New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-29

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!ugtsp Bsy-I tLiIk / may assert without fear vi
srcc. s,rl G. s5ct0nis ore OF toe mas. beautiful
in tie world II is lsLd-locked or al sides and per.
fscly ,tisdeo FEN tie storms Of the open
II particular il is but stype CT most OF The alots sad
tsytors CO the Guf Of Geo gis continual cue >sssicn
Of which are ercoultered from The time vessel cutters
TIE ST. ats Of Fucs til she makes the voysge va VIC
tons Pom TognseId, AID drops anchor N this har-
bcr | AZ ted tina: it has rs.ned nearly every day
elcs the LIT of June. We hsd succession Of sno Sers
enc sunshine to-day. Jure Is tie rainy month. Day
ljeht CAVES between ard o'clock q m, snd twi-
Egit 8oes rot fall til nearly 10 the evening" thus IN
oicstiYg your tue hypetborean region.
Whatccm Is bnilt principally on the ssms beach.
directly uIder an extended sketc, Of table llad.
Water lots 81 high tee, are stsked of thee or four
hundred feet cut il.o the bsy ard are he'd at high
prcts. tsve heard Of ore. 20 BY 100 feet, being
teld At 81 900. Transactions in real estate
susly brisk todsyi o~ ng. nc doubt, to the sudden
and teuer dous influx Of populstop. Timoes IN great
atundsrce grows down to the waters edge, &c teIely
urceYgrowr WITH brush that it Is almost impossible to
Ueret,ete H. Nature wears fresh green aspect. II
Il sprrg here At Victoria tie Indians sold rs clans
ard strawberries Oysters were produced In the
Whstcon me IKE. TIL, morning There is said 10 be
plenty Of them in the coyes and inles surrounding.
Two splerdic st-. of fesh water come down from
tie HIS wsshIg the eastern and souttern bcunderles
Of the town so can judge CT the points of the
ny f m seeing the moon rise, never having con'
suled an ins.rumeIt). sswri is kept runniag
nislt ard Cay en- tie eastern stream and falls TO meet
the demand Tor lumber. We succeeded in purchasing
SUI all lot Of it at So per Thousand feet, with which
We sksu commence erecting building to morrow.
Victoria sspuss TO be the rival Of W hatcom tse.
home tske H. will one day be portion Of the sane
cityl; ard If the combined Influence OF the PC nc
Moi Steamship Company and the Hrdsons Bay Con
pary can effect that object, 1t undoubtedly Will oe
but urforupste,y or the stupendous swindes OF ths
former its reckless Of tie lives OF IT'S pas
gers, ard the bsrbarcus manner 10 wcich 1t has
tIehtSd most Of those whom its ships hsve brought
hither its meme Is held in eXecrstoDi ard no to wn
which it ratronzes, on American soil, much less
on Englsh, can hope to win the true regards OF 81
emgratI public. Victoria Is Certainly very pretty
little town. II IL still asleep, however 10 the msts OF
old .cgyisn. Ii lacks that vitality which gives to
American cities their gory aud their commercial pres
tse. Not sx.ee nth part OF the passengers who sa
FOR Fraser River disembaIk there ard those few
chiefly French and other foreign aliens adopted cit
zsns. As between Victoria and Nhatcom, the poo
pie Of California may res. assured, Whatco.n is ne
place and truly believe that such thing IS nvalry
never can spiirg up between them. This statement
may be contrsdcted but it vii. be by interested par
ties, or perhaps q few very worthy gentlemen who
have passed time pleasantly there for q few days,
so,ely as ooserson, and not active psrtisahs in the
great strife Of labor, enterprise and Adventure.
GREAT NEWS FROM sEUoME.
Extract FROM Private Letter.
SEHoaE, June %, 1888.
At this place everything sin hourishing condition,
and TIE news, from both tie river and the interior
uires, is most encouraging. Persons are arriving
every day. getting provisions and departing for the
oiggngs. Tie trail is in working order, aud fro n
the rich mines struck on Fraser and iThompson 6
Rivers we cannot fail to have large and brisk trade.
From thofe who have been out on the trail l learn
that We shall have a. least six months from Summer
to Fol-. The richest god deposits On Thonpsons
River.
Fair prospects have been made By the commission
ers Of the trail-Ch6r!es Vail and Jonn Furment-on
tie Nort.ack River, twenty-five miles from WLa,com.
The head waters OF that river which Is in Aneric
sell is sa;d to be rich 10 gold, and am going to get
some claims IN that river.
TIE Eagllsh will, TO doubt mske one or two more
cities beside Nio.oris, but where they will locats
them il is hard to tell.
In the nj d.. of this rush for gold, property has
made large jump, and with e.:i assaisice .! tue
rev geld discoveries property at Victoria and Equi-
nal. t.kes lump. Everybody there feels well salts
ned and confirmed as regards their IDEAS Of the large
depo sits of geld the rver which is undoubtedly e1-
cetdirgly rich.
Two large pack trains have lenl here by the TRAIL
also large lumber CT bundle miners, al bound for
tire rich diesngs On tue upper waters Of Thompson
River.
scheme, no lees than two months old, is large
place for so short growth and .'lip CHAM Bay is
nest excellent barber, we expect ID do large BUSH
LEES here.
Our wharf Is approaching completion. and vessels
drawing fourteen feet OF water can coGe alongside 81
the lowest weter and discharge their freight. We sna
soon have il finished TO deeper water. Send up goods
Of all kirds, o. everything is high.