Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-01
From California.
Tne Russian American Telegraph
Expedition.

SAN FRAxcIsco, October 26.-On the, arri
| val of Colonel Bulkley and the Russian
American telegraph party, in the vicinity
of Plover Bay, the Indians were extremely
shy and hesitated about coming on board
When they did come they reported that
they had seen a steamer burning ships in
that vicinity, but few days before, and
some of the crews belonging to the ships
We're sent ashore by the steamer. a., ....
The Indians did not understand the burn
ing of the vessels and therefore hesitated
about coming on board.
Some two or three sailors, set ashore by
the Shenandoah are rapnrted by n vnll IN z
man who returned by the Palmetto, to have
been taken off by the party. Colonel Bulk
ley does not mention the fact. , .aal
Nothing is known of the present where
abouts of the pirate. -la raa
The Alta California prints the following
details in regard to the Russian American
telegraph expedition: d -..s ~
The bark Palmetto, Captain Anderson, Of
the Russian American teiegroph expedition,
arrived from Plover Bay, on the coast Of
Asia, on Sunday evening. H.i 7ai t5
By this arrival we have late news Of the
progress of the telegraph expedition. Col.
Bulkley and party arrived at PloYer Bay in
September, having sounded across Behring's
Straits with the steamer Geo H. Wright.
The bottom of the straits was found quite
favorable for the laying of the cable.
Col. Bulkley reports that the river laid
down. in the maps as theKinchpack is iden-
tical with the Yourong. and is navagible
for small steamers as far as the English
Fork. i5rei. zig ,s -Is-sd
Mr.. Kennicut, with the party sent to ex-
plore the. Yourong to New Westminster,
British Columbia, was left Fort St. Michael.
Frbav will yo NJ, tho Vo11ronc and
pack in a small steamer, the Lizzie Hover
which is but 35 feet long. They will pro
ceed to the head of navigation, and then
cross over the snow and ice; with reindeer
or on foot, until they strike the settlements
of British Columbia.
Col Bulzley's party found the earth on
the American side thawed TO the average
depth of ten. inches, but frozen solid below
to an unknown depth. On their arrival on
the American shore the country was found
to be rolling and broken, but not high, and
it was destitute of timber.
Grantly Harbor was found to be the best
for landing the cable on the American side.
1t is a safe harboT, with good mud bottom.
Soundings were made across to the entrance
of the st. Lawrence Bay, and the bottom
found to be very favorable for the laying of
the cable, as it is shallow and exposed
to southeast gales. Machenag Bay found full
of ice. Pitman Bay found to be a good har-
Dor and well suited ferlanding the cable
The Asiatic coast was found entirely desti-
tute of timber, and more mountainous than
our own grOuud, was found thawed to q
depth of thirty inches, and frozen solid be-
low that When the Palenutta left the ice
forming constantly, northwest wind bitter
" cold and winter fast approaching. The
bark Golden Gate, which was to return TO
this port next month will be expected soon
The steamer George 5. Wrigh, with Col.
Bulkely, will return in November next.
The schooner Milton Rodger will also re-
turn here to winter. The party found the
Indians on both sides of the Straits well
and capable of being made useful
to the enterprise. Russian officials and
private citizens rendered every possible
assistance to the party, and expressed the
livsliest interest in theenterprise. Sceneryin
many places visited was magnificent, and
much that was strange witnessed by the
party. The floating ice coming through
Straits, alive with walrls who ap-
peared to be taking "dead head' summer
trip to the southwest. i.ti
Colonel Bulkley in closing his offeialsre-
port to the officers of the Company, con-
cludes as follows: n1 b. EilI.tH4g
The telegraph can, and will be built, moth
ing III bulS AlSltSt ldllluut 70 pICNSHtJ nor
are difficulties so great as supposed. s..
Arrived the ship Ne Plus Uultra, after a
long passage from New York. She experi-
eneed calms and head. winds during the
greater part of the voyage. This will ac-
count for the delay in making the trip. She
was five days at Cape Horn. q
An arrival from Japan, to-day, brings
dates to the 18th of September. Among
the cargo brought by this arrival are 400
packages of silk worm engles for shipment
to New York and thence to France. They
are valued at SsO,OOO. They are shipped by
this circuitous route to avoid the tropics.
Japanese news are unimportant
The Tycoon is represented as indisposed
to return to Jeddo at present. .l 81 5-J-.
Seventeen miles of the Western Pacific
Railroad, extending from San Jose towards
are graded, and laborers are now
engaged in laying the track. Fl. o. .
kThe work has commenced of developing
the quicksilver mine owned by New York
and situated near Mona Lake,
thirty miles east of San Francisco. The la
borers employed are freedmen, and recent
ly arrived from Richmond.
The Elevator, the colored mems newpa-
per, published in this city, encourages sim
liar efforts-to employ freedmen to this
coast as the best possible opening for i'm
proving their condition. 75 t..f..-j
The Oregon Statesman estimates the over
land emigration to this State this year at
10000, nearly all of whom will settle in
Williamett Valley.
The ship Endeavor from New York has
arrived. -'
Sandwich Island dates of the eth inst,
have been received. 4u-l4 d i1=ls
R. G. Wylie, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
was dangerously III, -.e 1l1,a.7 Js~;s.