The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-30

and title thus acquired WAS hc (
sacred. | have been forcibiy re-
minded of those good old days Of the
Winter of 40 and Spring of 80. p
by the appearance of Sitka to-day
On going ashore, tho first thing that
attracted my attention was stakes
(not snakes), stakes, stakes, stakes.
stakes, to the right, to the left, and
ahead, and In fact the whole region
round about Sitka is mapped, bounded
and described by stakes. Every
league, mile, section and foot of land.
has been staked off and claimed, some
goddess wretch inclosiBg the mission
church property, and others peDBing
the Governors house on all sides.
1t is a wonder that he has not been
asked to vacate In favor OF some
squa ter. 1t is useless for any more
people to come here, as there is no
thing left. To give you an idea of the
fluctuations of the markets since the
18th inst, when we arrived. prices
have advanced heavily, under the i'm
preston that our ships company
would create a famine In the land.
One month since boots were a drug
at 81 80 per pair, but they are now
held at$4 80, but no buyers Flour,
clothing, groceries, whisky and other
necessaries of life, have been jumped
up at fearful rate. Those pioneers
in shop keeping, who push out in
every direction to earn an honest pen
ny, are here In abundance There
has been a regular influx of Israel
ties from Victoria (Vancouver's Is
land), who are about as sharp as tile
regular Yankee. Since "a bright trick
was played on the honest, open-kand-
ed Governor, there Is waiting and
trouble in the harbOr. because' DO
goods can be landed The schooner
Nor -Wester cleared from Puget
Sound with calico and like stuff
marked on his manifest, to trade with
but the calico being light he ballast
ed the vessel with lumber .a
When the vessel arrived, he was
informed he could not land anything
until the United States Customs Off
cials arrived, aud as their coming was
very indefinite, and as the Nor
Wester could not lay long on demur-
rage, she was found suddenly to have
sprung a-leak and making water SO
fast that she would sink unless re-
lieved of her cargo and ballast, per-
mission was granted, and the vessel
was hauled into the beach, aud the
ballast (lumber) was landed; but as
there was no lumber in the town, it
(the ballast) was sold off clean at sat
isfactory prices, and soon thereafter
the leak was stopped, and the Cap
tlin sailed In triumph back to the
"Sound," his calico turned into furs
and his lumber into coin. There
is another schooner here in like dis
tress, and yesterday the Hudson Bay
steamer Otter arrived with a sloop
in tow, claiming that she is ID
distress and requires to be discharged
in order to repair damages. The
Governor has his back up and won't
let either of the vessels discharge.
The Lincoln received 80 tons of coal
from the Otter, and so tons from the
Russian Company, which viii carry
her out amo1g the Aleutian Islands
and back. She is going to Oonalaska
and other islands, the names of which
| can neither pronounce nor spell.
She is expected to return here (Sitka)
by the middle or the latter part of
September, to add her mite to the
American feet and assist in the honor
of hoisting the Star Spangled Banner
over the Territory Of Alaschka, as
Captain Cook spelled it in his narra-
tive"