i CM & LmntBUi1 wwMLrm i ,i ,i haml TKI-WEEELY ASTORIAK Yol. 1. Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, Oct. 18, 1873. No. 48. THE ASTORIAN. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, Monitor Building, Astoria, Oregon. . C. IREIiAXI) Proprietor Subscription Kates: One Copy onoyear. $5 00 One Copy six months 3 00 One Copy three moptli 1 50 eST Single Xumber, Ten Cents. S5l Advertising" Kates : One Insertion per square, 10 lines or less...$2 50 Each additional Insertion, per square 2 0Q Yearly adv'ts per month, per square 1 50 Agents- L. P. FrsirEit, 20 and 21 New Merchants Ex change, is authori7ed to aet as Agent for the Astori v.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. Limberger cheese at 50 cents a pound at Heed's. First class laboring men and mechan are in demand in Abtoria. Very quiet elections everywhere Ohio, Pennsylvania, Oregon all same. Capt. Mudge is busy framing tim bers on Ferrell's wharf for the roadway. One of the best boats in the Astoria trade is the schooner Adelaide. Capt. Lewis. The California left for Sitka on the 15th. She towed the schooner Hera to sea from Portland. The United States steamer Shubrick left these gay and festive scenes for Shoal water bay on Thursday. The British bark Professor Airy, and the Boswell Sprague, at last accounts, were in Valparaiso August 25th. "We paid the farmer's wharf a visit on Thursday. Some of the best materials in the State are being used in the construction of this dock. The bark Mariano , 549 tons, is chart ered in San Francisco to load wheat for Liverpool, terms private. The Mariano is from Manilla. Mr. A. S. Mercer, in a private letter to Mrs. M. states that the excursionists from Albany to Astoria will probably ar rive here Monday evening. Captain James M. Spotts is tempora rily relieved from duty as Inspector of the Twelfth Lighthouse District, and ordered to examination for promotion. Mr. Kirkpatrick of Nehalem valley delivered the poll books at the Count' Clerks office in this city on Thursday. The vote stands six for Hiram Smith, one for Nearnith. Tuesday evening next, at Spiritual Hall in this city, Astoria Pire Company No. 1, will give a public ball, in honor of the Albany excursionists. The public generally are invited. Among the attendants at the funeral of Mr. George Summers yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. John Hobson, and Mrs. Ownes, who crossed the plains with him in 1843 thirty years ago. 9 The fact that the Hemlock tannery at upper Astoria is pressed to its fullest ca pacity to fill its orders for leather, is suffi cient testimony that there is room enough here for several more tanneries. The schooner Hera, in the river but four days, left with a 610 tons cargo of wheat and flour last Thursday. This is the quickest dispatch ever given to a ves sel of her capacity in Portland. It is understood that an extensive cannery is to be established at Tongue Point, by a- Chicago firm. Let them come. Our Salmon export trade now is greater than the entire commerce of Pu get Sound do you understand. H. J. Stevenson is- fixing the crooked lines of Astoria surveys. They sometimes baffle him, and when his flags are knock ed down by mischeivous boys, on their way to the Penitentiary, he can scarcely resist the temptation to swear a little. Some of the finest stavebolts that were ever seen are being discharged at Ferrell's wharf for export to Honolulu by the bark entine Jane A. Palkinburg. Capt. Fla Vel appears to know where to get the arti cle. J . D Ehea of "Washington Territory is getting out the most of them. Nesmith's majoritj'- in the State will be between S00 and 1,000. Judge Barr left with his family for Oyslerville yesterday,intending to to make that delighful locality his future home. Ben Holladay, Dr. J. C. Hawthorne, B. P. Goodwin, and Dr. J. A. Chapman, were in the city on Thursday. Mr. Holla day has returned to the Seaside. The weather is delightful in this region and fishing and shooting was never better. This is the season to enjoy Clatsop, and the remaining visitors are said to be en joying it. There are nine at Dexter's. Captain Stannard, of the bark "Wind ward, last Thursday presented Ben Holla day with a couple of South American lambs, born on board the shin. They are said to be beauties, and will acid very much to the attractiveness of the collection of animals at the Seaside. Up to last evening every effort to get the schooner H. L. Tiernau oft the sands below this city have failed. If no storms arise she may be got off yet but in case she goes to wreck we hope the disaster will not be charged to Columbia jriver bar. At the time of the accident she hacH a good.breeze and could have come up all right with a pilot on boaid. Thursday evening last on Court street in the vicinity of Col. E. P. Spedden's residence some mischievous scamp placed a slat of wood about twenty feet long, three inches wide and an inch thick across the walk in just the right position to trip pedestrians and hurl them forward with fearful results in case they should be go ing up. It was discovered in time to pre vent accident, and now the perpetrator is wanted by the recorder. Some people who don't know an' better, have been stufi'ed by interested ones with the idea that a "Wallamet steam boat can't run to Astoria " could a duck swim?" Out of 365 days in the year they couldn't miss five of coming through in safety. Of course such steamers must have been made for Use, in the beginning not mere shells made to sell. The As toria boatman will put up a steamer that can bring a cargo from Albany every time you belter bet they caft, and no darned foolishness, and they will do it. "We understand that on his trip here this week Capt. Jassen of the United States steamer Shubrick again misplaced the buoys at the Hog's-back. It does not matter to the pilots wheie these buoys are placed by red-tape process, they know wnere me douoixi oi uie i river s, ana win official comes along and moves the buoys without consulting pilot about it, the in cident is apt to mislead them and get a vessel into a "scrape." This occurred with Capt. Snow a few days since, and some of the pilots demaiul that the light house department shall point out to them the reason why these buoys are misplaced, Pred Gere, the "jolly good fellow" assisting Mr. Stevenson in his survey of this harbor, has placed upon our table a copy of the Boston Gazette, dated Monday March 12th, 1770. Pred, in his rambles over Hoosierdom a few years ago, found a copy of the original paper, which he bor rowed, and went down to Chicago with it, and there had it electrotyped, and from the electrotpyewas sold an immense num ber of this now curious paper. The copy presented to us was the last one of Fred's stock; and the electrotype was destroyed in the great fire. "We shall preserve this copy and have it bound with the first vol ume of the Astorian. It contains much that is interesting. There was a very large attendance yesterday at the funeral of Mr. George Summers. The remains were conveyed to Clatsop for final interment, near his deceased brother, Pev. T. A. Hyland offi ciating. Deceased leaves a brother in Ohio who had been notified of his illness and who may now be expected here soon. Mr. Summers came to this region about thirty years ago. He has always been considered a public spirited citizen, and up to within a short time of his recent ill ness made very material improvements about his place, and laid in a heavy stock of goods. His age was 67 years. He died on the morning of the 15th inst. Among the remarkable gas wells in this country is the Newton well, six miles from Titusville, Pa. It was discovered last year, and produces three millions of cubic feet of gas every twenty-four hours, the gas issues under a pressure of from twenty to thirty poundes per square inch, and for the most part goes to waste. Pipes have been laid to Titusville, and some two hundred and fifty dwelling-houses, shops, etc. now supplied with the gas for illumi nation. It requires to be passed through naphtha, as it ia deficient in carbon. MISCEIiI,AVEOUS ITEMS. It has been found that red cedar chips and cloves sprinkled on a shov el full of coals will clear a room of flies. Kate Pield is pronounced to "be a compound of Mark Twain, John Hay and Bret Harte, with a propensity for puns which is beyond all control. A New York .female who read that the Hoosac tunnel cost $900 per yard, said that sJe would have a dress pattern oft from that piece, if the old man did not lay Up a cent for the next two years. Lightning recently struck a tele graph pole and ran along the wire into the office at Coatsville, Indiana, when the operator, seated at the in strument, excitedly telegraphed back " Don't send so d d fast!" To tease Brown, of Cairo, a little, his wife borrowed a neighbor's baby and put it on her doorstep and then " discovered" it and went for Brown. He said: " Why, I gave her $300 and sent her to Chicago last week!" and the joking wife is after.a divorce. The sad effects of matrimony were never more terribly depicted than in a Kentucky town, the other day, where a meek eyed man, who had beepi married about a year, pa trolled the village streets all day, try ing to swap a meerchaum pipe for a second hand cradle. A Western Methodist has been collecting tobacco statistics among his brethern. He found that eight leading members in a certain place paid in one year $195 for tobacco and $33 for the support of their pastor, and were too poor to take a religious paper. Michael Angelo McFarland, who spent $25,000 on the trial of his broth er Daniel McFarland for the murder of Albert D. Richardson, died recent ly at Belle vue Hospital, New York He was in utter destitution, without friends, and was buried by his broth er, living in Jersey City. According to the report for 1S72 of the Eoyal Theatre of Berlin, Shaks- eare still leads th classic st - Germany. Of 278 performances dur ing the year, seventy-seven were the woks of classic authors. Goethe and Lessing had each thirteen repre sentations, Schiller eighteen, and Shakspeare twenty-five. The Evening News of Portland has been running its new dress for several days past It is a neat ap pearing paper, now the only objec tion to its mechanical execution that we can urge is that they use too much paste, and too little paper in wrapping it up singly for the mails. Barnum has several Feejee can nibals in his show. One of them has quit and gone to carrying a hod. His remark was: "Be jabers, I'd rather carry my native hod, than be a haythen at $20 a month." But the number of Feejees remains the same. An ambitious teamster was immediately promoted to the vacant position. Commodore Vanderbilt and A. T. Stewart each lack but two years of four score. George Law is three score and ten, but he attends faith fully to his immense interests, includ ing the Dry Dock Bank and the Eighth Avenue Railway. Moses Tay lor is nearly seventy-five, and is re puted to be worth $10,000,000. The Baron de Cbamerollesj in 1827, brought a life ticket for the Gymnast theatre for $200. He has been a very constant attendant dur ing the intervening forty-five years. In the early part of last January he was unable to obtain a seat, all the places being occupied. He brought a suit for damages, but has been non suited, the court holding the man agement not bound to reserve a seat for their old but riotTery profitable customer. - ' to?-' TELECtRAPH MATCHES. The 1'x'ice of Gold. Portland, Oct. 17th. Gold in New York to-day, 10S; Portland Legal Tender rates, 90 buying, and 9U selling. Miscellaneous- Hews. New York, Oct. 13. There were significant services yesterday at the conclusion of the meetings of ,the Evangelical Alliance. In Dr. Hall's Presbyterian Church communion ser vice was administered by Episcopal Bishop Cummings, of Kentucky, as sisted by Dr. Arnolt, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and Dr. Durner, of Berlin, Germany. The Bfshop remarked that in all his-ministry he had never before communed with his Presby terian brethren, but this should not be the last time. At Dr. Booth's Presbyterian church, Pev. Dr. Freeman, of the Church of England, assisted the pastor in the administration of the communion. Both churches were crowded. Bishop Cummings, has written a letter vindicating his own conduct andrthat of the Dean of Canterbury, in the matter of their communion in Presbyterian churches. He says "I deny most emphatically that the Dean of Canterbury or myself, have violated any Ecclesiastical order of the Church of "England or of the Protestant Episcopal church in this country, or have been quilty of acts of open hostility to the Discpline of the Church. There is nothing in the Ecclesiastical Order or Discpline of the Church of England or of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this country forbidding such act of inter communion among Christian people who are one in faith and love; one in Christ their great head. As far as I know, the liberal Episcopalians of New York rejoice in the action of the Dean of Canterbury, and thank God for it." A suit is commenced against Dan iel Drew, to restrain him from dis posing of his property, which it is alleged he is doing in order to escape his connection with the Canada Southern Eailroad bonds, which were said to cause the failure of Kenyon. Cox fc Co. A committee to wait- upon Mayor Ilavemeyer and see what could be done about modifying the contract system and give 50,000 persons work who were last year depending on the Commissioners of Charities for some means of earning their own bread, reported that the Mayor would do nothing; that he said he did not care if one million of people were without a chance of earning a livelihood this Winter. The President has caused an order to be issued from the War Depart ment giving full pardon to all deser ters who may return to duty on or before the first of January next, and who may serve faithfully during the remainder of their terms of enlist ment. Memphis, Oct. 12. The streets xto day are almost deserted. Few citi izens are going to or from church. There are no pleasure parties, noth ing but hearses and attendants hurry ing to the cemetery and quickly re turning to receive other victims of the terrible scourge. The ceremony of burial has long since been shorn of the solemn formality. To meet the demands for the removal of the dead, undertakers are required to move with a celerity more becoming merchandise transports. Occasion ally a vehicle containing a Visiting Committee of some Eelief Associa tion passes at a rapid pace, but aside from these the city presents a most gloomy appearance. The Masonic relief board report 56 cases on hand, tho Odd Fellows about 40, theJKnights of Pythias nine or ten, and the Fire nien seven. The contributions are reported heavier to-day than any day during the prevalence of the epidemic. Cincinnati, Oct. 13. The Common Council has appropriated $15,000 for the relief of Shreveport. Chicago, Oct. 13. At the grand benefit in aid of the Memphis and Shreveport sufferers at the, Exposi tion to-night, the proceeds were be tween $15,000 and $20,000. The Philadelphia Ledger, which is ever watchful in the iron interest of Pennsylvania, is apprehensive that "the feeling now existing against the railroads need not be. long con tinued, to beget hostility to the pres ent tariff, to which tl e farmers will soon give theij undivided attention. The next cry will be, Down with the tariff J" Pacific Coast Kews. San Francisco, Oct. 13. The ship Elizabeth Kimball, from Port Gamble for Iquiqui, beached on Easter Island latitude 28, April 30th, and was a to tal loss. A small schooner was built on the island, in which the Captain, his wife and the crew sailed to Tahiti, and took passage for this port. The ship William and Thomas, from Port Blakely forValpairaiso, water-logged and made Easter Island March 18th, a total loss. , Some unknown miscreant entered Stewarts' stable, Saturday night, and poisoned thirty-three horses with strychnine. The police arrested four more small boys for having committed fifteen burglaries at the Mission and in the western part of the city. They obtain ed a large amount of jewelry, plate, etc., in their raids. Every one of them is a graduate of the Industrial school. The Convention of the State Grange met in San Jose at 10 o'clock this fore noon. There are 100 Granges to be represented. -Between 60 and 70 dele gates are here. More arrived this evening. The ship Three Brothers has com pleted her loading and has on board the largest cargo of wheat ever afloat amounting to 4366 tons. Troops and Indian scouts under the command of Lieut. Schuyler, return ed to Yerde Arizona the 5th, after a ten days scout for Delcnea and his band, who deserted the reservation nbout ten days since. They encount ered part of the band at the mouth of the east fork of the Verde and killed fourteen warriors.. The exact where abouts of Delchea is unknown. This is about the tenth time he has left after surrendering. Jacksonville, October 13. Major Jackson, of the First Cavalry reports that the Modoc captives left Fort Klamath yesterday morning for their new home in Wyoming Territory. They'will be transported with teams, under an escort of two companies, to Eedding, and thence by railroad. Everything was quiet at Fort Klam ath. Weather here cold and cloudy. Gen. Mart Brown Lost his Peach es. Under the head of" "Let her Pip," Mart gets off the follewing: We last Saturday received the fol lowing letter from Mr. Phiip Eitz, the celebrated Nurserymen and fruit grower of Walla Walla: "Ed. Demecrat: Will you please ac cept of a box of our Walla Walia peaches? ' PHILIP RITZ." We were about to ejaculate in the choice idiom of the aoorgwines "yu bet!" snatch uo our bee-gum and rush for the express office-, where we supposed the luscious fruit to be awaiting our order, when our eagle eye happened to catch a hastily scrawled postscript on the back of the foregoing 'soul-harrowing and stomach-blasting announcement. "Mr. Brewn: Dear Sir I was just ready to ship the peaches when the terri ble frost of last night came and so damag ed them that they will not carry ho far. I regret it very much. PHILIP EITZ." Mr. Eitz. in your most mournful and despondent moments, when the black cloud of disappointment rolls over your soul with the crushing weight of a leaden mountain you can never know the black sorrow that fell upon us even as would a wet blanket, when we read this cruel postcr'ipt. And ( there came a nip ping frost, and blasted our peaches? Blast it, why didn't you send 'em along beforethe autumn frosts came like the seried hosts of black crickets which sometimes visit your native heaths and blacken your vegetation in their desolative and death-dealing march? Why, O, why! but we drop the curtain over so sad a calamity. The San Francisco Bulletin says that perjury is becoming common in thejpurts of that city. The practice of allowing persons to testify in their own cases has not, it says, helped the cause of justice, and has made the conflict of testimony greater than it was before, and not a week passes but there arl'sme monstrous acts of per jury committed, yefcno one is convi cted of or punished for the crime. Mr George Alfred Towsend, one of the brightest journalist in the coun try, and whose letters, signed ' Gath,' have given him national reputation, is to yisit the Pacific coast.'