CZD mS Tri-TTeekly .Astorian o'papt cmv.acis:: W , . . I. IKEI.AXI.... . Editor - TUESDAY. ...August 19, 1S73 i IXIVKESSIOXS OF ASTORIA. 'One of the benefits arising from the numerous visitors at Astoriaand- the Seaside from other parts of the coun try during the "Watering Season, is the usually good opinion and favora ble conclusions formed respecting the place and its people. A friend who has been here for a month contributes the following for publicatien: " Familiarity with scenes of rare beauty inevitably accustoms the eye to their claims for admiration and doubtless the citizens of Astoria do not look upon their city and its sur roundings with the same spirit with which a stranger's eye would view them. To one who sees this city and its surroundings for the first time,and who looks down from its elevation up on the magnificent panorama which is spread before him, the Columbia river and broad bay outstretching far and wide until lost in. silent bufc ex .pressive grandeur of Xhd Pacific; the lofty hills hemming in the bay; the busy little city on its banks; the myriad craft that fill the great river which rolls on beneath." his feet; to one like myself beholding these for the first time, there can be but one sentiment that of delighted awe. Such, at all events, were the sen sations that completely assumed pos session of myself, as I stood upon the summit of the hill hack of the city and looked upon the scenes beneath.' "Of the pleasant little city of As toria itself I feel to speak none hut words of praise. There is manifest among its few but public spirited peo ple, the presence of an energy before which imrjediirients are melted, and obstacles removed from out the path way of progress and. reform. The high elevation of the city itself is typical or the excelsior srjirit of its people, who seemingly look eagerly for impossibilities in order that they may achieve the glory of overcoming them. "What is to prevent such peo Xle from the attainment of the objects upon which they may have set their hearts? Having the natural resources and everything else favorable to, the building trp.of a handsome commer cial city,, obstacles in the way may as well at once emulate Captain" Scott's coon, and come down,' for it must and will be done." A writer in the Register defines some of the objects of tho Farmers' Granges as follews: "Object 1st. The ennoblement of labor and the fraternity of the producing classes. 2d. Mutual instruction and the lightening of labor by diffusing a bet ter knowledge of the aims of labor. .Od. Social culture. 4th. Mutual. re lief in sickness and adversity. 5th. Prevention of cruelty to animals. Oth. Prevention of litigation. 7th. Bringing more nearly together the producer and consumer. 8th. The overthrow of the credit system. 9th. Building ui and fostering our home indrustricsN 10th. Mutual xn;otcctiori of husbandmen against sharpers and middlemen. The 2s cw York .Bulletin dwells on -the various legislative devices to dis tribute taxes in such a way that every man.shall pay his exact share. These devices, as a rule, have met but small success. Legislative tinkering -does not always deal with the matter in t clligently. No one needs J;o be in formed that the imposition of a tax increases the price of every article sold; and this increase is in propor tion to the frequency of the sales, while at the same time it takes effect on every one in ratio of the extent of his consumption. Thus by a pro cess natural and inevitable, every person 'in the community must and does pay a portion of every tax; and the simple and easy methods of na ture effect a far wicler and more precise-distribution than legislative en actment and administrative inquisi tion tare able to achieve. The "balloon project ?rof. JJiaQj ths aeronaut, has gonep,uttt)iejjftlloon ihai not. ! MINORITY REPRESENT ATIOX. Hon. S. F. Hunt, president of the ' Oliio Constitutional Convention, and was chosen chairman of the Demo- j ".Minority Representation," incorpo rated into tlie new constitution of Illi nois. Our attention was attracted to a correspondence between him and lion. Joseph Medill about a month ago. The object of this system, as the reader is probably aware, is to give the minority a representation in the Legislature and in the Judiciary, and thus restrain the majority, in some degree, at least, from making a tyrannical use of their power. In a county, for example, where three rep resentatives are to be elected to the legislature, the minority can, if they choose to do so, nominate but one candidate and cast for him as many votes as they would have been en titled to cast'for three candidates, the provision of minority representation permitting them to give a triple vote for the one candidate. If the provis ion will enable the minority to obtain a respectable representation in the legislature and in other bodies, which they could not have otherwise, it is a, wholesome one; for however intelli gent and patriotic a majority may be in the beginning of its existence, its tendency is to lapse into partisan ty ranny and excesses of all kinds. Po litical adventurers, who care for the spoils only, and ambitious men, who love place more than principle, will soon push the upright and, conscien tious men of ideas to the rear and push themselves to the front. Hence wise and salutary legislation defends very largely upon the restraining vigilance of a good minority, and, if any scheme can be devised to keep a vigorous opposition party in every legislative branch in the country, beneficial results will followr its adopt ion. To the question as to whether the system of minority representation was giving satisfaction in Illinois, where it had been recently adopted, Mr. Medill unhesitatingly answered in the affirmative. He says that it proves in practice to be just what was promised and predicted in its behalf. The experiment is conceded to be. quite successful, and is regarded' as a great improvement on the old one sided system of representation. It is far more popular now than it wns a year ago, before the first election under it. Then there were doubts as to its practicability. Its opponents said the people would not be able to comprehend it, and that confusion would result at the polls, that bad men would slip into the legislature by its means, that it would enable the minority to rule the majority, and that the interests of the people would be harmed or sacrificed. Not one of these prognostications of evil has come to pass. The voters understand the new system without difficulty or much explanation, and discovered nothing abstruse or in comprehensible in it. Mr. Medill further states that the "whole mass of the people are now represented in the popular branch, instead of a mere majority as for merly. Every voter whether a Demo crat or Republican, has now the man of his choice in the Assembly to represent him. Neither party is now unrepresented 'in any district. The minority is no longer practically dis franchised, as was previously the case. The vote of the majority is not im paired or disturbed. The stronger party at the polls have control of the House, but the weaker one is repre sented in proportion "to its strength. The unjust monopoly of representa tion is broken. -Every Democratic district elected two Democrats and one Republican, and every Republi can district two Republicans and one Democrat to the House. The excep tion to this rule only occurred when a candidate of the stronger party wTas unpopular, or that of the weaker, party the fitter man to such a degree as to constrain enough of his oppo nents to vote for him to elect him. No party advantage was gained from these exceptional cases, because they were as numerous on one side as the other gainer and loser balancing each other."" Mr. M. mentions a fact which speaks well for the system of "minority representation,'" which is that the "minority members" were the ablest men.' Several of the strong est and most influential members of the Assembly were elected by the "plumping" vote of the minority showing that the minority, as a rule, were more careful and conscientious in selecting representatives than the majority. This fact is so patent that the enemies of the system admit it in the present instance. Mr. Medill concludes that minority representa tion in Illinois has been demonstra ted to be an actual reform, an im provement in the science of popular government, and the people are pleased with the operation of the ex periment. The vehemence with -which some of the leading Administration jour nals in Illinois attack the system, would indicate that it is an "unpleas ant check upon the rampant major ity, which is prima facia testimony that it is doing some sood. . cratic State Convention, at Columbus ( For fereheads: men say "crowns,&andbO 'last week, not long since was very we are crowned. , u m active in iiuvucuiiuj; i" "um v.. JjL . 1 ...i..r. l-v cti ?-- nt " Get leave to work ntlf rlcl His the Le,t you can get at all , For God, in curing, gives us better gifts Than man in "benediction. God says, bweat Av! cached bv tome tormentinc circlet of .fcteel, .. , . "Which snaps with a secret spring. ' ' ' Get work! Get work ! 'Tis even better than what you work to ,- getv . . . Mrs. Browning. - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE. A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COM jnon Council will be hold in tho Council room, this (TUESDAY) evening, tho l'Jth, at 7 o'clock, liy order of tho Mayor. CIIARLES STEVENS, aulO It Recorder. GEORGK II. DURHAM. H. Y. THOMPSON. DURHAM & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Poktland. Office 109 First Street, opposite Occidental Hotel uulit PROPOSALS OR REMOVING THE DIRT IN FRONT of flin lnis rf Ano.nh Knmm. sitnntnri in Shivcly's Astoria, opposito tho rosidonco of ucorgo . w arren, Will he received by the undersigned until noon (12 o'clock), Friday, Aug 22d. For furthor particulars inquire of alU2t J.H.D.GIUY. FARM FOR SALE. ACRES GOOD FARMING LAND on Klnskanino Crook is offorcd for sale very cheap for cash. The location is fine: One and a half miles from the Lower Landing on the Military Road, and on the Railroad Survey. A first class location for a Hotel, Summer Resort, or -Dairy Ranch. Forty acres of this ground borders on Klas kaninc creek. There is an orchard of 300 trees on tho place. A bargain is offore'd.' For par ticulars mquiro of. 1. C. llUOiAiND,. aulH lni Astorian Office. REWARI OFFERED. H UNG LEE OF ASTORIA WILL PAX A rowar& of Thirty Dollars To. any person who will Recover the Body of Charley, the Chinese Cook, Who was drowned from tho stoamboat Mary Bell, near Tonguo Point, above Astoria, on Saturday, August 10th, 1873, while in tho act of dipping a feucket of water. Tho probability is that the- body will drift out to sea and bo thrown upon tho boach oither at Clatsop, or to tho north of tho Cape. Dolivor to Hung Leo's Wash house. Astoria. aul0lm THE ONLY y. ManufacturingHouse IN OREGON. Fishel & Roberts, Corner Pirtt and "Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. FASHIONABLE CLOTHMfi, AXD MANUFACTURERS. THE BEST- VAL TIE t ' FOB THE LEAST MONEY, R. C. JANIOX. Liverpool. JAXIOX, RITODKS k CO., Victoria, 13. C. Janion & Uliocles, Importers and Commission Merchants Front Stroot, Portland. Lloyd's Agents for Oregon THE PIONEER ENGLISH HOUSE IX the city, and tho founders of a direct lino of Clipper Ships betwoon Liverpool and Port land, olFer for salo tho largest assortment of se In Portland. TAppointcd Agents for J & E T6n nent's Celebrated brand of Ale and Stout; "Wm Younger & Co's Celebrated Edin burg'alc; Gilroy'Brothers & Co.'s Dundee Gram Sacks, "Wool Sacks and Burlaps, fi& Sole Agents for Blood, "Wolfe & Co's Celebrated brand of ale and Stout; Ind, Coope & Co.'s Celebrated Burton ale; "Wm McEwan's Celebrated Edinburg ale; "Worthington's Liverpool Salt; Hock in, "Wilson cs Co's Celebrated London Pickles and Sauces; J & JArmistead's Celebated Durham IVIuttard; J&HD Grimond's Celebrated Dundee Hemp Mat ting and Carpeting; George Curling & Cos unrated ana urugsjiiimviiie's lrisii w ms ky; Stewart's Scotch "Whisky; Hill, Evan: & Coa English Malt Vinegar; Noble's & Hoare's London Varnish? & Co-i Celebrated Steam Plows. au!2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. BLACKSMITHING FC. CARR IS HAPPY TO INFORM HIS i old friends and customers, and all others who wish to patronise him, that he has Resumed Business - At tite Old Stand, And is again prepared to .o all kinds of Black smith work, from making an'Anchor FJuo,to a Plow Shear. Main street, Astoria. aulfl Badger's Music Store Sole Agency for the Iiondinar Instruments of the World HALLETT, DAVIS & CO.'S PIANOS ! POWERFULLY CONSTRUCTED. Highly finished and elegantly designed. Acknowl edged by tho greatest living J ianists Liszt, Rubonstoin and Loutner to bo the most ro markablo Pianos in oxistance for Power, Sweotncss, Durability, Brilliancy and Perfec tion of Touch GEOEGE WOOD'S & CO.'S (Boston) "Wonderful Cabinet, ORGANS! " Tho most important invention of the day ca pable of producing immense power, as well as every shade of delicate musical expression. C3J" Call and examino beforo purchasing. W. K., BADGER, . No. 113 Third Stroet, (noar the Postoffice), Portland, Oregon. Established Twenty-two Years S. J. McCormick, PTJBLISHEE: Franklin Book Store! BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, 19 First Street, Portland, Oregon. Constantly on Hand, a full Stodk of STsUSTDAKD SCHOOL BOOKS, And Staple Stationery, , J. Kraemer & Co., Importers of and "Wholesale Dealers in BOOTS AND SHOES, 47 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. 0FFEA- TO THE TRADE FULL LINES of MensVBoys', and Youths' French Calf and Kip Boots; Ladies', Misses and Childrons Shoes of all grades, and also a full lino . of Slipper?. aul4 tf Schools ! St. HELENS HALL, .AND THE. Bisli Scott tamar School, "Will Ro-opcn in Portland, on MONDAY1, SEPTEMBER 1st, 1873. Sleeve Button Lost Tho finder of a gold (Bolivia) cosn SLEEVE BUTTON, with two fastenings for tho Slcove, marked with the initials ' S. N. A.," will re ceivo a reward of 10 for it on pvosentation to tho undersigned. S. N. A KR1UONI, auo tf Occident Hotel. Dissolution of Co-Partnership. OT1CE IS HEREBY (SIVET THAT THE Co-L'artnershin horetoforo oxishnjr be tween Donaldson it Reed, in tho Market busi ness, has been dissolved, and tho undersigned having purchased the interest of A J. Donald son therein, will continuo tho busiaes3 as he faro at tho old stand on Main street All debts due the firm will be paid to me, and vice versa. HUES YJLLLE REED. Astoria, August lt 187.J, nul5-4w OR SALE POUR PAIRS OF BARK BRAMAS! BST Fowls four months old, full blooded, and of the Boylo Strain 1") 00 jicr pair. Address, THOMAS L. BlRxVlE, j2Utf Cathlamot.W.T. WASHINGTON WATER PIPE laifactiiriii ail. later Co, OF OLYMPIA, W. T. JTE RE PREPARED TO MANUFACTURE WATER OR GAS PIPE, TWO, FOUR and SIX INCH BORE, at tho shortest notico, cither in tho rough, with tho bark on tho Pipo. or banded and coated with Asphal turn and Coal Tar, so as to stand any Pressure required for AV atcr works. The Pipo is ivarrontcd to givo satisfaction, Orders are solicted, and will bo filled at the shortest notice. For li?t of prieos, apply to tie undersigned. .'. D, AOWE, Secretary. - AUCTIONEERS. Oscar Kil bourn, ATJCTIOy EElt-Qfii co 40 Hrst it., Portland. A. B. SIOHARDSOK. S. I. N OILMAN. , .- A. B. Richardson AUCTl XEER-Corner of Front and Oak sL., 1 ortland, Oregon. Auction Sales of Ileal Jy-tato, Groceries, General Merchandise and Morses. fcalos-A ednosday and Satiirdaj-. BST Largo, assortment of GrocerioISinbors, etc., at Private bale. Liberal advances niado on consignments. A.U. lUqHAHDOX Charles S. Wright, AUCTIONEER;-Cor of Main and Chonamua Streots, Astoria. Goons received on consign ment and sold to tho highest bidder. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ;a t Ml 0. P. XASON, ATTO'RNEY AT LA"Yf PORTLAND, OREGON, hi fiS" Land Cases and Titlos a spocialty.'SU -. DR. S. W. DODD, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ASTORIA, OREGON. 'J ' Dn. A. D. ELLIS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Offico on Stark Street, Portland, Oregon WM. L. MrFAVATST. - RESIDENT A-TTOltJEiiV ASTORIA, UREGO:S..crfc II. B. PARKER,- ; JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ASTORIA, OREGON. 3-" Always Ready for Bnsiness.,,'?fq A. VAN DUSEN, , - NOTARY PUBLIC, Astoria, Oregoxt H. H.JS'ORTHtJP, ATTORNEY' AT 'LAW7 , (Register' in Bankruptcy), -1 ! -c Office In Holmes' Building, Portland., KRUMBIEN & GILBERT,- i ARCHITECTS AND DRAUGHTSMEN, -INVENTOR'S EXCHANGE, Creo's Building Portland, Oregon. . tfSTTho Best Counsel; tho Best DraiiKhe men; the' Best Model Workmen, and be?t Patent Agent at "Washington; the only folia bio place to get your intentions yut through ia short notice. v WM. CHURCH &SON, Merchant Tuilors, havo removed to tho OLD POSTOFFlCE Room, opposito Odd Fellow's Temple, First si," Portland, Oregon "Call and select your Cloth. ing for tho sea'son j3l tf STEAMERS, STAGES AND SCOOPS LVS.'&AIL and EXPRESS, From Astoria to Clatsop Beach:-! East HORSES! Good CARRIAGE V L EAVES ASTORIA EVERY TUESDAY llrursuay and Saturday Mornings!. ' Arrivo Samo Mornings at thO'' OCEAN 'HOIJS'E, "' ' GRIMES'HOUSE, r tit And SEA SIDE HdlJSE. RETURNING Leaves flioso nouses every Monday, Wednesday' and Friday, connecting with steamer to Portland each way. 3" Distance twenty-four miles, faro-.Sl 5A II. B. PARKER, Proprietor The Steam Tug Varuna "Will loavo Astoria ovorv A TUESDAY and SATURDAY Morning,.for ,. POET STEVENS, CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, , And UNITY", Carrying Mails, Passengers and Freight. ttX Other days of tho week sho will bcre-ady to go anywhere that business may justify. Is prepared to lighter cargoes, freight, hay; cattlo and wood. J. 11. D. GRAY Agent, Astoria. Oregon Steam Nav. Co OTICE Boats of tho 0. S. 3 N. Company will lea vo As- Sifefcrn toria as follows ; . - .n-n.-!.- FOR PORTLAND, and intermediate points Daily, every Morning (Sundays excoited , at u o'clock. Returning, leave Pertland: FOR ASTORIA, and intermediate points On Daily, every Morning (Sundays excepted;, at U o'clock. J. C. A1NS WO HTH , Pres ONLY REGULAR PACKET BETWEEN ASTORIA AND CLATSOP. Carrying the U. S. Mail I The well known sl?op r2f MARYH., 'jSSa L W POOLE ...J Master Leaves Clatsop .every Monday, "Wednesday and Friday, on arrival of Stages, conneecting; at Astoiia with the steamer Dixie Thompson. Returning, leaves Astoria every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, connecting with.tho Coaches for tho Beach. Extra trips made to accommodato tho traveling public. . FOR SKIPANON LANDING, ,N AND AFTER THIS DATE, UNTIL. iurtlicr notice, the sido wheel steamer ; Mary Bell. rftuOl J. N. FISHER MASTER Will leavo Astoria, daily, On tho arrival of steamers from PortlaaiT car rying PASSEN6EKS and BAGtfAGE to tho Skipanon Landing, connecting with STAG1S FOR THE SEASIDE HOUSE ! and all point" on Clateop Plains. Roturaisg-, will leavo Skipanon-nmo e;ening. . kfi"For freight or passage apply on board, or to F. C. fcONDON, Astoria, July 14th, 1S7S. Haver "frbarf: