, 1858-09-17
ARRIVAL OF THE "CONSTITUTIONg'
ONE WEEK LATER FROM THE NORTH!
No Reception Of Gold Dust Mentioned!

No Reception Of Gold Dust Mentioned!
The U. S. Mail steamer Constitution,
Capt GoyE, arrived at the Olympia wharf
about noon on Wednesday, with the mails
freight and passengers, and to her purser
we return our thanks for the Whatcom
Northern Light of the Ilth inst, and the
Victoria daily Gazette of the 9th and
llth Sept.
From the marine report of the Light,
we observe that the following vessels had
arrived in Bellingham Bay from San Fran
cisco, with freight and passengers, between
the 9th and 10th inst, viz: SchoonerS
Equity, Long Island and Blue Wing, and
bark BrOntes A number of steamers and
vessels, running and trading upon Puget
Sound, are reported amongst the arr-
walls.
The most important item of news con.
tained in the papers referred to, is the
opening Of Frazer river for trade and navi-
cation Of American vessels, under certain
conditions, other than have heretofore
ruled The Light says: Frazer river
has been declared open to reciprocal trade,
on the payment of an ad UaLOrem duty of
ten per cent" and in confirmation of which,
we find the following paragraph in the Vic
teria Gazette:
FREIGHT FOR FRAZER RIvER.-The steam
ers which have left Victoria within the last
week for Frazer river, have all taken full
cargoes of freight. The opening of the
river to traders, and the fact that the mi.
ners are doing well wherever they are at
work, with the improved means Of reach
ing the Upper Frazer" and Thompson
river, have given renewed confidence to oil,
and we are of opinion that in a couple of
weeks there will be stores and trading-sta-
tions even higher up than the Forks" At
the last accounts from Fort Yale, traders
were preparing to start out with their
stores, packing them up on mules. The
near completion of the Harrison-L Lillooet
route has doubtless attracted the attention
Of traders, who will soon establish stores
along the road x
The editor of the Light has recently re-
turned from q visit to the two SemiahmOo
cities. 1t seems that Semiahmoo, on the
spit" boasts some eight or ten comfort
able residences, besides several smaller out
buildings and tents; containing, in all, a
population Of lS or 20 souls.
A pile-driver was about being mounted
by Capt VIM. Dennis aud Mr.. james God.
frey, (the latter of whom has his family on
the "SpitiP) for the construction Of q wharf,
which IS 70 extend ont into tha- bay -ninaty
f0f hundred feet.
Mr. Mitchell keeps the only hotel in the
place, and entertains his patrons we'll
A provision and grocery store, kept by
Mr.. Gilmore,-thS only one in the place
was about being closed out for want Of pat
ronage.
Z OF Somiahmoo, on the main land, he
says;
"The site of the town is on bluff bank.
amid the thick forest, in a slight clearing.
A street has been excavated, and wharf
commenced, which is to extend across the
mud fiat to the channel.
Mr.. George W. Gift has for several
weeks past been engaged in cutting trail
through to Fort Langley distance, as
is asserted, of l6 or l8 miles-which, it
was expected, would be completed during
the present week. There are two or three
large and substantial frame buildings in
the town, and about the same number of
houses of humber pretensions, besides
three or four tents and a couple of log
houses on the outskirts 1t contains three
white females, the heads Of families Two
of the buildings alluded to, are occupied as
saloons, and the population does not ex-
ceed the enumeration Of inhabitants on the
Spit"
The Bellingham Bay trail, between
Whatcom and Sumas Prairie, is to be i'm
proved for the doing of which, the con-
tract has been given to Mr.. Coz, at $36
per day, with the understanding that be
was to work ten hands Volunteer labor
was to be paid for at the rate Of 81 to the
hand per DAY.
The work was commenced by Mr.. Coe
on Monday morning. With fifteen hands,
be had reached six miles, to the small prai-
rie, by nightfall Of the same day.
The river is falling fast, and mining is
improving accordingly.
Mules are arriving daily at Fort Yale
| from the forks, loading up and returning.
VIM. King, of San Francisco, is on trial
at Fort Hope, charged with stabbing and
killing VIM. Eaton.
Gov. Douglas was at Fort Hope, and in
tended to ascend to Fort Yale.
Ned MCGOWAN had a difficulty a few
days ago, on a bar between Fort Hope
and Fort Yale, with former member Of
the San Francisco Vigilance Committee,
in which he struck his antagonist over the
head with a club, doing him great injury.