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UJ ." Tri-Weekly Astorian ASTOEIA, OREGON: ;l. C. IREfcAXI r..JGlitor. .ASTORIA Dec. 27, 1S73 i - - THE XOKTHERX PACIFIC K. K. Thero are said to be about two million dfNorih'rn .Pacific Railroad bonds held bv people in Ohio. Cleveland Plaindeal er. And there is nothing said in re gard to the millions of acres of 'land they intend to filch Trom the people, who. have beenupon the same, per hap:f&r;years'before the swindle"vas .atfflhosixecl. MunUreds of Scandinavians in Min- neEdta, scattered along the line of the Naitfhern Pacific Railroad, living in muil .hovels, .and barely raising censmgli 'provisions in the short season izo .uHwefc on during tlo long, and ttAHuy,, tfinfi terrible winter, with no :inaiUsflfcffr .the little surplus they may .-stEBfi iiibomselvss to acquire whose icuxses -r& lexzd -and deep against the deeepliwis: practiced upon them. The mildest' thing that can be said of. thmt "bonds as that -they are a very poor -investment. It wTould be a very liberal estimate to value them at Hvq .cents on the dollar. If Jay Cooke iind Company had not been molested "by tke publication of the truth in newspapers xhat .could not be bribed nv intirnidcrced, Ahey might have .dragged along a few months longer, and another million of -dollars of the 'hard earnings of the people might have been lost. The Cincinnati Com mercial first effectually punctured the Northern Pacific folly and swin dle. There's no doubt that Jay Cooke and Company were first themselves -deceived, but that is no reason why the newspapers should aid them to deceive the rest of mankind. When Cooke found the sale of lands and bonds would prove inadequate, he liad two' strings to his bowT, or rather to his kite. He hoped to obtain European capital, but the show of fairness necessary to obtain it proved fatal. The experts from Vienna and Rerlin could not be convinced that a Railroad through the American Siberia would prove a remunerative investment. The oth er chance was to obtain aid from Congress in the shape of bonds, and that would probably have succeeded if it had not been for the Credit Mo Wlier oyposisyvs. Ail resources being ut off widows and orphans, Europ ean capitalists, Christian statesmen and carpet-bag patriots in Congress there was nothing for the Northern Pacific to do but fail. In truth, it was doomed from the beginning. The country between the Missouri River and the mountains is simply hideous, iiiid the idea of running a railroad there was simply idiotic. It is estimated, after the Summer rush to Europe was over, that there was not less, than 150,000 Americans abroad. Some of them seem to have miscalculated tbe expense of a foreign trip,, or tabulated it on figures that ruled years, ago. The prices of 11 things in Europe have advanced .so rapidly that traveling there, espec ially along the routes generally taken by tourists, has become quite as ex pensive as it is in this country. Hotel living is quite as dear at all fashiona ble plae.ee as it is. here, and railroad fare?., if we include the charges upon baggage, are quite as high. The prison on BlackwelFs Island to whiek Tweed has been, consigned js used for the incarceration of the .lowest class of prisoners. Tweed was a member g the Board of Su pervisors under whose direction it &vas built, and his name cut on one joft.be granite blocks appears at the entrance. r L During the late storm which ex iended all along the coast, and was so had at Sail Francisco that for five days largo vessels could neither load .nor discharge, and steamers on Puget Sound wer compelled to hunt har bors of rafuge, the Astoria pilot boats grossed and recrossed the bar Jjere daily, one vessel going .to sea in forty minutes from, the harbor, iiil the Oregoniau van& .a uo&; of this fact, to " set some things right" relative to .he Columbia riysr-b;ir. tmmmmmmmamammamtabAm CUBA AT A BISCOUXT It is now evident that vwe shall ndt acquire Cuba for the. present. Aurl sinde it is not to be ours it may be well enough to look at -its worst side. The following view, furnished by the Nation, the result of recent ob servations, is certainly not an en couraging one. "The Pearl of the Antilles" has some ugly spots on it: "What sort of a mess 'it is into which we "are invited to plunge our ourselves, may be described in a few words. A .million and a half of peo ple, nearly one-third of whom are slaves of 'the most degraded kind; the whites divided "into Creoles, or native Cubans, also about half a mil lion in number, and Peninsulars Spanish carpet-baggers, who have come to make their fortunes in the cdlony, and- to rule it, meanwhile folding all the important offices, dispensing all the patronage, and .controlling the military through the chiefly Spanish organization of the volunteers. An insurrection, insig nificant in extent, though capable or much mischief, and very destruc tive to the sugar industry, and really formidable, as having the more or less secret sympathy of the Creole party. A warfare, in which the vol unteers, like a National Guard, stay at home to keep "order" in the principal towns, while the real fight ing is done by imported Spanish troops, of whom more than 80,000 have been sent out since 1S6S, and by far the greater part have succumb .ed to the climate and the hardships of the campaign; a warfare in which 150,000 lives have been lost without real gain to either side, and in which all prisoners are shot unless they are tortured to death it being a practice with the insurgents " when jx prison er, and especially an officer, falls in to their hands, to tie his feet up to a tree, and to pile up fuel under the dangling head, thus burning their enemy alive with a slow fire." A capital city which, being beyond menace of the insurrection, has a mercenary interest in keeping it up; which is ruled, like every other Cu ban city, by a Casino Espanol, or Spanish Club, the headquarters of the Peninsular or slaveholding inter est. A thousand and a half of slave owners, of whom barely a tenth are solvent, and for whom the weakness of the mother country is strength, and her calamity their opportunity. A civil service than which, unless in a Turkish province, it would be hard to find one more corrupt or corrupti ble, so that, for example, "there is no contraband whatever; and no one would be at the trouble and peril of smuggling in Cuba when he can bribe the Custom-house officers to any extent, and on any terms." A currency from which gold and silver have entirely disappeared, and which has become so much depreciated that "Spanish gold has risen to 25 per cent, premium, and foreign ex- chage to 52 per cent." A bank which, when it had ruined credit by an emission of twenty million un guaranteed bonds, and it was propos ed by the new Spanish Intendente to burn paper money to a correspond ing extent, replied: " Certainly, by all means, and with great pleasure. Burn twenty million? To be sure! Forty, if you wish it Ilave we not got the plates?" Finally, a condition of society in which " while the sex ual numbers of negro and mulatto population are almost balanced, with I j- -., ,. "".1.V.U inv JJ1 JJJl. 11UJI is something more than three males to one female" including in the whites the Chinese, some (50,000 strong and all males. The great question in Germany is between the Church and the State. The great question iir France is between Monarchy and Republican- I ism. The great question in Italy is between, the Pope and the King. The great question in England is between Liberal progress and Con servative reaction. The crreat I - o- j question in Spain is between anarchy and constitutional order. The great , question in the United States is be tween political corruption and ref jrm. There are great questions in Austria and Russia, China and Janan. R-i-Hl i a:.d Canada, . Is Friday an Unlucky Day? There is a very wide-spread super stition to the effect that Friday is an unlucky day, and the fact that the splendid ship Three Brothers sailed from San Francisco on a Friday has given rise to much head-shaking and gloomy prognostications among the believers in luck. There is a story extant in this connection which, though it really has no value in the way of proof, some years ago exer cised considerable influence in con firming the belief of the supersti tious. A Certain English firm of ship owners had been much annoyed by the whims of sailors in their employ about the unluckyness of Friday, and they determined at length to demon strate that there was nothing in the theory. So they proceeded to build a ship with strict reference to the superstition, the purpose being to defy it in the boldest manner. She was commenced on Friday, finished on a Friday, launched on a Friday, and christened the Friday. Her Captain's name was Friday, she com menced to take in cargo on Friday, hauled out of dock on Friday, and sailed on Friday. Clearly, if ever the superstition was openly and sys tematically flouted, it was in the case of this ship, and it is possible that the efforts of her owners would have been rewarded with success but for the unfortunate fact that she was never heard of again. She set sail with all that weight of Friday ill luck upon her, and her mysterious fate was of course held to confirm and vindicate all the forebodings which she was intended to have proved the folly of. Friday, long regarded as a day of ill-omen, has been an eventful one in American history. Friday, Christopher Columbus sail ed on his voyage of discovery. Friday, ten weeks after, he discov ered America. Friday, Henry VII., of England, gave Cabot his commission, which led to the discovery of North Amer ica. Friday, St. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States, was found ed. Friday, the- Mayflower, with the pilgrims, arrived at Princetown; and on Friday, they signed that august compact, the forerunner of the pres ent Constitution. Friday, George "Washington was born. Friday, Bunker Hill was seized and fortified. Friday the surrender of Saratoga was made. Friday, the surrender of Cornwal lis at Yorktown, occured; and on Fr.iday, the motion was made in Congress that the United Colonies were, and of right ought to be, free and independent. A New Hampshire farmer has made 18,010 bushels of potatoes into starch this season. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice. THE ASTORIA FARMERS' COMPANY is now rSady to store Wheat and other JPROJDUCJE I AT TJIEIR NEW WAREHOUSE. Usual latcs charged. S. D. ADAIR, Secretarv. Astoria, Due. 4 til, 187-J. Ultf IIENRYr BERENDES, Fashionable m I ff r i Chcnamus street , Astoria, Oregon. V2k Manufactures to order tho best quality of .Boots and Shoes Repairing of" all kinds "Sy Astoria Tvucli and Dray Co. Office at J. TV. Gearhart's Store, Astoria. ORDERS LEFT WITH MR. GEARIIART for any kind of Teaming, will bo promptly attended to. H ood of all kinds constantly on hand. Orders solicited. oc-Jtf Oregon Bakery! Main St.,(Holladay'3 Wharf,) Astoria, Oregon. CHARLES BINDER, Pkopbietok. FRESH RREAD, CAKES, PIES, CRACK ers and Pilot Rroad, always on hand. A RESTAURANT Is kept in connection with tho Bakery, where meals can be procured at sill hours. WW Oysters in every htylu in tho seasona &L0YES Maimfactnred ! 11IIE UNDERSIGNED, HAYING, . Secured the hervicoa of a French CIoyg, rV3aker Is now prepared to manufacture all sf-.vln.a nf Ladies' and Uendomon's KID, FUR, RUCK j and DOUSKIN GLOVES. PERFECT FiTTIKG MO LATEST FASHIONS Guaranteed. Also, Gloves cleaned, Dyed and Ropairod, on shcrt notice. C. E. DuBOLS, nlfti j Portland, Oregon. JN'EW ADVERTISEMENTS. TpRANK FABRE, at the-Central Market, Jj Portland, has enlarged his COFFEE stall, ahd added s'uch improvements as will enable him to provide- Epicures with tho best in tho Market. Parties furnished with Hot Coffee on short notice. Give tho Central Market Coffee Stand a trial ocltf Fancy Poultry I Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED, ABOUT TO RE mo vo from Astoria, offers his stock of fan cy Poultry for sale, at tho following reduced prices: Silver Spangled Hamburgs S7 30 per pair Buff Cochins 5 00 " Light Brabmas 5 00 " Duck-Wing Game 3 00 " tt-.Sb.All Chickens are warranted to bo Puro blooded. A. J. MEGLER, n--tf Astoria, Oregon. THE WHOLESALE OYSTER CO. A. tf. Gross, Agent, Portland, Oregon. TUTS COMPANY IS NOW BEADY TO deliver from one to one thousand sacks of lresh Oysters, direct from their native element three times a week; wo can furnish all kinds, In any Quantity, at prices Defying Com petition. Customers can rely upon regular tri-weekly supplies, either in sunshine or storm We never Pail, and Always last the Sea ton Through. G. "W. "WABREN & CO,, oc2tf Astoria, Oregon. THE IMPROVED LAMB fflTTIE IACHIM K 20 GARMENTS! A PAIR OF SOCKS IN THIRTY MIXUTS Knits Hosiery, Mittens, and Gloves of all sizes, complete, without a scam. tfS'Sendfor Circular. Agent3 Wanted. A. VAIL, General Agent, Portland, Oregon. nOtf CRACKER MANUFACTORY Oregon Bakery, F. OPITZ, Proprietor, Pirt Street, near Vine, Portland, Oregon MANUFACTURE all kinds of Fancy Bis cuits, Crackers, Pilot, Ship and" Naval Rrcad. Orders addressed as above promptly attended to, aull tf U. S. MAIL AXD EXPRESS. From Astoria to Clatson Beacli ! Past nORSES! Good CARRIAGE! LEAVES ASTORIA EVERY TUESDAY, Thursday and Saturday Mornings. Arrivo Samo Mornings at tho OCEAN HOUSE, GRIMES HOUSE, SUMMER HOUSE, And SEA SIDE HOUSE. RETURNING Leaves thoso Houses every Monday, Wednesday and Frifay, connecting with steamer to Poitland each way. J&STDistanco twenty-four miles, fare Si ;"0. If. 13. PARKER, Proprietor. The Steam Tug Varuna "Will leave Astoria ovory TUESDAY axd SATURDAY Morning, for PORT STEVENS, CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT, And UNITY, Carrying Mails, Passengers and Freight. Xi$ Other days of tho week she will bo ready to go anywhero that business may justify. Is prepared to lighter cargoes, freight, hay, cattle and wood. J . H. D. GRA1" Agent, Astoria. POR CHARTER. Tho fast sailing Sloop j-j TV. H. TWILIGHT, ;ffeb. R M LOWE Master Is now in readiness to Charter for Pleasure Parties, Freight or Passengers. Headquarter Corner Main and Jefferson streets, Astoria. ONLY REGULAR PACKET BETWEEN ASTORIA AND CLATSOP. Carrying the U. S. fiflail! Tho well known sloop jff. MARY H., aBs W, J. FRANKLIN ....Master Leaves Clatsop every Monday, "Wednesday and Friday, on arrival of Stages, connecting at Astoria with the steamer Dixie Thompson. Returning, leaves Astoria every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, connecting with the Coaches for tho Reach. Extra trips mado to accommodate tho traveling public. George B. MoEwan ZF& Rnat RiiilHftrJSllglte ASTORIA, OREGON. TS PREPARED TO CONSTRUCT ROATS A. of every description, of tho best materials, on short notice, and guarantees to give satis faction. &5Before sending to San Francisco or elso whero, give me a call. ol4tf COM RIVER PILOTS! P. JQHNSON M M. GILM AN, H. A. SNOW, G.REED, P. E. FERCIIEN. C. S. WRIGHT, Agont. 83 Office Corner of Main and Chenamus ; stroeta, Astoria, Ores: p. 2f3u) &m JMWSfeL. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. Established jn Astoria in 1S49. NEW GOODS. CHEAP GOODS. A. VAN DUSEN, "Wholesalo and Retail Dealer in GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Corner of Main and Chenamus streets, ASTORIA, OREGON. TS NOW OFFERING FOR SALE ONE OF JL the largest and most complete assortments of Goneral Merchandise ever beforo brought to tho country, and to buyers For Cash will offer the Most Flattering Inducemenls In tho lino of DRY-GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, AND CAPS, ROOTS AND SHOES EANCY GOODS, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, A Complete Stock of Every Article, TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. B3-Givo me a call, and bo convinced that my goods aro of tho best quality, and as cheat) as can be bought of any houso in the State A. VAN DUSEN. GOODS F0RTHE SEASON 1 ! Selling Less than Cost THE EMlE STOCK! OE GOODS A To?Ay3r?J OF THE LATE GEORGE XJl dUjuALMIS, deceased, Astoria Oregon, HAS TO BE SOLD; And in order to settlo up tho affairs of tho es tate tho undersigned, administrator, is now offering tho ontiro lino, embracing a very de sirablo quality of goods at prices below actual cost. KSTCall and Examine for Yourselves."" fiSAll persons having bills against tho es tate will please present tho same, with proper vouchers for payment. And all persons owing; the estato will please como forward and sottlo, or mako arrangements to settle tho same, and save costs. C. S. WRIGHT, n2fltf Administrator. Headquarters ! Headquarters I I. W.-CASE, Chenamus Street, Abtoria, Oregon, "Wholesale and Kotail "Dealer in Of Goods, Clothing. Groceries, Provisions, Notions, A-d Gexeral jMerciiandise, CItOCIvERY, GLASSWARE, HATS AND CAPS, J300TS AjSD SHOES, BLANKETS, FLANNELS, &c., "Which is being offered Cheap FOR CASH or PRODUCE ! Q.All tho New School Books, that can. be had, and a great variety of Stationery jubt received. jyi tf Millinery and Fancy Goods, WE "WlSn TO CALL THE ATTENTION" of tho Ladies of Astoria and vicinity to our new stock of Millinery and Fancy Goods! Which wo offer at reasonablo prices. Ladies living at a distance, favoring us with their or ders, will find them promptly attended to. Miss H. N. MORRISON, Propr. Main street, Astoria, Oregon. s2o PETER II. FOX, MERCHANT TAILOR, Corner of Main and Jefferson streets, Astoria. CLOTHING OF ALL KINDS CUT AND made to order. Cleaning and repairing. Otto Dufnek, Main Street - - Astoria, Oregon PRACTICAL JEWELER. in tf j?aul ScJioen, REPAIRER TUNER & REGULATOR. Prom tbe House of Matthias Gray,. 02-3 and G23 Clay street, San Francisco. Cal... and Odd. Fello.w.'s Tcmplo, Portland. nPHE ONLY TUNER, WITH ONE EXCEP X Uon, to whom Mr. Gray has over given a ntton recommendation B3"" Mr.. Schoen will soon, visit Astoria, and orders left at the- Astoria Oiti-ice will bo promptly attended to n2Hf ENTRAL MARKET, Stalls No. 27 and -J8, Portland, Oregon. JOHNSON & SPAULDING, Dealers in all kinds of FRESH MEATS, and puckers of Reef and Pork. Tho highest price paid for all kmd3 of fat stock. j-fctf TT7-ATCIIES AND CLOCKS cleaned and re ? t puiruu in 1110 uest manner, at rooms Jnnder's Restaurant. s2