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CZ1 1? m , i winmiBinji on ii i emmem&mm Tri-Weekly Astorian astokia,oSego2s I J). C. IKiSlH. .... g.V THUKSDAY. ? r .:.... .Sept. 4, 1873; COJjVWBIA. OTFEE BAB. A few days' since vre copied an article from theSan Prancisco Commercial Her ald uponprtnio subject of "Itfaviptionof the Colum"bia;river,"-in which the pre mise was asbumed- that the bar at the en trance to the Columbia river " is an ob stacle to the enlargement of this trade;" and further, that " many a" vessel has stranded there and gone to pieces." "We permitted the statements to pass, with seeming endorsement, for special reasons, but herejiwe now wish to call the attention of the Herald to the iact, that there is not a-safer entrance to bo found. Hundreds of incidents may be cited to prove this, but formany years nearly every vessel ithat has been wrecked', on the North Pa cific Ocean, from the old steamship South- erner, in the ' winter of 1S55 5G, up to this time, lias been credited to the Co lumbia river bar. There arc persons d?here who well recollect that the bark JL(Dc.n Bird," Oapfe. "Wiggin, then, in the " San Prancisco lumber trade, left the bay - atrthe samfeihour with the Southerner, and - anchored safely in this harbor in just four t days from San Prancisco, crossing the bar . .without a pilot, while the steamer went on .,aby, disabled, drifting at sea, until her i commander, to save the lives of his pas sengers, beached her on Tatto'osh Island and secured barely enough from the wreck w to subsist all hands until succor reached them, some weeks afterwards. "We have been conscientious about this matterof "navigation of the Columbia " river,' ' in all that-we have had to say, -and will continue to be so in future. Safe - ly relying upon the facts to bear us out, we have not the slightest apprehension t- tbut that the subject will soon be fully un i deratood. Concerning disasters upon the . -Columbia river bar, we quote from a rc- port to the Astoria Chamber of Com- ,merce the following facts and particulars, which, may be relied upon as correct. This report says: ' u Now as to the safety of the Columbia - river. Exact data is wanting of the whole j .number of vessels that have crossed the "bar, but from certain periods during which the data is complete, we are enabled to ",i approximate very closely, and set the . , number down at an average of five hun dred a year for the lat twenty-one years, fe or since 1$32. The following is a com "Pleteli&tof all the losses or wrecks that have occurred on the bar since 1852, which " year may be considered the beginning of -Avisdo:ii.as regards the channels, currents, &c, on or about the bar. Barks 3Iendora, and'Merrithew, lost January 12th, 1S53, came in without pilot', wind iliiled after getting in, and -j they drafted ashore. ' l Bark Oriole, lost September 19th, 1853. ' '.' Brig Detroit, lostDpc. 22, 1855, on outer spit. Going out at night. t ,. Bark Dodemonaf lttsfr Dec. 31st, 1S5G. i! ' Came in without a pilot, ran on sands six ?'- miles inside. (o .Schooner Woodpecker lost Iuy 10, 1S61, four miles inside. - " ' Bark Industry , lost March. 1G, 18G5, com- mg in wimiout a puor. . Bark"W. B. Scrani b cranton ; lost' May 5th, J ' 1SG7. v Only eight vessels in twenty-one years. .,. Eight out of 10,500. " One out of 1,312, or lit- one-thirteenth of one per cent, of the ship- piJg coming into the-nver. '. Of tliis number, four were coming in r, ,..' without pilot. It futher appears that near ly every loss during the time under reveiw, was the result, not of a rough bar, but of h . thewind failing after the vessel had crossed Hi, . thus leaving her to drift oh the sancb. It also eemsthat each loss of vessels coming in occurred when they were sailing against i the tide, instead of with it. ,. There being no tug to go to their relief, of course there could be no Tescue. It is . safe to say that, had there been a tug; at hand, every vessel thus far lost on thenar might have bced saved. ' Since the placing of the tug Astoria upoa the bar, or pilot grounds m 1SG9, there has been no loss, and with proper care on the part of tug and pilots, there need be none for many years to come. Tkese facts warrant us in malr- : . ing the bold assertion, that there is no barr ed harbor known to commerce, where the . ' percentage of loss is so small; .and few, if n. any, open harbors that can show so fair a , record. The currents and prevailing winds are such, and the 'land marks .so well defined, that at a time when it is un safe to cross the bar, vessels outside can readily- keep-off, and wait a suitable time i-o enter. And there is good holding ' . grounds but a few hundred Tods inside for i vessels bound out to anchor, and select r r from the snot their own time to nnss nnf. Le-s trouble is experienced from fogs at the Columbia, than either to the north or .south, as they are not frequent, and are mucn less aense, owing, no doubt, to the presence of aerial currents, resulting from j , - peculiar physical conformations. The channel 'is distinctly buoyed out, and 1 -' lighted by a first class" light-house on Cape !, p Disappointment, where is established a 4. life saving station "by Government, with a few of the needed facilities for Tendering 1P I aid in case of accident on the bar. Gov- 1M x; eminent,has also madman appropriation i v . ora nglt -house at Point Adams, and i preparations are goin g forward for- com- juv.iu.iit u nviA.abiUuuc. .. - v The commerce of Oregon, "hitSj herer fore been taxed by underwriters far above the DroDer and reasonable rate. But, as the rateof insurance lsmade up from a knowlp.do'p. nf thft jifttnal Tarorata of loss incident:to &e-iven harbor, when sucB data'is-tobeTiad, or guessed atjJrom gen eraldmpressiohs, in the Jtbsence'of reliable information, there seems? no good reason why, if the .above facts Varejaid before. the various marine underwriters of the land, the discrimination against the Columbia river bar should not be removed, and our insurance had at a fair rate, much less than is now imposed. 3 The question is now never raised about Sandy Hook bar, at the entrance of !New Yorb harbor, being too shallow and rough for the extensive and profitable emplo3Tment of all classes of vessels, yet there is five feet more water on the Columbia river bar at high tide, than there is on Sandy . Hook at a corresponding stage of water. Eighteen vessels were on the wTay to San Francisco for New York, and one from Boston, July 31st. A correspondent of the Baltimore American'proposes that the space re cently burned over in that city be set apart for a public garden: The Newport High School gives a medal for "tried and approved morals," which was taken this year by the only male, graduate over all feminine competitiors. It also gives medals for amiability. Ir. Scoresby, a very high author ity on this subject declares that the, whale seldom exceeds seventy feet in length, and is much more frequently under sixty. 'Out of 322 whales, which, he assisted personally in capturing, not one exceeded fifty-eight, and the largest of which he knew, the r export ed measurement to be authentic, came up to only sixty-seven feet. (Ilfto specimens of the rorqual or razor-back whale have" -been observed of 105 feet in length. One of these was found floating lifeless in Davis Straits, and the skeleton of the other was found in Golumbia river, part of which, is now on exhibition at the Seaside house, and measured 112 feet. Other specimens have measured a hundred, and many others from eighty to ninety feet. One cast on shore at North "Berwick, Scotland, and preserved by Dr. Knox, "was eighty-three feet in length. These instances seem to established the average and extreme length of these huge animals. 'But with consider able credulity in earlier' accounts, Cuvier, the eminent naturalist, says, steutly: "There is no doubt that whales have been" seen at certain epochs and in certain seas upward of 300 feet long or 100 yards in length." Lady Asliburton, who died six teen years since, and has just been suitably commemorated in Lord Houghton's Monographs, v.'as an ex ceedingly clever and remarkable woman, the soul and center of a no table literary group, in which Thom as Carlyle was a prominent figure. She was a keen'Tree lance in conver sation, and people who retired dis comfited from the sharp encounter with her wit would say of her: "I do not mind being knocked down, but I can't stand being danced upon after wards." Thackeray was one of the eminent men of letters whom she piqued by her too brilliant rallying, and he left her parlors at Bath House, resolved never to return. He declin ed Lady Asliburton' s invitations, spoke of her disliske and discourtesy. Months after, when angry feeling had had time to die out, he received from her one day an invitation to dinner. Thackeray returned it, with one of his inimitable drawings on the back, depicting himself kneeling at her feet, with his hair all aflame from the hot coals she was energetic ally pouring upon his head out of an ornamental brazier. This act of con trition was followed by complete re conciliation and warm friendship to him and his family. Come to the 7ountain Ono of tho most at tractive establishments in Portland is tho drug and perfuraory storo of our old friend Samuel M. Smith, corner of Ash and lirst streets. Mr. Smith was for many years senior partner of the firm of Smith & Davis. And, besides being a thoroughly practical druggist and chemist is, withal, as gonial a gentleman as over grasped a hand in friendship, 11 is store is fitted up and stocked in a maghificont mannenvith overything usually found in a complete stock of drugs, chemicals, porfum ories, etc, But tho feature par excellence if tho soda fountain, one of the famous Arctic patent, an immense affair, a monument roared in marblo and silver to tho health of tho thirsty. It has deliveries, on opposite sides, and can accommodato a rush. It is stocked withMssongen, Congress, Vichy, Seltzor and difforent kinds, of syrups. Tho cwolirig appar atus as tho most perfect in nso, and tho pro duct of that fountain a draught that surpasses "tho nectar of tho gods." eaveiIbageVN'di35,-tIi,04PF.-g iueet ovory. -Lnursaay ovemng. ss?fc ul o u viuuH., in mo uau J! euowis -B&'llall, corner of Cass and Joffergon Order are invited to.attend. Bordor, N.G, JEW ADVERTISEMENTS. & Vs- d r F LUMBER.. . . JjUMBBB. THE COLUMBIA BIM MAIDFACTDRIHC Co, ARE NOW DAILY TUFACTD11ING from 30,000 to .40,000 feet of the all the vorv best kinds' and quality of 3Lumbef, whichwill uo sola in lots to suit purcliasers. Addros?, K. KltfSEY, Uenoral Agent and Superintendent, sOtf Knappton, W. T. Sheriff Sale. Y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION issued upon a decroo of the Circuit Court of the State of Orejron for the County of Clatsop.mado on thql3th day of August, 1873, in which Alan son Ilinman is Plaintiff, and James "Welch and Nancy Welch aro defendants, commanding and directing mo to sell lots ono, two, three, four and five, in block one hundred aridtwolyo, of fcJhivcly's Astoria, in tho County of Clatsop, in the State of Oregon, or so many of them as may ho sufficient to pay and satisfy tho several sums of monoy in said decree specified, to-wit: the sum of throe hundred and eighty-one and fifty ono-hundredths dollars,and interest there on at ono per cent per month, in favor of stiid? plaintiff and against said defendant James Welch; also, the further sum of forty dollars for attorney's compensation, togethor with costs and disbursements taxed at 21 05-100 dol lars, and costs to accrue on said execution, I have this day levied upon all tho right, titles, interest and estate of tho said James Welch and Nancy Welch, in and to .the said lots ono, two, three, four andlivo, in said block one hun dred and twelve, in said Shively's Astoria, in Clatsop county, State of Oregon, and shall pro-, ceed to sell tho same at Public Aaction, to tho 'highest bidder for cah, on tho -itli day of Oc- tobet, lbfvJ, at 2 o'clock p.m. ot said day, at tho-Court-house door, in tho County and Stato abovo written. W. 11. TWILIGHT, Sheriff of Clakop Co., Orogon. " Dated at Astoria, Oregon, tills, 3d day of September, 1873. sJtf SCHOOL BOOKS. S HAS AJVKEAD.X' BEEST AOTOTJNCED through the newspapers or tho btato, tho following named books hav.e-beon duly select ed1 as the authorized text books in the branches mentioned, in tho Public Schools of Oregon,for Pour years commencing Oct. 1, 1S73.. Arithmetic Thompson's New Gradod Soiios, (including Xow Mental, for primary classes ISTow lludimcnts and New Practical), and Brooks' Normal Mental, for advanced classes Geography Montieth's Introduction to Man ual, and Physical and lmorinediato (both Pacific Coast Edition. Gr vmmar Clark's Beginner's and Normal. United States History Barnes' Brief His tory. Gknkr vij niSTORY Peter Parley's Univorsal, (for beginners). Penmanship Spencerian system and copies. FOR SCHOOLS OF ADVANCED ORVDES. niniiER Arithmetic Bobinson's Progressivo Higher. Geom etry Algebra Brooks' : Composition, Harts'. Gener vl JIistory Anderson's (advanced. Physiology Steele's " Fourteen Woeks." Natural Philosophy Steele's "14 Veeks." Chemistry Steele's " Fourteen "Weeks." Botany Wood's Botanist and Floii't . Book Keeping Bryant and Stratton's (High School Edition. The readers and spellers will bo selected about tho middlo of September. Tho law rc-iuires that tho books solected shall be introduced into all tho Public Schools of the Stato, "on or boforotho first day of Oc tober, IbTS." But the act, (owing to an inad vertent omission in framing it, did not go into effect until three months aftor tho close of tho session, and as there has boon some unavoida ble delay from other causes, tho toxt-books havo been adopted at so lato a day that it would bo a hardship upon tho patrons of tho schools to insist upon having tho introduction of tho " authorized" seiios completed by tho day named in tho law. XJndor these circum stances tho Stato Board of Education has con cluded to tako tho responsibility of extending tho timo so as to sccuro tho gradual introduc tion of tho books that havo been adopted. Iler.co, though it will bo expected and required that all tho Public Schools of tho State shall begin in good faith " on or beforo October 1st, lb7o," (if tho books can bo procured by that timo), to introduco tho " authorized" series, they will bo allowed until March 1st, lb71, to complete the introduction. (By the order of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for tho Stato of Oregon.) In tho meantime, lot District Directors, Teachers, and all others having authoiityrsoo to it that tho books which havo been selected aro introduced as rapidly as possible, Aftor October 1st, 1S78, tho purchase of any other b'ooks, for uso in Public Schoojs, than thoso named above, is most strictly forbidden . " And any District noglccting to so provide for tho introduction of tho- 'authorized' series of toxt books, shall forfeit its proportion of tho School fund for tho succeeding year, and every ' year thereafter until all of said serios aro in troduced," (School Laws, Section 12). V. A. TENNmrv Superintendent of Schools au30tf for Clatsop County. wmxuBscmeMmttj.ujmimmioKxzmcmLMMm.uxjMJiM.aiammmni i mi u mi i n L. P. PISHER, ADVERTISING AGENT, Rooms 20 & 21 Merchant's Exchange, Cali fornia street, San Francisco, SOLICITS ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUB scriptions for tho Tri-"Weekly Astorian and for papers published in California, Oregon andNovada; "Washington, Utah, Idaho, Mon tana, Colordo, Arizona and adjacent Territo ries; Sandwich Islands, tho British Possessions Mexican ports, Nicaragua, Panama, Valpa raiso, Japan and China; Now Zoaland and tho Australian Colonies, tho Atlantic Stat03 and Europe. Has created many a now business; Has enlargod many an old business Has rovived many a dull business; Has rescued many a lost ousinoss; Has saved many a failing business; Has preserved many a largo business And insures success in any business. GIRARD'S SECRET Stephen Girard used to say in old age: " I havo always considered advertising liberally and long to bo tho great medium of success in business, and tho prelude to wealth. And I have made it an irvarible rule to advertise in dull times as woll as tho busiest, long oxperienco showing that monoy thus spent is woll laid out. ,as by continually kooping my businoss beforo tho public it haa secured many sales that I otherwise would havo lost." ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS. KEEP your NAME BEFORE the PUBXICy Judicious Advertising Insures . A EOHTUNE' If Businoss is dull, ADVERTISE! , If Business ia brisk ADVERTISE! &5"The man who didn't believoin advertis ing has gone into partnership with the Sheriff, and that official does the advertising. - . - NEWADAvERTISEMENTS., Maliiifaatumaflouse UL kJL f Tf :Mf-OBEGOJTr- UiO iiurr - vuxGBimimm&jmmijf,: "&mwmm,tmjmutnt.m am -Fdshel & Roberts, Corner Firbt and Washington Streets, 1 PORTLAND, OEEGOST. IASHMABLI CLOTHIERS, AXD MANUFACTURERS, THE BEST VALUE FOR THE LEAST 'MONEY. PROPOSALS t - Eor the' Coribtruction of the Astoria Farm ers' Company's "Wharf and "Warehouse. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by tho Board of Directors of the AstoriaJFarm ers'. Company, for tho construction of a AVharf and "Warehouse,, until tho Gth day of Septem bor, at 12 o'clock m. Bids will bo ontertained. For the We, or any Porta of (he Work! Tho Company will furnish all materials, Eor further particulars, enquire at tho offico of the' Company. 1 he Board reserve tho right to ro j ect any ei: all bids. By order of tho President. au2Gtd S. D. ADAIR, Secretary. . , i G-eorge A. Pease,.- Pacific Boot and Shoe Storo, Is now prepared to wait on his customers, At The Id Stand Again I. S. "W. Corner First and Morrison Streets, ' Portland, Oregon. HALL'S PATENT Sire eJn'd Burglar Proof S-AEES!- A NTOBER OF THESE SUPERIOR Safes x3l can now bo seen at tho Agricultural store of Knapp, Burrell tc Co., fortlantl. 'JLUo liall safes aro superior to any now in uso, are abso lutely firo pi oof Books and papers deposited in tho Hall safes, aro warranted not to mould. These Safes all have Kali's Patent Combination Lock! "Without cither ICey or Ivoy-holo. Prices Ninetj7, Dollars anclTJpwards! nX2-Many leading houses in tho State havo already been supplied with thqso safes, and ovor 71),U00 worth have been sold to prominent Blinkers, Merchants and County officials in California. WM. B. WILSH1RE, Agent Pacific Branch, Hall's Safo a28tf ., and Lock Co,, San Francisco Schools ! t. HEX. AND THE. pop Scott tamar ScM "Will Ro-open in Portland, on ffiOAT, SEPTE3IBEa Isi, 1S731 Private School. Sqtjemcque Street .' Astoria Undor tho Management of tho R8Y. Mr. anil Mrs. Hylantl "Will Re-open on MOHDA1T, SEPTEMBER 3, 1S73 KsT Tuition per quarter, in advance, S7 50. 'ILL'S PATENT IMPROVED SPRING Stamp, for stamping Linen and 1800 othor articles. A silver-plated stamp of fine finish and perfect construction, with bottle of be3t Indeliblo Ink, Ink Pad, and throo entire Al phabets, onclosod in a neat box, with full in structions, sent prepaid, for .only SI 50. Tho best thing for tho price over invented. Agents wanted. II. C. Barnard & Co., 314 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo. ' auii tf WELLS, FARGO ct'COSXPEESS, HATnSTG. ESTABLISHED OFFICES IN all parts of Orogon, Washington and Idaho Territories, we aro prepared to do a General Express and Freighting business in all its branches. Freight or Packages will bo called for in any part of tho city (by giving propor notice) and forwarded with dispatch to any part of the world, through our own and connecting Ex presses, at Greatly reduced rates- COLLECTIONS MADE, and Commissions 'for Purchaso of Goods, otc, etc., will rocoivo prompt attontion. AVo shall continuo to DRAW EXCHANGE as usual on alhtho principaL cities of the Unit ed States, thoXJanadas and Europe, and to sell TELEGBAPHIC-EXCHANGE whon desired. WELLS, FARGO & CO &rVix Dsix, Reeident Agent,-Astoria.,, i MISCELLANEOUS. OOVI BadaeigSrMusic Store a i Sole Agency for tho m Instruments of tlxe World ItL"LtTTrDiY-(0: piAisrcfe-r ti 3r?. nOWEREULLY CONSTRUCTED. IliVhlv a? finished andtelogantbrdeignedr Acknowl edged by the greatest living Pianists-Liszt, RubenstohTand Loutner to bc'theTnostrre markablo Tianos in existanco for Power, Sweetness, Durability, Brilliancy and Perfec tion of Touch CtEOK&E WOOD'S he: (Boston)' ' "Wonderful Cabinet, Ofe'G-lFS! i The most important invontion of the day ca pable of. producing immense power, as well as ovory slrado'of'dehcate inusicaKexpression. 35" Call and examine before puichasing.-iru ... W K.' BADGER, N 0.113 Third Street, (near tho Postofficb), Portland, Oregon., 7!t "EstablisliedU T7eiity-.tv o jears J. McCoxniick, PUBLISHES: ,;. ran OOK, BOOKSEILER AM'STATlONER, 19 First Street, Portland, Orogon. j Conistantly'Oii Hand, a full.Stook of 'STANDARD SCHOOL' BOOKS, And Staple Stationery. J. K, GrI'LL& Go., ' k ' (Successors to G, A. S,teel & Co.,) IMPORTER'S:' AVHOLESALE AXD KETA3X DEALEHS IK BOOKSTAND STATIONERY. Xo.-75 First street, bet. Washington and Stark PORTLAND, OREGON. J. Kraemer & Co., " ! ' Importers of and . "Wholesale Dealers in...-,.. BOOTS AP3D SHOES, 47 Front Streot, Portland, Oregon. OFFEi.': TO TnE TRADE FULL LINES of Glens', Boys', and Youths' French Calf and Kip Boots; Ladies', Missos and Childrcns Shoos of all grades, and atecr a 'full lino of Slippers. - - . , au!4 tf R. C. JANION. JASIOX, KITODES & CO ' h Victoria, 33. C. . Liverpool." Janion &f Rhodes, ' .Importers and Commission 31 ershanta Front Street, Portland. Lloyd's Agents ifor Oregon THE PIONEER ENGLISH HOUSE IN tho. city,. and tho founders of a direct lino of Clipper Ships between Liverpool arid Port land, offer for sale tho largest assortment of General SEerchandise ,- . In, Portland. A 3Appointed Agents for J, & E Ten nont's Celebrated brand of Ale arid Stout; Win Younger & Co's Celebrated Edin bur ale, Gilroy Brothers & Co.'s Dundee Gram Sacks, "vool Sacks and Burlaps, ' i-Sole Agents for Blood, Wolfe & Co's 'Celebrated brand of ale and Stout; Ind, Coope & Co.'s Celebrated Bui ton ale; "Win AlcEwan'b Celebr'atccl Edinburg ale; TVoithington's Liverpool Salt; Hock in, "Wilson ds Co's Celebrated London Pickles and Sauces; J & J Armiutead's Celebated Durham Mubtard; J&HD Grimond's Celebrated Dundee Hemp flat ting and Carpetirfg; George Curling & Cos Citrates and Drugs ;Dunville's Irish Whis ky; Stewart's Scotch "Whisky; Hill, Evans & Cos EnglMi AEalt "Vinegar; ZNoble's & Hoare's London Varnish; Joiiii Eowler & Cos Celebrated Steam -Plows. au!2 NOTICE. Oi fice Oregon Ieov Workf', South Front St. Portland, Orogon, April 2vj, 1S73. j" , At a meeting of the Stockholders of tho Oro gon Iron Works, it was resolved to continuo the business. "H e shall continuo tho businoss, as heretofore, and have added tho inanutacturo of Robb's .Patent Similt3nian Head Blocis'for Saw Mills! A groat' saving of labor also : Robb's Parent Gang Edger, and Gang Lath Hill! Wo would invito careful inspection of our work and. solicit tho patronage of Mill and Steam boat men. -Wo naVe on hand -a largo assort ment of OREGON 31 ADE SToY&U Persons wishing businoss in our lino should givous a call, as we aro prepared to do work as low as good material and workmen will war rant, J. A. XiOBB, ffitC Supt.. Oregon Iron Works. COME AND SEE I'D A 1 4-, ih 1'f rA'UirMiuLiSKjjjhenaiaua street r