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o o o o THE EKTEHPR1 C The Devil sui-ithc Deep Sea. The SyringfleM (Mass.) Republican i of the opinion that the-post-mortem i:i Connecticut has developed a Ead difference of opinion,. and the discussion ten-la to become heated; r little more and the political doctors will be fistcuffs. Those of tho regu 1 ir school insist thr.t the treatment adopted was not merely correct in iUclf, but the only Jreatment which t'..o exig T-cie of the case permitted. Had the Vew Haven convention fail ed -to endorse Giant, Lad it weakly diluted its loyalty with liberalism, the party would hare fared a great wors-vat the polls than it djd. This is an assumption, and proba cy v an erroneous one. But it has a ;.;ol of truth in it. It is probably tr;e that Gov. Ingeioll andhis asso ciates would have been re-elected all th- sumo, if the Hawley Republicans had had the making of tho platform - ;iud the naming of tho candidates. Th Mze of the Democratic majority, in that case, would have depended iii..ii the whereabout-, of the Grant 1.'. ..publicans on election day. A per centage of them would undoubtedly have -tayed away from the j-oils, or ,i ii. . ii i : gone tncro lo voie i ne jemueiuiiu tieki-t. How large that percentage " would have been, it is impossible to say; bnt ;t would pretty certainly . haw been large enough for all prac tical purposes. Ti.o Republican party of the coun- i try is, at this moment, shiveringly inspecting the .same inexorable di- h. .i;.;a, uijon the simper horn. of whir-h the party in t 'onnectient has just impaled itself so eilectually. The same fatal choice is i-rcstnted to the national organization, under similar conditions and identical penalties. To go before tho people as a Grant party is to rush headlong upon de struction. "To cut loose froYu Grant i . t. forfeit the aid of the "machine'' and the "patronage" and to run the rik oi demoralizing tho rank-and-file. The Republican leaders thus find themselves between :he devil and the deep sea. No wonder they hesi t We and dillydally ai d put oil the decision. The difficulty of the situ ation sufficiently explains all that i. light otherwise seem vaeillitating in their counsels and incomprehensible in ti: Ir conduct. Thi'ir present frame of mind closely -re ;rr. abler that of the colored neo phyte of tho" camp-meeting legend. In the fervor of extempore eloquence the preacher made a little slip of the tongue. " My bredder;.," ho shouted, "here am two roads, do one of which leads to hell, and de ndder to dam nation." .'In dat case," said a thor oughly ularme.l hearer, "dis nigger am gwine to take to de woods." T'Jiat i. precisely what a good many of our eminent Republican politicians feci disposed to do under existing cir ';init.inces to "take to tie woods." And one can't much blame them. Drilled Uiiconsl itutional. In our last i;sue wo noticed tho fact that a mandamus had been i-v.ie -1 for the Assessor of Multno mah county to appear last week be fore Judge Shattuck.and show cause why he should not deduct the in debtedness of Mr. W. r. Doland from Lis assessed property. This was to iest the legality of the law passed by tho last Legislature. In the argument two objections were urged against the validity of tlie law, namely, (1) that sucU a law is in contravention of the constitutional requirement that all taxation shall bo equal; and, .2) thai the act does not o n form to tho qnirement of the constitution, in tl.A while it pur ports to be an ameil lient to a sec tion of the law of lVfi, relating to assessment of property, it does not s.t oat at length the section amend ed. On this last question which goes merely to the form of the stat ute, the court held the case to be within the rule laid down in "Stock vs. Portland," decided some years ago in tho Supremo Court, and in which, a:i act was declared void for non-c ;nformity to this requirement. II is- Honor therefore held the amendment to the assessment law to be void, but did not express any Gopinicn on tho question raised as to the Legislative power on the subject. The County Court of Multnomah lias ordered the case to be appealed to the Supremo Court, and it will be heard before the annual meeting of th- county Boards of Equaliza tion. In the meantime, in order to avoid trouble and confusion, it would bo well f jr the County Assessor to tako a s-'atement of each person's indebtedness, so it could bo allowed should Jiulge Shattuck's opinion be sustain-1 by the Supreme Court. i t.i.- v ... aave future confusion and much labor for the County Board of Equalization. It will be observed o that tho Judge's decision as to the h alxty of this act is based on the seeoud objection abovo quoted. A Coos Bay man, writing to the farmer, says: I have been in Oro- L'On sine IS.., nn.l ..... -i wint-r I have know-n rT 1 Tuinier 1 nave Known in the htate is the one last nastin theConnillMriv-r The coldest day was on the 17th of January, on the morning nf wK;m lie morcurv was 26 def'feos. above 7oro r.,u,0 n Ve iuo f -Uarch was the most disagree- able month, as it rained more or les& early every day. April Las been pleasant so far 0 The Explosion of the Senator. In to-day's paper vro give the fall j particulars of the explosion of the j steamer Senator, which occurred at j Portland last Thursday afternoon. ! The accounts we publish elsewhere give all the facts and incidents of the sad and lamentable occurrence, and leaves to us but to pay proper tribute to those of our fellow-citizens who have been thus suddenly taken from our midst. It is indeed a sad task for us to perform, but we cannot let the dead pass from us without giving to them that notice which their mer its deserve at our hands. There are known to have perished, Capt. Daniel McGill, Hon. J. D. Locey, purser, George A. "Warner, fireman, John Cosgrove, deck hand, John Crowley, another decli hand. C.U'T. DANIEL m'gILI. has, been on the river between here and Portland for about fifteen years. He was known to the traveling public generally. As a man, he possessed every characteiistic to make him be loved by his fellow-laborers, and the public generally. He was about 48 years of age. He first commenced on the river as a deck hand; but his industry and faithfulness to duty soon gave him tho confidence of his i employers, and he was promoted to j the position of mate. This position ho held until about a year ago, when j he was placed in command of the boat, and in all places he was the same "Dan," and fully discharged i every trust confided to his care. lie ! some years ago married in Portland; j but that union was not a happy one. ! He separated from his wife, but when I she was taken sick, he went to her J bed-side and there remained, min- : istering to her every want until she ; died. About fivo years ago he was married in this city to Miss Mooney, and she with a promising son of about three years of age now survive him. He appeared to be perfectly happy and blessed with a devoted and loving wife, he had just, to all appearances, entered into tho enjoy- j ment of life. He was in every sense a good and noble man, an affectionate and devoted husband and father, and j none knew but to love and respect j him. The widow has the heart-felt ; sympathy of the entire community, j and all feel her sad and irreparable loss. His remains were taken to Portland last Sunday on the E. X. Cooke for interment. A large num ber of our citizens accompanied tho body to its final resting place. At Portland, the Catholic Church was crowded with a sympathetic audience when the services of the Church were performed. lie was taken from there to the East Port, and cemetry, and all that remained of Captain Daniel McGill were consigned to its last resting place. Peace bo to his re mains. HON. J. i. LOOEY, purser, and the only known victim whose body has not been recovered, was a resident of this city, where he had a very widely-extended circle of friends. Judge Locey was born, we are informed, in Illinois, about 1829. nis father, Dr. Locey, a most elegant Christian gentleman, removed to Or egon with his family, and died at Oregon City some twenty years since. The Judge began his own indepen dent life as a laborer and deck hand, on steamboats, running on the upper and lower Willamette rivers in the early times. During these 3-ears Judge Locey was also in the Califor nia mines a short time. Having saved, by great economy, a few thousand dollars, Mr. Locey deter mined to enter the Willamette Uni versity, at Salem, intending to grad uate and enter the M. E. Ministry, but severe and extended sickness drove him from that after a year or so. He then went and spent a sea son in the Northern Idaho mines, where he again made a small amount of money. Upon his return from the mines, Mr. Locey entered the office of W. C. Johnson, Esq., of this city, as a student of law, and remained until admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court, ne was then in partnership with Mr. Johnson for a few months, but upon the resigna tion of Hon. S. Hnelat, in 1S63, Mr. Locey was appointed by Gov. Gibbs County Judge of Clackamas county, the duties of which office he success fully discharged until 18GG. In that year Judge Locey was chosen a Rep resentative in the Legislature. He was through the exciting scenes of that memorable conflict, but on ac count of feeble health, he was not able to do much besides vote. After completing his Legislative career, Judge Locey spent several years al ternatively between Salem and Ore gon City for a home, in study and literary labor. About this time he enjoyed a trip to San Francisco where he spent several weeks of leisure, to his great delight and social profit. Some three or four years ago he re established his connection with the M. E. Church and was recommended by the Quarterly Conference for ad mission to the Conference, but for some reason he did not pres3 this j matter, choosing to retain his relation 1 a hta! preacher in that Church to 1 , . , it , , ,, i the time of his death. In the fall ' and winter of 1872 the Judge was r v -m.u ' n - i v 1 in tkls citr, -where he made manr j , . , , , , I new nends as preacher and Sunday- , School Superintendent. Since then he has ha.J employment during the boating seasons as purser on one or another of the 0. S. S. Co.'s boats, and devoted his leisure time to liter ary labor. About two weeks since he was transferred from the upper to the lower river, where he met his untimely fate. Judge Locey's ambitious were ex clusively literary and religious. And through all his checkered career of toil for bread he steadily endeavored to grow in mind and soul. He was in an extraordinary degree a pure and kind hearted man. He loved mankind, and left no enemy behind him. His latest literary productions were contributed to tho Overland Monthly and St. Nicholas, the Youth's magazine. GEORGE A. W A UN Ell was a young man about 22 3-ears of age; came hero with his parents about four years" ago, and has been employed nearly ever since on the boats. He was a young man of ex cellent character, and esteemed and beloved by all who knew him. He had a brother drowned in the Will ette near Charnpoeg about a year ago, and now he has, too, boen taken suddenly away from his father, mother and sister; and yet tho list of sad, sad, mourners is not told. One, bright and fair, had centered her heart's affections on his manl form, and to her, perhaps, he was more dear than the world besides. She has lost him ere she could call him her's. They wero out walking but the day before, and to see them as they were in each other's company, gave one tho thought that their young hearts were indeed happy. 'Tis sad to have two young hearts severed, and especially by the hand of death. The parents and sisters of George have lost a noble son and brother, and his young and joyous spirit has gone to the God who gave it. He was all that his parents and friends could desire, and many hearts are made sad by his early and un timely death. The funeral, in con nection with that of John Cosgrove, took place in this city last Saturday, at tho Baptist Church, ltcv. Mr. Elliot, of Portland, officiating. The Church was crowded to its utmost capacity, and many could not get access to the building. The business houses were all closed, and the sign of mourning was pictured on the countenance of our entire population. JOHN COSHROVE was one of tho deck hands. We know little of his history, but from what we can learn, he was a good, industrious man. He was formerly married and divorced. His wife re sides at Vancouver. He had two children, and tho mother with her children were in attendance at the funeral of tho former husband and father. JOHN CROWLEY, the other deck hand, was buried in Portland by his brother. He, like Corgrove, is spoken well of by those who knew him. These are all the victims known to have been killed, four of whom have been recovered, and the remains of Mr. Locey are still missing. This calamity is tho greatest tliat has be fallen our city since the fatal explo sion of the steamer Gazelle, which occurred April 8, 1851, at Caneinah, and the fatal Gth day of May, 1S75, will be a memorable one in the minds of our citizeus. The Inquest. The inquest held by the Coroner of Multnomah county upon the bod ies of the victims of the Senator dis aster, closed last Mondoy evening. We have not space for all the testi mony, and present tho following summary, which contains tho main points: E. C. Lyons testified that the pump of the Senator was out of repair previous to May 4th, and that he had frequently seen the engineer kick it to set it working. Geo. Mar shall, an engineer, could not, with the testimony before him, express an opinion whether tho boiler had ex ploded owing to the want of water or not; and James Lotan made the state ment that he had tested the boiler and had found it capable of with standing a pressure of 150 pounds of steam, and that at seveial different examinations he had found the ma chinery in good working order. Eugene Woods, who was going out of the fire-room when the explosion took place, stated that he was knock ed down within seven feet of the boiler, and that instead of being scalded by hot steam, he was burnt by something like ashes that went into his mouth and skin. He also tes tified as to tho bad working of the pump. Tlie engineer, John Y.Smith, swore the Senator was not carrying but SO pounds of steam a minute or two before the explosion, and that there were two solid cocks of water. John Marshall, engineer employed on the Willamette Chief, stated that he saw the wreck of the Senator en veloped in a volume of dust and smoke, and that this appeared to him to be. a dry explosion. He did not think "it possible that this explosion could have occurred with two full cocks of water. John Gates, chief engineer of the O. S. N. Co.'s boats, testified to the same effect, and agreed with Marshal that had not the explo sion been a dry one somebody would doubtless have been scalded. John Shannon also testiiied to the bad condition of the pumps, and stated that during the whole time he was employed as deck hand on the Sena tor, he never saw the engineer come forward and examine the water cocks. John D. Biles stated that the chief engineer had reported the Senator j all right a few days before, Charles 1 Grant, a deck hand, also stated that I he was burnt by hot ashes, and that I he saw Ed. Crowley in the water ' struggling. Dr. Pilkinjjton, the phy sician, did not find that any of the victims were kill I by hot steam, but on the other hand, John Crowley was killed by conciission, Captain McGill by a blow m the back of the head, and George W.rner and John Cosgrove hvl their heads blown to ' pieces. COURTSSr UK BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA What a Visitor Says. A writer to the San Francisco Ex aminer fro-m Portland, under date of April 27th over the signature of F. C, speaks- of this part of Oregon as fol lows: We reach Clackamas, eleven miles from Portland, a village of a few hundred population with but little appearance of life. Leaving here we got into a more and better settled country. As wo approach Oregon City we passed a number of substan tial farms under cultivation, show ing great perseverance and industry on the part of the owners. OREGON CITY looks, from the cars, to be a prosper ous place; several houses were visi ble. We leave Oregon City to the right, and we go along for some time on the bank of the Willamette, until we stop where a steamer waits for the passengors on the cars for Dayton. At Rock Island station we met the down train. Before we arrive at Sa lem the train stopped at Aurora. The gentlemen behind me said, pointing to a very largo belfry, "that is the only church in Oregon that has a chime of bells." A few more small places tho train stopped at, and then we were in Salem; distant 53 miles from Portland." Fare by railroad 2 75; by steamer, 81 00. SALEM is the capital of Oregon and county seat of Marion county. It is really beautifully situated, on the east bank of the Willamette river, surrounded by a large extent of fertile agricultu ral country. In the immediate vicin ity the hills are covered in many places with dark lines of timber, con sisting of oak, fir, ash and maple, which border tho placid W'llaraette, and presents a picture both oeautiful and striking. Mts. Hood and Jef ferson can also be seen in their state ly gracefulness, the sentinels of this beautiful valley, in their robes of white. WHILE IN SALEM I had some business with the Secre of State. I can never forget the at tention and civility I received in this office. Tho officials of Oregon, as well as the store-keepers, can teach some Californians a lesson on polite ness. If you go into a store here, no matter to purchase or not, you are respected and great politenes is shown to you. At live o'clock next morning I left Salem on the river boat Gov. G rover. The Alice started at the same time for OREGON CITY. There wero not a dozen of passen gers on board, but along the river every fivo minutes the boat stopped at some landing and took in passen gers. The riverside all along seem ed, well-settled and some very sub stantial and neat houses appeared. A little distance from the Falls at Oregon City a smoke seemed to arise from tho river, but 011 coming nearer we saw it came from the water that was dashing and roaring down the Falls. This was a beautiful sight. It is roally A N I AGRA IN MINIATURE. Fortunately wo had a good time to see its beauties and grandeur. Leav ing the Falls to the right, we got into the locks arid passed through six of them before we came to the landing at Oregon City. The descent was perhaps fifty feet. It is worth going to Oregon merely to view this scen ery alone. I left the boat at the landing here and passed through the town. Tho largest building here is tho Woolen Mills, which I visited by the permission of the proprietors. I was astonished at the magnificence of tho machinery in it. About seven ty hands are employed, perhaps for ty of them Chinamen. Tlie machin ery in this establishment must have cost a fortune. It is of the most perfect kind; has all the latest improvements that have been found for making cloth end blankets. TJie goods that leave this factory are in great demand and considered equal to any imported from England or Franco. The proprietors, I learned, were once- humble traders with but little means. They are now very rich tho reward of their industry and perseverance. There is a large flouring mill as well as the woolen one. Both are worked by water power. Coroner's Inquest. Tlie following is the virdict of the Coroner's jury which was called to inquire into the cause of the death of tho persons on board the Senator at the time of the explosion. The jury was composed of John F. Cap les, foreman; J. L. Atkinson, E. F. Heroy, S. C. Richey, 11. A. White, B. Gayher. We, the undersigned jury, impan eled by the Coroner of Multnomah county, Oregon, and sworn to in quire into the cause of the death of Daniel McGill, John Cosgrove, Geo. Warncr,John Crowley and other per sons supposed to be dead and others dangerously wounded; when, where and by what means they came to their death, or were wounded, and whether any person, and who, is guilty of a crime thereby; do find that on the Gth day of May, 1875, the boiler of the steamboat Senator was exploded near the foot of Alder street, in the Willamette river, at the city of Port land, in said Multnomah county; that by means of said explosion Dan. McGill, John Cosgrove, Geo. War ner, John Crowley, and also, as we bel ieve, J. D. Locey and others were killed; that Daniel McGill was cap tain of said steamer, John Cosgrove was a deck hand thereon, Geo. War ner was a fireman, and John Crowley was also a deck hand; that Felix Evans, a passenger, Charles Grant, a deck hand, and in all probability others whoso names wo could not obtain, were seriously wounder", ; that said explosion occurred by reason of an insufficiency of water in said boil er; that John V. Smith, engineer of said boat, acted in the premises with out due caution or circumspection, as it seems to us by the testimony of competent witnesses, and was there fore guilty of criminal negligence. A fellow callinsr himself Dr. Gav- lord is pronounced a humbug by our t 1. A 1 State exchanges. Grain prospects in Linn are now 1 excellent, and stock is doing well on ' the outside range. Orcaron. The Coos Bay Xews gives the fol lowing picture of our State: Oregon is physically and in cli mate, divided into three sections, differing from each other, more than perhaps any State in the Union. First, commencing at the east, comes the great natural division east of the Cascade Mountains, larger than the State of New York and containing a population less than 20,000 people, so it appears that Uncle Sam has still some farms left for his boys in this section. The attitude of Eastern Oregon is high, the air pure and re markably healthy, it is composed largely of plains or prairies, on which large herds of cattle, horses and sheep already graze the year round, without any food only as"naturo sup plies. In climate this section is much colder than" either middle or Western Oregon, comparing in mean temperature favorably with South ern Pennsylvania except that it is not so hot in the summer or so cold in the winter, a great part of the country is also composed of moun tains, hills, and lino valleys of agri cultural lands which, in fertility, cannot be surpassed, frequently rais ing sixty bushels of wheat to the acre. And whenever railroads are constructed so there will be an out let for tho produce raised, no doubt a dense population will be sustained in these natural wheat fields of Ore gon. Want of markets and Indians make much of thTs country undesir able for the immigrant. West of the Cascades and east of the Coast llange is middle Oregon, a strip about sixty miles wide running from the South ern to the Northern boundary of tho State composed of tlie great Willam ette Valley, the Umpqua, liogue ltiver and various other smaller val lies at tine agricultural lands rang ing in price from about 1.25 to o0 per acre, most of these vallies are in terspersed with hills covered with timber, so it is a succession of small beautiful vallies, surrounded with hills, one valley opening into an other and forming a scenery peculiar to itself, beautiful in the extreme. The extent of this territory is much understated. It should be two hun dred and sixty miles. Ei Enter prise. Witha climate mild and a temperature even, the thermometer, seldom, and in the southern part, never getting down to zero, instead of snow and ice in the winter, they have rain for three or four months in copious quantities. So that the inhabitants are known by the eupho nious name of "Woebfeet" as their habits are supposed to be amphibi ous, their rainy seasons begin to moderate about the middle of March and by the first of July it usually ceases to rain altogether, but the crops are so nearly matured that they do not require it any more, and they never lose their crops by rains during harvest, and such a thing as a failure has never been known in Oregon, as one year is but a dupli cate of the year before. West of tlie coast range of mountains is a strip of country about fifty miles wide bounded by tlie Pacific Ocean 011 the west, and consisting of not an un important part of Oregon. When crossing these mountains you leave behind you, tlie beautiful prairie vallies, the large farms of stock ranches, and before you, you behold a boundless forest, dark and majes tic, composed of fir, hemlock and ce dar trees, frequently hundreds of feet high, that will bid defiance to the woodman's axo for a generation yet to come, but along the coast and in the river valleys tlie hands of in dustry have made their impression, tho saw mills are busy, loggers camps can be found every where along the bay and inlets, furnishing lumber, staves and matchwood for the markets of California and tho Is land of the sea. Tho coal beds and gold mines are being developed, fur nishing labor for hundreds of men, and the white wings of commerce are beginning to fill every bay and harbor of our coast, furnishing a home market, the best in the United States for tho produce raised on the farms that begin to appear and dot . -t t 1 ii.tf.i ii- our iertue ana neaiuum vanies. Here government lands can yet be obtained, on which industry can carve out homes, that will be orna ments to tho coast and sources of profit to their owners. A great un developed country is here, none need be idle who choose to work, labor is belter remunerated than anywhere east of the llocky Mountains. The poor crowded, overworked denizens of the great cities could here find homes and a competency with no capital save industry and. good hab its, the pale overworked city girls, cooped up in their dingj' apartments in tenement houses earning scarcely enough to keep soul and body to gether could here obtain situations at twenty to thirty dollars per month and become useful members of soci ety, and be respected by all whose respect is worth the having, and could get fresh pure air, such as the greatest millionair in the Atlantic cities coild not purchase a breath of with all his gold. Here you find a climate with as little variation as an' in America, a year without a winter, a country where "December's as pleasant as May," on debilitating, sickness producing heat in the sum mer, no mercury below zero in the winter. Here you find crops une qualed, fruit trees loaded year after 3-ear, with luscious fruit, here you find the fields covered with everlast ing verdure. A people, rough, gen erous and brave who are ever ready to greet 3'ou with hand or toe, as the feelings of friendship or enmity ma dictate. This is not a fancy picture of Oregon but a realit- which if known throughout the "States" would fill our vallies and cover our hill sides with farms, and make glad the waste places, of our land, look ing down from the mountain to the sea. The good people of Junction and vicinity are going to give a grand celebration on the 4th of July, and a ball in the evening. Able speakers will be present, and good music fur nished for the occasion. Rev. J. W. Compton, of Virginia, having been appointed to the charge of the M. E. Church, South, in Salem, has arrived and will enter at once upon his ministerial duties. Negotiations are now going on for a water power at Eugene for a woolen mill. The parties who have the money and the machinery are ready to put up the factory if a site can be secured. Bodies Recovered. THE TODIES OF CAPTAIN WAN m'oILL, CKOKOE WARNER, JOHN COSGROVE AND JOHN CROWLEY RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER SENATOR coroner's INQUEST ON THE remains. From the Oregon. an of tho Sth. Early yesterday morning search was renewed at the dismantled steam er Senator, beached on the eastern shore, for the recovery of the bodies of those who were missing and sup posed to have been killed. Owing to the character of the river bank where the boat was stranded on Tues day afternoon, it was impossible to raise the forward part of the steamer out of the water, so as to enable search to be made with any prospect of success. The bow of the boat was clear above the water several feet, but the bank j-Ioped down so steep that the other portions of the steamer were deeply submerged. Large quan tities of lioating debris rendered the search difficult, and considerable time was spent in vainly grappling for the bodies. The fire-box, which had been blown over forward, was found to be a serious obstacle to the search. A large rope was fastened around it, and the end attached to a locomotive. By this means the fire-box was drawn out of the hold and pulled to the forward part of the boat. No sooner was this donc than the grapplers succeeded in recover ing four bodies of tho hapless victims of the explosion, in quick succession. The bodies recovered were those of Capt. Daniel McGill, George Warner, the fireman, John Cosgrove, a deck hand, and John Crowley, also a deck hand. Capt. McGiil's body was found to have escaped mutillation. There was a small scratch on one cheek, a slight gash reaching from the right up and backward across the forehead. The blow which had caused death perhaps instantane ously was received on the back of the head, crushing or fracturing the skull. There were unmistakable in dications about the face of the dead of a. slight scald from steam. The eyelids and cheeks had a reddish, cooked appearance, and imparted a life-like aspect to the features. Just as the body lay on the mattress, the upturned face looked as natural us if Capt. Dan was peacefully slumbering instead of being locked in the rigid embraces of death. There was no look of pain about the face, but every feature was iu repose, just as if death had come like a thunderbolt when the mind was in a state of pleasant composure, and snatched life away without marring or disturbing the expression. Ia our report of yester day, we mentioned tho circumstance of a man having been blown out into the river, some distance from the boat. The person, it was supposed at the time, was Captain McGill, but the place where the body was found proved this to be erroneous. The body was recovered from the hold immediately below where tho pilot house was' situated. Capt. McGill was at the wheel, conversing with Mr. Felix Evans, at the fatal moment, and he must have been blown up some distance into the air, and de scended almost in the same line, Iwk to the deck. The person who was seen struggling in the water, some distance away from the steamer, must have been Mr. J. D. Locey, the pur ser, as after a most diliigent search it has been found impossible to re cover the body. The bod 3 of John Crowley was fished up from under the forecastle, where the unfortunate man was en gaged in stowing wood away at the time. There wero no marks of vio-leiK-e on his person, and he must have been drowned. The 11 o c 1c and face presented a peculiar, Hushed ap pearance, evidently produced by the steam which was forced into the hold. The bodies of young Warner and John Cosgrove were found under neath the lire-box when it was drawn out. Cosgrove's remains were most horribly mntillated, and were beyond identification, so far as their appear ance was concerned. The h?ad was blown completely away, nothirg re maining but the lobes of the brain, while the arms and legs were crushed to a jelly and cooked by the hot steam. One leg was twisted clear round, and the while bone of thi ankle protruded several inches be low the trowscrs. It was a sight from which even those possessing the strongest nerves turned away with a shudder. Young Warner's remains were also terribly mangled. Both legs below the knees were smashed and twisted, the body was fearfully crushed, while nothing remained of the face but a mass of burned flesh with the jaw bones and teeth protruding. It was a painfully sickening sight to look upon. After the four bodies were recov ered from their watery bods, they were placed on board the steamer E. N. Cooke, which was lying alongside the wreck. They were placed on mattresses, and carefully covered up to screen them from tho curious gazo of hundreds of persons who visited the scene. Search in the meantime was made for the body of Mr. Locey, the pur ser, but without avail. At length it was determined, if possible, to draw the wrecked hull further up on the bank, Strong ropes were fastened to the bow of the submerged craft, and hitched to two locomotives to pull her up higher. A hawser was also thrown out from the Cooke and fastened to the Senator. At a given signal, tlie two locomotives and the steamer took "a long pull and a strong pull," and succeeded in pull ing the wreck considerably further up on the banV. Search was renewed for the body of tho purser, but fail ing to recover it, efforts in that direc tion were abandoned for the present. There is little doubt but what the mangled remains of poor Locey are lying on tho bed of the river. . THE INQUEST. Coroner Wetmore being notified of the recovery of the bodies, repaired to the cast side, and, after summon ing a jury, proceeded to hold an in quest. The following persons were summoned to act as jurors: John F. Caples, foreman; S. C. Ritchev, J.L. Atkinson, E. F. Herov, R. A White and B. Gayher. Drj. B. Pilking ton made the required examination of the bodies, and will give at tho proper time a written statement of the causes producing death. After j one witness was examined, the coron er adjourned the inquiry until 0:30 he inquest will be concluded. In the mean time the bodies were prepared for burial, placed in cofW and given into the hands of friends Letter From Spring Water. SPRiNe Water May 10th, 1S75 Editor Enterprise. As you have not been favored with an article from this part of the country for some time, and as those better qualified to write than myself entertain consider able negligence in this line, I will again try to inform your many read ers of some of the labors, and amuse ments of this energetic and well to do people. Since my last writing there has been a great change made itself manifest in the appearance of things in this part, which has effect ed a very welcome and pleasant state of enjoyment in our country. Tho cold winds and raiu of winter, and early spring have disappeared; the extensive fields that, at that time, were almost devoid of any visiblo signs of herbage, are now clothed with waving grain, and will ere long reward the diliigent farmer for his years labor. After the people of this neighbor hood had completed their spring work, and the youngsters praying for some form of amusement, they concluded to have a May picnic, which we are pleased to announce was a grand success. The picnic was gotten up by Spring Water Grange, which had diligent workers appointed, that nothing might be left undone to insure a pleasant time. The Grange met at 10 o'clock a. m. on Saturday, the first day of May, (the time appointed for tho picnic) and after some little business pertaining to tho order, tlie committee of ar rangements proceeded to prepare tho table for the feast. It would be use less Mr. Editor, for me to al(eni2t to name the many good things that were brought together, to be served on that pleasant occasion. But while this work of preparation Avan going on, and that fhoee engaged might not be bothered by the crowd the doors of tho hall above wero thrown open, and nil not engaged were invited up stairs whero our at tention was drawn for some consid erable length of time, in listening to speeches, from some of the most noted men of our county; among these were C. F. Beatie, J. H. Low ellen, J. M. Reed, Prof. Johnson, David May, and others; they were all interesting in the extreme and many intelligent points were advanc ed on the important subject of edu cation, and the general interest of tho country. We wero much taken with the speeches, and at the same time entertained great anxiety to be down stairs, as our appetite for tho nourishment of body gn.-atlv sur passed those of the mind; and after a time we did go down, and lo! before us stood the table spread with all manner of good things. After socio ceremony we all proceedsd to satis fy tho inner man. We were now more fully impressed than beforo of the uselessness of attempting to enu merate the great variety of eatables that were served on this occasion, and great credit is due Miss Hattio H., and Mis. Lottie 11., tho lady members of the committee, for their valuable services on this occasion, and if we were young we would call at once. After dinner the young men gath ered the girls, leaving the ohi ladies to take care of the table, and pro ceeded to the house of Mr. J. How ell, which had been arranged with the intention of having a social dance. As tho musician had not ar rived .yet, one of our neighbor boys furnished the eager crowd with mu sic until the employed musician came, which was late in tlie evening, ho and his wife having walked twelve or fifteen miles afternoon that day. Times now became livelier and run until midnight without much drow siness, after which the great anxiety of those in attendance Was to pro cure beds for the night. They wero all up early in tlie morning; the fid eller and his wife bound homeward on the same horses they had rode on the day previous; and the rest of the youngsters anxious to know what the several preachers that had appoint ments in tho surrounding neighbor hood would have to say about their amusements, resolved to separato and visit as many as possible. One of these elivisions proceeded to a cer tain church (I am informed) and af ter the religiems exercises were near ly over, and as the clergy considered they needed a little of the where-with to make themselves more comforta ble, made a pretty heavy call for money which we presume, was not very agreeable with the boys, as they had doubtless made too many draws on their purses the day and night previous. After their effort to pro cure money were exhausted, they then made a call on tlie old women for butter and eggs, and the boys for wheat. I am not prepared to vouch for the truth of this last state ment, as it is only hearsay with me, but it is not likely that persons would relate such "good jokes on themselves -without some foundation. Yours Ac. Maximus. Short Crops. Owing to the frost and drought in California, wheat is looking very badly there, anel farm ers and country traders are despond ent. One-third of the crop antici pated, at least, will be lost. In Ore gon the seeding time was cut short by the same cause; the ground be coming too dry for tho germination of the seed and the subsequent sus tenance of the plant. Victoria Colon ist. Our neighbor is mistaken as far as tho above concerns Oregon. Tho crops in this State never were better and the amount put in is greater than before. Oregon knows no fan uro in her crops. 9 this morning, when th