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DEATHS.

In this city, Feb. 14th, Gideon Plummer, of Ray
mond aged 50 years 8 months '
His remains were taken to Raymond for burial
In Falmouth Feb. 4th, of heart disease, John
Chenery, Esq. aged 81 years 3 months
In winthrop Feb: H. Otis Packard, aged II years
In China. Feb. 2, Dea Samuel Hanscom. aged rs
years months.
In Porter, Feb. /, Aaron French, aged II years 8
months.
In Augusta, Feb. 4. Mrs. Lucretia Miller, wife of
John II. kittredge, aged 20 years.
In Newcastle. JAM 20, Mrs. Charles Pinkham,
aged about 65 years.
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The Newfoundland Fisheries.

HALIFAX N. S., Feb. 1.-THE reports from
the western portion of Newfoundland relating
to the fisheries are very favorable. Around
Rose Blanche and the channel 200 boats are
catching from four to five quintals each per
day. Herring fisheries in Fortune Bay are
not SO good as in pravious years, but there are
sanguine hopes of improvement and that the
relief measures have proved adequate to the
emergency,
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EurODeau Markets.

LONDON, Feb. 14-12.3O P. M.-Consols 9Y 1-1t
for money and for account.
LONDON, Feb. 14-12.3O P M-American secu-
rities-United States bonds. new 5s, at LOG; new
41as, 110Hs; As, 1O91a. Erie 4914.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 14-12.3O P. M-Cotton market
in moderate inquiry and freely supplied; Middling
ufaapds at 71ad orleans 75sd sales 8 1000 bales
American $3.50.
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 14-12.3O p. M.-Flour Ga
~ 8; Winter Wheat 10 6(911 4; Spring Wheat o 3
@1O 10: California average at 10 3dlO 8; club do
at 10 9911 4; Corn 3; Peas 6 8. Provisions &C..
Pork at So; Beef at 80; Bacon "a 6037; Cheese
70; Lard 3S g. Tallow SO. at London Al 6.
PARIS, February 14-Rents SO 25
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DIRECTORS.

EDWARD BATES DORSEY, Mining Engineer.
l. G. BABCOCK, treasurer Adams Express Co.
WIN. II. GUIoN, OF Williams & Guion Steamships
WIN. PITT SHERMAN, Late Receiver and Treas
Erie r. r.
CHAs. NJ. FRY, President National Bank of New
York.
JONATHAN ODELL, Banker.
ID. S. APPLETON, Of ID. Appleton s. Co., Pub
fishers.
ULYSSES S. GRANT, JR., Lawyer.
Bank.
JAS. P. ROBINSON, Consulting Engineer New
York.
ton, Mass.
G. a. WHITTIER, OF Lee, Higginson s Co., Bank
ers, Boston, Mass
JAMES ID. FISH, President Marine National Bank.
d. HAyEMEYER, OF Havemeyer, Eastwick & Co.,
Refiners.
A. F. WILMARrH, vire-President Home Fire
Ins. Co.
WIN. L. JENKINS, JR., Of VIM. S. Nichols & Co.,
GEO. b. WEST, Commission Merchant.
THOMAS MANNING, Broker.
HENRY W. FORD President National Bank Of
Republic.
EDWARD A. FLINT, Consulting Engineer, Boston,
FOSTER Higgins, US. lloyd's Marine In
urance.
CHAs. L. PERKINS, OF Perkins & Choate, Bankers
L. B. GREENLEAF, Of Tower, Giddings g. Co.,
Bankers. Boston, Mass.
j. BAKER. President of St. Louis & San
Francisco r. r., st. Louis, Mo.
ARTHUR SEwALL, Prest. Bath National Bank,
Bath, Maine.
erty for subscription, at $1,000 per share. The
Capital stock of the
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MAINE.
Suicide on Shinboarc,

ELIOT, Feb. 4.-Mrs Caroline ShaDleigh, a
widow, aged 65, committed suicide yesterday
by hanging.
Death OF q Prominent Citizen of Belfast.
BELFAST, Feb. 14.-Oakes Angler, for 40
years prominent merchant, died today aged
63.
Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Postmasters APP
pointed-Edward A. Richards, East Bangor,
Penobscot county; Miss Anna G. Waters, Cor
ham, Cumberland county.
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MAR RIAGES.

In Weld, Feb. 4. BENZ. B. Wing and Miss fanny
Masterman.
In Monroe, Simon s. Sargent and Miss Allie L.
Rowe.
In Belfast Feb. 1, .Iaines c. Coombs and Miss ABB
bic NJ. Smith, both of Waldo.
In Searsmont, Jan. "a, Alton j. Neal and Mary T
Alexander, both of Belmont.
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Murdered in a Quarrel.

BUFFALO, Feb 15.-Two young men named
Charles Stratton and Frank Morse, residing
today about young lady, when Stratton stab
bed Morse in the heart, killing him instantly.
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DOMINION.

Accident to Princess Louise.
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. 15.-Princess Louise
was somewhat bruised last night by the upset.
ting of sleigh in which she was accompany
ing the Governor General and Col. McNeil to
the Senate chamber to hold drawing room
She is recovering rapidly
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NOTICE.-"Congress is one of the Oldest and
largest selling baking powders in the United States
1t makes light dorghnuts, dumplngs biscuits, cake
&C., &c. CONGRESS Yeast Powder and SHADES
English Mustard received the award at Mechanics
Fair, 1878. Always reliable, and the ladies' fav-
orite.
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The Wool lMarket.

following is list of prices quoted this afternoon:
Ohio and Observation-Disclosures, 5795ScChoice
Xxx at 53955c; Fine X 53354c; Medium 57@5Sc
Fine 50951c; Medium 55@56c; Common 46@4Sc
Other Western-Fine and x 50951c; Medium 54d
66c; Common 4694Sc; Pulled, Extra 45952c; Su.
perfine 45S965c; No l at 3594Oc. Combing fleece
hU95S; Fine delaine 50955c; California 20a44c;
Texas Fog 4Oc; Canada pulled 45955c; do Combine
4o95Oc;Smyrna, washed 8@27c ;unwashed I2d15;
buenos Ayres 16G36c; Cape Good Hope 31a33c;
Australian 47(a521ac; Donskoi 2392S1ac.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Portland DAILY Wholesale Market.

Portland DAILY Wholesale Market.
PORTLAND. Feb. IA.
Sugar is 1sc higher to-day for granulated, and is
now quoted at 9s4c Apples are quoted at OO@
275, latter price for fancy. Oranges show slight
dealine Lemons frmer Round Hogs firm at 61a
97c. Butter is firm and tending upwards Corn
and Oats are quiet and unsettled. Flour is firm and
prices unchanged.
The following are to-day's quotations of Flour
Grain. Provisions. &C.
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METEOROLOGICAL,

INDICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TwENrY-FoUR
HOURS.
WAR Dept, OFFICE CHIEF SIGNALl
OFFICER, Washington, D. c.,
February 16, A. NJ.
For New England
light SHOWS followed by clearing and slightly
warmer weather, northerly winds shifting to
west and south and rising followed by falling
barometer.
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Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-THE market for Bread
stusffs and provisions closed quiet and steady.
CoTTON-Ihe market closed steady and quiet at
IL 1sc for Middling uplands and 1S14c for mid
ding Orleans; sales for the past week have been
800 bales on the spot and 49,, $40 bales for flu.
ture delivery.
FLOUR closed quiet and steady No 2, Oo04 65;
Supperfine Western and State at S5a5 As; COM
mon to good extra Western and State 5 8Oaf5 SO:
good 20 choice do at 1907 So common to choice
White Wheat Western extra at 7,96 80; Fancy
White Wheat Western extra at 6 35@8 90; COM
choice extra st Louis at 6ttap7 80; Patent Mime
sofa extra at Dogs 00;choice to double extra Is
CT 80; low grades extra 40a5 60; Southern flour
quiet: common to fair extra 95@6 45; good to
choice extra at 5097 80; the sales for the week
RYE FLoUR-moderately active at S5a5 Is for
Superhne Pennsylvania and State saes for the week
117C bbls.
CoRN-MEAL-quiet and weaker; Western Yellow
at 55@2 80; Brandywine at 3 Sc; Bag meal steady:
coarse at O8ig1 %: fine Yellow at 1Sg1 25; fine
White 2691 80.
WHEAT-market closed quiet and barely steady:
No 2 Red Winter on spot at l 49a1 491s; sales at
49@149A for March; l so for April; No 2 Chi
| 4l@1 43: sales No l White for April at asa
I 45Ha; sales for the week have been Ais, 900
CoRN-the market closed quiet: No on spot at
595s@6o1sc;'sales for the week have been 754, 900
do 48c; No White 47a47Ac; No / Mixed 48c:
sales for the week 1888. 900 bush.
Pork-closed quiet and rather firmer; new mess
on spot at IL O0G12 25;12 O5 bid for February and
March; II 10 bid for May: sales for the week 800
Dds on the spot and 25O0 bbs for future delivery
Lard-closed steady; prime steam on spot at 65
g7 671a; Z 80 bid March; 70 bid for April; sales
OF old at 571s seller the year; city 571ad7 90;
sales for the week Ia, 100 ties the spot and 60,
600 ties for future delivery.
Iallow quiet and steady at 61a@066sc.
'BUTTER-shade frmer; State and Western cream
cries 31@37 1ac; Western and State diaries l7(a28
CHEEsE.hrm; State factories at 13@I5c; Wes-
tern 12a14Ac.
WHIsKEY--nominala at 1 10 % gallon for Western
DETROIT. Feb. 14.-Wbeat stronger: No I Whit
! -; 291a for March; 1924 for April; 1914
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XLvIth CONGRESSES Session.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
Several speeches were made on financial
matters.
Mr. Joyce opposed reciprocity with Canada.
Mr.. Myers opposed the retiring of national
bank notes.
Adjourned.
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Strikers Conc to WORK

NEWPORT, Feb. b.--Thrse-fourths of the
strikers in the Baird mills at Attlsboro Falls,
have resumed work at the old prices, the other
places being filed BY girls Aom New York.
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Havana Market.

HAvANA.February 14.-Sugar continued unfayor-
able advices from abroad caused sellers to gradual
Y accept l9wer offers, the market closing weak;
No 10 to II d at 1a9s1s reals gold per arrobe;
NO 10 to 20 d s at 9G10A reals; Molasses Sugar
No z to 10 at 6@61a reals; Muscovado Suagr com.
mon to fair A@6s4 reals; Centrifugal Sugar SO
deg. polarization in boxes and hhds at 814 1854
realsstock in warehouses at Havana and Matanzas
$4,000 boxes, $4,000 bags and 81 400 hhds receipts
for the week 5000 boxes, 1O,7O0 bags and 1920
hhds; exports for week 1900 boxes, q o. bags and
$500 hhds including $3.50 boxes, 900 bags and T.
zoo hhds to United States. Moasses active; so de-
grees polarization 8 1a@6s4 reals gold per keg.
Freights fat and irregular; loading at Havan for
the United States " box lSug r 75GS71a currency:
y hid Sugar O093 70; % hid Molasses at 20
g2 70; to Falmouth and orders 32s 6d@35c loading
at ports north coast Outside ports5 for United
States per hid Sugar at 2593 IS; per hid Mo
Spanish gold at 23s. Exchange firm; on United
States 60 days gold at 514 a51s prem; short sight
DO at 6A@61a prem; London 16@161a Paris at
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-16
SPRING VALLEY
Hydraulic Gold Co.'S,

100000 Shares, full paid and unassessable)
The property consists of 1915 acres of deep, gold
bearing gravel, with water works which cost $780,
600 lands, fumes, buildings and all necessary
duced in the last six years. of which 81 $50 800
hasbeen profit, The Company is to-day In divi-
last 20 days was $4,000, at profit of 5000
daily. The undersigned are the agents of the
Omitted Sfates Mining Inves nseut COP
They will furnish information concerning the
aspiring Valley Hydraulic Gold Co..,
and receive subscriptions for limited amount of
the stock at their office.
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CAUCUSES,
SPECIAL NOTICE
10
JEWELERS.!

MESSRS. T. H. MANSFIELD & CO.,
JObbers in Jewelry, No. 81 Exchange ST.,
Portland, Me-, will sell to the trade,
their entire stock, at less than cost, for
two weeks. The stock consists of gen.
eral assortment Of new goods, i'm Gold and
Plate, and will be sold at 80 per cent un-
der the regular Boston or New York job
bling prices, to close the business. Cash
or bankable notes will be taken. This is
a rare chance for all wishing Jewelry to
save the above per cent by buying now.
T. III. MANSFIELD & co.
feb1l dsnlw
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VICTORIA, Feb. 15.-The recent severe
weather in British Columbia has been go fatal
that stock and feed prospects are SO badly in
iured that unless there is an early marked
change for the better the colony will be largely
dependent for meat on Oregon and California
for at least three years
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DOMESTIC PORTS.

SAN FRANCIsCO-Cld 18th, ship Alex Mcneil,
Spro9l Queenstown
Cid 9TH schs Cabot. Bunker, for Baltimore; Susan
Stetson Hale, New York
Cid 10th sch Saarbrock Clark Port Spa n: " G r
Mowrey. Campbell, Boston.
WILMINGTON, NC--Ar 18th, brig q Packard,
Jones, Navassa; sch Helen j Holway, Thompson,
BALTIMORE-Ar 18th, sch Carrie Hart, Davis.
Providence.
Cid 18th, sch Four Sisters Rogers, for Terrapin
Point, Nc. N' -''eO''' -0' 1"p''
PHILADELPHIA-Ar 18th, sch James Boyce,
Ar at Delaware Breakwater 12th sch Jos Souther,
watts, Philadelphia for Cardenas
Passed up 18th brig Harry Stewart. Pendleton,
NEW YORK-Ar 18th, schs Annie Lewis, Lewis.
Arroyo; Dreadnaught. Libby, Kennebec Zeyla. Mo-
L Schepp. Preble, Bath; P Simpson Mahoney,
New Bedford; Reuben S Hudt, Wilde, Kennebec;
Cid 18th. brigs Agenora, sesbury, Havana; Ka-
luna. Nash, Cardenas.
NEWPORT-ln port 18TH schs Harbinger Went
Belfast for Jacksonville; Nellie Gray. Nichols,
for New York; Red Jacket, CHM, Thomaston TOR do
Observation-Disclosures 'l..l Ar 0i IS SI schs Seth
Smith, Ashford, New York for Boston: Almon Bird
Drinkwater. Harmons Harbor for Baltimore; w D
Marvel. Boothbay for Philadelphia; Montana Ken
New York.
Returned. schs Fred jackson. L W Wheeler Fred
EDGARTOWN-Ar 18th, schs W Freeman, Rog
ers and Melrose, Haskell. FIN New York for Boston;
ID Webb, Hatch do for do.
Returned 18th, schs Silver Spray, Telegraph, and
Maria Adelaide.
BOSTON-Cld 18th, schs Warren SAWYER Crie
Kennebec; Sunlight. Hodgdon, Harmon's Harbor.
Cid 10Th, barque Saml B Hale, Haven, Portland
Albert Smith. Loring. do; schs Stephen ] Watts
ton, Rockport and Richmond; A Ames, Achorn,
Parkers Head and Annapolis; Lulu, Matthews, for
kennebec and Baltimore; Annie S Conant Conant,
CaScO BaV and BaltmOre. Lizzie Williams
kennebec and Philadelphia j S Lamphrey, NAL
lows, Boothbay; Bill Stowe, Phinney do; Florida,
Gilmore, Parks Head and Jacksonville
SALEM-Ar 12th sch Ireka, Drisko Perth Am
boy; FIeetwing, Remission, fre m Rockland for New
York.
BoOTHBAY-In port 18th, sch Prospect, Haskell
for Portland.
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Bank Sfnrerraeur
New York stock and Money Market.

NEW YORK, Feb. 14-P M-The bank statement
is favorable and the reserve shows handsome gain
Money market closed at 5 per cent. on call. !
Exchange steady; 4S314S31a for long and 1851
G4S5A for short signt. Governments strong and
active. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds quiet.
me roiowing are to-day's closing quotations of
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MENIORANDA

Ship Corsica, Henry, from London for New York.
put into Plymouth f. 18th inst, with loss of lib
collision.
About 1875 tons coal has been discharged from sch
Carl Lothrop ashore at Herring Cove. contin-
uation of westerly winds would damage her beyond
recovery.
The remains of schr Maggie A Fisk, ashore OH
Peaked Hill Bar, were sold by auction 18th for
$1,000. The hull brought S25.
London, Jan 29-Ihe report that barque Tillie
Baker grounded at Bordeaux was erroneous She
entered without accident.
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Mining Stocks.
Closing prices at Portland Mining Exchange, by
T. II. Mansfield & Co.. brokers, 81 Exchange street.
Portland, Me-, February IA:
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SPOKEN.
Oct 2S, lat 80 Ion 81 W, ship New Era, Snow,
from San Francisco for Queenstown.
Dec 10, lat Is S, Ion 80 w, ship PALMYRA Minot
from New York for Anjer
Feb IL, lat 80 OF: lon "a 10, brig Morancy Small
from Gonaives for Boston.
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This Company has been formed to meet pressing
and increasing want in Financial Circles of the
United States, which is to investigate by the best
Engineering Talent employed SPECIALLY in the
interest of this Company the real merits and value
OF Mining properties. The public can rely upon
the assurance given by this Company, that every
Company's endorsement, will have received the
sanction of its Board, based upon reports of their
own employed Engineers, from personal examina-
ton OF the same and investment in such properties
can be made with safety and reasonable certainty
OF success. The names of its Officers and Trustees
guarantee that it will do what it undertakes In an
honorable and trustworthy manner.
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FOREIGN PORTS.

At MADEIRA Jan %, brig A G Jewett, Nickerson
from Philadelphia.
Ar at Naples prev to 18th inst, barque Alaska
Perry New York.
Ar at Nantes prev to 18th inst sch Jennie Gil.
key. Gilkey, Reunion.
Sid I'm Antwerp 18th inst ship Cora Coombs for
Kong Kong.
Ar at Havre 18th inst, ship Hermon, Hamilton
San Francisco
Arat Flushing Jan Goth, Kingsport, Duff, Port.
lard.
Ar at Glasgow 18th inst, barque Jennie Hardness
Amesbury, st John, NIB.
Ar at Carthagena Jan %, sch Annie L Palmer
Lewis New York.
At Nuevitas Jan 20, sch Olive Crosby, Hutchin.
son, for New York, ldg.
Ar at Nassau, Mp, Jan 80, sch Maud, Robinson,
New York.
Sid I'm Halifax 18th, brig Stockton. Allen, for
Demarara.
Cid at st john NIB 18th inst sch Emma Crosby,
Crosby. New York; 18th, Nettie B Dobbn Falk-
inyham. do. 7. r McNieholq Eopolpo do
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Mining Sf0cka

Daily Domestic Receipts.
By wafer conveyance-1OOO bush Cornmeal to q
w. True & Co. W. ~
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Foreign Imports.
LIVERPOOL. ENG. Steamer Brooklyn-67 bales
pape waste to E A True g. Co, 81 bales empty bags
to D Torrance & Co. -e
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THE SOU rHEas CENSUS.

There seems every reason to believe that
the census Of the Southern States will have
to be taken again. The proofs of fraud IN
the enumeration are so numerous that the
Census Bureau cannot possibly accept the
returns. The most astonishing increase OF
population is ascribed to States and dis
tricts which have been VIGOROUSLY stagnant
or declining during the past ten years.
Take, for example, the case of Virginia.
From 1900 to 1870 the gain of population
in that State was 423, sos, that is, In
seventy years. 1t is wei known that the
fertility of Virginia las long since been
exhausted by the cultivation of tobacco.
There has been no immigration thither
since the close of the rebellion. Yet &C.
cording to the recent enumeration it has
gained 374, S37 during the last ten years,
which is to say that the population of this
decaying and unprosperons State has
increased faster than that of Min
nesota and Nebraska, which are young
States, offering every attraction to the i'm
migrant. Misunderstanding to Virginia relate
also to the whole South. We know that
there has been an exodus of negroes from
several of those States, but assuredly there
has been no immigration of other settlers
during the past decade. They have all
been in comatose state, the possibility Of
returning prosperity being in all OF them
seriously hampsred by the unstable condi-
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A GOVERNMENT FOR ALASKA.

The New York Tribune publishes an
interesting letter from Walker Blaine,
son of Senator Blaine, on the need of some
kind of government for Alaska. This
need has been pointed out before, and the
RECORD UNION has several times called at
tention to it in the past, but nothing has
yet been done to remedy the omission, and
therefore it is necessary to urge the matter
further Mr. Blaine says: sit is most
surprising fact that there are to-day
sonly two laws in force in Alaska-one the
revenue laws for the collection of custom
dues and the prevention of smuggling,
''and the second prohibiting the Importation
:" of liquor into the Territory. There is no
law in the Territory by which debt
''may be collected, property attached, a
e thief arrested, murderer punished, or
"a warrant issued. There IS not a soldier,
ga sailor, or law officer of the Govern
''ment within the Territorial borders. En-
"terprise stagnates in acountry where there
''are no legal means for enforcing the pay
"ment of money, and no lawful method
q for redressing wrongs to person
"or property. The Government guaran-
:" tees to its citizens free enjoyment of life
g and property, and leaves the guaran-
teed security to depend upon the peace
"a able disposition of Indian tribes, and the
honesty of the civilized inhabitants. +"
This is certainly an extraordinary state of
affairs to exist in Territory of the United
States, and though it may be alleged that
the population of Alaska has hitherto been
too sparse to warrant the establishment of
regular Territorial Government, it is evil
dent that some steps ought to have been
taken to secure the preservation of order,
and to defend life and property. Mr..
Blaine indeed points out that it would be
quite sufficient if the Collector of Sitka
was given some judicial and administrative
powers, and if small revenue cutter was
placed at his disposal, to pursue and keep
in order troublesome Indians. 1t APP
pears that there are in Alaska altogether
something like $4,000 inhabitants, mostly
Indians. Thus far very little COM
merce or industry has been de-
veloped there, but there are con-
siderable natural resources in the Ter
itory. and as the climate is really by no
means so severe as has been commonly re-
ported, it cannot be doubted that event.
ually it will secure considerable popu-
lation and fair share of trade. There
are at least fifteen hundred white persons
now living there, and they urgently need
some kind of government, even for business
purposes. There is no need to GO to any
expense in the matter, the few officials
now compelled to live at Sitka being amply
competent to attend to all the administra-
tive and judicial business of the Territory,
if they possessed the authority to act. II
is to be hoped that this matter will not be
neglected any longer by the Government
and since it does not require an appropria
ton of any consequence, there should bs
no opposition in Congress. In any event
the United States are in duty bound K
provide the government solicited, and OBJ
jections therefore are not in order.