, 1880-01-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

WE have now in the United States at
least $l50.00O, 900 more gold and silver
coin than we had OH the first of July,
1873 This is healthy imitation.
1HE schooner now building at Ludlow,
by the Hall brothers. has been sold to par
ties At Honolulu. She is 80 feet long, and
will register about 40 tons. She will b.
ready for sea about January 10th.
IT is alleged against tho Nicaragua
canal route that earthquakes might de-
Stroy or seriously damag" it. The same
objection will apply with equal force to
any oi the other routes projected. There
l. little occasion ioralarni OH that score.
IT |. feared that the gold excitement
will materially interfere with logging
business not Only on The Skagit but OH the
Sound generally. and that logs will be
scarce next summer aud consequently
command good price. :.
RETURNS from the ship building dis
tricts OF Great Britain. do not look much
ike hard times In that trade. In six
months l96 steamers, Of 237. 4S6 gross tom
tonnage. and 10 sailing vessels, Of 1S,l65
gross tonnage, we're butt iu the New
castle and GLASGOW districts, the latter in
olsling the Clyde. aDa
WITHIN the last year feeling has been
developed very extensively among the
business classes IN favor Of the enactment
of a new National BInkrupt Act, more
carefully drawn and guarded than that OF
1867. The probability seelns TO be that
some law of this kind will be introduced
at the present session of Congress.
AFTER speaking of the new departure
In rairoading IN Oregon and Washington
the San Francisco .Chroncle" says: ut
Is impossible to ovcrcstinate the awaken
ing that Is In store for that splendid but
undeyelope'l country. Within a few
years astonishing changes will occur.
The present march OF progress renders
such result inevitable"
TURKEY isbankrupt. Its credit Is conf
parable to an egg venerable with age. 1t
| Is bad. The Sultan should send to Vir-
ginia for finuncirrs who know how to dis
pose of debt without paying creditor dol
lar. There Is royal road to liquidation,
and the Rea1justers believe they have
found il.
A Kentucky paper says that In recogni-
tion OF tho services OF Governor Luke p.
Blackburn In pardoning Rumber of not
cd criminals aud sporting men--
among them Bob Atwood. who was sery-
Ing twenty-years' sentence In the State
prison for torgery-the sporting fraternity
have given over $4,000 for the purchase of
magnificent carriage for the Governor.
THE North Pacific" new semi
monthly journal. issued at New Tacoma.
from the office OF Messrs Money & Co., is
meeting with general favor from the press
and people Of our Territory. 1t gives
evidence Of extraordinary care, labor and
ability IN preparation aud will undoubted.
ly be valuable addition to our literature.
The anti local-optionists OF Seattle
raised $3.50 with which they purchased
handsome gold watch and chain for a
Christmas present to Hon. w, II. White,
of that place, in recognition ofhis gallant
efforts to defeat the local option bill In the
last legislature. The presentation speech
was made by Hon. I. M. Han, formerly
Of this place. H8k MH A@
MARS GIVEN. The University was
presented three maps recently. by three
different individuals, all three being the
latest of their kind issued. One was of
British Columbia. including all of our
Territory north'ofa line a hundred miles
or so sonth OF the 49th parallel. and taking
in the whele lower Sound. Skagit, &c.
Another was Of Seattle and its vicinity.
taxing In the whole Of the bay, Lake
Union. &c. with depths Of water ard va
rious other things OF interest. The third
was map of Oregon. Washington and
Tdaho--the new Northwest OF the United
States = highly cOlored. mounted, &c.
These were very gratefully received by
President Anderson. who understood their
vane and knows how to make them USE
tul.-Inteligencer.''
IT is now unquestiOnably clear that an
unprecedented degree of prosperity will be
ushered in with the new year to the peo-
Pile Of Washington Territory and British
Columbia 'rhA Markham DnniHn RniI