New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-28

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tb,y mi:,t ret employment; few ara at "osA,
making 81 ani $40 per day, and very 'e" aro
making very large wages. J. w. hahisN,e :,
United States Suryeyor-0sbera oil ms sta'e, oN'
received hitter from an Old freud VINO "'nes Io
IN. month If lsorpsons River. that Dc dug S.V
Ne frat jay he worked there. Eyetyoo1y on
ser kjyer and about Puget Sound j. iii Vi cohu-
depee in the un,uIpa,sed richDess OF tee 60 MY
IN sold 1bi. confidence j. not only proved ~ '1e
uusnireus testimony q tbe letter. writers AID those
r.,sous ho have eome down from The a. aes, pnI
by ,b- high price. Of property II Victoria, and oy
the mail nun Der Of ~ ons who have returned -
this cts. The Haier in Fraser Eiver has iAllen
E,ur feet and in = couple OF weeks We shal begin
Ia lear nom tie miners who have been sPeniins
tie Sumner on tie upper part OF Fraser hi'et. 90,
The hc.pSe system adopted by Gov DOug''s VII
probaby had 10 serious dTicu.!ts win toe miners.
h. p,rtId license certlfss that the miaer nay dlc
Geld on sry land in the Erase and Conteau h,nP.
son) kiyer district that msy be assigned 20 nlh
hy some authorized person; and that The entsa. 81
clam .haIl be T. feet square 10 map. Abere
sre already too many American miners Ia tne coar'
try 10 submit 20 have claims assigned 10 thels'
or 20 consent that their claims shall be bini'ea 10
The rdicuou-y small lie of II feet sqrare
III. total amour. OF dust Thch has armed Nfe
j. only about s25, Geo, and II i. Dot p~n'y a, we
toris. Runor ,ays tie Jldson's Bay Company has
large amount Of il. bus OF this We do bot know.
The seeuts OF The Company there have purchaser
large stocks of GOODS and provisions here ol' nave
paid b. drafts on London. i: "a SAID they VIII make
a large shipment of dust next week; and u 10 also
sad they have shipped considerable quantities oil
du.t TO England BY .ailirg vessels.
Victoria hss been gaining strength greatly durDg
the forinigtt. sud no doubt at all remains that
Wha,eom and S+home must remain Insgnl,lc ant
places in comparison The psrmanebt supremacy
Of Victoria s secure. unless rival should
start up on the balks of Fraser Rlver. ms
il mere possibility, the stream beng nayisa-
bic for vessels of the largest class, aud Victoria
being forty miles distant tom its mouth. How
ever the entrance Ia th' river - JIiiicnN. n
larse number of persons have gone 10 Nictorla to
become permanent residents. and considerable
amounts OF capital have been invested IN town iOts
an land in the vicinity. Lots are rapidly rising IN
valne the beet, % 10y In feet IN size being worth
-CCO. 4 sale Was made couple ot weeks sioce
Of remote loi a, 100 piece. and the house where
the sale was 10 BE- made, was surrounded oy dense
crowd az O'Clock q. M two hours before the time
liked Tor the sale. iGally 10 get ordera line or
guene was formed, SO that every man nigh, have
fixed position al u wait quietly for ms turn. Ihe
mtnsy was paid, and a receipt given Tor the money,
the Iur haser being told that they should select me
locsiou of their lots ai.erwarj, according Ia the
order of the payments. Many of these receipts
were sold the same day al double and treble the hfst
cost A friend of mice writes Inc that he was bar
gaining Cd The 2j,h ult for a lot which was offered
10 him ID the morning for : 100. He sald BE- would
take time til evening 10 consider about It. lie
went 10 take it in the evening and was told II hal
been sold for 500.
There are some 100 houses in the place, nearly
half Of which are new. Several cargoes OF lumber
have arrived, and it is Sc Ing briskly at SO per
thousand feet. a seni-weehly newspaper, styled
The Iictoria Ga.ette, has been established by
Il.,. ana "a ~
and going considerably hey ond H. I'D his Efforts 10
build up his town, and the captain OF the British
war stesmer Satellite backs HIM up. The steamer
Surprise lefl Victoria one of the trips Tor Fort
Yale about two weeks ago with several hundred
miners among WHOM were seyenty-hVe that refused
10 purchase licenses. Word WAS sent To the
Satellite; She stopped the Surprise at sea, and sent
a squad Of marn,s with orders To arrest and take
to the Satellite al persons on board who re-
iused 10 pay for Gcensos There was some buster
ing but he bulldogs of tie Satellite had disagree
able look, and the detan. individuals paid for tneir
papers. he Surprse draws slN feet OF water, aud
will probably not be- able 90 continue running To
Fort ale more than couple of weeks longer. The
steamer Sea Bird, which weDt up TO Fort Hope,
cot about ten miles below that fort, and Is supposed
10 be- permanently located until the high water shall
float her of next Spring Two stern-wheel boats
are being built to run on the river during low water,
one in this city snd one at Fort Ludlow, IN Wash
ngton Territory. The one building here viii be
clipped in pieces 10 Victoria, and put together
there.
Flour il worth SEQ barrel at Fort Yale, so in
Whaicom, S9- in Victoria and Sl4 here. 1t will
be long b. fore these prlces VIII come nearer To
comllOn standard; but the miners staples OF Hour,
sa pork and beans viii probably continue high.
1t will b. long time before fresh beef and yegeta-
bles can be obtained in Fraser Valley. The wheat
crop in this State gave promise month ago OF
being very good but many fields have been struck
by ,Inui and the yield IL only tclerabe. The crop
IN Washington and Oregon Territories is SAID to be
large.
ON, 1000 miners licenses had been issued in
Victoria previous to The 18th Of June, though it was
supposed that not less than 1000 miners had as
ceuded tie riycrs.
The American towns attempting to rival Victoria
are making little progress There has been so
II uch j. .pg about he tIai TO r. opened from What
com 10 lie mines that nobody here has any faith in
The trail or the town. The tail ID only to be used
by pack mules: the timber ard underwood are
Gelse for a distance Of 90 miles from the bay that
men haze 70 cut every foot Of the way. Parties
have started Out from S;eilacOoni and Seattle in
Wash; .ton Territory 70 cross the Cascade Noun
& On the Aaehess and SnO4ualBie passes, and
then north 10 the Taser River ya.sy; but We have
10 report yet of their progress.
The |. :. lighthouse steamer ShubrcA has gone
t. Puge. Sound, and the slOop-of-war II, Marys IL
being fitted up at the Navy Ya.5 10 follow her. We
want more mcI-of.war On our coast
Markets.
San FSkc!sco Sat rtay EyeIic. J-ly J. 1885.
FLorssiis. Of Oregon ard possste 9. ~IJG ga So 100
tb.. H1A. L. prior % lJTiysl OF ysiga,e terms.
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