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The Alaskn Fur Job.

Eight years ago Congress was induced to
pass an act, under which Mr., boutwell, as
Secretary Of the Treasury made n contract
with what is known as the Alaska Fur Com
pany, by which the territory Of Alaska and
the adjacent islands are Us absolutely con-
trollcd As II they were personal possessions
of that close corporation.
This company has thirty-hve trading sta
tions, inaddition to the seal fisheries and has
grown into great wealth in this short time.
I he nominal capital IS two millions Of dol
lars, upon which only two assessments, ag-
grcgating S37J,0lj.iS, or little less than
une-hith of the principal, have ever been
called for, The dividends declared have
amounted to Sl,si0,0O0, or ninety-two per
cent. Of tho ostonsiblc capital, or nearly
Eve hundred per cent. on the money actually
paid in. Aud this Is exclusive of Il fine iron
steamer and several sailing vessels, cSti-
mated hy our correspondent at san Fran
CISCO WHO has furnished tie material data,
to have cost ~ much as the subscribed cap
ital.
These may be called astounding romills
for amy enterprise, but tine hruciciarics Of
the contract who procured the legislation
10y which it was obtained, knew what thoy
were about when the job was set up and
carried through. Contomporancous with
the acquisition OF Alaska, they wont over
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the ground acquired accurate knowledge
of the fur and other trade, and then
fastened to Washington, with bill In hand
to secure monopoly, which, considering
the capital invested, has no parallel.
There Is no moral doubt that this special
legislation was purchased. though invcsti-
CATION has failed TO reveal the truth. The
parties Interested of course covered their
tracks carefully, and the committees whose
preiudiccs were conquered, against the pro-
tcsts Of the Treasury, were, like CoLFAx,
GARFIELD, DAWES, and the other Credit
Mobilicr gentry, too virtuous to be sus-
pcctcd The active agents of the job were
well rewarded, and the fact stands unds-
puted that source of largo revenue to the
Government was voted away for mess Of
pottagc.
The Treasury Department has sent out
special agents with rowing commissions
prcfcsscdly 70 protect its interests, and
they all uniformly report the same story.
Some Of them were indirectly appointed by
the company, through Influences brought to
bear on the Secretary. and they wore ono
and all welcomed bv the agents Of the CONF
pany, and became its guests during the
period OF their sojouln ON the islands, or
wherever they might 70 during their So
called examination. A son Of senator Nor
rON is now the only official on the spot, and
he Is supposed to keep an exact account of
the skins shipped from tho two islands of
st. Paul and st. George, containing an area
Of sixty miles, while the killing and curing
season extends only over forty days. With
out the faculty of being ubiquitous, his
accounts must mainly depend on the reports
of the company. which he is appointed to
check and supervise.
1t Is easy to understand. therefore. how
10000 seal skins, liable TO tax Of s2G2J
each. have been received in san Francisco.
claimed by the company to have come from
localities outside the lease, and conscqucnt-
ly not subject TO this revenue duty. The
company Is extended TO Asiatic territory,
the Alcutian Islands and the main land of
Alaska, SO as to cover the excess of skins
beyond those furnished by the two Islands
of st. George and st. Paul, which are the
great producers under the lease from the
Treasury, and commercially the only pro-
ducers worth considering.
The contract is limited To twenty years,
and the Secretary Of the Treasury il en-
powered 10 make all nccdful regulations,
and in case Of their violation to terminate
the lease. That provision has no value
when the officials OF the Treasury are the
guests, if not the agents ais Of the COM
pany IN practical sense. BY section 800
of the Revised Statutes. Congress may
| alter. amend, or repeal the conditions" of
the lease. Therefore. the House Of Repre-
scntatves will do well to make another trial
To get at the bottom OF this MONOPOLY which
n efn of H..
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W no Is He {,

There Is no question that GRANT has been
magnliccntly coached for his transatlantic
tour. Ever since he touched the shore of
the Old World, he has made speeches of I'M
expected iluoncH fitness, and grace. Pre-
scented with the freedom of the borough of
Ayr, he pays a tasteful tribute to the birth
place of HURNs; lionized in London, n rich
Hood Of historic rrniu-ccncc sweeps over
his mind regarding that mighty city. SO
has il been with Edinburgh and Inverness
which he lately visited; SO was it with the
continental cities; so viii it be with York,
Shehleld Birming CHAM, bennington, and
the other places he j. about to vst-cycry-
whore he finds something apt to say, so APP
propriatcly chosen and prcttly expressed
That his surprised hearers ask each other:
Can th. he the tacltuln soldier Of whom
we were told -
But wc ~ America, who have heard
CIASTS attempts al oratury during the
past dozen years ON some hundreds of ocoa-
sions, know, Of course, that ne has not sud-
drnly hlossomcd into II tine aitcr-diuncr
speaker Travelling is a great educator,
no doubt, aud voyage to Europe Is iuylg-
oratuG; but we cannot fancy il devclupin (
ia Gen GRANT II vast fund Of locu! lu, wi
edge and an elegant facility in respond
ing oll-hand TO public toasts, that would
indeed be suffering a sea change into some
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Charity Con,missioncr Rnb-r Accused OF
Pounding ~ Woman with n Club.

Charity Commissioner labcr was arrested
in Brooklyn early yesterday morning on charge
Of assaultng Caroline Fraitchler. the wife Of "a
rival saloon keeper at 90 Scholcs street. Since
last spring. when Mr.. Kaber forecloscd Il mort
gngc on Illg : great brewery at Scholes and
Lormer streets. Brooklyn. and dispossessed
Illig he has been in trouble with Illig's friends.
who made their headquarters al Mrs Freitch-
l"r's saloon. Whenever he is met by one OF the
Illig party he is roundly abused. He says that
he was called into Mrs. Freitchler's saloon in
the afternoon. and thar she began 10 abuse him.
He went out. and nothing more occurred until
about O'Clock. Then some boys began To stone
the brewery gate He went out with his son.
and found Charles Held. the nephew of Mrs.
Frctchcr. among the boys. III" started 10 cap
ture Held. and Mrs. Freitchlcr ran after him
with a trying pan. with which she struck him
on the head. A light WAS begun on the sidewalk.
IN which Mrs. lrcitchlcr WIS struck on the head
Win a club. Her scalp was cut open, and II is
feared that her skull VAS injured Charles Held
was locked up Ona charge ot mali .iouS mis-
cncf. Mr.. lNtber Wa aroused from hl~ bed
about O'Clock in the morning. Justice GueA
opened court and released him on his own re-
cuguyaurc until o'co k. At than hnug MIS-.
Frlltrhlcr. being unabl' toupp"ar. the Gust w.,
adjourned. Charles Hold confessed IN ru9rt
yesterday that he WIS hired by his Hunt to call
hAber names and 10 throw stones II the brewery,
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gEDDIyG BELLS IN NEWPORT
The Marriage or A ugust BeImonts Daughter
to samuel y. IIowinnd,

NEWPORT, Sept. 1S.-Thc marriage OF Mr..
Samuel Shaw Rowland with Miss Frcdcrica
Belmont. daughter OF August Belmont. was
solcmnizcd at Trinity Church to-day in tho
presence Of a large and fashionable congrcga-
ton. Tho church altar had been proiuscly
decorated with roses Of every hue and fcstooncd
work Of cvcrgrccns. Tho ushcrs wore Mcssrs.
August Belmont Jr.. H. Ii. Belmont, o. II. Boil
mont. Meredith Rowland. Jr.. and Hamilton
Hoppn. Principally at the appointed hour the
old Berkeley organ pcalcd forth Mendclssohn's
wedding march, and then every ono
in the church nrosc. Tho ushcrs led the pro-
ccssion. Tho bridesmaids Miss Annie Rod
gers. daughter Of Admiral Rodgers, Miss Jen-
mic Rodgers. Miss Perry. Miss jennie Hone.
and Miss Mimic Hone all cousins Of the bridcl
aud the groomsmcn tMr. J. II. Roosevelt. an
uncle of the groom, Mr. Perry Belmont Mr..
John j. Kane. MIR. W. A. WalswoIth. and Mr..
Louis H0wgndl came neNt. and Dir. Belmont
were of course directed to the bride. She wOrc
II heavy whit, corded si.k Dress with q costly
point lace veil. fastened with Il gold band, stud
drd with diamonds. the git Of Mrs. j 'lmont.
From her cars were suspended solitaire din-
monds. artisticaliy get in god. ana n loose ne K
tic WIS iastcncd ut her throat with costly
brooch.
At tho altar. prepared 70, receive the bridal
pnrty. We're the Rev Geo. J. Magll. rector oi Old
Trlnity; the I.ey. DR.. Rowland Of Now York.
and the Hcy. John Cotton smith. D. p.. OF the
same fU}. mon inc Closing WfiltlS pl inc I'M
prcnsyc ceremony had bon spoken. the part
were driven ut once to Mr.. T. lmonts residence
On the avenue. whore reception was held last
ing two hours Among tho guests wcrc: Gen.
Burnside. Gen. aud Mrs. q. W. Cullum. Mrs
Pnran Stevens. Mr.. Pierre Iorlard and family.
Mr. Louis l.nrillard! 0'fd family, the Hon. ". T.
Lawrence Mrs. Thomas Gnrncr. Capt. X r.
Breeze, L. 5. ". Mr.. Leonard Jerome. Mr.. c. n
Scott, Sir Taion and Lady Syke. Mr.. sydney
Brooks. Mr.. Hugo Fritzche, Mrs. John Jacob
Astor Mr.. and Mrs. ". X. Vanderbilt. and
many others.
The wedding presents were humorous. elc-
giant. and costly From the Baroness Jnmcs
Rothschild vas sent q dinmond.studdcd al
grctte. Mr.. Jumcs Gordon Bennett sent dia-
mond md ruby nccllac,. Mrs. Belmont pre-
scnted the diamond band previously spok zen Of.
Mr.. Belmont gave n most acceptable gift In the
shape Of check. Mmc. Er!anccr Of Paris sent
u diamond shawl pin, with the name OF the
bride arranged in pearls Tho groom's present
was n magnificent diamond ring. There werc
many Other gifts. but these were the most costly
ones: The happy pair will start Immediately
for Europe on their bridal tour.
Mr.. Rowland. who is 70 years Of age. II n
member 81 a prosperous shipping company in
New York. n gentleman vol known in society
and a mclnher Of the Union. Knickcrhocker.
and Polo Clubs Miss Belmont. the bride. is
grand niece OF Commodore Perry.
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Indications that the strife ut Scranton will
he Long One.

SCRANTON, Sept 1s.-It was predicted
whom the strike was begun in this region that
the men would not hold out long: that thoy
would soon he starved into submission. and
that work would he begun by the mid
die Of the month. From present appearances
the strike viii approximate II not surpass. the
duration OF the great standout OF ls6g-70. unless
the companies show some disposition 10 make
an advance on the old rates Of wages. The
miners executive committee who recently vis-
tied Mr. Sloan. President Of the Delaware
Lackswnnna and Western Company. say that
their instructions ARE not TO call meeting of
the miners until the company makes "A direct
offer of an advance. Thus the matter stands.
Last week committees of miners were sent
from Hyde Park to the mining towns in the
Schuylkill and Lehigh regions TO solicit sub
scriptons from the miners in those sections for
the relief OF thrir brethren in this county. Re-
ports Of n cordial reception and warm cncour-
ngrmcnt are sent back. The miners here are
highly clated. and one of them said to-day,
well now have moro courage than ever"
IT," Hyde Park miners are dnily in receipt OF
letters rom me loow.i counties. advising them
to J. main out until their demand is complied
with. One OF III, members Of the committee
sent 10 schuylkill county writes TO the eSecu-
tive committee that there il plenty Of work in
that region for miners. ana that the wages
although not high; are above those paid in the
IuZcrnr region before the STRIKE. Many miners
are already leaving Tor that county. On Satur-
dry over one hundred men Lot tor that and tho
l.ehigh district. and many more are preparing
Many n'cnd to walk the entire distance.
Another loiter 10 the miners committee. from
n town in the lehigh region. assures the Seran-
ton miners mat great sum VIII De rnisen in
that region in three weeks and sent here. The
writer also SAYS that work will he given to all
Luz rnc miners vino go there. and that. II too
many CONF. the minors will divide the working
time with thgm. Many letters of the same tenor
are received hy the committee from points in
r.
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DR.. Kamon AmnhIIe bend.

DR. Ramon Amabilc died Of consumption vcs-
terday IN his onc, At - cay Hall place Dr. Amahlc
a native OF Cuba owing to prosecutions hy the
Spamars he escaped from thc Island of saua4 odc Clha
IN lSi-, and came 10 America Shortly aucrward he
commenced the study OF medicine and graduated rom
Bellevue Hospital Modcal college IA ie7l lIv was ap.
pointed Ambulance surge ~ "a" Iark Iu.uital and
alnu scar later llou~ sulron llC lrlt inc hospital
l-sb A. the the Nr~flcd DISASTER Hhcn the
hospital Was tul ui dead ad dNin-, nr Anahn wn. KIDD
with tt lst uucra,,s and icl-cycuu lral 10 icNr
the sufferers lie also distinguished hmrru nA ius
nfunui and attention 90 the sufferers 40 tiu 81 An
dtW Church dl-asiVt AMI the torWu Nuiusun John
siie,f l was - NVal~u age ia, ui,rA., wa, sll, D.
'rl hN hlnHl pui.u. "VlNrd while altcndins to a De-.
tent va Tie Park Hospital
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Not Connected with the Courier des Etats
Unis.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: Please
rocuiy an error Ia the obituary notice OF Mr.. Hiram
Cranston, published IN todAys suS YOU SAY that Mr.
Gaardot editor OF the CoHf d, Ets TINS smashed
champagne bottle Mr. Cransions head and then
capped from New York after conviction and sentence.
Permit me To say that the editor oi the Gpfrri,S d Flats
rHi Mir Frederic GAlladct returned 10 France IN -4-
after having Sold lis paper. AMI III" event andcd a.
CURED IN the Ncw YORK Hotel ia 1854 war; atter ms
departure The editor ui the frc lies kWh't MS IN Nss
was not connected in ans way Whatever with tli sai
occurrence. ana the person who assaulted AR Hiram
transiun wa never connected with the paper which
have been editor aud proprietor Tor the past twenty
years ca LAssAtIi.
Editor of the Gi4fHr des run. tHts.
YoRK sent
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snIe OF ImIon.I.ncInc Land.

81. Louis. Sept. ls.-'rhe negotiations which
have been in progress tor two three weeks past be-
tween the catholic COLONIZATION Association of tls city
and the Central Branch lmon lAcuc Railroad Company
ior the purchase o land on tine llc oil mat rot1. have
tru ,u ulvi aui tlt contracts ruD i duo fUrui
The ltHl luiehANil- 40 l'iIWnromle rIuut kau,l-,
and amounts % l-fl TUlps a' eill aN HDf. 4 lur.r
rlNDt Wl ho ilnnclai,S ur-aN.NI ior .ettrm, ht uu
nd
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Col. SruRGis reports that he has had a
sharp fight with the Ne2 Percds. lasting nearly
all day that lie inflicted severe losses OH them
and captured several hundred head of their
stock. But he docs not say anything about emp
turing the owners OF tho stock. From the Col
on"ls silence on this point, and from his adj
mission that his own loss in killed and wound
ed Is serious. the natural inference IS that the
elusive JOSEPH and his braves are still at large.
1t docs not appear that HOWARD and MERRITT
took part in the engagement, though both Of
them must have been somewhere in the neigh
hOrhoOd.
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Mr. JOHN PATRONS name is carried on the

bank books Of the broken Clairmont Savings
Bank as one OF the trustees. although he re-
signed In March. 1875. This use Of his name
has inspired several persons with confidence
IN the institution. and they have lost their little
savings in consequences. When Mr.. PATTON
resigned. the fact OF his resignation should
have been made public. Such frank dealing
with depositors. and with the community at
large. should bc made obligatory upon all saw
inss bank managers. The depositors and the
community had the right TO know that Mr..
Patton had rcsigned-and TO know why he had
resigned. II this Information had been youch-
snfed them. an investigation Of the banks al
fairs would have been had. and much loss and
suiicrin. would have been prevented.
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Neither STOCKTON nor ABDETI is a suitable
man to be nominated for Governor by the De-
mocracy OF New Jersey.
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thing rich and strange. The General, In
short, is palpably crammcd for his speech
making, and the question therefore arises,
who of his party deserves the credit for
doing this so featly? A coach who, with
material so intractablc to work on, presents
results so good, ought 10 DO known and
honorcd for his dextcrity.
Meanwhile, the cx-Presdent goes on from
triumph to triumph, culing from history,
political economy, and bcllcs-lcttrcs the
ilowcis whercwith to deck his public adj
dresses. AT this rate of progress, what will
not be the finish and force Of his speeches
after he shall have pract-ed all through
Denmark, Sweden. Russia, Austria, and
Switzerland? We shall await Gen. GRANT Is
coming back with an unexpected interest,
and it is to be hoped that he will keep the
same literary coach, 50 that We also may
have the benefit of his bcet European style
of OratOrV,
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II is sad to think how much good ink and
paper is wasted in printing IIAYEss plattudcs
1t is hard enough 10 endure II Fraudulent Pres
dent, without having TO put up with the bore of
listening 10 him while he talks Tupperisms.
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The Herald has enjoyed the advantage of
an interview with our distinguished fellow
citizen. Mr.. WILLIAM NJ. EvAKrs. now hold
ing the office of Secretary Of State at Wash
ington. His story is told by our contcm
pOrary us follows:
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The Court Of Appeals has decided in favor
Of both the Elevated Railroads. Both the Green
wlch street road and the Gilbert road. whose
iron structure now fills part Of Anity street
md South Fifth avenue. are declared TO have
the laws Of the State and the Constitution in
their favor; and. SO far rs the courts of New
York are concerned. no further obstacle can be
intcrposcd against their completion. II seems
possible. however, that they may still he inter
fcrcd with 10y the transfer Of the question TO the
supreme Court of the United States. on the
ground that the charter Of each OF these roads
impairs the validity of contracts already cx-
listing.
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Tho past two days shooting at Crcodmoor
has furnished additional cVidcnce-though adj
ditional evidence was not wantng-that the
American champion team was rs good ono ms
could well have been got together. When the
New orleans rncmcn first came TO Crccdmoor.
some hasty observers thought TINT the fame Of
our New Workers had been eclipscd. and they felt
quite sure that at least SIessrs. SEIpH and ARMS
ought to be among the American eight. But
the great fluctuations in the practice scores OF
these two gentlemen soon unsettled this i'm
preston. and their low scores OF Monday. es-
pccially us contrnstcd with the higher scores on
the same day Of WEBER DARIS. JEWELL. AL
LEN. and other members Of tho International
eight. must have removed it altogether. The
sc"ptre has not yet departed from New York.
Sir Henry HALrORp. in giving 10 Mr.. SELpH
the Wimbledon cup. spoke 81 him ia the best
shot in the world which was rs much ns 20 shy
that America could easily raise, il necessary. n
better team than the one that had beaten his own
So badly. But We think that the rnst two days
may rarty revise his notion in that respect we
incline e. q ink that the best shots in the world
were on IN team that yanluished his.
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The Mayor of Louisville, in his effort to I've
polite TO II ,yIs. on Monday. compared him to
HENRY CLAY. You might Ms well compare TuP-
PER with BYRON. In calling the Fraudulent
President Your Excellcncy." this overwrought
Mnyor may have graihed his feelings and sat
siied tho demands Of toadyism. but he dcsig-
mated him after manner expressly disapproved
10y the founders Of the republic. The Prcsi-
dents only title il " Mr.. President"
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One of the funniest things is the effort Of
the official newspapers 10 make the Republican
Conventions approve OF HAYES. when out Of
every ten Republicans eight arc decidedly
ngufust HAYES
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In his credital le cndr to ma ter and
subdur tho depravity OF his wicked partners.
Deacon RrcHAED SMITH recently established
telephone connection between the ohice Of the
Cincinnati Gdsehe and his residence ut Clifton
in the suburbs In this manner he hoped 10
exert some influence upon the editorial col
umns of his newspaper after leaving the Office
at night. few day after the establishment Of
the telephone the following astonishing and
undienllnd paragraph, evidently the work of
one of the wickcdcst OF the wicked partners, APP
pearcL at the head of the editorial columns of
the Cincinnati Gazette:
THE spectacle ~ JSuY frzGrnA'p wconiuc over the
wruuss w tr culorod mcni enough to Wins tears from
u bras, monAry'
This could meyer have been printed with the
truly good mans consent. Not only ia the
language vulgar and the figure Of speech
Intentionally Offensive, hut the implied allusion
20 Mr. IIAYEs's hcmorrhage for the poor African
Is nludicious int Republican organ. Weare
forced Ia conclude either that the telephone
docs not work satisfactorily. or that Deacon
IacuAkD SMi1ns voice, unsupported hy his
bodily pres nee, is dellcd and dlsrcsarded 10y
the Wir,od partners.
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-12-21
PEACE TALK.
Reception Of. the POrts's CIrGuIar-EHH.
lish Inaasncs-Russla Wants to Treat
Direct with Turkey.

Reception Of. the POrte's CIroular-EnH.
lish lhhaencs-Russla Wants 10 Treat
Direct with Turkey.
LONDON, Dec. IA Reuter- CONSTANT.
nOple dispatch says: several OF the
Powers have already Acknowledged the
receipt OF the POrte's circular. The tone
Of ItalTs reply 10 very cOnciliatory and
friendly. Il says, Italy will endeGVor 10
have steps taken In concert with the Other
powers for the purpose OF Offering media.
tiOn.' Mr. Layard, British Ambassador,
denies that he has sounded the Porte as
to the conditions ofpeace IL would be will.
Ing to accept"
The London Observer states It has rea.
son TO believe the Turkish circular was
dispatched at the instance OF England.
The ScOtsman's London correspondent
says II IL understood that the English Gov.
ernment es not wish to act without the
concurrence OF the other Powers. II was
most anxious 10 avoid complications which
might lead to unpleasantness with Russia.
A Reuter- from Constautinople, via Syria,
Gays II Is reported that knglRnd has
sounded Russia : to conditions nf peace.
The Porte, howe ar, has been informed
that Russia desires Turkey TO negotiate
direct with her, and that mediaii N would
only make the terms harder.
The peace party seems to be gaining
ground ,Omewhat. Great disconien pre-.
wallis among tue population OF stamboul.
sedi;iou' placa:ds are requeutly found.
LONpON, Dec IA Berlin correspond.
ent u the fimCs telegraphs that Germany
has repli d to tie turkish note, that Ger.
man PARTICIPATE N IN mediation depends
on Russia's consent TO parley. The North
German Gazette aud National Gazette
concur In declaring the Powers will not
listen to the Turkish appeal.
The Times's Pera correspondent says
the Turkish Government obviously leels
its capability Of resistance exhausted, aud
would gladly make peace upon reasonable
| programme.