The Coast Mail. THE COAST MAIL. DKVOTIJI) TO alii livh issTjani I'lMII.IHIII I) DYKHY HATUltPAY MOKNIXU WEBSTER, HACKER & LOCKHART, Mnrshllold, Coos Co,, Or. Tim iNTi;ni:sTH ov south i:kn onr.coN always ' ronoiosT. Tonus, In Alliance. Ono ) ear -Six months Tliicci months - $2 m 1 ro - 1 00 The Development of our Mine, tho Improvement of our harbors, and rail road communication with the Interior, specialists. Vol.3. MA-RSTrTFrTCIVD, OK., SATUEDAY, FEB. 14, 1SSO. No. 7- ornciAii i'.vi'imi or coos co. The Const Mail. Homicide In 4'lncluiiiiiiH ', A few hi)s since, one Chtik Hamil ton was shot dead by ono .1 Collins, ut Slnbbs' Cioss ltomls, in Clackamas con n I, iln pmliculms of which ate given b) tlio lift' iim follows: " l'liini a gentleman wild nriic(l in tint oi t last owning fiom Oiogon Cil),wo lomned still further pm Mou lin in icgaul Id tlio a Hair, which gives u more justifiable nppcniniicc to tlio lioinioiilo tlian at first appealed. Clark llaiinltou was piuud to lie known ii h u cniinti) httlldnci ; a haul into, a Wolf willi two lows of tcitli, iiml when tl ru nk with a howl onto linn like a h.vena llo was in his gloiy only when up to hin men in troiiMc, dealing houohold disluib unocs on nnj Iiuuil, ami in fuel wax a teitui to that portion of tlio county, iiml hail coiiio to he looked upon as a hail mini , one that scrupled at uolli nig in injming Hie good naiiie of the people of Molall.i pi. line ami icinily In, th malo ami female. 1 1 is mouth was lilhil with ilo naiiiCH foi numer ous voting ladies when hie slomaih waslillul with whiskey, mid ho was molded as much an possible hy owiv one, fur feai of tiouhlo being mined )n Sunday hint Mi Itanisb), who car ins the mail fiom Molalla to Oiegon ( itv and who lives hut twoorthioo milt s fiom Hamilton's homo, was talking with his wifeahout this .voting man and wcro predicting thai he wniild i iihei he killed, minder some Iiiulx , or he sent to tlio Pontouliarv fui Nome crime, unless he mended Iiiu wa.n at once. They wcio cuitain he would soon get into trouble, which would biing fatal results, as ho had hei nine so emboldened hy the thought tliat cm ry hody was afiaid of him that he insulted almost oeiy person with wlioin he came in contact. Tor some time he had been ciiculatiiig a ropoil lcllootingsovorol) upon tlio ohaiacter of Mrs ('1)11111". llo had frequently tipiiih asserted that tslio was a had woman appl.ving ile names with hi nn( rtniiin Those stories wcro cat-' lied diioctl) to Mr Cidlins, whose I blood Uncled with ingo, as would ' thai of uuy man, bo his wifo what she I m.ij On Moudav lfamiltou visited Iho ross ronds. where ho oondnoled himself in his usual overhearing way, w huh resulted in Collins nuking him about tlio stories ho had circiilaled tibotil his wifo Hamilton bcciimo enraged and ponied out his ontiro vo cibiilary of mIo epithet upon both Collins and 1 1 1 si wife, calling tho wom an such n.nnoM as would cause any one who had a spark of imiiihood in lift bud) to re to lit tho accusations and piinitdi the vilooaluinniator. Collins' age knew no bounds, and like a Hush of lightning ho darted into the saloon, miid (ho gun, mid running to the iluor, iiildlcd tho bod) of Hamilton with hmkidiot, killing him ami hi1 liurne uistaiitl.v lie then wont to the maicsl magisti.ito and gave himself iii, giv nig the details of the alfan. Itlcli .Urn ol' llie I'liclilc poIiiK li ; Voi-K. Tho Now York IfaruUl has an aiti olo on tho movement toward Now York cit of certain wry lioh men of California, in which it tavs that it isHigiiilicaut of what is pioh.ibly to come (o pass one of thoto da.vs, not im rel as to tin t icli men of Califoiu. ia hulas toall tho vor noli man of tho Tinted Matos Tins city is tho inevitable homo of all such person, Himpl) bceaiiKi it iHtho finanoial cap ita! of tho oouiitiy. In tho nits of tho California inillionaiios cited piohahly twocauscNiuo in opei.ition, an titti.ic tion hero and lepulsion from the P.i iilioooaHt. Jiiht how tho new consti tution of California hits Dpciatcd upon tho inteichl of capital is not genei nllv known, hul may be p.uticulailj known to tlicso men in a voiy un jdcaKaiit mi) ; hut whether it is oi not Iho Hpuit exhibited (owaui capital and capitalists in tho campaign in whit h that institution was voted was a fan notice to riih moil to holako IheiiiHelvo'i to chinos wcro ooiuidoi uli .is prevail on tho mmjiTlof tho to' latioiis of uioiiey and labor. How mm li tho now comeis uuie iulliioiio--d b tho naiuing and how much by the pcicoptiou of tho advantages of n icMdence in Iho national moliopidis, it in not t'lisj to dotonuino hut each cause wiih iK'rliai.sini)oiliint in pio diicinglho icsiilt. Tho aitiolo lofei led to sas thai I), 0. .Mills, is alioady five millions lichoi for his iiiovj. J. C I'lood piopoxos to ost.iblishiug u In. inch of Iho Haul, of Nevada hoio, and J) 0. Mills in behalf of Iho Hank if California, wdl ondeuvor in ovoiy poKsihlo waj to iiein( a niuicoMifiil rnuiliiNion of I'lood . (Jo's plan, and mciotlj hy his wealth ami iiilluonoo, endeavor to thwuit tliuii planii. COOS BAY BARJUJD ITS DEAD. i.i mm ii()M'rm:i(i-iiooKoi,"itovi.n." Dining my tinvols on tho north west consl,I visited Coos liny in Iho fall of IS7JI. Tho hay is ii( boiitilifull) situated body of water.supplied by wa ter How Inn from both hiitnehcs of Coos Itivcr, Isthmus and South slough ami a few' iiiiiioi bianchcy, mid emp ties into tho ocean. On Iho rigid as ou conic up tho hay, after passing South slough i Knipiro City, a pic tuiesqiio little village built 11)1011 a beach nvcilooking tho sea. lleie I concluded to "lay oer a tup," and see the sights. Aocuidingly 1 engaged bnatd ut tho I.ockhail ho ti I, ami wassoon ensconced in a coiii foi table room, where, unlike many an othei "soa-snlo hotel," one was niado to feel porfedlv at homo. Doing a stranger, I font time kepi secluded, hill in a town liko Knipito one need nol icinain long oio ho llnds congcii inl spiut, and it was so in my cin-e I coon made tho acquaintance of that ubiquitous and cxcr-cntcrtaining per sonage, Iho "old inhabitant, "and from him learned many interesting inci dents of tho o.itly settlement of this portion of Oicgou Ho told many wend legends of Indian miii-ti.icic, haidships and priatioux emluied by tho pioneers, ami liair-breadth os capo of hardy sailors who "wont cow n to tlii'M'ii in tlnps," and of the noldo pioncoi women, who walked side by Hide with tho husbands of then thuicoiii tho daik and dreary hours when each twig contained a foe and none wen; safe from tho Indians that roamed the forests. lie related all this to mo, and after a few dajH aeqiiainanoe, invited me to take a nail with him and visit miiiio poiulHof intercht, of which oll'or 1 glad ly availed m.vself. Coos Hay has man attractions, but the bar for mo has tho nio-t charm h.v it was can only bo explainud by tho fad that, being a "t.ir," I was al- vvavs re tle.s when mil within tin roar of the briny deep, "Here," said he, as wo reached tlio .Voith spit, "is tlio hinial place of mini) brave hc.irU. And pointing to (he angry waters, xaid : "Several v ears ago a "kaniin" wont oor llieie and thirteen Indians met their death while endeavoring to reach the outer be.ichof point Arago, and many oth ershavogouo down 'noath the billows of this li n." The following owning, in ooinp.uiv with "I'liclo P.ivo," 1 went to North llond, and there foil in with a jovial crowd of sailois and null men, among whom vtcio ('apt Klliotl of the .'in hki AiujuiUi ami dipt. MeAUep, of tho Orifiit, two as lino gentlemen and lino m.'ii men as I have over mot. llo filled thono two portons wore Capt .lames Magee, of tho tug I'l-orl and Capt .lames Hill, of tho tug . V Hrrnhiiiii Dining tho owning, the conversation turned on tho bar, ami talo aftor talo minting to its treachery was told. Capt. Klliotl stated that that ho believed ho could save himself if w a shedoveibo.il d while crosting tho bin, but how little did he dream that ero forty-eight hours had pasted he would ho numbered among tho "dead of Coos Hay Hat." Twodajs after the evening's con vcisatiou, tho P.mmu Auguvhi was lead) for sea, and it being Sunday, Capt. Hill decided to tow her out over tho bar A ciovvd of seafating men weiooii tlio duck when tho tug stinted for tho lower bay, whero tho vessel lay at anchor, and several invit ed guests stepped ouboaid the llrtn Amu for a tiip over the bar, among whom was tho writer. Having taken the 1'inmu Auflutta in tow, we pro ceeded toward the bar, which was an) thing hut smooth. Gradually draw nig nearer wo could soo tho heavy swells tumbling in ami also hieak i clem across, thoro being only a sma'd space that scorned al all possible to pass. dipt. Klhott stood hy tho side of Capt Hill, near tho "man hold" the potection placed mound tho w heel tonmio safely ptelecl the 'man at the wheel" and appeared to bo in nn un usual!) Iluufiauio ofmiuil at tho idea of being on his way to San rrancitco to spend tho holida)s, and many a pleasant joko wont imiiid. As wo neared tho hai 1 saw tho lynx o,o of Capt. Hill looking steadily ahead, ami having been used to tho manner as sumed by Captains and .Mates in tiuioHvvhoncoiiiagontiddctoiiiinntion vvoio most douiamled, soon poicoivcd thai behind this lesuluto oxtoiior there was something which made him hesitate ero going too far in case a "tin ii back" booiuno necess.uy. When oil' tho point ofNoith Spit steam vvns slackened mid tho Captain said: "Tho bar is vuiy lough this morning for tho Humlinm ; what tlo )ou think, Capt, Dlliott; can wo make il' "Oh, yes, loplitd Cajit Klliott. 1 havo crossed out on a rougher bar many a time. What do .vou think?" "All light," naiil Capt Jim. And nwavwowent. Wo had tias-ed ovor - Iho woret without accident, and had begun to bronlh easy for thoio is nothing motiving oven to llioo ac oustonioil fo"har work" as going ovor mi augiy bar whero each iiroakor thrcaleirs to ongulf tho boat and bring death to all on hoard when immedi ate v in front of (ho boat a huge break or began to "comb," and boforo' wo could prepato oureolveu for Iho sur prise, broke with tremendous fury over the ruinm, euei ping overbo.ud Capt niliotl and the Mate of Iho tug, ii. lined Smith. Hveiy ell'ort was Hindu to cavo them hut in vain. Poor I'JIiott was tho firsl to Miiccumh, and il is the impression that ho wiih hurl by ntriking tho mil of the bontwhen ho foil into the sen. Smith watf a good swimmor, ami for a time it looked as if he would leaoh tin he.ich, but it waV uol ho ord lined, and he sank beneath (ho waves, and hi spirit soon followed Cnpt Klliolt's Tho lionoli for wookn following was tiaversed to find tho bodies. About two week aftor tho accident the bodv of Smith was found and decently biiiied by the citizens of I'mpiie city, "Cuelo Dhvj" making the collin ; hut the body of Klliotl never was give i tip by tho troaohciotis c,, ami the "cnilew's crv" is tho only requiem chanted ovor his watery testing place We safely retui nod to lmpirc Cit.v , hut tho sudden ami tiagical taking oil'of two noble, generous men in the full bloom of health had an elloet up on all who witucsted it that could not he shaken oil' in a day. And even now, at times, comes vividly before mo tho scene of thoto two stiuggliug bravoh for life midst tho breakers of Coos Hay bar struggling againtt hope ; endeavoring to avert a destiny that could not be aveited. Capt 111 liottl No tiucr, nobler man have I met. A true son of the sea, n careful and courageous Captain, a gentleman of lino feeling, and an honest man. May he over rott I it peace 'noalh the 'btoakors" of that "harbor hir," un til that day when tho Vc.i shall give up her dean ," then may it ho my lot moot him and know him on the other "bore, as I knew him i i tho walks of life; fm ho was trul) a, friend About n vear after the above event I was again vi-itiug Coos I!av, and was invited by Capt Magoo to take a trip on tho llnart ovor the bar. Not being well, I declined , beside tho im ago of tho catastrophe I had before witnessed caino too painfully to mem ory At thistiino some thirty weds weiolving at anchor m the lower b.iv , awaiting u favorable depth of watei to pns over the bar, and this da) was arranged foi both tugs, the Fucort and I'liirlfn (the hitter having been put on this h.ir in the place of the C. J liienhnm, which had been assigned to the Columbia bar work) logo out mid sound. As was usual on bitch occa sions, tho Capt litis of tho dillerent vessels were anxious to proceed to sea, snd several of them concluded to go dowutotliob.il on (ho tugs, among thorn ono Capt. Nisson.of the schooner Tuiliyht Ilo wasa tiuo)oung man, and had just lotiirued fiom "the old cotinti)"with a)ottng wife, and this was his liist trip since his return. He stood high in the estimation of hit omplowrs and was beloved by his cicvv, mid nil who know him nppio ciatcd his worth ns a ftiotidand gen tleman. Ho, like Capt, Klhott, w.uanxious to sail foi San Fianetsco, and went to take a look at tho bar. Kveivtlnng went well, and when the bar was icached it was not what one used to the son would call "rough," although it was hicakiug. The l.'acoit was in tho lead, and unmindful of daugei, Capt. Nissen and Capt. I.oieutou, of the schooner l.ititiit, stood side h.v side on thchotisc, engaged in an animated convoiMitiou. Suddenly tho watois began to iiso ami in an instant tho l'icorl was completely buried under tho weight of a tieachorous bteakot.and Oapt.Nisson was Hound eting in the wtathfiil Watois of the ci uol bar. dipt I.oicnson would have sh.ucd thi same fate but for the piosenco of mind of Cnpt. Mageo. As tho water swept past him, ho felt for he could not see an object going past him which ho instinctively grasped ami hold lit in until tho boat lecovoted fiom the shock.whou ho found ho had it's-cueda human being fiom coitniii dost i not ion. Too much cannot ho said in ptniso of tho noivr displayed by Capt. Magoo, i ml all w ho know him will testify (hat for stamina ami tiuo coinage in times of dangoi, dipt. Mil goo has hut fuw equals mid no sitpoii ois. Hoi 1 1 nly the light man in the right place. After the JJucnrt had been relieved )f tho water, attcnlion wan turned to Capl. NiMoti. To tin n the tug upon tho bar was an utter impotsibilily, hut im he could bo hi en swimming, and tho .(trf wan u Hhorl distance nstorn, it apperod reao liable that ho would hofaved, o the l.'trnrl ntcamed over tho bar, turned and Marled towaid tho etruggling man. Life preservers from both boats wore thrown him, hut il Fccmod as though tho fates had com bined against him, for some drifted almost within his reach and were washed past upon the nngrv billows The cm rent had taken the man to wards the North Spit, and jutas he became exhausted tho Fcnrleht came up ami threw him a life buoy and line, both of which he missed, though the buoy he misted by only an arm's length. During this trying ordeal, Capt Nissen never uttered a word Capt Hill saw that only one chance was loft. To low or a small boat was inipcsiblo, and the only chance was to get as cloo ns possible and try the hue once more. Amos Herring, the Malo, (common ly calle I ' Jersey"), had another idea and when the tug noared the drown ing man, hi slipped a bow lino over his body and giving the end to a by stander s.u'd "When I catch him pull ut up alongside." He instantly jumped overboard, hill too late! Just as ho leached the man he .uik to iNo no more, -.nil "Jersey" was hauled on Jhoaid more dead than a live. His act was awarded, as was also Capt. Hill's by the Master Manners' Association with a gold medal, but money nor trinkets can ever repay such heroic acts ns were that day enacted upon Coot llii) li.it, in older to save human life The name of Amos Il.uiing des erves to be placed high up on the list of heroism, and his brave deed of im perilling his own life to save thatof another s'lotild stand forth in all its brilliancy for ages to come. and should be so preserved that his children and grandchildren may point with pride to Amos Harring, their ancestor as a hero of the Nineteenth Century. lwry effort was made to sue Capt. Nien hut all in vain, and after twenty minutes of haul struggling for life lie was numbered among the dead of Coos Hay bar, ami the next steamer t bore to San Kr.iuci-co the terrible news that his voting vvifcw.na widow, for all that was mortal of C.ipt. Ninn lay low at the bottom of the sea. His body nevercanie'ashoro, and the proh ablitios are that as the tido turned, ebbtlioitly after ho s.ink that it was cariiod out to sea. Such is the history of two incidents that have come under my ob-ervation while visiting Coos 1 Jay. The bar is a short onehu'iiio more ugly ono can be found when it is aroused by storm and wind. It is at most times easil) and safely crossed, and so still and placid that canoes and small boats can safelv croto sea over its bosom ; but w hen it is in a passion no moro ma jestic sightjs soon. The breakers roll mountains high, and their roar resem bled the distant thunder of a thousand battle-fields. The angry waters mo lathed into foam while the spray is thrown hundreds of yards into the air. From Point Ar.igoono can command igjod iovv of tho bar, and can for hours watch with intense interest its many changes. To the north vtreteh the sand pits, and all along the co ist from Coos Hay to the I'mpqua can bo scon a dreary vv.isto of sand, nt tiniosoccasionally relieved hy a small grovoofevoigteon fir tieos. Hero on a clear day the eye can dis cern the sail of crafts bound in, foi many leagues at sea heie almost ev eiy phase of life is oxoiuplifi m1 in na tuie the calm and placid watois of the hir leinindt one of the happy davs of infancy when not a htcath inlllo tho days of caily life; again tho dis till bed seas at thev iitosiiddenlv upon tho bosom of tho bar loininds us of oui fust gie.tt giicf and ditnppoint nient that quickly lownled tootn o)es being no longor a child wo must mouse and, like the billows that miso upon the timiquil bosom of tho bar stiuggliug against an unseen power behind them wo, too, must stiugglo and hiavely win tho battle of life; and as tho waves boconto more anr. nioio angry how foictbly aro wo ro minded of the many tlerio battles fought in life for man's nuistory ovei himself, and of tho struggos forced up on us all nt ono time or another in this life; and ns tho angry waves swal low up nnd kill ewi.vthing within (licit leach, how vividly do scones of this kind tiauspiro each day among tho sons of men? And again when tho bar has become peaceful and so tono, does it not cany the mind to old ago? Of ono who has fought tho bat tlo of life, mid in tho toio nnd vellovv loaf of declining joiun sits peacefully down contuut to wait for the sum- mons that will take him hence to eter nal rest that will never again be disturbed by the turbulent waves of this life? Coos Hay bar I what sorrow ye have biought to once happy firesides. Know yo the anguish, the days and nights of soi row that ye have caused once happy homes, to endure, and if so, have )ou no moment! of remorse? No, cruel waters, little care ye; but let us all hope that when the sea gives up its thousands, not one of the dead of Cow Hay bar shall he ab'cnt, for 'ueath )otirot8tho tenements of noble men, whose spirits "went aloft" to their Maker through yoar trench eions and angry lashings. Hut who can say that it is not their gain? anil that it was not destiny for those brave men to surrender up life to (Soil amid the roar and turmoil of Coos Hay bar. I'eace to their ashes, and may we all meet them across the bar that divides the mortal ami immortal sphere. Portland (Or.) Tclryram. Important I-cIhIoii. The Supreme Court of the United States rendered the following impor tant and interesting decision, on the 3d, instant : Xo.'il Dow, plaintiff, in error, vs, Ilradish Johnon, in error, to circuit court of the United States for the district of Maine. This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court awarding to defendant in error the sum ofifGoOin satisfaction of a judg ment ohtaincd by him against Dow in the sixth district court of New Or leans on the Oth of Apiil, 18G3. At the outbreak of the late war John eon was the owner of a plantation on the Mississippi river, forty-three miles above New Urleans. in JhbJ, after the capture of New Orleans by federal troops certain property of Johnson, including twenty-five hogs heads of sugar and some table sil ver, was taken from his plantation for the use of the United States ar my by federal soldiers, acting under orders from Brig. (Jen. Neal Dow present plaintifrin error. Johnson brought suit in the state court to re cover the value of the confiscated property. Gen. Dow did not appear to answer, and judgment went against him by default. Johnson then brought suit in the United States circuit court, district of Maine, to recover the amount of his judgment with costs. In this suit lie was successful, whereupon Gen. Dow brought the case here upon a writ of error. This court holds that an otliecr of the army of the United States whilst in service during the late war in the country which ac knowledged the authoity of the con federate government, that is, in the enemy's country, was not liable to civil action in a court of that coun try for injuries lesulting from acts of war ordered by him in his military character, nor can he be called upon to justify or explain his military eon duct in a civil tribunal upon any allegation of the injured party that the actsconinlaincd of v ere not jus tified by tlio necessities of war. A federal officer in tho enemy's coun trv is amenable onlv to his own government ami laws administered by its autbmity. A resident of the enemy's country whose property is taken by order of a federal officer must appeal to the military com mander, or if war is over, to the government, nnd has no other means of rcdicss. The state courts which nio allowed by the army of occupa tion to eontinuo in existence in an enemy's countiy ate sustained for tho benefit of the inhabitants of that eountrv and not for the contiol of tho inniy, or its olliccrs and foldiers. From this principle it follows that tho Louisiana court had nojtuisdic tion over Gen. Dow, and that the present suit cannot bo maintained. Judgment is loversedwith costs, and the cause is leuumded with direc tions to enter final judgment for defendant on dcnntner to lepliea tions. Justice- Field doliveied the opinion, Ju&tices Cliflbuluml Miller dissenting. Tin: Somite has continued tho nom ination of Jackson Feiguson to bo Siiponntendeut of tho Census, Dis tiict of Nevada; DoForcst Potter, Associate Justico of tho Supiomo Couits of Aiuona; John Cook, In dian Agent at tho itosohud Agency; Milo Hoynton, Agent at tho Mnguish Puoblo Agency, Aiuonn. Si'iisciuntfortho Mail. Onlrnl I'ucJllc Ntoelc lit IVull Nlrrol. A dispatch of tho 29th, thus de scribes the sensation created by the Central Pacific stock in Wall Street Yesterday public notice vvns given by a committee of the syndicate which recently bought 50,000 shares of Cen tral Pacific, with tho privilege of 50, 000 more, that the same would be pub- Iiclv sold in the ordinnrv vmiv at the1 opening of the Stock Exchange this morning. The Ihcning Post says: The syndicate employed five brok ers, giving each an order to sell 10,000 shares on a scale of fractions from 80 up to So Assoonas the hammcrof the presiding officer dropped at 10 o'clock, and biiMiiess was formally opened, there wjs such n'rush in the Centi.il Pacific crowd as might have led . i spectator to believe that some one hi the crowd w.m throwing about fiv c-cjrat diamonds by tho handful. Hrokcrsjhad their coats torn, and were in danger of having their bones bro ken. In fact, the tumult was extraor dinary, even for tho exchange, where excitement is the rule. The first sale was at 82!4. There was then a rapid advance to 87)j inside of the first fif teen minute. This was followed by a decline to SI', and at 10.20, with the price at ST, the five brokers had each executed his order and the 50,000 shares had been disposed of. The committee had refused private bids for .i large amount of stotk, and as one of the purposes of tho sale bv Huntington was to popuailizc the ttock in this market, it was thought best to put every one seeking to buv on the same footing. Therefore the stock was put openly on the market. The crowd which surged around the selleis was so thick and o ea-'or that ,,e pres,rc was really dangerous One man was observed with his collar! ripped off. The wild confusion which prevailed has rarely been equalled in the stormy annals of the exchange. The average price was S4 and a frac tion. The sv ndicate would have been content, it is understood, if an average of S2 had been received. Tho whole transaction is unique in the history of the stock market, and its successful result is the general topic of conversa tion in Wall street. Scroro on llie I.adicN. The otfieers of the steamer City of Peking have been "cverolv ceusuicdfor permitting small pox to spread from their steamer : It has been ascertain ed that one night soon after her aniv althe wives of first officer, chief engi neer and one other officer of tho City of Peking, iitcd the ship, staying nil night The quarantine officer got wind of the transaction, and yeste day morning demanded that every person on board of tho xe-el be brought before him. All came on deck except the l.iuies. ihc quaran tine officer asked if there wore no more, nnd being nnsvveied tint there were not, taxed the "officers with the proseneo of their wives on board, which the culprits confessed. The ladies were brought on deck, and were then summmily dispatched to the quarantine hulk as the penalty for indiscretion. Au Iii eiilion In 'I'olcsruidi) . The Colt Firo Anns company arc engaged in constructing a number of petfoiating machines for tho Ameri can rapid telegraph company of New York; mi invention intended for the sending of telegraphic messages by a new process. The message is rcceiv ed on piper tape in the duts and dashes of tho Moiso alphabet, and tho marks being made by a series of punches ar ranged nnd opeiated like a tv po-w riter The paper slips aro then uipidl) pass ed through a sender and tho words are leeorded at tho other end of the lino hi dot and dashes coiiospcndiug to tho peifotalions. Tho sonding of a message is entiiely mechanical and automatic, and tho iato on a single- wiro is fiom 1,000 to 5,000 words per minute, dependent upon tho distance Sr.x.vron Dvvisof West Yiiginia, who has deeonio notoiious for his in quisitive examination into the Ticas n ry Department nnd its system of book-keeping, has beconio convinced that John Shenunu is nil right nnd the equal of Alexander Hnmilton nnd Albeit Gnlntin in handling the na tional finances. Ho even believes that Sheiinau would make a l'iei dont, which is cousidoinblo of nn ad mission for so out-and-out a Demo ocrnt. Sviki.t fisheiiiion are making good wages on tho Columbia river now. Some men mnko forty dollais a night with dip nets. Hnpgood'a oannor) at Watoifoul, has put up S,QO0pyuiuU. Thoro ii a big run. A .TXinliisT Horror. At Ilowland Flat, Sierra county, three men at work in a shaft of tlio I!onnii7.i mine were suffocated to death from tho efiects of a blast. Their names wereOec. Itolfe, Wm. Lu cas and .1. A. McDonald. The first went down to see the result of the blast and not signaling, another fol lowed him. He, too, not signaling, they became alarmed, andaftcrpump iug air into tho shaft for a while, a third descended, and he, too, failed to rotpond. After forcing air down for sometime a fourth descended, lashed to the rope. Ho found them all lying lnteimble and signaled to be drawn tip, and came out nearly suffocated. They again forced air down for some time and another man went down and succeeded in securing and hoist ing the bodies of the unfortunate men to the surface. One of th'-m r.nt dead, and the two others died shortly after. In hoisting the rescuer the rope broke when about fifty feet from the bottom, and he fell hack and was voiy scriouMy injured and biuied, but it is thought no bones were broken. Sacramento Her. ICctliiclioii In IVI.-S1 I'arcsaml IH. It is officiajly announced that the Pacific Mail directors have reduced passenger rates from New York to San Francisco from f 130 to $75, and steerage rates to 33. A circular has has decu issued to shippers .uinoum," ing that after February 11th, the company will be prepared to name rates of Height and make contracts for a year. The contract with tho Panama railroad, under which the P.ipific M.-iil hm iruioon nor nmnili for its entire San Francisco business remains ioforco nmlanmonF tin. st rectors even propose to fund the debt to the Panama companv, by tak- ing it upon themselves. A circular making ollicial announc mciit of the above, together with a willingness to contract at reduced rates with shippers for twelve months has been issued. This la-t is regard ed as proof of the determination to carry out the new plan in good faith, as no loophole is in this ease left for a compromise. Small ox In San IViincIsco. A dispatch of the 2d. says: At a special meeting of the Board of Health this morning it was resolved to pro seeute the officers of the City of Peking for violating the quarantine laws. The Hoaul al-o adopted n lesolulion petitioning Congress to set apart a portion of Angle Island for quaran- tine ground A report in the vicinity of the Pacific Mail dock is that sever al new cas-fs of smallpox have broken m, on quarantine hulks among leecut passengers of the City of Peking. Two ftesh cases of smallpox were dis cov ered ) esteulay on the steamer City of Peking, the fust assistant engineer nnd cook. Uoth wero immediately conveved to the Twenty-si.xth stieet hospital. No other cases were found, although seaicliingscrutiny was m.ulu of cverv individual on board the vessel. A GExnnous Goveuxment An ex change says : Marsh Valley is one of the best sections in Idaho Tcrritoiy for small ranches, but tho v alloy is all within the Fort Hall Indian I'eserva rion, a fact which keeps out white men and excludes from settlement a sec tion of country noaily as largo as the state of Pennsylvania, and rich in minctals-, grass and agricultural re. sources. Tho gov eminent was so gon eions when it set apart this icsorva tion that if it wero divided up among them, tho reds now stationed there, bucks, squaws and pappooses, .would get 4000 acres of land each, or a tract of moro than six square miles. The island of St. Kitts, one oi tho West Indies, was devastated by floods iecontly,200 lives being lost and $250, 000 woith of piopeity being destioycd, The population of tho island does not exceed 25,000, and of theso 200 pei ished and many of tho rest nro home loss, Tho people huddled together on their loofs, wild with terror. Largo quantities of piov isions mid all the su gar ready for shipment wero swept away. Karncst appeals me niado for help. St. Kitts has known no such calamity since 1722, when a toiiific. hunicaue neatly dcstiovcd the island, HoxoitSTo Iosv UoxurjUT,. A late dispatch fiom Paris says: Tho king of tho Itolgians has conferred tho ciossou ltos.; lloulieur, the nitltt, Shois tho Hist huly leeoiving suoh dUtintion. Tho king of Spain Ijtitf a. o confoncd on tin. iliitllngukhad. painter an equall) hijh oulyr, nave' baloro granted to a lady, I'-'