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CO 111 HI ..IIHHJMI II F"' l " '.J t . -JJ .", nn W.WW.I WH ! !'J.li mi BB iwrnnimimiiiin wn mil ijmii.hu 'ULLilJLUgWgggBg.U.11 ii " i "im .11'ijpii.j ii jiii i i mnwn!mjuiM.iiniwii. .nn'i'i.Lj ! ' f MWl-'-g ...m juiimwii ii ipm.-'U "SlrtfTSW WEEK ff. Xn -,$ - i Vol. 1. Astoria', Oregon, Thursday Morning, Oct. 16, 1873. No. 47. ASTORIAN. THE ASTOEIAN. l'UIILISHKD KVKKY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, 1 Monitor Building, Astoria, Oregon. J. C. IKEI.AXI Proprietor Subscription Kates: Ono Copy onoyesvr. &J 00 Ono Copy six months 00 Ono Copy three months 1 o J&C" Single Number, Ten Cents. && Advertising Rcs: Ono Insertion persqunre, 10 lines or less...S2 50 Each additional Insertion, per square 2 00 Yearly adv'ts per month, per square .. 1 50 Agents- L. P. Fisher, 20 and 21 Xew Merchants Ex change, is authorized to act as Agent for tho Astori v 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 INTELLIGENCE. The schooner Fannie Bell is at the ship yard, undergoing repairs. The "Windward will soon complete her cargo, at the rate wheat is arriving now. The steamer Oneatta took the barken tine Jane A. Palkinburg in tow for Port land last Thursday. The oystervillc schooners carry from three thousand five hundred to five thous and baskets of oysters to a trip. The steam tug Merri mac now occupies a berth at Capt. Pichard Hob'son's new dock, which is sufficiently advanced in construction to be used. Dr. A. G. Kinney, of Salem, was in the city last. Tuesday looking for storage room for 10,000 bushels of wheat, llurry up your docks, gentlemen, the demand fur them will soon be pressing. The bark Free Trade, hence for San Francisco on the 14th, carried away a spar eighty-six feet long, in which there is not a blemish the size of a man's thumb nail. It came from the vicinity of Iialaina. The entire export trade of Puget Sound for the year ending August 31st, in round numbers amounted to 060,910; of this amount 417,01S was in American ves els. This is nearly equal to the salmon exports of Astoria. The jury in the case of the State of Oregon vs. C. W. Meek, tried in "Wash ington county on indictment for murder, rendered a verdict of not guilty, on the 9th, and the prisoner was released. lion. "W. D. Hare of this city, was one of the counsel-for the defense. M. P. Callender o'f Clatsop plains, a member of the Art Preservative frater- nit3T, has tried his hand at composition and press work in the Astorian office recently, and finds it about as natural to keep up his lick as when, some years ago he relin quished his hold of the stick and struck for the west. Sheriff J. H. "Whitcomb of Pacific county, was in the city on Tuesday last on a flying visit. He informs us that the sch. Carolita, with a cargo of oysters for San Prancisco left the bay on Sunday last: the sch.Three Sisters expected to sail Tuesday, and the sch". Louisa Morrison to-morrow. Two schooners were expected at Oyster ville when Mr. "Whitcomb came away. The schooner H. L.Tierman had not boon set afloat at 3 o'clock yesterday. It leing the height of the highest tides when she went on, and the water has fallen off to such extent that it is doubtful whether she would float light. The steam tug As toria cannot approach her where she lies, for depth of water, but will make the effort to get a hawser aboard of tho vessel to-day and pull herwr. Capt. Brown of the barkentine Jane A. Falkinburgh, will' please accept our thanks for favors, and a file of Hawaiian papers. The Falkinburg arrived at Hon olulu on the 11th ult., after a run of IS days. Exchanged her Oregon cargo for one of Island productions, and arrived home on the 13th inst. Matters in the Kingdom remained pretty much the same at last advices by the Co-ta Pica. Iving Lunahlo's health was improving but the mutineers were yet resisting his counsels. The Advertiser of the 20th congratulates itself that a great reform has? just been ac complished in the disbanding of the stand ing army. Taking the Advertiser's view of the situation, ".there is nothing in the past history of Hawaiian administrations that will compare, in respect to its dam aging effects on her character abroad, com mercially and diplomatically, as the stoiy of theMini-terial inability to maintain the laws, against two dozen native soldiers." Gen. Michler, Major Robert's succes cnr. k n. nashensrer on the John L. Stchens. i " Columbia river salmon (very nice,) fourteen cents per pound" is one of the specialties advertised by a Jackson (Mich igan) firm. Jacob Kamm, Esq., who has been sojourning jn California for some time gaining: health, is among the passengers on the John L. Stephens. About twenty men are emplo3Ted on the construction of the Farmers wharf and warehouse in this citv. Piles have been driven and are bein- capped for the space j of one hundred by sixty-four feet, and work has begun on the roadway. Capt. Dixon of the Spirit of the dawn reports having seen a water spout while that vessel was lying outside the bar last week. As near as he could reckon, the huge column of water was three miles away, and as near to the vessel as he de sired it to be. Capt. Dixon has seen wa ter spouts innumerable, and this did not annoy him in the least. Vessels caught in these water spouts are torn to pieces in a jiffy. TheOregonian says: "The numerous friends of Mrs. P. P. Church will be pleased to learn that she has returned to the city, and will take charge of her de partment in the Portland Academy and Female Seminary on next Monday. This will be especially gratifying to tho many children who always flock around her and welcome her return. This being the middle of the term a large increase in at tendance is expected." Mrs. Church taught at Fort Stevens last Summer. The State Board of Education, in ac cordance with subdivision two, section 17, of the school laws of Oregon, have adopted a set of rules and regulations for the gov ernment of Public Schools and school of ficers, from which we extract as follews: Pule 18. Teach el's are authorized to re quire excuses from the parents or guardians of pupils, either in person or by written note in all cases of absence or tardiness, or of dismissal before the close of school, and no excuse shall be deemed valid ex cept that of sickness or nece-sary employ ment. The teacher shall be the judge of the sufficiency of excuses subject to an ap peal to the Directors. Utile 14. "Whenever the un excused ab sences of any pupil during any one term shall amount, in the aggregate, to five days, he shall be excluded from the school, and shall not be permitted to attend the same or any public school for three months thereafter. For this purnose un- excused absence or tardiness for a half day or less, and for more than one hour, at any one time, shall be deemed a half day's absence; and such absence or tar diness for more than half a day, at one time, shall be reckoned as absence for a whole day. "When a pupil's absence for j a single term, wneuier excused or unex cused, amount in the aggregate to seven da3rs, he shall forfeit his place-in his class es, and ihall be transferred to the classes next below in all his studies. We are indebted to A. Wing tfc Co., of Oysterville, for a full sack of delicious oysters. A. S. Mercer, who is getting up the grand excursion to Astoria, paid Corvallis a visit vesterdav. Everv available shelter in Davton is piled full of sacked wheat awaiting shipment. The storage capacity of the seven' warehouses in Albany is 610,000 bush els, and they are nearly all full. A returned Astorian, who, "while at Salem attending the fair last week was unable to obtain anything more gorgeous than a wisp of straw and a pair of blankets, on the hurricane roof of the Chemeketa, and to be solaced in his wretchedness by the mutterings of fellow sufferers, as the porter continued to bring up victims to get his " dollar and a half's" worth of straw, " breakfast ticket in cluded," until he found the camp of Mr. I. S. Swearinger, of Junction, wishes to publicly thank that gentle man for his attention. A hitter feud which has existed for the past two or three vears be tween A. IT.. Whitley and Till Glaze, ! at Dallas, Polk county, terminated in a bloody row at that place last Monday afternoon, in. whic.i the former was killed by being shot through the body by. Glaze.. About j one year ago the son ,of -Mr. Whitley was Riued. oy tne same man ny a shot intended for the father. Glaze was tried for this and acquitted. This terrible tragedy terminates, we suppose, one of the bitterest feuds that has ever existed in our 'State. TJIE TIIE IS OUT. The tide is out; and faint and far The lessening riplets play; A strange, swift loss of aftluence falls "Upon the sunny bay; And strangled kelpand tangled weeds, And flat, wet -wastes of sand, "With gaunt white rocks and shallow pools, Disfigure all the strand. And yet, an hour agone I passed; "What wealth of wave was here! "With till its creeks and channels full, The bay lay broad and clear; Its fresh green isles seemed anchored deep, Lapped to their grasses' edge, And deep a blue sea's secret slept The weed and wave-worn ledge. O, ebbing tide and naked shores; O, shrunken, shallow bay; How sharp and true the type you bring, Of my soul's gauge to-day! And yet, but yesterday I knew Its farthest banks were brimmed, And fair, green isles, in amber light, On its still depths were limned. I deemed I drew in thought and word, From un guessed depths of power; And those dim depths flashed bright with goms In that full-flooded hour; But ah! to-day the tide is out! Behold these tangled weeds; These bare, brown shores and weltering pools, Reveal my spirit's needs. O, fair, bright bay; thy wealth of wave "Wells not from thine own springs, Or leaps it in from mountain heights, Fresh as the morning's wings; And Thou, who mak'st its ebb and flow, The truth is too for Thee; The flood which fills thy deepest deeps Flows from a far-off sea. O, shoreless sea! O, degp of love, Thou tide of life to me, Flow through the channels of my life "With fuller tide, and free! Ebb thou no more from out my soul; Leave here no weltering shore; But grant through all my being's reach, A flood-tide evermore! Rev. "W. "W. Marsh. COIUl ESPOXJNGXCE Poktland, October 11, 1873. Editok Astemax: A battle has been going on for several days, between the rain and smoke; and as yet the issue is doubtful, there being a bluish tinge visible in the air. As soon as the rain began to fall, three steamers of the "Wallamet river Transpor- tation Company started up the Wallamet in search of wheat. The Beaver, which ' has just been completed, is an elegant lit-I tie craft, and has the reputation of being able to go anywhere after a heavy dew. It! .., ., wonmc n ir Thnao i.rnnmir8 mio-hr. iimf. e: .ww. ..w ...v, wwv.ww.M .a.w J...OW .o well carry their freight to Astoria as to discharge here, and have so much of the grain handled a second time. The Oregon Steam Navigation Compa ny have constructed a grain elevator on the wharf, just below the landing of the Astoria steamers. Already there is a con siderable quantity of wheat in the ware house of this company. Now is the time for theAstorians to show 5? the State Fair, although many have gone. A great many houses are bping built in i tne ournt district. j. peculiar icaiure oi them is the number of brick buildings one story in height, which have been erected. Some of the.-e. extending the whole length of a block, have a dcidudly odd appear ance. Many ot the new buildings, especi ally those erected immediately after the fire, are primitive in style, but the majori ty are of a better class than those which formerly occupied the same ground. A number of fine business houses have been built in another part of the city, du ring the past season. It is amusing how the place is working towards deep water. Whenever a heavy fire chauges tie place of business, it moves down the river, In a few more years you may see Portland cominr around Tongue Point. The Sedalia is still at the Iron "Works, receiving her machinery. E. According to the news received'last eveping from Portland, Nesmith is elected to Congress by a large majority. ' D. E. Pease brought the returns from the election at Skipanon (Clatsop Plains), last evening. Nesmith has a majority of three votes. if they are in earnest. Portland people ana hereafter require strict com- j Northwest in opposition to the stand- money, and those few will be far from , obligatory on the part ot Ameiican Quite a number of cargoes of lumber risking it in such a venture. j shipper to procure a permit from I Michi-an have msed rru-f ,. f :frt ,w.,vfni -hnooMen r the Citv of Mexico before a free , ruiu L,aKe jncmgan nae passed JLlii; UlkY IS 1IVK IIU.H.V, VH-CVI tU ULWIUCI, v. ..-,..... t I TELEGRAPH DISPATCHES. Tlie lrice of Gold. Portland, Oct. loth. Gold in New York to-day, 109J; Portland Legal Tender rates, 90 Buying, and 91 selling. Miscellaneous News. California will produce this year about 1,000 bales of cotton. The Secretary of the Navy discred its the report of the foul death of Capt. Hall. Eight persons have been arrested in Boston charged with circulating obscene literature. Probably Prescott Arizona will be in telegraphic communication by the first of December. The San Francisco Cadets under Capt, McDonald, returning from the East, gave an exhibition at Omaha. George A. Clarke, son of the cash ier and agent of the Union Pacific railroad, is missing with $10,000, the proceeds of tickets sold last month.- Dr. Branz, of Shreveport, says the backbone of the epidemic is broken that onlyeice will destroy it. The fever is more malignant than any he has met. The Clearing House Association agree to retire loan certificates at the rate of 20 per cent, per week, which will take five weeks to retire the . en tire issue. Win. W. Maryatt, Assistant As tronomer of Lieut. Wheeler's explor ing and surveying expedition, died October 8th, at Bozeman, Montana, of mountain fever. The Secretary emphatically asserts that outstanding legal tenders are not to exceed minimum figures, not a dollar more than the absolute de mands of the Government require. The colored Secretary of the State, of South Carolina, llahn, has been admitted as a student at the Univer sity, and three of the principal pro fessors have resigned in consequence. The effect of the general stringency of the currency market has placecl silver at a discount when sold for currency. The exact cause of this decline is not easily comprehended. It is stated that the entire crew of the ship Baltic, from New York, which arrived in San Francisco on Saturday, were'shanghaed on board. Several have lodged complaints in , the U. S. District Court. The case of Parshall, pastor of the Baptist church San Francisco, who is charged with familiarities with fe male members of his churdfb, has created q'uite a sensation, but the story is generally, disbelieved. The German corvette, Nymphe, Von Blanc commander, has arrived in San Francisco. She carries 14 mms. ISO m mi inf.mnin.r orhcors. and ' o . " . ' . made the voyage from Yokohama in 27 days under sail, hut steamed out of that port and into this. Telegrams received make it very probable that Scott has placed ten millions for the Texas and Pacific, with the privilege of takers to re ceive large additional bonds os rap idly as tlTey can be issued on com pleted road. The Mexican Government has an nulled the order of November last, The President, in connection with the Secretary of the Treasury and LompLroner oi yinency, nm aibo recommend to Congress legislation Comptroller of Currency, will also looking to. stringent restrictions on National Banks by which the legal tender reserve can be preserved in tact. A disnatch from Cant. Pierson. dated Nassau, October 5th, reports that the steamer Missouri was wreck ed October 1st off Bahama Islands. J The ship was broken in two.. The j crew and. passengers were all saved and landed at Bernini. The Secretary of the Treasury has expressed opinion that while a re turn to a coin basis as a result of the late financial panic would be quite unexpected, it was by no means mi possible nor improbable. Senator Conkling will not ac- ept the office of Chief Justice if tendered by the President. He proposes to retire to private life at the end of his Senatorial term and devote him- ; self in the future to the practice of law, and to making a fortune. transit oi lreignts can De made. Mr. Jay, American Minister, has written to "Washington recommend ing that provisions be made for send ing home from Vienna a number of waiters, laborers, and other Ameri cans now in that city, in a destitute condition. In Washington city on the 11th, Ex-Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, was shot by ex-Representative M. F. Con way, oi Kansas, romeroy is euipnat- ic in stating that he -never natt any difficultv controversy or cround for with Conway. The.Treasury reserves'are now be ing drawn on daily to pay the actual expenses of the Government. There is no apprehension of the Depart ment that the draft upon the?44,000, 000 reserve will be very heavy in ordinary course of business. The Indians who recently raided on Texas will be turned over to the State authorities, and all horses stolen from Texas are to be returned to owners. Agents are to be appoint ed by the United States to call the roll daily, and only three days' ra tions to be issued to Indians at one time. It is said Irving will prove that Kelly, now in Sing-Sing prison, kill ed Nathan with an iron dog, which was obtained of a caulker in the Brooklyn Navy Yard; that 810,000 in "bonds, which were in Nathan's safe were, seen in Kelly's hands a few days after the " murder ; that these bonds were negotiatad, and that Nathan's watch and chain were pawned in Center street the day after the murder. The overland stage was robbed near Redding, California, -a few days ago. Wells Fargo & Company's box contained $1,992, and about $2,000' in the hands of the passengers. One Chinaman had $1,000 around his waist in a belt, which the robbers cut. The other passengers had small amounts. Wells, Fargo & Co. have offered a reward of $250 for each ar rest, and one-fourth of the amuont of treasure recovered. It is customary to assert that, if punishment for crime could only bo made certain and prompt, criminals would be struck with terror, and crime be greatly dimished. Bufj ono thing seems to militate against such a conclusion. Society cannot hope to inflict upon her knaves any more prqmpt and certain punishment than nature does upon her fools and yet the latter keep on kindling fire with kerosene oil. Those who claim the heathen Chine'se can never become civilized, should have seen an irate, saffron colored Chinese gentleman in De troit the other day bounce an inebri ated person out of a laundry. When the battle was over somebody asked John what it was all about, when he replied: "Meliean man gette tight -foolee around me me put head on hiin- no go to jaii uoiiar a dozen." A correspondent at Detroit no tices the opening of a new avenue of trade for the lumber fields in tho Detroit since the opening of naviga tion, destined for Albany and other Eastern cities. This is a new direc- uti for the traffic, as. heretofore all L, , -, ', ,. , , the lumber cut on the shores of Lake Michigan has found a market in the Western States. From returns lately published, ' we learn that there are in India 315 different newspapers, of which 08 are English, 36 in the dialect which passes as English among the natives, and 211 are in the native language. One among themt sold at a pice, or farthing, is perh.aps the lowest pric ed newspaper in the world. The number of readers of India is very small, and it is the practice for crowds to assemble and listen to one reader, and in this way news is dis persed with remarkable rapidity. At the beginning of the present cen tury there were not more than five. newspapers in India. ,