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CI ifffi"yiwt'wi. uj.jplh.;h.i i. u'uhii iwi .n WEEKL Yol. 2. Astoria, Oregon, Tuesday Mornin Jan. 6, 1874. No. 2$. nfrrrwii ' im i i mhht tti ASTORIAK THE ASIORIAN. 1'L'r.MSHKH KVKKV TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SS&UWDAY Monitor Ihiildinjr, Astoria., Oregon. . fc. IRSv&AX'n .Prfcprictor Subscription Kates: 'One Copy one year. - -- M Jne Copy cj.v months 00 )no Cpv three month? - I 0 &3- jriwgJo Nu inter, Ton Cents. "Vs- Advertising Kates: One Insertion porsqr.are, I01incsovlc.s...$2.'i0 3nch addition?.! Iwsenvui, per square... . -' 00 Yuarfy udvts per wontf, per square 1 50 Agents- L. P- Fishki:.:?" tirni '2i Xctr Merchant Ex change, i authorm-d to aet as Agent for the AriTouiw iw San Francis. Any friend who feel? an interest In the pYos fierity of this region, is authorised to aet-ais Ajjcsit for this p&irer, n pWcuniiR sifbscriVers. CITY INTELLIGENCE, "We learn that the Idaho will tatve j 3$an Francisco to-morrow, in p'accofthc i Ajax, for Astoria. . The slcmicr Shoo Fly is here With j another quarter section of the Wind want's j iarns for Shanghai. A few more chances reriain fo bc'la ccn in Ihc raifie lor mat splendid, picture "it the River Pilots offir-e. WTI'or fresh Oyster, in every style, call&t iho Park Kit 11olsk ItKHTvUBAsr. "Wc have -sample fruit from the orchard of Mr. Kindred, Gloria Mundi apples of 'which one weighed 25 ounces. Thanks "to th'i donor, If you want to try your hicfc win ding a fortune put $1 -in a ticket lor the fairest gift concert ever presented to the public, to come off January 20Vh. Sered "to Maynard A3 Co., Magnelin, owa, tf7"A neat, clean, roev place, for Ravi?i Jnon and ladies to enjoy a dish of frch Oysters " is at the Pawkku 11oc.sk Kiistaukaxt. There U not new, nor never &as keen, -a vessel in San Frauciscobafborthat could i not take on n. full curge at Astoria docks, -and go to tea withit. The Three Broth ers, the largest vessel afloat, could load here. Wc notice a small shipment of tan bark from this port for Honolulu, by rnc Mattie Macleay, which it Is hoped is but "the beginning: of "larger shipments of that material, which U so abundant about her-c. The Powhattan, ?.nd Piof. Airy are at Tanzy Point ready lor sea lo-(fay, per haps. The following are in Astoria har bor, leaded: Disco, Navigator, Mattie Macleay. "W2n.II. 3Icycr, and two others not cleared. "When the Melancthon went to sea on Saturday the bar was .so rough that the -sailors aboard todk to the rigging. CapU Patterson sung out to e come back," but Capt. "Wass, determined that the tug Asto ria should do her duty, turned a deaf ear "to all buch songs, and safely nut her outside on her way ixjo:ciig. The Melanctlion may report what slicv leases respecting her -detention by the frceze but not on account njf the bar. itS" Oysters in every style, at all hour? of day or nisht, at tho Parkkk Housk Ktau i:a't, lain stroet, Astoria. The British ship Sagamore, "Wood, which it was expected, trce months ago, nvould load here witii wheat for Europe, is " too large for Portland" we presume, be ing of 1,342 tons register, and will conse miently take our grain on board at San iVanclsCo. The Sagamore could have re ceived her fuli cargo at any one of the Astoria wharves, but it is a part of the molicy of Portland to keep deep sea ves sels out of this trade entirely, which will account for the Sagamore stopping at San Prancisco last week. The Commercial Herald says: UA largely increased business in Salmon cur ing is promised in 1S74 on the Columbia river, as well as upon 1'ogue river and other streams in Oregon. At present the imarket is well stocked with barrel Salmon from the iSTorth; also, Salmon Bellies in kits from Pogue river. There is consider ablc interest manifested by large Liver pool dealers ftr Pacific Salmon for the .year 1874. The good quality of that bought and flipped last year lias been productive of good results in every way, and the trade prospects are exceedingly encouraging. Avery largo capital will be employed this season in the prosecu tion of this interest in Oregon waters, and some of our merchants, as agents of the packers, are prepared to do a large business in the way of making contract ftlew." The prices paid for next year' catch .not yet transpired. A Port-tend paper -states thai the bark Mattie Macleay will load at Chinook. As tins vessel will got no nearer to Chineek than Astoria br other Portland need of a telegraph to get ivjlia'olc flipping information from the Columbia river. A Portland paper of the 2d Inst. thinks tkat probably the bark Loch Dee is in the river ere this, which taken "with 'the fact that the bark was in the liver four ckvys before Dec. o0, this is another proof of Port land's need of a telegraph, te the mouth cf the Columbia. TIk) entertainment furnished by the Empire City Minstrels at Colum bia Theater, Cape Disappointment, on Chuistaias night, is highly spoken of by parties who were present. The troupe tako their name from a former post in North Carolina, and will shortly appear before the public of Astoria. We besjieak for them a good audience. It is agreed on all sides, except lliekle $f his maMgncrs,, thai lion. John II. flitch oil stands high in pub lic estimation as a Senator of the United States. A old Michigan friend in "Washington, a Democrat, in a private letter to us says; " Ore gon should feci a pride in having such an able representative in the Senate. Mr- Mitchell's popularity dates from his first movement in the Senate, and he will certainly do very much for the development of the re sources ?f the SUatc of Oregon." A correspondent at Westport in forms us that the reason we are so behind hand iu getting news from that point is that the boats of the mial line come down on the Territo ry side, and pass p on the Oregon side, and it is uncertain when they will stop at "Westport. Mr. Fred Bartoldes had had his furniture on the wharf for about a week, trying to get te Astoria with it. Fred is not a profane man, as a general thing, Ixit our informant states a person in close proximity to him at that time might hear some tall swear language Portland papers are responsible for the following : The bark Tongoy, now lying in port, was the scene of a terrible tragedy, while lying in one of the ports of South Australia. The Captain, it seems, was addicted to habits of dissipation, and, while in his cups, treated his men in the most inhuman manner. While in this condition one day, he attacked the steward, and so abused him that the sailors interfered in his behalf. Bitter feelings were thus generated, and at last the seamen refused duty, whenthe Captain, armed with load ed pis'tols, attempted to enforce obe dience to his orders, and in the melee which followed was instantly killed by a blow from one of the sea man. Mr. Ferguson, who at the time of the tragedy was mate of the vessel, now commands her, and was an eye-witness of the whole affair. Charles Poberts, colored, one of the crew of the Americau ship Akbar, now in Portland, made complaint before the proper United States authorities, on Tuesday, against Charles AV. Lamson, captain, and James Sanburn, second mate of the vessel, for cruelty to seamen, lie charges these two" officers with having abused him on the late pas sage of the ship to this place, by beating him and otherwise cruelly treating him. While the vessel was in the Columbia river he says he was ordered to jump overboard and geta bucket that had accidently fall en in the water, and that after he had got it he was hit on the legs with it. The officers were arrested by the United States Marshal and gave bonds for their appearance when required. This case will come up up for trial prob- ablv next week. The schooner W. H. Meyer was libeled, in Portland, for damages. It is claimed, by the parties making the complaint, that their freight brought up from below by the vessel was damaged. The matter wild be over hauled in the United States Court next week. Excellent Those Sugar Cured Hams, and that Fresh Roll Butter, Fatesh Buckwheat. (tfei year'i crop), Cora Mal,kack&t 'Wheat, lloMtny, tfe, at Cask's. l$f A EXPLAXATIOX. EDJTCft ASlTOfUWN-. In your paper of the 23d Dec, you say : "wefeear-of a claim in this county for $4,500 damages, caused by laying out the Astoria, Nchalcm and "Washington coun ty Wagcn road, through a farm Talucd:at 5,000, etc. If you have Tead the law creating that road, you will see that all clafms for damages must be tiled in the County Clerk's office, within thirty days from the date of filing of Iho plutof the survey ofsaid road in the Clerks office, in each county through which it passes, or the claim is forfeited or barred . Admit that the farm was bought in 1S71 for -o,00() ; the present owner has had sir.ee the l?th of August 1872, 'on an aver age, ton nvn at work makinroadV, grub bing stumps and trees, making bridges and fence j. One mile of the best road, hi bfcstand most expensive bridge-, are taken by this state road, which cuts- the farm diagonally and is over a mile long. JSbw what will a man clear and grade a wagon road through, or on any part of that road in Clatsop county, for,"pcr mile? What is it woith to build a bridge 100 feet long, 14 ib'jt wide, covered with three inch plank, firnlsh all the material ? How much per mile is it worth to mak1 and keep up two miles of fence, along a public road ? "Wliat are four acres o land worth that cost $100, per acre, to clear ready for the plow ? A few lines in your paper with m query makes a very unreasonable claim for damages, while a full knowledge of the facts will show the rea-ons for damage. On the farm alluded to, over its first cost has been expended in improvements, since its purchase or valuation. A better, cheaper and no longer route was pointed out to the Commissioners, but they refus ed to accept it. Ivcspectfully "W. H. G. Any information in regard to one Austin Ennis, would be thankfully received by his sister at Lewiston, Idaho, Mrs. S. A. Howliiy. Secretary Richardson is to be ap pointed United States Minister at the Court of St. James, vice General Schenck, who will return home and on his arrival be placed at the head of the Treasury Department. The Oregonian says : Gen.Mich ler will proceed down the river in a few days to Astoria, -lie will visit and inspect the fortifications at Fort Stevens and make an examination of the general condition of the channel, situation of the buoys, light-house,, etc. The vital principle in the human body can so far resist the influences of a variety of poisons, slowty introduced into it, that their effects shall be unobserved till, under the operation of an exciting or disturbing cause, their accumulated force breaks out in the form 01' some fearful or incurable disease. Facts of this nature show that pernicious influences maybe exerted upon the secret springs of life, while we are wholly unconscious of their operation. Such is the effect of the habitual use of tobacco. Every duty brings its peculiar delight, every denial its appropriate compensation, every thought its recompense, every love its elysium, and every cross its crown; pay goes with performance as effect wi.h cause. Meanness overreaches itself; vice vitiates whoever indulge in it; the wicked wrong their own souls; generosity greatens ; vir tue exalts ; charity transfigures, and holi ness is the essence of angel-hood. God does not require us to live on credit ; He pays us what wc earn as we earn it, good or evil, heaven or hell, according to our choice- Who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers, and ceases when he has no more to say, is in possession of some of the best requisites of man. There are people whose very presence seems to lift 3011 into a better, higher at mosphere. Choose such associates. ' ne that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but companion of fools shall be destroyed." Oz for Sale. One stout, heavy built work Ox, eight years of age, gentle and well broken, weighing between SOO and 900 pounds, is offered for sale on ap plication a.t John Douglass' ranch, Lewis and Clarke river- d27"t Sehooi Books. I liave lately re ceived all tlie different kinds of New School Books required to be used in this State, that can now be found in San Francisco. Also, Slate pencils, Blotting pads, a good as sortment of Stationery, Drawing paper, CAKD BOARD, Perforated board, Ink, (Carmine, Purple and Black). Likewise a new stock of Crockery, Clocks and a large assortment ot Lamp Chimneys, all ot which will be sold cheap for cash. I. W. CASE, sltf Chenaxmjs st, A&ioria, NBSYS PARAGRAPHS. A special from Berlin says there is a panic on the Bourse of that city. The loss by the burningtof. Lloyd's Weekly newspaper office is estimated at $100,000.. Plowing is reported, as. excellent in Yamhill anclPolk counties, and much of it is being done.- A dispatch from the city of Mexico says the first Methodist church has been opened there.- dishing, to succeed General Sick les at Madrid,, created considerable surprise at Washington. Almost the first contribution re ceived by the- Centennial Board of Finance, was from Oregon. Four hundred and thirty1 tons of wheat, or nearly fifteen thousand bushels, were shipped fron Albany on the COtlu A large force of Aoheens. have been defeated, with heavy loss, by the Dutch troops, who suffered onty moderately :a The San Francfeco Health Office-r continues to receive reports of new cases of small-pox. An epidemic of the disease is feared. The trumped up lot of stuff against Hon.. Geo. II. Williams insure to se cure his confirmation. The-vonality was too plain to be mistaken The number of luouin the navy is now 10,000. It would have been an easy mauter to ship 20,000-or 30,000, had the public service required them. The YiTglnius sunk before reach ing New York. Her crew and offi cers were saved,, and taken to New York by the United States steamer Ossipc?. Judge Darrell, of Louisiana, made a direct proposal to resign, if the President will appoint him to a second-class Foreign Mission, By this means he would expect to osoape an impeachment. His proposition was not accepted. A Salt Lake dispatch of Dec, loth, says there is much anxiety among the Gentiles for the last few days over a report that Governor Woods is to be removed. Loading citizens have informed the President that such a removal at the present time would be a great misfortune to the Territory. A telegram was received at Taco ma on December 29th, stating that J. C. Ainsworth was authorized by President Cass to endorse Montgom ery's paper to the extent of $G0,Q00, payable 10th of March, This will in sure payment to all laborers, and give general satisfaction. It is now said that Horace Myers, editor of the Corinne (Utah) Repor ter, who recently committed suicide at that place, was a victim to hallu cination, superinduced by an inter view with the spiritual medium Fos ter, whereby he was led to believe that the next world was a better one, and that to die was simply the path way to peace, happiness, relations, and friends., Rufus Hatch. Vice President and Managing Director of the P. M. S, S, Co., has made a gr.eafc reduction in rates of freight and passage from New York to San Francisco. Steer age passage is now only $50, curren cy, and cabin passage from $100 to $lio, or for both ways, $200. The managers of the steamship Company announce it as their intention to dispatch a vessel weekly from New York, and take frieght through to Sau Francisco for one and a quarter icents per pound. They also jsay the China line will be tibroyglji from Hong Kong to Panama,, v&a Yokoha ma and San Francisco with out change thus connecting witih the illantie steamy yja th& iMkmui, PORTTXAXJD ITEMS. From the Evening News. A young man residing in Pleasant valley, about twelve miles east of this city, was attacked by pneumonia which causes the blood to coagulate in the heart some time since, and while convalescing the blood sudden ly ceased circulating in the left thigh and leg, and in a short time com menced mortifying. Dr. Kinney was called, and pronounced the case "pneumonic embolism," a rare thing in the hiitory of surgery. Am putation was determined upon, and the operation of cutting off the left leg at the center of the thigh was successfully performed yesterday by Drs. Kinney and Cardwell. The patient has lost much of his vital force,, and being otherwise weakened by disease, it is feared that he will not long survive. Pneumonic em bolism j. above referred to, is a dis ease which follows after pneumonia, and is caused by the fibrous clots of coagulated blood lodging in different, portions of the body and stopping the circulation. In the case in ques tion the femoral artery was plugged with one of these clots just below the point of aniputation. The English sailors have always been noted for their love of grog, and in times past they were not ex pected to make or shorten sail with out their usual dram. The number of accidents which have been wholly attributable to this cause appears to have opened the eyes of the sailors, and to-day we heard the crew of a certain vessel now in port, declare that unless liquor was banished from their ship they would sever their, connection, as they did not consider themselves safe under the contiol of j men who cannot govern their ap petites. The large number of vessels now in port aro unable to find sufficient accommodations at our wharves, and some of them are compelled to an chor in the stream until the more forward oneg vacate their berths. Wharves, possessing all the modern conveniences, would pay very hand somely now, and it is a matter of as tonishment, that with our extensive river front, wo posses so few accom modations for ships. The members of Columbian Engine Company No. 3 presented Mrs. Bal timore with a handsome watch and chain last evening, as a token of their appreciation of her endeavors to se cure to that company the silver trumpet voted for at the late Fair in Armory Hall. Mr. A. B. Hallock, of Engine Company No. 2, gallantly responded on behalf of the fair re cipient. Last Summer, when boat races upon the Wallamet were all the go, we mentioned the fact that a fine practice boat was being built in Eng land for one of our citizens. This boat arrived on the bark Sylhet, and will, in a few days, be open to the inspection of the public. The Crcssid is an outrigged, four-oar practising gig, built by Messrs. J. tfc S. Slater, of Oxford. She is of white spruce and mahogany, thirty feet long and two feet five inches wide amidships. She is open at each end, not covered in like a racing boat, being merely intended for strong practice and not for racing purposes. Her lines are very fine throughout, identical in fact with those of all the University gigs built by Messrs. Slater. Mr. Gate had her built to speciai order, to carry a crew averaging eleven stone ten pounds and a coxswain. She will lie at Lachapelel's barge all Winter, and as soon as a favorable, opportunity occurs her crew will give her a trial spin. . t Troubles are like dogs, the small er they are the more they annoy you.