New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-12

express from that place to San Francisco during
June last
Henry Browp, Nc6o,ss Bailey, Tbomss Emory, c.
Rsnsor Alopzo Ne veil Henry Mcneil, - King
c. l.. Denmsn, and Capt Torrens, accompanied By
some Indians, left Victona 10 three large canoes on
the sd ult. for Queen Charlotte Island 70 hua FOR
gold. The Ga=ette says:
'Tbe Ibdisns who accompany 'hs parry have sven tsul
every q feDdsbiP and p'oion .na sddi-
here The eb.i tbs; ;he .,l numr Of Ehch
The ps,y e.n., ,Ds.. P0iefq5 S =. 10 sds3 e.:
b1ssr' b.; rather reaTd ras party Sho a. paying then
sfrieDdy yis-'
Another party was organized with the same des.i.
nation"
Gov Douglas has repealed the tax Of 81 on
every passenger entering and leaving Fraser River
The Victoria papers publish favorable rumors
from the mines again.
number of men are employed on the Lllooet
Harrison trail TO make wagon road OF IT.
We have dates from Honolulu 70 June Il. The
papers are discussing the French treaty again. The
4drertser Opposition publishes a long lererniad
over il, beginning as foilows:
At 9Th the Ministers begin 70 see and coz fess
the faults sud ambiguity Of the French trsasy TIER
eyes begin TO open and discern dsIk cloud r.-ing
slowly and threatening 10 epa1 the fair e5cutcheon OF
Hawaii. Ia the last PoiyHeslaH We have az article,
evidently emansting from one Of His Mslestys Minis
ters in which the writer kicks al the prcss which
now begin 70 appear the treaty But is Of 10 use
iust as vel as now. They advocated it. aye, they
fought for it ike tigers over their death struggling
victim and vowed Il the only hope Of this nation TIE
louder We sounded the ocsiD Of alarm the longer were
their speeches in its favor, and the holder their
paDegyrics.
Tie .fha Of this city gays the treaty must lead 10
the seizure or annexation Of the islands b, France;
but do not see any such woeful end for the affair
The natives have commenced 70 raise tobacco
extensively.
a l.. alrsv -, al
by worms and bugs.
The following remarks, from The Honolulu Ad-
rertiser, on the pulu pronounced Pooloo(, extern
sively used for filling mattresses ald cushions n
California, may interest many of your readers:
TIE amounts of pull shipped from Honolulu from
1851 to 1858 were as follows: -.
Lbs. Lbs
s5s :; %; - ~ 10
23 ~ eas G go go
lS5a (3sS7 baesl es;3iJ,l4o
"Tbus the pull trade hes been steadily growing from
2479 lbs in $751; to its present state of about 100000
Franci,co BAT not confined wholly 10 Tins port some
being sent 20 Australia, Vancouver Island, and other
places
Few Of our readers although they hesr N fre-
queLty spoken OF, know how pull is produced. IL
grows the fern species of the same pant thai
found in the United States. This plant IL is not tree
grows all the high lands, commencing al sn eeva-
ioD of about thousand feet, aud extending up TO
at,ans 10 about fifteen feet i'll hight. Though found
more or less the five principal stands, the RIDE in
il is confined chiefly TO the dstrct- OF Ho Hsms1ka
and Puma on Hawaii. The pulu is produced around
the stalk where the leaf stem shoots ont from the
stack of the ferp and only small quantity j. founi on
each plant perhaps amounting in weight - 80 or
three ounces. Ii takes about four years for paIt 70
produce this amount.
"Ths number Of persons engaged in pull gathering
varies much including meu, We men a1d children,
probably from two to three thousand depend
ent on il for livelihood receiving generally from five
TO six certs per pound oD delivery The labor Of gath
eYDg pnlu is veIy tedious and slow. The facilities tor
diving packing and shipping pull are improving every
year, and the article nov shipped away sgenersly in
dry state, and cosely pressed in wood bales. The
trade in il has become reduced TO system, and Will
probably continue, though there can be no great IL
crease in the amount annually exported.
RESCUE OF BURIED MIsrR.-Correspondence
from Lancha Plars, Amsdor County dated June q,
to The San Joaquin Republican, describes he follow
ing exciting scene:
d" One of those excemen's incident 20 a mining
csRp has Just TRANSFERRED. Soon after O'Clock this
aftert Don, word passed that a cave bsd taken
{ place in tunnel and man was shut In. The
warm sympathetic hearts Of the miners toucsed
ard they gathered in crowds 20 aid in the possible
cue. But, the man dead OF .hve Ii not crushed
be must soor suffocate Signals were made by tap
ping upon the rocks with pick, and they were
good earnest.
Fret lumber was procured TO hold back the super
rcuu bent earth, which was constantly dropping hen
a long iron tube, with auguT-o. attached ~ one
end with which 10 penetrate the fallen drit and con-
vey ali TO him. Some thirty feet OF the tunnel wss
filed with loose sand and gravel ard the tlbe Tss 700
short 10 reach. Ii Is hazardous work 70 labor II
falling drift. The earth overhead often confines 10
pee Off sometimes in large masses, until an immense
dome is arched of several feet IN hight. The miners
also we're spprehensive that, if they commenced 10
the fallen DRIFT, they might be interrupted by
further slic.s.
"To make sure another sc, of hands commenced
side-dTit, TO q. night angles through ;he solid
earth An exciting race began, stimulated ~ the
double an biion oi being first in aud -s. 10 rescue
fellow mortal from impending death. Determined
hearts gave vigCr 10 strong erns, ard the dr.iters
worked with unparalleled energy. Bat one coali l.e
the pick at & time and reebug with sweat ar1 ex-
bauseo, be ie back IN turn, - give place u hrs Eel
low. SIX feet per day s The usual task, b1 here they
performed rha, amount of work in hoaT : gra.s
were occasionally exchanged with the blned man.
lie still alive, ana they worked with rene we'd
energy. After five mortal hours, ne ives reached
alive safe and sound Word vas passed 10 the croEd
above, the welkin rang with cheerful and exltant
shouts. Dptch Ned was popular character, and
the hearts which had been KEEP: tense with s.eInste
ears and hopes found vent, some IN tears and some
in other extravaganza demonstrations.
Ned states that the cave commenced some thirty
fee; from the spot where he q; work sni lei him
space bu; by twelve feet. There wser in
the tunnel and some 1sDEer from OrONnlus. fs
threw up a broad bed OF gravel upoc which he lsy
down. The vitality OF the ar hscsne rspily ex-
hsus.ed, and he was also IN danger Of sufJcst!on
stupor came over him, and he fell asleep. The buried
man aroused by the signals before mentioned and
hope succeeded the despair which hsi settled upon
him. just then his candle, which had been oGroioc
dlmly, went out. lie was AFRAID, he sad, i would
consume The oxygen of TIE air, BIT long ne Lived
he wished for light. He felt gres, relief when the
tube bad peDe,rs,ed sni fresh ar was introduced.
ALotheI fear came over him jus, g. they were oreak
ing through, Tor the esrih commenced falling sssiU,
and ne yet might be buried forever. when escsps
seemed So near Bu. the drif.ers perssrere1, sni
l-ol. .hrn, N slcs. si-n-,l. nann.l