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4 CORRUPTION IN. ALASKA. More Light on the Famous Fur Company. (U-SECRBTARIES OF THE TREASURY INVOLVED Startling Extracts from Offi- cial Documents. Sites MONOPOLISTS AND FORTUNE-MAKING, New Yor«, March 18, 1876, To tar Eviror ov rue HeRALD:— “The milis of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly sure,’ and with the evildoer, whatever his etation or crime, expesure, disgrace and punishment is a mere question of time. While the terrible story of Beiknap's downfall must muke every lover of his country blush with shame, there can be no regret ata discovery which is certain to have a grand moral effect. It is the immunity from punishment which leads to the inerease of crime. Now that we haye touched 4 sink of corruption let us probe it to the bottom, re- | gardless of seutiment and of persons, and let it at least be suid of us that we are not ashamed to expose the faults of our government or, deterred by the foolish fear of bringing disgrace on the vational name from dragging into the tight the crimes of our officials and properly punishing them. We ure standing merely on the threshold, and the preservation of our honor as ® nation demands that we should not shrink from the gad but imperative duty before us. ‘The Hexatp of January 20 ult. contained the follow- fog editorial:— CORRUPTION IN ALASKA. The documents quoted trow and commented on in an | article in our uews columns carry such implications on. | the character of Ligh public officers as cannot escape the notice and investigation of Congress, General O. ©. Howard, commanding the Department of Columbia, went on a tour of inspection to Alaska last summer, and in his report to the Sceretary of War he makes revelation of facts which, if substantiated, imust dam- age the reputation of Sr, Boutwell aud Mr, Richardson, late Secretaries of the Treasury, aud some persons Who tood in nearer relations to the White House The sub- r a monopoly of the fur trade to the Alaska Commercial Company for a 000, although a responsible combination cisco lirms had bid Let the fullest light be poured on this trans- of San Frat « It is proposed in this letter to pour some light on this transaction, The statements here made are derived from the best sources, namely, official documents, and the evidence of and interviews had with the parties who were literally robbed of their rights. But first, a few words as to the parties holding the lease. whe fol- lowing account is condensed trom apamphiet published | © in 1875, by the Auti-Monopoly Association of th ifle Coast:—“The wrong that has been done 1s so great, the Violation of the privciples of republicanism and the constitution of the United States so flagrant, and the corruption that has been connected with this disgrace- ful affuirso glaring, that were the circumstances as well known throughout America as they are to peoplo on the Pacific coast, it would have been struck down long ago and would have shared the fate of the Crédit Mobilier. Previous to its purchase by the United States the Russo-American Company held undisputed sway over Alaska, At the time of the transfer the company had @ large amouut of property which had to be sold, and Prince Maksoutof was intrasted with The purchasers were Hutchinson, Kohl & Co., who are now stockboiders of the Alaska Commercial Com- pany. The accounts of the Russian Company being somewhat obscure to the Americans, Prince Maksoutof | claimed nearly ali the government buildings as compauy property, and aelivered them | to Hutchinson, Kohl & Co, and thus the government had frequently to buy back what already belonged to it. These things happened during the years 1867 and 1863. Hutchinson, Kohl & Co.’s steamer, Filetiter, which was an English vessel, was fraudulently brought under the American flig, under the assistance of Collector Dodge, at Sitka, for which she has since been con- | Giscated by the goverument. Hutchinson, Kohl & Co., aiming to monopolize the entire Territory of Alaska, and being unable by fair means to crush the otber traders engaged in the Territory, resorted to corrup- tion, and it was principally through the assistance of the United States revenue officers that this was | accomplished, The most zealous revenue officials in | Dadge, Collector at Sitka; | Samuel Falconer, Acting Collector at Sitka, afterward | their favor were W. 5. in the employ of Hutchinson, Koht & Co.; H. H. McIntyre, special agent of the Treasury Department, how (1875) general agent of Hutchinson, Kobi & Co., or the Alaska Commercial Company; William Kassus, | ), Collector of Sitka, afterward general agent ot futenin: ton, Kohl & Co., or the Alaska Commercial Company; General Jobu Miller, Collector of San Francisco, now President of the Alaska Commercial Company, and aeveral others, With their aid Hutchinson, Konl & Co. managed to break up all enterprises advegse to them and to ruin owners and shareholders. ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS Cases is that of thi 1869, was seized by Collector Falconer at Sitka ai was’ sent back to San Francikco in charge of a lew. teuant of the revenue cutter Reliance. She arrived 2 | San Franeieco April 18, the case was heard in the Dis- trict Court on April 20 and at once dismissed, days later the good ship was again on Alutka. ‘The d and a few her way to nage done to the owners by this little trick was estimated by outsidérs at at least $100,000, and the former commenced suit against the govern: Ment for double that amount. This litte affair broke Mr. coner’s back; he lost his position, but he at once received a profitable situation with Hutchinson, Kohl & Co, as a rewwrd for his services, The cases of the General Harney, the steamer John L. Stephens, the Lewis Perry, the’ Alaska, and other vessels, were all ofa similar kind, and against none of them could a case be made out. But while. Hutchinson, Kob! & Co. always scot free it must n disturbed holds never cont “ys a Saupted in the faces of which they enjoyed. Var space permits us not to refer to all cases and in- cideuts which we have recorded in connection with these matters, but we will briefly relate one occurrence which particularly iilustrates to what members of the firm ef Hutchinson, Koll & Co, stooped to injure those who traded ip Alaska. In the spring of 1868 the steamer Constantine, be- longing to Hutchinson, Kohl & Co, sailed trom Sitki to Victoria, carryiug a number of passengers and som freight, among the latter several lots of turs belonging to traders at Sitka, When the steamer reached Plumper Pass, not far from Victoria, she struck upon a rock and knocked a hole im her bottom, but sustarned no serious damage, as she lay ia a calm, river like channel, high out of the water, and had settled down on the reefon an even Keet and in position, The passengers, some of whom were ned on board till « from Victoria, The ship, too, was bauk alter a few days. and she w But some oi the members of Hutchinson, Kohl & Co., 0 had bech on board, and who were now in Victoria, rted that most of the freight, and especially the skins, which had a value of sbout 100 to $10,000, had been lost, and, in spite of numerous protests of the owners, asserted that nothing had been saved. Mr. D. ships went that their un y of the contraband munition and liquor ¢, and they openly jr rivals the advantages al thei Sebirpser, who bad shipped a lot of tive skins, and who bad come down on the Constantine, in vain appealed to Captain Koll, Mr. Huteninson and’ Mr. Boseoviteh, all members of the tirm, and finally gave up all hope of recovering his property. day, when Mr. Schirpser managed to get into of Mr. Bo Nad a tobaceo his casks and packages of jure, still having bis name on them, stowed away onder a shed. Mr. Schirpecr had Mr Hoetebinson immediately arrested, who had to give bonds to the amount of $10,000; but he afterward con- cluded tw have the case brought before the courts of Ban Francisco; and while he wason his way down, Boscoviteh telegraphed to the company, and they im- mediately settied with Mr. Martin (partner of Mr. Sebirpser, in San Francisco), who bad heard of the ereck, but knew no details, jor about one-quarter of he value of the skins, and when Mr, schirpser binseif arrived he found his Way to justice cut off. . Tu 1868 it became evident that Hutchiason, Kobi & Co. not ofly controlied the revenue officers in Alaska and the collector of the port of San Francisco, woo is now President of the Alaska Commercial Company, but that they also guined a great influence Washi ; that deop games were being played in the Bational Capitol, and that the Executive and Treasury Depart $ Were discriminating in their favor goon it was reported that the Fur Seal Isian Wo be ed to them, to the exclusion of everybody tise. July 1, 1870, Congress passed an act entitled, n to prevent the extermination of fur-bearing in Alaska.” SIGNIFICANT CORRESPONDENCE, 2d of July the then Secretary of the Treasury, I, addressed a letter to Mr. Hoar, the Attorney wo Which be sai @ Commercial Company, m the provisions of the bill ct reporting « that their comp other part, Bo Es 32 ql i ake ‘iMon! i » aud thet i? sto hi it is the duty of the Secre: i i 00 for the sume | the business. | Tt was also about this time that | ship Cwsarowitch, which oa March 24, | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. | tary of the Treasury, without delay and without public inviting proposals, to immediately enter into & con- 1 with said company. Idesre your opinion upon these ts irt—Doos the bill so designate the Alaska Commercial them precedence or preference of any | | i) other parties, if any ail bave au opportunity to make proposals to the department ¥ 1870, and after bearing arguments, replied :— pon the face of the act, or upon any reas; | ton that Lean give it, no such intention is appa | In order to know that’ the lease which you are t advantage of the United , ascertain whether more favora'le terms for the gov- those offered by the Alaska Company could be Having received this answer, Boutwell advertised under dute of July 8 for bids, and on the 20th the fol- lowing singular memorandum was issued by the Treas. ury Department ;— Orrics or tae Seceetary, July 20, 1870. exclu right t Paul and Saint seals upon the is George, read before the perso sent at the opening of the bids at 12 o'clock noon, July 20, 1870:— Pirt—The successful bidder will be required to deposit yao the amount of $50,000 in law- | ful money or bonds of the United States, for the due execu | tion of contracts, agreeably to “An aet to prevent the exte tion of fur-bearing auimals in Alaska,” approved July | 4, 187 |" Second-—Lt security within three day apparent from the lanj age employed in it was the inte not Congress to Comps ts, D think it proper to stat hat ihe eoutract will be awarde company if thelr proposals shail be not more than ten per cent below that of the highest bidder. Third—No vid will be necepted unless made by a responsi blo party acquainted with the business or skilled in kindred pursuits to such an extent as to render it probable that the contract will be so executed as to secure the results coutem~ ted by the lease, being esald that xive a prete award of their the bids are opene: GOLDSTONE’S ID. There were fourteen vid it of which were either rejected or withdrawn, The lowest was that of the Alaska Commercial Company (being Hutchison, Kobl & Co, enlarged), and the highest that of Louis Gold. | stone, as follows:— Jury 20, 1870, gned, an Am: rican citizen, residing at the pthe Stare of California, a ty ing and the to on nit following — pr engage in the the islands of of an taking St. George t y of Alaska, for aterm of twenty years trom St. Paul itor of May, 187 provisions of the act of Congress entitled “An The extermination of fur Vewriny animals proved July 1, 1870, and of the notice tor p Alb ary of the Treasury, to wit d firms propose to pay to tho e the annintl rental of $50,000, hi fur seat skin taken c id fi , provided in the sixth section 4 + of $100,000, to be paid ia ments of 94,) OL each and every year of said lease, | 2. A bonus of cents apiece on the skins that shall be | { tuken aud shipped of such fur seals as may be killed under | “"[Nore.—Under this proposal if 10 1,009 sl | ing the | "For such oll as may be made from the carcasses of the | seals killed the sum of 55 cents per gallon, [Nore renss is estimated to furnish two gallons | of oil. 2,000 avimals should be killea per annum, and the oil obtained from all of th the total amoun hue to the governie, ¢ from this Item would be $110,00 per | unum, or $2,200,000 for the term uf the lease.) ‘4. Jn’addition to the foregoing proposals the said compa: nies und finns propese to build suitable schoolbouses and to | fupport and inasntain pruper schools tur te education of the | natives in cach of suid islands and to el house ¢ Islond of Rt. the wuthority ott Joeated either at 5 jd the foregoing pro] ls be accep! firms are ren to give bom y be required by the Seeretary d siatthey will prom, tly entor mt deposit, give bonds and comply in all re- ofthe lawand the requirements MIS GOLDSTON .C,, July 20, 1870. anes ble fojlow- seals in Aluskain | sions of the pproved Juiv 1, event tue termination of fur. and pursuant to the terms of the advertise Secretary of tne Treasury tereto attached (advertisement of July 8). uid company will pay to the United States a rent of Bishop 0 kaor San Fras itl make the ets with the provision of the Secretury of the x—The Alaska Comm I for the privilege OF taking $65,000 pee sunum fur twenty years from May 1, | ante, ins addition. thereto. will furnish to the ‘inhabitants of the islands of St. FP and St. George, In Alaska, iree of charge, each 0 dried salmon, sixty cords of firewood aud quantity of salt wu Hecessary supply of meat he Al-utian Island ‘& number of barrels tor pret der that th e agrees to supply to th Jeet off anda sutlicient number of seal with bouts, aud # sufficient quantity of eto supply them with waterproot gar- y cots pan exch year 20) bur skins to supply the sinews and memb: | ments free of charge. ; ‘said company also agrees to maintain the schools at suid inland, a Feauired Uy the Secretary of Trousury, and asrecs to comply strictly with all the requirements ot the law and reguiations of the Treusury Department in th | and give approved security for its und i | half” And said company hereby offer tiiin the trae ini ¢ premise: this 0 pay States the full party and comply with tue law and | regulations all the security required. | ‘OHN F. MILLER, | President Aluska Commercial Company. Hon, Groncr 8. BovTWxLt, Secretary of the Treusury. |. (The American Russian Company afterward with- | drew trom Goldstone’s bid.) The great discrepancy be- tween these two bids is apparent. The Alaska Com pany became alarmed, and addressed various protests , to the Secretary against the acceptance of Mr. | stone's bid, which elicited the following commun tuon to Hon. Amos Akerman, the Attorney General — ‘Inxasuxy Derartagst, July 26, 1870. Sin—I have the honor to submit herewith and to ask your A apany, in which he protests 1 of the bid made by Louis Goldstone, as the agent of certain , parties in Sau Francisco, [also enclose w copy of the bid | wade by Mr. Goldsteme. These, considered in connection | | with the wet of Congross, will present the question upon | which L desire your opinion, | © If those parts of the bid made by Mr. offers to $2 speci cents per gi each gailou of oil taken from the seals, are in conformity | to law, then his bid is the most xdvantagzous to the govera- | ment of ail that have been made. i Tr, on the other hand, those portions of his bid referred to | 4, then his proposal is loss favorable than | pldstone, in which ry 2 S 3 ¢ = = ortant that the award should be mad 1 have therefore the bi early atiention to this egse us GEO. 8. BOUTWELL, Secretary. BMAX, Attorney General H The Attorney Géneral’s answer, after reciting Mr. | idstone’s vid, 84; You desire my opinion upon the question whether those parts of the bid in which be offers ty pay 68% cents upon ea. h skin in add 2 specitied in the act, and 55 | Je Is my opinion that v the you will guy will permit. fully, sa it ean be ob- the best advantage seeured in the w. proposed by M to do ail that to do som ine statute, is fully warrented | On all the other objections raised by the A! Compapy the Attorney General also decided in Mr. | Goidstone’s lavor. Alter the delivery of this opinion it was everywhere taken for granted that Guidstone would get the lease. So contident was he about it that he carried the lcase in his pocket ready to be signed, and telegraphed to his family that i was “all right.” On July 30 Mr, Goldstone consequently called at the Treasury Oftice for the lease, but.to his utter astonish. | ment and consternation he was injormed that the lease had been awarded to the Alaska Commercial Company on the terms of his own (Goldstone’s) bid. The com- | munication wax made by Acting Secretary William A. | Richardson, whose face In giving the information was | crinmoned with shame. Mr. Boutwoll had secretly lett | for Massachusetts, ! Betore proceeding further let us see what the Alaska Company has done aad what is said of them. In order to stile the iterest that the public took in Alaska, aud to prevent, as much as possible, that the same should be made the object of American en- terprise, the Alaska Commercial Company has always | been very anxious to have Alaska represented as a very undesirable and imbospitable country, without charms of any kind, and its fur trade as throwing off but a limited profit, exhibiting m this respect again the same spirit as ‘the old Ruxsan company. The goverment officiais who in various capacities were sent out from time to time to Alaska, and woo were gencraily won over to private interests belore they even Jett San Francisco or Washington, gave, theretore, al- Ways the most unfavorable accounts of the country; while men whose honor and integrity cannot be doubted represent the country as it is, so far as they Know it, such men as Secretary Seward; Professor Davidson, of screntitic H forwerly Military Governor of Alaska; Vincent Col- yer, and Dr. W. H. Dall, of the United States Coast | Survey. All these distinguished persons speak of the astonish. ing mildness of climate of certain portions o& Alask: of the rankness and luxuriousness of the vegetuti the density and extension of the tmbor lands, of th indications of minerals, of the magnitade of the fur trade and of the incredible abundance of aquatic life, But of the greatest weight are the words of a dis- tinguished officer of the United States Army, General Jenerson C. Davis, commanding the Departnrent of Aluska. He say: Since the declaration of Congres i St, George islands Aas upon them. of the present sutmer, and while engaged tn inv the affairs ot the nativ troops bad perfo; tigmting weil as the manner in which the 1 learned that, under one are guoped oppor ey are compelled to work for those pri | starve; in other words, they are to-da in trade ” as been universally | pretty well understood by the | natives aad traders throughout the country ver the | canoe, or the lai ate with Jands of St. such in the case. These isolated ts ‘aud ¥t. George in Behring Sea, the richest possessions ataral wealth, considering t! ‘small area, on the conti- nent, form the only exceptions, natives are peaceful, honest and ¢ he busin Feited sb acs apr emeatent tay Sa if 4 present com | robbery by au unscrupulous ting 0 Speculators, will ovet | } To this Attorney General Hoar, under date of July 6, | | | | than myself, whether he com accordance with the terms and | © | charge. | scarcely notice them; | she might deiiver him over to the Philistines, , in tne case of Samson's wife, | years of freedom froin matrimomial bondage was suf- | Tepublhican administration has brought upon it, | round and gone entirely democratic. Mayor Henry W. | ity of the Chosen Freebolders, Local questions alone | the royal families visit a foreign country, arriving | for. | the jate: hb pro, —R Brecet Major Gene-al natn Deprtnent 7 Tiatha Secretary of War, Aw S is sayt:—Major Camp bell has frequently reported that through the “Alaska Commerciai Company,” of the modern ty,» are | bemg distributed to the Indians. He says, iu report | ‘A Fort Sill Trader on the Contract of July 17, just received :=— With what are known as Hudson Bay muskets the Ind! are comparatively barmiews, © * © Is will be # very ferent thing, however, If they succeed in arming themselves with modern arms of precision and power. y are touch intelligent than the Indians of the Pial marks id throuybout the coast are uuited by « caste rs call Koeh-won-tons. This wiil enabie them axt unmoers, peaking of President Johnson's countermand- ing is executive order of August 2, 1868, by another of February 20, 1869, he continues-— The result is that arms and ammunition are shipped to Kodiack and Unalaska, of any kind wnd in any quantity, and from there distributed ‘among the varlouy trading posts of the Alaska Commercial Company, 10 be dispoved of a they see fit, A citizon of long standing on this coast writes me:— That the fur company who have leased the seat business from the United States government wake millions of profit, and that their operations are concealed ax much us possible ; that vastly greater numbers are killed annually, more than thetr agreement allows, and that large amounts of bush- money are paid to keep the matter quiet, Now how did the Alaska Company, In the face of the adverse opinions of two Attorney Generals and every priveiple of right and et this lease? The act expressly forbid the leas hold or operated jane ait- met sto | for the use, beneit or advantage, directly or inai- rectly, of any person other than American citizens.’ Stock of the company was held in London aud Leipsic. As long ago as July, 1870, Mr. Fowler, one of the bid- ders, wrote this letter: Wasurxerox, July 26, 1870. Stm—In the exclusion of my vid for the pstioge of tuking fur seals upon the islands of St, Paul and Bt. George, Alaska, you either doubted the truthfulness of the written Statemout I made in answer to your note of the 21st or you have violated the unwurrantable restrictions you imposed onthe bidders on the 20th of July, It will require but « little time to substantiate the statement I (w copy of which ix on record), qualiticutions or fitness to fulfil the itavly to myself and benotieially to 1 can give indore of the ble buy ton, large commere' ines h prepar tire amount of xoverument revenue the bill of July s ior the term of ten years, and to deposit with you (0) in government’ bonds within three days aiter the right to take sealson said islands ts awarded me, Should the contract be awarded to a party bidding more inder your rule oF NOt (pro- ded the bond is sufficient), Ehave n contract isto be awarded to a lo and whieh seems to inst th was conceived in ini- quity and which looks very much as though It would soon be Bord Insin, Yours respectfully, 5 Hon. George 8, Boutweun, ‘Treasury. And the Anti-Monopoly Association, in their pam- hplet, says:— "Secretary of United States 8 4 2 i sagainst members of Congre: the administrat there was an ugly rumor that the brother in-law of the President, Mr. Dent, had been made a | partner of the concern at the eléventh hour. And General Howard, in bis late report, repeats this 1 have given the history of the lease im this lotter, It itis not on its face a history of fraud and corruption, then { confess myself unable to tind an propriate bume for it. STUVIAN D, WIN, BELKNAP AND DELILAH. A REPLY TO IHE COMMUNICATION OF NESTOR, Wasuixeron, March 18, 1876. To tax Epiror or Tuk HERALD;— In your issue of Thursday or Friday of last week there was au article from a Washington correspondent headed, “The Washington Delilah,” in which « makes an upjust and ungeneroas attack on Mrs, Bel- kuap, Which seoms to savor rather of personal bitter- ness than public spirit. Ever since that little affair in the Garden of Eden, when the very first man excused bis sin by Jaying the blame on the woman, men bave been prone to pivad the iufluence of wives as the cause of downiall of husbands, A man tails in business: nothing is said of lis shortcomings, but the extrava- gance of his tumily is cited iu extenuation of that fail- ure; they have urged him on beyond his ability to sulisty their demands—to gratity their unreasonable expenditures, Well, we have become accustomed to such unselfish opinions from the lords of creation, and but converting Mrs, Belkuap | into Delilah seems too tar fetched. First, then, the present Mrs, B, was not the wife who luiled her hus- band to sleep and sheared him of his strength, that | It was a lormer wile who sold (*) him forthe money | which he enjoyed with her—a liberality not mentioned Next, afier the death of the former wife, the two icieut time for Samson to regain, at least, a portion oft his former strength, tugt of which shorn his own locks, and, later, taught the present De- lilah the tonsorial art, and then sweetly to sleep in order to be stripped of his streng! livered over to his enemies—surely a most W tim! Will Ni ir’ please bo kind enough to scatter the clouds wh envelop his would-be brilliant effusion? If so, he will mach oblige LENA. TILDEN FOR PRESIDENT. | At the regular meeting of the Samuel J. Tilden Club, hold in Wagner Hall, West Thirty-sixth street, on Tuesday evening, a preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted alluding to the bigh private and public character and qualifications of Governor Tilden, and requesting the I cratic National Convention to nominate him for the Presid im order to remo’ trom the federal gi ‘ument the just stigma which a NEW JERSEY TOWN ELECTIONS. In the town elections held in the State of New Jersey on Tuesday, Orange, which last year went republican, and which is the home of the only Essex county demo- cratic member of Assombly who pulled through the anti-Catholic ‘0, A. U.’’ simoom of last fall, has swung Egner was re-elected, there being no opposition, as also the entire democratic city ticket. The democrats likewise elect Towu Councilmen in all the wards, giving them complete control of the local government, Among those elected to the Council is Mr. David Dodd, the gep- tleman above referred to, He swept a kas cmaet ward, | The accounts from Camden indicate that there, too, | the democrats made a sweep sufficient to give them cuntrol of the city government. H in Middlesex county the democrats carried a major- | prevailed iu the consideration of voters. FIRE IN A POSTAL CAR. Afew minutes before one o'clock yesterday mora- ing a fire occurred im the Boston postal car, on the New Haven Railroad, as the train in which it was was passing Forty-Ofth street. The flames dostroyed several bags of newspapers, but no part of the mail, ‘They were extinguished by the conductor and brake- men, alter causing a damage of $75. The fre was oc- casioned by an overfiow of ofl from one of the lamps. THE CENTENNIAL CHURCH [From the Philadelphia City Tem.) Shall the churches of this city be kept open on Sun- day during the Centennial? Wesay yes. This ought to be a great year for the Church, and we hope that the clergy Will not desert their posts on account of hot weather, “The boy stood on the burning deck” shoula be their text and stimalus, MORE CHURCHES WANTED FOR THE MRATURX. Now, as the Centennial Exhibition 1s te be kept open ‘on Sunday, shall we not build a dozen small churches on or uear the grounds to capture all who would hear the Word im that vicinity? Here is a chance for trae gogpelizing. It is taking the mountain to Mohammed. HOW TO RECEIVE DOM PEDRO. To Tux Epitor or THk HeKxaLo:— As tho arrival of the Emperor of Brazil will soon be the tupie of conversation, it will not be amiss to call your attention to the ceremonies usual on such occa- | sions. i | In Europe the etiquette obsorved when members of | thereat from seaward, is to detail a squadron of honor to meet and escort royalty to the anchorage. Thero have been three occasions when members of a royal family have visited the United States The Prince of Wales and Grand Duke Aiexis came in @ military capacity; as the jatter was on board of a mane of-war be was met at Sandy Hook by our squadron and | escorted off New York. King Kalakaua of tbe Hawaiian Islands came over one ol our meti-of-war, aud was also oscorted to the anchorage off San Francisco. He was the guest of the country, as well as Of certain cities, which tendered to him their hogpitativies, Now, Dom Pedro li,, Emperor of Brazil, a prince of liberal ideas, aod at the head of one of the best gov- erned co@ntries in the world, is momentarily ed What preparations are we making to receive ® The squadron lately anch: of our city, it was |, would compose Dom Pedro's guard of hovor; but news from Hampton Rouds makes manifest ‘that their departure for the Soujn wil take place dur- ing the week. From Port Royal the vessels will be scattered to the four winds of the West indies. Would | it not be advisable tor the Honorable Secretary of the Navy to detail a tow of the crack Ships of at Fiese e801 e could be prepared for the ser: but then there should the tugs, brthe great man Let ue | to make terms with him, in a contract to pay at the | terms with Marsh or face ruin, | ton was at first Mathieson and then E, B. Smith, I | | the soldiers and officors at the posts by the actu: | Marsh.” THE P°SY SUYLERSHIPS, penises onsen with Marsh & Co. ee A FUND FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES Futile Efforts to Get Rid of the Extortion. A SCANDAL GENERALLY KNOWN, An Appeal to a Member of the President’s Family. RMY INDIGNATION OF A OFFICERS, Sr. Lovis, Mareh 11, 1876. Colonel J. J. Fisher, the silent partner of John 8. Evans & Co, of the Fort Sill trading post, who has hitherto refused to extend auy Information concerning the affairs of the firm until he should go before the Congressional Committee, to-day placed the Hxratp correspondent in possession of some important facts. | Colonel Fisher is a Kentuckian, but during the war was in the Union army. Since the war be bas been in the banking business, and is now Vice President of the Security Bank of thiscity. He joined Evans in the fron- tier trading business about six years ago, Evans sponds most of his time at the post looxing alter the active | business, while Fisher attends to purchases and ship- ments here. In the fall of 1870, when it was understood that Secretary Belknap would exercise his privilege, conferred by the act of July, 1870, of appointing a post- trader, Evans, with such recommendations as he.could obtain, went on to Washington to apply for the posi- tion, He found upon his arrivel that Caieb P. Maral had obtained the control of the place, and was forced | rate of $1,000 a month, in quarterly payments, for the privilege of continuing the trade. THE SITUATION. “The situation was like this,’’ said Colonel Fishet “We had all our money invested in the stock of goods and the trading buildings at Fort Sill, and there we | were 500 miles from the railroad. We had to make These payments were made regularly unul February, 1872, when 1 went to | New York to seo Marsh, The military reservation at Fort Sill is shaped peculiarly, Instead of being squat itis a mile and a balf wide and three miles and a half long. All around itis the Kiowa and Comanche res- ervation. There the Interior Department permitted a trader to eztablish himself, and the shape of the reservation permitted him to get very near us, 80 much so that we, with our tribute to Marsh, couldn’t stand the competition. The trader on the Indian reserva- went to Marsh, who was very stiff about it at Orst, He +) Tepeatedly said the mouey was YOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, that he didn’t get it himself, and that it couldo’t be re- duced. Finally I told him we would abandon the trade. 1t was worth nothing to us, and, further, that | would have published my statement rignt there in New York, giving a complete history of the whole transaction, He | came to terms then, after a good deal of trouble, and | the payments were reduced to $6,000 a year, payable | Tesult of the Congressional investigation semi-annually.” “Did you know what became of the money after it | passed into Marsh’s hands ?”” “We never knew anything more than that Marsh told us it was ‘for political purposes,’ We knew he was thick with the officials at Washington; but that | Belknap received the money was as much news to us | as anybody when the statement of Marsh appeared | in the papers, The officers at the post knew that we | ‘wore paying this tribute, and all declared it an outrage, We made no secret of itand always protested against it. Efforts were made directly and indirectly’ to e: pose the extortion.”? “It was kpowo to the authorities in Washington, thent”’ “Beyond all doubt, and on very different authority than that of Robinson or Armes, Early ju 1872, just before iny visit to Marsh, General Hazen, at Fort Sill,’ was put in possession of the facts, and even shown | the contract. He wrote a letter to Washington, im which he used this language:— | “1 have read the contract between J. &. Evans, a Fort i Sill trader, and C, P, or C. K. Marsh, of No. 1,867 or | 1,887 Broadway, New York, office of Herter Bros., | whereby J. 8. 8 is required to pay said C. P. or. E. Marsh the sum of $12,000 per year, quarterly in ad- | vunce, for the exclusive privilege of trading on thls military reservation, I am correctly informed that said sum has been paid since, soon after the new law Went into force aud is now paid to include some time,in February next, The tax here amounts to near $40 each selling day, which must, necessarily, be paid almost entirely by the corhmand, ind you cab readily | seo that prices of such goods we are compelled to buy must be grievously augmented thereby. Marsh. the nominal trader at Fort Sul, 1s understood to be special triend of the Secretary of War. This friendship, {t appears, enables him to hve at his case at New York on an income of $48,000 a year, which is extorted from traders, to whom he farms out the privilege the Secre- | tary has given him.’ “That,”’ continued Colonel Fisher, ‘‘was the exact status then. Itcame from General Hazen, and it was published early in February, 1872, just before I saw “After the reduction to $6,000 a yoar was any attempt at exposure made—anything more recent!” i “Yes. I mysolf went to General Grierson and told him of the extortions practised upon us. I wanted it putastop to, Grierson listened tothe whole tusiness very attentively, He scemed to bardly koow what was best to be done. Finally he wanted me | submit the whole thing to writing and in that form he said he could push it, This wasn’t done. ‘We were willing to go into an exposure if there wasa | certainty that it would be pushed through; bat for us | to put ourselves forward as accusers, without any surety of support, was risking too much.’” THE PRESIDENT’S KNOWLEDGE “Did you ever take any stepsto bring this matter to the attention of the President personal! “Lwent this far—to talk it all over with Colonel John C. Dent, tho brother of Mrs, Grant, having in view the placing of the information betore the Pros- deat. Colonel Dent is a neighbor of mine on Washing- ton avenue—that is, his family live here, but he spends most of his time at Fort Union, in New Mexico, He ts the post trader there, but pays no tribute. I told him | all about our relations with Marsh. We had several | conversations on the subject, but he would say it w: very difficult matter, and he hardly knew what ought | to be done, Once he suggested that, upon one of the President’s visits here, he would have Lim at bis | house, where I should meet him, and the whole matter | should be talked over, Colonel Dent saying, ‘I am sure | he will make it all right.’ This opportunity, however, | never occurred. Dent pays no tribute for his post at | Fort Union.” Colonel Fisher further stated that he had gone to | District Attorney Dyer and voluntarily informed bim | of his willingoess to go to Washington and testify be- i fore the Congressional committee whenever wanted, He has several letters from Marsh rogurding the pay- ments of the money, in which the latter assumes offensive and dictatorial tone, commanding Evans & Co, to send certain exchange. In one of these letters | Marsh demands the immediate payment of $2,500 over- | duo, adding @ threat that “unless this, is aone there | will be trouble for you soon.” GENERAL STURGES’ STATEMENT. General Sturges, commandant at the Arsenal, and ‘until within a year or two past stationed on the fron- tier, said to the Herat correspondent :— Tam not willing to express an opinion in regard to Belkoap’s guilt; 1 proier waiting uatil he presents his | side of the case, ‘There may be Iwets connected with | Abe affair that will tend to relieve him of the disgrace. | I do not believe in denouncing and damning a man un- | “all against beard. Is is true nees are My but stil, I say, give bim & chance Ho claims to able to exoverate himself, and I tunity to clear bimself, he fails of penis bur to the bim other be, elviliad or woidier, who baa Tam alad private gain. commenced, and | hope | ies tor | men from going to work. They also have | knowledge.” im offetal places touche; even if it were gations; and Sat eae ge 4 of corruption art! 1 don’s care who it myself, 1 say go on with the in ‘think it ts the no every citizen w aid the commit- tees all he can. Every man who knows of any! wrong having been committed by offers, civil or mill- 7 petoet volantarily go before tke committees apd Ihave known for years past that the sutlerships Were being sola; thai the whole system was full of fraud, very officer in the army bas known this, but we did nol kuow who was responsible for it, and worse, we could not remedy 1, The entire army known that the sutlerships were BRING SPRCULATED CPOY, in fact, sold to the highest bidder, an! we have all suf- fered irom it, It is a wonder that th’s maticr has not attracted public attention before. Oficers und soldiers made no secret of their knowledge of these facts, and have trequeatly complained of the bardships pease upon them by the fraudulent system of buy! nd sell. ourselves. appointing sutlers that existed, | suppose, ization of # regular army unwl 1670, we had no trouble; every- The officers at each since the when the new law was Mhing went along swimmingly. } post selected through the Council of Administration a | sutler, and he was always appoimied by the Secretary | of War, Under the new law the officers were deprived of ali voice tn the matter, and frequently the sutier would establish himself at a post before the officers aud troops were aware that any change had been made. Under the old law a sutler really hed bis position for life on the condition of good behavior and-upright con- duct, True, bis license was renewed every tive years, but no change was as long as the sutler made Limeelf acceptable. Under the new law the privilege was sold to the bighest bidder, and each sutler, not knowing bow soon he would be succeeded by some other. endeavored to make all he could while he held 3 lind to bear the airs; the profits came out of burden of this state of their pay. UNDER THE OLD SYSTHAL satler made only u fair protit, and from years of busi- ness could save a competency. Under the new system sutlers have realized « fortune within three years, besides paying for their privileges, Since 1870, insteud of having inen appointed as sutlers who were acceptable to the officers, in many instances the seurviest knaves to be found have obtained appoint- ments, At Fort Lincoln Colonel Robert Wilson, a tine gentleman, who had held the sutlership for years, was displaced ‘without any reason, and a man id key, brother to a member of Congress at that time, pointed. Before anybody self knew that auy change was contemplated, Dickey appoared, presented his appuintment and opened business, Colonct Wilson subsequently dis- covered the manner in which these appointments were berg sold, and something over two years ago pub- lished an exposé of the whole thing in the Bismarck Tribune, but it did not attract any attention. OPINIONS OF ARMY OFFICERS. Major Hale, Major Clemens and other officers at the Arsenal corroborated General Sturges’ statements in regard to the shameful abuses practined since 1870 upon the army in the appointments of sutlers, who were permitted to charge the most exorbitant prices for goods. The officers unanimously express gratification at the d desire to see It progress. They are gratified at the prospect of having the army relieved of the ddium that has rested upon it in consequence of the appointment of unscrupa- Jous men to various positions connected with It. They evince some hesitancy im condemning Belknap before he is given a hearing, but this hesitancy is attributable most entirely to the soldiers’ desire to avoid politics rather than a belief in the late Secretary’s innocence, THE STRIKES. THE PRINTERS. A visit yesterday to the offices of Typographica; Union No, 6 showed that the few unemployed men there were in good spirits, The Secretary of the uvion said that things looked as if all pendiug difficulties be- tween employers and omployed might be settled this week, ‘The men who are still on strike chiefly belov; to the firms of Douglass Taylor, Trow’s, Polhemus an Gildersicove, their number being about 150. Extensive preparativns are yong forward for the Levy of carrying out the mass meeting which is to held in Cooper Union on Tuesday night next, THE SHOEMAKERS, The doors and entrances to the Court of Spocial Sessions were thronged yesterday by the friends and | sympathizers of the forty-one shocmakers who are charged with conspiracy to injure the business of a boot and shoe manufacturing firm, Messrs. Hanan & | Reddish, of No. 35 Warren street, Ex-Judge Cardozo and other counsel appeared for the accused, and the dotence moved that the cases should be at once tried, or if not that an early day be set down tor +t hear- ing. District Attorney Herr! on the part of the peo- ple, suid that on account of the illness of Mr. Russell, — Pe oe ft the tbe pry vik ready to proce r the trial, Ju -f indictment be nded to the defendants, as posed to move that it be quashed, on the ground that the statute upon which it was founded had been re- pealed some time ago, * Counsel looked upon it as a great injustice that an opportunity to test the question raised by the charge suould not be afforded the accused, Strikes are at present in progress among other trades, and the point ought to beat once settled. The case was finally set down for to da: ‘The men are a good deal incensed against Mr. Hanan, who, they say, caused their arrest while ou the stree y t | interfering with uo one. The Grand Jury at once found an tndictment against all tne parties charged without allowing the right of an examination, THE TAILORS’ STRIKE. The Journeymen Tailors’ Central Union, represent- ing about 2,000 members, employed by seventy estab- lishments, held a meeting at Coburger Hall, in Stanton street, last night, and congratulated themselves on the result of the strike against the firm of Brooks Brothers on account of a reduction of wi stated thatthe “ firm §) duced prices in pla to continue the ‘patrol.”? Resolutions wero also ed commending the strike ef the printers and rispins to keep up the price of their labor. ‘The journeymen tailors lately employed tn the estab- lishment of Brooks Bros., corner of Bond street and Broadway, have still their patrolmen aroaud the prem- purpose, if possible, of dissuading work. guard at the business place ot N. @. Beil, Union squai The on Lelonging to Brouks Bros.—about 130—are not generally dissatisfied with the new scale ot prices sub- mitted to them by their i ee bot insist that the schedule must go before the union for its approval. The Brookses are firm in their purpose of refusing to | allow the scale to go before the uniow, and hence the ditteulty, THE WOOD CARVERS. The German Wood Carvers’ Union held a special meeting at Turo Hali, Fourth street, last night, when the action of the German Cabmetmakers’ Union on Tuesday night, in favor of the eight bour system, was indorsed. A SENSIBLE CONCLUSION. The Bricklayers’ Union No. 1, of Jersey City, have resolved on a now policy for the future government of the organization, An attempt was made by a large | section of that body to fix the rato of wi for the present at $3 a day, but it was finally decided that the rate of w hereafter {8 to be regulated entirely by demand. This sensible course Will obviate strikes and conduce to the welfare of the organization. THE NATIONAL GUARD. The Slate Military Examining Board, which assem. | bled at Norwich, Chenango county, on the 24th ult, | have recommendéd that Colonel K. J. Loomis be re- tained in command of the 103d regiment, N. G., and ‘at the commission of Second Lieutenant William H, Finlay, Seventy-fourth regiment, be “vacated” for disobedience of urders. The commissions of Colonel Albert F. Smith, Forty-eighth regiment; First Lieu- tenant Frederick Fiesior, Second Lie ment, are tactical eral orders No, 3, of the current series, which were issued from the State Adjutant General's office, under date of the Ist iust, coniam the asual an- nouncements of commissions iss Promotions awarded and resignations accepted during the month of February, 1876. lately added to the Miltary Code The amendments Were issued from the State Adjutant Geporal’s oftice under date of the 6th inst, FROM TIMBUCTOO TO PARIS, M. Duponehel, of Paris, essays to rival M, de Les- seps. Ho proposes to build a grand trank railroad through Central Africa According to his scheme in the Ezplorateur, be will got up a powerful mternatioual company similar to that of the Suez Canal Company, with & capitul to commence with of 12,000, 000f, oF 15,000, 0001, (say $2,400,000 or $3,000,000), He culculates that at present African trade ts carried on with the interior by means of 10,000 camel caravans, representing in Lue poorest possible way the commercial weeds of 80,000,000 of people, and that # railroad to St. Louis by way of Limbuctoo, Algiers and Marsulle, would con. ‘Rect the desert of Sahara with = 6 boars, and tthe fort or even Wilson | BS b ‘were not | ‘ardozo requested peel cory the | they pur. MOODY AND SANKEY. a) re ‘The crowds that attend at the noonday meetings at the Hippodrome continue to increase and the choir ts always strong, Yesterday a number of elegantly dressed and evidently fashionable ladies oceupled the {rout seat and assisted Mr. Sankey. The women’s meetings, which are held at one o'clock, draw great numbers of church members as well as those who are inquirers after Christ. The services opened yester. day noon with the singing of the hymi, “Take the name of Jesus with you.” Mr. Moody spoke of “Peace.” He said:—There is no peace but the peace of Christ, aud there no man ip this world has peace unless he 1s in Christ. There is no peace for the wicked. Let them have money and all worldly gifts and possessions, and if they do not have Christ they have ne peace. But let any one look at the true Christian and notice his face, In the midat of unxiety, dire trouble and tribulation there is a look of heavenly peace on bis face, as if he stood on a high mountain aud looked down on the world around him with a calm assurance that God would bring him out | of ali bis troawe and suifering, Let us pray for this | peace, Let us go to Christ and accept w.th joy what | Me has so Ireely offerea us. | Rey, Mr, Snodgrass, of Goshon, Orange county, ané Rev, A. D. Vail followed Mr. Moody, as also did the Rev. Dr. Steplen Tyng, Jr. The meeting concluded | with the singing of the hymn ‘Jesus loves me.’? | The number of inquirers yesterday was bayond all | precedent, and the rooms © not closed till three | o’vlock, when it became necessary to prepare for tbe afternoon meeting. f #. The afierncon meeting was attended by at least 6,500 people, the inajority, a6 usual, “deing et the female sex. It opened with the singing of the ch obyme, “My faith looks up te The: ond alter prayer Mr. Moody continued to speak on the subject of the previous day, *Ex- cuses.’’ One of the excuses, he said, given by people who are invited, why they do not accept Christ's mvi- tation, is that they are not of the elect It is one of the | most tuolish of all excuses, tor Christ did not come op | earth Jor the elect, but for sinuers; aud it was one of | reproaches hurled at linn thateven thieves came | near Him and He spoke to them. There 1s no one low, so vile, so lost to all virtue, that cannot approac Him if he will, and if he comes with a true beart ho will be received. And then again, there are some who | tell yon that they are waiting till they get better; but | God does not want you to wait atall, — There is no ne- | cessity of lixing up and putting on other clothes when you are going to put onthe livery of heaven. There war once a celebrated punter who wanted a model for 4 panting of “The Prodigal Son.” He met a beggar tramp On the street one day, aud the man’s apy ‘was the very thing he wanted. He stopped hii asked him if he would not come to “his studio on th following day atacertain hour. The tramp said ; | would, “At the hour mentioned he appeared, The painter let him, in and sud:—*Well sir, what 1s yor business?” “Did you not meet me yesterday im ul | street, und make an engagement with me?” replied the beggar. “You! Did I meet you? Why, where's the clothes you had on?’ asked the painter. “1 bor- rowed other ones to come to see you, sir,’ was the | “Well, you can go now; you are of no ust |4o0 me. I wanted you as you were yesterday.” | Ob, my friends! these exeuses—these futile, foolish | excuses that we hear around us every day, from men who ought to koow better; from men and women who have read the Biblé and know it and believe it! | But they are so immersed in the things of this world they do not want to think of anything else. They | Keep putting off till it is too lute, and they die with. | out ever finding and accepting Christ. Ww, in this blewsed time I pray to God that all here may be brought to know Jesus and to love Him, There is a great re- vival pervading this city, and let us ail avail ourselves | ofit when the prayers of hundreds of thousands of | Christians are going up to Heaven for help, aud God ta | showering down His blessings in answer to tacse pray- ¢rs in untold profusion, Mr. Sankey then sang. the hymn “Watching and Wait- | ing for Me,’” amid a profound silence. . | At the evening services there were 7,60) people | present in the Madisou avenue hall, and the choir nuuy | bered about 500, The proceedings opened with the singing of the eighty fi'th hymo, ‘Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” by the whole congregation, and the volume of sound produced wag alunost deafening. & short praye! | by one of the assisting clergymen, which was followed b; | Mir. Sankey singing the hymn “‘I Love to Tell the Story,”” vody read the twenty-first chapter of Revelations and prayed fervently tor the con ior present that they might be all brought to Christ. Mf | Sankey again sang the hymn, “Watching and Waiting for Me"? Mr. Moody repeated the sermon of the alter noon, “Excuses,” with some few additions, He spoke | j \ and then Mr. very strongly to the people that. make the | stefootyped excuse, “Haye not time Just now, | who ‘still live to the age of sixty | seventy years, and yet have never found that necessary momemt of time to look after their souls’ salvation, He also spoke of the people who | won’t be converted because they “do not feel right. People, he said, who come to Christ when they haye only a spasmodic feeling seldom stay in the | paul When the short-lived feeling vanishes they fall Paok into their old way,’ Mr. Moody concluded with a long and earnest prayer to the paging to make up their minds that night to be present at the marriage supper suid, I write this note:— ~ | of the Lamb. Suppose, bi NG OF HRAVEN :-~ ae’ Tete at in ths Hippotrome March 15, 1878, T ceived an invitation to be present at the martiaxe supp of your only begotten Son. 1 respectfully decline the in- vivation. | Willany man sign that? No! But when | of this place to-night without accepting | reluse tne invitation of Christ. = | The 130th hyma, “in the Christian’s Home in Glory,” was then sung, and the meeting was dis- | missed, THE KNIGHTS OF SI. PATRICK. The Knights have made preparations for the cele bration of St. Patrick's Day on a scale that promises to make it a grand success, They have invited to their banquet some of our most prominent citizens in tl various professions, and the occasion will be one of more than usual interest. This being the centennial year they have spared no trouble or expense to” make the celebration in every way worthy of the two great events The Messrs, Leland, of the Sturtevant House, | will loave uothing to be desired on their part by giving | their [ong a sumptuous banquet, and the toasts au speeches will alternate with some of t | 4 i ou go out rise fou become so popular that societies with the erry lave been organized im all the principal cities throughout the country, and m Canada there are | ranches of the same organization. . THE CAVING TUNNEL. vs large force of workmen was employed yesterday im setting a hage crib or framework to prevent a further Jandshde at shaft No. 6 of the new tunnel under Bergen Hill. The mouth of the immense cavity is forty feet in diameter and the depth is eighty feet, The dwoll- ing house which stood directly on the place which is now acavern has been safely removed, aud the t houses on cither side were being removed yesterday. When the cribwork ts completed tho construction of } an immense shait will be immediately commenced, and | the pile will be carried up to a height of twenty-tive fevt above the suriace of the hill, The excavation of the tunnel is almost completed. PROBABLY FATAL ACCIDENT, | 4 woman named Mrs, Danolds, living about three | miles from Paterson, Jumped from a second story wine | dow yesterday morning and sustained injuries from which it is phat 8 likely she will dic. Her wrist and , thamb were broken and she was badly bruised in vari- | Og parts of her body. She is over seventy yeara of ‘age. The act was coinmitted during @ temporary fit of | insanity. THE TRADE IN WiLb ANIMALS, + Awriter for the Miltheilungen des Vereins far Er. | kunde, of Leipzic, has just furnished an interesti | article on the wild animal trade of Europe. He say: that the whole business was formerly done by two | men—one an Italian, named Casanova, and tho other | Charles Hogenveck, of Hamburg. Iu 1802 Casanova | made a treaty with tho wild tribes of Taka, Africa, ) engaging to take ail they ¢ould capture, which resulted in the purchase from them of hundreds of beasts and and are now on ex. | ent zoological societies of >, hor wich, of Asfeld, we | hivinoo. Iu 1874 ove M. Von | to Kasaala and captured and bought trom the Atrican chiefs 26 giraffes, 22 elephants, 4 Cafre buifulo, 6 Tare antelopes, 2 tapirs, 2 gorillas, 6 hyenas and 3 | leopards, Immediately alterward Hogenbeck imported 39 giraffes, 1U apes, 10 nts, 13 antelopes, 4 liona, 5 looj aby , 5 Ostriches, 8 rhinoceros and a | pumber of huge serpents. It takes trom sevent; | eighty days vo bring the animals from Kassala to Ham: | burg. From the interior of Africa to the coast the: | have to drive the elephants, giraites, antelopes, bul- | falo, &e., un foot, fasienet together with ropes and | chains. Often, through the negl'gence of the negro | Wiants, the lions out of | during the trausit | ewasing loss of lif | BREAKING THEIR OWN RULES } | To tux Korror or Tae Henao: 1 rode up town on Tuesday evening at a quarter past teu in car No, 130, Third avenue line, 1 noticed printed rules over the door, one of which prohibited Passengers “to get on or off, or to occupy the front platiorm of any car.” Notwithstanding this passet | bers kept getting on and off and occupying the frout Platform of No. 120 until the cold air from the front ce at least 1, tons of Valuable | door became an intolerable nui: th . Me Paul solention says the first but the driver and conductor. ented ea 4 ig to be from Tri to Lake Tschad, | passengors in and out that tront door am oe onde thence to Cape Vert, and Tim- | that front platform, and even abused and sneered and rough M ke. e estimated | scoffed at a gentieman for protesting. The night was cost is about $43,200 a et all a | 25 i *. on car Unpleasant enough without the | dral im the front door. “industry should Now, Mr. Editor, is it tively hopeless to +d a rude bar. city horse or must w. re war and lorever?