, 1877-03-15


Hloyfrcpt 0f skill a'nl experience. aud which wnA
conlDosrl nf capitalists 0f conceded strength
and fls'. character. II The lease had hecn ,,aac
wti. any firm or Sfonpa1y who ',i fsi'cd IN H.
obligations Incurred. tho loss to tho Treasury
might hare proved very serious In thc cxtcrr,n-
atIuu Of the seals, aa the loss 0f Nt{drt revenue
mns, ,,"w ss'1 asrtI hsrtrom a"a 'as:y 70 3: con-
0Nc7nea.H
Tie report concludes ~ foflows:
"Thnt the supposed psoftta Of the Company
should cScttc tho cnvctousncss nf othcrs ]s 0f
for t1lo ennsraet naturally feels aggricycd, and
to fis pcrserernT Efforts nnv he traced al} tho
complAtnts that have been made; and get, when
tlis person was examined In Ills own tchalf, lie
:onl'cnecln .cintcgrtty With wl,ic|, tic lessecs
isad performed, tltcIr agreement. lie .ltl i'm.
nugn the official integrity Df Mr. Houtwctl rs
Secretary Of tic Treasury, 10 Eaktng the lebse,
evidence which was Justly susceptible of u con.
clutfnn that Atr. Boutwell, wms Influenced by
corrupt Or improper natives. Tl'e Ct'Innltttco
rctcr To tho testimony a. conclusive IN thcto
10 pr,st,rri, wl.un 1t was supposed possresetl.
or alleged IN POSSESS, any knowledge which
would enable them To rcaGh everything nppcr-
iantng to this Investigation. and hare examined
thcIr rcaeli.
:. "ln conclusion, they concur In tho opinion
TINT the lease With the Alaska Commercial
sn Company !; was tnade tn pirsuanec 81 tl,: law;
and ,roptr'v 1youftI to ihs Iaskd CommsrctaI
LuptaitY: Tint the Interest nj thc tt,ttrl Atntes
was prni,rrIy protected III aIl tho requirements
Of siie la,S anl that te !e'.ees har faithfully
And tho Committee rc3orte,i Tic following
resolution, which ~as adopted by tho House:
Eesotefd. Thai. In iho op!nion Of th!a Ifousc.
tnste 10 Jug Et1,sna at complaint asainst the
HoycrnmcAt vim were intrt,'ttd under fbc law
Win inn power 10 make. ANU erc 70 the perform:
e. @ o.. G ,s@.s M ~ r. IT, !; enGd
Hf oaa o. tS sW nna eontfaes M a1S. whs
in forcs e' A''>' ~ ''e ~ >As Nv 'SA'' 'oA''''3
But. in INV on,ntnn.
of tc ,rson' oh ~ H. "s @ranira ~, nyso,v.
xiii ri ans1iis Il I ~ III f.,n.. I ar s
I'm rs,Tfrtfons ~ n II .innc c,.nnanv mi ~ H.,
eost f,'rn,c,,s N scerrtary nm, IN ica "a .in@
ts hs 10 ,s at rsat o,,r src IL
'rnn,nnt ..,,s ~ iii, ss-st 49,, ,..i.+ ~ ,
Srn,ncnt rsrcyc. fron II srai i.'ansfs nn IN In
er"niiv j,n,'.rrd nnnti ~ ~ ,'airs ~ ~ ho ~
islan.'3 ni nr'srriinn rtvrn 10 ~ tSc scals Te.o
yn ',aiirs frn, tc ~ nt1n H. ~
.nn n,,.ss, sone.,,,t ~ ~ .stti,1 20 ~
tncnt. III ss,cci,t Trrosmrv o1cnts spntrt,c hv
the iate scsTstarr Hrf.t.,r o,;l fr"p 1H,,vcr.a. ~
iiims vii, sir,,,I1c ,rnt,"nrn % and % ~, fnntain.
VIC ''avo bat, msny tin,rs a., a thc isIa'I. mf
=. rmi oni T. f:.n1c htI, =, tntnso ~ n"t .,o ~
fhev ,srru Inasr,5 W t,s IL 3sn,nnsnr 1"" @''N'
Uutjj uuito recently A., iittjr VI, known abont
that when liz ,rno.,t, ~ M n1,a." nn1nsn /, ,ras ,e,
tnrc n,,srrss !, mr. vii, s-ar,,cm, onnr.ttl,,,
M viii l,c r,,ncnleru chio.iy m atTo,int of III.
alleged haygeuEeas aHl w,iythless.,ess of tiic
Country to bu urquirctl. iittssta had not been
ta cxpescs M u nsaitainjuv Its oal autof. Ut pu
ity, and sccucd anxious to let Il 70 al any
price. Secretary Seward was rtliIcd with tho
Shafts Of newspaper SARCASM. anil most Of tl,c
posed political Taluo il might have IN the re-
mote future. rather tIan for fj,o revenue nos.f
Glc TO 10 derived frou, It. Nov wo njl know
that Southern Coast Alaska Is not iho barren
tl,e contrary, tl4at il la. murI morc eq,.ahlc
aud higher mean temperature than Chicago,
unt,, while not adapted to The growth Of all
cereals, IS capablc nevertheless, Of sustaining
sources. Tic Thermometer rarcly faiis lower
that u degrees Fahrenheit, md meyer l,,sttr
tl,nu degrees or + degrees. The average tGfn-
perature In summer IL 10 degrees, and
ply. as welt to Tic lstaads abovo-mcationcd,
and pI whtc!, purpose moro particularly to
speak,. Tic warm Japanese current, likg tie
Gulf Stream, In the Nortl, Atlantis gives to tho
u ot caiItoyna 10 thc Aeut!an nj ls!swds, climate
cycn more mild aud gcntaj thur, TINT Ut Western
Europe ii, corresponding latitude, ii NAV be
centuries boforo tlo yast unIeyelopel ni:riclil-
tural and mineral RESOURCES OF Alaska arc
brought Into rcoujstJo1. but WHEN the prescnt
tcllsoy tnuab(ttd portlta,s wist to uuload, Alas.
ka viii take hun,lrcds Of tllousanlfe,
At, PAUL Asp 81. oronos,
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,,,rcen MIN inn" viii, nv ,vcr,1 w. ,rt1,h sII
mirs md snnrrfriai nrca ~ ohont thtrt - .thsaa
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tlio irscai. 81 i;soras fsinu Il nn,,t ,cn mi1rs
inn1 hv fn,,r Il, w,dti, viz ~ nr"n ~ ah',,s
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il IL "2ttn,at"i snmc nT, mi sess ,n"tn thoIt
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yncr ~ hn Se,t IT r." ycar shcy ps Il n Tu 'S
unfatInmc,i ,rat"rs ~ tSc .rc,t ,.ar nrNA" " ''o
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s,.y a,,ea IT, .ss., @ MI ~, ,av,.,e, i nu;
r. H. m.saf:ssn hmri, ore rnte r,i;c n.,d
rfrii rnt ns,a-sei'omc ami,a irto,l!snt at'u nJ
n'ns remaTgssi1y fnml ~ wh,sty ffnJsr aih., ~
ssiaa @ ttle or ' no Chart WHIT Tss ade ae
sip IN ia 1ro,,n ",,n r,,s oa III, ~ uo M
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eJufn~ .iv ,',u'' son;s,,at on1 ,p,H.,. su ~.
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