, 1878-03-16
From the Iai!y of wednesday.

ton 1889 of the Revised Statutes Of
the United States shall not prohibit
Territorial Legislatures from Great
ing town, city OF other municipal
corporations. and providing for the
government of the same, was on the
26th ult., reported back from the
Judiciary Committee with amend
ments, one of which strikes out the
second section of NJitchell's bill.
This section allowed Territorial
Legislature to create q Recorders
court for municipal corporations.
The other amendments are inmate
rial. This bill is of great Interest to
all the territories, because section
1889 has been construed by the
courts to prohibit territorial legisla
lures from incorporating cities or
towns. 1t has been specially advo-
Gated before the senate committee
by Delegate Jacobs. of Washinton
Territory. AS amended it viii
doubtless become a law. No men
ton of this bill was maue in the dis
patches published in the Oregonian
WRECKS. correspondent of the
Roseburg Pla,ndeler, writing from
the coast, says: " There has been
nothing but storms during the whole
of last month, and the pieces OF
wreck discovered on the beach, at
different points between here and
Port Oxford and Crescent City, tells
of many q vessel that will never
reach its destination. On the 18th
of last month. the hull OF large
vessel was seen bottom up Off the
mouth Of the river. 1t WAS about
two miles out and appeared to be at
anchor, as it retained its position
all day. There was gale at night,
and the wreck was lost from sight
until the 10Th, when it was drifted
ashore fifteen miles from this place,
and proved to be the Johanna NJ.
Brock OF San Francisco. On the
same day the body Of man was
found on the beech about two miles
above here, and CoronerCunningiiam
held an inquest over the body and
had it inferred. He is supposed to
be one Of the sailors belonging to
the wreck.
Conc. G.-Mr. Bernard Crosson,
one of the pioneers of Seattle, has
sold his property on Washington
street to Messrs. Lewis ana Stacy.
and will leave on the outgoing
steamer for San Francisco. He goes
to Bodie, Mono county. California,
where rev mining cam has i'e9n
started. \ LullDef o. logmer resi-
dents of Seattle are now at that
place, and they think Bodie will
prove second to Virginia City as
lively mining town. Mr.. Crosson
will remain at that place until next
fall, when he will go to Kentucky,
where, with Val Wildman. late Of this
city, he will engage in scheme in
opposition to the great Kentucky
lottery. Mr.. Crosson has always
borne the reputation of being all up
right business man il tLis city.
LADIES r'EsTIvAL---This week, on
Friday evening, at Yesler's Hall,
will come of the most uniqe enter
tainment of the season, namely, the
Festival gotten up by the ladies of
the M. E. Church. Besides prepar-
ing for q bountiful supper, they
have arranged to have literary and
musical exercises, and an old fash
ioned spelling match, each one miss
ing to go down, and the last one on
the floor to receive, as champion
speller, a handsome prize of ten
dollars in gold. All are invited to
compete in this contest and very
enjoyable evening is anticipated.
A MISSING SCHOONER. THE Colo
mist says fears are entertained for
the safety of the schooner General
Harvey which left this port in com
pany with the schooner Mary Parker
for Port Townsend ON the 4th inst.
The latter craft has arrived safely at
her destination and reports that
Monday night last was fearfully
rough one in the straits. The Gen
eral Harney has not YET been heard
from; but as she was good sailer
she may yet turn up all right. Cap
tain Lloyd was in command.
The people of Seattle will be edi-
fed to learn from an editorial in the
htezEgeucer that Seattle sent Nc
Gilvra to Washington to prevent
congress from building q railroad to
Tacoma" when it is well known
that it was not the design of con
gres or the N. P. Railroad Compa-
ny to build a road to Tacoma. The
visit of Mr.. McGilvra to Washing
ton was for quite another purpose,
as We all very well know.
WALKING.-Mr. Oddly, the pedes-
trian, walked seven miles in fifty
eight minutes in Yesler's Hall last
evening. He declined to walk the
fourteen miles. as the audience was
small. Mr.. Oddly claims to be the
champion short distance walker OF
America, and has made his fourteen
miles in one hour. forty nine min
utes and forty-two seconds.
POTATOES. These necessaries Of