Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-09-06
FROM THE PACIFIC COAST.
Wrtssn fos tho Fayetteville Observer.
VANCOUVER, w. T., July l6, 60.
EARTHouAKg.


On the 22d Jay Of last INST, at
20 minutes past 3 o'clock p III
our potion Of he country WIS visited
by very psreepiibls trembling OF
ths earth The nrI, skill aud isgen.
uily Of man has advanced to an ANA
zigg msgniiude. ia the scala OF
earthly ereatio1 bis superior never
did, does not nor is expected to exist
How comparatively Insignificant ID be
10 lis CREATOR in every thing Of which
his mind Is capable Of concerning!
Yet what n magnificent power and
sway in his eroumscrlbed mindl-
When tue power and yengeanes OF
God ia turned loose beneath the shells
of the ocean and The sands of the
mountains, causing the water 10 d.
vide and fee and the mist to rise,
and he earth 10 irembIe and bow
| her head, he stands with senses
palsisd, tongue cleaved aud becomes
a mere passive nervous autOmatou.
LAsD EXCITEMENT.
About a fortnight since while the
| Auditor and Receiver from our Land
Office sero paying our city tran
sent visit for the purpose Of adjust
ing claims aud settling difficulties
between claimants, the question was
mooted as to whether or not the
Hudson Bay title Was good, Which
title embraced twenty miles up and
down The Est bank Of the Columbia
lriy,r, extending back from five to
ten miles, covering perhaps one hun
.lred donation claims. IL the II BIS.
lti,le vas legal the GOVERNS ent did
not possess the right 10 give the
laud TO donal0rs SO long as their
charter lasted,and as the question was
| the legality Of their claim, which il il
had been established, those Who were
within their chartered privileges MS
dOnators, (which La just expirsd, }
could not hold more than one hun
drtd and sixty acres Of land, Hhefeas
they held three hundred nd twenty
aud that too the, choice land OF our
country. Scores Of men 1lrs in
readiness to exercise Squatter Sow.
eroignty, and 10 several instances
claims were 'jumpsd'' and bouss.
built. Bat when the decision was
given it favored the donstors, there
fore, the whole Of the Squatter fam
lily bad TO snccumb. However, Dol
be fore street fsticuf wreskod
its Vengeance in dust and mud, Sc,
(Whiskey) being su auxiliary OF Dc
li,tle Leverage in The matter. Que
of our PugilisIs had erected cabin
on the others claim, sDd from til,
fact the q BIT originated Ssme
soldier friend Of The other Pugilist
who belonged TO Uacls Sam sym
ipstbiziug With him very much. paid
the cabin a sIsi t-sst il on FIRE and
and escorted its tenan. dosn town
at the rate Of "two forty" the last
namSl gent employing every museu-
lar power at dis command to save
bis "bacon." He barely escaped.
/ He now comes down with double
dose of fire aud birthstone on our
form of government, dsnounciug our
republican institutions, declaring N ost
IemphatiGally that we have nothing
bot mobocracy. | presume that
his thunder cloud or spleen will
soon be lost in the phosphorus blaze
Of his excited genius aud his combus.
tible skies will 20 down to zero.
VANCOUVER CHRONICLE.
The great vacuum Of which I
spoke in my last is filed. We now
enjoy the benefits of information
through tho msdium Of the press.
On the last day of June our town
boosted the issue of Al psper called
the Vancouver Chronicle. Ii is
neutral in politics.
ELECTION.
IN The I'll