U3 Tri-Weekly Astorian ASTOEIA, OEEGON: I. C. IREIiAXB Editor. ASTORIA ., Jan. 17, 1874 Caleb Cusliing had been confirm ed as Minister to Spain. It is considered certain that Gen. Crooks nomination will be confirmed. Major Corn oyer, of Umatilla Res ervation, has recently lost two chil dren by death his sons Edmund imd "Willie. His friends sympathize with him in so great a bcreavment. The Democratic State Central Committee is to meet in Portland, on Thursday, the 22d, for the purpose of designating the time and manner of holding a Democratic State Conven tion. The proposed Continental Eail--vay is almost an air line from New York to Omaha. It starts from Jer sey City, reaching Omaha by a bee line of the Chicago Rock Island and Burlington railways. The road nev er goes out of its way to reach a town or citr. Tom Scott says "the Northern Pacific Railroad Company don't want any more British gold ; that the country will produce all that is 31 ceded, and when the road goes through Montana the mines thus opened will produce more than we want. Secretary Pish denies that his son-in-law, Mr. "Webster, who is the Spanish Attornejr in New York, and who held this position two years be fore Mr. Fish succeeded to the port folio of the State Department, has ever communicated with him on the subject of Spanish relations. Making San Francisco simply a port of call on the voyage from Hongkong to Panama, is a serious blow to that port, and withdraws large patronage from the overland railroads, and transfers the same to the Panama railroads. The entire mercantile community of San Fran cisco are chagrined and disgusted at the policy announced by the Com pany. Mr. Daniel D. Tompkins Moore, publisher of Moore's Rural New Yorker, lias failed, and his Weekly has gone into the hands of a Receiv er. Mr. Moore is well known as a veteran publisher, and has many friends throughout the country. He was wrecked by too much confidence in New York speculators, with whom lie had been trying to exist for some six years past. The Baker City Herald says: It is estimated that there has been something like a ton of prospect rock pounded up in this city during the past two or three weeks. All the old pots and kettles in the country have been brought into requisition. It is said that one fellow got "quartz on the brain" so bad that he sat up till 10 o'clock at night, engaged in pounding a sage brush root through mistake, of course. The excitement has been up to fever heat. A Chicago dispatch of the 8th says: ."The telegraphic situation is not changed for the better this morn ing, and there is scarcely ja, possibjli ty of getting anything through from the East before io-nigM, if evan then. A few dispatches got through .at an early hour this morning, but they came via Richmond, a., through the Carolinas, through At lanta, Louisville and Cincinnati, The storm appears to extei4 from the Lakes on the north, Tennessee on the south, And ho.w fiir sasjt sannot bje .definitely stated, Senator Kelly of Oregon, has iiv troduced a bilj. in the Senate to da ;mte the SteiJacoom Milj,tary Reseii vation to Vaslingtoi Territory, for the use of Mie insane-; iiiso, a bill to authorize Thurston county, AVasljing t jji Territory, to issue bonds far the construction of a ijailroal from Burr rard Tnlet, Puget Sound, to .intersect i iho .Northern Pacific Railroad ,at Tcuijno. Referred to t,he Co;n mitt.ee on Territories. . THE TJBODEF TUSTICESHIP. A "Washington dispatch of 4he 8th has this : The message of the Presi dent to the Senate, withdrawing the nomination of George H. "Williams as Chief Justice, states that it is done at liis own request. "Williams re mains in office as Attorney-General, and the nomination of Col. Bristow for that position, is, in another brief message, consequently withdrawn. Following is the letter of Attorney General "Williams requesting the withdrawal of his nomination : " Sir : You were kind enough, without my solicitation or any knowledge on my part that you contemplated any such thing, to nominate me for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Since that time the flood gates of calumny in all di rections have been opened upon me, my abilities have been disparaged, my integrity brought in question, and as it seems to me that the stage of public opinion, adverse to my ap pointment, has been reached which might hereafter embarrass your ad ministration and perhaps impair my usefulness upon the bench; with a perfect consciousness that I have per formed with clean hands and upright purpose all the duties of the various public offices to which I have been called, and trusting to time and to a just public mind when better inform ed for my vindication, I respecfully ask you to withdraw my nomination." Another dispatch says : The Pres ident nominated Caleb Cushing to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. It is probable a stormy debate will take place on the confirmation, as his nomination does not give satisfaction to the politicians here. Later dispatches inform us that "There is bitter opposition to the confirmation of Cushing. Common objections are urged only on political grounds. The chances are in favor of his confirmation. The New York Times denounces him as devoid of any political principles." "Williams was denounced for not being "devoid of any fixed principles," Cushing is denounced, for being the opposite. This illustrates a very curious state of affairs in "Washington. "What has the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of the United States to do with poli tics. Has it come to this that only the "politicians" are to have a voice in the affairs of this government are the people to be no longer re garded as anything more than tools in the hands of politicians? Verily there is need for political reformation in the land. Nesmith is pushing the bill for a breakwater at Port Orford. The case of pneumonia ambol ism in East Portland, is improving. Colonel George B. Curry and family, who have resided in Yamhill for some jears, have removed to Grant county. The Oregqn Iron "Works are to be resold, as Smith Bros., former pur chasers at $40,000, will not take the property, not being satisfied with the title. Einstein Bros., boot and shoe manufactures, of Battery street, pro pose opening the largest factory in their trade on this coast. They have acquired a lot on Hayes street, be tween Polk and Van Ness, 136x355, fliul on a portion of this, 00x120, they ire About fo erect a three-story build ing, substantially finished and equip ped with modern improvements and appliances. Detached from the main building wjll 1 a small .structure for an .engine, w&icji is to supply power for the machinery, The total cost wi.U & About $40,000, - Tljc flrin an ticipates that it will employ from five io seven hundred persons, o whom a- large number will bu white men, women, tand children. Ab.out four hundred persons are now employed on he lipppr fioor of the Siantic B.uiidlnjg, Ki'J.ay street, and of these one hundred and fifty are Chinese.. Einstein Bros., use the McKay sew? ins machine, and they have a patent in .operation which materially lessens the consumption of material in the cutting o uppers for ladies' boots, MISCEM.ANEOUS ITEMS. r Ex-Sheriff Brennan, of New York City, has been sentenced to thirty days imprisonment in the jail for contempt of Court, in allowing Genet to escape. The Chief of Engineer's Bureau re ports against McFadden's bill for the construction of a Military road from "Wallula to Seattle, which inevitably kills the project. This is the way the subject is broached in Lowell, Massachusetts : "There are rumors that J. Buttrick, easier of the Wansutta National Bank, has a discrepancy of $50,000 in his accounts." The Democratic Convention of New Hampshire nominated J. A. "Weston for Governor, denounced the present Administration roundly, call ed for a repeal of the salary act, de nounced all kinds of monopolies, declared in favor of State rights, offered adhesion to the Baltimore platform of 1S72, and adjourned sine die. It is understood that the Texas Pacific Pail road Company will ask for no subsidy m money or bonds to aid its road, but will "seek to have some way provided by which the interests on its bonds, to extend to the amount of 40,000 per mile, may be gauranteed, so as to permit nego tiations in Europe without a ruinous discount. The Salem Express now runs to Albany. Strenuous efforts are making to smother, in the Pacific Railroad Committee, LuttelPs inquiry into the Central Pacific contract and Finance Company's proceedings. Rumor hath it that Attorney-General Williams will be nominated to the Spanish Mission, in case Caleb Cushing be confirmed asChief Jus tice of the Supreme Court. At last, after a protracted siege and a stubborn defense, Cartagena has fallen. This is the most important victory yet achieved by the Spanish Government over the Carlists, and this comes only after the Government itself appears to have ceased to exist except in a provisional and precarious way. Senator Mitchell's bill annrnnrintfs $50,000 for the purchase of materiel and apparatus for a private assay of fice in Portland, Oregon, and the appointment of the necessary officers for the establishment of a Govern ment assay office. The claims against the firm of Jay Cooke c0 Co., bankrupts, are found to amount to over $9,000,000. There is also published a partial schedule of the debts due them, and of the prop erty of the firm and its members. This is not summed up yet, so that the total of their assets cannot be stated. Dwinnell & Perkins, of Powder River Valley, during the past season threshed the following amount of grain : oats, 41,893 bushels, wheat, 3.345 bushels, barley, 12,019 bushels, The above was about half the grain raised the past season, and there was less wheat, in proportion, than of any other kind, from the fact that there is no market for wheat. All that is raised is for home consump tion. Houghton's bill on the Chinese question provides for the appoint ment by the President and confir mation by the Senate of three com missioners, whose duty it shall be to collect and report to Congress all available information relative to the condition of the Chinese of the United States, and the effect of their pres ence on the white labor of the coun try. Authoritative data thus obtain ed will, Houghton believes, facilitate procuring such Federal action as may be found necessary. The Statesman has this from Sil verton: No tidings have yet come to hand of S. Greathouse, the man who so mysteriously disappeared from here on the evening of the 2d in stant. The prevailing opinion now is that he was murdered. To-dav a meeting of the citizens was held and "W. R. Dunbar, H. D. Mount, T. R. Hibbard, Jennings Smith and John Morely were appointed a committee to take charge of a'nd prosecute the search for the missing man. The country round about, under the di rection of the committee, is being thoroughly searched, but so far noth ing has been found. The Stickeen gold mine fever shows no abatement, but, on the con trary, is growing more contagious, .and it is thought that the rush thith er will be immense as soon as the weather settles. About 200 miners are awaiting the return of the steam er California to that point to start for port "Wrangle, and thence for the mines, and about 125 are now at Back's bar, awaiting the opening of Spring. Two well l:nown gentlemen of Porrl,aiiJ. have purchased the steamer Shoo Fly, and will immedi ately commence buijding another Steampr of light draught for use on the Stickeen river. Everything in dicates lively tim.es in thaj; -regfon .during the present year, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Teaming to Order. THE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO IN form the Public of Astoria and surround ing country that ho is now prepared with a good team to attend to all kinds of hauling in Astoria. AS- Office at II. B. Parker's Store, or at Stables on Chomoquo Street, Jtftf F.TERMAN. NOTICE. THE TAX-PAYERS OE SCHOOL Dis trict No. 1, Clatsop County, Oregon, aro hereby notified that the Taxes for the First Term of the Present School Year are Now Due. All Tinrsnns infnrnafnri nm ,nnni.u,i -w r.r... . Tj r "-;-. M M lWllllUOlH IU I'll-J mu Ban u immuuiaieijj ana savo costs, liy order ot the Board of Directors. J 10tf J. G. HUSTLER, Clerk. Notice. THE ASTORIA FARMERS' COMPANY is now ready to store Jllieat and other JPHODJJCE! AT THEIR NEW WAREHOUSE. Usual lates charged. S. D. ADAIR, Secretary. Astoria, Dec. 4th, lS7o. d4tf Fruit Trees. THE UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED to furnish, from the Vancouver Nursery of S. W. Drown, Actually one of the Best Nurseries on the Pacific Coast, All kinds of Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees, Vines, Berry Shrubs, etc., etc., at Reduced (Catalogue) Prices. Orders may bo left at the Astokian Office. A. H. SALE, . J10 tf Astoria, Oregon. JACKIE'S & Co., Corner of jVtnin and Jefferson Streets, Astoria, Oregon. "TVEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF STOVES, Tin and Sheet Iron Ware! S Jobbing, of every style, done to qrdcr. Give us atrial. j6tf CHIANK FABRE, at the Contral Market, L Portland, lias Onl:irrnrl liia PlH.'!.1!?!? oll and added such improvements as will enable him to nrovido Rn5miros witli tTin knuf ;, i, Market. Partios furnished with Hot Coffee on short notice. Give tho Central Market Coffoo btand a trial- ocltf Established 1859. O'CONNOR & MALARKEY HAVE Re moved to SO Front street, corner of Wash ington, Portland, where, with increased facili ties, we shall ondeavor to retain our old cus tomers and obtain new ones bv soiling goods that aro reliable, and full valuo for tho money asked. Wholesale and retail Grocers, Ship Stores, foreign and domestic Fruits, Garden and Grafs Seeds. JOHN O'CONNOR, ai , t DAN. J. MALARKEY. Portland, Jan. 1, 1S74. tf The NW Market. CITY MARKET COFFEE STAND. You aro wanted to call and try our Coffee, Chocolate, and Tea. Wo can provido you with Soups, Moats, Poultry, Gamo, Fish, etc, JlOtf M. H. SHEPPARD. SparMing Oregon Cider. HARRINGTON'S SPARKLING Oregon Cider, is now ready and forsalo by D. F. HARRINGTON, Sixth st., between D and E strcots, JlOtf Portland, Oregon. Universal Spring Bed. ALL YE WHO WANT REST, BUY THE Universal Spring Bed. Best in tho State. Pnco only Ten Dollars. Can bo packed in small space, and weighs out 23 pounds. Every Bed warranted, and kopt in repair for throe years. H. B. MORRILL, Manufacturer, JlOtf 102 First St., Portland. Self Acting Rubbers and Overshoes AN ARTICLE LONG NEEDED BY THE Public, havo just boon receivod from tho Last by George A. Peaso & Co., cor. Morrison and lirst streets, Portland, tho only place on the Coast that havo them. Call and seo them, and you will be suro to purchase, as thov aro so handy, and choapor than ordinarv shoes. Jb ull satisfaction guaranteed on all goods. GEO. A. PEASE & CO?. J10" Pacific Boot and Shoo Store. Oregon Slusemn. N INSTITUTION OF REAL MERIT, . InStrUCtlVO. AmilSlTlfr "Prifni-toSnnr. Tl. place to visit, of all others. Open from 9 a. m. to 10 i. m., 2o cents admission. T. A. Worm Prnn.;nn Jltf First and Ash s.t.. PnrHnnrl Book Binding. FRED. MILLER BULLETIN BUILD- . in" Pnrnjiml. HnnL-.lKn,ln tj i..i: and Blank-Book Manufacturer. Binding dono in ovcry stylo. Tho place to got your County ltecords. All work receives my personal at tention. Orders solicited. jiutf Oregon Livery and Hack Stables. FINEST STOCK IN THE CITY, HORSES JL Bought and bold and Boarded, at Reason able ratos. Hacks on call, day and night ;mr n rAfc.G0DA1M Proprietor, JlOtf Cor Morrison and 2d sts, Portland. J. IVFCRAKEN & Co., Importers, Shipping, Commission and Forwarding Merchants, 14 and IB North Front St,, PORTLAasKDEGON. A GENTS FOR GILROY'S DUNDEE Bags XJl and Bagging; McMurray's Case Goods; Uswego Ivingsford Starch; Hunnewell's Spices and Cream Tartar; Gross & Co.'s Soap and Candle; Ropes & Co.'s Candles; Crytalino Oil, etc., etc. jiotf KOSHLAPID BROS... o. 8 Front st., Central Block, Portland, Dealers in General Merchandise, HAVE DH HIND. AXD offer for sale,-' nnit Uil nAnUi Grain Bags, Wool Bags, Burlaps Nanaimo COAL, Etc., Etc. r-B. Wo pay tho highest market pricos for ool, Hides, Deer Skins and Furs. jlOtf GENERAL MERCHANDISE. GOODS FOR THE SEASON i REMCTM ill Prices ! Selling Less than Cost TIE ENTIRE STOCK! OF GOODS A Wvf-W 0rTIE LATE GEORGE JIX. bUiUiUEhfc, deceased, Astoria Oregon, HAS TO BE SOLD; And in order to settle up the affairs of the -tatc the undersigned, administrator, is now ottering tho entire line, embracing a verv de sirable quality of goods at prices below actual cost. BSTCall and Examino for Yourselves.TTa ifir All persons having bills against tho es tate will please present tho same, with proper vouchers for payment. And all persons owing the estate will pleaso coma forward and settle, or mako arrangements to settlo tho same, and save costs. c. S. WRIGHT, n20tf Administrator- Estnblislietl in Astoria in 1S9. NEW GOODS. CHEAP GOODS. A. VAH DUSEN, "Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GENERAL AtEPvCHANDISE, Corner of Main and Chenamus stroots, ASTORIA, OREGON. TS NOW GFFERTNfJ VCm satyr nvp yd A tho largest and most complete assortment of General Merchandise over before brought to tho country, and.to buyers For Cash will offer k Most Flattering Inducements In tho lino of DRY-GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, AND CAPS, ROOTS AND SHOES EANCY GOODS, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS, A Coanplctc Stock of Every Article, TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. BSTGivo mo a call, and bo convinced thort my goods are of tho best quality, and as cheap as can bo bought of any houso in tho State. A. VAN DUSEN. Headquarters ! Headquarters ! I. W.-CASE, Chenamus Street, Abtoria, Oregon, Wholesalo and Retail Doaler in Dry foods, Clothing. Groceries, Provisions, Notions, And General Merchandise, CROCKERY, GLASSWARR, HATS AND CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES, BLANKETS, FLANNELS, &c.r "Which is being ofToied Clieap FOR CASH or PRODUCE I g. All the New School Books, that can be had, and a great variety of Stationery jiibt received. jyi tf Millinery and Fancy Goods. "WE WISH TO CALL THE A'lTENTlO 1 T of the Ladies of Astoria and TicinJty to our now stock of Millinery and Fancy Goods I Which we offer at reasonablo pricea. Ladies living at a distanco, favoring us with their or ders, will find them promptly attended to. Miss H.M. MORRISON, Propr. Main street, Astoria, Oregon. s2S THE ONLY MamifacturinffHouse IX OREGON. Fishel & Roberts, Corner Eir&t and "Washington Streets, POllTLAND, OBEGON. MHMABLE CLOTHIERS, AXD MAXTPACTUREItS. THE BEST VALVE FOR THE LEAST MONEY. "V .' r