en mmrti v''l eassammmtmammm H .IA. K&CQTRA HHT .-.III '. frMtfcJiiiI sni tj.'i j , i ' noiikfOi$i i A r pijpn i i Yfll. 1. ASTORIA, ORE JULY 19, 1873. 1. 9:. WEEKLY i ( iBr-i i i i i i m I U I AS.LUJiMJ: I I m THE ASTORIAN. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY.THURSDAX AND SATURDAY, - Monitor BuildingAstoria, Orogonr D. C IBELAXB ..Propridtor Subscription Hates: One Copy one year.- - So 00 OneCopy six months - 3 00 One-Copy three months.....-..............."- 1 50 3" Single Number, Ten Cents, & Advertising Kates : One Insertion per square, 10 lines or less...S2 50 Each additional Insertion, per square. 2 00 Yearly adv'ts per month, per square .. 1 50 . I " Agents: l L. P. FiSher, 20 and 2i Now Merchants Ex change, is authorized to act as Agent for the Astoria.h in San Fxancisco. Any fricrid who fools an iritorost in the pros perity of this region, is authorized to act as Agent for this paper, in procuring subscribers. city intelligence. Steamer for Skipaon. It will "be seen by referring to the advertisement that " the steamer Mary-Bell will make daily trips to Skipanon. Post Routes. Over two thousand new - post routes went into operation July 1st. There is a demand or several new routes to he established in this part of the coun try. Shipping There are now twelve ves sels in the river, and eight more known to be on the way jto this port. A reliable list is published in another column for the ben efit of the pnblid - - - - For Lumber. The brig Orient was :towedupVto the ;herth at the Knappton mills vwhaTf4 yesterday forenoon by "the steamer" Mary Bell, and will he ready to receive cargo with dispatch. OurjSew Post-office. Astoria has as fine a Post-office as most cities in the United States, and Mr. Parker informs us that he expects to move into and occupy it within short time. ' Where the Money Goes. There are more places than one tpiend the coin pro duct of the United States. The steamer "China for Hong Kong last "Wednesday took away 398,450 SS. Of this sum 193, 562 was for China. Council Meeting It will be seen by reference to notice published over the sig nature of Recorder Stevens that a special meeting of the Council is to be held at the Couricil Chamber Tuesday evening at - 8 o'clock. Avenues. i The streets of Astoria are seventy-five feet wide in some of the more attractive-places,' with sites for building in localities' overlooking the Bay, the Bar, ands rver,fbr a longdistance east and west. The streets are really Avenues, and. when time develops them Astoria will prove the ideal of a city. . Goats, Killed "We are sorry to hear thattome'of Col. Taylor's fine Angora Goat; on his Clatsop farm, have been killed by bears. ' We could not learn the ..extent of thedestruciion. He had six fine 'head of nannies, with seven kids in the flock. - To SAiLv-The steamship Gussie Tel fair (to arrive) is advertised for ports von Pujst Sound. The Aj ax will leave here to-dav for San Francisco. The California, ispeclieorBackin time to sail for Nanto roorid Sitka on the 1st of August, leav ingJ?or$anl at aixocipclePj. ;. ' Ladies Boat Club. We understand thattaeyoungTaaies of Astoria propose or--gabizing ajxat club for rowing and sail zihgi 1 l&i& is- a spleiidid'.movemfnb; and one that will be found very -beneficial to the ladies. 'At Olympia the ladies have for several yeajs .enjoyed Such jexercUes. arid amusements with profit to the health. Coming un. The top-sail schooner Oregonian, Capt. Houdlett, one of the regular liriet Oregon packets, was eh: the afyesterday "morning, and probably ar rived last night. She sailed from ''San Franciaco ,pn.the 10th. wilL probably dis charge her cafgo "at Astoria, as it is un derstood -she isto load tit Knappton and - Astoria with lumber and railroad iron. , " ; , M'a'n, OvEBBOAEiD. Wednesday even ing ;W:tne fecow Annie Bell was 'backing arouad-the corner of Holladay's Wharf the paptainj missed -stays and fell over-, board. -Th& plunge created a stir on the crock, WtSrVsteamers-were lying along side, anduhdrfjds of peqplein'tihe vicinity icked ibpookj 6n''wfitt'e.tle unfortunate ,wieiclinxl)eH-,but 'a? muchamazed-as any elieicircftnoLsta JJJ j Arrivals tliis Week, Brig Orient, to load at Knappton with lumber for San Francisco, arrived Wed nesday evening. Barkentine Free Trade, to load at Cath lamet with stave bolts, arrived Wednesday evening. The steamship Ajax, to load cheifly with Salmon from fisheries along the Col umbia river arrived last Tuesday. The bark Edward James, owned by Walter Moflbtt of Portland, which arrived Tuesday, will load for Australia, we understand, at one of the Portland Mills. The brig Koloa of San Francisco will receive a full cargo of lumber at .St. Helen. The bark Rival is one of the regular Oregon packets, and will take a cargo of lumber for the outward voyage. - The bark Garibaldi, which arrived n the 20th from Hong Kong, Js taking a cargo of lumber for Shanghai." The bark Forward, which, arrived on the 23d, is loading lumber for Melbourne. The British bark Hermine, we think, will load with wheat for Cork for orders. The British ship Middlesex will also load with wheat for Liverpool. We under stand her cargo has been engaged in ad vance. The schooner Elnora arrived yesterday with a cargo of alder and fir wood which was discharged at FlavePs wharf The schooner Adelaide arrived yesterday with about 100 "kegs of salmon to Sheriff W. H. Twilight, from Falkinburg's fishery. The freight was under attach ment. Salt The sloop Eliza yesterday took another cargo of salt for the Chinook fish ery. Hay Sheds A hay shed one hundred feet long, and fliirry feet wide, is being coustructed on -Jacob Kamm's.Claskanine farm, for the crop soon to be harvested. Personal Capt. George Flavel of this city left for Portland on the. morning of the 17th on business connected with the salvage case against the barkentine Jane A Falkmburg. The Oregonian. Capt. McAUe? of the brig Orient reports that the schooner Oregonian sailed for Coos Bay instead of Astoria. The change was made the day previous to the departure. We have been looking for Capt. Houdlett but now " give it up," in the language of the im mortal " Cooley." Fishing. The excursionists to Chinook a'nd 'Scarborough Hill, 'by,. a the steamer Varuna last Thursday enjoyed rare sport. BesideB a tripjo the summit of the famous bald mountain among berry patches and bramble, they watched the fishermen at Chinook draw their seins. They did not wait all the day through, but the result of me nsning was gooa. jrive mon, m nve ho'urs, caught 5$0 salmon. Excursion to Young's Falls. The side-wheel steamer Mary Bell, Capt. J. N. Fisher, will make an excursion to-morrow from this city to Young's River falls one of the romantic localities of this vicin ity. The steamer will leave FlaveVs wharf at about half past eight o'clock A. M., and will take all the time nec essary to make tlie excursion pleasant. !Fare for the trip To cents each, children free. Excursionists should provide them selves with lunch baskets . " " Praise Meeting Prof, and Mj-s. McGibeny have awakened quite oa inter est in our pleasant little city this week in musical circles,, and praises are spoken ei them in every house. Good music is a fine thing, and there is not half enough music in the world, hencewe regard such teach ers as Prof, and Mrs. McGibeny as bene factors" of humanity. A Praise" Meeting will be held tomorrow evening a't the Congregational-Church, and all who can be mere ought to go. Comr to the FouNTAiN.Ono of the most at tractive establishments fnr Portland 'ij tho drug 'and perfumery store "o'f ohr old friend Samuel M. Smith, corner of Ash and First streets. Mr. Smith was for many years senior Eartnerofthefinn of Smith & DavR And, elides bcins a thoroughly practical druggist andchoinist is, withal, as. genial a. gentleman as ever grasped a hand in friendship. His storo isvfitted up and stocked in a magnificent manner.with. everything usually found in a comploto stock of drugs, -chemicals; perfum eries, etc, But the featuro par' excellence is ihasoda fountain, ona.of .the famous Arctic patent, an immense aifair, a monument reared in marble, and silver to the health of tho thirsty. It has deliveries, on opposite sides, and can accommodates ,xush. vlt. i stocked withrKissongon, Congress, Vichy; Soltzor and different kinds of syrups,. .The cooling appar atus 13 the most perfect inaise.-rand the pro duct of that fountain a-drauKht.thaUsurpawee "thtflOQtaiwpf jthe,godsH &$ MWJ , Current Rotes. Mr, John Hobson of the firm of Hobson and Warren of this city expects to take a trip into Tillamook county in about two weeks on business. Capt. Geo. A. Pease and C H. Dexter jr. were among the arrivals from the Sea side yesterday. Mr. Dexter is returning to his home in California. The wind of Thursday came from all points of the compass. Light variable winds cause Temark& among boatmen. The day was hot on the river for plunger passengers. The schooner Fannie Bell finished dis charging a cargo of Hemlock tan bark at the Hemlock Tannery yesterday. It was purchased by Lieneweber and Co. on Lewis and Clarke river. M. W. Stokes, of ISouth Bend, Indi ana, one of our patrons fifteen years ago, called yesterday, and we were most happy tpjnee him, and revive recollections of old times in the Hoosier State. He is trav eling for the benefit of isis health and ex pects to reach home next fall. Another Chowder Club has been organ ized to hail as Wmship Chowder Club S. F. A. Oysterville. They hope to enter tain Winship Chowder Club P. and F. of Astoria on the 25th, the day after the re gatta. Col. G. W. F. Vernon, special agent of the Treasury Department, who has been on the Pacific Coast for some time attend ing to various matters of, public duty, leaves' Astoria to-day on his freturn over land to Washington city. Among the arrivals from Oysterville yesterday we noticed Sheriff Whitcomb ot Pacific county; E. K. Patterson of Oys terville; District Attorney Fletcher, and others. The parties above named have been out serf bathing in the vicinity of Unity, "Como" informs us, which ac counts for the rosy hue of Brother Fletch er's probosis. Capt. A. D. Wass is on a " Busi ness" trip to Portland "by order of Hon. M. P. Deady, Judge of the Uni ted States District Court for the Dis trict of Oregon. And that's why the "steam tug Astoria is lying at the wharf neglecting her duty J Movement of Vessels. Following is a list of vossels on the ray to, this port, and a record of the arrivals and de partures up to date: Barken tino Molaaethon, from San "Francisco sailed July 17th. British bark Vesta, sailed froa Liverpool, April 12th. British bark Shylot, Liverpool, via Victoria, Schoonor , from Melbourne, British bark Oneata, 5S8 tons, McDowell, frpmTyno via Molondo and Caillao, arrived from Molondo at Callao 22L . British ship Lorotta, 1,944 tons, from Tyno via Callao. Sailed March 6th. British bark Duncairn, Chambors, from Tyne via Bombay, Arrived at Bombay prior to April 22tL British bark George A. Holt, Norton, from Wear via New Zealand, Sailed -Dec. 20th, 1S72 Passed tho LfcSrd'Feburary Cth. Arrivod Dopartd Sch Orogonian,San Francisco ...July 18.. Brig OrionU Sam Francisco- July 17- Barkentine Free Trade. S. F. July 17. l.. Str .Ajax, San Francisco- July i" .... J.. Bark Edward James San FrnnJuly 13f ....... Bark Rival San Fxancisco July 12 American ship ConGdenco San Francis co, 2d in grain floctlSW ... July 12.. Brig Koloa San Francisco.... .July 12 Br ship Middlesex. London July 10 Bark GaribaJdi.Hong Kong June20l Bark Forward tu ...-June 23 Bk II ermine Liverpool Juao 29.. ' Tide Table for Astoria. High Water.3 Low "Water. July. A.M. p. m. r A. M. 1. M. 19. .9 00 8 443 - 2 41) 2 81 3 31 4 251 5 2U 6 50 7 08 7 50 20 10 12 418 - 3 56 21 11 li 10 S5S - 5 07 22.... .12-17 11 2JJ - li 17....... 2J. 24. ..;.'.. 2o ..1 098... 15. ... 7 55. .- 8 27. ..0 0-J.:: 1 511... ..0 4S 2 25:.. ' Notice rto Pilots, (and Ship Masters). Evory Pilot or Ship Master who shall bring in to the port of Astoria any ship or vessel having on board any persons or goods infected with Small-nox, Cholora, Leprosy, or other conta gious diseases, or which shall have had on board any such infections during tho voyage, or which ho suspects, from the bad sanitary condition of tho vessol may bo capable.of pro- fpagating disease, shall anchor such snip or voesol below Smiths Point, and give immedi ate notice to-the Health Officer In'any viola- L tions of the foregoing regulations tho law will be strictbVjMfofcedT' J5. XT. DODD. MrD . &m &m Health Officer, AKorTa,V THE LATEST NEWS. Gold in New York to-day,, llof. Portland Legal Tender rates, 5 buying; S6 selling. Vancouver has got a gold excitement. Yellow fever and cholera continue in the east. r The bark "Webfoot arrfvedJ at San Francisco on Thursday. I The Gussie Telfair will sail faom Victoria for this port to-day. Post Capt. Wm. Vaux has been or dered to the Pacific Millitary Division. The steamer City of Merida,is quar antined with yellow fever in New York. The Peoples' Protective Alliance have organized a Primary at Oregon City. Patrons of Husbandry are increasing to such an extent that it has become neces sary to establish headquarters of the Na tional Grange at "Washington. Business is suspended in Mount Ver non, Indiana, on account of cholora.- - It has oroken out in the Ohio Penitentiaryf and seven deaths were reported in .Colum bus, Ohio yesterday. Colonel "White, of Oregon City, sug gests 10 nis ienow mem Den or me .Demo cratic State Central Committe& that they meet in Portland on the 9th of August to make arrangements for the CoJressional election. We have a fresh crop o! rumors bout fiie unfortunate people who.are supposed to have perished in the steanaer George S. "Wright. One report states that two muti lated bodies have been fwand. Another report increases the number to six. Capt. CM., Patterson in San Fran cisco, of the shin Edward. Jones, has been fined 50 for cruelty to a teaman, 'besides 1,70& for thirty-four more Cbinaaoen than the size of the vessel allowed. It appears that the murdered raan in Chester county, Pennsylvania, was nam ed Goss "who was said to have been burned to death in aahpp in Baltimore last winter, and whose wife obtained a verdict, for 5,000 from the Mutual Company for the amount of his Jife ins luance- Uadersook, the man accused of the murder, wa$ chief witness at the trial, in which the Company asserted its belief that Gross was still alive-. Claims had been made against the Conti nental, Knickerbocker and Travlleers r Companies for the recovery of policies to- an aaaiuonai amouni or $u,uw. On the 15th a large number of Mor mons arrived in New York from Den mark, Sweden, Norway, England, Scot land ana vvaies. Th&Brooklin murder is still a mystery. "Who killed Goodrich is a question; There were four fires in Louisvilley Kentucky, on the night of JuJy 164h, with a loss of 100, 000. The first bale of cotton of thyearTs crop sold in New York on the 16th for 36 cents per fi. It grew in Texa "Wednesday was the hottest day of the year in San Francisco. Thermometer at 92 in sthe shade. How does that, compare with Astoria and vicinity heret we have an equable temperature Summer apdVin-. ter, with no extremes'. Henry "Watterson of tho "Louisville Courier-Journal writes thus vigorously from England to his paper : "It is the sheerest gammon to talk about., English freedom. The only freedom thev have in England is begot by fear in the upper classes, in the cabinet, in the Parliament. Though, more, agreeably enslaved, th people are as much enslaved asJthe people of Poland ; enslaved to prejudice, pre dilections, and. conventions, which their masters haye fastened into laws." , Bat Vikw Housk. Ono among tae finest retreats on tho Pacific Coast for Sumaar visi tors is that region surrounding the Bay Yieir House, at Unity, presided over by JphnIIun tor and his estimable tfifo lato of Oystorvllle. Fishing for Pogics and Flounders off the rockaj amidst tho roll of breakers, or Trout in the brooks, digging Clams on tho weather beach, deer hunting or duck shooting serf bathing ox beach driving, on a twenty mile stretch, are some of the sports to bo found there. It will bo soon by tho advortisomont-of Mr. HM in anothor column, that passongora and visit ors are to bo well provided for this season.. Writ of Special Election ' To the Sheriffs of tho several Counties within the State of Oregen: "Whkkeas. At a general election hold on tho third day of Juno. a. d., 1872, tho Hon. Josemi S. Wilson was dulyoloctod itoproson,tative of of the United States; and ' Whkrkas, Since tho said olcctfor, sajcl office has become vacant by the death of said incum bent; and Whereas, By provision of tho Constitution of the United States, nndtleiawsof fehfc State, it has becomo tho dutv of tho Governor there of to issue his writ of oioct$on to. fill such va cancy; Now, therefore ILF,.Groter Govo'rnor of tho State of Oregon, do hereby command you and eaca of yoir to notify tno several J udgea of Election wifhin and for your several counties, to hold a special election of Itepre scntative in Congress to till tho vacancy afore said, on Monday, tho (13) thirteenth day of October, 1S73, and that you cause all proper jioticesto bo given thqreof according to law. Given under my h'and and tho seal of the State of Oregon, at Salem,' this tontE day of Julvt A.D.db7fc - U - " :..,,. ffLuS.L .r L.J.GRQYER. ftact " T S T Hir . --..." bVb. - uiuuna..v, I5ecrp;ary of fclo Orefon Prospectus of the Astoriau. The Paper will be independent of politics in all its views, expressed or impliedvandl. will be conductedhwith the aim in Tiew to" Vnake it wholly andl solely devoted totno-- best interests or this btate. The (Jom merce of Oregon, its Agricultural, Manu facturing and Mechanical interests, the progress and prosperity of the people, .frill receive special attention. llheAsTORiAK will recognize tho Farmers and Mechanics of Oregon as men of thought and judg ment, and will respect their eftbrtu to make their influence known and recognized in i the marts of trade, in the counting rooms- -of business, and in the halls of legislation "We shall neither make nor encourage ai war "upon , nor wag e any conflicts with , any enfcarprises, associations or men engaged inr legjfcm ate pursuits where success aepends upocithe interest and continued earnestness of ttte-people. AVhile we shall endeavor to Hhowthe truthfulness of the old maxim, that "the laws favor the diligent," wesludl strive tt harmonize interests calculated to be of direct benefit to the State. Astorkuisthesea port of Oregon, has an excellent harbor, ands vessels of .the deep eat draught enter in perfect safety at all sea sons. Comparative statistics show less pes- cent, of losses on the Golumbia Kiver Bar for the past twenty ypars, than at the en trance io any outer $otl m uw umieau States, and tho iaets mwjrbe easily pro duced to show the fallacies-of such "vido--discriminations by underwriters and in surers, in favor of other port, and against the port of Oregon. It wan the Golcf Min ing excitements of 1849 that built up Cali fornia so rapidly as to overshadbw andout sJorip this part of the north west possessions,,, at & time when the first propositions' for communication between xTew York andl Astoria were about to be inaugurated The-gold discovery of 1849'set Oregon back, and madle our sister State what she is-.-Now. things,are upon a more equal footing,, with lands and Agriculture for a basis of future operationis with the difference in fevorof Qregon in her. cheap, lands and va ried natural resources yet undeveloped. Temporarily there is a stringency in tho money market, butbusiness generally eon- tinuesgood, and as many vessels are em ployed in the carrying trade, if not more,, than in past years of our prosperity. A few more acers plantedy a i'&v more fi?h and:: oysters niarketedl, afefrskoretons of coal and iron msnd, morehoE&o rcscources de veloped and manufactories established,, will npprove the outlook veryinuch. "The history of Astoria is full of interest from the arrivals of Captain Gray in the Summer of 1792 to the present timev all o which will receive due attentiop. The ar rivals and departures of vessels at Astoria, anothe business of the-surrounding coun try, having no journal to correctly repre sent the interest, has of necessity been n eg- -looted, to the detriment of thc-entire State.. With the view of supplying thw -want the undersigned has concluded to enter tho newspaper world at this venerable old city,, on the banks of one of the noblest rivers en tering any ocean, and relying for lay sup port upon an appreciative people,, among whom I am not a a stranger '.having been connected wSh the press of theBtatc lorten years, it is. with the utmoet confidence of success that J isuethis brief outline of the purposes actuating mo, and solicit your pat ronage. D. C. IRELANP.. BJLilkoad Iaki Grafts. TfeeN.Y:. Star commends tho pre-emption and homestead lawsj "which aim so to bestow thepttblic'domainastoinake it a sort of public discipline. Bo&Teqnire-aman to make a journey to .his "farm ; both teach him to nrize it the fonaaer by making 1 him pay something for ft, and the Utter DjT TDarang aim mi u. xuu ikuu gruuu by Congress to railroad companies are con demned in ' Iowa and elsewhere, but it may, at least, be remembered (says the I editor) that they have cost? the. United State nothing, since as many acres nave been sold at double' price as have been riven awayjothat they have brought mil ,Bons of ffcres under State and localtaxation sooner than tHey would otherwise have been subject'to it ; that they havcTchdered railroad acres, and. others near them, so deairablotiiat they are bought up at a cost aeveral times greater than would sei U::e l&n'ds equally good further frpm railroads-. , All the paper for the- mone-y issued by the "Goverment, is nxaniafaeturc. on a 62-4ncH Fourdriniermac&Sne,. at the Glen Mills, near West - Chester, . Pennsylvania. Short pieces of red stlk are mixed with the pu&pan the en gino, and the finished stuft islcdnduc ted to the wire without passing through any -screens, which might .retain the silk threads. By an ar rangement above the wire clbth a shower of fine blue silk is drepped: Sui streaks upon the paper while it is formi ingc The upper side, on, which the blue silk is droppedis the one used for the face of the notes, and, from the manner in which thethreads are applied, must show them more dis. isnctly than the lower or reversed side, ''although they are embedded deeplyenough to remain fixed. . The mill is guarded by officers liiglit 5nd day, .to reventtfie abstraction ofiauy paper. , , t t , "Parties wishinsr tosail.whoarenohDOsted kjTto,whorb ,thoy can find boatmen or iioatjs, eaa1 leave? wor'dl at? A'rrigonifor'.rbkhV irt, wa.9 cjo unu ooat uiete in one m io-