The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-03-24
From Victoria.

The brig Roacs Cssnsa, Capt. 6araner. 81
DAYS from Victoria, arrived here on yestcs>
CAV. with cargo Oflnmeer. etc. The Cap
tain reports times at Victoria as eStraordi-
naTily duh Business at that port has been
going down duringtAe past six months. very
rapidly, and Il Is nov said that the streets, on
weekdays. present Sunday like appearance,
We arr indebted to Capt. Gardner for file
Of the B-<isA Cseais, IN which. however we
find hut little Of interest The Editors Of
Victoria papers appear to be occasionally as
hard put TO It IS We Of the Islands TO find mat
ter with which TO IN their columns The
weather is never falling resort, and the al
iusious to 1t almost make one at these Islands
shiver-Says paper Feb. Is,h.
a nipping frost set in on Tuesdsy night
snd yesterday and a thin risEe Of ice covered
the dead water In james ard Rock BSyS:
but vegetation appeared 10 suffer lightly
from the embraces Of the ghostly visitSnt."
Although the mines Of British Columbia
must pale their diminished fires before the
superior light Of the White Pine. yet the
victorians cling to the belief that their dig
gins are yet valuable. The Ooloaisf of the
10Th says:
| LEscH RrvER-"Mr. Harnett and Captain
I wilde returned from the river last night
having walked the whole distance each way
in day. They walked from Victoria TO the
river in six hours and half and from the
river TO Victoria in eight. On Monday night
three inches Of STOW fell on the river. and
/ l,FF
/ the GoiiS.ream mountain: on this side Of
[ the mountain there was but a spFinkling Of
suow and az Mr.. Ash's house none Capt.
I Wide we understand. was for many years
/ in the same fiue gold distric. in California as
/ Mr.. Hsrnett. in working which he had much
/ experience He thoroughly endorses Mr..
I HSraett's opinion that the ground viii all pay
/ well II properly worked. and second com
Z pany has been formed and has located six
] hundred feet for hydraulicing. This ground
is considered somewhat more promising. and
less expensive TO prepare than that taken up
by HSrnett end company. II the snow does
not interfere, washing viii commence in
three weeks"
This about pIlotage rates at Puget Sound:
A bill has been introduced into the Amer
lean Congress 10 repeal the pilot law of Wash
ington Territory. This statute eempels YES
sels bound for American ports on Puget
Sound 70 take pilots, or pay half pilo;age.
The Law gives great dissatisfaction TO owners
Of shipping honad there, and If maini med
viii materially increase the rates Of freight.
In regard to the San Juan island dispute,
yet unsettled between the American and
British governments, the Co'oaia has the
following:
~CoVNTIS6 CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE
HArcHED. The Washington eorrespon-
dents are counting the San Juan chicken as
American property. before the process Of in
cubzrion has fairly commenced The New
York Hsruld CORES pOndent SAYS - The San
Juan difficulty is being somewhat discussed
in official circles. and If the treaty OF the
subject Is Of the character supposed, il may
be regarded as : complete backing down on
the part of Great Britain The San Juan
controversy has been the subject OF diploma
tic correspondence for nearly fifty years, the
question involved being as TO what cousti-
tu1es the boundary line. In 1916 treaty
was concluded fixing the boundary line a.
westward along the f0rty-niue parallel OF
north latitude 10 the middle Of the channel
sepsrating the Continent from Vancouver
Island. and souiheriy through the middle OF
the said channel and of the FncS Strsits 70
the Pacific Ocean 4 controversy grew out
Of the wording of this treaty, England con-
tending that Rosario Straits was the channel
referred 70, and the United States holding
that the channel alluded 10 was the Canal de
Hsro. II the English construction could be
maintained, ii would give them all the islands
/ In the Haro Archipelago including the Island
Of San Juan. This was stoutly refused by
our Government, and finally led to the sp-
poiniment Of Commission TO adjust the
difficulties The Commission, after deliber-
ating several months were unable TO agree,
and from that time, 1851, TO the present day,
there has been joint occupation ofSan Juan,
and several times hOstilities seemed inevita-
bic If, as supposed, the English Government
has reeeded from its old position on the sub
jet, il will be seen that We acquire undis-
puted right TO : large slice of territory"