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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1869)
to O SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1SGO. Latest Wire News. At Washington City on the 27th, Alvah Jilaisdell was sentenced to three years imprisonment for defrauding the revenue. There has bfen over one hundred deaths by small pox in New York city in the last five weeks. The treasurer of the German Protest ant church, Cincinnatti, has absconded, defaulter to the tune ol $8,300. A fire in Lion, Mass., destroyed on the night of the 25th, $00,000 worth of property . 3 he Governor of Burgoss, Spain, was assassinated on the 25th, while in the act of taking, an inventory of the goods of the Cathedral of that city, which caused intense excitement and many ar rests. The workingnien's assembly ot the State of New York met at Albany on 41a TT r ftnn'z'iAt flirt AfiArntmna rtF the eight hour law. A young girl of Darlington, Wiscon sin, aged fourteen, has been lying in a trance nineteen days. No trace of life in discoverable, but there are no signs of decay, only a siuking away of the cheeks. The case attracts much attention. -By fire in Chicago ou night of the 26th, Childs Bros, and other firms lost property valued at S50,C00. The war department has received dis patches from Gen Sheridan detailing re cent operations against the Indians ; also, a letter from Gen Ilazen, declaring that Black Kettle's baud were on a warlike expedition when attacked by General Casta?. A Maryland delegation received en couragement from Andy Johnson that Dr., Mudd and other political prisoners would be pardoned before the 4th of March. STATE ITEMS. The Prospect. Democracy strove hard during the late Presidential canvass to make political capital out of the immense public debt and the high rate of taxation which re sulted in the necessity of its being paid. In these appeals to the lowest and mean est motives by which rx.cn can be actu ated, they seemed to rest all their hopes of the success of their candidate for the presidency, Jsut a patriotic ana higii xuinded people disappointed these dema gogues, and by aa overwhelming majority declared their preference for Grant and taxation as against Seymour and repudi ation. The great mass of the American people are honest, and any man or set of xuen who advocate the repudiation of the national debt as a part or a whole, will be utterly condemned and repudiated by il rri t 1j 1 that weighs so heavily upon our people as is asserted, should and will be reduced as soon- as is consistent with the public welfare and national honor. Gen. Grant has already made known his views on this subject, lie has expressed him self as in favor of the most rigid economy in the administration of public affairs, and his views will doubtless be carried out by Congress. This body, has already inaugurated economical reforms by which fifteen or twenty millious will be saved by the General Government per annum. Therefore the prospect is, that under Grant's administration of the Government we shall have an economy that will not in volve dishonor, and that we shall escape the burdens of intolerable taxation with out a resort to measures that would cast eternal disgrace on a great nation. Suicide or .a Noted Chief. From 'a Communication to the Jacksonville Sentinel, from Fort "Klamath, we see it stated that Kellogg, a Klamath Chief, shot one of his-wives, with a pistol, kill ing her' instantly, and then blew his own brains out with - a rifle, lie was sup posed to be in a temporary state of in sanity; ,f :" " ' ' ' , v A number of returned officers of the army, by direction of the President, are releived from present assignments and allowed to .retire to their homes. The list includes Gen. Silas Pickets, Long and Johnson, - Brigadier-Gens. Ripley, Rob ert Anderson and a number of Colonels ind Brevet Generals. : ' . . ' The most fearfully bloody accident of which we have read for years occurred recently, in a factory near Bolton, Eng land. , A man was drawn into the ma chinery, his head pulled through an aperture ' only three inches wide, and finally torn into small pieces by huge revolving teeth. , ' o Buchanan, West Virginia, claims to be the banner Republican town of the United States, ' In the late Presidential election it cast 18 votes, 187 ef which were for Orantj ad-1 for Seymour and Blair; Specimens of gold bearing quartz from Burnt river, said to rrsay $2,000 per ton, have recently been brought to Port'and. . A petition is being circulated in Port land, for the pardon of K. G. Randall, which has been numerously signed. Reports from Burnt river state that snow on the mountains is about four and a half feet deep, and that an ample sup ply cf water for mining purposes is thereby assured for the Spring months. " The Commcrcisd Herald of San Fran cisco states that the receipts of wool from Oregon, during the year 1SQS, was only 3.534 bales eual to 707,800 pounds. This amount is. less than was received the previous j-car by 152,G00 pounds and is far below the tctal shipment of any year since 18G-1. The clip brought in the market an average of 14 to 20c ac cording to quality. There are in Oregon 21 quartz mills, supplied with 140 stamps and a large number of arastras, the cost of the whole having been about 105,000. The ex tent of water ditching reaches 105 railes cost 275,000. About one-half of the quartz mills in this State are driven by water, being a larger proportion than in California or any other portion of the Pacific coast. D. V. Fox, who was released, by order of the court, from the county jail, Port land, on the afternoon of the 23d inst., was re arrested the same evening, charged with robbing the mail of twelve ounces of gold dust, while acting as deputy post master at Portland. Iu default of 1,--SU0Jail, he was again locked up. A hose company and a hook and lad der company have been organized in Oregon City. It is stated that the P. T. Company intend building a canal and locks oq the Oregon City side of the Willamette river at the falls. Mr. L. II. Wakefield has been ap pointed Postmaster at Portland to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of E. G Randall. D. P. Thompson, an old resident of Oregon City, was robbed of $42,000 last week. " E. G. Randall, being called up for sentence and asked by the Court if he had anything to say before sentence was passed upon him, said: Your Honor, as sure as there is a God in Heaven, I am innocent. What can bo the motive or object of prosecution I can not understand. I am sure that time will reveal my innocence and bring my persecutors to justice." W. II. Packard, writing to a friend in Dalles City, says : "Few persons have an idea as to our enterprise. When completed our ditch will be over 100 miles long, and will com mand more mining ground, and give em ployment to mote miners then there is at present in any mining camp in Oregon. It will require two yjars to finish the ditch, making seven years from the time I began the work. The only capitalist in Oregen that has assisted me in the work is T. J. Carter of Portland, who is de serving of credit in the matter, is certain in time to realize hugely on the, invest ment. Our heaviest work is all done, and instead of being all outlay in tht future, we will have a steady income, nearly equal to all required to meet iu complctiug ihe work. From the Ensign, we learn that Hyroan Abraham, of Canyonville, has received no relief from the surgical operation lately performed. The case is a very re markable one. The Jacksonville Sentinel ot the 23d, says that the small pox had abated con siderably during the week. The editor insists on the virtues of vaccination, and says: "It will modify if not prevent the disease, and we believe we would ntt have had a. single death from small pox ir: this community if fj:very person had been properly protected." Geo. P. Funck, a young man of excel Ieni character, died in Jacksonville on the 22d,-"from small- pox. - On tholOtb, Mrs. Howlett and Miss Mary Ralls, who had been devoting their time and best energies to attending small pox patients, were stricken with the dis ease. As they are reported as having it in its mildest form, hopes are entertained of their recovery. The following items are also from the Sentinel: Butter and eggs ar,o very scarce in this town, and by tho' time the country folks have the courage to bring some in we shall have learned to do without thftm. Dr Grubo operated on a man named Rose, this week, for fistula. The patient was under chloroform and the tumor was very skilfully removed. - The operation ia said to have been very painful. We were glad to state that Dr. Over beck is convalescent He did not have small pox but was prostrated from over work in attending the sick. ' A case of small pox is reported on Yreka Flats. It is in a family recently arrived from ban 1 rancisco. The first snow of the season fell yes terday morning. It was only a slight A small pox ordinance has been passed by our Link rivet friends. 1 : Lieut. John" F. Small has obtained a six month's leave cf absence, and was going directly to South America, from thence to the Atlantic-States and Europe. G.. Webster has purchased the Rose burg Ensign and will hereafter bo the proprietor and editor of that paper. James Walton of Douglas county has invented a machine for pressing and tying fleeces of wool. The operation is per formed with case and rapidity. A patent has been applied for. The Douglas county Educational Asso ciation held its annual meeting at Wilbur on the 18th inst. Telegraphic Summary. Under dates of Jan. 24, Chicago tele grams etata that the Times' Alaska special says the evidence in the Alaska iuves-tigation is nearly all in, and shows that no tnoucy was paid out to obtain the passage of the appropriation except by the Russian Legation, and that they only paid the Vhron'c'e 6f this city (Wash ington) and J. Walker for conusel fees. It is learned that the negotiations of Seward with the Republic of Columbia for the right of way to tho Darien Canal, is a failure, and that Caleb Cashing will return homo without hiving "accom plished thejobjeet of his mission to 13 j-- gota. Washington telegrams under same date are as follows : Secretary Seward has submitted to the Seu ;te the corres pondence in the negotations for the pur- hase of the Danish West India Islands. He shows that ho made the proposition with the approval and athonty of Presi- eiit L:.nco!n. The first price askod by the Danish Minister was S75.0JO.000, but ubscquently the Danish Government re called in their demands -and agreed to take the sum that was stipulated in tho reaty. The Herald' 8 Washington dispatch says the Wells, Fargo & Co. investiga ting committee had a number of witness es before tlieiu yesterday. Am ng those examined was J. S. Casement of the Union Pacific; Railroad. He testified that the accumulation of mail matter along the route took place when tho old contract with Wells, Fargo & Co. ex pired, and before t!:e new one was ni:ide. Mr. Spaids, son of the man who was the owest bidder for the contract, testified that himself and father offered to carry the mails for seven hundred tho'isan J dollar less than Wells, Fargo & Co , but they could not get any satisfactory answer to their letter. Mr. Felton, a banker of New York, who seems to have been the backer of Mr. Spaids, corrobor ates the testimony. The s-ame dispatch says that it seems to be generally understood that Menard, a colored Congressman from Louisiana, will not set a seat in the House. Chicago dates to the 24th s:iy : One ol the most coldblooded murJers ever perpetrated in this city was committed 1 ast uijht, Henry Herbert being shot and almost instautly killed by a despera do named Stewart. John Devitt, a pedestrian of this city completed yesterd y walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive hours, coming out on the last mile apparently fresh and in good spirits. The Indiana Legislature elected D. S Pratt IJ. S. Senator on the 22d. The vote stood Pratt, 83; Hendricks, GJ. From Toronto (Canada) we learn that Whelan's case was before the full court on the 22d. Tho Judge refused to grant a new trial and his counsel asked leave to appeal to the Privy Council of Eng land. After consultation the court de cided they had no right to grant the ap peal and so far as the Cauada courts are concerned, the law will have to take its course. A special from Little Rock (Ark.), da ted 23d says the bill to give the Governor power to fill vacancies in offices, produced a hot discussion in the Arkansas Legis lature yesterday and was finally post poned. A resolution was introduced in the Senate binding the members of the Assembly not to receive pay after the 15th of February if tho services contin ued. It was bitterly opposed and went over. The following are under date of Jan 23 : i An Omaha dispatch says the Union Pacific Railroad reached its one thou sandth mile post yesterday. Hannah Weidman, daughter of a high ly respectable citizen of Danby, commit ted suicide yesterday, by throwing her The New York Times says that Sew ard is arranging for an extended tour upon the expiration of. hisf term. His journey will be to California and thence through the republics of South America. Gen Grant called to-day on J. J. Stewart, nominated to-day as Minister of Russia. The Rogers murder still remains a mj'stery. Tom h s not yet appeared. The romance stories recorded in the Waterbury county papers are beleivcd by prominent police authorities. A thief smashed -the window of the Park bank this noon and seized a package coufaiog $4,000, which he handed to a confederate and escaped. The confed erate with the money was captured. An Australian letter fully confirms the reported massacre at Poverty Bay by the natives. Thirty-three whites and about as niany natives were killed. The pros pec's of a settlement is entirely blotted out. Gen. Grant reviewed the Fire Depart ment and Police of the city of Baltimore on the 23d. A Washington telegram states that the "Navy Department is in receipt of dispatches in detail relative to the sur render of Messrs. Bliss and Masterman by Paraguay on December 3d. Admi ral Davis, in his flag ship, anchored un der the Paraguyan battery of Augustura and immediately communicated with Lo pez, whose headquarters were six or seven miles in the iuterior. The Lieut. Commander, bearer of his message, re turned with the answer that Lopez de sired to confer. with the Admiral in per son, and lor that purpose he would come down to the river bank. Lopez appeared at the lower battery, and had an inter view of three hours duration with the Admiral. Bliss anil Masterman were brought to the flag ship on the night of December 10th. THE SOUTH A MERCIAN WAR. The arrival at New York of tho steamship Sou'h America, on tli3 22J, brings Rio Janeiro dates to tho 231. Ou the 5th of December the Maiquis de Cuxias performed a flank movement, throwing 20.000 allies above Viletta A battle near Argostina ensued, 'which re suited in driving the Paraguayans out of the works defending that place and their capital.- The. allies suffered severely. Operations were immediately continued. The attack on Vi'etta was made on the 11th. The Paraguayans were again routed. But 200 of them escaped. -The capture of war material was large. The allies occupied Viletta. , The fleet was reported on its way to Ascuncion. A Rio Janeiro letter of December 23d, confirms the account of the rout of Lopez and his army at Viletta. The Brazilian loss is placed at two thousand, but it is understood that the Emperor ad- ! mits it to have been much heavier. Aut ustura has not yet been attacked, but a division was marching ajruinst it Miniver Mahou is reported to have conOyfo an understanding with Jjopez. The steamer Washington has returned to Buer-os Ay res. CUBAN NEWS. Ilavanna dates to the 21st say the in surgents have Leen repulefid in an at tempt to burn the city of Manzanilo. The Spanish frigate Leotard arrived yesterday from Cad.z. While near the Canary Islands the crew mutinied. At one time itwas feared the trjuble would assume serious proportions but the muti ny was suppressed by the determined conduct of the ship's t ffiecrs. The mu tiny was caused by a supply of bad water and the excitement among the crew over the events in Spain. . At Havana on the 24th, several sold iers belonging to t.ie volunteer and reg ular forces were assisinated. These transactions, with the unsettled affairs in the island, have caused much anxiety among the people. Tho Herald's special from Havana, says the revolutionary -leaders having de termined to move westward, deceived Count Volmazeda by opposing his march with a small force, while, the main force commenced to move towards that city. It is reported that the Government has received a dispatch stating that the .rebel General Gusada, with a large force, has arrived in the vicinity of Villa Clara. Steamers have been engaged to bring back the forces of Count Volmazeda. Telegrams from Washington Territory, dated Seattle, Jan. 26th, are "as follows: On Saturday morning, at the Freeport mill, while a log. was being drawn up in to the establishment, a heavy chain broke Received. Wo have received a j pamphlet of sixteen pages, entitled "a circular relative to the incorporation and organization of the Willamette Falls Canal and Lock Company " The Com pany was incorporated in September, 1868, and the following officers elected; B. Goldsmith, President; Hon Jas. K. Kelly, Vice President; S. Iluelat, At torney and Secretary. 'The object of this publication is to call the attention of generally to the object sought to be car ried out by,this Company, and to invite the co operation of those who desire its consummation. This work will be com menced as early in the spring as the sea son will permit,-and will be" completed, if possible, next sunnrer and fall. As this work progresses it is probable that bonds will be issued by the Company, and opportunity given to those who may desire to invest in this improvement. Tl. - . , . 1 ... .j we pui uiaucnc piace oi business ol this Company is established by its article of incorpt ration at Linn City,' C Lc-kamas county, State of Oregon, where an office will be opened by the Company when the active operations on these works are commenced. For the present the regular place of meeting of the Directors of this Company is at the office of S. Iluelut, in Oregon City, where a draft of the works proposed to be erected by the Company can bo seen, and where com munications relative to the business of the Company can he addressed, or to either member of the Board of Directors." A telegram from Madi id, Spain, states that the Government is seriously consid ering the subject of abolishing the slave trade to the S sh colonics. The pani proposition to declare all vessels engaged in that traffic as pirates, is under consid oration and probably will prevail. Rivero has been selected President of the new Cortez. A transport is about to sail with more reinforcements to Cuba Democracy is making great strides in all the countries of Europe. Englaud is sub-tantially democratic; Austria is rapidly advancing on the same path ; Spain exhibits similar tendencies ; France, Italy and Austria exhibit the like ten- over Europe lib amaziiig progress. .. The California Acad my of Natural Sciences, San Francisco, has a rattlo u.ike's tail containing- thirty rattle-. The snake to which the tail once belong ed w.is captured in Arizona, and was eiiiht i'eet long. Feudal laws in Mecklenbarg-Schwer:n have again driven the poor classes to emigration. ! At the tionse of John W. Bell, on the 24th inst, by-S. II . C!aus;htori; J. r.;"V."J. Matthews to Lytiia Engle, all of Linn county, Oregon. NEW. TODAY. ''V;-'.' coR!t or-' ' Frout an Washington Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON. Is. P. OT. Quixnby, - - - - Proprietor. (Late of the Western Hotel.) , THIS HOUSE is the most commodious in the State, newly furpi-shed, and it will be tbs endeavor of the Proprietor to make his gues'e comfortable. , Nearest Hfctul to the etoam bout lauding. ?SS The Concord Coach will always he fonn at thu l.mding, on the arrival of steamships and river boats, carrying passengers and their bag gacre to and from the boats free of churye. Jlouxe supplied uith Puteut Fir Extinguithert. dencies. In short, all end ideas are making The Central Pacific Railroad has ju.t hired 100 wood choppers at ?75 a month and'board, and sent them to the front. A New Bedford bu.hel of potatoes, which had become notorious through hav ing been wheeled in a barrow iu con.-e-quence of a silly bet. sold at auction for SI 25. The money was given to the Orphan's Home. The civil war in Japan is reported as nded. Prince Aidzu, the leader in the rebellion against the Mikado's govern ment, has surrendered. . In a recent duel between two Relgian journalists, near Brussels, both were wounded in the back. self ander a train of cars. The body was horribly "mutilated. The cause wasJ and struck William Rowland ou the. head e of and face, breaking his skull ana cutting him bad v on the cheek, tie was at once brought here for medical treatment. but died about 7 o clock on the same opposition of her parents to marriage her lover. The London Shipping Gazette says a bark, has anived at Liverpool - which spoke tho bark America Dec. 30, having aboard thirty-eight of the shipwrecked crew and passengers of the ILbernia. The jury in the case of Blaisdell and others, charged with defrauding the I revenue, returned a verdict of guilty. ' r evening. v There are no new cases of small pox on Puaet Sound. The Puget Mill Company have com menced the erection of a new saw mill at Teekalet. , ; Berlin is to have a home for old bach elors and aged spinsters. The terms of 21 Senators , expire in March, in which the Rnpublicans will have 1G, a gain of two. The Postmasfer General recommends semi-monthly trips to China after the completion of the PaciGc Railroad. The Provisional Government of Spain has refused to entertain any proposition for the sale of Cuba. Leopold Ferdinand, Prince Royal of Belgium, died on the 20th January, aged ten years. The Spaniards everywhere t?peak con fidently of the early ending of the revo lution. . The custom house at Rio Janeiro has been entirely destroyed by fire. River is in statue que. FIRST, ANXIVEKSARY or ALBANY FIRE COJIPAIVY X0. 1, TO- BE GIVE it'. . PARRISH' IX ALL, ALBANY, 'on . ' ' WASHINGTON'S BIRTH DAY, (February 22u, 189.) COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS D. M. Thompson, M. V. Brown. Ji'hn Parker. Jhax. Mcalvy, H. K hn. J. V. iixou, Jas. L. N. B. Humphrey, N. Ba-iin, A. II. Marshall, Ira A. Miller, A. It. Backus, C. Vau Cluve, Cowan. RECEPTION COMMITTEE. OFFICERS OF TUB COMPANY. R. C. CWlc, W. II. Wood. FLOOit MANAGE It 8. Le. Fns, P. C. liurper, JDissolutlon ot Co-partnership. NOTICE is hereby given that tho co-partnership heretofore existing between J. E. Bent ley fc Co., is this day diolel by mntuatconsent. J. E. Bentley, Sr., will continue the business, assuming all debts outstanding against the lata firm, and collecting all accounts due the same. , J. E. BENTLEY. Sr. J. E. BISNTLEY. Jr. Albanv, January 9, lS6'J-l3ml WESTERN HOTEL, PORTLAND. OREGON, DORCY & HOLMES, PROPRIETORS. THIS HOTEL IS LOCATED NEAR TUB Steamship LanJing. The Hotul Coach wiil be in attendance ut all the Landings to convey pas-serigcrs and barcne to and from the House FREE OF CHARGE. 3a9-18 LOST 2 $50.00 X I A general invitation is hereby exutnded. . Tickets can be procured ot' any member of the Firemen are requested to appear in uniform, Albany, Jan. 23d, 1869. Y NOT BUYING BOOTS AND SHOES at KAST & CAHALIENS'S Philadelphia Coot Store, No. 112 Front Street, Opposite Mi-Curnrick's B;ok Store, Jin P 60-13 - ; Portland. Oregon. TUCKER'S : CELEBRATED . rIIE TUCKER SPRING BED IS SAID BY I all w ho have ued them to be the CHEAPEST and BEST cow in USE. ! - We refer with conS lence to all who have tried them; Read the following . j j EXTRACTS FPOM tETTEFS! ' ' E libit t ', H'tsAi nijtnn, 2)e. 5, Tdos. J. FlstiER, Esq., Vr. 'Tueker .Vnnii- fnctuiinr Co. Dkr Sir s I have now in -con- Ftam usj your " iuek r i"attnt bpr.ng Bid in nearly all my rooms, and nm gratified to write to yon that nothing c ould tie better, , ery truly your obedient, servnnr, C. C. WTLLaRD. Metropolitan Hotel, WahinyVir Itec. 6, 1P66. Thos. J. FisnKR, Pres. Tucler. Manufactur- iwj Co. Dear Sm : Some two years ago. the beds of this establishment were thoroughly refit ted wi h your superior "Tui-ker Putent Spring Bed," which, s'nee then and l ow, hiivo civeu the patrons of this Hotel uoiverep.l satisfaction. cry truly, - A. R. POTTS. These beds are now manufactured, by permis sion ot P.itinee. at Albany, Oreron, and are for sale at alt the principal furniture stores in Poit land, Salem, Albany, etc. f i For paitieulars address," ' -: E. CARTER & SON., ALBANYOREGON. Dec. 2B, 1808-16. , . BARROWS L. E. BT.AIN. S. E. TOUN0K. .1 j. BARROWS & CO., ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING Fresli Supplies of NEW GOODS! DIRECT FROM 1 Sjxix Francisco, - . . which, they will . sell. ; - CHEAP FOR "HEADY PAY I THEY ALSO DO A . ... . ... ... j General Commission Business ! Xiogal Tertdero . BOUGHT AND SOLD y ' Albany. Oct. 24, '68-7. , S.';DEpfNY,':-.. XTN'Z3i:Xl.lTLSE2 Id. and " I "vt Manufacturer ; and . Dealer in all kinds of -' FURUITURE & CABINET WARE, - JMATTRASSES, ETC.. : Under tho "States Rights Democrat office, FIRST STREET, i t ALBJJHT. - J