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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
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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
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i the time of his death. In the fall
' and winter of
1872 the Judge was
r v -m.u
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in tkls citr, -where he made manr
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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