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10 THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE. was but a few hundred dol- lars, Whatcom county never relinquished her claim, and the taxes were regularly asvessed each year up to the period of the military oceupation of the island, No attempt, however, was again made to enforce them, in the hopes that the question of jurisdiction would be edly setiied by the gen- eral government, and the county authorities acemed it better not to complicate matters by any collision growing out of their actions. BOUNDARY COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED. In 1856 a joint commission was appointed by the two governments to establish the boundary line between Washington ‘Territory and the British possessions, On the part of the United States Mr. Archibald Campbell, then chief clerk of the War Department, was appointed Commissioner and Lieutenant John G, Parke (since Major Gen- eral), of the Topographicai Engineers, astronomer. ‘The British Commissioner was Captain Prevost, as- sisted by Captain Richards, of the navy. Their duties, however, were confined to the water bound- aries, Lieutenant Colonct Hawkins, of the Royal Engineers, being the Land Commussioner. The Commissioners arrived in Puget Sound in 1867. There was no difficulty with regard to the boundary on the main land, All that was neces- sary Was to accurately determine the forty-ninth parallel and mark it with substantial and enduring monuments at appropriate intervals from the Rocky Mountains, the then eastern limit of Wash- ington Territory, to the Guif of Georgia. THE DISAGREEMENT CAME, as was to be foreseen, in the settlement of the water boundary. Mr. Campbell insisted that the clear intent of the treaty be carried out; that the line was deflected from the forty-ninth parallel simply for the purpose of not cutting off a portion of Van- couver, and all south of the island except the few inferior islands close adjoining it, and virtually appendages, belonged to the United States. In the debates on the confirmation of the treaty in the American Senate the Canal de Haro was exclusively aliuded to as the water boundary. Captain Prevost, however, was tied up by instructions from the British government, who had adopted the extraordinary pretensions of the Hudson Bay Company and, ignoring all contem- poraneous history as to the intentions of the nego- Wators of the trea claimed that the channel nearest to the Continent was the boundary. AMERICAN TROOPS LANDED. Pending this controversy events transpired which came. very near bringing the settlement of the estion to the arbitration of arms. At this period ere were some thirty American settlers on the island, At the Liudson Bay Company station there Were, in addition to Mr. Griffin, elghteen em- joyés, of whom only three were whites, and these become naturalized citizens. The officer in charge was the only British subject on the island. ‘The settlers had taken up farms, but they were in continual apprehension o! attacks from the Northern Andians, who frequently made the island a stopping rom whence they issued to commit depreda- true value of the sheep Place tions. Several murders had been committed by | them, some quite recently, and they petitioned General Harney, then commanding the Department of Oregon, to station a small force on the island, ‘THE NORTHERN INDIANS ‘Were the terror of all that portion of tne Sound. They appeared to be of an entirely diferent race from the ams and Indians of the neighborhood, They were of different tribes. The Hydars were from Queen Charlotte’s island, the Stickeens from the lower portion of what was then Russian Amer- ica. They came down in large canoes carrying from thirty to fifty men, sometimes even more. They were well armed and plentifully sup- plied with ammunition, They were on good terms with the Hudson Bay Co pe with whom they traded. The Americans and the Indians of the Sound were the parties upon whom they committed depredations. Shortly after receiving the petition General Harney made an inspecting tour of the military posts on the Sound, iv the course of which he visited San Juan. He saw at once the desirableness of the island, and also that ‘the settlers were completely at the mercy of these ogre Savages; that while the men belonging to the Hudson Bay Company could remain in safety on San Juan the Americans could not; that the pro. tection asked must be cither afforded or the island abandoned. Not doubting for a moment that it was American soil and within the limits of his com- mand, he ordered Captain George E. Pickett, with company of the Ninth United States in fantry, his ‘to proceed to San Juan and establish a permanent | Politely informed him that as the military in time | camp or post at such point as he deem most advisable. In pursuance of might sixty strong, from Bellingham Bay, where he had een stationed, and landed at San Juan on July 26, fae the island, { | | \ | | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 73, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. may as well stop that sort of talk. 1 have taken up 60 acres of land in conformity with the land laws of the United bs ey hp tom to stay here and cultivate it until id out that this is not Amerf can soil; and as for being arrested as you threaten and taken to Victoria, you take my advice and don’t try that game—you might, LIKE TH PIG, LOSE YOUR BACON.”” Dallas perfectiy fumed at the snubbing he had received. He rode back, vowing that he would carry out his threat; that the man should be ar- rested and carried to Victoria, He called a coun- cil of the chieis of the Hudson Bay Company. He claimed that the colony of Vancouver was, by act of Parliament, ‘granted to the Hudson Bay Com- any; that Douglas was Governor by virtue of be- ing the senior officer of the Company; but as director he was the ranking officer and virtual had the right to dictate the policy to be pursued. ‘The council was a short one, for both Douglas and Dallas had a common dishke to Americans, and 1¢ was determined immediately to assert the British right (o the sovereignty Of the island by the ap- pointment of a magistrate. THE BRITISH MAGISTRATE. | At the breaking out of the Frazer River gold ex- citement and the establishment in consequence thereof of the colony of British Columbia, since united with that of Vancouver, there came out a Jot of English iuck-huoters—broken down gentle- men, who had been shipped out in- hopes of getting rid of them. Among the number was De Courcy, who managed to get appointed bearer or de- spatches, with a request for the Colonial authorities to provide jor him, He was @ nephew of Lord | Kinvale and had been in early lile a lieutenant in the Forty-seventh foot, During the Cri- mean war he had been a major of the | ‘Turkish contingent, in which, hewever, he saw but little service. it was this individual that was ae pointed for San Juan. His history is“entitied more than a passing notice, because, in order to better his fortunes, he afterwards came to the coun- try for which he professed so much .contempt, and in the early stages of the civil war, when we were glad to accept the services of educated soldiers, he Was made colonel of one of the Ohio regiments of volunteers, it was this De Courcy who was thePresi- dent of the Military Commission which tried the Obio member of Congress, Vallandigham, and sent him to the Sonthern lines. De Courcy’s record in our army was by no means brilliant. General Burnside reheved him for his conduct at Cumberland Gap. THE BRITISH PUZZLED ABOUT THE TROOPS. When they found they had been lorestailed mn the acquirement of jurisdiction, Captain Prevost and | De Courcy appeared somewhat puzzled as to what | course to pursue, and after remaining ‘at the island some twenty-four hours, returned to Victoria tor in- structions. Governer Douglas immediately an- nounced his determination to drive the troops In Esquimate, the naval harbor ‘of Vancouver, in addition to the Satellite, a cor- vette of twenty-one guns, there were the Tribune, frigate, thirty-one guns; Pylades, corvette, twenty: one guns, and surveying steamer Plumper, ten | guns. The flagship Ganges, eighty-four guns, an | old-fashioned line-of-battie ship, was daily ex- pected, and when to this was added a detachment ot engineer troops under Colonel Moodie at New Westminster, sixteen miles from the mouth of Frazer River, the available force of the British might be estimated at On: HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN GUNS AND ‘THOUSAND MEN, The Tribune was at once despatched to San Juan. The Plumper proceeded toe, and brought down about two hundred marines, enginee and two | Pleasonton, who, as adjutant general to Harney, soldiers, who were transferred to the ‘Tribune to in- crease the force of the landing posse, which was to vessel, These warlike preparations created much excitement at Victoria, ‘he main population of the town were Americans, a» was that also of British Columbia, who had been attracted thith by the Frazer Kiver gold excitement. men inured to dangers by the life they had Jed; were, as & general thing, well armed, proud of their nationality, and ready to fight for it. ‘They quietiy organized and sent word to Captain Pickett Unat if an attack was made upon him they would take the town and hoist the American flag over it. The Americans along Puget Sound caught the enthusiasm and stood ready to come to Pickett s assistance at a moment's notice. The Governor of Waslungton Territory made arrangements to call out the militia; expresses were sent to Colonel Casey, commanding at Fort Steilacoom, and General Harney, on the Columbia River, of the unexpected threatening state of aifairs. General Harney at once ordered Colonel Casey to reiniorce Pickett with his whole torce, informing him that he would also send additioual troops from Fort Vancouver, PICKETT ORDERED OFI THE ISLAND. in the meantime Governor Dougias having de- termined on his plan, De Courcy returned to San Juan. Mr. Grifin, under instructions, wrote a note to Captain Pickett informing him thut his camp was on the lands of tne Hudson Bay Company (he Was not within a mile of any of its enclosures) and requesting his immediate removal, stating that un- less compiied with he shouid be compelled to appeal to the British authorities to enforce this request. Captain Pickett replied that he was there by order of his commanding general, on what he deemed American soil, and he should remain until recailed by the same pstleol f De Courcy then walted upon Captain Pickett, an- nounced himself as the British magistrate ‘and having civil jurisdiction ov he island,and warned ! ing him off it, stating that if he did not leave this | Was willing to pay all proper re: x Captain Pickett moved his company, about | within @ reasonable time he should call on Captain Hornby to enforce the order. Captain Pickett very of pe: were subordihate to the civil authority he pect to officers of of a British the law; but it was an Ameri D, Court that he must recognize. Governor Dougias | | reported to the home government that, in order to 3859. The very day the troops arrived the British ; complete the civil as well as military occupation of the isiand, an American judicial omcer had accom. | corvette Satellite came into the harbor, and | it from Vancouver's Island a magistrate | panied the troops, This was not true. No civil | specially appointed by Governor Douglas for Sav Juan Island. Tnis afforded positive proof that the official a whatever came with Captain Pickett, R. Crosby, the Justice of Whatcom county, | Colonial authorities had determined to exercise | arrived the next day In the steamer Constitu- | Tivil jurisdiction over the island, as Captain Pre. | tion. vost, the British Commissioner, who commanded the Satellite, publicly stated that when he left Van- couver nothing Was known of the intention of the Americans to land troops, and he was UTTERLY SURPRISED AT THE MOVEMENT. Had the American force not been on the Ysland there is but little doubt that British | the part of the United States. | | installed | magisterial functions on the isiand, and the attempt troo) would have been. De Courcy, the | magistrate who was _ ceremoniously 4n his office by reading his on the steps of the Hudson Bay Company's House, ‘in the presence of its employés and the British om- | into consideration the deplorable fi cers, Was authorized, in case it became necessary | Might ensue by a collision of the civil authorities, | to enforce his authority, to call upon the naval | he would not, by any action of his, bring it avout. | force for that purpose, and the commanding officers ‘of any of the war vessels that might be in the harbor ‘were directed to comply with this request. exception of Mr. Griffin, the American settlers were commission | to execute any process which he might issue He came merely on a visit; but, finding there was an English omicial on the isiand claiming to be the civil auchority, he remained as such on ance with what he deemed his duty in the premises, and at the interview alluded to, and which he was called into by Captain Pickett, he informed Major De Courcy that while he could not for a moment acknowledge that he had any right to exercise would be promptly met, yet he trusted that, taking results that De Courcy, still persisting ip his authority and that it was British soil, returned to lis quarters at the As | Hudson Bay station. ‘there was no British subject on the island with the | | Itiooked as though the issue had been made. THE AMERICANS PREPARE TO FIGHT. The only persons against whom he could issue a*!’ The next day it was confidently expected would warrant. Of course they would not deem his guthority legal, and would resist any attempt at arrest, This would afford the opportunity desired, and the marines would be landed as a posse to en- force the magistrate’s writs. It was a cunningly mevised scheme of Douglas, but it was un- ol checkmated by the movement of the Americans. A great hue and cry was raised against General Harney for what was termed a high-landed act; yet, if the Zacts were known, it would doubtiess show that hhe saved the island to the United States; that if the British had landed their forces and established civil and military jurisdiction over it they would have wmever given it up. ‘hey were unexpectedly lore- stalled, and turned and denounced the very act they were going to do themselves without the legitimate excuse of the protection of the settlers. THE TROUBLE ABOUT THE PIG. A short time before the arrival of the troops one Of the settlers, a man by the name of Cutler, shot a pig belonging to the Hudson Bay Company which was rooting up his garden. In the course of the same day he met Grifin and told him o! the trans- | action and said :— “Tell me What you think the animal ts worth and Iwill give you the money if you think, under the circumstances. | ought to pay.” Something had crossed Griffin that morning; he ‘was not in his usual good humor, and he replied Tather vestily: “4t is not my property ; it belonged to the Hudson - f Company, and you will have to pay $100. 1 did very wrong in ever allowing one of you squat- ters to remain on the island,”’ Cutler replied :—“‘At some other time I will talk to you. It will evidently be no use to do so now. 1 er propose to pay ten times the worth of the That very day the Hudson Bay Company steamer Beaver came into SanJuan harbor. On board was Dallas, one of the directors of the Hudson Bay Com- pany. He had only recently come into the com- pany. He had made a large fortune in China inthe silk trade, and on arriving in, England had be- come a large shareholder in the fur company. He ‘Was made a director on account of hisinterests, and, visiting the posts on the Northwest cousi, con. cluded to remain for a few years im charge of afairs. Shortly after his arrival he married a daughter of Governor Douglas. He had no expe- rience whatever in the service, and the deference paid to him completely upset him. In his swelling importance he imagined himself a sort of governor geueral, and that all his orders must be obe, ‘without question. When he was told of the occur- rence he ordered a horse saddied immediately, called on his retainers to follow him i rode in hot haste to the farm house of Cutler. Calling him out in his imperious way, he asked, “how he dared to destroy any property belonging to the company? that he would have him arrested and taken to Victoria for trial; he would TEACH THE SQUATTERS ON THIS ISLAND A LESSON they had long been needing; they bad only re- ‘mained there by the forbearance of the Hudson Bay Company, and that was at an end. He would -gee that no further trespassing was allowed, and ‘that the Americans were cleared off the island.” ‘The settier, who waa an eld California miner apd @ mean of intelligence, listened with a good deal of scorn and amusement to the torrent of abuse, and Athen, in a cool, quiet strain of sarcasm, replied :— “Do you not think it would be as weil for you to dnquire into the facts of the case betort tra come out here and make such a feolish exhibition of rself? J have not done any wrong, and i heve I am willing to rectify it. This morning I found a pig in my garden rooting up wy vegetables; the same anima hi bothered frequently before and | had driven fim several fimes from my place, but it seemed as though J pever could get rid of hum. Ip 4 moment of anger my gun and shot him. {could have hauled him gut of the way and nobody would have known anything about it, but 1 thought it the better and more part to go and tell Mr. Griffin the fact end that I was wiliing to Ray Jor the animal a rea- eonable om. Ido not think you ean make any grime out of it, Ax for wy bey arauatter, you 1] | bring about a fight. ) with | Ward, and the Americans were much Sixty rounds of ammunition | Were issued to the men and three days’ rations. An extra supply of ammunition and rations was | r red lor conveyance to the places to which it was intended to retreat. The settiers put their | rifles in order and appointed a rendezvous at the | house of the American magistrate, under whose | orders they placed themselves. A swilt canoe was | prepared at the extreme point of the island to | | Carry a messenger to Victoria, and another at the | other end to carry the tidings to Port Townseud, | thence to be sent up the Sound. selves in the woods, which approached near the place of landing close to the water's edge, and pick off the ofMecers in tne boats of the attacking party. hunters and keen shots the officers would have lost h lv; very few of them would have got ashore. | Pickett inteuded to deliver the fire of his men and | field pieces (he had three with him) as they came up the hill, do as much damage as possible, and then fall back to the point selected in the m tains, and which could only be stormed with gi ' loss of life. The camp was changed early in the | morning over the hill and out of the range of tie | guns of the Tribune, but no move was made on the | part of the British. The feverish excitement and expectation were kept up for several days.as during that period every day one of the war vessels caine | into the harbor from Victoria, communicated the ‘Tribune, and without anchoring | back to Victoria, Despatches were continually going backward and for- steamed evidently They knew not at what moment would be attacked. @The determination of Pickett to fight any force, no matter how greatly outnum- of the population of Victoria and along the Sound the fact that of the naval captains only Hornby was in tavor of landing, caused Governor Douglas to hesitate, and, though at last he made up bis mind to carry out his original plap, yet the delay pre. vented it. Lieutenant Commanding Allen (now Admiral, in the United States Coast Survey steamer Active, came into Esquimate harbor and notified the naval officers that Admiral Baynes, commanding the British Pacific squadron, in his | flagship, the Ganges, was off the mouth of the straits of Fuca. ‘The Pylades went out to tow her in, and Of course operations were suspended til) his arrival. He AT ONCE COUNTERMANDED THE ORDERS OF DOUGLAS, ging on a War between closely allied in kindred al ts, was of such momentous importance as not to be rushed into by the Indis- creet orders of a minor colonta! Governor. This relief froin danger was not known to the Americans tor some time afterward, and the arrival of Lieu- tenant Colonel Casey, with three companies of in- fantry, to which was added the same day another company under Brevet Mayor Haller, who, in the ariny steamer Massachusetts, had been cruising among the islands as a guard against the Northern Indians, and when a few days afterwards a bat- talion of four companies from Fort Vancouver, Lieutenant Henry ©. Hodges commaading, arrived, all anxiety was at an end. The eight S2pounders of the Massachusetts were landed and were placed in the field work which was thrown up ior the purpose. All felt a sense of security—that the day for takin: the island had e by. The action of Admira nes having become knows to the American officers, the British officers were invited to camp, and great good feeling sprung up between those who 80 lately been quasi enemics, GENERAL SCOT NOT THE PACIFICATOR. Insthe latter part of October General Scott came out. All danger was over at least two months be- fore his arrival His mission was necessarily fruit less, aw at the time he reached there all was peace and quiet, This was due entirely to Admiral Baynes, AD article in last April’s number of the London Quarterly, among other absurd statements in speaking Gf San Juan, says :—The tact and great be under the commana of Captain Hornby, of that | The plan which | was adopted was for the settlers to throw them- | ‘He discovery of gold in that river and | or three small vessels, which were principaliy used | er | in the trade with Californla and the Sandwich ‘They were | | | | | the postson Fraser River and up the coast. | ing down from Nisqually the vessels naturally in | the Sound | | up to Nisqually for that post and the station at outbreak of hostiltties,”” So far from that being the cage it was his rash, indisereet conduct that came within an ace of precipitating hostilities. If he bad been allowed his own way, unchecked by Admiral Baynes, the two countries would have been at war. ¢ only time during the two weeks he was in the neighborhood that General Scott visited San Juan was the day previous to his departure, when | he came into the harbor in the Massachusetts, and sent his aid with orders for the garrison to be re- duced to one company, the other companies to return to the posts from which they were taken, and the heavy guns to be repiaced on board the Massachusetts on her return from Fort Townsend, On the return of Genera) Scott, in accordance with his suggestions, by agreement between the two governments, A JOINT MILITARY OCCUPATION was entered into. The British established a.camp of 100 marines at the northern end, and which by @ similar force they have occupied up to the present date, the American troops, equal in number, retain- ing their old camp near the harbor. This was iginally named by Colonel Casey Camp Pickett, as an evidence of the appreciation of the conduct of that commander, but the name was changed in 1861 to that of Camp San Juan, by which it is now known. Pickett, having resigned and gone South, became afterwards famous as the General who led the terrible charge at age Forsyth, the lieutenant of his company at im Juan, was brigadier general and chief of staff (which position he now holds) to General Phil Sheridan in his Vir- ginia campaigns. Colonel Casey was the gallant General Casey of the Army of the Potomac and had 80 much to do with the San Juan dispute, was ‘the cavalry leader of that name, since Commis- sioner of Internal Revenne, THE SIZE AND FERTILITY OF SAN JUAN, ‘The island of San Juan is about fifteen miles in length, and inits widest part, about seven, and con- tains about forty thousand acres of land. ‘The north- ern portion 18 mountainous and heavity timbered, but the southern part has many beantiful prairies and is exceedingly fertile, The pasture is so nutri- tious that the mutton raised it is remarkable for the delicacy of its favor. ‘There is near the harbor a valuable quarry of limestone. These disputed isiands contain the only limestone quarries as yet found on the American side of the waters of Puget Sound, and up to the working of the quarry on San Juan ail limestone used for build- ing purposes in this portion of Washington Territory had to be brought from Vancouver's Island or California, Coal is aiso found in this archipelago, Off the lower end of San Juan are the best fishing waters onthe Sound. Great quantities of halibut, codfish and salmon are taken by the Indians, who lor this purpose resort to this vicinity at certain seasons. When the Hudson Bay Company used San Juan asa fishing station they were in the habit of putting up yearly THRRE THOUSAND BARRELS OF SALMON. From this source atone a proiitable business might be established, The population of the island is at present about four hundred, of which 200 are military. There are seven large islands between the disputed channels besides many smal) ones, but San Juan is the only one which can be said to be settled, though a few Americans have taken up land claims on Orcas, Lopez and Blakely. BASIS OF THE BRITISH CLAD. The ground upon which the British based their claim to Rosario Straits as the proper Dou ay is that it was the channel used by the Hudson Bay Company's vessels. At the time of the treaty in 1846 the vessels employed in passing between Vic- toria, the trading gone at Nisqually, near the head of Puget Sound; Fort Langley, on Frazer River, and the other ports on the northern coast, were the Hudson Bay Company’s steamer Beaver and the schooner Cadboro. The Company owned two Islands. Each year two ships were despatched from Eng- land, bringimg out trading goods and other sup- plies, and returning with the furs collected at the depot, at Victoria, Vancouver's Island, from the | various posts of the Rocky Mountains. On the ar- rival of these ships the posts on the Sound, Frazer River and the northern coast were in the Spring of each year fitted out with what was estimated as a supply sufficient to answer tor trading purposes | and the support of the employés for a year ahead. ‘The usual course for the two vessels especially as- signed to this duty was to take a load of supplies Cowlitz Plains, some fifty miles south of the first | named place, The farm at the Cowlits was started | expectally for the purpose of raising grain, potatoes | and other vegetables for the supply not only of | their northern posts, but also the Russian poss¢s- sions at Sitka and the Aleutian Islands, For their | breadstufs the Russian-Americans were entirely dependent upon this farm, and a large and lucra- | tive trade was the consequence of this necessity. | At Nisqually were large herds of guttle, Which were | slaughtered as required and salted down. These provisions were taken on board by the Beaver and Cadboro, and, with the other sapplies, delivered at Com- their trips to Fraser River turned into Rosario | Straits, It was the first channel from up which led off to the northward. | This manner of delivering the annual supplies is the main reason why the Rosario Straits was com- | monly used by the Fur Company's vesseis. Another | | | | is well sheltered and canse may be foundin the fact tnat the Canal de | Haro is A BROAD, DEEP ARM OF THE SEA, being, in fact, but a continuation of the Straits of Fuca sweeping in with a rushing tide and meeting the waters of the Straits of Georgia at its northern end, Its extreme depth made the anchorage, espe- cially to a sailing vessel in case of a calm, diffeult to reach, and, when found, it afforded but poor holding ground, Rosario Straits, narrower charnel. on the contrary, 18 a much It is not comparatively deep, affords everywhere secure this flimsy pretext of cantion of the Hudson shipmasters is the whole basis of the claim that Rosario Straits is the proper boundary. That the steamer Beaver had gone through the Canal de Haro previous to 1846 cannot anchorage, Yet the action and Bay Company's , be denied, and that the Cadboro had aiso done so is | } | Vessels. evidenced by the fact that one of the passes at the head of the canal is known by the name of the Cad- boro Pass, All the Northern Indians who came to Victoria to trade passed through the Canal de as did also the Indians from Fraser River. ‘he company traders and factors at Fraser River frequently visited Victoria between the trips of the They invariably came through the canal. That the Canal de Haro is a channel but recently known was an absurd statement, invented by the British to mislead. Im 1453 Lieutenant Alden passed through the | canal in the coast survey steamer Active. Gover- \a | As the meu were all deer | harassed. | they | ! Though @ gallant old veteran, who had seen much | control oF Goyerngr Douglas averted any actual nor Douglas, of Vancouver's Isiand, gave him much valuable information concerning it and evinced thorough and complete kuowledge of its tides and depth of water. Douglas had selected, as previously stated, the site and established the post at Victoria in 1842, At the present and for years past the Canal de Haro has been the usual route to Fraser River, the Nanaimo coal mines and the saw mills at Burrard’s Inlet. {n 1867 the British steam corvette Satelite and the surveying steamer Plumper, vessels before alluded to, arrived at Van- couver’s Island. When they went to Nanaimo to coal they passed up the Canal de Haro. in 1858 occurred what has been before spoken of as the Fraser River excitement, consequent upon its tribu- taries. Victoria was the disembarking point for the ocean steamers from San Francisco. Steamers to be used between Victoria and Fraser River were brought up trom California. Others were hastily built on the Sound for this purpose. Some of these smaller steamers also plied between the American towns and the river. In the great rush of gold | miners the steamers were crowded to their utmost | capacity, and in aadition all sorts of water con- veyances were brought into use, schooners, sloops, boats and canoes, The route at first adopted was through the Canal de Haro, but the steamers event- ually adopted a still nearer passage. Alter going part way up the canal they turned inside of Saturna Island and went through what is known as the Active Pass, No British sailing or other vessel, during the gold excitement, went to Fraser River from Victoria | by the way of Rosario Straits. In the hurry of | those stirring times the master of any vessel who went in such a roundabout way to reach his desti- nation would have not only been severely ridiculed but would certainly have lost his carrying trade both of passengers and goods. . ‘The assertion so frequently made by the English . bering his own, that might be landed; the attitude | Hat San Juan ts necessary for THE PROTRCTION OF VANCOUVER'S ISLAND is as absurd as the pretended ignorance of the navigability of the Canal de Haro. The nearest portion of San Juan is over sixteen miles from the entrance to Victoria harbor, and, owing to the im- mense width of the channel, there is no point at which fortifications could be established which could interfere with the passage of vessels to the settlements of British Columbta. Haro is the only one of the channels which is over a cannon shot across, The middle channel, Which was proposed by Cap- tain Prevost, the British Commissioner, as a com- romise, ai its entrance between the islands of San Juan and Lopez, is so narrow that it cannot be seen until you are quite close, A vessel_approach- ing it has to run in by the landmarks, It is but a few hundred yards across, It is only nsed by ves- sels going into San Juan harbor, which is on the | inside of the island, @ short distance from the en- trance. The sole purpose of this proposal was to obtain San Juan Isiand, the most valuable of the group of islands in the archipelago. This channel passes into the Canal de Haro at its northern end, and would present the singular anomaly of Haro being the boundary line for only a portion of its course in its passage to the ocean, thus con- ficting directly with the terms of the treaty. Lat- terly the Rosario Straits have been entirely aban- doned, OCEAN STEAMERS, DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THB MONTHS OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, | Destination. | Fe -|kiverboel...29 Broadwa ‘|Glasgow.... 7 Bowling Green City of . |kiverpoot 15 Bs [> Silesii :|Hamburg:;|61 Broadway. ees :|Liverpoor..|19 Broadway Cy of Bpookl \Liverpool. .|15 Broad City ol jrooklya .. | Liverne ve way. Alemania... iburg.: [6 Broadway. . [2 Bowlt reen ewan Green 29 Broad: i Broad: SHIPPING NEWS. pte in cal tan EOD Almanac for New York—This Day. HIGH WATER. 20 Gov. Island.....eve 1 16 5 09 | Sandy Bi eve 12 31 e 10 26} Hell Gate.. eve 3 01 PORT OF NEW YORK, OCT. 22, 1872. SUN AND MOON, rises, Steamship Wroming (Br), Whineray, Liverpool vie Queenstown—Williams & Guion. Steamship Cuba (Br), Moodie, Liverpool via Queenstown - ancklyn, Steainship Helvetia (Bp), Griggs, London—F W J Hurst. Steamship Amy (Br), Hardcastle, Dublin—Funch, Edye "o. Steamship Caledonia (Br), Ovenstone, Glasgow—Hen- derson Bros. gfteamumhip Cleopatra, Phillips, Havana—F Alexandre & aigamabap Vicksburg, Morrell, Turks Islands—F W oe Virgo, Bulkley, Savannah—Marray, Ferris ently iene Adger, Lockwood, Charleston—H R St ip Albemarle, Walker, Norfolk, City Point and teamsh: Richmond—Old Dominion Steamship Co. Steamship Miagara, Roberts, Norfolk, City Point and Richmond—Old Dominion Steamship Co. ~ Steamship, Fanita, Doane, Philadelphia—Lorillard Steamship Co, Steamship Glaucus. Bearse, Boston—H F Dimock ,Ship Isaac Webb, Mortimer, Liverpool—C H Marshall & 10, Bark Korsfarer (Nor), Kurtze, Cork for orders—Funch, Edye & Co. Hark Septentrio (Nor), Forgenson, Cork for orders— Funch, Edye & Co. Hark Theodosius Christian (NG), Schwerdtfeger, Stet- tin—C Tobias 4 Co, Bark rape Eaton, Havre—Jas E Ward & Co. nee Carl August (NG), Seiwerts, Genoa—Funch, Edye Bark Robert Mowe, Abbott, Bridgeton—H Trowbridge’s Brig Abstainer (Br), McNamara, Liverpool—Craudall, Maing David Bugbee, Staples, Cadiz—Tupper & Beatt rig David Bugbec, es, Cadiz—Tupper & Beattie. wk Caroline (tah, ‘Trapani, Gibraltar for orders— nnch, Baye & Co, . Brig Queen of Beauty (Br), Dunn, Bahia—Bowring & Archibald. ros, Emma Dean (Dutch), Atkinson, Curacoa—Theo ‘oulke, Brig Robin (Br), Woodman, Bridgeton—Carver & Barnes. Brig Florence, Rathburn, Mobile—E D Huribut & Co. Schr John Rose, Howell, Demarara—Edwin Rowe & re 30. Schr Alice B Gardner, Turner, Sagua la Grande—Jas E Ward & go. pochr Cambria (Br), McCann, St John, NB—Heney & Parker. Schr Carrie A Bentley. Valkenburg, Camp Pinckney— Bentley, Miller & Co. Schr Mary Louisa, Gaskill, Washington, NC—Zophar Mills. wor Chancellor. Ferguson, New Bedford—Ferguson & cy od, Schr Wm Gray. Allyn, Uncasville. Schr § P Godwin, Waterbury, Stamford—Stamford Man- ufacturing Co. Sloop Wonder, Golden, New Haven, Steamer E C Biddle, McCue, Philadelphia. Cleared 21st :-— Ship Win Tapscott, Flynn, San Francisce—Sutton & Co. ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THB HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINE. Steamship Scotia (Br). Lott, Liverpool Oct 12 and Queenstown 18th, with mdse, ahd 249 passengers, to © G Francklyn, Oct 20, lat, 43 51, lon 5704, passed @ Guion steamship, bound east; 2ist, lat on G2 18, exchanged night signals with an Inman and Cunard steamship, d same day, lat 41 56, lon 63, passed steamship Weser, d t 41 48, lon 6327, ship Wm A Campbell (Br), , NB, for Liverbool, Ty ae Meier, Hamburg Oct 9, via PM, with mdse and ‘953 passengers, to Kun- Had strong westerly winds the whole pas- sage. , off Nillies, passed American bark Empire bound east; same day, 3 AM, lat 49 46, lon 10 57, a Bremen steamer, bound east; 16th, 5 AM, lat , lon 48 24, a Bremen’ steamer, bound ‘east. ‘The Frisia arrived Sandy Hook at 8 PM. Steamship San Francisco, teynolds, Hamilton (Bermu- da) Oct 18, with mdse and passengers to Wm H Webb. hip OC) Kennedy, Galveston Oct 13 and th, witl mdse and'passengers to C H Mallory & Co. Had strong N and NE winds up to Cape Hatteras. Oct 31, lat 36 6), lon 7445, passed schr W H Jones, of New York, bound south. Woodhull, Charleston Oct 19. Cl ‘at Steamship Manhattan, with mdse and passengers to H R Morgan & Co Steamship Ellen 8 ‘verry, Salyear, Newhern, NO, days, with rm nd passengers to Murray, Ferris & eG re ug tant Neasc Bell, Blakeman, Richmond, City Point and Norfolk, with mdse and passengers to the Old Domin- ion Steamship Co, Steamship Niagata, Roberts, Richmond, City Point and Norfotk, with mdse and passengers to the Old’ Domin- ion Steamship Co. Ship Helen Morris, Nickerson, Liverpool, 39 days, with mdse to E E Morgan ns. Took the northern passi and had fresh north days west of the Banks; Cordova (Br), tr Sept 25, lat 4446, ion 26, spoke Daiais tor Liverpool, Baltic (Nor), Thorsen, Liverpool 48 days, with se, to Punch, Edye & Co. ‘Made the middle passage riable weather ; Sept 18, lat 5230, lon 1459, had a severe gale trom NW, lasting 3 days; carried away fore- topsail yard and lost and split some’ sails, Ship Plymouth Rock, Butman, London, Sept 6, and the Isle of Wizht, 13th, with mdse and 31 passengers, to Grin- neil, Minturn & Co. Took the northern passage and has moderate headwinds; has been 15 days W ot the Banks. Bark Fama (Nor), Knudsen, Liverpool. 48 days, with salt to Funch, e and had fine weather; Banks, Brig Edwin Rowe, Brown, Mataga 43. days, with rais- ins to Grund & Cerero; vessel to BJ Wenberg. Passed Gibraltar Sept 10; had light winds and calms until com- ing on the coast; thence had some heavy weather. rig T H nd (ot Arichat}, Boutin, Cow Bay. CB. 26 days, via Arichat 11 days, with coalto C B Swain & Son; vessel to Hatton, Watson & Had variable weather. Schr Lamoine (of Boston), King, RioJanciro, via Hamp- ton Roads, 51 days, with coffee to © Luling & Co; vessel to Miller & Houghton. Crossed the Equator Sept 20, 1m lon 41 -W; had light winds and fr thence 17 days, with strong N and NE gales; False Cape Henty, passed a sunken wreck—ap) square-rigged vewsel, with spars partly out of water: a wrecking schr alongside (no doubt schr J H French, be- fore reported). Schr Belle Crowell, Dickerson, Jacksonville 9 days, with lumber to Eppinger & Russell; vessel to C B Swai son. Schr Joseph & Franklin, Randolph, Virginia. Schr RC A Ward, Edwards, Virginia. Schr Hannah Champion, bg Anat Virginia. Schr M J Frazier, Downing, Virginia. ‘hr Susan Scranton, Burroughs, Virginia for New Ha- etown, DC. e Schr Belle Halladay, Vancleaf, Geor Heooe Oliver Scofield, Dissosway, Baltimore for New javen. Schr G P Wright, Cropper, Baltimore for Bridgeport. Passed Through Hell Gate, BOUND SOUTH. Steamship Bolivar, Lawson, New London for New York, with mdse and passengers. Schr Annie Martha (Br), Bissett, St John, NB, for New York, 10 days, with lumber to P T’Neyius & Son. Schr Helen A Hoyt, Cranmer, Néw Haven for New ork. Schr Mary Means, Parker, New Bedford tor New York. Schr KU Rankin, Hall, Rockland for New York, with lime to J R Brown. Schr Nellie French; Bangor for New York, with lumber to Simpaon, Clapp & Sehr Tillie &, Wyman, Dighton for New York. Sehr Laura Robinson, Robinson, Boston for New York. Sehr W F Jones, Davis, Fort Joflerson tor New York. Sehr Revenue, Phinney, Providence for New York, Schr 8 Taber, Cox, Glen’ Cove for New York. Lord, Oromwell for New York, mond, with stone to Miller & chr Baltimore, Francis, New Haven for New York. Schr Clotilda, Hart, Northport for New York. xSehe Win Smith O'Brien, MeGrath, Four Mile River tor ew York. your Bennington, Wentworth, New Haven for New a Sehr James Buchanan, Waite, Derby for New York. Schr Edward Wooten, Young, New Haven for New ‘ork. Schr Belle, Simpson, Bridgeport for New York. Schr Sarah, Brown, Providence for New York, paight Margaret Ann, ‘Thompson, New London for Eliza- ethport. ‘Schr OH Perry, Murphy, Glen Cove for New York. Steamer United States, Davis, Fall Kiver tor New York, with mdse and passengers. Steamer Galatea, Nye, Providence tor New York, witir mdse and passengers. BOUND FAST, Steamship Hatteras, Lawrence, New York for Boston. amship Glaucus, Walden, New York for Boston. x Brig Humming (Br), Stevens, New York for Windsor, Brig Perces Hinckley, Foster. New York for Boston. Sehr Jas Henry, Crowley, New York tor Boston. Schr Mary A Ives, Loyd; Virginia for Stamford. Schr Mayflower (Br), Parker, New York tor Windsor, Xo. Took the northern passage has been 20 days west of the Co. NS. Schr Oliver Scofield, Dissosway, Baltimore for New Ha- ven. Schr Joseph B Knowles, Merritt, New York for Boston. Sehr Victor, Day, Port Johnson for Norwalk, Schr Sarah Wooster, Davis, Ronduut for New Haven. Schr Lake, Walker, Port Johnson for Northport. Schr Golden Rule, Overton, Port Johnson for Boston. jght GH Burdett, Gardiner, Elizavethport tor Paw. ucket. Schr Elizabeth B, Hogan, New York for New Haven. Schr Thos Morris, Hunt, Hlizabethport for New London. Schr BC Foster, Frederick, Hoboken for Warren. chr Metamora, Johnson,’ Elizabethport for New Ha- ven Schr Henry B Drew, Kane, Amboy for Hartford. Sehr ( C Sadlier, Brown, Port Johnson for Providence, Sehr Lizzie A Bennett, Lawson, Philadelphia tor Nor: wich. Schr Calvin, Clark, New Brunswick for Portsmouth. Schr Neptune, Robinson, Port Johnson tor Boston. pecht Pail sheridan, Murphy, Elizabethport tor Fall ver. Schr RM Clark, Hayes, New York for Middletown. Schr Palladium, Ryder, New York tor Wareham. Schr Eagle, Day, Elizabethnort for Vineyard Haven, Schr 8 K Lane, Smith, New York for Yarmouth. Schr Breeze, Rogers, Trenton for Providence. qccht Judge’ Runyon, Bell, Elizabethport for Provi ene Schr Vapor, Fielding, Trenton for Stonington. Schr Spray, Martin, Trenton for Providence. Schr Fair Wind, Bowman, New York for New Bedford. Schr Chas W Bentl York for Providence. Schr HA Schr White ley, er, New Schr Minerva, Brightnian, Klfsabethport for New Lon- ooh Henrietta, Nickerson, Blizabethport for Stoning- Schr Quickstep, Smith, Elizabethport for New Bedford, Schr § C Lyman, Hill, Elizabeth: for Hi le Alaska, Clark, New York for Hast Carnbridge 8c] Jara! 5 s ‘kett, New York for Greenport, Schr GL Daboll, B Schr Jennie Rogers, Rogers, Port Johnson for New Lon- don. Schr Horace L, Francis, Jersey City for New H. Sehr Ellen tetkinn Kelly. Row York or hownaee Thomas Ellis, Kelly, New York for Newport. Schr Julia Ann, Howell, Elizabethport for Wareham. Schr Clara, Norbury, Phil hia for Danverspor Sear 8 'S Hammond, Growell, Putiedersutn for Provi. " Rent Wm D Mangum, Chase, New York for New Bed- obehe Asher 8 Parker, Carpenter, New York for Glen Schr Luna, Wells, New York for Greenvort. Sehr E Nii Ne om pA eeeteemy lew York for Bostotty Steamer Thetis, Gale, New York for Providence. Steamer Galatea, Nye, New York for Frovidence, SAILED. Steamships Cleopatra, for Havan 5 Virgo, Savannah; | winds throughout; has been Rai |) Shi Albemarle. ; Allee, Cork ; ‘one, do; ‘mong, io heat ey Ae ae ens Sea adanly Phi sae eyes ceo *.chre. ‘Savannah and Genoa; Dolphin, Ma- town;'schrs Ge ham. sg ranham. The following weasels are anchore’ at quarantine, out- Barks M. for Cork or Falmouth; Pe 1 for Genoa} ith, for Cadiz; Wind at sunset 8, light. Shipping Notes. The new steamship Kuroda, just completed by Messrs € & R Poillon, for the Japanese government, was raised on the large sectional dock foot of Rutgers street last evening, for the purpose of receiving her first suit of yel- Jow metal sheathing. The Kuroda is about 200 tons bur- den, and has been ordered by the Japanese as a pattern vessel, from which to build up their mercantile marine. She will be employed in the coasting trade of that coun- try. She will remain on dock ail of to-day. and is well worth a visit from those interested in naval architecture. Her trial trip will take place in a few days. Marine Disasters. Suir IF Carman, Stone, which lett New York Sept 4 landed at Bristol, E~ (Phe 1 C registered 1038 tons, was built at Thoraaston, Me, iu 1856, an vA Co, of New York.) (avila cukambe Steamsmp Devta (Br). Shaw. from Halifax for Bermu- da, got among the reefs to the northeast of Bermud: Jelands morning of Lith inst, but got off in a short time, and proceeded to the Royal Naval ¥ard, and at once into the Bermuda Dock. ‘The Delta’s foretoot is carried away ; she hasw hole in her starboard bow of about 6 feet square, with other damages in her forward part. supposed that it would be three weeks be be thoroughly repaired and fit for sea. Banx Axsistio—Portland. Me, Oct 25—A letter reecived fy this olty {oday from the captain of the brig Antilles, of this port, dated Port Spain, Trinidad, Oot 6 states that on Sept 16, im lat 2930 N and lon 63'08 W, an with the English bark Artistic. of Newport, Wales, in a n, It was fore she could sinking condition, having- encountered a ‘hurricane on the 16th ult, in which sh the Aatilles oak att her ‘episin and crow, aad Landed tain and crow. them in Port Spal, "Trinidad. The Macictiotmer Sombrero, bound for Gloucester. England. Scur FLoRENcE, Wilcox, from Mystic, Ct, with a cargo of fish scrap, for Afaington, Del, sprung a leak (no date) when off Atlantic City, NJ, and ‘had to be beached to save her. No further particulars. Scur Tie, from Pascagoula for Indianola, Southwest Pass 17th inst in a leaky condition, go up to New Orleans for repairs. Buisto1, Oct 9—The Kings Count more, whic arrived at Bristol Oct lictship Calhoun, of New York, w her on the 5th Sept, had a quantity of water in the hold, and the cargo shifted, causing her to have a list of six streaks; remained by her till the evening of the 7th, sav- ad things as could be removed in small boats— sales, ropos, provisions, & Raya, Oct 10—The brig Ann Humphreys, of White haven, Bond, from Shields for St Malo (coals), has been towed ‘into the harbor by the steamtug Palmerston, hav- ing been in collision with the American ship Ellen Aus tin, of New York, off Folkestone, at noon to-day, and lost foremast, maintopmast, sails aud the whole of’ the gear attached, and also sustained considerable damage to port bow. The Ellen Austin also sustained considerable dam- age and put back to Gravesend llth. Haver, Oct 10—The Wm L Burroughs, arrived here yesterday trom Baltimore Was in collision Oct 8, in lat 50 N. with rrived at ud would t rton, which re reported) rman vesse a steering SW, and sustained damage to bulwarks, rails, &c, and had tiller broken. Livenroo., Oct 9—The Regina, hence for New Haven, was abandoned yesterday morning off Islay, wit 6'¢ feet water in her hold ; crew saved. ‘A small schr was found abandoned e yesterday, but was subsequently got off and brought around im the creek; no name or marks to determine where she belongs, She has been taken in charge py wreck commissioners, Anew schr, towed out from Milton to-day. is grounded on the bar op- Dosite the Broodkill. PryMouri, Oct 9—The Ceres (Swedish bark), Fallstrom, from Bjorneborg for Rio Janeiro, has put in_ here with damage to forefoot aud loss of head gear. having been m collision, on the night of the 7th of Oct, with an Ameri- can three-masted schooner, (Probably the W L’ Bur- roughs, betore reported.) Quexstowx, Oct 9—The Watch, Robbin, nrrived here from New York, reports having experienced Sept 16, in lat 41 N, lon 61 W, a hurricane, which lasted until the 19 h, during which she shiited her cargo and experienced some slight damage to bulwarks nnd galley. Reva, Oct 10—The William Cummings. from New Or- leans (cotton), arrived at Baltic Port, has much cargo damaged. Srantey, FI, Aug 4—The Columbia, American ship, Carter, from Newport for Callao, put in'hére Aug 10 with cargo iron) shifte!. (The C has since arrived at Callao.) ‘The Mandarin, German barkentine, from Antwerp for San Francisco, via Pernambuco Glass), put in here Aug 14, leaking badiy. Notice to Mariners. Wasnixaron, Oct 22. The Lighthouse Board has given notice that on and after the 30th of October a fixed red light will be exhib- ited from an open framework structure recently erected at the outer end of the north pier in the harbor of Mul- waukee. Whalemen. Steamer Tigress (Br), Spicer, at New London 16th from Cumberland, left the Inlet Sept 23. She reports having arrived in the Inlet July 19; had good weather all the season. The veseels fishing there found but few whales, and they were very shy. in endeavoring to use a net for white whaling mnct with several accidents and were un- ssful. Lett in the Inlet schrs S B Howes. jean; Helen F, do do—sent home takings; also brig Isabella, Keeney, NL, 300 bbls—will take whaling and re- turn this Fall. ‘The gress, in crossing Cumberland Inlet in Sept, broke her shaft and wheel connections and came from there under sail only. Lett in the Gulf bark Xan- thus (Br), Darien, no oil on board; also another Enylish shore party under Capt Noble. The cargo of the Tigress is as follows:—50 hdis bone, 7 cks oil from brig Isabella 88 cks oil, 40 bdls bone from 8 B Howes, to Williams, Ha- ven & Co’; 22 cks oll, 22 bdls bone trom wrecked bark Mil- wood, to Gideon Allen & Son, New Bedford, Arrived at Marion 19th, sch Admiral Blake, Hathaway, North Atlantic Ocean, last reported with a few bbls of blacktish off. Artived ut New Bedford 20th, sche S P Applegate, Mer- rill, New London, with 500 bbls elephant oil. Cleared ‘ew Bedford 2st, schr Petrel, Adams, for a Atlantic Ove: Spoken. Ship Vancouver (Br), Brown, from Liverpool for San Francisco, Sept 24, lat 24 N, lon 22 W. ‘Ship Commodore (Br), from Aberdcen for Quebec, Oct 9, all well, Bark PJ Carleton, Luce, from Cardiff for Coquimbo, Sept 6, lat 12 N, lon 26 55 W. rig Nadinka (Dan), from Malaga for Philadelphia, 40 days out, Oct 21,25 miles SSE of the Highlands (by pilot boat Fannie, No 17). Foreign Ports. AmsterDam, Oct 6—Arrived, Ivanhoe, Pinkney, Wil- mington, NC. Oct 4—C! Y a eas York. rer, Aug 16—Passed, ship Don Quixote, Nelson, from Manila for New York. ‘ANTIGUA, Oct 2—Salled, brigs 12th, Frank E Allen, Heatd, Philadelphia. Briston, Oct—In Kingroad 9th, Peerless, Allen, from Pensacola for Gloucester. BREMmRnaven, Oct 7—Salled from the lightnouse, Nep- tun, Ploghoft, ahd Ocean, Gerdes, New York. Batavia, Aug 27—Sailed, Mary Goodell, arang. Buswos Ayers, Aug 2—Sailed, bark Thos Fletcher, Fendleton, Batavia; sept 7, brig Estelle (Br), Bishop, jew York. In port Sept 13, barks Wieland (NG), Vogelsang, Wheatland, White, for New York, dg: Sarah Cheney, for do, do; Nonpareil, Watson (from Montevideo, arrived tay, Moody, tor Boston, do; Archer, ‘ortiand, arrived Sept 6), for ‘do, do; Lor , Huxtord, trom Brunswick, Ga, arrivod ‘om New York; Helen An- ha Temple (Br), McKee, from ; Woodbine, (Br). Collins; Somer- leld, (Br), Morrell; Fannie J Me- Lellan, McLellan; Jane Young (Br), Perry, and John Zitlowen, Wilkinson. une; brigs Woodland, ‘Clark, and Asenora, Bursley, for New York, ldg; Amelia (B 7 from Savannati,' arrived 8th; Osseo, Lowr: 0} Virgines (Span), Brunet, from Pensacola via Rio Janeiro, arrived 9th; Fidelia (Br), Young; # H Jennings, Sears, ana Golconda, Lord, unc. Barnapos, Sent 29—Arrived, brige Concord, Kelley, Bal- timore; 30th, Prestissimo, Dahms, do (and sailed Oct 4 for St Lucia); Cora (Br), Henderson, Philadelphia (and sailed Oct 4 for St Lucia). Sailed Sept 26, brig Glance (Br), Darrell, Turk’s Islands; bark Mayflower, Hotchkiss, Martinique. In port Oct ll, barks Gazelle, Black, from New York, arrived Sept 30, disg; Mary C Dyer, Hopkins, from do, ar rived Oct 8, do; Golden Fleece, Rhodes, diss: brigs Alice Lea, Foster, trom Philadelphia, arrived 4th, disg; Two Marys (Br), ‘Thursell, from do, ‘arrived Sth, do; Regina (Br), Rodenhiser, from New York, arrived Sth, do; Daisy Boynton, Appleby, trom Boston, arrived 9th, do; Bessie Rowe (Br), Le Roy, unc; schr’ Electric Spark, Howell, from New York, arrived 8th, disg. Benvopa, Oct 6—arrived.’ brigs Excelsior (Br), Mayor, New York ‘(ami sailed 14th on her return); 8th, Victor (Br), Barnett, do. : Comes, Oct 8=Cleared, Prudentia, Gjeruldsen, Gal- veston. Entered out 8th, Minia (s), Martin, for New York. Conk, Oct 8—Arrived. Corsair, Muller, New York. Catais, Oct 7—Sailed, Iris, Pearson, Boston. Crvita Vecema, Oct’ 2—Arrived, LC Owen, Carlton, Newcastle. Catcurra, Oct 9—Sailed previous, Calcutta, Patching, Boston ; City of Corinth, New York. Sailed Oct 8, Lord Strathnairn, New York. Curmuote, Sept 24—In port ship City of Montreal, Mua- gett, from New York. disg, to sail about Oct & _Drat, Oct 9—Arrivea, Kit Carson, Spencer, Antwerp for Valparaiso (and sailed); Ellen Austin, French, London for New York (and sailed) ; 10th, Impi,’ Jacobsen, do tor Baltimore (and sailed). Dewanana, Oct 1—Arrived, schrsJ N Farland, Baker, area, brig Dauntless, Coombs, New Balear, Barr, San Blas; rk, Sweetzer, Sam- ville (Br), Smith; Boston ; 7th, Lavinia F Warren, Johnson, New York. Sailed Se shi wan (Br), Scott, New Uriea: 26th, brigs Cecile. (Br), Townsend, ‘New York; 27th, Vit iL lage Belle (Br), Merrithew, do; 28th. schr H J Holway, Thompson, St Martins; Oct1, bark St Lawrence (Br), Steed, Baltimore; 3d, Annie Whiting, Hutchinson, jo; 4th, Gertrude Plummer, do. In port Oct 7, brigs Hattie Eaton (Br), Brown, and Sa- rah Harris (Br), Brooks, unc, jLascow, Oct 7—Arrived, Dorian (8), Taylor, New York; Sth, Trinacria (), Thompson, do; 9B, California (s), Crai, 0. RTO; Oct 9~Arrived, Glenartney (9), Bolton, New rk, ALWAY, rrives el J ; arr, oa = pot Vietoriay Woolston, Liver- i ULI 't 9—Sailed, Glendower, Savannah. Bartvax, Oct 2i—atrived, brig Alpha (Br), Burke, Phil- “= , Watts (from Liver. Safled 204 steamships Hibernia: i avian, Graber (from Baltimore), Br), R90. Baltimore; Mot iverpool od pool. K , Ja, Oot 1—Arrived, bi Ellie E Butler Ryan, Halifax anit patted 10h Yor Philadelphia via Sailed Oct 7, steamer Jamaica (Br), Watson, Vera Crus, Tampico and New Orleans; Sth, schrs Fred'Smith, Srown, Piniadelphia, via Old Harbor ; 9th, Lizzie Coch: a eae tO ie uscning Wiar (Br), Richardeon from’ Cardi, evrived for Pensacola; brig Eagle nwood, dtn, tor New (Br), from x, arrive ih pens Emma L Porter, Sparks, for wvERPOOL, Oct 9-Arrived, Pomona, Bruce, New ‘iat );, Salisbury, St John, NB; iene race, So New York St Louls (s), Roberts, New ir 4 19th, Lake Superior, Gilmour, New Y. Entered out 9th, Chas HO s West; City of Novjtreal 42, Keonmeay, uiton, for Key } New Yorks Off Great Ormshi Svalen, from Liverpool for Baltimore. youDon, Oct W—Arrived, Meteor, Holst, Wilmington, NC, Entered out 9th, Hester 4 Blanchard, Hardy, for Rio Pataed from Gravesend 10th, Wm Woodbury, Harriman, is. Oct Deiphin, Stafverin, Wil- ceag E, Sailed, J Dy iD, New York via Sa i, : t19—Arrived, steamship Corinthian, Scott, Cieared 19th, steamship St David, Scott, Glasxow. Newronr, Oct Secleured, ‘Belgium, treenc, New Ore leans. S1—Arrived, Lulu, Hallett, Swatow ; ines Arrived, brigs Princess York (and cleared Oct 6 for, vens, Sears, St Pierre (and for Basse Tone) ; 9th, Fuustina, Patterson, Pout Spat, Sept 30—Arrivea, brig Katandin, Saund Bangor, Oct bark Augustina (Br), Cou. New Nore’; brigs Annie Vail (Br), Michener, Philadelphia ; An: tiles, Thestrup, New York: sth, sche Morsord & ‘Trubie (Br), Godtr 3 9th, brigs 'V A Rhone (in), Taslor, do. pe ah locity (Br), Pons, do: Sailed Oct 5, brig Favotite, Dueli, New York. In port Oct 9, bark Windsor (Br), Gardner, for New York; and others. Poxex, PR, Sept 18—Arrived, brig Italia (By), Roberts, 10 to return); 2d, to Baltimore (and cleared prior’ to, Oct schr Annie Bell, Elkins, New York (and cleared prior Oct 10 for Arroyo and New York); 2d, brig Castilian, Croucher, do (atid cleared prior to Oct™10 for Guayanilis and New York). i QurENsTOWN, Oct Arrived, Watch, Robin, New York (see Disasters). Rica, Oct Arrived, Countess of Dudiey, Pitblado, Charleston. ; Kio Jaxsino, Sept 24— Arrived, steamshiv Alps (Br), Webster, Buenos Ayres and Montevideo for New York, Souruameron, Oct 2—Arrived, steamship Ohio (NG), Basse, Baltimore for Bremen. _Scranster, Oct 6—Passed, Brage, Jorgensen, trom New York for Cronstadt. | + F Swatow, Aug 12—Arrived, Pearl, Harding, Shanghae. Sailed Aug 14, Elizabeth McDougall, White. New Yorks Souranaya, Ang 7—Arrived, Peruvian, Vannah, Sinj pore, te load for Boston ; 11th. Sovloe, Shaiswell, Bata St Tuomas, Oct 14—In port xchr Grasmere dan, Ma- comber, from Port Spain, arrived 4th, tor Yabacoa, PR, to load for New York. Fresh Breeze adiieray fee sae" <j i aby 'OLNT--| (Guad), Beatrice (Br), ‘Simmons, Noe Maracaibo) ; Eliza 1 cleared %b Bapgor, Port Spain; 24, Hoard (Br), Messenger, New York; 7 (Br), Norris, do, In'port Oct 3, brigs Gleta (Br), Crowell, wt; Geo Lati- mer, Wilson, do; schr/Palos, Shackford, for Eaitimore, to nee; 4th, ‘ara Crowell commence lig next day. jt Piwuue Marv), Oct §— arrived, schr Marguerite (Pr), Olivier, New York: 9h, hark Mayltower, Hotchkiss, Bar= *bados, to load for New York Sailed 3d, brig Hutry & Aubrey, New York. Jgux, NB, Oct 2i—Arrived, schr DW Clark (Bry Peck, New York. | Cleared 18th, schrp John Bird, Sleeper, Cardenas; 19th, ‘Broly . New York; 2ist, brig New England (hr), Lind? en, do. Sailed 19th, ship Wm A Campbell, Henry, Liverpool. ER StRaMet! Pi ANtwarP, Oct 9—Sailedi, Re 10th, Leonidas, Gate: Scomia. reh, Owens, New Orleans, \ port; Zinti, Hattield, do; Rome, Ouls doy Narragansett, Hamtin, Havana ith, King of Algeria, Smith, Philadelphia: salled trom Flushing Roads ath, © 6 Van Trorn, Tooker, Boston; William, Barding, andi? yAlicasts, Oct §—Arrived, Eva N Johnson, Jolinson, New ork. Sailed _AARHU h, Helene, Olsen, w York. Oct 7—Arrives yal Aukator, Henriksen, New ‘ork. Briston (Pill), Oct Arrived, Etta Whittemore, Wright, Trinidad. ad. Sailed 10th, Herbert Beech, Crosby, Savannah via Swansea; Led, Tuznizza,:-New York. In port Ith, ‘Lex, Tuguizza, for New York. Brawexuaven, Oct S—Arrived, Herwin more, Goethe, Steenken, bie! JT Salled 9th, Berlin (s), Undutsclt, baltimore. Borpeavx, Oct 7—Sailed, Superbo, Dominick, Wilming ton, NC. Put to sea 7th, Carioca, Clavey, for San Francisco. Bancerona, Oct 7—Arrived, Luisa, Alsina, New York. Sailed 6th, Pavorita, Casalielia, New Orleans, Conrx, Oct'l2—Sailed, Larkspur, New York. Canvirr, Oct 9—Cl Jeremiah Thompson, Kennedy, Galiag: Einily Augusta, Walters, and Colombo, NeMillan, New Orleans, CantHacena, Oct 5—Salled, Azuline, Beil, Pensacola; Stebonheath, Seott, do. Capiz, Oct 5—Cleared, John Bunyan, Gilmore, ter, Mass; Sandy Hook, Barstow, do; Excels Boston. Sailed 4th, Nomad, Townsend, Boston. Caxevrta, to Oct 10—Arrived,’ Peravian Congress (Br), Aden, to load for New York or'Boston. Salled to Oct 11, Winged Huater, Panno, and Alice Vennard, Humphrey (destination not given); Nonantum, Pratt, supposed for Boston. COPENHAGEN, Oct 8—Passed, Stradella, Grah), from New York for Btettin; 9th, Emigkeit, Philadelphia for do. Dantzic, Oct 8—Arrived, Emma Parker, Staniey, Phila- deiphia; Czarina, Nickols, New York. Dusit, Oct —Arrived, Leopoldine Bauer, Lucovich, New York. Sailed llth, Riverside, Neville, Philadelphia. Masters, trom New York Dover, Oct 10—OM, Le Baron, for Bremen. Dunouness, Oct M—Passed, Orvarodd, from New York heat Ost 1O-OM, Mary. B bit eld: EAL, Oct Mary Bangs. Howes, from Shields for Valparaiso; Abbie N Franklin, Holbrook, trom Am- sterdain for United States (and anchored). Put back 10th, Rit Carson. Spence, trom Antwerp tor Veliarvoms, Oct S—Arrived, Duppel. K: h, Ni NORE, Oc! rrived, Du| . Krumreich, New York for Baltic, in tow. as 25 GeNoa, Oct 6~Arrived. Concettina, Moretto, New York. G 5 scow, Oct 10—Arrived, Glenartney (s), Bolton, New ‘orl Salied 9th, T F Whiton, Blanchard, Galveston; 10th, Tjorno, Roed, New York. Mavre, Oct 9Arrived, WL Burroughs, Norton, Balti- more. Seno) Oct 8—Arrived, Holsatia (s), Barents, New rr! ‘ork. LivERPooL, Oct 10—Arrived, Vee lth, H_L Routh, Martin, New Yor! Samaria (s), Bosto Sailed Wilms, Balti- Glonces- , Bowers, Parks, Pensacola; 12th, Java (), doy m. th, Miller, New Orleans; n, Christensen. and Legnano, Sartoris, New Yor! Queenstorry, Harry, San Francisco; RP Buck. ‘alparaiso: llth, Guinevere, Tidmarsh, Philade|phia. Entered out With, St Louis (s), Roberts, and Erna, Asb- Jornsen, tor New Orleans; lth, Star of Brunswiek, for San Francisco. i . Off Tuskar 9th, La Escocesa, from Liverpoot for San Francisco. Loxnox, Oct M—Arrived, Henry & Louise, Hand, Char- leston ; Denmark (s), Sumner, New York (ang ent out for do); 12th, Thos Stephens, Richards, and Buckingham. shire, Pain, do. Cleared iith, Eastern Queen, Cook, New York; 12th, Erin (s), Lawson, do. PiyMoor, Oct 10—Put in windbound, Virginia, Cochran, from Antwerp for Savannah. PenartH, Oct 5—Sailed, Laurence Brown, Ames, Ha- vana. Pabstow, Oct —Arrived, Aron, Frith, BaMimore. -Prutav, Get 8—Arrived, ‘Frank, Wallace, New York; Vibilia, MeGray, do. URENSTOWN, Oct 10—Arrived, Hattie M, Cunningham, New York: llth, Hiram, Nielsen’ and Erstatningen, Jen: sen, do; 8] Jing Dew, Lewis, Portland (Oregon) ; Ursus Minor, ‘Nelson, and Sunnyside, Alexander, New York; ua Apa, ‘Thomas, New York; M E Leed, Hopkins, Wil: mington, Arrived 2ist, steamship Oceanic, Thomson, New York for Liverpool. ‘SarEips, Oet 12—Sailed, Industry, Russell, New York. Stocknonm, Oct 2—Sailed, Zulma, Petersen, Gefle an® Philadelphia. Swixewunpx, Oct 7—Arrived, Celeste, Clark, Foster, Philadelphia. : 28008, Oct 10-Sailed , Ernestine, Blanchard, Portland} e. ‘Trieste, Oct 5—Arrived, Surprise, Hoyt, Richmond; Almoner, Averill, New York. Venice, Oct 7—Arrived, Lete, Cosulich, Philadeiphia. American Ports. BOSTON, Oct 21—Arrived, schr H N Squire, Haley, Philadelphia, Below—Schrs William M Abbott. Ludiam, from Philadelphia; HN Miller, Miller, from do’ for East Braintree; B & L Godirey Cleared—Steamships Nercus, Bearse, New. Schroot, Antwerp; Hi 01 has Davenport, Siberia Br), Harrison, Liverpool; York; barks Constance (Duteh)} rp; Helen capeel (Br), Brooks, Lon- don; Mvndots Perry, Stgohn, NB; Ella, Oliver, Portland; brigs Henrys, (Br), Longstaff, Queenstown and Falmonth, E, for orders; Aquidneck, Lyon, Bangor; schr C L Van: crate Kelley, New X Co Aquidneck, 0 C Cli ailed— lara Pickeus, Aquidneck, 0 C Clary, and 1; aud trom the Roads, bark Ethan Allen, a—Arrived, steamships McClellan, Howes, Baltimore; Aries, Wheldon, Philadelphia; bark Cephas Starrett, Pensicola;, Urigs Ambrose Light, Higgins, Mansanillay ears moe Julia E Haskell, Ship Island; schr larcin, Haytien. o arrived 22d, steamship Panther Philadelphia; brig BO ALTINORE, Oct 21—Arrived, schrs Al , Oct 21—Arrived, schrs Sanborn, St Jouns, PR; Four Sisters, Bickmore, Bristol.” Cleared—Bark Yamoyden, Tobey, Rio Janeiro (aud sailed) ; sehr Elia H Barnes, Avery, Fairhaven, i—Bark Caribou, inwall. BSAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1d—Arnived, bark RC Wylie (Haw), Halterman, Honolulu. Cleared—Sbip Sen Zai (Jap), More, Yokohama. 17th—Sailed, ship Colorado, Ingraham, Liverpool. 18th—Arrived, ship Seminole, Holmes, New York. SAVANNAH, Oct 17—Arrived, bark Aaron Goudy (Bry Bent, Demarara. Sailed—Bark Mary Lawton (Br), Rose, Havre. 21st—Arrived, steamship Gen ‘Barnes, Mallory, New York. 22d—Sailed, steamship Leo, Dearborn, New York. Arrived 22d, steamships Tiber (Br), Crombie, Boston, te load for Liverpool; Montgomery, Faircloth, and San Ja- cinto, Nickerson, New York; ships Henry’ Pelham (Br), Vickery, and Eliza Everett (Br, Dennis, Dublin: Cyno: sure (Br), Oram, Liverpool, barks Lima (Br), Yarmouth, NS; Brothers, Thurston, Boston; brig Cigano (Rus), Jost, ao; schr Wapella, Penay. New Yorx. leared—Ship Lillie Soullard (Br), Webster, Havre. ____._.. MISCELLANEOUS. 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