New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-26

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. %. 1861
on, ,o,r pc,yously awaiting the official an
,o,,cc,,,, Of tlc departure OF the steamer John H.
steven. h,lcr,iug 10 tic California, oregon ana
MEXICO sicauslip Company, lound for the new
crrcIos together with officials, army oinceis' SOL
dicrs. SC. who are to iuhabit those deESh'iul re-
ions dining The coming Winter. The Stephens IS
splendid ,lip built originally for the Pocihc Man
STEAMSHIP Company, and which, at one Time was tle
crack boni with passengers travelling to ana rom
CaIjforriu She IL a beautiful model and swilt
GOING crf and with new boilers Just put III ns
rhinery ovcihauled hull and gingerbread NoIh ~
r0inted fresh bedding and lTau-ueM CfOchcIA, "a
IxLCT stYtt, expected to have fair. pleasant anu
rapd rum from this port to Sitka or houii! l,ncn
there has On great SUI nons f tbn Word gor
and soldiers on tho expectation OF tho W." hen
hui what between mich COWS. beer cStuei "a; "a, =
pmltry 100 tuns of cargo. ana traps % an H. Io
,yould la. the work of magician 10 G.'t NV ~;
coy, AT our dcparuTc. IN fact the military autul'
ties have been going TO send sup l9r sun M anI
months and after unreellhg ~ ,ys VI ~ Sell j., tn
winding il up they will get the troops ~ SUM IL, no
,,osf di.a,,rab BILE period of the year. whon theI9 Wo
rain and fogS about "A hours day fol ine ooioS
tjon OF yOur readers and to attract ehlgrttloh W %
Lo iron, the East / append extracts from lctteI
written by gentleman attached 10 inc sclen'lO OK
hblon now in Alaskan waters, on the revenue cut
Tor Lihcoih' "srrKA, Aug 10. 1867.
The revenue cutter Lincoln arrived here III good good
shane after wet passage, and we are lin eXceueh'
I'VE are not very dry. as the rain has been gently
falling
on the 29th and have been enVcl0ped III iog ana ram
ever since. The gentcmanly Governor oil olthl IN
forms us with the comforting words thnt we Shau
have good weather by July, lebS Wnei 0nserN
can no taken With impunity. That is his opinion,
from the present state of the barometer ana MOST
state OF tie atmosphere He says that june any lS
fret mart of July lust past. bestowed six weeks OF
charming weather, but rs we delayed coming so long
he could not keep the rains of any longer we haEe
mt M an observatory for Prof DaIldSOh oh Iho
{nite9 states Coast Survey, to work ill., but he has
failed to star up to date lie Is 'tae't anu p@
wait Bv the way. i'll the Oden times Oh
t;SJifornia in mining localities, the country
used to DO taken mp ana cEillneu, ny S'a n
and notices stuck on trees or boards, ana uiie nuS
acquired was held sacred have heen IotClOly ~ a.
minded of those good old days OF the Winter oI ~
n On 7oinp ashore the frst thing that attracted
nv attention was stakes mot snakes stakes sal'eS'
stakes stakes. to the right to the let, ana a1eag.
and i'm tact the whole region round about Sltha Is
mapped founded and described ny STAKES LIeIy
ieaPne mile section and foot of land has been
staked OF and claimed some goddess wTetch lhcios-
ing the sion church property ana 0tnelo Flnlns
the Goydnors house on all sides. III Is d N f
that he has not been asked to Nacate III IaV9r Oh st
squattcr IL is useless for any more people 10 come
here as 'ne ffo " fmetnatons of the markets
since the 18th inst. when we arrived, prices
have ad ,anced heavily; under the impression 'hat
land. One month since boots were drug al ,; %
per pair, but they are now held at - 90 Dui
no bryers Flour. clothing, groceries, Whisky, ana
other necessaries of life have, been jumped up
at fearful rate. Those pioneers III shOp-keel-
ing, who push out In every dliecu9h 10 earn un
honest penny, arc here IN abundance. mere
has been a regular influx of lsraehtes from We
tOTia NancOuVeT's Island, who are about as sharp
as the regular Yankee. Since bright tIlck was
payod Onihe honest opcu-handed Governor there
Is waiting and trouble in the harbOr because no goods
can be landed. The schooner Nor, Wester cleared
from Puget Sound, with calico and IKE stun mrkeu
ON his manifest to trade with, but the calico be'ng
light he ballasted the vessel with lumber. -,
'When the vessel arrived he was informed ne couiu
not land ANYTHING until the United States Customs
officials arrived and as their coming was very lhden-
mite, and as the Nor-Wester G9uld not Jay iong,oI
demurrage. she found suddenly 10 nave sprung
aleak and making water so fast that she would SINK
unless relieved of her cargo and ballast PERMISSION
was grs nted ard the vessel was hauled INTO the
as there was no lumber in the town, II 1.-THE BALLAST
was sold off clean at satisfactory prices, ana soon
thereafter the leak was stopped. and the captain
smiled in triumph back to the sound MS CaiGS
turned into fuTs and his lHgbfS qeS and yesterday
enc i1nusoh Bay steamer otter arrived with sioopln
tow claiming that she ill distress and requires to be
discharged in order to repair damages The Governor
has his back UP and won't let either vessel discharge
The Lincoln received 30 TINS OF coal from the Otter
aud 80 tuns from the Russian Company, which VIII
carry her out among the Alcutian islands and back
names of which / neither pronounce nor
spell. She is expected to return here tSitka
by the middle or the latter part of Sep
feet and assist in the honor of hosting the Star
spangled banner over the territory of Alaschka
Capt. Cook spelled 1t III his narrative"
This afternoon, at o'clock, we passed the
Golden Gate, and steaming up the Pacific coast We
arc catching the last rays of the sun they gid
the summit of Mount Tamalpais. This expedition
employs two steamShips-the John l.. stephens, com
snanded by Capt. Dali and owned by the California,
Oregon, and Mexican Steamship COmpany-and the
United States steamer sipee, which OF late has
been lying in San Francisco harbOr. The John l..
Stephens carries a large quantity of munitions aud
army stores. On board Is a iine artillery company
with ten guns and company OF infantry They are
under the command of Gen. jeff &. Davis. The pas
sengers consists of few traders several families, and
special correspondents of TIE alta CGhloraia and
The NKW-YORK TRIBUNE. Mr.. Cincaid, the PuTseT,
is appointed POSt-Offce Agent for the new Territory,
and will establish postal arrangements at Sitka.
The gunbOat OSsipee, which carries Gen. Rousseau
and suite and the Russian Commissioners, will sail
for Stka this week. As the John L. Stephens will
stop at Victoria, both expected to arrive at Stka
about the 18th of October. The ceremonies attending
the formal cession of the Territory to the United
States will be held at the residence OF the Russian
Governor, Prince MaksOntOll. Gen. Rousseau will
at once enter upon his duties Governor of Alaska.
He will be accompanied 10y two of his sons and sub
ordinate officers. The occasion of the formal sur
render viii be interesting. BY it, the United States
comes in possession of region nearly five times as
large California having coast of 1900 miles,
and Astounding with fine harbOrs vast forests, and
1ch fisheries
With the United States territorial acquisitions are
the landmarks of her histOTy-a Leading feature of
her national policy. Hence her purchase Of the north
western portion of the continent is not novelty but
the application of a general principle. But why
should Russia willingly, and without any apparent
reason, sell so vast region Ever since the found
ing of the Empire by Rurc the Great, a thousand
years ago, territorial extension has avOwedly been
the leading purpose OF the RUSSIAN GOVernment-and
one which 1t has perslstently carried out The idea
was zealousy elaborated by Peter the Great and has
never been lost sight of by his successors. " You
must give me the Dardanelles-they are the keys Of
my house, said Alexander 10 Napoleon the First,
during that brief friendship when. 60 years ago they
parceed out the world between them.
Eleven years ago the sole cause of the CTimean
war was the undisguised purpose OF the Emperor
Nicholas to reconstruct the map OF Europe by