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From Our Own Correspondent.
SAN FaANc1sco. Dec. %. 1871.

SAN FRANCIsco, Dec. 20. 1871.
I enclose you slip from yesterday s
Penny Post, !" the nature of which, I
am SO strongly impressed. is entirely
false that I send it to You for special no.
tice, so that if, as suppose, it be un-
true, You can through the DISPATCH, put
the gullible portion of our community
on its guard. s.-sasss.ss
A large amount of capital is here,
looking favorably towards your section
for operation and investment, all of
which will b' scared away from you by
false representations, in correcting which
you wonld be justified in using the
strongest language.
There are several persons here repre-
senting themselves as "Land Agents. of
the North Pacific Railroad. Now, to
protect the unwary. I suggest that you
get from the Railroad Authorities list
Ct such agents, if any such there be,
and publish them. Twill undertake to
have the list republished in our leading
journals, SO that our whole community
may know with whom to deal.
We are still being flooded, and from
present indications the end is yet far
away. The local railroads have suffered
great damage, in fact SO much so that it
is said to repair the Western Pacific,
from Vallejo's mills to to the San Joa-
quin Valley, will cost from one-half to
three-fourths as much- as the original
construction. The country roads are
almost impossible everywhere, and yet
that magnificent railroad, the great Cen
trail Pacific, has run its trains ON time,
through it all, while the Union Pacific
has been terribly blocked up, and in
consequence we have had no eastern
mail for six days. r.-..
Our new Governor has set up his po-
litical guillotine, and many well known
Democrats have already felt the keen
edge of his new knife. Among them
the Commissioner of immigration Man
d,,ville, Adjatant General Cazneau, Tide
Land Commissioners B. F. Washington,
Rod. Citizens and L. L. Bullock, be-
sides numbers of lesser lights. The re-
moval of Cazneau at this time is to be
by all parties and the people
at large, as he is an enthCr in the
office, and an accomplished ol.Gcer for
the place. But "to the victors being
the spoils." and SO it must be regard
less of the public interests, But ] must
conclude for the present. Don't forget
the "Land Agents." and do us Friscans
q kind service. OCCASIONAL.
, 1872-01-15
Land SwindIers.

Our regular San Francisco correspon-
dent calls our attention to q statement
which we publish in regard to the loca-
ton of terminus of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad at Puget City and the sale
of lots therein by one Mr.. Ballou as a
pretended agent of the Company, and
also to other pretended agents of said
Company operating in lands upon Pu-
get Sound in that city. To all of which
we can say positively and emphatically:
1st, That the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company has in no manner indicated
any place upon Puget Sound for the
final terminus of said Road. I'd, That
said Company has not laid off or plat
ted any town upon Puget Sound either
for the sale of lots or any other pur-
pose. Sd, That said Company has no
authorized agent in San Francisco for
the sale of town lots or any other lands
belonging to said Company. 4ih, That
said Company is not engaged in peddling
land or speculating in paper towns
through travelling agents or other un-
known parties outside of their own pub
lie Offices specially established for that
and as we'll known to the pub
lie as the q. S. land offices and officers.
From these facts it is manifest that
all persons in San Francisco pretending
to be agents for the sale of lands for the
North Pacific Railroad Company are
acting under false pretences and hence
are swindlers; and it is surprising that
anybody should buy Of them without
calling for their credentials. The s'Pu-
get City, of Bellingham Bay. and the
=" Puget City" Nisqually Bay, are mere
paper towns, got up for private specu-
lation by persons having no official con-
nection with the Railroad.
There are many of these projects
afoat for selling lots at the terminal
city, some Of which are barely within
the possibilities, but the great majority
of them are purely Peter Funk :"
schemes, scarcely outside of the Grimm
al statutes. The scheme Of Avery and
McKenney, notice of which we copy
from the Olympia Tribune. is Of this
questionable character. When they sell
lots under the assurance that they are
situated atithe terminus Of the North
Pacific Railway, they obtain the consld-
Grafton by false pretences. No one re-
CARDS Budd's Inlet as the terminus of
the railway, and there is, only a bare
possibility Of the station or connection
being made within five miles of the
lands offered. lob ghes9s
These land svindles operate greatly
to the discredit and detriment Of the
country. by alarming honest capitalists
, 1872-01-15

Gated on the east side Of Budd's Inlet.
at the first deep water, the point which
"a now attracting SO much attention
throughout, the United States"
Now this is simply an attempt 70
swindle the people of Victoria out of
their money. Buying the lots offered
as above will be ''buying a pig in a
poke;;" for it is by no means certain
that the terminus will be .1ocated or
the east side of Budd S Inlet" or indeed,
within distance of some miles OF this
property, On the contrary. the west
side of the inlet is regarded by many
OF our citizens as most certain to secure
the terminus, in which event land on
the opposite shore will be Of little
value. sHs ~ i-Hl fiaa ei-
As public journalist we deem it our
duty to caution the people Of Victoria.
and all others, against a swindle SO
palpable as this. Hence this basty
notice of the matter. IF our Victoria
readers purchase. after this timely
warning, and suffer in consequence,
they will have only themselves TO blame.
, 1872-01-15

thence ranufns in nearly westward
course to Sandy river; thence in a
general southwesterly direction to the
crossing ofthe Missippi river at Brainard
in Crow Wing county; thence in a
nearly westward course 10 the crossing
ofthe Grow river; thence in a general
north westerly oourse to the crossing Of
the Buffalo river. in Clay county: and
thence IN nearly westerly course to the
Led river, few miles from Georgetown,
Minnesota-a distance of SN6.4 miles.
Three lines have been surveyed in
Dakotah The one extending from the
point where forty-seventh parallel of
latitude crosses the Red river, and
thence in a general westerly direction
to the mouth of Heart river, Dakotah,
has been adopted as the line of location,
and has been put under contract. The
work on it is being vigorously prosecuted
the contractors binding themselves to
have the line completed to the Missouri
by the 1st Of July next. Apreliminary
line has also been run from the mouth
of Heart river, in nearly westerly
direction, to the Yellowstone, and from
this latter point to Bozeman's Pass;
and from thence several lines have been
run, testin. the various passes of the
Rocky Mountains, through to the Co.
lumbia river. On the Pacific coast
lines have been run testing all the passes
thro' the Cascade range between the
Columbia and the boundary line. The
line from Portland to Puget Sound has
been located, following the valley of the
Columbia river from Portland to Kalama
crossing tteriuer at that point; thence fol-
lowing the Cowlitz river to the mouth
of Skookumchuck river, Washington
Territory; from thence several lines
have been surveyed, extending on both
the eastern and western sides of the
Sound. Upon the lines, as located, the
work Of construction has been commen-
ced, and twenty-five miles will be cola-
pleted and in operation by the 1st of
January next, as required by the Com
pany's charter. nflT .5D-sli73a9h
, 1872-01-15
nlAILlG.

The Seattle Mails arrive and depart as fol-
lows:
Oregon, California and Atlantic States, ria.
Olympia, Tacoma and Steilacoom Arrive Mon
days and Thursdays. 6 O'Clock, A. N. Depart
Tuesdays and Fridays. 10 P. n. Close P. n.
Victoria. ria Ports Madison, Gamble, Ludlow
and Townsend. Tuesdays and Fridays. 10 P. N.
Depart Mondays. Is A. NJ; Thursdays. s Is
M. Close A. NJ. and 9 Pm.
Whatcom, ria Mukelteo, Snohonish, Tulalip,
ceupeYille. CoyeIaud. Utsalady, Laconner. FL
dalgo and Samish Arrive, Wednesdays, r. n.
Depart, Mondays, 9 AN. Close 8 80 A. N.
Franklin, ria. White River and Slaughter
Arrives, Wednesdays, Z P. n. Departs. Tues
days, "A! N. Closes 80, A.. NJ.
Snoqusmie, ria. Black River and Squak !: Ar
riyes, Wednesdays, 8 P. N. Departs, Tuesdays,
IAN. Closes 6 80 A. N.
Port Orchard, ria. Port Blakely: Arrives,
Tuesdays. II A. N. Departs, Mondays, II A. N.
Closes 10 As.
, 1872-01-15

A SHARP DoDoE.-T The Victoria Stand
ard of Wednesday, Sd inst, contains
an advertisement, in large display type,
in the following words:
ssLand for sale at the terminus ofthe
North Pacific Railway! We are author
lied to announce that VIM. f. Avery.
of the banking house of G. A. Barnes
& Co.. at Olympia. and Gen. 7. l. Nc
Kenny, will be in Victoria next week
for the purpose Of selling town lots in
Central Olympia. These lots are 10
, 1872-01-15

The greatest want of the present aga
is men and women, healty and vigorous
in mind and body. The, continued
headaches. weakness, nervousness,
and varying ailments which sfAict wom>
en- generally the result Of imperfect act>
ion Of the stomach. and other vital or
gans. DR. wALKxRN CAL1ToaxIA vNs-
GAR BrrrEhs, being composed entirely.
of vegetable. Substances indigenous TO
Californisa, may be, taken with perfect
safety. sy the most delicate, and are q
suss remedy for all female, complaints.
correcting all wrong action and giving.
new vigor to the whole system.
, 1872-01-15
goltieat.
ALast Opportunity.

The Congress of the United states is
soon to be assembled at Washington.
Already the members of it, from the re-
moter parts of the Union, are on the
way thither, and not few, indeed,
have reached their point of destination.
1t will come together with much of the
old material, but under a new condition
of public sentiment.
Since the members went home o
change, not to say a revolution, has
taken place in the attitude if not in the
opinion of the nation. The war against
corruption, begun in this city many
years ago, and lately crowned with a
glorious and significant victory, was
not mere municipal contest. The re-
preventative robbers were here; the
chiefs of the banditti had their head
quarters herei but the atrocious system
of which they were the principal man
ipulators extended oyer the whole
country. Wherever there we're legisla-
tors with open palms, wherever there
were oficeholders who used their trusts
to fill their private pockets, wherever
rings of managing politicians were
formed to control nominations and
dictate measures, there was the same
abuse against which we warred, and
there, too, our victory has been felt.
The bands of petty schemers have been
generally defeated. and their vacant
places, we trust, will be supplied by
honest men and statesmen. r., -.....
1t will be for the Republican party,
which is still in the ascendent in all de-
partments Of the government, to deter
mine whether this signal victory shall
be a fruitful or an abortive one. Hav-
ing so clear and decided mastery in
both branches of Congress, as well as
in the executive chair, the people will
look to it for continuation and a con-
firmation of the good work inaugurated
in this stronghold of venality and base
ness. "Tweedism, which is now the
popular name for all modes of sinister
and corrupt legislation. must be rooted
out of the federal government as it has
been rooted out of our metropolitan
government. It must be done by the
party which has the power; and if that
party fails in the duty expected of it, if
it becomes the apologist Of abuses, the
defender of injustices, the shield and
protection of those abject and sinister
processes which have hitherto brought
disgrace and disaster upon our politics,
it must take the responsibility before an
awakened public conscience. No trif-
ing will be tolerated in this matter, nor
will any trickery succeed in binding
the eyes of the nation to the shortcom-
ings of prominent leaders. If we might
use q somewhat original and novel fg-
ure of speech, we should say that they
must face the music and dance to it,
too. or be incontineutly dismissed the
rancho.
What the Rep1S1icans will have to
do, is what they should have done long
since. snd the neglect Of which has ex-
possd them to plausible charges of in
lAempetency, mot to1zhy of wilful dere-
, 1872-01-15
Northern Pacific Railroad.

Ever SLICE IL udS Ueeu ceItalu tnat the
Northern Pacific Railroad would be
built, there has been great deal of in
quiry and great deal of speculation as
to what point on Puget Sound would be
selected for the western terminus of the
road, and no wonder, for it is within
the power of the Railroad Company to
build up at any point on the Sound
which they may choose, great city,
which is certain to become the second
on the Pacific Coast, and perhaps ulti-
mately to contest the palm with San
Francisco itself. This question of To-
cation, we are informed by ". T. Bal
lon, one of the land agents of the North
ern Pacific, is now settled, and North
Whatoom, or, as it is to be called. Puget
City, has been decided upon as the site
of the western terminus.
The site of the new town is about
twenty-three miles south Of the British
line and about six miles north of the
old town of Whatcom, at point where
the Nook Sank river debouches into
the sound. A long narrow island in
front of the new town divides Belling-
h. Bay from Lumi Bay. Upon this
islano it is said to be the intention of
the company to build their warehouses
and make their grand depot. Puget
is splendidly situated as regards water
communication, being opposite the
point where the Straits OF fnca join
the Gulf Of Georgia and the Straits of
Haro and of Rosain meet. The size is
almost level. Back of it lie large coai
beds. and the country to the north and
east is described as splendid agricul-
tural region, along the Nork Sack. the
Frazer and tributary streams are to be
found some Of the finest pasturage in
the country, on which large herds of
cattle are already fattening.
Much of the land between Puget City
and the British line has been already
taken up by German immigrants, of
whom there ore three or four hundred
families who came out to Washington
Territory with Governor Salomon.
Puget City, of course, belongs to the
railroad company, Congress in its ex-
treme lberality having given to that
corporation pretty much all of Wash
ington Territory. 1t has been laid off
into blocks and lots, and for the past
w.si, these have been offered for sale at
the rate of $1O0 per lot Of 20 by 14O
feet, the terms being o1c-third down
and the balance on a credit of tone and
two years. Two hundred and sixty
four lots have been sold, but Mr.. Bal
lou received orders to stop the sale Of
lots. 1t is expected that work upon the
main line will be commenced at Puget
City IN the spring, and pushed East.
Work has already been commenced on
the branch line wh1ch is 10 run from
the Columbia north to the main trunk.
The Columbia river terminus is place
called Kalama, about thirty miles fur
ther down the river than Portland.
Sixty miles have beeh graded, and the
contract for laying the iron has been
let; Is, 1892 bars OF iron and one loco
motive are already here. and will soon
be shipped north.
W. T. BalIou, the land agent OF the
Northern Pacific is the old Frazer River
expressman, who will be remembered
by all who participated in the rush "
of '5S, and who made . reputation then
for energy and enterprise which he has
ever since maintained.-S. f. Ese,lfng
Post.
, 1872-01-15
fFrom the Puget Sound Courier.l
Hunting the Terminus.

! ussire 10 reidte some very queer facts
That Mapped long since toa quartette Of Mes;
McF., and McC.. Men, and NICK,
And how 1t occurred was just in this way:
These four gentlemen, not strange to relate,
We're engaged down town in railroad debate.
When q stranger stepped in from the stage at
the door,
And these were his words-but, oh! how he
"I've crossed the great plains, showed in was
mycar, 4 f' n =.-'
I've brsved the great deep, laid of at the Bar,
But. ali! these were trifes-what words can
employ
To speak my full mind of your darned corduroy,
BUT now that I've come to this great Puget
Sound,
The hub of creation the whole world turns
round, i-ia ~
Explain to me quickly what's all Of this fuss;
Oh, tell me, pray tell me. where's the grand
TERMINUS!
Then up rose McF. as he only can rise,
Looked first at the stranger and then to the
skies, t. s.
were grand:
Z" The place that you seek is the placa where you
stand. ri
First look at our mud-fiats extending SO wide;
What millions Of tlams at each ebb of the tide!
And then, my dear sir, it must not be forgotten
That Olympia is the outlet of all Saunders bot
tomy'
Then up jumped McK.--from his pocket he
drew
An enormous town plat which he spread out to
view.
Look, stranger, look at what nature has done;
Nisqually g the place where the roads sure to
See her two great harbors and long water line.
In this great arrangement there sure was design
1 think it's decreed that this is the spot
And if you insist I'll part with lotr'
The next man that spoke was old Gen. McC.;
And his words like Bill Nye's, were: " Can these
things be?
You cannot imagine how my feelings it harrows
To think of city this side of the Narrows.
Tacomai Tacoma! no name half SO sweet;
And as to our anchorage, we've six hundred feet.
Just take my advice, if your seeking your pile,
Invest at Tacoma and your sure to strike 'ile"
Then up spoke Men; "He must be an ass
Who can't see the road run through snoqualmie
Pass. sfl
I'll tell you, my friend, at the end of the battle,
This whole thing will centre just down at Seattle
We've oceans of coal, but we all put our trust,
When it comes to our streets, in Yesler's saw
dust;
As Tyee once said in q way that was savage,
What excellent soil for the growing Of :ab-
bage."
Now just at this time uprose full score.
Each yelled out his place in the widest uproar,
And could distinguish in the midst Of the fray,
Port Townsend, Holmes Harbor and Bellingham
Bay.
The next morning the stage to the southwark
it bore
The stranger it brought the evening before.
When asked why he left. his reply, 1t was sad:
IL could not remain where whole town was
mad"
+ MORAL.
When q poor, tired stranger drops into your
town,
pray, my dear friends. don't all crowd around,
rr<.- 10, I,csII
"d-n it,"
And straightway start back to Portland, Wal
lamet.
, 1872-01-15

The WMLow.-The Rrst willow tree
ever planted in America was set out on
the line Of the present Third Avenue,
New York City, one hundred and eighty
years ago. It was willow twig which
came in q package of figs from Pales-
tine; was stuck into the ground. and in
q few years became large tree. i.s
, 1872-01-15
MeNAUGHT & lEARY,
SEATTLE, W.T. ue2
Real Estate and Tax Agents,
REAL ESTATE bought and sold.
LOANS negotiated.
CLAIMS collected.

FOR SALE.
LOTS IN CITY OF SEATTLE, i'm
proved and unimproved.
Also, LANDS in King. Kitsap, Sno-
homish and Island Counties.
Tracts at HOLMES HARBOR, CA,
MANO ISLAND. MUKILTEO, PORT
TOWNSEND. PORT DISCOVERY.
NISQUALLY. etc. etc. s
Also. several Bottom Land FARMS.
under cultivation, on the White, Black,
Cedar, and Duwamish Rivers.
AGENTS Remington and Osgood,
New York Benjamin Flint, San Jose,
California, etc. etc.
1ICNAUGHT & LEARY.
JAMES McNAUeHr,
JOHN LEARY,
Seattle, ", 7. Aug. %, 1871. l5f.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-09
Meteorological Observations.

Weather was made for conversation-indeed
it is its chief necessary.
A calculation has been put forth by an
eminent actuary that three out of every five
conversations open with a remark on the
weather. He was engaged two years, in all
weathers, in collecting data for this computa-
ton. His sufierings were greatest in the bad
quarter of an hOnr before dinner
The ancents thought much of the weather.
The Greeks had a Temple of the Winds, an
anticipation of the Meteorological Bureau,
and their most popular comic author called
one OF his dramatic pieces "The Clouds"
One OF the most remarkable phenomena
connected with the weather is the number of
persons Who fare constantly endeavOring to
raise the wind. They are more numerous
than that Othsr class OF people-a consider
able 'One, no doubt-who are always looking
out for rainy day.
Many persons are so much taken up with
the weather that they are continually in the
clouds.
With all the discoveries science has made
we are yet very far from knowing what the
clouds exactly contain, so many things are still
in nubibus
There are two kinds of dew. The one pre-
walls in the early morning, and leaves its
traces on the feet; the other makes is an
pearance mostly at night, and affects the
head. There is difference of opinion among
philosophers about morning dew, but a re-
markable unanimity as to mountain dew.
Music has been composed on the weather:
for Instance, the well-known glee, ''Hail.
Smiling Mornp' Mote the sly allusion to
the fickleness of our climate.)
There are four quarters in the wind. conse-
quently there ought to be two halves, but
nothing is known of them at Washington
Every information about ice can be obtain.
ed OF any eminent confectioner or fishmonger.
There is want in hterature-there is no
good biography of the Clerk of the Weather.
No poultry show can be considered COM
plete without collection of weathercocks.
In Northern countries they call their dane
es in the winter suow-bals.
The weather was very dismal in the Dark
Ages.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-08-09
Nasby at Home.

The HOME OF NAsBY-How HE LIVES
AND WoRKs-A Pen AND INK PORTRAIT
OF THE PARsoN.
Correspondence of the New York Times.
The city of Toledo is celebrated in current
history as being the residence of Petroleum
V. Nasty, Postmaster of the Confederate
Cross Roads, whose modest residence bears
on its door-plate the les, widely known name
of David r. Locke. He is a difficult man to
catch during the lecturing season. when he is
starring 1t from Portland to Washington, and
Westward as far as Kansas, but in the sum
mer time he may be found in his den on the
fourth floor of the Blade building, writing
his squibs for the Daily Blade and pondering
over his Nasty letters. In this style of writ
ing he excels, and exults over his points with
an occasional war-whoop. His mind is quick
to perceive weak place in the enemys ar
NOR. as he glances over the exchanges, ana
when he ''goes for solitary foe, he always
returns with the scalp hanging at his sirdle.
His paper is doing magnificent service ioi
Grant in Northwestern Ohio.
Personally, Mr.. Locke Tor Nasby, as he is
offener called) is a man of about five feet and
nine inches in height, with brown hair pushed
in all directions, rubicund of visage, rotund of
face and broad of girth, and weighing some
two hundred pounds. His face gives no indi-
cation of the intellectual man within, except
in the deep-set expression of the eyes. But
he cannot speak or write without q joke, or