The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-12-27

hnilaing had been considered FIRE proof, wal
built mostly of corrugated iron, at cost O
$4,000, and contained the largest organ il
America. Loss estimated at $4,000. Insured
for $4,000 in eastern companies.
Alaska gives promise OF no inconsiderable
value to the United States. One great sourc,
of revenue is in her fisheries. The salmon
fisheries at Sitka, alone, though yet in theil
infancy, yield Thousands of barrels annually
while there are many other splendid openings
for similar establishments along the coast. The
cod fisheries, when once fully developed, will
also become a great source OF wealth. But the
greatest source Of wealth is in the Alaska fun
business. The,supply of mink, otter, nuskrat,
and foxes is above computation.
An English company has been formed to
purchase and work certain tea plantations,
about seven hundred acres in extent, in the
Bengal Presidency. 1t is said that these plan
tations are the most fertile and valuable in In
dia. The extended cultivation Of tea in India
is much to be desired, The Chinese have too
long been masters Of the situation, and have
now carried the art Of adulteration to perfec-
ton. Old people declare that there is now
not to be had anywhere, for love or money,
such tea as was produced during the East In
dia Ccmpanyf monopoly, and it is believed
the old people must be right.
The Tichborne unpleasantness, as Artemus
Ward would call it, promises to become
national affair in England. Accounts Of q
discrderly meeting in support of the claimant,
held Thursday, have been telegraphed. Mean
time Attorney General, Sir John Colridge'
has got himself into serious difficulty by un-
dertaking criminal prosecution against the
self-styled Sir Roger. He has been unable
TO procure witnesses 10 convict, and not only
the Attorney General, but the whole Govern
.ment. are likely to gain as much credit or dis
credit out of the Tichborne trial as out of any
question they may bring before Parliament,
next session. If the claimant has failed to
show himself heir to the Tichborne estates, the
authorities will certainly fail as ignominiously
in proving that he is any other man. 1t is a
very knotty question as it stands.
The Louisville Gouvier-J Journal, strongly
Democratic, pays this fully earned tribute to
Speaker Blaine: ave have, all along, stood
fast. to the belief that the Speaker of the House
of Representatives is man, every inch of
him. We discredited the Credit. .Mobilier sto-
~, as far as it embraced him. on what Judge
Chaddock would call general principles Mr..
Blaine was once a citizen of Kentucky, and
has plenty of warm, old friends here, who
know him to be plucky, Straightforward,
honest man. If they did not know this, his
conduct, the first day of the new session, shows
him to be so. When an official is charged
with corruption in sufficiently authorized
and responsible way to justify his attention,
there is but one course proper to be pursued,
and that Mr. Blaine has pursued with great
promptness. He confidently asks committee
of investigation.
Some short time since, the treasurer of Iowa
county, Wisconsin, became a defaulter for q
considerable amount, but instead Of seizing his
body, and proceeding vigorously against him
on a criminal indictment, the authorities, as
we learn through the Chicago Tribune, -'set-
lied" with him in consideration of his restitu-
ton to the extent of 81 900 in cash and $4,000
in notes. Now, this is what we call mistaken
If men betray the public confidence
by the improper use of moneys confded to
their care, the law should be allowed to take
its course; and if their are any extenuating
let them be left for the con-
of the court and jury. As long as
the present unwise system of condonation il
persevered in, there will remain an incentive
to county treasurers and other servants OF the
people to continue to be peculators.