo
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
Financial.

NOTICE.-TIIE ANNUAL ELECTION for
" DIRECTORS OF She NORrn AMtBlcAN f,E INSURANCE
COMPANY of Nea belt the or~ the Company
MONDAY the d,y MAY lust The polls viii Al u H aua
r. ". BLEECKER. SecresrT.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
11ori- n1aroen's Notice.

STATE Nsv.YosE,
PosrwAKpySs 0YTcE, No. 70 Wibanft
NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with
~ Section o the Act passed April ~ 1857 entitled Ae V
Oh Of the Port Of Nevfo all persons,
interested charge OF the subject matter Of sscA sqsy
survey that the following vessels are nov under sxana
bv
completed days succeeding this notice On board sa'
Tsssst:
steamship Hs,,erss.
steamship Niagara. NJ
steamship Pamy ''SenSl i've
snip lssao Nebb
ship Chaae
hahlon WllIamsOu bAine btoreA
Bark Manuik looins
Brig Louisa
Brig Thomas Oaen .ctbtnek
Brig n
Schr. Ida Baltic.
Schr Telumah ..SeheRekh
10 s. 8 n.
hNTHQEsB YOEPKIFk P,ss s..A
J. Asss EAasA5 ttls!ST
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17

Petroleum to the Continent and Baltic, on private
terms.
CLEVELAND AND TOLEDO RAILROAD, APRIL.
1866. 1867.
Earnings. S12jJ3 S2I7,9lo. s5,l73 Decrease.
EXpenses.... ItG,iG7 aU9,5CO. 43,Ug3 Increase.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
for the week ending Nan u |:

TOTALS ts2i5 lio9y! lD59'IIo i6.J," 3o',g, 10,
orwk co. 1890 6Jll l,OCl.s.1 Jj5,2oJ 22'S2 2i93
The following will show tho comparative receipts
of flour and grain at the ports OF Milwaukee Chicago
Toledo. Detroit, and Cleveland, from January ! 10
Nt,,. f,r1 1894 and tSi,.
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
Chances for Business Alen.

nENTISTS.-A reward viii he realized by
s.yv and operative DENTIST wishing 10
procure the nlv,pgp. vel established business na bIstc
phed Tc. piessanv located w che central part othe peSssn
v in Ne Eun Terms reasonable Address W. PoslOhee boh
No 857 Norwich, Uonp. -------------
NEWSPAPER for SALE-A weekly Demo- l l,lr
~ a NeW,nsper county OF State NeW-iork ri
he d 10 ompelsn acceptable patty The paper has over le
nronn srbrbers natve advertising PATRONAGE
la central desirable loaton character e business ns
Inc concern fully the OF an entelpf'hE
u,w,pap.r man oinquy be sddrssse 10 PGOAsle cars
81 NJ PgTFgNGiLL 4 Co, No 81 PsrkroW' NeW-ioh
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
MINIATURE ALMANA

PISSENG ERS 4RRIVED.
FROM BERMUDA Martb l6--In Bark QuirdsrO-A T. Loren
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17

MINIATURE ALMANAC
Srp Sun .......1:H Moon Sets 's1 ~
s,ndr 6:i8 co, sIaBd .7:29 Hell iG
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17

ioi s,roNio RAILROAD CONPANY,)
TREAsURRRs OFFlCK, =
BgiDGrroRr Conn, May IL, 1861
nIVIDEND No 16.-The Directors have de-
,i,r,J DIVIDEND Of FOUR DOLLARS PER SHARE on tho
Preert capital Stock payable the 18th last free OF Government
Ia MT. -.
Al holders Preferred except Boston will he PAID ths once
d,ts inrIrsiyr CHARLES X ANHRILL Treasurer
SENSENDERFER MINING COMPANY
- DIVIDEND OF oN. Pig CENT on tes O'gs' M S,oci n''
Ir,ns;er books closed the 2Jb inclusive
H. 4 SllERRLL, Treasurer, No l9 Brosd-sf
UFrIcE or IIfs PlcFIC MAIL SJKANsHiP CONPANI
NFw.YoRk May IS. 1867.
rI,UIRTY SIXTH DIVIDEND.-NOtice -
hereby given be Board OF Directors have this Jay declared
DIVIDEND or THREE 90 FER CENT out ofthe nt earnings s
quarter ending April pU1bs At the ONCE Of me Company SA
CRDAY June 1. -. =. -. ,.,,-. -,..-...
The Transfer Book, win closed URSDAY @ nr AMI rcpend
NnSnlY I,uea Bv ouier Of the Board Of Directors,
THEODORE T. JOHNSON, Secrsiar
New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
napiuas tanks.

Dlpioen6 Notices.
O,ricp oF rHE NATIONAL TR,vELERS INsrKlNcE Col
Ma. 23 BROADNAT, NEwlORk Apnl -, l6n.
4 DIVIDEND of SEVEN PER, ,CENI Tree
OF nernnru tar on Capital Stock OF this Company has been
declared PAYABLE anl MAJ j The transfer books o. tle Com
snT viii b. closed on ad reopeued the 18th day Of May
f-' h. n. JONES. Secretary.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-05-30
EasCtEte3It iss FIse life OfG EoC9-
MsOEiUe Engineer.

In returning from Philadel phia about
the middle of August, 1858, the cars
were crowded, and my companion in the
same seat with me, found out to be
Locomotive Engineer, and in the
course Of our conversation he made the
remark, he hoped he had run his last
trip upon a Locomotive.
Upon making bold to ask him his
reasons he gave me the following story,
aud since then l have found out to be
strictly true.
Five years since | was running on
the N. Y. c. r. r. My run was very
fast It was the Lightning Express
Train, and it was what its name de-
notes, for it was iast-a very fast run.
and if do say it, the old Tornado
could go. | nave seen her throw her
six foot drivers so as 10 be almost in
visible to the eye. And let me here
remark, it is supposed by many that
railroad engineers are a hard hearted
set of men their lives are hard, It's
true, but do claim to have as fine a
lsSlIuE dhN hCdil NIdO Sdu
thise with the unfortunate as any man
that breathes. But to my story.
About half mile from the village to
B-thore is nice little cottage but
a few feet from the track. At that
time young married couple lived
there. They had Que child, little boy
about four years old, a bright, black.
eyed, curly, headed little chap as you
ever saw. 1 had taken a great deal of
interest in the little fellow and had
thrown candy and oranges to him from
the train, and | was sure to see him
poepin through the fence when my
train passed.
One fine sunny afternoon We were
behind time and running fast, and did
not stop at B--; l was making
up one hour before reaching h
We came up at tremendous speed, and
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-05-30
RUSSIAN AMERICA.

Probably the best description to be
found of the vast territory recently pur.
chased by our Government is given in a
pamphlet published in 1855, by Mr.. A..
R. Roche, of Quebec. This pamphlet
I Russian america and the Present
Rar1 was written with a view of urg-
ing the British Government to aid in
fitting out an expedition for the conquest
of Russiaa America, aud its annexation
to the British possessions, but the war
with Russia came to close in the fol-
lowing year, and the project, if ever se>
riously entertained in England, was
of course no longer thought Of We
quote from the pamphlet description
Of some features of the territory just
ceded to the United States
With a coast upon the Pacific Of
some fifteen hundred miles in length,
indented by numerous sounds and capa-
cious harbors, and studded with many
large islands of considerable resources, it
extends back, for about one thousand
miles of that coast to distance of nine
hundred miles, and for the remaining
five hundred miles of the coast, to thirty
miles, the latter being the portion in
front of our possessions which it cuts off
from the Pacific while the Peninsula
of Alaska, about fifty miles in breadth,
stretches out in the Pacific for upwards
of three hundred miles, the whole terri
tory comprising a surface of nine hun.
dred thousand square miles. 1t is thus
about sixteen times the size of England.
1t contains many mountain ranges of
great height, aud fine valleys, magnifi,
Gently watered aud fertilized by large
lakes and rivers the mountain ranges
in the upper and broader portions Of the
territory, having a transverse direction,
and therefore sheltering the valleys
from northerly winds, which in that
quarter are cold winds in summer,
while, extraordinary as it may appear to