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New York, Juno 30. An explosion
of a box of giant powder occurred in
Hoohho Tunnol on Sunday, killing
four men, fatally wounding one, and
seriously injuring another.
Woodliull. Clallln it Mood have
been rc-lndlctcd, under the obsocno
publication net of 1673.
Washington. Juno 30. V.eeelpts
from internal revenuo for llio fiscal
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cur ending to-day were, 5iir,oo7,s.
'ho ostlmnto was $110,000,000. Re
ceipts for June, $9,0j,rwi.
It l intended to send to West Point,
from tho Ordimnco Hurenu, a
trophy of tho war, tho llrst gun llreil
in the caiiHo of rebellion. It wa fired
at a steamer at Vlcksburg, bound for
Now Orleans nnd supposed to have
arms nnd nmuuitifln on hoard belong
ing to tho United States. Tho tlrelng
took plnco several days before any
guns were tired ut United Slntes forts
or troops. It is n small four-pound
cannon and was formerly the property
or tho city of Vicksburg.
New York, July 1. Tho Walworth
trial was continued this morning.
Dr. J. 1. Grav of the Utiea l.unatiu
Asylum testified to the nature of
epileptic insanity; tsald that the net
committed by the prisoner, as disclos
ed by witnesses, showed his case to
bo ono of marked epilepsy. UN opin
ion was based entirely on the truth of
facts us stated. With the testimony
of Dr. Gray tho defence closed and
the prosecution commenced rebuttal
testimony. After u recess Dr. Par
sons, of tho New York City Lunatic
Asylum, testified to the cJl'ects of
cnllcnsv nnd imvouii onluioii that the
facts attending tho notions of young
Walworth did not Indleato epilepsy
or insanity, Dr. Kelly, of the Hud
noil State Asylum, mid Dr. C'lyiner
testified similarly.
Wise and Donaldson arc building a
balloon in this city, a private corpora
tion bearing the expenses, in which
they propose to make a voyage to
Europe, startihg about August.
Wusliingtou, July 1. The reduction
of the public debt for June I $2,000,000.
President Grant has Issued u procla
mation announcing that ho has re
ceived olllcial notification that the
llritlsh and Doluiiilnn Parliaments
havo adopted the necessary legisla
tion preliminary to tho portions of
tho Treaty of Washington pertaining
to fisheries, and to tho relations be
tween tho United States and the Do
minion going into oflect, und that
consequently they aro now in full
practice.
Terrible Explosion and Ion of Life.
Virginia, New, Juno.W. l.nst night
at 10:45 o'clock, a terrible explosion of
nltro-glvcerlneand giant powder oc
curred In this city, near Taylor und 11
streets, killing teniersoiisand wound
ing mnny others. A large number of
persons aro missing, nnd ure probably '
hurried beneath the dubrls. The ex
plosion, it Is supposed, wus eaused by
six cans of nltro-glyeerlno exploding
without any apparent cause, and the'
concussion of that exploding one'
hundred and llfty pounds of giant ,
powder, all of which wai stored In or '
beneath tho room of (Sen. Van link
kelcn, who was the agent in this city
for the giant owder.
Tho following buildings were shut
tered nnd jKirtlally thrown to the
ground: Hank of California and the
Building to the rear of It; Kennedy
A Mallon's grocery store; Douglass'
building used In the upjier part us a
lodging liouK-; Daley's saloon, and
Armory Hull.
The number of persons now known
to be killed is ten, among whom is
Major Jacob L. Van J)ol;kclen; J. P.
Smith, hardware merchant; llllam
Davis, clerk with J. P. Smith; lien
Mcndell, dry goods merchant; Chiis.
II. Knox, of San Fraucli-co; John
Devlne, nnd Mrs. Kmlly O'Connor,
formerly of tho International Hotel
in till-." city: Mr. Ed. IVaii and
daughter, eight yiai of age, of Gold
Hill. The body of (ion. Van ltok-
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kleu was found in a corner of what
was ills roeai, Ills features so brnised
and charred to bo hardly reoogulinble.
J. 1'. Smith and tits former elerk were
found on Taylor between I). and C.
streets, about fifty feet from the room
occupied by them. Both bodies wero
ooTered with the debris of tho fallen
walls, and were not gotten out till this
morning. Homo firemen saw Mr.
Knox last night and spoke to him
Ho asked for water, and said: "Hoys,
it is no use: you eou't save mo." His
body, with the exception of his head.
was entirely covered by fallen timber
nnd bricks. John Devlne was killed
by nn Iron door, which was hurled a
distance of about ono hundred feet.
A large number of workmen aro now
engaged in removing the dirt and
timbers, from the bodies of tho seven
known to be beneath t lie in, and are
working with almost superhuman
ell'orts. liulldlugs in all directions
nre shattered, and many narrow
escapes wero had.
Great excitement was caused by
(ho screaming of women on tho top of
tho Douglas building, which was
at the time in tlames. They wero
finally rescued by Captain Frank Ob
Iston, assisted by firemen.
The city is all exeltcmout, business
has been suspended, nnd nil the schools
dismissed. Tho streets are crowded
with men women and children. Hopes
aro drawn across tho streets, as the
walls of the buildings nre considered
dangerous. Tho vault of tho Dank of
California is cracked in seveinl places,
and their business has been removed
to Drihcoll & Trifle's banking house.
It is now understood that there will
bo no celebration on tho Fourth of
July, and that tho money collected
for that purpose will be expended in
burying the unfortunate dead, and the
remainder distributed among the dif
ferent fire companies of the city.
The city will go Into mourning. All
tho flags are at half mast.
It Is now ascertained that Van link,
kclcu had stored beneath his room
six cans of nltio-glyeerlue, h"0 pounds
of giant powder and 2eu pounds of
blasting bowder.
PlIII.OLOUIG'AI, INKXAITNUSS.
It Is amusing to notice tho silly nf
fcotntiou displayed by u Tow writer;
of .shallow pretentions in astronomy,
but who make u show of philological
accuracy, when speaking of the dlf
foront planets. For instance : they
hardly ever allude to tho most dis
tant orb of our sy.itum except ns tho
"Neptunian" planot, and often re
ferring to its " I'ranlan " neighbor ;
iigitln, wo sometimes hoar of the
"Saturnine" rings, und have even
rend in text-books for schools of tho
"Jovian" moons nnd tho "Martini"
snows. The latent phase, however,
which this sciolism has assumed, is
witnessed In the frequent references
by tho class of writers wo speak of
to the lody supposed to ho revolving
about the Sun within tlte orbit of
Mercury, and ono sees it almost in
variably referred to us tho "Intra
mercurial" planet. Now, unless
Mercury is really composed of mer
cury, or Is mercurial in its tempera
ment, wo fall to apprehend the tip
K)slteness of the term its applied to
that body, llosldes, If Mars Is tho
martini planet, und Mercury tho
mercurial planet, Is Venus tho ve
nereal planet V If so, then Mercury
must bo tho "intra-venereal" plan
et. Uutis Earth the 'ertra-venereal
planet V To make nn utllrmntive re
ply to tho last Interrogatory would
bo to fal-Ify tho fact-, or elo tho
doctor-books lire not to la- credited.
We doubt ; but, adopting the absurd
nomenclature wo have been objur
gating, wo cln.o our remarks with a
"Crl-piau " quotation: .Yo nun rem
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SALEM, OREGON, JULY
IfMrt rcaamlttceM Camnmr, lte.
BVUlor Willamette firmer:
At tho Formers' Stnto Convention
tho reports of the committee on com
merce, published In tho FAitMKKof
June 21st, must attract tho attention
of tho experienced, nnd excite con
siderable comment, very I'ttlo "I
which will 1)0 mado public, especial
ly to tho committee. Tho majority
report Is utmost n sublime truth, cov
ering nearly nil tho ground, nnd pre
senting Irrefutable facts until thoy
commenco to close by saying, " Wo
havo conferred with merchants of
this city, and learn that the eoit of
our Imports, brought to us by way of
Han Francisco, as compared with
shipments from Europo nnd Kastcrn
ports, varies from 10 cents to !WJ ets.
por ton." NVo omit our correspond
ent's romarks on tho nbovo quota
tion, ns it was shown in last week's
Faumhii to le n mistake, tho truo
reading being, "from 10 to !WJ por
cent." En. When we rend tho
minority report, nnd como to where
the Portland merchants would pre
fer to buy wheat in largo quantities,
und uro willing to pay San Francisco
prices, less from 7 to 15 cents per
bushel, we leave it to Old Christmas;
he will tell us if thoso merchants
spoke the truth; because, when they
assure the gentlemen of tho minori
ty report that the expen-es on nshlp
coming Into tho Columbia and to
Portland, loading her cargo, and
getting out to sea, aro less than the
expenses In San Francisco on a ves
sel of tho same size, those merchants
put themselves under a cloud that
must bo too denso for the puro rays
of tho light of truth to penetrate.
Their authority is wrong ; tho ex
punges from the ocean to mid ut
Portland aro very much greater than
to and at San Francisco ; but tho ex
penses to and at Astoria aro not near
as much as at either of tho above
mentioned ports. Charters on ships
are generally secured in tho Fast to
come to tho Paclllu and return with
a cargo. Shipmasters would rather
comu to Astoria than to San Francis
co, from almost anyplace, because of
tho hotter winds and lighter fogs.
Coming from the Atlantic, they cross
tho equinoctial lino in tho Paclllu
further west than on tho San Fran
cisco course, and Invariably make
tho passage much quicker, and do
hotter still on tho return trip. Cu
ller these clrcumstancos, It Is absurd
to say that freights would bu higher
or wheat lower at Astoria than at
San Francisco. And wo would s.iy
further to thoso merchants that If
they paid as high as $1.10 per bushel
for wheat, paid the high freights to
Liverpool which they claim they did
pay, and had it sold in Liverpool as
per quotations last year, thoy must
havo lot money on tho speculation.
Wo aro highly flattered to hear
that Mr. Mitchell Is interested in
removing tho natural ob.tructlons
from the Willamette river and trib
utaries. That is more than wo ex
pected from tho railroad Senator. A
man of his ability mii-t know that
an oflk'c Is wiiat the holder makes It,
and if ho will ascertain and consider
how energetically wo are engaged
in removing all (trtijiclnl obstruc
tion-!, wt doubt not but that lovo of
home, admiration of country, and a
mutual InSerc-t in thccnu-umiuutlnn
5, 1873.
of the future hopes of tho people he
serves, will prompt htm to do his
best, regardless of nil personal con
siderations; ever tearing In mind
that tho work hmst Iki done, nnd tho
honor of the enterprise will always
cling to thoso who do It.
Mr. Editor, please tell J. V. 1 1. S.,
of ' Wool Market, No. 2," not to feel
no bad about tho action of thoso fel
lows of the Sateni Farmers' Club
who sold their wool for 22J cents.
He is proud to let ns know that they
undertook to control tho wool mar
ket Ky holding ior 25 cents. Who
i would havo nny confidence In such
an operation V Not tho grandfather
of a freed man from tho South. Ho
always took his peanuts and pop
corn to the best market ho knew of;
nnd unless tho sons of nnblo sires in
tho North will take that old ' nagur'
for a precedent, und halo their wool,
and send it to llio best marko.t they
know of, their ease will over remain
hopeless. Employ a man of honor,
ono who cannot Iki swindled, to ship
it for you. If an Irishman or a Ger
man has sono enough not to sit
down in his own country und do
main! higher wages, but hires an
experienced man to freight him off
to a country where ho can get higher
wages, wo think it is most time that
nn American farmer had sense
enough not to hold his products, but
to go to work wllh energy, und zeal,
and deliver them in the best market,
to bo sold for his lieneflt; oven us
Patrick delivers himself In the best
market, to bo hired out for tho bene
I lit of himself and nil civilization.
Ot.l) jAl'KhTA.
j Polk county, Juno 20, 187:1.
Fashion. In tho fashions of to
day wo see exhibited an increasing
desire for comfort. When skirts are
heavy, thoy must ho supported by
suspenders or wire-hooks, which nre
fastened first into tho hoop skirt or
tho hustle, and then up into the
I corset-lacing eyelets. Another lie
'elded ud vantage is found in tho
waist, which Dame Fashion, with a
i commendable Interest in tho health
!of her votaries, says must bo easy
'fitting or perfectly loose; henco wo
l sco tho half-llttlng Uismiu and red
ingoto worn without thu belt quite
us often us with it. Contracting do
strovs L'raco: therefore our fashion-
able Indies, having becomu couvluc- j
jed of that Important fact, wear
. everything perfectly easy.
Miss Ellen M. Cnultou, the dniigh
of a Southern lrontlnmiiii. took- tlin
prize medal In each of her classes ut '
u recent examination of tho convent i
of the Sacred Heart, In Home. This
entitled her to tho grand gold iiiedat ,
of the convent, an honor so dllllcult,
of attainment that It lias been con
ferred only twice during tho past!
ton years, and never before to an
Eugllsh-sNaklng pupil. ,
Couukction. On the ild page of
this Issue will bo found u short arti
cle giving tho number of Granges
land their members in the l.'ustern
Slates. In the aggregate, the iium-i
iberls put at '-',000,(i0i It should bo.
1 1200,000. j
Wu have received from J. Henry
lirown, Secretury, a pamphlet copy
of the constitution and by-laws of tho J
Oregon Farmers' Union, which have!
been printed In our columns.
Ei'1.ootv. Mr. O. Dickinson, of
this city, lost a horse by the eplooty '
lastSuuday. It hud lueu sick some,
time with the disease.
Hoiia. Thi bottled mmIii m( it from '
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i. ... rji'iiiiii-r n iijnmiim-iur, whs
duly appreciated by all in the 1'aiimi:ii
oltlec. '
Volumo V. Number 20,
v Bealk r Hoa. J. . Wilson.
A telegraph iedlsimtch on Wednes
day announced that Hon. Joseph G.
Wilson, member of Congress from
thin State, died at Marietta, Ohio,
July 2d, of pnrnlysls. This event
caused great surprise, uh tho public
was not uwiiro that ho wus seriously
HI, although tils health has not licen
of the best for many years. Tho do
censed was nlHMit 48 years of ago, nnd
ennio to Oregon twety-oue years ago.
He filled several positions of public
trust, nnd always to tho satisfaction
of his constituents. For eight years
he held tho ofllco of Circuit and Su
premo Judge, und his honor and abll
itles ns u Jurist woro nover callod In
question. His friends wero legion,
and many a tear will fall to his mem
ory. In 1872, Judge Wilson was elected
to Congress from this State by a largo
majority over his opular opponent,
but lie had yet no opportunity of Ink
ing his seat, tho regular session of
Congress not beginning till next De
cember. Tho vacancy occasioned by
his death wilt have to bo filled by a
special election ordered by the Gov
ernor. The deceased left a widow nnd
several children, who aro at presold
In Ohio.
Til k Wu i:at Citoi'. A special dis
patch from Washington to the Chi
cago lYibwit; under date of Juno
tilth, says:
Accounts nre now in from enough
of (ho wheat-growing Slates (o show
that the crop of this year will, In all
probahllfy, bo less than half what It
was last year. In western Now
York, and in fact along tho lako re
gion of tho country, the winter
wheat Is, us might havo been ex
pected from the unusual severity of
the past season, almost u total fail
ure. Other crops have also been se
verely injured by thu late spring.
Tho long-continued wet weather pre
vails In Iowa, und tho crops uro suf
fering greatly.
There Is every reason to bellovo
that, with the exception of tho fruit
crops, all others will bo very short,
the dellclency hclngespeclally heavy
In coreaN. In fact, 187.1 will probably
bo tho worst year wo have had since
the beginning of tho war. Tho
wheat ci op is already being harvest
ed lu (lie Southern States, and as far
north as tho Shenandoah Valley. In
omo eases it has been very fidr, hut
by the time tho great belt of tho
Central States Is reached, it Is be
lieved that the falling olf of tho crop
will lie such ns will astonish tho
country, and alfect tho financial situ
ation.
A will case of extraordinary en
slavement to tho appetite for drink
Is that of tho nephew of tho Into
Thiiddeus Stevens, Who received u
largo bequest from his undo on con
dition that ho abstained forever from
strong drinks, the bequest to bo null
und void In cuso he took to drink
again. Tho young man has recently
returned to his cups, and tho exec
utors of the will uro about to apply
tho legacy, variously estimated, at
from 50,i)ls) to $75,000, to the found
ing of an orphan's homo In Lancas
ter Pa.
Tho "gold boulder" found on tho
claim of George W. Lake, on Iliirnt
river, Is valued at $1,000 or $1,200.
An Indian tribe in Wisconsin lias
organized u brass baud, and as tho
savages aro protected by thu Gov
ernment, the people have no rcdrc.y.
Kindness
'Word.
is stronger than the