Z PORT ORFORD POST T H U R S D A Y , J U N E ». T lic llu r h o r iif IS S O . lti-fiiiff. S. F. Examiner. A y e a r ago th e E x a m in e r advo cated th e selection of P o rt O rfo rd is th e b est p lace on th e C oast line betw een S an F ra n c is c o and Cajn la tte rv fo r a H a rb o r of R efuge ir s h ip p in g , in tim es of p e rilo u s s to rm s fo r w h ich C oast sa ilin g c sse ls of ev e ry class w ould ru n : >r s h e lte r an d safety. T h a t ad v o cacy was based u p o n th e a s c e rta in ed o p in io n s o f som e of th e m ost e x p e rie n c e d C oast n a v ig a to rs on ‘ his C oast, and has since been s tre n g th e n e d by th e view s of th e r s v e ry c o m p e ten t to pass ju d g m e n t u p o n th e m a tte r. T he T h e H oard of U n ited S ta te s otli « e rs to w hom th e selection w as e n tr u s te d —com po sed of E n g in e e rs d is tin g u is h e d fo r th e ir sk ill and s u p e rio r c a p a b ility — have given i h e ir s u b s ta n tia l e n d o rse m en t to th e view s a n d o p in io n s of these .a v ig a to rs a n d to th e p o sitio n ikeu by th e E x a m in e r by th e se lec tio n of P o r t O rfo rd . A p ril gStli, last y ear, th e site was th u s . iv o red in th e se co lu m n s: “ P o r t O rfo rd com es n e a re r p o s se ssin g ev e ry re q u ire m e n t th an any o th e r h a rb o r on th e n o rth e rn Pacific C oast. I t lacks b u t th re e m iles of b e in g e x a c tly m idw ay K“tw een S an F ra n c isc o a n d Cape la tte rv , a n d ju s t so u th of Cap«“ Blanco. I t is in nearly th e sam e lo n g itu d e as Cape M endocino, ( ape D is a p p o in tm e n t or H ancock, id C ape F la tte r y , an d , hence, in th e d ire c t line of v essels en g ag ed i»i th e C oast traffic. B etw een Cape M en d o cin o and th e C o lu m b ia riv e r lia r th e s o u th -w e ste rly a n d so u th - ■ a ste rly gales rag e m o st vio len tly in th e m o st in c le m e n t season of th e y e a r, an d it is betw een th ese p o in ts a H a rb o r of R e fu g e and -a te ty is m o st n eed ed . T h e re a re , __ _ rTOTnrd~ycfit. h u n d re d s f vessels of all classes, sa ile rs and - team ers, from th e low est to n n ag e to th e la rg e s t, w hich voyage every m o n th betw een S an F ra n c isc o and P u g e t S o u n d —engaged in re g u la r o r o ccasio n al tra d e . T h e p rin c i pal h a rb o rs are H u m b o ld t, T r in i d ad , C re sc e n t C ity, m outh of R o gue riv e r, P o r t O rfo rd , Coos Bay, U m p q u a , Y aq u in a Hay and C o lu m b ia riv e r. O f all th e re is n o t one, s o u th of Cape A dam s, so a d m ira b ly a d a p te d to th e re q u ire m e n ts of a H a rb o r of R efu g e, by a tu ra l a d v a n ta g e s and e lig ib le lo ca tio n , as P o rt O rfo rd . P ro f. D a v id so n , of th e C oast S u rv e y , am o n g th e m o st e m in e n t in h is p ro fe ssio n , d e c la re s in h is official R e p o rts, th a t no h a rb o r of less th an te n fath o m s d e p th can be a c c e p te d as s u ita b le for re fu g e o r safety . P o r t O rfo rd is th e o n ly o n e o f all th a t are nam ed w hich possesses th is d e p th . I t has, in ( very o th e r re sp e c t, s u p e rio r a d v a n ta g e s to any of th em . A nd it can b e e n te re d in th e m ost te m p e s tu o u s sto rm s from s o u th e rly p o in ts. T in “ c o n s tru c tio n of a b re a k w a te r of n o t above two th o u sa n d feet in le n g th , from w hat is know n as T ic h e n o r R ock, shore- w ards, w o u ld m ake a h a rb o r w here a fleet c o u ld safelv lie a t a n c h o r, no m a tte r how th e gale and sea rag ed o u tsid e . T h e re an* no d r if tin g sa n d s in th e h a rb o r; no s u n k e n , d a n g e ro u s ro ck s: and the h o ld in g g ro u n d is e x c e lle n t.” A nd now th a t th e B o ard of E n g in e e rs have d e c la re d it to b«» th e c h o sen p o rt, th e E x a m in e r can w ith c o m p le te c o n siste n c y e x p re ss its g ra tific a tio n a t th e selection. T h e w ork will now , u n d o u b te d ly , be a d e q u a te ly p u sh e d fo rw ard by th e G o v e rn m e n t u n d e r p ro p e r s u p e rv isio n . ---— - — T h e S p a n ish C onsul at New Y ork c inie n e a r b e in g a ssa ssin a te d th e o th e r day. T h e d eed is su p p o sed to have d een in s p ire d by th e C uban « unta. L DiMPOMMKMM ><; M i-rrri.F ii* . I 'n m l K n c o i i n t c r I t e t i« «•<•„ tl» c I , m i m i (.»rtitiOnr» t im i s e t lie r » . T h e fo llow ing a c c o u n t of a I b lo o d y tra g e d y w h ich lately oc c u rre d in F re sn o c o u n ty , C al., is b u t a rtq»etitii>n of tin» old story — leg al ro b b e ry on one h an d , and rig h te o u s re sista n c e on th e o th e r. Som e o f th e s e ttle rs had resided on th e ir p rem ise s u p w a rd of tw e n ty y ears: A SE T T l.E li’S HTOllY. T h e recen t affair was one of th e m ost u n p ro v o k e d and u n c a lled -fo r a s sa u lts th a t was e v e r p e rp e tra te d on a civ iliz e d c o m m u n ity . O n th e e v e n in g of th e ld th of A p ril, th e c h a irm a n of o u r c o m m ittee r e ceived an a n o n y m o u s le tte r in fo rm in g u s th a t th e U n ite d S ta te s M arshal w ould lie h ero on th e U th to d isp o sse ss c e rta in o f o u r m en. W e gave it no c re d it, as su c h le t te rs are fre q u e n tly received. E a rly on th e m o rn in g of th e 11th we rep a ire d to H a n fo rd to m ake p re p a ra tio n s fo r th e m ass m eetin g o f th a t day. O n a rr iv in g th e re we were in fo rm e d th a t th e M ar shal was th e re , a n d th a t h e and C lark , th e ra ilro a d lan d g ra d e r, had gone to d isjio sse ss o u r m en. T h is was e v id e n tly to be done w hile we, u n d th e p e o p le g e n e ra lly , w ere p re p a rin g fo r a n d g o in g to th e m eetin g . As soon as we hoard of it we got ready s u c h p a p e rs as we ilesired fo r th e U n ite d S ta te s M arshal and a t once follow ed th e m to p re v e n t any d isp o sse ss in g , as we h ad been ad v ise d by o u r c o u n sel to <lo. W e w ent to W m . B ra d e n ’s place, b u t found th a t tin* M arsh al had set h is th in g s o u t and had g o n e on. W e th e n w ent to B et’s place, b u t fo u n d th a t th e M a rsh a l’s p a rty had n o t been th e re , b u t had been seen g o in g in th e d ire c tio n of B rew er a n d S to re r ’s p la c e .’ W e follow ed on, b u t soon d isc o v e re d th a t som e of o u r m en, w ho w ere on h o rs e back, had got a h ead of Us. K now in g th e o n le r s th e y h a d , we ru s h ed on to p re v e n t a n y f u r th e r w ork if p o ssib le . They’ reach ed th e even lan d s of B rew er, a n d th e re fo u n d th e U n ite d S ta te s M arsh al a n d h is posse. T h e M arshal got o u t o f h is b u g g y and m et them . T h e fo llo w in g w ritte n p ro te s t was h an d ed to th e M a rsh a l by th e lea d e r of th e S e ttle rs : T o t h e U. S. M ahshat .:—W e u n d e rs ta n d th a t y o u h o ld w rits of e je c tm e n t issu e d a g a in s t th e s e t tle rs of T u la re an d F re s n o c o u n tie s fo r th e p u rjto se of p u ttin g th e S. 1’. 11. R . C o m p a n v * in p o sse s sion of o u r lan d s, u p o n w h ich we e n te re d ill good faith , an d have bv o u r ow n p a tie n t in d u s tr y tr a n s fo rm ed from a d e s e rt in to v a lu a b le a n d p ro d u c tiv e hom es. We are aw are th a t th e U n ited S ta te s D is tric t C o u rt has d e c id e d th a t o u r lan d s b e lo n g to th e said ra ilro a d co m p an y u n d e r a p a te n t issu e d by th e U n ite d S ta te s G o v e rn m e n t. W e h e re b y n o tify y o u th a t we h av e had no c h a n ce to p re s e n t o u r e q u ity in th is case n o r sh a ll we be a b le to do so as q u ic k ly as o u r o p p o n e n ts can c o m p le te th e ir p r o cess fo r a so-calleu legal e je c tm e n t, and we have th e re fo re d e te rm in e d th a t we w ill not leave o u r hom es u n le ss forced to do so by a s u p e rio r force. In o th e r w o rd s, it w ill re q u ire an arm y of 1<MMI good sol d ie rs ag a in st th e local fo rce th a t we can rally fo r self d e fe n se . A nd we f u rth e r e x p e ct th e m o ral s u p p o r t of th e good, law -u b id in g c iti z e n s of th e U n ited S ta te s suffi c ie n t to resist all force th a t can be b ro u g h t to b e a r to p e rp e tfa te such an o u tra g e . T h re e cases h av e been a p p e ale d to th e U n ite d S ta te s S u p re m e C o u rt, and we are d e te rm in e d to s u b m it to no e je c tm e n t u n til said cases arc d ecid ed . W e p re se n t th e fo llo w in g facts; F irs t - T h e s e g r a f te d to th e la u d s w e re never S o u th e rn l ’aeiti R a ilro a d C om pany. S eco n d — W e have c e rta in e q u i tie s th a t m u st lie resp ected and sh a ll be resp ected . T h i r d —T h e p a te n ts they hold to o u r lan d s w ere a c q u ire d by m is re p re s e n ta tio n and fra u d , and we, as A m erican c itiz e n s, c a n n o t and w ill not resp ect th em , w ith o u t an in v e stig a tio n by o u r G o v ern m en t. F o u rth —T h e S o u th e rn l ’aeiti«“ R a ilro a d C om pany have not co m p lie d w ith th e ir c o n tra c t, n e ith e r w ith o u r pi'o p le o r w ith o u r G ov e rn m e n t, a n d , th e re fo re , for th ese several reaso n s, we a re in d u ty b o u n d to ask y o u to d e sist. B y A l THOIllTY OF THE LEAGUE. <’« ! . . XTKM » H T * K S T IW IT K . • Tin* en e m ies of th e P o rt O rfo rd Harl»or, n s e n sn n a rg u m e n t a g ain st ns th e e s tim a te of less th a n thris» m illio n s for T rin id a d by C ol. W i|> ianison, o m ittin g to m en tio n Col. S te w a rt’s e stim a te of u p w a rd s of tivc m illio n s. T h e fo llo w in g is from th e A lta of th e U th u lt: T h e S e c re ta ry of W ar sent to the S enate to-dav a co p y of a re p o rt of L ie u t. Co). C. S. S te w a rt upon an e x a m in atio n of T rin id a d h a r b o r, m ade in c o m p lia n c e w ith th e R iver a n d H a rb o r law of M arch 3d, 1X75». Col. S te w a rt says th at tin “ e x a m in atio n m ade last J u ly d e v e l oped th a t no c h a n g e in th e d e p th of w ater or in th e c h a ra c te r of the m aterial of T rin id a d H a rb o r a p peared to have ta k e n place since tin» U n ited S ta te s eoast su rv ey was m ade in 1X72. I t was th o u g h t, th e re fo re , th a t a c o m p le te new s u r vey was not needed. H e says tin* h a rb o r is ex p o sed to a heavy sw ell from th e s o u th und w est, and heavy s o u th e rly w eath er, and if th is w ere c u t otl th e a n c h o ra g e w ould I»“ quit«“ se cu re at all tim es. As it now is, it fo rm s a good s h e lte r a g a in s t S u m m e r n o rth w est w inds. Tin* a p p ro a c h e s are free from h id den d a n g e rs, and th e rocks to th e w est of tin* head are close in sh o re and can be easily avoided. T h e re a re b u t few su n k e n rocks in the h a rb o r. T h e head is a good la n d m ark, and th e h o ld in g -g ro u n d is eq u a l to th at at m ost of th e a n c h o ra g e s on th e coast. " T h e s e ," tin*C olonel says, are all favorable p o in ts, and th o se in te re ste d ill th is place a re d e s iro u s to have it math* th e sip« of an artificia l h a rb o r by tin* c o n s tru c tio n of a b rea k w ate r from tin* head to P ilo t Rock, lb* re m a rk s th a t th e e x p e n se of such a w ork w ould lie a lto g th e r o u t of p ro p o rtio n to tin* a m o u n t of c o m m erce to lie b e n e tltte d , if th at of T rin id a d alone was to be c o n s id e re d , C olonel S te w a rt e stim a tes tin» total c o st of c o n s tru c tin g the b re a k w a te r a t Xo,2X3,227. T h is a m o u n t, be it n o tic e d , is m ore th an d o u b le tin* e stim a te m ade by Col. W illiam so n in h is recen t m in o rity re p o rt. N E W S C U L L IN G S , M ixing in blah«» is m ore th an u su a lly pros]M»rons ju st n o w . ................................ T i i . okx c o n trib u te d ten th o u sand d o lla rs to tli«‘ Iris h relief fu n d . — --------- — ■ ■ T h e to ta l vote of O regon in 1X7(5 was a tritle sh o rt of th irty th o u sand. • ♦ • Cox.¡liKss still d«>«“liii(‘s to p ro vi«!«» th e pay of U. S. E lectio n M arslials. S kxatou P e n o i . eton , of O hio, O u r p a rty in fo rm e d him he o p p o se d tin» u n s e a tin g of K ellogg c o u ld not serv e any a d d itio n a l p a of L o u isia n a , p e rs, and c o m m an d ed him to s u r ■■ ■ • ' •—— - re n d e r, w hich he d id w ith th e u n Ax iron m in in g shaft eave.l in on d e rs ta n d in g th a t he w ould not Is* m o lested . H e re q u e ste d as th e sixt«*en m in e rs in M ichigan, k illin g rig h t of a I ’n ite d S ta te s officer to th re e of them . re ta in h is sid e a rm s. W ith a p ro m ise th a t he w ould not use SritAiXEi» hon«»y in San F ra n c is th e m , p e rm issio n was a e e o n h sl co is s e llin g at seveu and eig h t him to do so. H e w as p u t u n d e r c e n ts p e r p o u n d . g u a rd of tw o m en, A. M cG reg o r u iid G . H a y m a k er, n e ith e r of whom J i ' imik F ie l i » is the choice of tin» was arm e d . T h e m en th en V irg in ia and G e o rg ia Stati» C on w ent to C la rk th e g ra d e r. O ne of th e m en p re se n te d a p isto l and v e n tio n s fo r th e P re sid e n c y . c o m m an d ed C la rk to s u rre n d e r. Ax u n u s u a l s c a rc ity of seam an H i“ gave u p h is a n u s . Som e of th e m en w ent on tow ard th e w ag in S an F ra n c isc o is th«» m eans of on th a t c o n ta in e d W a lte r Crow d e ta in in g s h ip s in tin* h a rb o r. an d M. D. H a rtt. M r. P r y o r rode u p to th e w agon and said: “ W al T iiiikk m en c h a rg e d w ith m u r te r w hat in th e nam e of G od have d e r w ere lately.jjtaken from th«“ jail y o u got th o se a rm s fo r? W e d o n ’t at O sceola, M o., and hanged. w ant any tro u b le . W h at do you w ant to tak e o u r hom es from us T he a n n u a l B aptist C onvention fo r ? W e have done von no h a rm ." at S a c ra m en to got in to a g en eral ( ’row m ade no rep ly b u t d ro v e a ro u n d p a st M r. l ’ry o r, an d said w rangle o u tlie K alloeh q u e stio n . to H a rtt, “ Do n o t sh o o t v e t," b u t th e firs t th in g l ’ rv o r knew T he c o n s c rip tio n law s of G e r H a rtt shot at I. Y. K n u tso n , k ill m any h av e p ro d u cisi a very h eg iru in g him in sta n tly . K n u tso n had of e m ig ra tio n from th a t c o u n try . no arm s. T h e n th e sh o o tin g b e gan b etw een C row , H a rtt, .1. M. T he incom e of th e G eneral G ov H a rris, J o h n H e n d erso n a n d D a n e rn m e n t has 1 m » cii dctcrniim *il by a iel K elley. H a rris and H e n d e r son w ere k ille d on th e sp o t. Crow s ta tis tic a l fiend to be out* m illio n a th e n s h o t a t M cG regor, w ho was day. g u a rd in g th e M arshal, a n d was u n • •• — — a rm e d , h ittin g him in th e stom - T he A lta e o n elm les th at J u d g e aelie. H e th en advanced to w a rd F ie ld sta n d s a fair show for tin* M c G reg o r a n d tired. T h e ball D em ocratic n o m in atio n at C in c in passed th ro u g h M c G reg o r’s body ’I'll«* ( '« H I M l l l l ) W M |» H l l o i l d . n ati. a n d he fell, m ortally w o u n d ed , (.'row th e n sh o t K elly. H a rris Const .»nil. P itE sinE xr H ayes a u th o riz e s the and K n u tso n w ere k illed w ith a T h e s e ttle r s a lo n g th e lin e of an n o u n c em e n t, th a t, if n o m in ated sh o t g u n , an d K elly was m o r th e Coos Bay road are n a tu ra lly tally w o u n d e d w ith the sam e kind a n x io u s to h e a r of th e se ttle m e n t at C hicago, 1 k * will not accep t. of a w eapon. Crow and H a r tt had of th e d is p u te betw een ( 'ro c k e r A little p re m a tu re , we th in k . • • — b o th got o u t of th e ir w agon at th e an d th e Coos Bay W agon Hoad T h e ru s h of im m ig ra n ts to th is b e g in n in g of th e tig h t, a n d w hen C o m p an v . Tin* u n s e ttle d c o n d i th e s h o o tin g began th e ir team ran tio n of tin* title to th e road and c o u n try from G erm an y has te m p t off. H a rtt was sh o t in the a b d o lau d g ru n t, has th e effect not only m en an d m o rta lly w o u n d ed , and to p re v e n t th e sal«“ of lan d s to s e t ed ste a m ers to c a rry m ore p a sse n C row receiv ed a ball in tin “ left tle rs , and th u s sta n d s in th e way g e rs th a n th (‘ law allow s. sid e n e a r th e s h o u ld e r. E . H a y of th e d e v e lo p m e n t of th e c o u n try T he S ta te e x e c u tio n e r of R ussia, m ak e r who was also g u a rd in g th e th ro u g h w h ich th e road passes, M arsh al, was sh o t ju s t ab o v e th e b u t also to p rev e n t any effort oil I’roloff, receiv es fo rtv ru b le s r ig h t e a r, th e ball c u ttin g th e th e p a rt of e ith e r of th e o w n e rs to a b o u t th ir ty d o lla rs lo r eaeli o p s k u ll, b u t lie was not se rio u sly p u t th e road in re p a ir. Maliy of e ra tio n as Stub* headsm an. h u r t. C row le ft th e field, b u t th e re sid e n ts a lo n g th e road w ere • ♦ • d ie d on h is way hom e. K elly barely ab le to m ake a liv in g w hen A max u p in V ic to ria to u c h e d off d ied th e sam e e v e n in g a b o u t 7 th e road w as in good c o n d itio n for a loaded KO p o u n d sh ell w ith a o’clock. M c G reg o r d ied on th e tra v e l, and if it rem ain s long in fo llo w in g m o rn in g a b o u t 5 o ’clock. its p re s e n t c o n d itio n , th ey w ill 1 m » m ab'li a n d lo st a leg for his pains. H a r tt c a n n o t p o ssib ly su rv iv e . c o m p e lle d to abum lon th e ir im S ev eral b y -sta n d e rs w ere in ju re d , ■ ■ • •* • ■1 ■' 1 E v e ry m an en g a g ed in th e s h o o t p ro v e m e n ts and leave. T h is co m A CHUNK lit to p COlll fell upon in g was k ille d e x c e p t H a rtt. [H e p lic a tio n of title s and th e c o n d i P h ilip T h o m as a n d h is son in the h as since d ie d .— El». J A fte r th is tio n of th a t road has an effect te r r ib le tra g e d y , a tte n tio n was d i upon th e general p ro sp e rity of a | N ew castle, W. T . m in e, k illin g rec ted to th e M arshal a n d C lark , larg e p o rtio n of th is c o u n ty . It • th e la tte r in s ta n tly , an d , it is w ho w ere in a very e x c ited sta te of is stated by m en w ho are co m p e m in d . T h ey w ere n a tu ra lly g r e a t ten t to ju d g e , th a t ifdJHMI j u th o u g h t, fatally in ju r in g th e fo r ly a la rm e d , as th ey c o u ld se»- th e d ic io u sly ex p en d ed , w ould p u t tin* m er. s e ttle rs c o m in g from ev ery d ire c road in as good r e p a ir as it was W 111:1:1.1:11, th e rin g le a d e r, of th e tio n . C la rk was given Imek h is last S u m m er. If til«“ o w n ers are M eiidoeino gan g of m u rd e re rs , a im s , and a g u a rd o f fo u r s e ttle r s u n w illin g to in c u r th is expense, w ill be h a u g e d at U kiah, J u ly 2nd. p laced o v er him and th e M arshal th e y sh o u ld a t least lx* w illin g to for th e ir p ro te c tio n , and th ey w ere give som ebody th e lease of th»“ , H e p ro te ste d his iiiuoctiucc to th»» e sc o rte d to K in g sto n , F re sn o Co. road for such a le n g th of tiun* as ; last, and said he was th e v ictim of We hold ( ’la rk , w ith th e co m p a n y w ould ju s tify its th o ro u g h rep a ir. | he re p re s e n ts , re sp o n sib le fo r th e W e u n d e rs ta n d th a t n e g o tia tio n s a c o n sp ira c y fo rm ed by ex-fellow blood of o u r people. T h e C oro- ! art* p e n d in g for th e sale of tin* c o n v ic ts of San Q u e n tin . ♦ ♦♦ —— — - "• u e r's in v e s tig a tio n , 1 th in k , will > land g ra n t to c a p ita lis ts in the H enhy H vi . i . has w ritte n a w ork not take p lace as soon as was un- I E a st, w ith th e view to b rin g in g o u t tici]»ated. as th e re is sonic m ate- I a colony from P eiisy lv an ia to peo on tin* s u b je c t of th«» ileelin e of rial ••vidence th a t we wish to pro- ; p le it, b u t tin re p a ir of tin* road A m erican s h ip p in g . He c o n te n d s diiee. We th in k th a t th is co llisio n , s h o u ld n o t be p o stp o n e d or .m ade was th e re s u lt of a d eep laid plan ib-peinlent upon th e u n c e rtain re- 1 th a t th e ta riff sh o u ld I mi re lu m e d by th e ra ilro a d com pany, s u it of th ese n e g o tia tio n s. It from a rtic le s e n te rin g in to the Surri.K it. I sh o u ld be rejiaired w ith o u t delay. e jn s tr in tioii of sh ip s.