, 1878-01-12

this the 4th day OF January. Tht
flowers grew in the open air unpro
tected and without any extra care
We have more. .Orcas Island is i'm
proving in many ways. We have {
resident minister, the Rev. Mr.
Hewett, and the new county road
just opened from north to south
beach discovers several good new
claims; two have just been settled
upon. There is q good water power
on this island which We hope to see
some day, utilized. The ''lords oil
the Isle" seem satisfied and well al
ease. So much. SO good. L. I. G.
New ROUTE TO EURoPE.--It has
been known for years to many peo-
pie of the Pacific coast that there
existed'a passage from the Pacific to
the Atlantic along the coast of ST.
IBERIA, but although nearly the whole
distance has been traversed by fish
ing vessels, no one has made the en-
tire passage. An ocean current is
also known to flow through this pas
sage, and pieces of vessels wrecked
on the Atlantic have been picked up
in the Pacific. Whales have also
passed through and been taken in the
Pacific after being harpooned in the
Atlantic. An Englishman has made
recent discoveries which will render
the opening of navigation by this
route o commercial necessity. A
dispatch from London to New York
has the following concerning the
commerce to be thrown open to the
world by this route: Captain Wig
gins, an Englishman just returned
from the Yenisei and Obi rivers in
Siberia, reports that route as practi-
cable to the North Pole with open
sea all the way. He also reports
there is immense commerce into
Siberia from China. Capt. Wiggins
with sehoonerof forty tons burden,
sailed from the capital of Siberia to
st. Petersburg and anchored before
the winter palace, where his vessel
vas visited by the Imperial family
and by. great crowds of people.
Steps are to be taken to organize
line of steamers, and thus open to
the world the marvellous timber,
grain and mineral resources of 81
IBERIA. Seven tons of gold we're
taken from one mine this year.
Wheat. equal to that from Califor-
mia, is sold at SIS per ton. Beet is
one cent per pound. There are tel
egraphs everywhere and large cities,
and the people exhibit great spirit
Of enterprise. In England the peo
ple will not credit the existence of
the open sea. as reported, nor the
possibility of such commerce. It is
only fifteen days from the Yenisei
river to London" This will neces-
state q direct railroad connection
between Seattle and New York, and
the commerce between Asia and
America will flow through our city.
This route will also enter into COM
petition with the Suez canal for the
Commerce between Europe and
Asia.
CoMMEaDABbE.-TheV Victoria Stand
n,.d eoo,ra.liots a false statement
s., ,,.., .r..s 1isn.tches from that
" WV
city III tn' lea o" Ing u ~ usli uA lia.nei
r" We ths fve h'olie me sensational
telegram fpA'''insiufea oy dlsgihs
of the Gt.iaR..t fsc THE ASS clared
Pres, aDi ~ she'd u the California
and O.s..a,, n.,s. -la4pprs. one which
mnst he eon,,ailr5ea. il order t.
nr.r. ~ ,f,,. b.r,.,.;,, and uoyert,
80, !, ,y.,,,., ..n,a,, am mecl,ani,.s
wa " - l., leiIe,Ino 10 II.
an" ''" 80 onas5 q,
tru'i'- III 'a'.' ''''i'' i''"' , ~ ~ \ ~ ~: "
worn I" IT. I'm - "A-eu ~, ~
tors. ~ - ~. aha says Ina
"bnifili@ = = f''isk hen the Tact Il
conr4- ..f snsttnciion ID the city OF
yic,n. here are plenty of in
do - sne hanics Including 1
lars. ... sruta;,e car penfers) an(
lah.r.as - 4aiAAng about the street,
nnahle 10 got work"
he British Coso''sst, IN an edstoF'a
article co, cerr,ug the recent disaster
on the Columbia river bar, closes q
follows: The want OF energy or capi-
tai OF the Northern Pacific Railway Go
has thus far prevented Puget soune
from grasp'ng ,hs haxa t."ne 'ua' cont;nnon 1 ~