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ALASKA.
News from sftka.

VICTORIA (B. c. }, March 23d.-The steamer
Eureka, from Sitka, arrived at Departure
Bay at IL a. NJ bringing the following ad-
vices:
HARRISBURG, March 17th.-The steamship
Eureka arrived here this morning and landed
large quantity of freight, and then steamed
over to Douglass Island and landed quartz
mill for Mr.. Treadwell, who has large gang
of men at work getting things cleared away
and making ready for putting up the mill.
We have had considerable fall of snow
this past month. There is at present about
thirty feet of snow up in the mountains. At
the mines it has been blowing gale from the
north for the last week, and the weather is
quite cold at present.
Fuller has struck the ledge in the House
mine, after running q tunnel in 100 feet. He
has cut in on the ledge eleven feet, and has
not found the opposite wall. The ore looks
well, and shows free gold all through. Every.
body in the camp is feeling iubilant over the
rich prospects. The only thing we are in
need of now to make this one of the most
prosperous mining camps on the Pacific coast
is civil government, law and justice, so that
capital will have some protection. If Con.
gress think they can't afford it, we would
suggest that the Territory be given back to
the Russians.
SIrKA, March 14th.-The mail steamer
Eureka arrived yesterday. She encountered
a very heavy gale from the northward on the
12sh instant. In crossing Christians Sound
the sea washed completely over the ship for
four hours. She brings a very large amount
OF freight and full list Of passengers,
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LEOPoLD's ANNUITY.

Mr.. Gladstone's motion for an additional
fl0, 900 year for Prince Leopold, on the
strength of his marriage, was agreed to by
the House of Commons by remarkably
large majority. The vote is reported as
3S7 to AZ, which would seem to indicate
either that the Radicals have been losing
faith in their own principles, or that the
late attempt on the Queens life has rem
dered it inprudent to manifest open
dislike to a member of the royal family.
One Radical member. Samuel Sterry, of
Sunderland, did object "to spending the
public money for the support of titled
"idleness !" and really it would not be
easy to put the objections to the motion
more tersely and forcibly. For that is pre-
cisely why the English people are justified
in opposing all such grants. 1t is spend.
ing the public money for the support Of
titled idleness. Why, in the name of all
that is reasonable, should Prince Leopold
and his wife be entitled to claim part of
the earnings of every English workingman
and farmer and manufacturer and trades.
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THE ANrI.poLYGkNY ELL

The President has signed the anti.
polygamy bill, and it is therefore useless
for the Mormons to think Of fighting it
any longer, unless they are prepared to
take the consequences of defying the
whole power OF the United States. 1t is,
however, to be expected that they will put
as many obstacles as possible in its way,
and it remains to be seen whether they
can effectually neutraEze it. It is always
best not to give way 70 enthusiasm over
the enactment of new laws embodyiug un-
tried principles, for in these eases failure
is at least as much to be expected as sue
cess. 1t seems positive that the new law
will at least drive the polygamists out of
politics, and that may mean great deal
more than appears on the surface. That it
will at once result in the bresking up of
polygamous households it would be rash TO
expect, however. 1t is impossible TO make
a practice which is agreeable TO the opin-
ions of a community, disgraceful by stat.
uLCf IOi "aAA NhAOA4AH vi SLdtulOIY Dtu'
alties produce any further effect than to
cause the victims of the law to be regarded
as martyrs. But the loss of political power
exposes the Mormon Church to intestine
as well as external assaults, and political
power has hitherto formed so large an ele.
ment in its controlling forces that it may
be questioned whether il can do without
it. II it cannot, we may be sure that a
way will be found to get rid of polygamy,
even if another revelation is required for
that purpose. For some time, however,
the new law will perhaps not appear to
produce much change in the situation.
Six months hence it will be time enough to
review its operation for the purpose of
ascertaining what it has accomplished.
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BLAINE AS cAssAEDRA.

Blaine is at present prophesying all
manner of dreadful things to happen to
Peru because his remarkable policy in
regard to that country was not carried
out. He sardonically points to what
Chile is doing, and confidently asserts that
England is to share with her the plumber
of the victim. We cannot agree with Mr..
Blaine that the disasters of which he
speaks ale in sight, or even threatened,
but what is most curious in his letter is
the assumption that he could have pre-.
vented Chile from having her own way
with Peru, by exercising the moral
power" of the United States. We wish
Mr.. Blaine could be induced to define this
moral power. Ia what does it consist :?
Does he believe that Chile would have
abandoned her policy of aggrandizement
merely because she could not resist the
force of Mr. Blaine's argument? Or does
he think any country possesses any IL
huence abroad which does not rest ulti.
mately upon its military and naval power?
1t is not enough that country is popu.
lous, that it is rich, that it is enlightened.
In order to impress itself upon others it
must have shown that it is prepared to
support it's ultimate decisions with gun
powder and iron. Now Chile has known
from the first that the recommends.
tions of the United States had no
backing that there were no fleets or
armies behind them. Mr.. Blaine remarks
that "the United States are too big to
"make war upon Chile" which may be
the case; but they are certainly not too
big to get whipped by Chile, notwithstand-
ing her diminutive proportions, so | ne as
she has powerful ironclads and naval
artillery. and the United States possesses
neither. And because this is true Mr..
Blaine's policy would beyond any rational
question have broken down at the first
serious strain. Chile would have refused
to be bullied, and then nothing would have
been left for the United States but to back
down. 1t was the misfortune of Mr..
Blaines foreign policy that it demanded in
all the foreign powers condition of
passive acquiescence which never can be
counted upon, and least of all when a
power which is destitute of coercive instru-
mentalities tries to enact the blusterer
MIR. Blaine never frightened anybody, and
certainly not Chile, and it is very evident
that if he had remained in Office another
month he would have been forced to
recede, in the most notifying manner,
from positions which were never tenable.
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wolseley's apprehension is that if England

Wolseley's apprehension is, that if England
was SO careless as to allow herself to be
invaded by the Channel Tunnel, she would
deserve to be invaded. Moltke is said to
have remarked in this connection that he
himself had devised five distinct plans for
the invasion Of England; shut, he added,
after pause, 81 have never been able to
devise single plan for getting ont of the
country afterwards. Apparently, there
fore, he is disposed to think that any
invader Of England would be in the posi-.
ton of the man who caught the Tartar,
and who could neither bring his prisoner
along with him, nor so away without him.
This is view which invaders are not apt
to take, they preferring to let the future
look out for itself. Marshal Moltke, how.
ever, has long been accustomed to provide
for every imaginable contingency, and
therefore when ne undertook to plan an
English invasion it would be part of his
work to show how the withdrawal could
be effected. According to him it could not
be effected at all, and it follows that unless
the invading army was uniformly vicso-
rious it must be completely destroyed in
the end.
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THE RAILROAD TAX ooMPRon1ss.

The Supervisors of Sacramento county
yesterday agreed to accept the sixty per
cent. compromise on the railroad taxes,
offered by the Central Pacific Company.
This action is undoubtedly the wisest the
Supervisors could have taken under the
circumstances. The railroad company has
been fighting most VIGOROUSLY iniqui-
tous assessment, made by the State Board
of Equalization, and it has 80 strong a case
as against the irresponsible course OF the
latter organization that if the county
Supervisors had declined to compromise
the probability is they would have had to
wait a long time for the money. AS
regards the interests of the county there
caI be no doubt that they are fully con-
served by the payment of sixty per cent.
of the State taxes, for as the assessment
was about hundred and fifty per cent. too
high, reduction of forty per cent. still
leaves very heavy tax TO collect.
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TIE BEST PAPER.

The WEEKLY UNION for IS52 viii be found to be
decidedly the best AID most desirable paper issued
among all the wcekles OF the coast 1t is sent out
in two sheets each of eight pages-one on Wednes
DAYS and one On saturdays It therefore goes to its
readers oftener than the cid style of weekly journal,
and its news is fresher, and very nearly on leve',
point Of tine, for country readers with the usual
daily paper It has 40 equalin this State or n the
COST as a journal adapted TO all the demands
on . newspaper for the family, the street,
the Office and the shop. The WEEKLY UNION
has departments specially edited, OF variety,
fullness and great value, agricultural, mar,
ket and stock reports Eastern and home kilograms,
homo and foreign correspondence, serials, general
miscellany, the household, puzzlers' department,
mining news, State and coast news, etc. In add
tlon are the editorials discussing all topics Of public
concern in = scholarly, able and uneaualed manner
fer fairness and fearlessness, aud also the regular
department. Of reviews and notices of the new books
and publications Of the disg. The WEEKIT UNION is
mailed Tor . 80 per year to any address.
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TIE DEATH OF LoEePsLLow.

The telegraph announces the death of the
poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, at
the ripe age of 70. He had attained
worldwide fame, and his melodious verses
were familiar in our mouths as household
words" No purer poet ever wrote, and
his life was as stainless as his song. He
had for nearly the period of two genera.
tions been connecting link between the
literary republics of the Old and New
Worlds, and everywhere his name was
greeted with respect and admiration. A
perfectly simple gentleman, he bore his
honors meekly and without apparent con-
seriousness, aud SO rounded out benefcent
life as to render the final closing of it a
matter Of comparatively small concern, it
was throughout so filed with excellences.
Of his poetry, and his literary position,
we will take an early opportunity to speak
more in detail.
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TIE CHARMED TUNNEL SCARE.

General Wolseleys Vaccinations about
the Channel Tunnel have led to the publ.
cation of a new story, after the Battle
"of Dorking" style, entitled "How John
"Bull Lost London" In this story the
French are supposed to send large num-
Dor Of soldiers, disguised as tourists,
through the tunnel one summer evening
Arrived at Dover, they are furnished with
arms at midnight from French vessel
lying there. They then seize the mouth
of the tunnel and fortify it, and success
fully resist the attacks of the Dover gar
rison, while six hundred thousand French
troops are pouring throughit. A dynamite
battery has been arranged to blow up the
tunnel in case of any danger, but it is SO
long since it has been examined that it has
got out of order, and when an attempt is
made to explode it, the wires refuse to
work So the French and their army
arrive safely, and having defeated General
Wolseley at Guilford, march upon London
and take it. It will be observed that in
order to make this story in the least degree
plausible it is necessary to suppose that all
the English precautions prove abortive.
that handful of French soldiers are able
to hold the mouth of the tunnel for several
hours against all corners, and that the French
army is permitted to form without moles.
tation, and to march some distance into
the country before battle is offered to it.
No doubt it is always possible that mines
may refuse to explode at critical junctures,
but it is to be presumed that if England
built Channel tunnel she would
take such measures to keep her
end of it in her own possession
that no sudden assault could
wrest it from her. Marshal Moltke evil
IDENTIFY does not agree with General Wolse-
ley as to the practically of invading
England by the tunnel. He is said to have
observed when it was related to him 1t
"would be about as practical to invade
" England by that door" pointing to the
door of the room. This would seem to be
the commonsense view of the matter also,
and all that can be said for General
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UP AND DOWN THE SLOPES.

At last accounts there was about five
feet of snow on level in the streets of
Hamilton.
The snow in Carson valley. at and above
Genoa, was about two feet deep on the
average last Friday.
The rainfall at Napa, as indicated by the
asylum rain gauge, has been about eighteen
inches thus far this season.
The White Pine Ne,os reports new
and important strike of rich ore in the
Star mine on the 270 level.
Mrs. F. A. Graham, of Plymouth, ILL.,,
wishes to know where her brother, John
Landson, is. When she last heard from
him he was at Etna Mills, Siskiyou county,
Cal.
Storey county calls for s406. 600 assess-
ments this month Lincoln county, $780,.
900; White Pine county, SAT, 1000, and
Elko county, $4,000, making q total of
s5ls, 800.
In Paradise the mines that are being
worked are looking well. especially the
Live Yankee big Nick's mine). 1t is now
producing more and better ore than ever
before. The Bullion mill has just COM
menced to crush ore from it, and expects to
run from 300 TO 500 tons.
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man and professional man, By what

man and professional man. By what
mysterious right do they demand this
tribute? They never have performed. and
never will perform, any service to the
country. They are In no respect superior
beings to millions of those who are to be
taxed for their support. They have, in fact,
no rational title whatever to be supported
by the English people, and yet Parlia.
ment, almost without murmur, de-
iberately squanders $50, 600 year of the
public funds upon this utterly useless
and idle couple. 1t is the contemplation
of abuses such as this that breeds the
revolutionary temper. The man of clear
mind cannot see his way to approval Of
these acts of literal spoliation, for that is
what they really are. 1t is not even a
question of the support of the Grown, but
of number of butterfly Prineelings and
their mates, all of whom are saddled upon
the people OF England, though it is noto-
rious that the Queen herself possesses
"cesAti SohiSiShS w ElOHiuO iOl GA
her children in the most splendid manner.
This provision for al her children indeed
has become very heavy burden upon the
country, and as every time child is born
to the married couples fresh grant is
asked for, and as the race is very prolific,
it is impossible to set limit to the de-
mands upon the treasury. But the more
titled idleness" is thus imposed as
charge upon the English people. the deeper
will grow the dissatisfaction with the
whole regal machinery. During the
Queens life this feeling will probably
remain in allegiance, but when she dies,
and Albert Edward takes her place, free
rein will be given to criticism, and the
statements which Sir Charles Dixie has
already made in the House of Commons
will be brought forward again with more
serious purpose to get some reforms accom-
plished 1t is not to be believed that the
people, with the ballot il their hands, will
much longer consent to be taxed without
their leave being asked, for the support
"of titled idleness.'
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Commander Rearsop, u. s. N, has ar.
rived. be will relieve Commander Glsse. OF
the United States steamer Wachusests, who
goes to San Francisco tomorrow.
We had very hesvy gale yesterday after.
noon from the north. The Wschusetts.
which was anchored in the west harbor, re-
pairing her boilers. dragged her anchors, and
was very close to the rocks when the Eureka
went to her aid snd towed her off to q safe
anchorage
The ci!izsns of Alaska regret very much
the departure of Commander Glass, for he
has beeh perfect success in handling the
Indians
Miss Grate-o Ksshwaroff died on the 18th
day. W.
WRANGELL March lssh-Ths times ara
oesinning q look somewhat livelier. We
have hsd three steamers this month besides
man-ot-war. TIE town is alive with
miners, some of them getting ready 10 90 mn
the Stickeen river ca the ice. bus The major
ity are going up to. Harrisburg when the
snow Inelts
The Eureka handed party Of thirteen man
on Kanssmow Islsnd, where the n 7rthwest
Trading Company are establis. lag lsrce oil
works. The steamer slso landed about 100
tons OF material At Klawsqk, for the purpose
OF salmon cAnnsry.
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PASSENGER LISTS.

NEwHALL, March 24th.-Passed here to-
day, to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow /:
D. G. Sco6eld, r. S. Mcpherson. A. y
Bowie, Seth Daily, William G. Lebac. G, B
Howard, W. J. Fisher, John Hayel, John
Roder, M. j. Harley, j. V. Comfort, J. d.
Thompson, A. M. Salingl, NJ. Z Komph,
Jasper Mcdonald, M. B. Stone, San Fran.
Truckee; M. d. O'Brien, e. G. Mix and
wife, New York; Mrs. s. A. THOMPSON.
Albany. Or; L. Gildmacher, wife and chill.
dren, M. Reinhaus. Santa Ana; Alfred
Greenough. Boston; Frank w. Mitchell,
Sacramento; Thomas Williams, Oakland |:
Arthur Orr and wife, j. W. Taber. Chicago !:
Adams Earl and wife, Mrs. l.. G. Earl. La.
fayette, Ind; n. Meyers, Tombstone ID.
L Capples, Philadelphia J.. Hoser, Alfred
Eaton, San Francisco.
OMAHA, March 24th.-Left here to-day, to
arrive In Sacramento March 2Ssh: Mrs. L.
G. Price. Galesburg, ILL.,; N Roy, Chicago !;
John l.. Wilson. Charlottesville, Ind; G. 8.
Voorhees,, Terre Haute, Ind; o. F. Siles,
Portland, Or; jerome Holman. Utica. N.
Y; Mrs. ii. e. Kendall, Milwaukee; Sam.
Winston, Indianapolis
KANSAS CITY (Mo.), March 24th.-Passed
Topeka to-day, to arrive in San Francisco
March 3Oth: 81. 81. Hersey, G. q. Utrsy,
Ottawa Kan; K. e. Burdick, Philadelphia;
J. Barker and wife, Toronto, Canada; 1. Il.
Broyles, San Francisco; j. N. Ring, ShaDg-
hal, China.
CARBM. March 24th.-Left here to-day,
to arrive in Sacramento tomorrow: G. M.
Josslyn, San Francisco; James McCaddep,
Vallejo f. II. Becks, Auburn, N. Y; e.
Cookingham, Albany. N. Y; A. S. Freund,
Leopold Goodman. James r. Mckee, New
York city G. Weise. Denver, Col; S. B.
White, Auburn, Cal; Julius Fuedland. Den
yer, Col JOHN Slyes, Omaha J. E. Filter,
wife and child, Minnesota n emigrant pas
sengers, including Sc males, to arrive in Sac
ramento March 18th.
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zH1s 1oExIgG's EBEB

IN New York Government bonds are quoted at
1ls4 ior 50 OF 1897 I4I for 43s; 1o1 for aAs; ster
hing, 81 e7@g4 so: silver ba,s 1lS5
silver IL London, sd; coneols, 1ol SID; per
cant United States bonds, extended, IG41 49, lI94
a., 1861
IN San Francisco hall dollars arc quoted al dis
count to par; Mexican dollars 90@9ol cents
The Sierra Nevada Mining Company have levied
an assessment OF 81 per share.
Mining stocks were in light request a San Fran
cisco Yesterday, ana prices showed but lite change
from Thursday Some Of the COmstocks were a
Little higher and others little lower.
JOHN l. Neyling was hanged at Clearfeld, Pa,
yesterday.
The Sunday law cases in San Francisco were con-
tinued yesterday for one month.
Advices from Alaska to March nth are given iu
our coast dispatches this morning.
The jury in the Boyce Settles murder case at Santa
Cruz disa. reed, and were discharged.
The Tularc county Supervisors have refused to
reduce the railroad assessment.
The execution Of Edgar Frank Small for the muir
der Of Nicholas Jacoby, took place yesterday at
Pittsburg, Pc.
For the murder of his daughter, Wm. Heiiwagen
was hanged Yesterday al Rock Island, I'll.
Jonathan MAR paid the death penalty yesterday
at M5dleburg, Pa, fer the murder Of John and
Gretchen Kuentzler.
st Angelica, n. Y, yesterday, John C. Mccarthy
was executed for the murder Of Patrick MacksY
Henry W Longfei,oe, the poet, died yesterday.
Fire at san Frauci CO a,so at Macarthur, o, and
n Cleveland
The French Senate has adopted the primary edu.
cation bill without amendment.
Frank and Henry Rumbarr were hanged upon one
sc-,d al Harrisburg, Pa, yes.erlay, for the muir
der Of Daniel Treutman.
During the past seven days l15 business failures
occurred in the United States.
George Z. Land, County Treasurer at Exeter, Y.
II, is a defaulter in the sum # SIS 600.
The Seer tary OF War has Issued special order
discharging Cadet Whitaker from the Military
Academy.
Rear Admiral Gustayus Scott, United states Navy
retired, is dead.
Dr. -. h. Stone. ore Of tho wsa,thiest citizens Of
San jose, DIED in that city Thursday night.
The protocol providing for the surrender OF Iii to
China has been signed at Tashbind
The Chinese bill was last night delivered to the
President, and now only awaits MS signature to be-
come law.
The jury at Deadwoo3, D. 7, have found Cow
Dog guilty Of the murder Of Spotted Tail.
Secretary Hunt mas received another letter from
Engineer Melville, dated Yakutsk, Eastern Siberia,
January 30, which viii be found 10 our Geographic
columns this morning.
Reports from Yicksburg state that the water is
reoedng rapidly, and that planting VIII soon begin.
ea-a4or Teller n Colora5n Kill he nominated for
Secretary of the Interior next Tues LAY.
SIX deaths from smallpox occurred at Chicago
yesterday, ard eis hit new cases were reported
Cur readers are presented this morning with
likeness Of General Skobelyf, who lately Gated
such a sensation in Europe.
The inside pages of to days RrcoaD- UsIos are
filled with useful and entertaining reading matter,
to which attention is called.
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a CLEAN OF HUMANITY.

1t seems that the Gar has had brief
moment of human feeling in regard to the
Jews, he having refused to sign the
changes in the laws recommended, as be-
ing vindictive and unjust. 1t takes long
time to move Gar, no doubt, and it is
even possible that he has not heard until
now of any cruelties being practiced to.
wards the Jews. If, however, he has de.
termined to oppose himself to the popular
feeling of his people in this connection, he
will need more frmness than his behavior
respecting the Nihilists appears to indicate
his possession of. Jew-baiting in Russia
has been adopted as national amusement,
and whoever interferes with it must expect
to be raped over the knuckles.