The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-25
News from Puget Sound.

News from Puget Sound.
BY the arrival Of the steamship Columbia have
from Victoria and all parts of Puget Sound to Dec a.
bill has been presented in the Washington Territorial
legislature organize the islands between the Canal
Haro and the Strait Of Rosario as 'Harney' county.
passed the House for the removal of the capital
from Olympia to Vancouver. Il was rejected in the
Senate.
A very severe storm lately visited Puget Sound The
Pioneer and Democrat says Of the most terrific
known the Sound and Straits. Snow fell at Vic
ora to the depth OF two feet and the thermometer stood
at Is degrees. The inhabitants enjoyed themselves
greatly in the exhiarating exercise of skating large
quantity of lumber in Sawamsh county W T. had been
destroyed twas the property Of Messrs. Swinda and
Shelton.
We have Victoria papers to Dec. "a. They are filed
up with political discussions which Of very little in
teres to persons out OF the colony 1t Is like tempest
In teapot" The Westminster Times has the following
The rapidy with which substantial buildings are spring
ing up amazing The fire proof granite building erected
any town; and the stores OF Webster Co. and T. Gam
bz both brick buildings, quite encouraging in their
appearance In addition to these the Music Hall on
Government street. will be shortly completed and also
the magnificent billiard saloon the Of Yates
Government streets Mr. Rowland has also nearly com
peted two very neat ten rooed brick cottages imme
datey in of Rev. W. f. Ciarke's Congregational
Lecture Room.
The Victoria branch Of the Dashaway Temperance As
sociaon daily increasing the number of its adherents
and musers at present about fifty members The society
have comfortable reading room Wharf street. which
with cornmendabe spirit Of berality is thrown open
TO the public generally We learn that the members in
tend having public meeting as early possible.
The case OF John +. Damon VS.. f. Hammond King and
Leonard McCurean action brought by plaintiff 10 cont
injunction to restrain the defendants and their
workmen from publishing or selling newspaper under
the and title Of the Victoria Eazee-was argued be-
fore Judge Cameron Of the Supreme Court, December
10. His lordshp aler briefly referring 10 the bill OF
complaint and the arguments both sides dissolved the
injunction stating that the title claimed by the plaintiff
wasno clear; and he left the plaintiff TO bring his action
at law defendants undertaking keep OF the
profits of the newspaper.
The steamer Wilson G. Hunt has been drawn OF from
the Sound trade until the LIST of april next
Monday and Tuesday, the 26th and 9Th OF December
and Monday and Tuesday, the ID and Sd January were
kept as holidays At the public offices.
We informed that there to be seen, at the office
Of Messrs Macdonald Co.. Yates street. several mug
gets OF gold from Quesnen river, ali averaging between
ono ana three ounces in weight
Out Of one party of eight miners who arrived by the
Eliza Anderson her last trip the least gold that each
had was $4,000, which they had obtained few miles
above the Fork Not bad considering the price of pro
visions and that they had only been working since the
beginning OF last summer
The schooner Gen Harvey, Capt. Roeder, was blowr
ashore San Juan Island and stove her bottom. She
loaded with government stores for Capt Pick TT
company. The cargo was all saved in damaged condi
ton. Loss TO the government about Sc Oc0 rne Adder
son towed the Harvey Off the rocks.
The British government have ordered their men OF
from San Juan Island and abandoned the disputed terri
tory until the two governments settle the titlo