B. Inventory of the property belonging to the Greco-Russian church in New Archangel, (Sitka,) with numbers and letters indicating the situation of buildings and lots of ground on the plan attached to the protocol of the transfer. The Cathedral church of Saint Michael, built of timber, situated in the center of the city. The Church of Resurrection, of timber, commonly called the Kaloshian church, situated near the battery No. 2, at the palisade separating the city from the Indian village. 102 A double-storied timber building, for bishop's house, with outbuildings, appurtenances, and grounds. 35 98 104 105 114 F. G. H. 1. a. b. A timber house, for church warden. A timber house, for the deacon. Three timber houses, with their appurtenances and outbuildings, for lodgings of priests. Four lots of ground, belonging to the parsonages. The place commemorative of the old church. Three cemeteries, two outside the palisades and one by the church of the PRINCE DMITRY MAKSONTOFF, Governor of the Russian Colonies in America. ALEXIS PESTCHOUROFF, Russian Commissioner. LOVELL H. ROUSSEAU, United States Commissioner. C. List of the names of persons holding property in fee simple in the city of New Archangel, (Sitka,) who have been furnished with certificates of the same. D. Inventory of private property in the city of New Archangel, (Sitka,) with the numbers and letters indicating the situation of dwelling-houses, establishments, and lots of ground as marked on the plan of the city attached to the protocol of transfer. D.-Inventory of private property in the city of New Archangel, (Sitka,) &c.—Continued. Dwelling house.. 44 Lots of ground cultivated as vegetable gardens by the different citizens of the town J PRINCE DMITRY MAKSONTOFF, Governor of the Russian Colonies in America. ALEXIS PESTCHOUROFF, Russian Commissioner. LOVELL H. ROUSSEAU, United States Commissioner. E. Inventory of forts and public buildings on the island of Kodiak to be delivered to the United States government. FORTS. Flagstaff battery.-Constructed of timber, armed with four guns. Battery No. 2.-Constructed of timber, armed with six guns, and situated at the northeast entrance of the harbor. The remainder of the buildings at Kodiak are private property, with the exception of those belonging to the Greco-Russian church. PRINCE DMITRY MAKSONTOFF, Governor of the Russian Colonies in America. ALEXIS PESTCHOUROFF, Russian ommissioner. LOVELL H. ROUSSEAU, United States Commissioner.. Mr. Stoeckl to Mr. Seward. [Translation.] WASHINGTON, February 5-17, 1868. Mr. SECRETARY OF STATE: I have the honor to annex hereto an extract of a report which has been addressed to me by Captain Pestchouroff, our commissioner at Sitka. You will perceive from it, Mr. Secretary of State, that it refers to some buildings which are claimed by General Davis and the collector of customs, Dodge. The division of the public and private property has already been settled, and a protocol concerning it has been signed and drawn up by the two commissioners. I think that the way to settle the question of which Captain Pestchouroff speaks will be to adhere to the strict terms of that formal document. You will perhaps deem it expedient to give General Davis your orders on the subject, and I shall not fail to furnish Captain Pestchouroff with similar instructions. I beg of you, Mr. Secretary of State, to be pleased to bring this communication to the knowledge of the Secretary of the Treasury, who must have received a report from Mr. Dodge having relation to this affair. Be pleased to receive, Mr. Secretary of State, the repeated assurances of my very high consideration. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. STOECKL. Extract of a report from Captain de Pestchouroff, dated New Archangel, Sitka, December 12-24, 1868. General Jefferson Davis, in command of the United States troops stationed in Alaska, has assigned, as government reservation, the most eligible portion of the town of New Archangel. This reservation includes several buildings, the property of the RussianAmerican Company, viz: two storehouses, one fur tannery, and two dwelling houses. If the federal government indorses the order of General Davis, the owners of the real estate in question will lose their rights of possession, and it is therefore desirable that the company's building, located within the limits of the new reservation, should be purchased by the federal government. Mr. Dodge, collector of customs, has expressed the opinion that one of the buildings near the wharf is perfectly adapted for an appraisement store, and he intends referring the matter to the Secretary of the Treasury. The price of this building is $12,000 in gold; the other four can be purchased for $10,000 in gold. Mr. Stoeckl to Mr. Seward. [Translation.] WASHINGTON, February 8-20, 1868. Mr. SECRETARY OF STATE: To give sequence to the note which I had the honor to address to you on the 16-28th December last, I hasten to subjoin hereto copies of two letters which have just reached me, on the subject of the conflict which might have happened between the American whaler Java and a Russian vessel in the Sea of Okhotsk. Please accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurance of my very high consideration. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, &c., &c., &c. STOECKL. Translation of a letter from Vice-Admiral Krabbé, minister of marine to Prince Gortchakow, chancellor of the empire, dated St. Petersburg, January 4-16, 1868. In reply to the note your excellency did me the honor to address to me, I hasten to inform you that I do not find in the department of marine any trace of instructions given to our cruisers to take any restrictive measures touching the whale fishery in the Sea of Okhotsk. As to the conflict which may have had place between an American whaler and a Translation of a letter from H. E. de Kersakoff, governor-general of Oriental Siberia, to his excellency Mr. de Westmann, assistant to the minister for foreign affairs, dated St. Petersburg, January 12-24, 1868, No. 1501. After receiving the letter of your excellency dated January 7-19, I addressed a telegram to the chief authorities at Irkourtsk, to send me what information they had on the supposed conflict of our sloop of war Aleoute with the American whaler Java. I was answered that no news on the subject had reached them from Nicholaeffsky. In consequence, I hasten to write to the military governor of the maritime province of Oriental Siberia, requesting him to inform me of the facts connected with the incident before cited. I have the honor, &c. Mr. Seward to Mr. Stoeckl. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 3, 1868. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 5-17th ultimo, in relation to the reservation by General Davis, commanding the United States military forces in Alaska, of a certain portion of the town of New Archangel for the use of this government, and suggesting on your part a purchase of the buildings thereon. In reply I have the honor to state that, upon the information now in possession of this department, the property in question would appear to have vested in the United States under the treaty of March 30, 1867. If, however, the fact be otherwise, I find, upon consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, that there is not at present such occasion for the use of the buildings as to recommend the purchase of them by this government. Accept, sir, a renewed assurance of my highest consideration. WILLIAM H. SEWARD. Mr. EDWARD DE STOECKL, &c., &c., &c. |