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tisio" Agent*, with whom we do business
direct in the Atlantic Statu. Office. 4
Park How, Timn Building, New York City.
Th» following named gentlemen are author
ised to receive and receipt for money due on
inbicripticn to the STANDARD :
M. W. WIATT, Victoria, V. T. :
M. P. UAHI KII, Rockland, Kiikit.-.t Co.;
J.C. OAKY; Yakima county ;
!,. L. PrBKAr, Cowlitz:
WARKEX GOYK, Nisqually.
E. A. WILLSOS, Arciida ;
Srr.rtirx Jrosos Stcilacoom;
E. A. LIGHT, "
HKYUAN GOODTIM. "
FRKD. MYERS, Fort Montgomery ;
S. F. COOMBS, Scuttle :
O. J. MCCAVSLAND, Port Blckely ;
M«j. O. O. HAI.LKH. Whidby Island ;
JAMS? MCRFHT, Vtsalady ;
HOLPIM A JCDSOK, Whitcom;
Jon* P. JTDSOJI. Port Townscnd ;
JOHN COSDO", Port Gamble ;
ORRIM A. HALL, Port Ludlow ;
G. \V. CANSOS. Portland, Oregon.
yy Money can be sent through the mails
•t our risk.
OLTMPIA, SATITJUY MORNING, JULY 8,1571.
Factious Opposition.
The opposition made by some Democrats
to the policy which is manifestly concurred
in by a large majority, of going into the
the nest campaign upon the living instead
of the dead party issues, exhibits a degree
of prejudice or faction which is inexcusa
ble in any reasonable man. One of the
newspaper writers upon this subject, says
of the platform which has been adopted by
every Democratic State Convention held
this season : " They propose to accept and
abide by all the unconstitutional and tyran
nical usurpations which have been made
upon our country and the Constitution
thereof by the Black Republican party in
■good faith. They arc willing to admit that
■they have heretofore been wrong in their
ideas of true Democracy. They now claim
that the negro is a citizen and should be
entrusted with the political rights of the
white man. In fact they have come to the
conclusion that true Democracy consists of
usurpation of power, of centralization, of
unequal taxation, military despotism and
amalgamation"
Every sensible, candid man will admit,
that the foregoing extract is an utter per
version and misrepresentation of the facts.
With the exception that the Democratic
platform alluded to proposes to admit the
fact that the amendments to tho Constitu
tion have the force of law while they are
recognized by every Department of the
Government as the fuudauieutal law of the
land, there is not a shadow of truth in any
of its statements. The platform distinctly
protests against the manner in which these
amendments were adoptedj it docs not ad
mit that the Democracy have heretofore
been wrong in their ideas of true democ
racy ; it docs not admit that negro equali
ty is right in theory or practice; nor does
it conclude that " true democracy consists
of usurpation of power, of centralization, of
unequal taxation, military despotism and
amalgamation"; but distinctly and emphat
ically declares for the reverse of all these
propositions, and nothing but a factious
cpirit can construe its declarations into
anything like a departure from the well
settled principles of Democracy.
It is this spirit, coupled with the mis
representation of our enemies, which has
placed the Democracy on the defensive
and so often compassed its defeat through
popular prejudice. The Democracy never
made the question of slavery an issue or a
test, but simply recognized it is au ex
isting fact exclusively under the control of
State legislation. Our adversaries con
strued this into a defence of slavery; fac
tious Democrats accepted the false con
struction and materially assisted in fasten
ing upon the party the popular odium of
being a pro-slavery party, in spite of the
fact that every free State Constitution
which had previously been established and
accepted by Congress, was made under
Democratic rule. The Democratic party
never endorsed the doctrine of secession,
or in any manner countenanced or en
couraged a division of the Unioß; it but
affirmed the rights of the States to the ex
ercise of all the powers not specially dele
gated to the General Government, and de
nied the right of the latter to the exercise
of any powers not vested in it by tho States
and the people. This was construed by
our adversaries as admitting the rights of
the Statos to annul their compacts and
resume their delegated powers at will;
and factious Democrats again came in to
confirm this construction and again place
the party in a false position before the
people. The same old game is being re
enacted by these common disturbers in
the party who have so often given aid and
oomfort to the common enemy in previous
engagements. Ihe Democraey have never
been defeated and never could be defeated
bat for the divisions caused by cavillers ia
if. fifty th'tar* f rr'.cr uanrr; tl:i r
• fir r. r i ■ •t • 1 < !•; ire i th •
■'J tr j i\; ■ : IVnt r.tic r n«ei
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A PuL.i.c Lois.
Mary of. ur j». • o -re J. w Le^ioni:i
tn rei .. thi !«*.« • .-:i .iel 1 y the c •rnii.u
ti!n in the !. rana..- f C:ijt Finch ami
family. and ilic withdrawal i.t t!.e c\-.rant
••Vaicer i —tl.o t'i'ial ot which is
n tt > be funl iti tliis r.ia.-t—from these
w::?er->. A kinder hearted, more | hilan
thropic gentleman never commanded a
ve-sel, or a more public-spirited citizen has
never blessed any community, than he
who has just left us. His noble donations
to wortliy objects and his liberal subscrip
tions for charitable purposes, are without a
parallel in this community, an 1 prove that
though Hood's oft quoted lines regarding
Christian philanthropy uiay find an ample
application here, his course affords a nota
ble exception. The suffering have always
found his purse open to alleviate distress,
and every worthy object has found in him
a zealous and determined advocate.
Aside from these voluntary offerings,
the aid to onr town and county derived
from the taxes paid by Capt. Finch —
amounting to upwards of 93,000 annually
—is a serious loss. The Olympia, the
Anderfon , and all the other property of the
company was assessed at this place, and
paid a proportional aid to the support of
our municipal government, while foreign
competing companies for the trade of the
Sound have universally registered their
steamers at souie "paper town" on the
Sound, or at " Portlaud-on-Wallamet."
This fact, of itself, should have enlisted
the sympathies and secured the support of
every one identified with the interests of
the Territory.
A great deal ofstrcss has been laid upon
the fact, by opponents of Capt. Finch, that
ton years ago the fare charged was consid
erably higher than it is now ; but did this
justify the conclusion which they were so
anxious to draw, that, if he was successful
these rates would again be demanded?
Has he not had full control of the route
several years since then, and his rates been
admitted as fair and rsasonable? And
could not the community find some compen
sation for the " high rates," when the tran
sient travel was not one-tenth what it now
is, when it resulted in securing us the best
boat on the coast, bearing the name of our
beautiful town '!
We believe we speak tho sentimcuts of
many who have not been heretofore re
garded as friendly to Capt. Finch, when
we say that they, in common with his
friends, regret his departure. The depth
of feeling manifested by his friends on
Thursday evening, when he was serenaded
at his residence by the Baud, and on
Friday morning, when the wharf was
thronged to bid him and his family faro
well, quite overcome the faptain, who
silently pressed the hands of his friends,
with a language more touching than words.
As the steamer left the wharf, cheers were
given for Captain and Mrs. Finch, Fred.
Hilly Waitt, and the officers of the boat,
which were responded to by the steamer's
whistle; and when the boat was under
way, as if loth to leave, she descried a cir
cle in the harbor, repassing tho wharf,
where again good wishes and adieu were
signaled from boat and shoro. That cir
cumstances may result in restoring Capt.
Finch to the Sound is tho sincere wish of
a host of friends. M.
TNE MANUFACTURER AND BUILDER.—
This magazine for April is early upon our
table. It contains a splendid engraving
of the new post-office building now in
course of erection in New York City,
showing all the architectural details of the
structure accurately and plainly. Also, a
full-page engraving illustrating the latest
improvements in modern mammoth gas
ometers used in furnishing cities with a
supply of gas. An improved pipe-organ,
lathes, refrigerators, sectional boilers,
self-acting curtain-fixtures, and landscape
perspective drawing complete the number
before us. Every page of this magazine is
filled with something useful in a practical
point of view, and we rccommcd it to ail
of a scientific or mechanical turn of mind
or engaged in industrial pursuits. It is
fublishcd by Western & Company, 37
'ark Row, New York, and furnished to
subscribers at 81 50 per annum.
A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN OUT
OF LUCK.—R. P. Boise, the Republican
candidate for Judge of tho Third Judicial
District in Oregon at the last election, de
clared himself a " Conservative Republi
can," uncomprisingly opposed to negro
suffrage, and pledged himself not to accept
the office if elected by negro votes. The
result was that he failed to receive a ma
jority of the votes of the white voters and
was counted in on the negro vote. Not
willing to surrender the office on a mere
question of consistency, he accepted the
situation and qualified. But even the
negro vote which he gulped down did not
save him. Bonham, his Democratic op
ponent, contested tho election and has
been awarded the seat. This is hard on
Reuben, the Conservative Republican.
PRESENTATION. —Capt. Fowlor. on be
half of the citizens of Port Townsend, pre
sented Capt. E. A, Starr, of the steamer
North Paci/ic, silver plate valued at 8500,
on the 4th of July.
W. 11. Watkinds, Superintendent
of the Oregon Penitentiary, indicted for
assault uj on the editor of the Statesman,
plead guilty and was fined 8200 and costs.
We arc indebted to a lady friend
for un elejjaut and well arranged bouquet.
Republican Departure.
1 ■ [ r i-i I<* li'»r •>{ the TrO vir rc
-•i! •» the ii \JM «f <>pioioa between
I»er.i xrat* as t • the j»»liey of r« oj«-uiuj
the jac'ti n< >f the put as issues in the
com p.il t .-il contest, a« certain to di
ride 4i 1 d.-leat tite D.-mjeratic partv in
the next I're-i lential canvass. If a dlvi
-i nofnpitr up>n dead issue* is to hire
sii' h ! it .l effect tiji >n the Democratic par
ty, whit will be the effect of vital differ-;
enees upon live principles which now
tatc the Republican party ? O.io of the
principal questions to be discussed in the
coining canvass is that of the tariff. The
Republican Convention of Ohio make pro
tection a plank in their platform ; the Re
publican Convention of lowa denounce
the principle of protection ; so do many of
the leading Republican papers of Illinois,
Missouri an 1 Indiana. The most able of
the Republican papers in the United States
have declared for universal amnesty and
against the force bill and the San Domingo
annexation scheme of Grant's Adminis
tration. The Republican Convention of
California denounce Chinese immigration
and railroad subsidies. Four years ago
Oeorge Gorham was run by the same par
ty as the advocate of universal equality of
man and Government aid to Railroads.
Every Republican paper in California and
Oregon has within the last two years de
nounced the Democratic party for oppos
ing Chinese labor aud Government subsi
dies to internal improvements. Hero we
have, not a departure only, but a decided
flop or change of sides by the Republican
party, from one extreme to the other. To
assume that only the Democratic party can
be affected by the differences of opinion of
its members, is to admit that it is the only
party governed by principle.
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Steamer Changes.
Since our last issue a compromise has
been effected between the rival steamer
companies by which Wright k Finch
withdraw the Eliza Anderson and the
Ohjmpia from the Sound, and Starr Bros.
& Co., arc in exclusive possession of the
route from Olympia to Victoria, with the
steamers North Pacific, Isabel I e and Alida.
Capt. Finch was the oldest steamboat
man upon the Sound and through many
conflicts has heretofore distanced all com
petition. Aside from the feeling engen
dered by many rivalries lie retires from the
field with the respect of a large portion of
the old residents and universally acknowl
edged as an honorable gentleman and pub
lic spirited citizen in whose departure the
town of Olympia and the several societies
of which he was a member and the most
liberal supporter, sustain a material loss.
The steamers which he has heretofore
commanded are to be taken to San Fran
cisco to be disposed of. Capt. Finch, with
his fumily, goes to New York with the in
tention of remaining there.
Starr Bros. & Co., in coming into the
monopoly of the business have inaugurated
a most liberal policy, which promises to
secure them the exclusive control of the
trade and travel on the route for some time
to come. They make the passenger fares
as low as could reasonably be expected for
the accommodations afforded, and if they
continue that policy they are bound to
succeed, if not, they will havo the whole
battle to fight over again when they de
part from it.
FAMILY BROIL. —It is rumored that
the distinguished loyalist, T. F. McElroy,
has purchased the controlling interest in
the Tribune, and has been appointed Ter
ritorial Printer. It is also said that this
arrangement is very distasteful to the Gar
fielde wing of the party, as it is supposed
to be in the interest of the Territorial Ad
ministration. Besides this, it disappoints
the calculations of the proprietors of the
" Thirteen Thousand Dollar Printing Of
fice" lately landed atPortTownsend. We
don't care.
DROWNED. — Judson Tyrell, a young
man aged about nineteen, was drowned
while bathing with a party of companions,
in the lake near the residenoe of Mr.
Himcs. on the Steilacoom road, on Snnday
last. The entire party had started to swim
across the lake, when young Tyrell sank a
short distance from shore, and was not
seen to rise again. The body was not re
covered until life was extinct. The de
ceased was asonofCapt. Tyrell, was raised
in the neighborhood and generally re
spected.
CAPSIZE.—A large party of men, wo
men and children, returning in a sail boat
from a pic nic across the inlet, on the af
ternoon of the Fourth of July, were cap
sized in sixteen feet of water and many
rods from shore. It was a most remarka
ble and fortunate circumstance that all
were rescued without material injury.
One little girl was found under the cap
sized boat with her head abovo water. One
lady lost her gold watch by the accident.
FOURTH OF JULY —No general public
celebration of the National Anniversary
was held in the Capital City this year.
Many of our citizens repaired to Port
Townsend. and others to Steilacoom, tojoin
in the celebration nt those towns, while
many more enjoyed the festivities of the
day in quiet homo and rural amusements.
Farmers' Club.
A fair n pr»»»o f afi a>fO I I -M>l| b-th
-<»•-« uivt ut li'- inj llaJiii: K<«iui la*t
Saturday a!: rn ■ n. I i or.-aui.; a i'ariusrs'
Club. Mr K Meikrr *« '-allc lto the
chair aud Mr. K l». >uiith chosen K-tre
ts ry.
The following j reamblc au 1 resolutions
were adopted :
\\ IIKUKAS, The natural resources I f
Wa-hiugton Territory are as diverse as
great; and
\\ IU:IM:IS, There is an increasing inter
est throughout the country in all that
pertains to thin Territory, consequent
upon the commencement and progress of
the Northern Pacific Railroad; therefore
be it
Jhsoloed, That the interests of this Ter
ritory require that t!io facts respecting her
natural resources should be set forth and
incontcstably established.
llesofccd, That as a means to this end.
a system of fairs should be held at stated
intervals in some central place, which fairs
should furnish opportunities for a display
of the products of the farm, garden, orch
ard, aud dairy; of the skill of tho house
wife, mechanic and artisan, and tho. exhi
bition of native ores ; and also for an ex
change of views between practical men on
topics appropriate to such exhibitions.
llcsulvcd , That these fairs should bo
held at Olympia on the first Saturday of
each month for six consecutive mouths of
each year, commencing with May, and
that an annual fair should be held in the
same place for three days in each October.
Resolved , That a committee of five he
appointed to prepare a constitution for a
Farmers' Club, which shall comprise the
plans suggested in the foregoing resolu
tions, and that the said committee be in
structed to report this proposed constitu
tion at a meeting to bo held in Olympia on
the first Saturday of August.
Renolred , That the same committee be
empowered to make arrangements for both
a fair and a club meeting on the day desig
nated.
Resolved, That an agricultural and in
dustrial fair shall be held in Olympia on
the sth, Oth and 7th days of October of
this year.
Resolved , That an executive committee
shall be chosen, which shall have full pow
er to solicit and collect subscriptions, and
to make all needful arrangements for a
successful exhibition. Said committee
shall also prepare a constitution for a Ter
ritorial Agricultural and Horticultural
Society, and shall report the same to a
meeting which they are hereby authorized
to call on some suitable day during the
continuance of the fair.
Resolved , That this executive com
mittee shall consist of fire citizens to be
chosen by this meeting, and one citizen
from each county in tho Territory; the
vacancies to be filled by the committee
elected at this meeting.
Messrs. Manning, Pardee and Bigelow
were appointed a committee to drift a con
stitution.
Messrs. McFaddon, Eggars, Hartley,
Swan and Woodward were appointed the
Executive Committee provided for in the
last resolution.
The Chairman read an interesting paper
relative to the cultivation of the sugar
beet, and Col. Larrabce narrated some in
teresting facts in ccnnection with the same
subject.
Mrs. G. A. Barnes presented to the no
tice of the Club a fine sample of strawberry
honey, and described the process of mak
ing the same.
Club adjourned to tncct at the same
place on the first Saturday in August.
Resolutions of the Kentucky De-
mocracy.
Kentucky has been worse abused and
more harshly dealt with than any other
State that did not join the great secession.
Though a loyal State, her slaves were
abolished without compensation ; both her
public men and the great body of her
citizens have been calumniated without
stint or scruple; everything has been done
to provoke and exasperate her people as if
for the purpose of subjecting their loyalty
to the severest trial. The maligned De
mocracy of Kentucky held their Conven
tion for the nomination of State officers re
cently, and they confuted the libels of their
traduccrs bj adopting a platform whose
moderation, patriotism and good sense
commend it to goncral approval. It is
short and pertinent, consisting of only five
resolutions of which these aro the points :
First. Full and complete amnesty for
all political offences.
Second. Equitable taxation, so distribu
ted and apportioned that all sections and
interests shall bear their fair share, and no
moro.
Third. Opposition to the usurpation by
the Federal government of any powers
not conferred upon it by the Constitution.
Fourth. Full indorsement of the late
address of the Democratic Senators and
Representatives, with special emphasis on
its denunciation of the Ku-Klux and bay
onet election bills.
Fifth. Unalterable opposition to every
form of lawlessness, and a pledge to main
tain order and justice in Kentucky by ef
ficient State laws, and to resist by every
legal means the unconstitutional enact
ments of Congress.
This sound and wise platform, which
ignores dead issues and girds its loins for
a vigorous fight against present abuses and
oppression, will have an excellent influence
in promoting unity of purpose and har
mony in the Democratic ranks in all parts
of the country.
ANOTHER FRAUD DISCOVERED. —The
Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune of June 20th, says :
In 1870, Congress passed a bill placing
on the same footing with soldiers regularly
mustered into the United States service, a
company of 100 men, in ono oftho States,
known as Home Guards. The War De
partment having entered the names on the
roll, claims amounting to 8100,000 were
collected from the Treasury. It now ap
pears that many of the names were ficti
tious, and that the persons in the secret
have pocketed about 875.000. Govern
ment authorities are now investigating tho
matter.
T KLKCi ILM'HJC.
MIKK lJ;o* mi: UUMK
I«"Mr. Jul) 1 —All the Italian Mi'i«-
t-rs have arrive 1 in 1! line aad been in
•t illcd in 'ii r ministry. The ref :e*<*n'.a
tivc# <•!" Prtajjal. On .-co, 1* -. • il. Switz.T
land and Kivaria. hive arrived in the
city. Oiher atubiapad >r* are rxptete 1t >•
in Tr nv.
\ Fit Mti.t.i s. July 1 —ln the Assembly,
to-day. I'avre denied that the jTnpertv «>!'
the 1 nstiriroiits in Algeria lias been con
fiscated ; In* almt'ed tlmt several districts
are Mill in the hands of the Insurgents,
but said reinforcements were coming for
ward, tind the insurrection nrould soon be
suppressed.
VIKNNA, July I.—The Austrian Cham
bers passed the budget.
Count Von licust made a speech in the
Reichstadt to day to the effect that the re
lations of tho Emperor with all foreign
nations are friendly.
HANOVER, July I.—The troops made a
brilliant triumphal entry into this city to
day. A dispatch was received from Em
peror Wilhelm, regretting his absence.
NEW YORK, .July I.—-A large bronze
bust of Washington Irving was unveiled
in Prospect Park to day, in presence of
over 1 .">,OOO persons. An oration was de
livered by Henry Ward Ueccher.
Htnu.iN, July s.—Emperor William
will shortly go to Ems to meet the Czar
Alexander, who is still at that placo.
WAHIIINOTON, July s.—The Grand
Lodge of Master Masons in this district
has received from the Grand Lodge of
England, splendidly engraved and illumin
ated, on vellum, a resolution passed by the
Lambcr Grand Lodge, thanking the Ma
sons of this country for the hearty and en
thusiastic welcome and reception given to
Earl de Gray and llipon.
Al.TONA,Ontario, j uly s.—Hon. Joseph
W. Trutch, lias been appointed Lieut.
Governor of Hritish Columbia.
The Times to day, referring to Sir Ed
ward Thornton's letter, lately published,
asserts positively that the instructions
given the officers commanding the IKimiii
ica cruisers are in all respects similar to
those received last year.
WASHINGTON, July (s. —lt is generally
believed that the President will permit
Plcasanton to rcMirn rather than lose Bout
well from his Cabinet, and those who best
understand the present situation of alliirs
predict that tiie President's return will be
followed by the immediate resignation of
Pleasanton.
A statement of the quantity of spirits
in and out of bond in tho United States
May Ist, IS7I, exhibits tho fact that, out
of 12,(>i>0.000 gallons of brandy in tho
country, but 100,000 gallons are the gen
uino product of fruits. The remain ler are
•composed from distilled spirits.
WASHINGTON*, Ju!yo.—The ratification
of the treaty of Washington, which was
signed here by the United States and
British Commissioners on the sth of May
last, was exchanged at London on tho
17th. Tho treaty will be proclaimed to
morrow.
SAN FKANCIKCO, July 0. —Arrived,
ship E. Kimball , from l'ort Gamble;
schooner Milton liadger, from Acagulta,
with sugar and coffee.
Sailed, schooner Ocean Pearl, for Vic
toria and Port Townscnd.
The bark Rums of this port, with a
cargo of sugar, was lost at Cerro Asulc.
She was owned by the same parties who
owned the brig Kentucky, lost at the Fejoe
Islands.
Conflagration at Kalama I Meth-
odist Church Burned.
Yesterday moruiug a fire broke out from
a camp where two tueu commonly slept,
in the woods about a quarter of a uiilc cast
ward of the suburbs of the town. When
first noticed, it had spread so extensively
through the dry underbrush and combus
tiblc debris where logs and timber had
been prepared, that all hope of smothering
it was abandoued; and as many workmen
and others had cord-wood, railroad ties,
logs etc., lying around in vicinity of the
fire, all interested spout the foro part of
the day in avoiding its effects to the best
advantage.
About noon the usual sea-breeze reached
us, which drove the fire southwesterly
right toward and into town ! It then be
gan to look serious, and everybody turned
out with buckets, axes, shovels, etc. Gen.
Sprague and all officials of the Company,
together with the working force under his
command, and the whole body of citizens,
used super-human exertions, by which it
was kept back excopt at the southern edge
of town, where there was a cordon of top
brush, chips and other accumulations
about, amidst which were standing a large
number of dead spruce trees. The fire
got into this quarter late in the afternoon,
upon which a number of families living on
that aide of town commenced removing
their effects and taking down tho portable
parts of their dwellings, such as doors, win
dows, etc. The Methodist church being
surrounded on all sides by combustible un
derbrush, when tho fire came toward it,
•every exertion was made to keep back the
flames, but without effect. In tho mean
time, when people saw that tho church
was bound to go, they fell to stripping it,
and before the firo took hold, the pulpit,
bell, benches, doors, windows, and every
thing about it that was possible to separate,
hnd been removod to a place of safety.
This was the only house burned ; but wo
hear of two hundred cords wood and eigh
teen hundred railroad ties on the bounds
over which tho fire passed; it is likely
that most of this property has burned, to
tho serious damage of those least able to
sustain the loss.— Kalama Tieaeon, July
Fourth.
CELEBRATIONS. —The celebrations of
the Fourth of July at Steilacoom and Port
Townsend, arc spoken of as grand affairs.
The oration at the latter place was deliv
ered by Gov. Salomon and tho poem by
Mart. Taylor. Doth aro highly com
mended.
TRUSTEES. —Tho Board of Trustees of
the town meet this evening for tho trans
action of general business.
A Mourtain of Silver.
A.r. ; r Ia: of tl* Kater „,
give-a detailed a«r. ant <1 the dxvtrr j
of UiTti ■ .:ih M aDt.i:a. nrir a liti.e
\..l.i„c (ii Cul^ralo, kootifi
<»eorjet •» ri. The following intere-tin -
abstract • i the di-covery is made from bit
letter, together with other «n<i ►uh«e jneot
matters of in'cre-t connected therewith :
'I lie AV/r*'<• rre-pondent nays that the
mountain village of tieorgejuwn is still
wilJ with excitement over the discovery.
Leavenworth Mountain is within a nnio
and a hall'of the village, end the placer
diggings on its sides were discovered by
the brothers, two expert miners
sonic time in I'eeember last. They wero
in the employ of the Equator Company,
and were drilling, when they cane ucross
large quantities of mineral imbedded in
the "slide," both above and below tho
main vein. After concluding their work
for the Kquator, they wont quietly to work
for themselves, and in the cjurse of thrco
weeks had taken out from 81,000 to §1,500
worth. One solid chunk weighed 7—<»
pounds, and from it they realized over
§3OO.
The work, however, could uot long re
main a secret, and the •• silver patch dig
gingn" became the rngo. The excitement
spread, and soon Leavenworth Mountain
was the scene of busy activity seldom wit
nessed. Old and young, tall and short,
lean and fat natives, each armed with pick,
tdiovcl and ore sack were scattered over
tho mountain digging " gopher holes" aud
unearthing the loose mineral. At a dis
tance the mountain resembled a mammoth
ant hill, so thickly was it beset with ama
teur and professional miners. The scene
was an amusing an interesting one.
Many would " pitch in," dig a holo
about large enough to enter a large cat,
and failing to "strike it," would wend
tlu ir wny down the mountain, "living vent
to their disappointment in such expressions
as; " l>ig for float, li—ll. It's a d—d
American humbug;" "It's an open fraud
on the American people." Those " hav
ing the sand" bent themselves to their
work, and few failed in being well re
warded.
''l've struck it," was the prevailingex
pression, and, when nn unusually largo
piece was taken out, there was a rush to
examine it an ! congratul.ito the lucky
Simlcr. The largost solid piece that lias
yet been found turned the scale at ti ur
hundred and thirty-two. We saw sevortd
pieces of pure mineral averaging from
two hundred to three hundred pounds
each, which, when assayed, gave a return
of from 1 ,f>oo to 2,000 ounces per ton.
There aie tinny theori.s as to how this
mineral became so scattered through tlio
mountain slide, but nothing sati-liietory
has been given. It would be difficult to
ascertain the exact utu>uut which has
been taken out, but it is very large, ami
the mountain is still alive with miners,
who are daily bringing down large ijuanti
ties of ore.
During the search for the " float" tome
three valuable lodes have been struck.
One company, consisting of Messrs. Kob
inson, Scott. Wykoff, and Sargent, all old
miners, have taken out two tons of first
class float ore during the la>t three weeks,
and during their operations they discov
ered a very valuable lode, having a crevice
over eight feet in width. The ore they
have taken out will run about 1,200 ounces
per ton. Messrs. (Seorge O'Connor and
John McDonald sls.j struck a very fine
lode immediately above the Equator, and
they arc preparing to work it during the
summer.
I jf' It is related that a geutleman who*
recently inadc a tour round the trlobc says
that in cxam'n'ng a railway ii India,
he asked where the ties canto from, ami
was answered "from Pugct Sound." At
Alexandra, in Egypt, while admiring some
singularly perfect spars anions the ship
ping, he usked where they j;row, and wu»
told '• Puget Sound." Afterward in n
seaport of China, he asked the source of
certain timbers that a friend was using in
the construction of wharves, and the same
answer canio. Over hundreds and hun
dreds of square miles of area docs this nu-
C(|ualed timber exist, astonishing for it#
size, perfection and durability. Mr. Gar
ficldc, speaking of the timber on the North
Pacific coast, includiug British Columbia,
says : " The sizo of the fir trees and tho
number growing upon given acres, in good
timber districts, is almost incredible to res
idents upon tho Atlantic slopo of the con
tinent." Trees often measure ."'JO feet in
length, as he has often demonstrated, uioro
than two-thirds of which are froo from
limbs. Fifty, sixty, and sometimes as high
as eighty good timber trees grow upon an
acre of ground. Last year Paget Sound
exported over one hundred aud seventy
millions of lumber, tweuty millions of lath
and shingles and an immenso ncimber of
masts, spars and piles. These products of
tho forest were sold in California, South
America, Australia, Japan, China, the East
ludies and Europe — Territorial Dispatch
and Alaska Times, Seattle , IK. T.
PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION.—A num
ber of newspaper publishers uict in Con
vention at Salem, Oregon, on tlio 23d ult.,
and perfected a permanent organization
under tho name of the " North Pacific
Publishers' Association," A. L. Stinson,
President; M. V. Brown, Secretary and
Treasurer. They adopted resolutions to
protect themselves against the dishonesty
and extortion of advertising agents, and to
discountenance the publication of disrepu
table and obscene advertising at any price,
and recommended tho uniform adoption of
the system of advance payments.
Fott SAN FRANCISCO. —Tho Olympia
leaves Victoria for Sau Francisco, next
Tuesday, affording an opportunity for a
pleasant trip to the Hay City. Mr. B.
liettuian, and several ladies, go passeDgers
on her.
STRAWUEURY FESTIVAL. —Tho ladies
of the M. K. Church held a Strawberry
Festival 011 Wednesday evening, which
was a decided success.