New-York tribune., 1876-01-21

the Government postage Of cent on
each. The charges for teleeraphns all mes
sages, TO be received at delivered from
postoces shall be fixed by the but
must not exceed the following: For 10 word messages
than $50 miles, 10 cents for distances between $50
and 500 miles, Is cents; from 500 to LOCO miles, 25
cents and for all greater distances so cents Tie ad
dress and signature be free of charge and for ad
ditiOnal words the rates be in like proportion. The
bil however, authorizes any such Telegraph Company
10 maintain other offices In important towns or places
Tor the receipt transmission, and delivery OF messages
OF urgent character and to charge rates for them
business shall have precedence whenever the head OF an
Executive Department requests and that 1t shall be
done al the lowest rates fixed by this bill
The Government to have the right TO purchase any
line accepting the privileges of the bill at any ne wth
three years after the beginning OF operations uhuer
ALASKA SEAL FISHERIES.
The Secretary Of the Treasury to-day sent large mass
Of documents TO the House the subject OF Alaska M
fairs including the report Of ]. g. Moore Special Treas
ury Agent. Speaking OF the lease OF the Alaska Com
mercia Company being lucrative, Mr. Moore says that
they supply 80 per cent OF the fur OF all the seals killed
in the world thus virtually having monopoly, and that
fashion has rahed the prce of the furs 100 per cent
within the past years. As sprtuous liquors hav
ing been Illegally sent to Alaska for the OF the
Indians the Collector Of the port OF San
Francisco says that such traffic can be
prevented only by the Treasury officers in
that Territory No reechoading rifles other oIeech
loading arms, nor ammunition have been shipped 10
Alaska since July last The total number OF arms shipped
TO Alaska during the last four years 26l Assistant
Treasury Agent FalcOner that the number o seal
ruOkeres has increased least onethird over that OF
year since 1870. The young seals from year OLD
and up OF age have increased over onc-hali
He is OF the opinion that should this continue 5OCo all
ditional could be taken annually without dctf1ent
regards the old bulls, there seems To
be slight falling on
DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS
The House Committee on Appropriations
have completed tho Consular and Diplomatic bill The
estimates last year 81 3j2 4S5 and the amount
propriated 81 1851 ,2s5. The present bill apprc.
PIRATES $911,147 so, S441,3 so less than the
estimates The salaries Of the Ministers to Great Britain,
France Germany and Prussia reduced from Sl75O0
to SlA 900 those Of tho Ministers TO Spain, Austria,
Brazil, Mexico, japan and China, from $1,000 10
10000; that of the Minister Italy, from $4,000 To
SO O0O of the Ministers Portugal switzerland Bel
GUM, Netherlands. Denmark, Sweden aud Norway,
Turkey, Venezuela. and the Hawaiian Islands from
81 800 tO $4,000 Chill and Bolivia are combined IN one
mission; salary, $1,000. Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia
also united in mission nj the same salary The
Agentme Republic, Paraguay, and Uruguay are cons0
dated at "A salary OF $1,000 also Guatemala, Costa Rlca.
Honduras Salvador, and Nicaragua, as in the former
law, at Il salary OF $4,000 The salaries of the other
offices also reduced The bill contains the usual
preparation of So 800 to enable Minister hchenck 10 e
poy private amanuensis, his right hand having been
disabled III the late war.