, 1878-04-27
S. S. OREaoN.-Tnis new steam

3. >. OREGON. Inns new Steam-
ship arrived at Portland on the Esd,
IS days from New York, and was re-
ceived with great public demonstra-
ton. The O,'egoatian says: I'm
every respect the steamer CORES
ponds with the published descrip-
ton. ane the words elegant, 'su-
perb' and magnificent, are the or
ly adjectives which can adequately
convey an idea of the steamer, the
machinery, the elaborate and costly
finishing and appointments and gen
eral arrangements for the comfort,
safety and convenience of the pas
sengers. 1t is safe to assert that at
no previous time in the history of
the state has as large, magnifcently
finished and furnished steamer ever
crossed the Columbia river bar. An
inspection of the Oregon fully JUS
titles the assertion that she is one
of the finest steamers in the world,
This is saying good deal, but it is
true. The steamer has stood the
long voyage remarkably we'll, and
arrives in excellent condition. look
ing as clean and fresh as could pos
sibly be expected. After being dis
charged, the steamer will be thor
eughly cleaned and made to look as
bright as a new pin, when she will
be thrown open for public inspec.
ton. No person should fail to see
her. Through the courtesy of the
officers of the steamer, and Mr.. J.
D. Biles, secretary of the company,
we have been furnished the follow
ing memoranda: The 0. S. S. Co.'S
steamer Oregon, Francis Conner.
commander, left New York Februa-
~ 10th at S:35 A. NJ, crossed the
equator March 4th at l A. NJ, ar
rived at Rio Japeiro the 10th at 10:-
40 A. NJ; left the 11th at $50 2. NJ;
arrived off Care Virgin (entrance to
the Straits of Maeellan) the Goth at
3 A. Nj. passed out of the straits on
the 2ad at $40 A. NJ; arrived at
Valparaiso on the 9th at 6 7. III. );
left on the 30th at 4 2. NJ, crossed
the equator April Sth at 10 A. NJ. !;
passed San Francisco cn the 10Th at
8 A. NJ; arrived off the Columbia
river bar the 2lst at 1890 ?. N;
crossed the Bar at 4 P. NJ; arrived
at Astoria at P. NJ; left the 22d at
4:3O A. NJ, and arrived at Portland
at1P. NJ. Time from New York,
65 days, 4 hours and 30 minutes.
Running time, 81 days and 2 hours.
TRUE TO HIS INsTINCTs.-From
Constable Kribbs we learn that
the prisoner whom he arrested
for burglary at Tenino continued
the thievins business after he
was arrested, stealing a razor
from Mr.. William johnson, the
hotel keeper at Tenino, where
he was kept Friday night. We
imagine he weuld like to be kert
there again over night. He was
locked up IN kind of closet with
no entrance or exit but the door,
and left there till morning. Mr..
johnson keeps his liquors in this
apartment, but he took the pre-
caution to remove the measures
and cups and thought the prison
er would not be able to get at
the liquor. But in most cases,
it is said, "where there's a will,
there's way The "prisoner
at the bar" found a funnel. the
small end Of which he stopped
up with one Of his nimble fing-
ers, and drank, it is estimated,
about a gallon of whisky, before
he was taken out. When he was
asked to rise and explain it was
found that he was 900 full for
utterance, and Constable Kribbs
was not troubled by any refrac-
toriness from that prisoner on
the rest Of the trip to the Stella
COON Jall.-Herdtd.
WHY Is IT ?-We should like to
understand why it is that prisoners
confined in the county Jail, sentenc-
ed to hard labor, for vagrancy, are
not put to work. The street COM
missioner is working on Mill street
alone, and these fellows might just
as we'll be doing something to earn
their beard. For the class of men
usually arrested on this charge. SIM
pie confinement is no punishment
at all. and good comfortable quar-
tiers with nothing to do and plenty
to eat is right into their hands.
INSANE. - Marion Moore, the
youag who made an unsuccessful
attempt to destroy himself Sunday
by taking strychnine, was examined
yesterday before the proper author
tiles on charge of lunacy. He was
adjudged insane and committed to
the asylum. 1t is the opinion of
the examining physician that
Moore's insanity is of a hopeless
type. The young man seems to
have settled down into a condition
of melancholy from which it is i'm
possible to rally him. His insanity,
it is said, is hereditary Oregonian.
A SALT LAKE dispatch says the