, 1862-01-30
THE cIIERnoRe sCnRMR.
Porn TowEsrsp, Jan. pa, 1852.


IL The Editor Of the Puget Sound ReraId.
Sm; 10 the last number Of your journal, you
make the following statement: ave learn that
Major Goldsborough, who Is associated with DR..
O'Brien aud YictDr Smith In the pTyject To rt.
move the Custom House 10 Cherborg, has gone
East as the agent Of The spectators, with the
view Of lobbying their plans through Congress" Z"
would respectfully inform you that | am not
associated with Mr.. Smith in any such project
that Major q. is not the agent Of any parties fcr
any such project; and, that neither he or Mr..
smith holds any interest in Cherb0rg. 10 cum
mon with several other gentlemen, | am inter
esIed 10 the success Of Cnefborg, Int, ] assure
yOu, 70 a much lesser extent than IN tat Of POrl
Townsend. DO net tliink il a crime to improve
my prupcFty in CbrBborg, by every honorable
means; bot, do believe that il would be i'm
prudent On my part 70 do 90 at the expense Of
what own here. II did not own one dollars
worth here, would not advocate . plan that
would build up Cherborg 70 The serious detri-
ment Of this or any other town on the sound
Were % act otherwise, would feel that was
taking rank amongst the stupid and vindiclive
few who last year slrove % iljure Olympia be-
cause of . poor contingent benefit accruing
thereby to PoFt Townsend.
Wie,h,r The Comm Yseof Puget Sound would
Be brneiitted or the rrvcl ne Of the District
enlarged by the loraiion u Custom House or
the appointment Of a depnty inspector at Cher.
borg, (which Is at al times safe and nccessihle
hArbOr, and which is near to the free porls, Vic
tora and San Juan( am not disposed TO say.
These are questions that ought u be referred for
solution tothe Shipping masters and the Revenue
officers Of the district The former are directly
interested in the one, the latter most capable ol
judging Of the propFiety q the other
rentnin raarerfffillv
r. N. O'BRTEN.
The statement alluded TO, which the Doctor
denies above, was obtained FROM iellow-passen-
ger Of GOldsborOugh's, who had it from the Ma
jors own lips. A part Of The grand project,
which We omitted to mention, was also to gel the
ocean steamers to stop At Cherborg with the
mails, and not to deliver them at Olympia, as
formerly. This the Major was confident Of sE
fecting through hisinHuense with the Postmaster
General ltis designed, we learn from another
source. to send Victor Smith % the urtOf Nrp.
tuue, to pray that potent god to stop the tide
from 90 wing above CherbOrg.
There is nothing 10 the statement alluded to
rviicsiing upon Dr. O'Brien as one Of the parties
intsrsstrd in CberbOsR, though one might sup.
POse, from bic laSgusve, that We had censured
him Tor doing what any private citizen has per-
f'et right to do. We do eensure Victor Smith,
however, for turning his oilicial position to the
account he Is charged with, and making i The
means Of enhancing the value Of lands in which
he Is interested. Notwithstanding the DOctUr 3
denial, We still believe both Smith and GoldsbOr.
Oueh own large interests in the embryo city al
cherbOrs. and We repeat that tie latter has gone
% Washington Ior the puFpo.s befOre stated.
The Msj~ has bean waiting. like Misawbsr, =
las time for eawstliis 70 iarn aP and lhin
ihh's : just 70 his likins