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Tri-Weekly Astorian
ASTORIA, OKEGOX:
IK C IREIiAX Editor.
ASTOMA Dec. G, 1873
Jay Cooke & Co. have been de
clared bankrupts, and a receiver has
been appointed.
Booth will probably be elected
to the "United States Senate by the
Sacramento legislature.
The teamsters from the different
roads in Baker county report water
as being very scarce; in fact in some
places their stock suffer.
A bill is being prepared to pass
into Congress for the repeal of the
bankrupt law, as shysters are too
free with it since the panic.
In the case of Dr. Glass of Port
land, Justice appears to have been
swift and impartial. He is now in
Salem incarcerated for live years.
The severest North wind ever
witnessed on Puget Sound prevailed
on Tuesday. Several steamers were
forced to seek shelter until the blow
was over.
About two inches of snow fell in
Albany last Monday. The Sun ap
peared and snow disappeared, in the
afternoon. The river is at a good
boating stage, and still rising fast.
lion. George IT. "Williams has
by the President been formally tend
ered the position of Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court. Col. Bristow, of
Kentucky, will be appointed Attorn
ey General.
Boss Tweed complains that his
cell has an odious stench in it. Cran
dall says: The eternal fitness of things
is again illustrated. His offense was
rank, and if his jnTson cell "smells!
to heaven,'7 it is only in keeping with
the character of its occupant.
The Salem Statesman says: " If
.there is any man who believes that
persistent dunning is a sovereign
remedy for hard times, let him come
to Salem and try it for a month or
two. We '11 bet our dilapidated tile
(it's our best, too) against a blue cot
ton umbrella, that he will give it up
as the slimmest " means of grace"
he ever tied to."
The Democrats have elected
Maj. Gen. Martin Van Buren Brown
Mayor of Albany. There is nothing
mean about Mart, and he will allow
hisjmildren to play with his neigh
bors children just the same as though
he hadn't been elevated to that high
and responsible station. The Coun
cil stands four Democrats, two Ke
publicans. Capt. Ainsworth, Gov, Ferry,
Judge Green, Gen. Sprague and oth
ers went out to the end of the track
on Tuesday, to consult with the men
in forcible possession of the road.
Capt Ainsworth offered to pay the
men $5,000 on account, and the bal
ance due. amounting to SGO.OOO, be
fore the 1st of February. It is un
derstood they accepted and traeklay
ing was resumed.
At a local election in the city of
JDuluth in 1S72, 052 votes were polled;
at the general election in 1S73, Only
550 votes were polled, showing a fall
ing off of nearly one-half in one
year. These facts prove with math
ematical certainty that railroads can
not reverse tibe la.ws .of nature by
buildng cities wiiere tliere are no nat-
aiiul advantages. The Seattle Dispatch
thinks that Kalama and Tacoma af-
-jbrds striking examples to the same
nirjjort.
The first resolution introduced
iin Congress was one bv .Mr. Sargent
instructing the Commerce Committee
t" inquire as to the expediency .of
appointment by the United States of
.a Commission, part to be appointed
by the State qf California, to exam
ine and report upon the expediency
rtf protecting the .harbor of hiau Fran
.ejfffo by the construction of a sea
wall by the United State, iCaUfurnia
itos'.'iktiDJLUe work.
NOTJES Otf THE MESSAGE.
Specie Payments.
Concerning the resumption of
specie payments we have this from
President Grant:
However much individuals have
suffered, one long step nas been tak- j
en toward specie payment. We will
never have permanent prosperity un -
til an entire new basis is reached,
and a specie basis cannot be reached
and maintained until our exports,
nplncjiVp nf lrl tviv for mi im-
excJusne otgold, pay loi oui i-
ports. The interest due abroad and
nrrmr snep.nlat.ions wrv. so hfiiivv as to
. A .. - .. . .
leave no appraisaoie accumulation oi
these metals in the country. Could
but one-half the gold extracted from
our mines be retained at home, our
advance, toward specie payment
would be rapid. Our currency is re
quired to keep all the industries of
the country employed. "Without
this, national as well as individual
bankruptcy must ensue. Undue in
flation, on the other hand, hileit
might give temporary relief, would
only tend to lead to an inflation of
prices. To give elasticity to our cir
culation, and thereby have enough
of it to transact the legitimate busi
ness of the country and to keep all
industries employed, is what is most
desired. The exact medium is specie
the recognized medium of ex
change all the world over. That ob
tained, we shall have a currency of
an exact degree of elasticity. If there
be too much of it for the legitimate
purpose of trade and commerce, it
will flow out of the country; if too
little, the reverse will result. To
hold what we have and to appreciate
our currency to that standard, is the
problem for the most serious consid
eration of Congress. The experience
of the present panic has proven that
the currency of the country, based
as it is, upon the credit of the coun
try, is the best that has ever been
devised. Usually, in times of such
trials, the currency has become
worthless, or so much depreciated in
value as to inflate the values of all
the necessaries of life, as compared
with the currency, and every one
holding it has been anxious "to dis
pose of it on any terms. Now we
witness the reverse. Holders of cur
rency hoard it as they did gold in a
former crisis of a like nature.
Tr2tH.siOBtnlioii. SSsap Bnilsling'.
The message of President Grant
on the subject of tranportation and
American ship building, shows
that we pay about $80,000,000 per
annum to foreign vessels for the trans
portation of our surplus products to a
market, which has increased the bal
ance of trade against us to that
amount. lie says:
In previous messages I have called at
tention to tho decline in American ship
building, and recommended such legisla
tion as would secure to us our portion of
the carrying trade. Stimulated b higher
rates, and abundance of freight, the pro
gress for the la-t year in snip building
nas been veiy satisfactory. $
Note. This portion of the dispatch
is muddled. "We presume the President
has said that the increase, being so small
in proportion to balances of trade against
us, contributed to (if it was not the direct
cause of) the recent panic and stringency.
Snip Canal for Illinois.
Upon the subject of canals for
navigating inland waters with large
vessels, the 3Jresident says:
The State of New York has a eanal
connecting Lake Erie with tide water on
the Hudson river. The Stale of Illinois
has a similar one connecting lake 3Iichi
gan with navigable waters on the Illinois
river, thus making water communication
inland between the East and West and J
South. These great artificial water courses
are the properly of the States through
which they pass, and the;' pay toll tothee
States. Would it not be wise statesman
ship tG pledge these States aid if they will
oi)en the&e canals for the passa'fi of large
vessels This would be a national work,
and one of great value to the produce's of
the AYVst and South hi giving them chjnp
transportation for their produce to the sea
boaid, and a market to the consumers in
the Kast, and in giyingihnm, cheaper food,
particularly of those article of food which
do not find a foreign market, and the pri
ces of which therefore are not regulated by
foreign demand. The advantages of such
work are too obvious for argument.
Xutionnl Ban it deposits.
President Grant favors the prop
osition of prohibiting National Banks
from paying interest on deposits, by
requiring them io hold their -reserve
in their own hands, and forcing them
into resumption, though it would be
only in legal tenders in cases of emer
gency. Spaa is Ji AFairs.
rn. , TT r
j. ne case oi tne virsimus seizure
by the Spanish gunboat Tornado,
.iintl the inhumanly execution of her
I p:i.?sengers and crew," at Santiago de
f'nho ic fi.oofrt1 l-.,Vfl-,r v-fK: nave ooen appointea aanuniiraror ot tno es
Lur3. IS treated briefly. iS Otlung tate of cohort Vrv. deccnued. and. as such, ro- i
more than has been anticipated bv
. i i i . "
' telegraph, IS Observed in the message
mi.lSH ,i;r,f wi,rt 1 ,..,
.... . l"ii. i iiisn luc buuuii-
.dence with the legation of the United
LStatesiis-vverified by mail, the matte.r
wilpbe fully submitted. In taking
leave of the subject the President
says:
I wish to renew the expression of my
conviction that the existence of African
blavery in Cuba i a principal cause of the
lamentable condition of the Inland. I do
not doubt that Con cress? bhares with me
the hope that it will be soon made to dis-
j appear, ana that peace and prosperity may
i follow its abolition. The embargoing of
J American estates in Cuba, the cruelty to
A,n?"cani citizfcns detected m no act of
lioihtv to the bpanish Government, the
murdoring of prisoners taken without arms
hn their hantU, and, finally, the capture
unon thehiffh ' 0 , saiHl ' .,
fi tt:i0,i Xh-. ,i i : r- -....V
L1IV. vjjuu uutLt;. nuiL ami uuaring uillieu
States renter, has culminated in an out
burst of indignation, that has seemed for a
time to tend to war. I have authorized
the Secretary of the Navy to put our navy
on a war footing to the extent nt least of
tiie entire annual appropriation of that
branch of the service, trusting to Congress
and the public opinion of the American
people to justify my action.
The North Pacific Railroad Com
pany claims 2,67S,000 acres of land
in "Washington and Oregon, and 5,
120,000 in Dakota. They also claim
now to have 55S miles of road built,
of which 105J- miles are in "Washing
ton, Territory, 200 miles in Dakota
and the remainder in Minnesota.
Capt. P. P. Thompson's- steam
plow, the first one on the Pacific
coast, is at work on his farm in Yam
hill county. It began work on the
20th ult. The farm contains- 2,200
acres of land, the first cost of the same
being $34,500. He now has about
twenty Chinamen and ten -whites-at
work.
When misfortune overtakes a
person and deprives him or her of
reason, and that person is sent to an
Asylum for relief, we can see no
good to result from parading-the facts
with name tind circumstances, be
fore the public through the newspa
pers. Very often it happens that ,
the patient recovers, and the circum
stance attends them through life I
with the greatest grief.
octiooL jjoojcs. i nave lately re-;
r - t. T - -i-T -t.i
ceived all the different kinds? or New School
Books required to "be used in this State, that
can now be found in San Francisco. Also,
Slate pencils, Blotting pads, a good as
sortment of Stationery, Drawing paper,
CAED BOARD, Perforated board, Ink,
(Carmine, Purple and Black-). Likewise a '
new btock of Crockery, Clocks and a large j
assortment of Lamp Chimneys, all of
which will be sold cheap for cah.
I. V CASE,
oltf Chenamus St., Astoria,
Ladies Festival. Next Tuesday
evening, tno ytn niht, lor tne purpose or
raibing funds to complete furnishing the
seats of the Congregational Church. The
Ladies of the Congregotional Society have
been laboring strenuously for a year, for
the above purpose, but s,till lack the full
amount, which it is hoped this Festival
will yield. The Festival will consist of
the refreshments of the season, music, etc.
A small admission fee of 25 cents will be
charged. dltd
Teacher Wanted. A Teacher,
Male or Female, to teach in the District
School, in District No. o, Clatsop plains,
Clatsop county, Oregon. Communicate
to the undersigned.
J.A.PACKARD,
d3 2w Skipanon, Oregon.
Toys in Lots. For tho convonionco of Mer
chants who cannot visit tho city, I put up as
sorted lots of toys, toy books and fancy articles
at Twenty, Twenty-five, Thirty, Forty, Fifty
to Oxe Hundred Dollars, compi ising selections
from everything in stock. These lots retail at
a profit of nearly one hundred per cent. This
plan ha given great satisfaction to my cus
tomers duiing tho past ion years, as thereby
they obtain a much greater variety than by
any other method. All theso lots are put up
under my own supervision. Send your orders
eaily to obtain a good varietv.
S. S. McCORMiCK, 10 Virst st.,
n22tf Portland, Oregon.
Gifts, Tots. am Fancy Goods. S, J. Mc
Cormjck. (SantJ Glaus' Headquarters), 19 First
Portland, Oregon, has just received direct from
jthe east, an immense stock of new Toys, fincy
goods, musjc boxos, albums, dolls, toy books,
eift books, annuals, nnd an endless var'etv of
j articles sujted to the holiday trade, which ho
otters to country merchant?, xn ciiuntmes to
to eountrv
i S ;irl?.west U inice"' i3end ''S"1"
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Administrator's Kotice.
TYTTT'TC PIMIWATU PniTii.T nf Wol.L-lom,,,,
'.I,. . . vvj.v.i i. ujsuuvuj
i 'J- uonnty,
Territorv of Washington, hnfnrn
Jih Hon. George 1J. UoberK Judge; in the
matter of rho uy. e of Kobert Fry, deceased: )
To all whom it may concern, greeting. No- l
tice i hereby given that oy consideration of t
the above entitled court. I, John i-itzi atnich.
: luire all i.or.-ons having claims agajn;t.nid
' citato, to ircsent the .aitie to me wiqutho
; proper vouchors thereof, for approval whjii
ma- monuis.-iuHi anv pewoo Knowing tucm
aciv
! re
es.uui mh'mi w saiu csisto are respecumiy r! kinds of Sewing Mnnh no npril fr kh. v
luesteu to cau anu sottio wituout aoiay. ), i, . tka Eil. Gen'l Agent,
. . , . . .-,--, 1- -. -"Fi - rrr - -- --- - -- , i
jwik r n; rAiiiiwi, Auumruior. &. , eor. jnorrnfon ana i uird Ftrocts. ' n
miiftiainet, y.. x., Lec. :, ao6. ua4w d2:?m Portlund, UrOi,-on.
KE"W ADVERTISEMENTS.
17RAXIC FABRE, at tho Central Market,
Jj Portland, has enlarged his COFFEE stall,
and added such improvements a? will enable
Notice.
TTTE ASTOTITA FARMERS' SOMPANX
is now ready to store
Wheat and other PRODUCE I
AT THEIR NEW WAREHOUSE. Usual.
l atcs charged. S-..D. ADAlK,.Secretary..
Astoria, Dec. 4th, 1S73. d-Itf
NOTICE.
BY ORDER of the Board of Directors a third
asse5sment of Twenty-live (23) per cent, on
tho capital stock of tho Astoria Farmers Com
pany is made and required to bo paid to tho
Treasurer of said Company within Thirty davs
from date. S. D. ADA1K, Secrctarv."
Astoria, Dec. 2d, 1S73. so$ tf
GOODS FORTHE SEASON
Great REMCTIOI in Prices !
Selling Less than ost
THE EITiRE STOCK!
OP GOODS
A T THE STORE OP THE LATE GEORGE
XX. SUMMERS, deceased,
storia Oregon.
HAS T
&
SOLD;
And in order to settle up the affairs of tho es
tatev tho unjlorsisned, administrator, is now
offering tho cntiro lino, embracing a vcrv de
sirablo quality of goods at prices below actual
cost.
R8T Call' and. Examino for YourscIvcs.TEU
iTxTAll persons having bills against tho es
tate will pleaso present the samo, with proper
vouchers f6r payment. And all persons owing
the estate will pleaso come forward and settle,
or make arrangements to scttlo tbc same, and
save costs. C. S. WRIGHT,
n29tf Administrator.
G. L. JDeFJRANS, Manager,
Odd Fellows' Temple, Portland,
slotf
A. Burchard, .
Dealer in
New and Second-hand Furniture
Spring, Ilair, Feather,
vs, "Wool, and Pulu I3eds,
Blanket?, Spreads, Sheets,
Pillow.-, Pillow Case?;, etc.
H 1 ji. Trice Paid for
IglieS! FUITURE!
(Skidmorc'a Building,)
Corner or Fiit and Taylor Street",
Portland, Oregon. s!6
Washington Market,
Main Street, Astoria Oregon,
(Xear Holladay's "Wharf.)
GRAY & DONA:LDS02r,
RESPECTFULLY CALL THE ATTEX
tion of tho public to the fact that the
above Market will always be supplied with a
FULL VAKIETY BEST QUALITY
FRESH AND CURED MEATS !
"Which will be sold at lowest rate?, wholesale
and retail. Special attention given to supply
ing ship:?. ocTtf
"ftTOXEY SAVED BUYIXttTHE " HOME"
JLU. S
Jewing Mrchine RECENTLY patented.
TJie
Itunning
9civinf
Macliine.
Simplest
and Bost.
Combines all lMxMiUVEMENTS
of other Machines. A CHILD can
J U.N anu l . JJJtiKM'A-N il It. It IS
the BEST, because the SIMPLES J?
and NOT liable to get out of order,
KUN and 1 JjEUSTAND it. It i
xurnihed in live ditferent styles.
Prices from '60 to SO Dollars.
IV? i 1 T ? ;j-I. .AT T i. il VTrrn-v-.-.-k. -
mm 10 proviuo epicure hii uo ue;l , luo AurW - HEK-Corner of Front and Oalcrt.,
Pi"0-1111'1"60?0"! Jutland, Oregon. Auction Sales of Ileal
! short notice. Givo tho Central Market Cofleo Estate, Usocorie.', General Merchandise-a d
Stand a trial ocltf Horses. Sales Wednesday and Saturday.
CtEAY'S MUSIC STORE!
pp w yy ill:
Hemmer and Feller, Praider.TUif- i ti.ner-vnne,a.n4 Eoilere; Saw Milk, Grist
fler, (,auge. Quilter, extra Throat- Mill?, QuarU. Mining, and Agnculturftl M
plate. Shuttle, six Uobbins. twelve . clunery, rAThtv WHEELS ot several pat
N'oodlcs, etc., FKEE WITH EACH , terns, equal to any lmpqrted. on haad and
MACHlXE. made to order, of any sme. hEtAItUib of
frW Guarantee" Perpetual, "vft I Machinery and Hoilers promptly attondod to.
Wo also continue to sell the favorite HOME
SI1 UTILE, i-rices KE DUCD o. 1 , 2S:
A o. , S40; :Xo. P, i halp cne)t $&. Orders for
El l'HEK Machine promptly filled and forwar
ded, on receipt of price.
J, AUTl V K AHJ5XTS WANTED.
Oil and
i
AUCTIONEERS.
X. ItlOIAKDaON. 9.I.X. OIL3A-
A B, Richardson.
7
X?r Large assortment of GroeerieF, Liquor?,
tc., at Private- Sale. Liberal advances made
on consignment?
A. U. RICHARDSON
Charles S, Wright,
AUCTIONEER Cor of Main and Chenarniw
Street?, Astoria. Good.- received on consign
ment and sold to tho higboat bidder.
Oscar ICilboum,
AUCTIONEER Ofiico JO First st., Portland.
MISCELLANEOUS.
J. VTJf. WELCH. FKASK nOBSOX,
JAMES ir. wjslch:o Co,
TEAMSTERS.
Office nt J. "W. Gcarhart'a Store, Abtorm.
ORDERS LEFT WITH MR. GEARHART
for any kind of Teaming, will ho promptlr
attondod to. Wood of all kinds constantly on
hand. Orders solicited. oo-itf
To Let
rpiIE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY, beloaj:
JL ing to tho estato of A. Crosby doooased, hf
lor rent. 1 ov particulars apply to
. !' - A1KEX, Administrator
Astoria, !N ov. 2Uth, li7:Mf of said Estate-
George A. Fease,
Pacific Boot and Shoo Storo,
Is now prepared to wait on his customers,
At The Old Stand Again?
S."W. Corner First and Morrison Streets,
Portland, Oregon.
OREGON LOOT AND SHOE STOBE1
s. jr. ii.vRR, j. c. Kncea&EY.
JJAItlZ 0 JtllfGSJCEY,
PRINCIPAL RETAILERS OF THE STA
plo brands of Eastern, California nnd Ore
gon Roots and Shoes, 2s o. 1&5 First street cor
ner Yamhill, Portland Oregon.
WW ith ouv long oxperienco and small ex
pense wo are enabled to sell cheaper than any
other houso in the city of Portland. As Hie
proverb goes ?1 00 saved is $2 00 made: OaSl
and see and givo us your trade.
JiAltK & KINGSLBY.
S. Gr. Skiclmore,
Druggist and Apothecary.
Has Removed to his
NEW- AND ELEGANT STOB7
111 First St., next to L. C. Henrichson's,
Portland, Oregon. au7
H. Trenkmaimr
BLACKSMITH AND TOOL MAKER anil
manufacturer of of all kinds of
Plaining, Moulding, and Turning Tools,.
Saws of all kind Straiprhtenod and Repaired.
and all Kind?
s of Saw Teeth made and repaired
and saws turned and
traightoned. Ordors at
11. TKEMCMA3N,
40 Front st, Portland.
tended to promptly.
aulHf
THE ONLY
ManufacturingHouse
IX OBEGOJT.
EisKel & Eoberts,
Corner First nnd "Washington Streete,
POPvTLAXD, OEEGON.
IA.1MABLE CLOTHIERS,
AXI 3IAXUFACTUKEBa
?
THE BEST VALTJB
FOR THE LEAST MONJSY.
Willamet Iron Works
Incorporated Sept. 14, 18135.
Cor. Xorth Front nnd E hts., Portiand.
P. FITTB0(xEX, I PETER TAYLOK,
Secretary. I President.
IBM MO BRASS FOUNDERS, BOILER NUflg,
Genernl 3Inchinitf, and
' -r,,--in -r-n.-r-n -rfc-TTTTT TTT1T Ci
Tr. A Cll K HIT 1 J . I ) K RS
- VAXXXJ -U U IAjUXJ M
MANFFACTLTIE and HAVE FOR SALE
IHrh and Lor Pressure Marine and Sta-
1 anu execui.eu wnn iicuiuwa uu uispmcxi. iuc
; Largest and BEST S'xOCK OF PATTEK3
' north of an Francisco. Noobargefor th.9 no
' of them. Agents for KNOWLES' PATBNT
i STEAM PlMr the beat in uao. Alio. Acorts
for the AMMf-NlACAL PP.EPAKATIOS for
the removal of iioiler scale, DKfraoor'd ii:-
AMfaTAL Ii. rwfcas. a variety of beautiful
patterns for UemeterMe, tot. Hosa OuNte:.
t. JAJJtJfcS LQTA
ifitf 6MatetadGt.
.