The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-06-21

ton 997 barrels Of -four. This is the
largest shipment yet made this season
for one month on orders. They have
also bought and received this month
s, 800 bushels of wheat"
The Vancouver Register of late date
SAYS: "Through the improper return Of
the Deputy L. 5. Marshal who took the
census of the civil subdivision composed
of Clarke and COwlitz counties, we cut
no figure whatever in the report of the
ninth census, and Washington Terri
tory is deprived of credit for about one
sixth of her population. After exclud-
ing two of the most populous counties
| in the Territory, the population is given
ot o. $50. whereas had they been in
cluded the aggregate would have fallen
little if any short of 10000"
The Dallas Republican has this hand
some notice of the foremost real estate
dealer in Oregon: "Mr. VIM. David
son, of Portland, the steadfast and prae-
ticaI friend of the printer, and cyclope-
dia of information for the immigrant
and tourist, will please accept our thanks
for favors received during our late visit
TO Portland. Mr.. Davidson, with the
true spirit of enterprise, is helping to de-
velop the resources and advance the in
terests of our State, at an immense cost
of time and labor, and will i'm the not
distant future meet his reward, If not in
dollars and cents, at least in the salts
| faction of realizing the prominent part
/ he has acted in advancing the interests
of our people, and that his labors have
been appreciated"
The steamers Idaho and California
have both been wrecked. a dispatch
from Victoria, dated June 18th, says
that the Idaho, from Portland, left Es-
quimalt at ten o'clock on Tuesday night
for Nanaimo, where she was to have
taken on board a load of coal for Port
land. On the trip down from this port
to Nanaimo she ran on a ledge Of rocks
known as the Chain Rocks, lying be-
tween Discovery and Trial Islands.
Word of the accident was brought to
this city, and the steamship Prince Al
fred was sent to her assistance. The
present position of the Idaho is of such
a character that it is feared that at low
water she will break her back. a sub
sequent dispatch says that it is highly
probable it will be impossible to get her
of, and that she will go to pieces.
Following are the particulars Of the
total loss of the propeller California:
The California, from San Francisco and
Portland, bound for Sitka, with passen-
gers and a company of L. 5. troops, after
cOaling at Nanaimo ran on a rock twen-
ty-eight miles above that port, and is a
total wreck. Purser GoOdhue, Of the
California, for the purpose of securing
steamer to bring the CALIFORNIA; passen-
gers down, arrived at Victoria yester-
day, having made the trip in an Indian
canoe. The steamers Sir James Douglas
and Maude will 90 to her assistance from
NanaimO. The California sailed from
Portland on Thursday evening. June
18th. She was heavily ladened, having
on board n company of soldiers for
Sitka, and large amount Of freight.
Among her passengers from this port
were Colonel Taggart and Charles Wal
dron, a merchant doing business on
Prince of Wales Island, who was return
ing with heavy stock of goods. The
California, when she started on her voy-
age to Sitka, had just returned from San
/ Francisco, where she was thoroughly
overhauled, receiving a new boiler and
many other repairs.