Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-10-24
SATURDAY MORNING, Get. "a, 1863.
Cur Gold E;nes.

.4 Cur Gold E;nes.
Whatever may have been the impression
heretofore entertained of the comparative
extent and productivencss of our mines, and
those of British Columbia, this seasons OPP
crations have removed all doubt upon the
subject. While the product of the Cariboo
mines will not exceed three millions of dol
lars this season, ours will yield from sixteen
to twenty millions. 1t is conceded 10y all
nell-informed miners, that the next year.
product will double the yield of this season.
This will be product equal to that Of Cali
fornia in her palmicst days and will
work most marked change in the trade and
population of this coast. 1t is very i'm
portant question for the people of Washing
ton Territory to settle, whether they will
tamcly permit the trade which lcgtimately
belongs to them, to be monopolized by
our Oregon ncighbors, for the want of
communication between the Sound and the
upper Columbia, which can be secured at q
comparatively tr;Aing cost.
We published a very sensible communica-
ton last week from our worthy friend MIR.
Hunt, upon this subject, which should re-
ceivc the careful consideration of our people.
1t is certainly true, as he says, that the trade
of the Sound has been declining rather than
ON the increase, since the opening OF our
gold mines, while the trade of Oregon has
more than quadruplcd; and it will continue
to double each year, while ours will continue
to decline, until discouraged and disheart-
cned, we will probably ask to be annexed to
benefits of a trade that belonged to us, and
which might have been secured by little
enterprise on the part of our citizens. II
matters are to remain as they are at present,
and the rich trade of the upper Columbia is
to continue to inurc to the benefit of Orc
gon, we should prefer to be reunited to Or
egon, that we may share the benefits of the
rich and rapidly increasing trade The prof.
Get of annexation is now being seriously dis
cusscd in Oregon and east of the mountains.
1t is natural that people whose trade cen
tres in Oregon, and whose business associa-
tions are all there, should ultimately desire
to become part of their government, and
share with them the pecuniary prosperity to
which they so largely contribute. 1t is
worse than folly to talk about the union OF
interests between the two sections OF our
Territory, until something is done to secure
a social and business intercourse. While
the Walla Walla region is legally part of
Washington Territory. it is practically
part of Oregon, and will ROMAN so until a
road is opened between the Sound and the
upper Columbia. The moment this is done.
all rivalrics and jcalousies will cease, and
having common interest, we will work to-
eethcr in harmony for the common welfare
and prosperity of the Territory. Our rich
alIuvial lands will be rapidly settled by an
industrious thriving population, and ten or
fifteen years hence. we will be in ad-
vance of Oregon both in wealth and popula-
ton.
.
e The Washington Statesman sneers
At the suggestion Of the probable election Of
Gov. Wallace as Delegate to Congress from
idaho Territory. No doubt it would prefer
the election of the Copperlrad candidate to
that of a reliable Union man. We are conf
dent, however, that Col. Wallace will be
elected. Even admitting that there is a
majority of Copperheads in the Territory-an
assumption we do not believe-the people of
Idaho have too much sense to send man to
Washington to represent their interests.
pledged to oppose all the measures of the Ad-
ministration, when they know that there is a
decided majority Of Union Administration
men in both branches of Congress, and in all
the Departments Of the Government. Gov
Wallace would accomplish more for the Ter
ritory in one week, than his Copperhead COM
peditor could effect in his whole term, and
tho people Of the Territory, knowing this, will
sacrifice their partizan feelings to the interest
of the Territory, ana work for his election.
~ The Chapman pirates have been found
guilty of treason and piracy. The jury was
out only four minutes.