CIJ ...,.W-,;VJVi :iMLB.l!jeMUi JtlJVjLijiw' - ' ' V "n' "jmv'n'rri'u ESQ Yol. 2. Astoria, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Nov. 6, 1873. No. 3. am;!aoiaBJHHUit dMM UAAHWam Mii'jKBo&JHUiuuaoBaag3c ...- ...-.. t.i iMn hi in W-w" ' .-.. . ! !! II i in i I ' tl THE ASTOEIAH. l'UDLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AXD SATURDAY, Monitor Building, Astoria, Oregon. . C. IREIiitXI) Proprietor Subscription 25 a test One Copy onoyc.ir.. So 00 One Copy six months S 00 One O y throe month." ...... 1 50 X&" Single Number, Ten Cents. -x Advertising" Rnics: One Insertion per square, 10 lines or le?s...S2 o0 !K:ieh additional Insertion, per Square 2 00 Yearly adv'ts per month, per square 1 50 Agents- L. P. Fisiirn, 20 and 21 New- Merchants Ex change, is authorized to act as Agent for the Astorivn in an 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. Messrs. Laidlaw & Gate are consign ors of the Disco, Fifeshire, and Santa ltosa. We observe that the resolutions adopt ed by the Albany excursionists when at Astoria, have been generally copied by the press of the State, and endorsed. The principal portion of the cargo of the steamship Idaho Tuesday, was i ail road iron, for the Northern Pacific Kail- road, which is to be discharged at Ivalaina. -r-Capt. Rockwell informs us that he has completed the triang illations as far as Ivalama, and will "bre ak up his Oak Point camp soon, returning to California for the V inter. Will not some person familiar with the subject furnish us with some facts rela tive to the production of starch from pota toes. Cost of manufacture, capital re quired, etc., etc. Mr. Coe and family of Illinois, broth er of J. G. Coe, esq., of this city, arrived here hy the Ajax, Monday evening . We understand that Mr. C, will make Oregon his future place of residence. On or about the 13th inst., Mr. Fred Colbert, formerly of this city, will take charge of the Globe Ilotel in this city as mine host. Pred understands the business i and will no doubt conduct the house to the satisfaction of the public. The Sailor question is agitating the public mind in the United States pretty extensivly now. It is conceded that the last law of Congress docs not reach .the care, and does not do the good it was in tended to accomplish, any better than the former state of affairs. "We are informed that up to this week a sight might be witnessed in Mr. Sales' Orchard, this county, worth seeing, in the way of a superabundant supply of fruit. It is said that luscious plums (Coe's Golden Drop), hang in the trees yet, ripe, mellow, rich, and that pears and apples cover the ground three deep under the trees. N. Koefoed, an old Mariner himself, will soon open an office in this city for the purpose of supplying seamen to vessels in need of them- The want of a man to at- tend to this business here has long been felt by ship masters, and Mr. Koefoed has recommendations from masters who have formerly employed him. showing that he understands the business. Concerning the purchase of the Hera hy Jesse Holladay, and his future opera tions, the Call says: The Hera, which ar rived from Portland a few days ago, with a cargo bt wheat, is to be continued in the trade between this port and Oregon. She is a new three masted schooner of 750 tons fricght capacity. She was recently pur chased by Jesse Holladay, who propose? to build three more similar vessels and maintain a regular packet line between tlila city and Oregon. The Ajax ar!d Idaho brought stacks of nice things for Van Dusen. It will do the eyes good to take a look into his place of business, the old stand corner of Main and Clienamus streets, and inspect the as sortment of hats and caps, from fine beav ersdown, including the suk quilted Hats, j could so rapidly ouwnp the Old in the" oof.li rrravjclmrmnrs with m troiiS.fi ..hi nor n-io if Invnrv. 1 nf nnw mn.m.;1J n. time, but can never wear out. HisMacki- 1 ecssity, and tl e most nrix.ed vo:tion of thr nac over-coats, with cap, aye a splendid j furniture of every respectable American article price only 10, large size, fine style hoiv-o; and yet the fact is beyond contra very comfortable, perfectly water-proof, diction, and all lnnor k d fe to Messrs. Hehas also the officers' rubher-coat, very Steinway & Sons, who, in tl i- d paitment cheap, and of superior quality. He can j of manufacturing industry, have mad 'the furni-h the jolly-tar with tarpolian, oil, or j name ofiAmcriei famous in every other jury kind of , suits, and a fine quality of ci-i land." Gj-okgk L. D kPkaxs, Manager gars to wit" the cgo(U with. By all j of Gray's Oregm Branch Muic Store, mean give Ynn a call, the iirst opportu- Odd-Fellows' Temple,,. Portland, isgent jiity. " forjthc sale or SjtoinwavJs pianos. ":- The Rock Pviver Paper manufacturing Company have an active agent in Portland Mr. H. C Morrice. There is a groat saving of expense in building hy using this material. Circulars will be furnished on application. Mr. M. has also the only regalia furnishing house in the State. See advertisement. But few persons were present at the opening of Tcrman's Dancing Academy, Tuesday evening. It is hoped that more will be there this evening, as we consider this one of the best things for the young folks of our citv that could be devised. Mr. T. is a competent teacher; patronize ' nis ciass. Jacob Mayer, one of the oldest estab- lished and most reliable merchants in the State of Oregon, ahnvys carrying a mas sive stock of superior merchandise, is agent for the Brownsville "Woolen Manufactur ing Mills, and is prepared, at hi-, store in Portland, to till any kind of orders. See advertisement. It is a very unfortunate thing that looseners of laws in this country permit hardships that would not be tolerated o herwise. "We are infoimed that there is no tecurity for the loss of valuable time to the Merrimac, in the suit which has compelled Capt. llobson to lay her up. As we understand the matter it is simply an outrageous proceeding to prevent his steamer from attending to business of tow ing on the river during the busy season. His lo-ses up to this time amount to about 1,500, yet he will get nothing, probably, for demurrage, because the prosecutor, it is said, is irresponsible. The "Willamct Iron Works, at Port land, is now the only large establishment of the kind in operation north of SanFran- cisco. The name of Major James Lotan, performance of all contracts. See adver- tisement. On Tuesday last the trappers, with their traps and so forth, belonging to the renowned hunting-boat " Joe Meek," left Astoria in tow of a man-propeller, ibr the Winter cruise along the evergreen shores of the historic and classical Lewis and Clarke, hJaskanine, Youngs river and other retreats of the minx, otter, beaver, ' spoiled siua and coon . We wish the young men every success in their venture, and especially that they may recuperate health and not Dv-sofohi. To .some this nnvnl movement may seen as absurd a v seen as absurd ns that in discretion of Count di Chambord, which so recently blasted the hopes of the Bour bons in their kingly aspirations for the throne of Prance, out though these young men have some of the Bourbon quality in the outfit, they also have "a mission afloat" about which there need be nothing to re tract, and they may press onward conquer ing as they go, until their former posses sion of robust strength is regained. The Alta of the 25th gives an account of a trip to the Farrallones the day pre viou?, and we observe among the names of the party those of lion. S. I. Kimball, Chief of the Revenue Bureau, Capt. J. W. White, and Cant. John Famine, nf fho United States Revenue Marine Service, re cently oil a visit to Astoria. The party "returned in time to witness the dermrtnrn of the magnificent ship Three Brothers, that grand and beautiful specimen of nau tical nrenitecture freighted with nearly five thousand tons of wheat for Europe. It was a gala day in San Prancisco, and ten thousand people turned out to see her away, with generous wishes, proud of the big ship, and full of hope and faith in her future, iier quick run and fortunate voyage. vjjcu iusl sxm:ji sue was wen out at sea, under her spread of 15,000 yards of can vas. We join in a health to the outward bound. " One piano every hour," is the start ling announcement recently made by the Steinway Manufacturing company of New York, unquestionably the largest piano manufacturing firm in the world. The justly earned fame and reputation of whose instruments is not confined to America, hut is world wide. One niano forevorv wrrl- ing hour! Ten pianos every day, made and sold by a single firm-nearly doubling the sales, as the Internal RweSue return! I show, ot the next lanrest maker in Amm inn I exceeding those- of the twelve largest New .York manufacturers combined. Of this remarkable fact the New York Obser ver says: " Our forefather never dreamed ; in their philosophy,, that the New World THE OYSTER I5USIXESS. For several "weeks past we have watched the oyster trade of Sho?.l water bay with very much interest. There are in this field the elements of very many fortunes, if rightly managed, hut, as it seems to us, at present there is nothing in the busi ness but drudgery; half-compensated drudgery. Now this should not be the case. The bivalve is a delicacy the public will not do without, and Shoalwater bay is the place to pro duce a supply for the whole Pacific coast. An observer of the oyster says that (( he is not so stupid as he looks; he can keep his mouth shut and there by defy all our arts to wile a secret from him." But we think one would be less fortunate with the owners of the fish at Shoalwater bay. That those people are not compensated for their patience, toil, and privations we feel certainly convinced, and that they will not be, so long as the pres ent ruinous rivalry lias an existence, we feel more certain. If some re conciliation of the oysterm.cn and companies of Shoalwater bay could be effected, that would prove itself one of the wealthiest regions in the Pacific Northwest. California is de pendent upon Shoalwater bay for her oysters to-dar, and if the various oyster companies on the bav would combine for one united purpose, ask ply orders as demanded oi them, we know of no joint stock company on the coast that could beat them in the matter of dividends. As a friend of the people of that region we throw out this as a suggestson and ask for it a careful consideration, hopeful that it- may lead to explanations, and mutual understandings among all concerned. We have the good of this country at heart. Want to see everybody prosperous and happy, but it can never be soj whilst men continue to differ on every important item of local affairs to their own det riment, agreeing only in one thing that neither one or the other is making any money for themselves out of the opposition engendered by misunderstanding. We should be glad indeed to see the oystermen making the most mon ey off the product of their own toil and they could do it without fail, if they would onlv ajrree to understand j themselves, and stand in with each other. oi;k spice box. "While witnessing a game of base ball out West a boy was struck on the back of his head, the bawl com ing out of his mouth. A Tennessee editor who has been drinking.. Cincinnati whiskey for a month has written to an East ern printing house for a 'patent inside." A young man who professes to have traveled says that the only dif ferences in the wiskeys of the two principal cities of California is that after taking a drink of Sacramento's chain lightning you immediately make a short cut to the railroad and go to sleep on the track; whereas after imbibing a little of San Francis f i U " " ""S 7 tilk1e? Possesslon of -vou to steiU a h.orse co's bottled msanitv a burning desire cllIU UUBK Oregon is getting a somewhat un enviable leputation for bloodshed aflrays. Hardly had the Whitley Glazc homicide died out, until a tradgedy is introduced in Linn coun ty, and two men, Yan Emerson, and Hiram Sherts, kill themselves in a fight at a shooting match in Sweet House valley, on the 25th. Since the Ohio election the West ern Democratic newspapers proclaim Senator Tliarmun as "the -coming. j man' - - - s. T3ae Price of Gold. Portland, Nov. 5. Gold in New York to-day, HJSi; Portland Legal Tender rates, 9(A buying, and 91 selling.. MisceHaneous News, The Chespeake and. Ohio Railroad Company defaulted on their interest on the 1st. Four hundred workmen were dis charged from the Portsmouth Navy Yard- Saturday. Work on the residence of the Brit ish Legation at Washington is tem porarily suspended on account of the brick-layers strike. The export trade of New York was never better than now. The import trade has fallen away to almost noth ing. The Mayor of Memphis is accused of converting to his own use the funds for the benefit of widows and orphans. Mexican silver coins, recently im ported, had been very much de'based by dishonest Mint employes in Mex ico. A Herald special from Washington says Secretary Richardson will be made Chief Justice of "the Supreme Court. The T7te Indians agree to' dispose of their 8,000-acre tract of land in Nebraska, if another suitable reser vation is provided by the Govern ment. Negotiations for the settlement. ,of the difficulties between Austria and Turkey are progressing favorably. Turkey is disposed to give complete satisfaction. James Young, eldest son of Brig ham Young, has just returned from Europe, where he attempted some fi nancial negotiations, involving rail way and mining interests. It is considered certain that a change will soon be made in the California Surveyor Generalship. It is believed that Sargent will name Yon Schmidt as Hardenburgh's suc cessor. Orders were issued last Saturday for the removal of the Modocs at Fort McPhereson to permanent loca- I rion wiui tne uapaws, on jNeoario river, in the northeastern coinei of the Indian Territorv. Bismarck will summon the Catholic Bishops who refused to comply with Government measures towards eccle siastics, and demand their resigna tions. Saturday Stokes lft for Sing Sing. Young Walworth, the parracid, wrote that.the convicts would gefe p a grand reception for Stokes ai soon as he gets his hair cut, andputj o the uniform. A dispatch from Sicily reports iht volcano of Etna in a atate of violtnfr eruption. The outbreak waa accom panied by fearful earthquake, a portion of the crater falling in. Mines of sulphur Talued at 3OO,00Q were destroyed. The circular of the .Silk Association of America for October report 1,8U0 packages of silk manufactures impor ted into New York during the month, foreign cost $1,495,633, and a total since Januarv 1st of 27,006 package, valued at $22,773,390. The receipt of raw silks amounted to 964 pack ages, of which 907 came via San Francisco, valued at $521,525. Total amount of raw silk imported since January 1st, 7,360 packages; foreign value, 4,522,515. We understand that the troops at Fort Stevens will soon give a public prtyt great preparations for which are now be ing made, and .they will entertain their fiiends in the finest kind of style. Carr's shop on Main street has been the scene of local attraction the past few days, where the work of reconstructing the boiler for the Farmers' Companj pile driver has been going on. That Stokes has gone to Sing Si ng is a surprise to many: Of course every technical expedient was re sorted to in order to confuse the minds of the jury and defeat the ends of justice, and if the jury had disa greed he wpulX probably have gone scot-free. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. -7-Onthe 24th the schooner Bill-thc- Butcher, Capt. Tomason, sailed from San Francisco, for Shoalwater hay, and the Carolita on the 23d. Potatoes were quoted as follows in San Francisco last week: Receipts since yesterday have been heavy, aggregating nearly 7,000 sks. As a consequence the market shows signs of weakening. Sales of 500 sks gopd Solinas 1 20; 162 do White, 1. Small gales of Tomales, at $1112K; Humboldt, 1 15 1 25; Sweet, S7J4c 1 V ctl. Darwin has experienced a humiliating rebuff from the French Acadamy of 'Sci ence. Having applied for admission into that famous and learned society, lie was rejected hy a large majority. The reasons given for hiss rejection arc purely scientific. One of the academicians remarked that the author of the "Origin of Species." and 11 The Descent of Man"khad too far sacri ficed science to renown, and reason to im agination, to deserve a place in the first rank of earnest scientists. ' The great and increasing accuracy displayed in the prognostications of the Metorological Bureau proves how great is the value of that department of the pub lic service. Up to the first day of Novem ber, 1S71, sixty-nine per cent, of its pre dictions proved correct; and fiom that date to the 1st of October, 1S72, the aver age of correctness kept advancing, until it finally reached seventy-six and eight-lOth s per cent. During the past year no great storm traversed the United States without previous notice having been given. Going to law is an expensive luxury. This has been pretty well demonstrated. Twenty three years ago John McDonough died in New Orleans, leaving a fortune of $3,000,000, to he used equally hy the cities of New Orleans and Baltimore in the maintenance of free schools for white and black children. There was a flaw in the bequest. The sclfconstituted heirs searched it out, and went into the Courts to break the will. They have had a merry time, but are not likely to get much for their sport, as it is said the lawyers have pocket ed the entire amount, with the exception of a mall balance of about 25,000. The announcement that the Cu nard Steamship Company would shortly establish a daily line from New York was at least premature. The facts of the case are that at a fete given on the birthday of the eldest son of the manager of the Company in England, to the mechanics and Btryants of the Company, the man ager gaid, in. an after dinnerspeech, that in a short time he would have a daily line running from England to America. As he is the ruling spirit of the Company and accustomed to wield rather extensive powers, it was supposed that the promise would soon b carried into effect. Beyond the building of six or seven new first class vessels in the British dock yards nothing special has been done thus far. Preparations are makins. however, to withdraw the stainieis now on the Havana line; replacing them with smaller vessels until the nw boats are finished, and then run throe vessels weekly from New York City, and three vessels from Boston, To do this will require a fleet of at least twenty-five steamers, and to make the Winter connection an extra boat ot two will also bo required. No attempt will be made to test the project until Spring, says the New York World, and, indeed one of the present semi-weekly boats has been withdrawn for the season. The ac commodations at Jersey City docks are ample for the proposed increase of business; and with the addition of railway freight, of wh ch but little is now taken by the line, it is suppos ed that sufficient returns will bo made to justify the new venture. Should the project be commence and prove successful, it will douhtv less lead to the amalgamation of some of the German ljnes and the establishment of &4ailv; linft. to ihat ;! countryi