New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-13

Tuesday Oct s. Those of us who are Ioivilians win
land at once but the military and stores will remain
ON hoard till the arrival of Gen. Rousseau on the
Ossipee When the Russian flag shall be lowered,
and The Stars and Stripes shall be run up TO the
head of the tall staff the public square, salutes
will be fired. and the troops landed AS yet the Ter
rOry is under Russian authority although some ad-
yentur0us Yankees, from Portland, suppOsing that
the act of ratification of the United States Senate
placed the soil at under American control, went
up and staked out any quantity OF corner lots 1or
their own benefit.
Gen Rousseau will not remain at Sitka. as was at
first supposed, but will return after few weeks TO
Portland where he will have command of the " De
partment of the Columbia" which includes Oregon
and Washington Territory Gen. JEFF. c. Davis VIII
remain the military commander of Alaska till a Ter
TitOral Government is established by act OF Con
gress.
Among the civilians on the way to Sitka is Cali
fOrnia forty-niner who tells me that II he had IN
vested the $500 he brought down from the mines III
the Spring OF 1850, among the sand hills OF san ran
cisco, he should now be millionaire. He IS now
bound for Stka with an outfit of whisky and toDac-
co, the proceeds of which he will invest III lands
about that promising town. This time he INTENDS 10
seize the golden opportunity that leads on TO fortune
while it is yeti his reach He has an undoubtng
faith that IN dozen years Sltka VIII contain oOVVV
inhabitants.
Another old miner is going up TO prospect before in
vesting lie doubts whether Stka will ever be any
thing beyond n military post. The metropolis Oh
Alaska he thinks will be on the main land IN the VI
cnity Of Zodiac where the soil is better and grass ana
kinds of grain readily grown That l0calIty
too will be the best fishing and fur grounds Let
me not forget to add that also have on board TWO
professional flCeseekeTs-One an old p0htclan from
Ohio who it is whispered goes up for the purpose Oh
getting the opportunity TO draw mileage between
Alaska and Washington. That. OF ITSELF VIII be qulte
plum, to say nothing of being the hrst Delegate
from the new Territory to the National Capitol lhe
other soldier of fortune" is quOndam auctloneer
in San Francisco, who aspres to the same POSITION
1t will be an anomaly in politics If they do not ma
the coveted post one for which there VIII De Nigor
GUS and eager strife. >, 81,
Our trip up the coast was not disturbed by the
second day we were off Cape Mendoclno, where
II months ago had view OF the grizzly bear III his
chosen haunts In the Fall and Winter he comes
down the steep valley of Bear River TO pick up the
huge caTcaSses of the dead seal which drift ashore
On the bluff. few miles above is the shanty OF the
cratic and unkempt Seth Kinman famous year or
two since at Washington as the California bear
hunter" but who about home has the reputation OF
being gutlesS Of the death OF even single one OF
the species. Genius is never appreciated IN ones
own neighborhood. was reminded of this by see
ing suspended in the leading hotel at Eureka pho
tOaph Of the disnguishied hunter WIN the
Just above Humboldt Bay IS trinidad Folnt, ana
living below is the little town of Trinidad the land
ing place of the Adventures IN the early Cold Bun
excitement of 1851. At that time there were 1000
persons abOut the town. corner lots sold bnskly ana
theater and newspaper were III prospect A1terOoid
Bluff proved delusiOn, Trinidad still h0uIlshed as
trading post for supplies to Salmon and Trinity XIV
eTs. But when the placer dlggngs on these streams
gave ont the glory of Trinidad departed. When L
visited il two years ago of its 80 cottage houses only
three were occupied. The hotel had become n third
rate bOarding-house, and the imposing brick store
was tenantless. The population consisted OF nine
lumbeTmen, three Klamath Indians. and one white
married woman. in justice TO her | must add that
she possessed q scOlding capacity ample enough for
the whole town had it been densely populated
Although Gold Bluff, 20 miles further mp the coast,
proved failure extensive of profit II has
ever since yielded fair income to individual enter
prise Itisowned by Gen. james Wilson of San Fran
cisco and employs 10men and 90 mules. Every morn
ing at low tide the beach is carefully proSpected ana
if at any point the gold stratum left exposed notice
is at once given. and men and mules work necessarily
at packing the auriferous land TO the shore WI the
high tide sweeps it, covering IT win perhaps ~
feet of sand sweeping away the gold-dnst 10 some
unknown locality Some seasons the pT0ntS are very
handsome at Others hardly remuneratlYe. Nearly ~
miles north of Gold Bluffs Cape St George, opposite
which and eight miles distant the Brother Jonathan
was wrecked on the 22d of July, 1865. OF $50 pass
engers only six women and three children were saved
and of the officers and crew only the second mate ana
nine seamen Among the lost were zen. WIIg I ana
suite, Mir. Nesbit of The Bulletin, and Capt DE VOL
Lieut. Patterson saved his boat with great dcnlty,
and escaped into the quiet harbor OF Crescent Clty,
which lies little below. In the cemetery near the
town there are AZ graves in row. the resting place
of the bodies found on the adjacent beach.
After leaving Point st. George we saw no land TIL
opposite Cape FlatteTy-the northwest corner OF
United States territory. Hitherto the fog has OBJ
scured the landscape but to-day the sky is cloudlesS
The mountains, crested with last years snow stretch
across Washington Territory close to Fuca Straits,
displaying scenery which for boldness OF outline
and grandeur has no parallel IN the Atlantic States
What is rare, frost has yet disturbed vegetation
at Victoria and the heavy Fall rams have not Yet
commenced The mild weather of this region, COM
pared with the corresponding latitude the Attain
tic coast is a marvel TO those of who were raised
in New England We are further north than Lake
Superior and Quebec; yet the ice never freezes more
than an inch thick, and here, on the lOwlands the
snow seldom covers the ground for week; On the
high ACCOMPLISHMENTS it has perpetual home.
At Esquimat is the British naval station for this
coast. Ii is n safe and romantic harbor three miles
from Victoria and has at tins time i've large ships
and several gunboats One of them is the ironclad
Jealous which the reader has probably seen III our
he M p1t IQ
dropped anchor near by, and Just at sunrise the
Jealous fred her morning salute and; her band
PLAYED God Save America" 1t brought us all on
deck and for one, as an American, j could most
heartily return the compliment by Joining III the lOud
cheers which followed There is no reason on earth
why the people of America and Great Britain should
not heartily fTateTniZe. il the social religious eman
cipaton of the world is TO be achieved, IL Will
be done by their combined efforts.
There is among many Americans strong dislike OF
the British Government But that feeling ought not
TO extend to the British people. That Government,
even of late years is only rarely on exponent OF the
British people Ii not in 1915. whcn cOnfessedly
at the head of the European political system, and
able 10 dictate terms 10 all its Governments, she be-
trayed the liberal cause and surrendered the people
of the Continent 10 the unrestricted tyranny of dcs
pots whom her power had restored TO their vacant
thrones. II was not in 1919. when her Ministry for
mally declared TO Louis Napoleon that England had
objection" 10 that great political crimo-the sup
preston of the Roman Republic or In other words 10
the exnguisbment of the hope of freedom in the ltal
ian peninsula 1t not in 1862 when III English ports
ships of war were built and fitted out to be used by
Southern Rebels in devastating American commerce.
But with all the faults Of her Government and the
misdoings of her statesmen, Great Britain is the
ONLY great European Power whose citizens have risen
to the enjoyment of rational liberty She is the ever
ready and ever open asylum for the presented
patriotism of the continent. 1t is from her example
and the teachings of her literature and liberal men,
that the European masses draw political instruction.
The British press disturbs the slumbers of every
tyrant and every usuTpeT upon the European CONT
nent and her people and her institutions are regarded
as the great of insecurity and danger TO every
despotc Government But enough for tonight
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