03 fcHMgT' l"" ..-;.' -"" 1" '111 a. IWE al I MHHI 1 I.IIM ll ! HUM ' W W ' W - "."M" I", m . " "!' qUll.i I II I W IWWWWJII JIUIUI Vol. 1. Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 23, 1873. No. 24, TRIWEEKLY 'ASTOMM.-- HEggSMII'l .11 L 1.111 m'JIiJ-W.imwira .li.i I, Willi Will I I., i I THE ASTORIAN. l'UBLISHKI) KVEUY TUESDA1MHURSDAY AND SATURDAY, Monitor Building, Astoria, Oregon. . G.IREIAXD Proprietor Subscription Kates: Ono Copy one year. So 00 Qno Copy fix months 3 00 One Copy three months 1 50 US" Single Number, Ten Cents. "5Xi Advertising- Kates: Ono Insertion porsquaro, 10 lines or less...S2 50 Kach additional Insertion, per square 2 00 Yearly adv'ts per month, per squaro 1 50 Agents : L.P. Fisher, 20 and 21 Now Merchants Ex change, is authorized to act as Agent for the Asteria: in San Francisco. Any friend who feels an interest in the pros perity of this region, is authorized to act as Agent for this paper, in procuring subscribers. CITY IKTEIXIGENCE. John "W, Gearhartof this city receives about 250 sacks of flour a month to supply his customers. Mr. mi Dorian, one of the pioneer Steamboat engineers in these waters, who has been in the employ of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company almost ever since its organization, is at present in this city recuperating shattered health. "We trust that Mr. D. will return to his post en the finest steamer of the fleet, the Daisey Ajnsworth, fully restored to that boon without which all would be poor indeed. Mr. John Badollet of this city who has been to Portland for several days in forms us that Charles Brown's ice works, destroyed by the late fire, will again be in operation soon. Mr. TV. H. Harris has become associated witli Mr. Brown in the rebuilding. The works are being erected upon ground owned by Mr. Badollet. Be fore the fire destroyed the works ice of fine quality was produced in quantity sufficient to prove the success of the enterprise. Every season producers arc taught on the part of buyers and grain speculators, to surmise that there is an almost insur mountable obstacle in the way of moving the crop in the lack of tonnage. "Vessels may be scarce but if so it it is simply be cause they are not sought. If is true that there are not ships enough afloat to move the Oregon grain crop with profit, does it not behoove Oregonians to construct a few barkentines for themselves? Take which horn of the dilemma you please, there is more clean cash to be made out of one first class ship yard at Astoria than all the first National Banks on the Pacific slope. We shall soon present the figures to establish thia proposition. Capt. I. Stevens of this city has some of the gamest game chickens in the land so game are they that they roost high, far up where they breathe rarefied air, but in substance they are about the same as tho' their perches were a little lower down. On Thursday chief engineer DcHufF, of the steamboat E. N. Cooke took a notion that he wanted a pair of those chickens to im prove stock about Portland, where Spring chicken is seldom known to attain a tender age, and procuring a block and tackle from the steamer, accompanied Irv to the hennery, and between the two they suc ceeded in hauling down as fine a pair of Bramahs as ever left port. They will be placed on exhibition perhaps at the next State fair. "When we look at the "Wheat samples on our table, from ripening fields in this vicinity capable of yielding from fifty to seventy-five bushels to the acre, and then stroll through the city to find only "Wal lamet valley brands of flour in the market for our own home consumption, as well as foithe surrounding country, taking in- the scope of three hundred miles of sea coast, reaching back a hundred miles or more, we are forced to imagine that something's wrong; that .the remedy to those, grievances w.a arc prone to complain of lies in our hands. If the "Wallamet valley wish to ig nore this region of country, if it is the pref erence of farmers in that division of the State to trifle away their substance in the vain endeavor to build up for themselves and Puget Sound what nature never de signed let us withdraw from tho unpleas ant and unequal contest, and by the erec. tion of mills and construction of roads de velop a community and a region fully as able to maintain commercial relations with the world, as the one we are now de pending upon for our bread. This can be v done, and it will be. The work of filling Benton street, by Mr. P. Sherman, shows a good job, and is a recommendation for future contracts in that direction. Spcdd brothers new tug will be launched next week. The propeller has arrived and will be placed on the shaft be fore the launch. To morrow being the 87th birthday of Mrs. Lamphire (Grandma), of this city, the ladies of Astoria will celebrate the event at her house by a donation party to-day. All are invited. A. J. Donaldson, late of the firm of Donaldson & Peed, of this city, is prepar ing for a trip to Sitka by the next steamer, with the expectation of engaging in busi ness there. Jack has numerous friends, any of whom will wish him success where ever he may prefer to take in the slack of his lines. The barkentine Jane A. Palkinbur Captain Brown, will 3rfcar for Honolulu al this evening, it is expected, on the return of Captain George Plavel, owner, who is absent on business to Portland. The Car afe go is well stowed, the vessel in fine trim, and a speedy and profitable voyage may be expected. The schooner Elnora, Capt. Plshcr, arrived from ClaUop Thursday evening bringing forty-two head of mutton sheep, and seventy-five head of besf cattle for the Astoria Market. A portion of this stock was purchased in Tillamook by Mr. John Hobson, who scattered considerable coin in that county on his recent visit. Everything about the.mill and barrel works at Knappton was in operation last Thursday. The s-teamboat E. N. Cooke. with George "W. "Weidler of Portland, and a numerous party on board, made the trip across the bay, and the visitors watched things with interest about the extensive premises. The young man Patterson, accidental ly shot in the vicinity of Mr. Bearman's place on Clatsop plains, last Tuesday, died the following day. ,It appears that he was sitting on a log at the time of the casualty, and while endeavoring to draw the gun up to him by the barrel it slipped, and the hammer striking the log discharged the load which entered his right side and came out at the back. It was a very painful and distressing affair. The Yaruna took a large party of ex cursionists, ladies and gentlemen, to the Cape yesterday. One of the most inter esting localities about here is the light house and fortifications, the immense guns, beautiful grounds, etc., to be seen at Cape Disappointment. Major Prank G.Smith, Dr. Sparling and Mr. Munson, all seem to add to the attractiveness of the place by courtesies extended to visitors, and the Earty yesterday all agreed that they never ad a better time. The Coos Bay News, the editor of whom is Tom Merry, thus alludes to one of the commanders on the Columbia river; 41 Our old commander, Capt. Richard Hoyt, is now master of the elegant new steamer Emma Hayward, in the Portland and Astoria line. Dick is a genial young gentleman and has, as he well deserves, a legion of sincere friends. May clear weather and good fortune ever smile on his course down the river of life." Preparations for the next Salmon crop are being extensively made already, not only among the regular hands, but on the part of strangers. One gentleman who has been carrying on a large cannery at Collinsville, Sacramento river, expects to establish here-next season. The Califor nia legislature has restrictel fishing on the Sacramento somewhat, but here, where there are no restrictions and plenty offish, so long as fishermen manage the business as thejT do now, there is a field open to the world for competition. Pcv. Mr. Tcnny has left at our office the top branches from one hill of the white Dimmic potato, raised in the garden of Mr. Swmson, about eight miles above this city, which is a curiosity. Like the branches of the early rose variety, left here by Mr. Smith, of Port Clatsop, these are loaded down with the genuine potato, (not balls), nearly as perfect but not so large as any found in the hills. This curious pro duct has in no manner interfered with the yield, as our informant states that from eight hills one bushel of the product was obtained, and the branches of every one of the hills were filled as the one above des cribed. It may be that this business of raising the potato on both ends of the plant is peculiar to Clatsop county. Youngs River Falls Again. On Thursdajr the 21st inst. the steamers Mary Bell and Yaruna, gave a happy and delightful trip to the Young's river Palls and back, each having on board about fifty ladies and gentlemen. The day could not have been more agreeable, nor the parties in better trim for such an ex cursion. "We left Astoria at S o'clock in the morning with an exchange of happy smiles, courtesies and waving handker chiefs. "We had soon turned the point and were winding our way through the turns of the river hurrying along slowly (while the little tug Yaruna was hurrying along rapidly), towards our destination. At length, as waking from a dream, we found ourselves at the steamers landing, and taking the small boats as if we meant business more than pleasure, we entered! immediately into the lovely scenes of the journey. Moss covered trees and limbs, the wildest profusion of isK&rgrowtla; sn5 overgrowth and foliage of all the colors of Spring and Autumn lining and over-arching the banks of the deep and dark blue river through which we passed with much thought, feeling and admiration. After footing it as usual from the landing of the small boats, we arrived at the falls in good time for lunch. Where, with logs for chairs and an upheaval of rocks for tables which .nature had carefully and suitably arranged fcr us, the ladies served out a bountiful supply for all, of the very best things in this world. This important topic thoroughly discussed, the parties then subdivided into various groups, and the craggy, bushy, hilly, log gy trails and table rocks and projections, and nooks around and about the falls were lined and dotted with their wonder-gazing and nature-admiring guests leaping and darting across the stream and up and down the banks gathering various berries, moss, ferns and fish. Many albO, visited the sulphur springs, a short distance above the falls, where the scenery itself so diver sified and enchanting, doubly satisfied us for our pains It is remarkable, however from the vast amount of slippery rough ness and the large number of giddy and .excited pedestrians, that there were so few illustrations (not more than three or four), of the principle of gravitation, i.e., a forci ble contact of the head and limbs with the eartVs surface including dry land and water. Returning from the grand, the beauti ful and picturesque at 3 o'clock we passed along some luring agricultural scenes of various kinds of vegetables in the thrifti est conditions together with wild cucum bers and tame oats. The day's trip af forded a little of the cream of romance and a good deal of gay and wild delight in general. And if we consider the getting up of the outfits it represented very clearly and forcibly the idea of muchness. Both parties, however, intermingled with a wonderful amount of good grace and cor diality and no discord except the unearth ly yells of the steam whistle of one boat against the sweet and gentle voices of song and conversation in tho other. The little rivalry however was much more pleasant and agreeable than otherwise and the parties landed on their return at 5 o'clock p. m. with mutual good cheer and satis faction. The steam tug Yaruna proved her capacity for speed on the trip to Youngs river falls, Thursday, and established her reputation among the excursionists as a fast craft. One of the passengers congratu lated Captain Gray on the improvement in her time since a new propeller had been oast! Considering that the new propeller is still on the wharf a question arises as to the extent of further improvement when id is piaceci on tne snait lor use. Pishing is said to be good at the Cape since the demise and departure of the her ring family last Tuesday, as chief engi neer Pox. of the tug Abtoria, on tla,t day, caught twelve pogios at one haul of a tom cod line. The leisure hours at that place can now be profitably employed. Capt.Hamblin of tho sloop Eliza took a jolly load of Portlanders to Unity a few days ago. "W. H. Harris, Clerk of Mult nomah county acted as recorder of ,the log while Charley "Watkins took the surveys and settled the accounts with Neptune for. all. He was generous, to a fault. The party returned last evening, from Shoal water bay. TELEGE1PH dispatches. The United States. Portland, August 22. Gold in New York to-day, 115; Portland Legal Tender rates, Sot buying, and SGI selling. New York, August 19 A petition was signed yesterday by a number of prominent stockholders in the Pan ama Eailroad, expressing confidence in the sufficiency of security offered by the Pacific Mail Steamship Com pany, for the loan of a half million dollars and demonstrating, that it is to the interest of the Panama Eail road Company to assist the P. M, S. S. Co.r urging upon th& Trustees the propriety ana advantages of loaning money required by the Steamship Company upon a mortgage on the steamers Colorado and Acapulco. Per contra, a protest is in circulation, to-day, for signatures of the Panama .Kaiiroaa stocKnoiaers, announcing, that in case of loss from such loansr each, director will be held personally responsible. The protest sets forth, in detail, the financial distress of the P. M. S. S. Co., and considers it mor ally certain that sooner or later, the Company will go into bankruptcy. Yicenzo Motto, of Crosby street, an Italian padrone, was brought before Commissioner Osborne to-day, charg ed with violation of the civil rights' law, in holding Italian boys in invol untary servitude, and inflicting on them punishment not allowed by the laws of this State. He was- commit ted in default of bail. Among the awards at the Yienna exposition yesterday, were the fol lowing for the Pacific ceast: Joseph Neumann, California, for cocoons; C. G. Watkins, of San Prancisco, for photographs; G. P. Kuptel, of Cali fornia, for minerals; Sutro-tunnel Company y of Nevada, for mine mod els. August 20. A number of gentle men from England and Scotland will start for Kansas to-day, in company with George Grant, of London, who has purchased a county in that State for the purpose of founding a colony. The main purpose of the project will be agricultural and the principal features stock raising. It is stated that the Mennonities, who have gone West, brought with, them to this country $340,000 in gold, of which sum, one man, Peter Isaacs, own 140- 000. The Stock Exchange was thrown into a fever of excitement this morn ing by a renewal of the rumor of the serious illness of Commodore Yander bilt, and still later reports that he was dying. For a time there was a great rush to sell stock. Dealings in Yanderbilt stocks were large and ad vanced with the excitement. In quiry showed that there was no foun dation for the rumored illness of the Commodore, and there was a short reaction from the lowest point of the day. Cincinnati, August 19. An excur sion to the Pacific coast by about 30 prominent citizens, among them the Mayor of this city, is under, consider ation, and at a meeting to-night a committee was appointed to make in quiries concerning facilities. Fort Scott, August 20. A special to the Monitor from Lescygnes, the county seat of Linn county, repre sents that there is a great excite ment at that place. A mob of 400 men had taken possession of the town and arrested the Sheriff. They de clare that they will hang the Sheriff and burn the town unless he delivers the person of ELillard to them. Kil lard is the man who murdered his wife and two children and his wife's sister at Twin Springs last Sunday night, and afterwards burned their bodies. The Sheriff has been keep ing the prisoner hid since the arrest and still refuses to tell where he is concealed. The mob are determined and trouble is apprehended. Washington, August 19. A num ber of letters have been received here from Quakers and other friends of the Indian peace policy through out tho country, asking executive clemency in behalf of the Modoc In dians. Many of the letters raise the question that the trial of offenders was illegal under a decree of the Su preme Court in tho Milligan case to the effect that in cases where civil courts are near at hand, a military tribunal had no jurisdiction. A noth er question raised is that Gen. Canby was.killed while acting as a Peace Commissioner and not as an officer of the army in war. These questions will com'e directly before the Presi dent for his action. Foreign News. London, August 19. A Herald cor respondent at Cairo reports the break down of a steamer with Sir Sam'l Baker on board, near Shaduan- Is land. A tug had gone to her assist tance. August, 20. Bombay dispatches re port that destructive floods have re cently afflicted the Province of Agra and that 3,500 native houses have ben swept away. There has been some loss of life. The cholera has broken out in the Province of Bosnia. A desperate engagement has just taken place between a force of Car lists numbering 240 men and three columns of Spanish Republicans. The battle was fought in an open country between the towns of Berga and Cazeras and resulted in the de feat of the Republicans with a loss of two hundred men and one gun. Madrid, August 20. It is reported that in the event of a recess or ad journment of the Cortes (which is re garded as not improbable;, Castelar will visit London, Berlin, Yienna and Pome, to endeavor to bring about the recognition of the Spanish Republic. Halifax, August 19. On Sunday last Peter, a mailman of Bridgewater is supposed to have lured his wife in to the wood, murdered her, and then set fire to the woods with a purpose of destroying all traces of his crime. The remains of a woman supposed to have been his wife have been found in the burnt district in the woods and the mail man is now under arrest. Pacific Coast Items- San Francisco, August 20. Chas. Purrows, a well known gambler, fell down the stairs at Congress Hall to day and -fractured his skull. He died at 9:30 this evening. The steamer Arizona tirrived this evening from Panama and way ports. She reports two additional deaths among the steerage passengers both on the ISth inst. named Henfy Her bert and John Dee. This makes three deaths, from natural causes, and one suicide on the passage from Panama. Shasta, August 20. A terrific fire has been raging at Trinity Mountain, 25 miles north of this place, for a week past, destroying a great amount of timber and extending for miles on each side of the telegraph road, injur ing the Western Union line consid erably, rendering repairs on it daily and making it dangerous to passing freight teams. The fire is still raging. Eureka August 20. C. B. Green, who formerly lived at Walla Walla, has been missing from the stock range where he was attending his horses. It is supposed he has been murdered for the purpose of getting possession of his stock, as two of them were sold by a party who had been lurking around there. The officers have had a party of Indians search ing for the body so far without suc cess. Truckee, August 20. The Eastern bound passenger train ran off the track at Camp Eighteen, ten miles east of here. Cause, imperfect frog. The engine, express, mail and bag gage cars and one sleeping car were ditched. No one injured. The Statesman learns that Capt. Corno did not succeed in launching the Mila Bend, but would on the next tide. Indefinite, rather. The Olympia "Water Pipe compa. ny is shipping 8,000 feet of pipe on a San Francisco order, by the brig Perpetua, via Seattle. C Churcli Xotices, ; Graco Church, (Frot. Episcopal) Rev. T A Ilyland Rector, Divino services every Sunday at 10 a m and 7 r m; Sunday Schoolfat Ipji Congregational Church, Rev A "W Tenuy Pastor. Divine services every Sunday at 10 x m and? p m; Prayer Meeting every Thurs day ovoning, Sunday School meets at 12 ii Come to the Fountain. One of tho most at tractive establishments in Portland is tho, drug and perfumery store of our old fiiend Samuel M. Smith, corner of Ash and Hrst stroots. Mr. Smith wjis for man y y caxs senior partner of tho firm of Smith & Davis. vAnd, besides being a thoroughly practical druggi?t and chemist is, withal, as genial a gentleman as ever grasped a hand in friendship. His store is fitted up and stocked in a magnif.cci.t manner with everything usually found in :i complete stock of drugs, chemicals, pcifum ories, etc, But the feature par excellence-is the soda fountain, ono of the famous Arctic patent, an immenso affair, a monument reared in marblo and silver to tho health of tha thirsty. It has deliveries, on oppo.-itc siolc, and can accommodate a rush. it i steel ed with Kissengon, Congress, Vichy, Seltzer ai.d different kinds of syrups. The cooling appar atus i the most perfect in use, and tho pi fa duct of that fountain a draught that sur asses "tho nectar of tho gods." &