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tn HmuULuiixw jujjji ijjniTjiiili MJMMfajhBrtWiMililiWfciaMMft I-WEEKLY a STORM. i flLSAjHMM . Astoria, Oregon, SaturdIy Morning, Sept. 13j 1873. Vol. 1. No. 33. TR THE ASTORIAN. PUBLISHED KVEUT TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, Monitor Building, Astoria, Oregon. . C. IRELAND Proprietor Subscription Kates: One Copy onoycar.... So J 8 no Copy six months - y yJJ no Copy three months 1 w A5 Singlo Number, Ten Cents. &k Advertising Kntes: One Insertion per square, 10 lines or Icss...S2 50 Each additional Insertion, per square 2 00 Yearly adv'ts per month, per square 1 50 Agents : L. Tt. Fisher, 20 and 2L New Merchants Ex change, i authorized to act as Agent for the Astoiu x in San Fr.mci.-co. Any friend who feels an interest in the pros perity of this region, is authorised to net as Agent for this paper, in procuiing sub-crib cis. CITY INTELLIGENCE. The Free Trade leaves San Fran cisco for the Columbia river to-day. The Kate L. Heron sailed for lillamook on Thursday. The grading of Benton street will be completed in a few days. Mr. John Adair, Jr., will return to California on the Oriflamme. The Hera, a three masted schoon er, sailed for San Francisco on Thur daw The Melanctbon is loading rail road iron at Oakland for the North ern Pacific Railroad. Spedden Bros, will take their new tug boat "Sedalia" to Portland to receive her machinery next week. Mr. Randall, C. E., expects to get through his survey on the Hog's back m two or three days. A force of carpenters are busy laying side walks on both sides of Main street. "We decline publishing the poet ical effusion of M. P. T. which came to hand a few ""days ago. A force of men are busily engag ed on the Catholic Church. They will soon have it enclosed and other wise protected from the weather. New seats have been placed in the Congregational Church. They add materially to its appearence and to the comfort of the Congregation. Some person dropped a letter into the post-office a few days ago only mentining the State (California) to which the letter was to go and omitting to mention the town "We are informed the A. F. Com. pain Js pile driver has been christen ed " Philip Low." It will commence work driving piles for the Company in a few da vs. The Emma Hayward has been engaged for tliG past few days bring ing grain from Portland to load the Otao which came here from Port land on "Wednesday. "We are pleased to learn from one of the proprietors of the Hemlock Tannery in this place that the de mand for his leather is constantly on the increase. He has had to decline nTing several large orders lately. Mr. Spear, who recently sold a portion of his claim to the Oregon Packing Company, intends to build for himself a handsome residence about three hundred yards from his old home. The Oregon Packing Company have cleared about two acres of ground, and have already begun the erection of their canning factory. This company have a capital of fifty thousand dollars. A force of foirrteemmen,wereat work ye-terday on the scow and pile driver be longing to the A.F. Company. They intend to complete it by the 2ulh inst. The scow will be 55 feet long, 20 feet beam and :VA depth of bole. Tiie gins of tills. pile d iverwill be 65 feet high. Mr. Joseph Eply has purchased the team belonging to Mr. Chas. Ross. Mr. Eply intends to employ his team in grading streets, and simular work. The steamer Idaho which sailed from San Francisco on "Wednesday last with railroad iron for the North ern Paciffic Railroad is expected to arrive here to-day or to-morrow. The schooner Adelaide went to the wreck of the John Francis on "Wednesday and stripped her of everything of value they could find, such as ropes, chains, sails and an chors. The Puget Sound despatch says the matrimonial fever has raged terribly among ihe maluie bachclois and widow ers of that section for ihe past few months and gives the following a3 some of the v:ctims, Boon, Red, Stuait, Wingard, and Yc-non. Miss SaUie Todd, Col. Ver non's bride, is a daughter of Alexander Todd, superintendent of the Castlenook Flsheiy, on Steilacoom Bay. The postmasier informs us that persons directing letters to Clatsop should either direct Lexington or Summer House, and not Clatsop Plains. "When so directed he doe3 not know which office to send to, and so considerable delay may be occa sioned in the receipt of letters by such misdirection. Mr. Fred Colbert, who has been living in the vicinitty of Chinook, had his Salmon house and its con tents burned up on "Wednesday last. The fire was evidently the work of an incendiary, as there had been no fire about the premises for months previous. There were ninety barrels of Salmon in the house atrtrie timej all of which was consumed or de stroyed. Loss estimated, about eight hundred dollars. Mr. Colbert offers a reward of $100 00 to any person who will reveal the culprit. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Occident, Astohu, Sept. 12. Thos. F. Tilden, "W. Blasdbert, Miss B. Luedsly, D. Dertz, Portland; "Wm. Clements, and Miss Clements, San Fran cisco; John F. Bruder, Knappa; R. C. Nally and wife, Salem; T. S. Jewitt, As toria; JohnHolman, Oyaterville; Floyd A. Hanaker, H. F. Jessarp Charles Bad ih, Fort Stevens; Ludui ig Landenberger, Strohlsund, Germany. TELIGKAPH DISPATCHES. The United States. Portland, Sept. 4. Gold in New York to-day, 11 LV; Portland Legal Tender rates, S7- buying, and SS selling. Poiitland, Sept. S. Portland gives Dingley (Republican) 1,571 voies for Governor; Ticomb (Democrat) 95G; Williams (Liberal Repnblican) 114. Sixty iree towns give Dingley 13,864 u ftia-.-ivii' too -r rib, 9,12 ll hams, 488. Majori- Ticomb ty for Dingley, 4.294. This indicates a majority of 12,000 in a vote of about 80,000. The retu ns are still too few to judge fairly. The Republicans have elected their Representatives. Lack of interest in the election make3 returns meagre. Chicago, Sept. 9. The most remark able game of billiards on record was played here to-night between George Slosson and John Bessunger, both of this city. The game was the four-bal I on a carrom table two thousand points up, for a stake of $250 a side, and was w on by Slosson in fourteen innings, he scoring 2,001 to Bessunger7s 210. Time of game one hour and fifty min utes. Slossou's largest runs were 063 in the second inning, 444 in the third a.id 534 in the sixth. Little Rock, Sept. 9. A private dispatch from Shrevepot reports 204 cases of yellow fever. Charleston, Sept. 9. Some ex citement was caused here to-day by a band of negro strikers, who visited the principal mills of the city and by threats of violence forced the hands to strike for $2 per day. The employ ers declined to accept, throwing nearly 2,000 laborers out of employ ment. New York, Sept. 10. F. Alexan der & Sons, of New York, received a telegram from Havana to-day, advis ing them of a great conflagration there, and of the destruction of a large number of inhabitants, and appeal ing to Americans for aid. "Washington, Sept. 10. The Com missioner of Internal Revenue has re ceived a telegram from Deputy Com missioner Sweet, of Springfield, Il linois, stating that he has arrested Deputy Collector Smith, and has war rants issued for several others on charge of being implicated in frauds with Collector Hamper. Moxp.og, Sept. 9. Judge T. S. Crawford and Dist' ict Attorney Ar thur H. Harris, of the Twelfth Judi cial District, were assassinated yester day by an escaped convict, twelve miles southwest of "Winnsborough, in Frankliu Parish, while on their way to hold Court at that place. Pacific Coast Items- Marysville, Sept. 10. There is a large attendance at Agricultural Park. In the trotting race, best three in five, for a purse of $500, the entries were: "Jerome," "Geo. Treat-," "May Davis" and " Oregon Jake." " Treat" won the first money "Jerome" the second and " Davis"3th'e. third. Sacramento, Sijp 10. Prepara tions for the State v Fair arerapidly pushing-forward; " San Francisco, ept "9. The Far mers7 Jute Manufacturing Company was incorporated to-day. Capital, 200,000. Detective Lees and Chief Crowley begin to believe there is some truth in the statement of Irving relative to the Nathan murder. Lees says Irv ing has told some things which he could not have known had he not been connected with the murder. San Francisco, Sept. 9. Jack Shep pard will accomplish his walking feat of 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours on Sun day at 3 p. ar. if he lives. He is now reduced to a mere walking skeleton. The twenty-second anniversary of the admission of California into the Union will be properly celebrated to day. The work of reconstructing the steamer Yaiiderbilt into the ship Three Brothers is nearly completed. She will be -eody for sea by the mid dle of November. Seattle "W. T. Sept. 10. The Unit ed States steamer Tuscarora, which has been detailed to make the sur- l laving the telegraph cable from this " T !., .. nent, arrived here last evening from San Francisco. She will make Cape Flattery the initial point of the sur vey. Foreign News, Madrid, Sept. 9. Several officers have thus far left the Government service because military laws are not enforced. Generals Gonzales, Ceballos and Pavia have been promoted to the rank of Lieu tenant General. Paris, Sept. 9. A party of Mormon emigrants have j ust arrived heie on their way to America. They have been notified by the Perfect of Police that if the3T attempt to hold their religious exercises in public they will bo expelled from the city. An exchange says that Mr. Wil son, wife or the late liou. Joseph G. Wilson, has accepted the position of one of the teachers in the Dalles public school. Communicated VANITY. Vanity means emptiness, infla tion, self-conceit. Of all things, we would most dislike to be called empty-headed; to avoid being "so called, we should be con stantly trying to improve our minds, and to impart what knowledge we may have to those around us, so that, the youth of our land, may not grow up with their minds "full of emptiness." Inflation is another phase of Van ity. Whenever we see a person who pretends to know so much that his knowledge seems to be painful, both to himself and all around him, such a display of learning, reminds us of a soap bubble which if it be handled or examined too closely, will vanish; then my young friends (as this article is written for the young) let us never pretend to know that which we do not, and never ashamed to own our ignorance, or ask information upon any subject. As selfconceit is classed under the head of Vanity, let us examine our selves, and see if we cannot find, a little, at least, concealed about each one of us. We are very certain that, by h close inspection, we can. With some it may be very nearly smother ed by good sense. It is said a plant will not grow or flourish without air, then, give your self-conceit as little air as possible, and you may be able to kill it altogether. Vanity is generally applied to those who are vain of their dress or beauty. You certainly know that your clothes will go out of fashion, and that time will fade the fairest face, therefore, we-would advise yon to give the greater part of your time and atten tion, to clothing, decorating and beautifying your mind and heart, for that part of us which outlasts time, and grasps eternity cannot be said, to go out of fashion or fade away. Selaii. THE OUTLOOK. The amount of work that at pres ent is going on in Astoria is very cheering to the citizens of this far famed and rapidly growing city. While scarcely anything is heard of in other parts of this State and the adjoining territory but dull times and forced sales, with us time3 never were better, as is evidenced by the fact that property is almost daily ex changing hands at advanced rates. This extraordinary prosperity, con sidering the times, is mainly owing to the settling up of the adjacent country, and the increased amount of shipping from this port, and also the man j' canning factories in and adja cent to this county which have been erected in the past few years. These are some of tlie causes to which we owe our present growth and prosper ty. Never was there a better open ing for immigrants in any country than there is in this, especially in the vicinity of the Nehalem Valley. The land there is rich; the climate is the very best. Chills and fever, which abound in other parts of the State, are unknown there. To the manufacturer this section" presents attractive openings. Hem lock bark abounds here in limitless quantities, which as every one knows, is very valuable for tanning purposes. Spruce timber also largely abounds, and is being much sought after for the manufacture of boxes and barrels, and is now being shipped from this port constantly to foreign as well as domestic markets. Here the woodsman may find con stant labor in getting out cord wood, and sfciange to say, notwithstanding the complaint throughout the State generally about hard times, a gentle man who is engaged in the wood business tells Ike writer it is impossi ble to find white-men to cut cord wood at $1 25 percord. So he is compelled to hire Chinamen in order to keep his wood yard supplied. In view of these facts, there are no people who have more reason to feel encouraged than the residents of Clatsop county, and we heartily in vite others, who are .looking for a place to settle, to come among us, and we will assure them that their labors, if properly directed, will be well rewarded. &ISCEUAXEOUS ITEMS. Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. The fellow who said " Strike, buc hear," goes about with his head ban daged, and wishes he had said, ." Strike, but not here." A sense of humor serves many peo ple in lieu of wisdom, and keeps them from making themselves ridic ulous through print. Josh Billings says: " I have often been told that the best way is to take a bull by the horns; but I think, in many instances, I should prefer the tail hold." A Western critic, noted for his softness of style, speaks of an " Indi an poet who was recently sent to the penitentiary for three years for plag iarizing a horse." " Pure love is monarch of all difi culties. Beautiful and light-footed, like the leopard it leaps thj chasms of separation, and crouches delighted at the feet of his own !' ' Just so. There's many a person who tries to be religious., but never tries to be noble-minded, tolerant, polite and agreeable. Down at Beaufort," S. C, the men take partners for surf-bathing as ior a dance. A handsome young fellow plants himself in the water and opens his arms as the breaker is coming. A young lady flies to his clap, and there remains safe until all danger is-over. A Bennington daughter, whose dc mestic nature is equal to her natural simplicity, was invited by an Advent exhorter to join his sect, get her white robes read', and prepare to as cend. " I canTt," the maid replied "father and mother are going up and somebody must stay and see to the cattle." "The Father of His Country," was something of a land grabber, if owning a princely domain constitute one a member of that f-aternity. The Lynchburg Republican thus describes his immense possessions, which in their vast area rivaled thofe of Friedlander in California. "I:i 1792, Washington owned 61,244 acre J of the best land in Virginia, li-s home tract numbered more than 8, 000 acres, and was washed by ten miles of the Potomac; and other large portions of his possessions were iu Fayette, Washington, O.io, and other counties in West Virginia. A very large part of this immense estate, of course, was uncultivated. The ripa rian extent alone of his possession, 79J miles. The number of hands employed in 1792 to work that por tion that was under cultivation one hundred -and twenty-six. His pro- ' ceeds from it were remunerative." Ukcl&imed Letters. Letters to the following persons Tcmain- cd uuelaimed at the post-office in Astoi'ia, t' Sept list, 187.3: . Olof Benson, Patrick Burke, ; W. W. Grav, York E. Hime, - Michael Lawler, Mr. Lcn Norman, Mr. Len L. Norman, Z. N. Wan en. , -The distance between Astoria- . and Cape Disappointment is fifrpp.ri miles, and, from Astoria .to Clatsop is seven miles. - . . - .V.