Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-20
AMERICAN VESSELS II . ijrIsh
C0LUI8itE WaTEI;S.

val ar D ltyanynic uf ) NTH HG'li Il IN
vented ami the Legisiat.re ii California
leg i his present pJlygut ana mag
milo Ilent si.,na. nov a Repr-sentativ,
Of British Coinmhia i'll the ClnliiaH
Parliament. ht- ettrtei al lnq Iicr l.
that DO " whether tpeei n vessels il IKE
2 r!,ht IN utyig ate The inland co4~t
waters of British Columbia. aud pirtIcI-
lacly rl1Srl Str ait and the Oh gaurl-
between z 1een Charlotte I-lsnl and
til II .iHIlnl British C3'a.a'sia h -
frontage on the nsean fear lGn i~s,i
miles lon, but OF this dist ne :thoHt
two bundled and fry miles are occupied
by Vancouver AMI q IetI CIirIotcs /
lands. ana between them aye other
islands, - til # the msiAEtl,. dos not
front directly On the - II t.. mere than
about twenty miles. 'fse entire asst
IS IN arcbipela -. with narrow ha5 dep
anl wi ,toie channels, va~v,4-, from
one mile u sixty miles. vancouver
Strait. east 0. z Ieen Charlotte Islands.
IS NJ ,re than degree.
Tne iuq Iiry III N i Cosmos Is an
,loub;edly directed a.ains. American
vessels, bnt its sp-c; Il a. nltin p Irp p-e
is npt explained. Compliant has been
III lie of American sen sJne - which h ave
made business of running from " ash
inItOl Territory into 50 he Of these
British ini@tS tn obtain pelt~. prvinJ fnr
them with whisky; and if the only OF
jet Is to stop tn traffic, We shah not
M an o,ect II. Otherwise, we
have not he ud that American Vessels
have ever done anything on the British
coast to give off.n-e. We have oar IF
chip Ia 80, as til y htre theirs, and we
permit their vessels, after reporting at
the Custom II ,use of Port Townsend. to-
run to Seattle and Olympia, and we
have e right to expec: equal facilities
from them. and no more. A liberal pol
icy and kindly feeling will contribute
to the pleasure and profit of both sides.
Ala, My Is.
We had the satisfaction of an &C.
qnaintance with De Cosmos, when.
with the odds and ends of other civ
llizati"ns and peoples he was a
dweller among that motley crowd
which made up the population of
the then finsh and rapid city of Orc
vile. At that time Smith was the
name which distinguished him from
the common herd of his fellow
Daguerrotype takers. As the Ahn
saws. a California Legislature changed |
his name and made him. par excel
lence, a living embodiment of The
Love of the World" Smith was a
blnenose and a monstrons ass. He
was waited off to British Columbia
bv the breeze Of excitement which
followed the discovery of gold on
Fraser River. and aeon after he ar
rived at Victoria he started an in
tenselv loyal and drealfnllv British
paper known az the CT mist The
tenor IF this paper seemed to indi-
Cate that he felt "a If the blarstesl
had failed to treat him with
that consideration which he deserved
md he was determined. 40 far "a the
limits of his SIN Ill provincial dung
lill would permit. to retaliate npon
he nation whose people had never .
lone any more for him than to res
ne his name from the ObScuritv of
he great herd of Smiths and place
lin conspicuously before his fellow !
nan as Amor lie Cosmos. This per =
on, seconded bv another Of CORES
onding gift of wind and CAB, once i
mt their lungs to yether AMI talked
Vancouver Legislature to death.
}. Cosmos t,lke.l something like l.
ighteen honrs on q stretch. If he
al o..lv been reserved for a part in :,
lie great R.vmond Hernes trial he =
light have changed the verdict b. :,
with prolonged speecl, :.
re jury which gave the H-rme>I
,mplny their Case. As it WAS. he :
as voted all intolerable and incom :,
arabic bore. As his new and f,s g
.iious name implies. De Cosmos n
IL an Unsuitable app title for notori to
y and eccentric situations 4; and j, :,
doubtless. with hope to get Il
in self noticed lv the American ~
Tess that he lIiS taken the = cps he
- with regard to the Casting
ivileSes of American vessels. lie
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