, 1858-07-30
ARRIVAL OF STEAMERS AND SAILING TESSEISr
Return OfNIiners to California

she having run on a spit in Victoria harbor
on coming out. The mails, however. were
received in due time, and we learn that the
owners of the Constitution will immediately
place another mail boat on the Sound
should that steamer be delayed anything
more than temporarily. The steamer Re-.
ointe has had her piston rod broken, and is
therefore not in repair The Suyp7is, has
been, and as still running 10 Fort Hon,
At tho last accounts the Constitution wos
afoat, but it was thought to be necessary
to Icy her up for a short time at Victoria
to undergo repairs.
The steamers republic, Paa6e and Sie,ya
Nerada have arrived with the usual ouoto
of passengers for Victoria, Belingham and
SemiamOO Bays, &c. A number of sailing
vessels have also arrived with passengers
and merchandise amongst others we mo-
tice the schoOners Dancing Feather and
Helen Mario, and the barks Na6umkeap
and California.
Whntcom and Sehome are still flourish
ing, but it seems new town at Samiamoo
has, of late, diverted no small share of at.
tention Of the town-site crazy" r
Frazer river is still high, and the SUD.
position is that successful operations can
not be commenced on the bars before the
first of September, if so soon as that. ...
The steamers Cortes and Santa Cru-.
which sailed for San Francisco from Vic.
toria on the 18th inst, carried back to
California six hundred or one thousand
Passengers-highly disgusted with the gold
region aud the country. A reaction has
set in, which should be matter of no sur
prise to any person, and we are told that
the Frazer river Thermometer in San Fran
cisco, marks the excitement below zero.
The excitement for the present, there, has
" gone in"
From the Whatcom MortAera LigAi, of
July lTtb, we gather the following items
Of news, concerning matters Of interest in
that vicinity;
Mr.. w. W. De LACY, engineer on the
Bellingham Bay trail, has written a letter
to Messrs RoEDER, VAN and Smith, com.
mittee Of the trail, &C., dated Summit
Pass, July stb,7 from which we make the
following extracts ... o..
" | write to you to report that The Trail
has reached the foot Of the first pass be-
yond the Lake, and that II the weather
(now very rainy permits, we will be on
the summit Of the pass to-day. | returned
here yesterday, having been out for two or
three days examining the ground aud ma
King the Trail, and l shall start out again
to-day to continue my explorations as far
as the large river. The men are working
with a will. -
ii the weather permits, at the rate the
men arc working now, We will be at the
.opeu country in about two or three weeks.
| must beg Of you, however. not to encour.
age any one.t come out until the road IA
reported open, as many OF them come TO us
here out Of provisions, and we have to
feed them. Keep on sending provisions.
Respectfully,
wv. w. DELAcY.H
Those acquainted with Mr.. DeLncv.
know foil well that he is entirely reliable
authority, and that the utmost confidence
can be placed in whatever he may say co.,
cerning the trail, Of which he has charge,
or upon any other subject. Hence, ac-
cording to his own calculation, II no m
luck has befallen him, he should now be
through to the open country east.
The NoriAern Light has additional news
from the trail, three days later, from which
it appears that it has been opened to the
scagit river, 20 miles beyond tho summit,
aud l45 miles from Whatcom, aud that
the work was going forward with spirit
and rspidity. The trail is reported in good
condition, although there are some marshy
spots on it which eau be bridged and 9TH
erwise improved
The ferry boat, built by Mr. Townsend.
was completed, aud on the Lake, ferrying
passengers The Lake is ferriod length-
wise, distance Of about seven miles Mr.
Townsend has erected hotel on the bank
Of the Lake, where tolerabls fair meals.
for one dollar each, can be procured. He
also keeps liquors and some provisions for
sale.
The last trip Of the CoHiiiHfiln to What
com brought 90 horses and mules designed
to be put upon the trail and on Thursday.
the 18th inst, three pack trains. heavily
loaded, took their departure 90 the traii,
one Of Eve, one Of seven, and third OF
nine animals
The Ligh announces the arrival at
Whateom, within week, Of several parties.
from Forts Yale, Hope and Langley, all
Of whom report the diggings rich aud er-