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en gWMwwrT'j"k"iiv1 f iwta jggEgKj!l,y. '-'' I i ni"niiiniint i in MMM.it-."i i m . ' . TET-WEEKL Vol. 1. Astoria, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 9r 1878. . vKo. 18, , fc,,A j vtjM. -a .sv .; . ... .-. . "' .v -a" 'J ' i3iBf3iaMMM K-.,iaa'g'"":1'"",l,all,"l'l'tli 1 - AftlUltlAll. :1:",: THE ASTORIAN. runusiiED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, Monitor Building, Astoria, Oregon. D. C. IRELAND Proprietor Subscription Kates: Ono Copy ono year- S3 00 Ono Copy six months 3 00 One CopjT threo months 1 50 ifcB" Singlo Number, Ten Cents. isSk Advertising Rates: Ono Insertion persquare, 10 lines or less...S2 .10 Each additional Insortion, per square 2 00 Yearly adv'ts per month, per square 1 50 Agents : L. P. Fisher, 20 and 21 New Merchants Ex change, is authorized to act as Agent for the A.STORIA.X in San Francisco. Any friend who feels an interest in the pros perity of this region, is authorized to act as Agent for this paper, in procuring subscribers. The steamship California has been temporarily laid up. The steamship Oriflamme is expected to sail from San Prancisco to-day. Yesterday the Merrimac took a huge raft of logs to the Cementville mills, from Blind slough. The weather is perfectly delightful, in this region. It is nice. "Who would ii 't live in Astoria. The steamer Oriflamme has been put on the Oregon route again, and will uail for Astoria to-day. The average height of the oats on the Klaskanine farm this season is six feet. The head is well proportioned to the body. Dr. Sparling'B boat, about which so much has been said, was successfully launched at Cape Disappointment this week. A quantity of freight was on the wharf yesterday for A. A. Q. M. at Fort Stevens and one package for Major Stew art of Port Sitka. An excursion has been made up for the Seaside to-morrow, by Dr. Kinsey. The steamer Mary Bell will take the party as for as Skipanon. Parties hunting for terminal invest ments can never do better than to invest about Astoria. This is the terminus, and it is not a bogus one. There are still numerous visitors at the Sea-side, and thejT continue to come and go daily. Astoria has a good repre sentation ot Portlanders here this week. Mr. Kahn, of the firm of Kahn Bros, burned out in the late Portland fire called on us laist Thursday. The firm have rer turned business on Carter's Alder-btreet wharf. Wc understand that a concert, and scries of tableaux entertainments is to be given at Spiritual Hall, for the further benefit of the Catholic church, being built in this city. The season for Salmon fishing has ter minated on the Columbia river for this year. The run being good all establish ments have done a better business than for any former period. A ball wa given to the employes at the WestpGrt fishery Thursday night by Capt, West, on the occasion of the closing of active operations for the season of 1S73. It is said to have been a very fine party. "Wo. are informed that the charter of the Caravan has been transferred, and that she will not now come here, -but is loading at Yallejo with grain for Europe. Our HogVback probably frightened her off. Mr. Prank Taylor of this city, son pf Col. James Taylor, ia announced passing Odgen August 6th, en route to this city from Albany, New York, whore he Jias been attending p. law school, and had recently been admitted to the bar. Ho is just entering upon his profession, and we bespeak for him success. After vMtinsr hi tiiends and relatives here he will locate permanently for business, at tome point in this State perhaps. The barkentine Jane A. Palkinburg, owned by Capt. Geo. Plavel of this cityx returned from Honolulu last Thursday. She made the trip in twenty days, with a valuable cargo on board, and will return jn a short time. , Since leaving here the Palkinburg -tiasHbeen thoroughly over hauled, and is now in splendid sailing order. Her cabin accommodations &re ample and convenient, and & trip to the Islands maybe made in her & pleasure. ho reports that the Maria Crockard would sail for Astoria the 4y after her jfygar ture.' " . t , , Uf ,- - '.Mwft-tta.Jti - Youngs River Falls. The steamboat Mary Bell, Capt. Fisher, left Flavcl's- wharf in this city at eight o' clock Thursday morning last for a run to Youngs river, with flbout as happy a party of excursionists on. board as ever left port for a visit and pic nic to any re treat. To the Palls they were bound, but on reaching the landing below, where it became necessary to take the small boats, in consequence of the narrowed channel and many sunken logs, it was raining! This fact caused many of the party to con ider that perhaps the steamer would be the most appropriate place to lunch, and they would remain on board. The small boats were launched, however, enough in number to furnish comfortable seats for all, and just then a ray of sunshine pene trated the mists, betokening a favorable change in the weather, and b, D. Adair's boat pushed off with four ladies and three of the sterner sex, intrepid voyagers, de termined to complete their mission. On they rowed up that most lovely and pic turesque stream where bright waters mir rored into unfathomed depths below, the high blue arch of heaven and the border brink with the variegated foliage,the spiral tinned trees and rough uncultivated forest. Occasionally a wild duck would divert at tention from the sublime beauties of the situation, the bark of some faithful watch dog, or hunter's hound would appriseus that we were yet within bounds of civili zation, or some squawk would tell of the habitation of mother goose. What a beau tiful spot; what appropriate scenes for an artist, were universal expressions with the little party in that boat, when suddenly a sound greeted the car: " They are com ing!" " Thc37 are coming!" all exclaimed, ana close behind us voices are heard, and the sound of oars playing in the row locks. 44 Pull out!" sang the pilot meaning to say " port oar," but he came from the AVallamet only recently and consequently could n't be blamed, but the bungled command so convulsed one lady oars 41 man," who thought she was doing her very best before the order to 4t pull out" was given, that we had to steady down be fore proceeding. Here we met another difficulty, the "figure head" shifted posi tion, getting one knee into a lunch basket, which threw the whole party into convul sive fits of laughter again, and in this situ ation the astern boat passed us, reaching the steak (we were to tie to) about thirty seconds ahead of us. But we never com plain on state occasions. That boat added H. S. Sinister to the party with camera, chemicals and plates, to photograph indel- hbly upon our minds the event, and some of the scenes wc should admire. Immedi ately we set out for the Falls, reaching the base in due time. Majestic, sublime work of nature! The foaming cataract, the dashing spray, the broad deep pool sur rounded oy precipitous and overhanging rocks, pronounce in favor of Youngs river Falls as a desirable locality for health giving and recreating qualities. Lunch was spread and we all dined, partaking heartily from well stored baskets prepared by the ladies After lunch came fishing, berrying, sight seeing, picture taking, etc. It must be said with credit and honor to Mrs. J. "W. Sell wood of Oregon City, Mrs. T. A. Hyland and Miss Laura Adair of this city, that they were the only ladies of the party, (nearly twenty being on the ex cursion,) who ventured and accomplished the ascent of that solid basaltic wall, some eighty feet high, and stood upon the brink of the precipice, looking down upon the boiling water, as it left the placid chain of little lakelets to break into spray and foaming sheets on the angry leap. They were accompanied by two gentlemen, and three youths, and after catching trout from the upper stream, resting and sitting for a photograph, returned to camp, resumed fishing, etc., etc., until nearly three o'clock when time admonished all to be away for the steamer and homeward. Wearily and reluctantly was the place left again to its wild solitude. That last mournful dirge of the Mary Bell (commonly called the third whistle), was just dying out when we reembarked, and prepared to hear a re- Eort from that part of the party who had een afraid of getting wet, and remained behind. Mr. and Mrs. Munson, Miss Hol der, Miss Munson and Mr. J. G. Megler, had visited the falls while we were on the summit. Mrs YanDusen, Miss Florence VanDusen, Miss Boelling, Miss Rogers, Miss Plavel, and others Joo numerous to mention, accompanied by Mr. Wadleigh and others visited the lUaskanwe, and re Capt, Skipanon, returning about seven o'clock in the evening, and every one retiiedto their homes well satisfied wTith the trip. "We are indebted to Mrs. Arrigoni for a plate of choice ice cream and cakes, sent to our sanctum on the evening of the party at Spiritual Hall, when duty to our read ers prevented an attendance. Thanks for the kind remembrance. Prof, and Mrs. McGibeny returned form Shoalwater Bay lasfreveriing. They have been having fine timea over that way. Judge S.'E. Barr, Inspector of Cus toms at Oysterville is in the city. Mr. .Kearny also returned omnia kwav,1o Port- Hand. '- -i ' A .wj cuperafed on fruit and berries and lunches in that direction. Before landing the party Cant. Fisher continued the excursion to Circnit Court Calendar. The following is a list of causes entered on the docket for the August term of the Circuit Court for Clatsop county, Hon. W. W. Upton, Judge, to convene in this city next Tuesday, August 12th, 1873. George Plavel vs. Ben Holladay ct als. Strong and Page for plaintiff. Action at law. Lloyd Brooke vs. James Taylor et als. Strong for plaintiff, Thayer and Elliott for defendants. A. C. Farnsworth et als. vs. George Flavel et als. Hill Thayer and Williams for plaintiff, Strong and Page for defend ants. Peter St. Andrew vs. Isaac Ebell. Mulkey for plaintiff. C. H. Bain vs. J. W. White. Durham and Thompson for plaintiff, Thayer for defendant. O. P. Mason vs. H. Lienenweber. Mas on for plaintiff, McEwan for defendant. Henry Lack vs. Wm. Palkinburg & Co., McEwan for plaintiff. State of Oregon vs. Charles Stannard. Complaint of assault. Durham for State. State vs. Lewis Curley. Selling liquor to Indians. State vs. W. H. Gray. Injury to road. Durham for plaintiff, Elliott for defendant. State vs. Charles Newman and Henry Smith. Same. State vs. Luke Taylor et al. Suit for trespass. Carrie Anderson vs. Lewis P. Ander son. Suit for divorce. McEwan for plain tiff. E. C. Crow vs. Chas. Gibbons et al. Foreclosure of mortgage. Milton Elliott vs. Jas. Welch et al. Foreclosure of mortgage. John W. White vs. James Welch. Foreclosure of mortgage. McEwan for plaintiff". A, Hinman vs. James Welch et al. Foreclosure of mortgage. Elliott for plaintiff. James Taylor vs. John M. Shively. Foreclosure of mortgage, McEwan for plaintiff. P. P. Spedden vs. Hustler & Aiken, executors of the estate of Cyrus Olney, de ceased. Action at law. Mulky and Elliott for plaintiff. Milton Elliott vs. J. M. Shively. Action on note. Elliott for self. ADanbury agriculturalist made a scare crow so infernally frightful that it not only kept away the crows but caused a winter killed pear tree to leave. Movement of Vessels. Following is a list of vessels on the way to this port, and a record of the arrivals and de partures up to date: Bark Witterhovn on tho berth in San Fran cisco, for Portland in Star lino. Sch Maria Crockard, sailed from Honolulu about July"5Dth. Schooner Hera, from Melbourne. British bark Lieut. Maury, sailed from San Francisco July 30th. British bark Vesta, sailod from Liverpool, April 12th. British bark Shy let, Liverpool, via Victoria, British bark Oneata, 5S8 tons, McDowell, from Tyno via Molendo and Callao, arrived from Molendo at Callao 22d. British ship Lorotta, 1,044 tons, from Tyno via Callao. Sailod March Gth. British bark Duncairn, Chambers, from Tyno via Bombay, Arrivod at Bombay prior to April 22d. British bark George A. Holt, Norton, from Wear via Now Zealand, Sailod Dec. 20th, 1872 Passed tho Lizard Foburary 0th. Arrived Bktn J. A. Falkinburg, Honolulu, August J Tide Table for Astoria. High Water.! Low Water. AugUPt. A. M. J M.3 A. M. P. M. 0 0 41.... 10 1 .... 11 2 24.... 12. 8 15.... 18 i.. 4 0i).... 14 5 11.... 13 0 10.... lu 7 24.... 2 203... 2 511... S 10 S 54 0 25 8 02 8 52 41 10 28 11 lu !""!!ll 88a 0 07 ..8 2-11... ...8 54 0 58 ...4 24! 10 25 ...3 018 .10 55 , ...5 541 0 00 . ....0 508 1 10 ftotlce to Pilots, (and Ship Masters). Every Pilotor ShipMastor who shall bring in to tho port of Astoria any ship or vessol having on board any persons or goods infected with Small-pox, Cholera, Loprosy, or other' conta gious diseases, or which shall havo had on board any such infections during tho voyago, or which ho suspects, from the bad sanitary condition of the vessel may be capable of pro pagating diseaso, shall anchor such ship or vessel below Smith's Point, and give immedi ate notico to tho Health Officor. In, any viola tions of tho foregoing) regulations tho,l&wjnll bo strictly enforced. S. W,DODD,M:D., . .!... t . ;- r Health Officcri-Astoria. THE IiATEST NEWS. Gold in !N"ew York to-day, 115 . Portland Legal Tender rates, S5 buying; S6J selling. A new trial of young Walworth is confidently looked for. Several new suits are about to be brought against the Erie Kailroad Company. Senator Eances has been appointed President of Cadiz, until the arrival of the authorities. John Lathrop Motley, the Ameri can historian, has been stricken with apoplexy, depriving him of the use of one siae. A dispatch from Vienna says that the interview between the Count de Chambordand the Count 'de Paris was most cordial, and the political situation of France was not rflluded to. The New York wool market is ac tive, large sales of California fleece ranging from 25 to 30 cents. Spring wool, 34 to 35 cents; Pall do, 25 cents; pulled, 44 cents. The latter for choice grades. Hops are quite steadv. California,4752 cents. California leather, light middle heavy weights, 26 to 27 cents. An effort is making to procure a public reception for Joseph A. Rich- bald, the leader of the English ag ricultural movement, who is expec ted in America this month, to see for himself if skilled farm sarvents are wanted, and to provide for their transportation hither. Among the arrivals by the Emma Hay ward yesterday we notice Bishop Morris, Hon A.S.Mercer, P. Low and Mr. 'Powell, of Linn county. The last two came to attend the meeting of stockholders in the Astoria Par mer's Warehouse company to be held here to-day at ten o'clock a.m. The Commissioner of the General Land Office has decided that parties desiring to acquire title to lands con taining valuable deposits of iron ore must comply with the provisions of the Mining act, approved May 15th, 1S72, except in the States of Michi gan, Wisconsin and "Minnesota, which by Act of Congress, approved March 7, 1873, are expressly relieved from its operations. A Victoria dispatch of the 6th re ports the United States Revenue Cut ter Lincoln going north to search for further and more definite. tiding3 as to the fate of the lost steamer Geo.S. Wright and her people. Every cove. inlet and bay will be entered and all the Indian villages examined for tra ces of the wreck and those who were on board ofher. Senator Morton has addressed notes to his associates on the pointing a full meeting of that committee in New York city on October 1st, or the consideration which shall effect a change in the mode of electing Presi dent and Vice President. Jt is in tended to give the sessions of the committee in 2?ew York a public character, and several constitutional lawyers and writers on this special subject will be invited to adress the committee. A dispatch from Capt. Wells of the Shanandoah, dated at Cadiz, August 5th, says: "Cadiz is in possession of the government forces. The Insur gents surrendered without fighting, andthe city is quiet." He says nothing about his conduct in that port. The Department does not credit the tele graphic statement of the 4th, that he had ordered the Insurgeant frigate Villa de Madrid, to abstain from hos tilities, and that.that vessel remained at anchor under the gun of the Shenandoah. Ben Buttler is explaining the back pay business through the newspapers. It is said to be an elaborate and his torical defence of the whole matter in reply to a letter of a distinguished citizen of Boston. Every point is for tified by numerous precedents, and is one of the ablest papers he has ever written. It opens with a defence of the increased pay of the President, whose salary was raised from $25,000 to ou,uuu uy tue Din, wmcii simpiy equalizes the pay of the members of both Houses; something that never before existed. Under the old law each member received his 5,00p salary and $6 for each twenty miles of distance traveled from his residence to the seat of Government. .Numbers of members drew millage, whether they went home or not. At the end of each session now 'each member receives $7,000 and actual personal traveling expences to and from. Washington; so that the aggre gate pay ol rnernDers is out a little 'above "what it was before, and inpro .portion not so much as ih'times past. Personal Xotes Dr. J. C. Hawthorne and famrly left for Shoalwater Bay yesterday, Messers Geo. L. Story and D. "V. Burnsides returned to Portland yes terday. Mr. Saunders of Port Stevens left for Portland on a business trip last Thursday. Miss Lizzie Anderson held the lucky ticket in the raffle at the Ladies fair, winning the Opera Cloak.. Ben Holladay has returned to Portland. He is taking an active part to relieve the sufferers by the late fire. -Sheriff W. H. Twilight is very busily engaged in preparations for the coming term of the Circuit Court next week. Judge Brisco of Oysterville was registered at one of the leading hotels in Portland on the 7th. He returned here last evening. The friends of Capt. George Flavel will be pleased to learn that he is rapidly recovering from his re cent severe illness. He was able to be about the city yesterday. Sheriff J. H.Whitcomb of Pacific county, returned from Steilacoom on the 8th. He made the trip through from Astoria to Olympia in one day. Took a team and went down to Steila coom and back the next day, return here the third day. Last Tuesday afternoon Long Is land was shaken as by an earthquake by the explosion of two tank boats lying opposite to Rockafellow's Island City Oil Works. In three minutes the flames had communieated to the material stowed in the yards and three square blocks were enveloped in flames. Captain Mayer, of one of the boats, and a number of others were killed by the explosion, and a great number of boatmen employed near tho scene were obliged to jump into the river in order to escape be ing roasted alive. Under a Cloud. A prominent citi zen we learn reports that in the course of a conversation with Judge Eice, a few days ago, the Judge admmitted that the location at Tacoma does not preclude the company from selecting any other point for the final terminus of the Northern Pacific Bailroad, and that he was not certain but that another location would bo made at some future time. If this view is entertained by the company and its agents, jubtice requires that it should be made known to the public now, Olympia Standard. To Investors. Th o JSTorthorn Pacific Railroad Company has now built, e.uipped and put in operation, noarly 017 miles of its main lino of road through an excellent coun try and along what is Known as tho Valley Route fo the Pacific. Tho finished portions already enjoy r .large and fast increasing traffic. The sections approaching completion connect tno chain of Lakes with tho navigation of tho Upper Missouri and Columbia rivers with Pugot Sound, secure at once a largo and profitable business and entitle tho Company to about 10,400,000 acros of excellent averugo land in fee simple. With theso accomplished results, tho Com pany offers, and is now rapidly soiling, its Kirst .Morgago Londs. for completing tho construction and oqutpmont of its road acro?s tho Continent After careful investigation, wo rocommond these bonds as a well secured and unusually profitable investment. They havo 30 years to run; principal and intorest are payable in gold; the interost (seven and throe-tenths per cent) is equal now to about & per cent, in curroncy. The coupon and registered bonds can be exchanged for each other, at tho pleasure of the holder. Gold checks for tho somi-annual interest on tho registered bonds are mailed to the post office address of the owner. These securities haifilho following elements of strength and safety: They are tho obliga tion of a strong corporation; thov are al?o a mortgage on the Koad, its right of way, equip ments and franchises, and a first lean on its not earnings. In addition to this usually suf ficient security, there is pledged for the pay ment of tho principal and interest a Grant of Land, averaging about 23,000 Acres per Mile for the entire length of the Road. At tho average price per acre at which other Land Grants have thus far boen sold, tins real estato security will yield more than 8161,000 per mile moro than threo times the possible is sue of bonds. The Company has nlreadv. begun ihe pro co?s of redeeming and cancelling its first mort gage bonds, as thoy are now being received, at 1.10 in payment and oxchango for the Com pany's lands. JAY COUKE k CO., Philadelphia, New York & Washington, Financial Agents N. P. It. K. Co. Comk to thk Fu.vru,v. Uno of the most at tractive establishments in Portland is tho drug and perfumery stvro of our old friend Sarauol M. Smith, corner of Ash and Hr?t stroets. Mr. Smith was for many yars senior partner of tlje firm of Smith fe Davis. And, betides bvisg a thoroughly practical druggi-t and chemist is, withal, as genial a gentleman as ever grasped a band in friendship. His store iB fittwd up and stocked in a magnificent manner -with r.ery thing psnally found in a complete stock of drugs, chemicals, perfum eries, o(c, But the feature par excellence i? the sods, fountain, one of the famous Aictk patent, an immense affair, a monumentreared m marble and, silver to the health of the thirsty. It ha deliveries, on opposite sides, and can aeeoBnuodate a rush, it i stocked wjth KitftfwHgK, Coagress, V ichy, Heluer and diiferent iada of syrups. The cooling appar artus i tar n4t perfect in use, and the pro duetiof tkVfeiUi draught that 'surpasses f I