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CI mucjamiaMSBga oi imm m im ! r il I MUM rprt9TsierxBizcEKrrssrvsTsrcKaom ) I TEA Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Mormng, Dec. 27, 1873. Xo. 22. Vol. 2. THE ASTOBXABT. rUKLlSilKI) IXI.KV TL'ESDA Y,TIIUKSDAY AND SATURDAY Monitor Building, Astoria, Oregon. S. C. IREI. AZTO Proprietor KnbscrigitsoH Eatcs;t )no Copy one year. - Sj !S Jnc Copy ax month - '" One Cjv three month- - ; 1 Ct" Single X umber, Ten Cents. nv Advertising Kales: One Insertion pcrs marc, 10 lines or less. S2 50 Kuch additional motion, per iiiure..... 2 (10 Yi-jirlv adrfis nor luonth. Iter squaro 1 oU Ageaits- L. P. "Fiskkk, 20 ami 21 New Merchants E change, i-5.iutlion-.cd t net as Agent Fortiic .As-roiu vv in ftm Francs.-co. .Any friend who feels xn interest in tho pros perity of tins region, is authorised to net as Agent for tins paper, in iiracuring subscribers. crnr iktslligskcz. " Come on, Mr.Grant," is the popular theme at Hie Crystal. 8CS For froh Oys'crs, in every style, call -at tho Pari:i:k lleusi: Kkst vui.N-. A man could walk to the Farmers' -wharf on Christinas clay, if duly straight The steamer Governor pected here to-da.y with a 3jrain ciicct from Albany Grovcr is ex full cargo of Ifany body has lost a cold they can find one at this office. We won't require payment for this notice if they will take it away. "We regret to hear that Prof Worth "ington, of the Astoria Public Schools, has "been very ill for several days, but are pleased to state that he i recovering. U2TA next, clean, coov place, for scrirlc inen and ladies to enjoy a dish of fresh Oysters is at the Pakkkr llois:: Uijtauk vst. Eveiybody's. friend, Frank J. Taylor, was decidedly in luck with presents at the Grace Church Christmas tree; he now sports a thimble, -and "those" slippers and a pair of baby shoes adorn his bou doir. Ir. C. B. Pari em an, of the Parker House, on Tuesday last lead Miss Sarah "Upton to the hymenial altar. Y7e ac knowledge the compliments of the happy -couple and send erecting our congratula- tions and wishes of " much joy." Beaver Lodge No :)3. I. O. O. F. elected officers as follows, for the next term, Thursday evening : I. W. Case, X. G., C. H. Page, V, G-, Wm. P. Gray, : Sec, John Hobson, Treasurer. C. H. Dexter, mine host of the Seaside Summer rcsort,and Hugh Stoop, the build er thereof, have both absconded, but not to parts unknown. Dexter is in Portland, -and Stoop leaves hereto-day for Brookficld to resume work on Eeglcr & Jewett's fish ery. It was decided "certain" that the river was open when the Ajax left here Tuesday but it has since- been decided ' more certain'1 such is'nt the esse. Xine vessels, betides the Ajax, were ice bound .at St. Helens on Christmas day. j3 Oysters in every style, at all hours of day or niht, at tho P.v:ri:r IIeusj: Kkst.yu kaxt, Main street, Astoria. Captain kludge has quit falling over board at the Farmers' wharf, and set his son Walter at that business. The first good plunge was made one day last week. 'The Captain didn't pull off his gloves, throw his hammer away, grab a spile, and go in after him because there was no oc casion for it. While the weather has been such as to almost inspire our citizens to gardening ninety miles above Astoria the temper mature has been freezing cold, and we shall not be surprised to hear of another geneial cessation of business. It is fearful to con- template a State like Oregon being wholly shut off from the seaboard; all the grain, I ground there, sliding down ten ieet more ana Saturdays. shipping, etc., at a stand still for want of j of wet frosty planking younder, with con- i or Skipanon, Seaside house, and Tilhi sixtv miles of railway, and forty miles of siderable force, but though body, bones, I mook, luesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. rin,vu Tf. wnuld von thnt fi mm- otuI nlntliino- tram .iennardizcd the bottle Forl'urts Steven and CapeDisappomt- mnfTWt dictates of humanity, iffnorinsrall matters of pnv ... - v , , - - ;-, caused these av kept perpetually We wonder if there on the face of the globe, two places situat ed relatively as Portland and Astoria are situatedjWherc the greater would noisome time in the course of a quarter of a century, have completed some sort of communica tion to the le&ser through some impulse or other as an act of chai ity, if nothing else. Thpm are thousands of considerations, it ppms to us that would have moved any other people on God's earth, to open such communication. And keep it open, uy laupL ate concern, should have Manfully did he cling to tnar, and id was ' -Luufcuii.y mm iimrsuays, m, , .oy A. al. enues 10 oe opened and a gemai spectacle to see mm using x ikuuia. , vi aJ..1.., iv . ., ..cw ....,, open, many years ago. I like (from the ashes of his pipe), and hear l loungs river, jewis ana uiarKe, jeii.- i to be found anywhere his crleeful shouts ot victory as lie came to , Jem "V auey , etc., irregumr. Eben Parker returned on Christmas day from his effort to reach Forest Grove with a letter mail on horse hack. He found three feet depth of snow beyond Nehalem. Got within fourteen miles of Forest Grove, and'coul&have gone through only for eight miles of impassable road. "We hear from "Washington City that Wm. Chance, present Assessor, of Clatsop county, has been -appointed to the impor tant but not very lucrative position of Postmaster at As'coria. As Uncle Samuel has been somewhat lavishly liberal in tit- ting up the office it is hoped that he will soon order .Brother Jonathan to add a more reasonable compensation for the services of the Postmaster, And while he is about it he may a well give us an over land mail to Portland, by way of Nehalem. The bark Windward, Capt.-Stannard, is still here, at Holladay's warf, awaiting thebalanceofher cargo of lumber from Portland for Shanghai. Capt Stannaid is very easy over it, knowing full well that it would -not load the vessel any sooner if he were to lose that valuable gift which gave Job such blessed consolation in his aiitictions. Should the liver again close speedily, as there was every prospect la-t night would be the case, the Lord onlv knows when the Windward will be readv fosea. -Many a one was surprised in this city Christinas eve. The trees at the Churches were loaded with presents, and a meny time indeed followed the distribution of the gifts. Several tree were erected at pri vate houses all productive of happy, mer ry, gladsome hearts. From carry morn till evening pre-onts and congratulations were changed and interchanged, among all ages, sexes and conditions. The ball given by Astoria Engine Company Xo. 1, was a most "appropriate and successful ter mination of a right Merry Christmas in Astoria. During the late freeze, (prior to this one), a very good story of The Death-iike Grip of one of the leading merchants of Astoria, was related to us: but we did not consider it prudent at that time to mention the matter to our readers, inasmuch as we considered that we had all the " head on" that ciicumstances would justify us in packing around, so long as ships could not ascend the river, and the majority ot people had no particular business to en gage their attention, and would, per force, be given to gossip. But, now that we are practically on the sick list, Van would n't be mean enough to come around here with malice aforethought, armed with pis tols and bowic knives, to demand retract ion a sick man nas mu, au vantage so here goes for the incident. Yi ve 've never inquired Van's fighting size; bulttiiswc knew: through his generosity lat Thurs day evening we were provided with a shirt and belt from his wardrobe, in which to make an appearance at the Fireman's ball but, after we had harnessed up. and our eldest Orcgonian " at home" failed to recognize its father, because of the seeming obesity, we retired to our chamber at an 1.111 1 1JVV11 , 10,.tT llllll to sleep, perchance to dream of the fate-s that always await the pioneer newspaper publisher. Benjamin Franklin, James Gordon Bennett, Artemus Ward, all! all of them, had their bitter experien ces; and, does not history repeat itself? But to return from this rhapsody to that story on Van. It was occasioned from his living in this embryo city, where there is seldom any snow; where folk make their their gardens in Winter; and generally speaking, "December is as pleasant as May." But this season we have had snow enough to admit of the boys sliding down hill on the side walks. We don't mean to say that the boys take up the side walks and carry them to the tops of the hills and then let loose as it old Bealzebub had bro ken out in the vicinity, but that the walks were the runways for the sleds. All know without being told, that fucIi weather as j this instills new lite ana animation m men and boys, and is apt to make them frolic some. It stimulates them to racing, j ump ing up and down, clapping hands, and feeling good generally. It so stimulated Van; and atone of those stimulated scenes lie was rather unceremoniously invited to sit down on Court street grade, and at the same time surrender an empty " vinegar" bottle which he carried in his left hand. It is rclatod that he tore around there at a fearful rate, performing some creditable ICaiS OI 2TIOUUU. ailU Jim-J lumuuug iui y ihxxr minnrrv pnvnnninfr across ten feet of , bnow iere darting over ten feet of frozen was saved'.nor did he relax his grasp, .... '. .. . ,. , ,, . 1 -""j crleeful th store and filled that bottle with vine irar," relating the circumstance, and at the same time praising the juveniles for havinjr n-lnzed tho walk so elesantly. and wishing he were a lioy again. When he hears a person complain that the Council do not pass an ordinance to prom oil ooys from coasting on the walks, he turns away j with the theught: i fool of yourself," don't make a darn pnnp.lnonilv nim-mff that he enjoys that sort of sport.and woulS not deprive another of it. 3Ir. J. P. Saunders, of Po'rt Stevens, is reported suffering from a stroke of palsy received about ten days ago. The holiday vacation in the Astoria Public Schools will continue until theiirst Monday in January. One of our whilom friends, a federal officer by the way, feasted on. goose stuff- en with sauer kraut, at uystervme Chrismas day . on Because there is a Humbug river in Xehalem valley that does not signily the land is humbug. Adams, can show a patch of soil on which he r:igpd wheat last season at the rate of 109 bushels to the acre. Billy Euhlcnhart, whom every one in Astoria respects as an industrious, sober, lav abiding citizen, draw a razoi acro-s Captain Stannard's face Christmas eve., cuttinar the beard off as smooth as a whis tle. He will serve you. the same way, if you call -around at the. Occident Shaving Saloon. Since St. Helens passed such a "Merry Christmas, lS7o," with ten ocean vessels in her harbor, we suggest that the town authorities cstablis.li a newspaper office and go after the seaport question again. By this means they might be able to make .-rime of the would-be conservators of Oregon commerce believe that a mule had suddenly elongated his a..er parts and taken them ke-ilop where it makes the breath short. Friend Merrill start your paper let St. Helens be heaid. There ha. been much research among the young men members of- the Astoria Social Club for an appropriate name. Some favored Terpsichorean, some one thng, some another but while all this doiujt. and perplexity lasted the young ladies hit upon a name, and the club at leabt tor the present is known as the Young Men's Christian Association. Pri vate Soirees are to be given by the club once a week during the Winter, at Mason ic Hall. Last Slimmer we had the pleasure (?) of pioneering on Grays river for a week, and helped to break the trail that let the working-men into what has since become H. H. Jackson's orchard ! Yes sjr, that unbroken wilderness of last spring has since blossomed as the ro.-e," and some of the fruits of the place are now on sale at the various stoics of Astoria. From Jackson's orchard aforesaid we have cabbage heads 4 to the 100 pounds ; sugar beets, parsnips carrots, turnips etc., etc., of very superior flavor and size. If the Xorthern Pacific liailrond Company don't ruin the country hy driving settlers out of it, Grays river will be able to supply vege tables and onions enough in a few years to pay the animal interest on thcNational debtr unless the debt contiune- to increase at the present ratio nine million dollars during Xovomber. Exchllkxt Those Sugar Cured Hams, and that Fresh Roll Butter, Fresh Buckwheat, ! (this year's crop), Corn Meal, Cracked Wheat, Hominy, etc., at Cask's. I2tf Ox for ftalc. One stout, heavy built work Ox, eight years of age, gentle and well broken, weighing between S00 and 900 pounds, is offered for sale on ap plication at John Douglass' sop county. runcnm uiat d27?t School Books. I have lately re ceived all the different kinds of Xew School Books required to be ued in this State, that i can now be found in San Francisco. Also, blate pencils, Plotting pads a good as sortment of Stationery, Drawing paper, CAltD BOA11D, Perforated board, Ink, (Carmine, Purple and Black). Likewise a new stock of Crockery, Clocks and a large assortment of Lamp Chimneys, all of which will be sold cheap for cash. I. W. CASE, oltf Chenamus St., Astoria, I'ost Office Notice. The General Delivery at the Astoria Postoffice will be open daily, (except Sun days), from S o'clock "A. m. until 0 p. m. On Sundays from 1 to 2 o'clock p. m. Money Orders issued from S" a. m. to 4. MAILS CLOSE: For Portland and intermediate offices, - at 5M o'clock a. m. Tuesdays, Thursdays i ment, "Unity, , Oysteryillc, and Olympia NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. 1. Anv person who takes a paper regu- i larly from the pot-othce whether direct ' ed to his name or another's. or wneuier die has subscribed or not is responsible for the payment. 2. If any person orders his paper discon tinued, he must pay all arrearages, or the rmblisher mav continue to send it, until 4 fM... .rA... .rw ,1 tiU.-... ji.-t,.r. -- .'Hl a w payment is made " a collie tl eV olo I "to en tli e possession of the dam- heaite. Work not an afcair ot pPr IKlwhS the mner IftakenTm Used goods. Let tho Plaindealer ed- sonal sympathy; it consists or dollars J amount whether thepaper.is takeuirom the office or not. OIR SPICEBX. An Ottawa editor was "telescoped" by a collision with a goat the other day. Incompatibility of temperament of the wife's relatives is recognized by the California courts. Ohio has graduated another female lawyer, and the papers say she steps feet six inches in her morning walk. "Poor Jim Waynel" remarks an Indiana paper, " he has gone where bar-tenders don't scowl when a man fills the glass up." In a letter to & friend, a Springfield young lady states that she is not en gaged, but she .sees a cloud above the horizon about as large as a man's hand. The " cast of countenance" of an English tragedian, at present in Paris, is described by a French critic as that of " Don Quixote giving away tracts." Seventy-one umbrellas were stolen from the Baptist Church in Oswego one rainy night last week. They pretend to say that the victims went home smiling. The Xew Y'ork Tribune blushes at th 'j cowardly moderation of the Con necticut tax-collector, who appropri ated to his own use the beggarly sum of 83,900. It is thought that when the mem bers of the Evangelical Alliance get in front, of Niagara, they will be bet ter able to form an ida of human na ture before the Fall. A Dagger of cast steel, thrust under the hat-band, or through the bow that fastens down a long plume, is the ornament of the fashionable Eng- lish walking hats of this season. A reporter who "interviewed" a prominent Xew York broker learned that the broker didn't know where prices were going to stop, but would give 100,000 for the information. Joaquin Miller, in a poem on Moth er Earth, expresses the opinion that " It were best that we should rest, that she should rest." Well, Joa quin, give us a rest. Boston merchants have expanded the idea of answering certain ques tions by handing a printed card to the querist. Thus a well known firm in that city, now in temporary quarters, but expecting at an early day to return to its old stand, chokes off all inquiries by a card inscribed as follews: "We don't know when we shall move. AVe don't think' about it. AVe have not rented this store. It is to rent. Price $4,000. Lease of four years. This fully tells all we know." Tho Oil City Derrick, speaking of " petroleum peculiarities," says: " JJon't say vou don't 'bawrl' ior barrel. 11 accumulate the value of one of them full of oil at present prices don't pronounce it so. Xo man can permanently prosper in life who says 'bawrl.' If you were on your death-bed you feel like saying 'bawrl?' Then dry up on it and say b-a-r-r-e-1." Xew Bedford can claim the cham pionship in modesty. An art deal er, among the other goods, placed in his window copies of antique stat uary, such as are to be found in all the old world galleries, when a crim inal prosecution was entered against him, and the valiant marshal seized the statues. The matter was taken into the Police Court, and the justice decided that the exhibition of the statue of XarcisGtis " manifestly tend ed to corrupt the morals of youth." Goldwin Smith doubts " whether a more active or a more virulent poison was ever infused into the veins of a Nation than that which is infused into the veins of the Ameri can Xation by such school histories as are used in the United States," .and wants to know " what can be ex pected if people are fed through their childhood on such stimulants of Na tional vanity and malignity." Smith should stop writing temporarily, and call in liis family physican. The Roseburg Plaindealer, with extraordinary keenness of vision, Jbrsees, in the appointment of Judge lAVilliams to the Chief Justiceship, Innrrnr tn thr " llhm'tlP.S Of the llfiO- i n n...n onxrc fim i;vnvfira rf pie. V.icumauoavo n,o wwcw the American people are tne mnsti"''V.iiuiCiu..i;v-, . -remarkable articles in the world, j do much toward Temo aite o Theyhavc been "assailed," "tram- stacles by proving themselves the pled upon," " in danger," " destroy- best workmen. " Women, like prin ed" etc., etc., day in and day out, ces, find few real fnends,"-espcr-.ever sinceil776; and yet, the people ! ially m competition of sex iorlabo.. manage to make them answer a to!- . Tliey must appeal to empleyers: ni,w frnnri nnrmsp. ond snnm rnf.h- heads, and pay little heed t) their M.uj c,v .t""r j -r" j.aged 'Itor-be comforted.' FREE TRADE ASKED FOR, On Tuesday we intended to say that Congress was expected to pass an Act at the present session admit ting grain-bag materials free of duty. The San Francisco Bulletin has this to say on the subject. Simultaneously, in the California Legislature and in Congress, the voice has been raised on the subject of bags, bagging and jute. When the frame work of the tariff which is now in operation was laid, very little attention was paid to California or her interests. Probably California herself had not made up her mind clearly upon the subject. Pennsyl vania was on hand, thoroughly con versant with all the facts of the case and in a deep loud yoice made known her wants. Xew England mustered all her representatives and secured the measure of protection which she considered that she needed. Other sections of the country which had specialties to foster were alive and active. There was a dim idea abroad at the time that possibly California had an interest in preventing the competition of foreign wool growers, but her representatives were either too inert or too feeble to effect any thing. The result is that the tariff, as it stands at present, inflicts rela tively more injury upon California than any other State in the Union. It compels her to buy domestic, arti cles of an inferior character at a high er price than she would have to pay for the foreign, and superior article. And this wThile the greater portion of her trade is with foreign ports. California, in an industrial and commercial point of view, is an ap pendage of Xew England, a province of Pennsylvania, and a dependency of Xew York. It is not our purpose, at this time, to wander off into any discussion on the respective merits of free trade and protection. If we have not obtained all that we may have a right to by-the latter, proba bly an indulgent Congress will stretch a point for us with reference to the former. If there be no rival interest at the powerful East, the presump tion is that no very serious difficulty will be encountered. But even if there is not, no measure can be car ried in Congress without persever ance and energy. Alley went to Congress a few yfears ago, from the shoe-manufactnring district of Mas sachusetts to raise the tariff on shoe findings. He delivered himself on all occasions in season and out of season on the claims that shoe-findings had upon the attention of a pat riotic Congress. Alley was laughed at for his devotion to a single scheme and for his parliamentary gaucherie, but Alley won. A good-natured and boisterous Congress gave him all he asked, in the closing hour of its ses son. This bagging question is a very serious one for us. AVe have built up in a few years an enormous trade in breadstuffs. An immense fleet is required annually to convey our sur plus wheat to Europe. We cannot ship it as they do at the East by means of elevators, for the voyage is too long. AATe must have bags and upon bag?, bagging and jute, there is a heavy duty. AVe send out a large quantity of" bags every year, and viien they come back we have to pay duty on them over again. AVe propose simply to request Congress to make a reduction. The Legislature is about to ask our Congressmen to move in the matter. One of our Congressmen without being asked, has already presented the subject. AVill our petition be heard with fa vor? Thev must do things with a rush in Philadelphia. The Gazette tells of " Cavalry church" in that city. One of the toughest and healthiest men in Sioux city, according to -the Journal, eats but one meal a day, ' and that is just before going to bed. It is a universal rule in labor, which no accident, or social tradi tion, or clannishnessof sex, can over throw, that skill wins. So long a there are more workmen than can find work, women have accidental as; ! well as natural obstacles to meet. M.nnmrJnVnr. thov iVlll i ' w- u i .,- v,; - ,. land cents.