The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-28

osiand or 12s 600 acres Juan Island e the uost
w.insS,a "a has about 10000 Hcres maca OF Il good
so With doe gesss Zoe British assert shss tue
pss S,ws n inc msin chaDne foeaut 81 tna treaty
~c n sm,Ssn, say The Canal % daro meant; and
The seeme a, OF Dispute viii detsrmine who Is 70 DC
the owper Of the isiaads Some erso subjects sneaay
occupv San Juan leland IS sheep pasture
There about four huaorei Eogsh soldiers scattered
over British Columbia an three men o. ~Ar--tae ~.
Iader Tribune ana Ssteitoat Victoria Vito tn Icice
very little could be done, even Gov. D2ugss fe' cs-
posed resort TO cxtre Toe people In Washington
which would enable them to eater the serves OF Sue
United States 30 there would IN Ease OF nsce7Ay oe u'
lack Of men,
ROUTES TO SALT LAKE--MnIrARY RECONNAISSANCE
Capt W. Davidson, oil lle First Drag joas ~ta Lsub
Chapman and nfy men, left Far rson some weeks 81 lce
for O3eus Lake. chasss 0suos OF maraudars tna
had been robbiag the ,spches the neghoorhood OF
San Fernancez and San Frsarsquito. He has WITH hlm
Cso,sn Al lat datss haa recovered twenty valuable
horses rhe most important pat OF MIS- labor wli %
directed toward discovering ssd surveying new ana i
shorter route To Salt Lake Toe nfor naton he hSs re-
ceyed from Indians gives song assurance OF Tue exist
ence OF trail practicable r'r ~sBoos from sens ke TO
Great SAID Lake. crossing Virgin river by which the dis
tanos will be shortenea be, three foae buadred
mes Captain Davidson has been in California thirteen
years and well qaai aSa 70 pe, n sne guy t.,
month OF June last despatch Captain Waller Fourth ln
iantry, with four con2Anes Of soldiers 70 explore The
country between the Dales and Great Salt Lake, with the
view OF opening q wagon road b,tween the two places
Captain Waller has returned and sent bis report to toe
General The folio wing extract Sc Part OF the road
passed over from the Dllles to the Des Cnutes, It
the mouth Of Warm Spring river, is quite noun.
famous; this distance is some sixty or seventy
mllee But from the csostiDg OF the Des Chutes
to the head Of Crooked rvo- hundred miles dis
tant the road excellent OF the best natural roads
ss d seed ana as
tous the forage Dsd IN the bafrack stables TOTS ID
beyond the Blue mountains" 1t Is also worthy Of note
that Captain Waller discovered several mountains Of ea
and has brought some large specimens With him Gsn
Harvey will doubtless establish mpotan. pos this
route next year. at half way point particularly
Captain Waller xrms tue route short good
General Harvey 10 actively engaged ia Putting the affairs
OF hs department., Oregon ana Washington Territory
upon the best fo,tng. He is ESTABLISHING wholesome
condition Of peace and security in the Cove ana Walia
Walls districts which BENZ fs; settled by ths white
mining and agricultural populations and has origin aed an
enfrey new order Of ihpgs on Puget sound
THE M'MABoN TESTIMONIAL.
The new Duke Of Magenta Marshal Mcxahop, Is to re-
ceve from the shmen ana the descendants o. Ieshmen
appreciation OF his gallausry the bloody ded from,
which his title Ia derived. some parties oojec. to the pro
those WHO have taken the mattV maud. 10 reply, il
said that the subscribers oese TO condm Louis Napoleon
in policy which they suppose he has marked ont to b
pursued at some future tme They believe the Emperor
particular In honOrug those Of his captains who de
scended from Irish refugees and who still bsar nxme
cherished in Ireland, in order that he may send them
soon as opportunity Offers with picked ments to tn
homo OF their anceors to asst in and secure tho
OF . revolutionary movement which will be agreed upon
They TO think that Napoleon a close copyist
his uncle has TO The liberation frsant from Br
tsh thraldom that any of timed courtesy
the part Of the Irish in America to those OF hs gsnera
who are lrfh in name will confirm him in ouch policy
and stimulate him in pursuing suca steps will the
speedily lead to the desired result The departure OF tbs
expedition could only occur in OF rapture bet weeI
England and France, and this the admirers
Aasna McManou feel confident Viii arise before the cos
Of the italian struggle.
By the ship Challenge which arrived some time siacs
from Hong Kong twenty four lea plants gro wing an
hourishtng In their native earth, brought tut
city. The box containing the plants is 2?.22 inches
with steep anticna roof filed ia with aplt SHELLY aud
with half an inch hole each side above the earth rns
holes supplied cir, and the split shells abundance o.
ght-wo things essential for the nurture of the tea
plant They were wasered occasionally during the voy
age This is believe, the first importation OF the vins
plant into California favori'e project many the
employ ment Of Chinese in cultvang tsA in this 5.as
and very likely experiments will be made at TO
test the quality Of soil to produce the article
TREASURE STATISTICS.
During last week ID 257 Of gold bulliou
$3.50 oc0 were deposited in the Branch Mut
Of silver coin were purchased, and s249 600 coined in
double eagles.
The treasure exported from San Francisco during the
Ninth V,tv Cotio