The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-09-06

proposition to that effect having been made,
| was rejected, but it 10 believed will yss Be
ncceded to. II 10 unnecessary TO repeat, tha,
| II such eonoession 10 made, altar what haa
passed, Il will be . dastardly compromiss Of
~ country's honor.
Aaairs have rested in this plight, with lit.
| tic change, during the past week. a ANAL
company or two from IT. BelIingham, have
bsen added to the American forces. and .
| number Of Americans have gone from thi,
place and Washington Territory, with thu
Avowed intention Of settling at San Jaan.--
A British vessel Of war brought down some
sappers and miners from Frsssf river few
days ago, and renewed the request to land
their forces, but were refused. They had
not landed at the last accounts, and matters
remained in stotu quo.
On Wednesday Gov. Douglas issued pro-
test against the occupation Of San Juan
island By the Americans, and declared the
| island to belong to Her Majesty, Queen VIC
| toria. His Excellency also sent the enclosed
message to tho Vancouver Legislative Assem-
bly,, yesterday, in which it is declared that
the British forces will be landed on the island.
If such be their intention, . collision seems
inevitable.
The disputed island lies north esterly from
the entrance to Puget Sound and the main
land Of Washington Territory in the vicinity
OF Port Townsend-the broad and beautiful
Strait Of Fuca being between. Sailing from
the Sound to Victoria across the Fuca, San
Juan appears to be = part OF Vancouvsr's
leland, and the disputed channel cannos BE-
distinguished until you have como down op-
posite its mouth or junction with the Strait.
Notwithstanding the treaty, and the loud
talk that is made about the commanding i'm
portance Of San Juan to the Americans. IL
naturally belongs to the British, and 10 OF in
fnitely greater value to them than the United
States. The channel in dispute 10 the gate
to the Gulf Of Georgia, Fraser River and
British Columbia-mostly British water and
British possessions. II this channel is, by
the treaty, determined TO be tho boundary
line, it only gives US a small island Of small
value, with NO other advantages, - We own
nothing north of il; while to them il 10 the
door way to oil their possessions. This 10
no reason, howsver, why the United States
should not have the island, il BY any right it
belongs to her; but If John Bull goes to war
for this island IL will be because it is Of great
value to him /; and If Jonathan backs out, az
he Usually does, it will be because it is NOT OF
much value to him and his matters, King
Cotton and Lord Democracy tell him il 10 not
in the right direction to be worth fighting
for.
Considerable ill-feeling appears to have
arisen among the people at Victoria in CON-
sequence Of this movement OF Gen. Harvey.
The Victoris Gazette, having assumed po-
Psi.ion upon the subject which 10 deemed there
to be an "American view" il assailed Sc
verely by several English writer's in the COL
enist.
The Pioneer and Democrat sommsnds the
action Of Gen. Harvey in taking possession
Of Sab Juan Island. II says:
The treaty is based upon the principle that
ell south or the parallel OF forty nine, was
United States Territory, and the deviation
made WAS simply to give Vancouvsr's Island
only very small portion Of which was
south Of that paraliel-to that country, who,
had the line continued directly across it,
would have owned the greater part OF it. IL,
then, the question were one OF doubt a. TO
the proper channel, confederation OF tn 9
intent OF the treaty must solve that question
in favor Of the United States. But it 10 not
question upon which doubt should be per-
mitted to exist. The CANAL de Haro 10 tho
broadcast, deepest, and most direct channel
from the Straits Of Fuca into the Gulf OF
Georgia. And this would not be questioned
were it not for the value OF the intermediate
islands. To England they are valuable a.
we'll for the land, of which there 10 much that
is OF a superior quality on some Of the islands
IS also that they srs supposed to command
the southern entrance to the Gulf of Geor-
gia. To rs they are necessary % military
post, being the only place suitable for the
protection OF our people from the hordes OF
Northern savages, from whom We have a.
ready suffered, and from whose threatened
attacks many of our settlements down the
Sound are kept in continual alarm. San Ju-
an 10 just the place for . post. The Indians
must paes within striking distance in coming
to and returning from the settlements.
Con. Harney no doubt views it in this
light, and has ordered the Establishment OF
the post there rs he would on any other por-
ton Of American soil. We honor him for
it.
DEATH or SECRETARY MAsos.-The Pioneer
and Democrat, of Olympia, Washington Ter
ritory, Of July Goth, comes dressed il mourn
ing lines a. token OF respect and sorrow
for the late Charles II. Mason, Secretary OF
Washington Territory. He died at Olympia,
on Friday, the ed Of July. He was twenty
nine years old.
DEpARTURE OF MISS AvoNIA JosEs.-Miss
Avonia Jones, the talented young American
trsgedenne, will leave San Francisco this
morning, on the ship Hebe, for Australia, on
. professional visit Alta. 10th.
DkArH or CAPT. SEYMoUK.-Captain Daniel
Seymour died at his residence, in Tehsma
street, at about s O'Clock yesterday morning.
His disease Was erysipelas.
Captain Seymour WAS native OF Hart
ford, Conn, and WAS Al years and 10 months
old. He was cousin Of Hon. Thomas Sew.
mour, late o. s. Minister to the Court OF
Russia.-(T Times, 18th.
Arrest 81 = scoundrol.
WARRINGTON, Sept. 2.
The scoundrol, who recently brought from
Philadelphia to New York fifteen young la