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Ol'R WASJHXUTOS J.KTTEK.
W-ASIHSGTOS, Oct. 20, 1S71.
OFFICII sekkkSis.
Congress opens in a few weeks -and
in antk-iiwtkui of tlie event our hotels
-are crowded with office seekers from
all part of tlie country, who mo pre
paring their claims to present to tlie
lifforent department, ihe majority
of them are here awaiting the arrival
of their Member or Senator, so as to
-be the first to receive any favors if
these distinguislied individuals are dis
posed to grant them, senators and
Representatives "Will, no douht, In?
thankful when all the cilices are filled,
-as they are boreal to death by the inev
itable ofiieo seeker, and their private
-sanctums are invaded at all times by
tlie persistent applicant who will not
be put oft with no for an auswer, but
must have their names on their (the
-applicants") papers before they will
leave; or their case must be made a
special one, and the Senates or Repre
sentative is compelled to drop all other
business, no matter" how" important,
"iintl go to the Department and get the
otlice, before he will Ihj permitted to
rest. Loiig John Wentworth, while a
Mcber, tokl your correspondent that
the-ri d otliee seekers' would not give
him time to pi ay." 1 knew o one
Senator wLo was compelled to change
his place of residence two or three
times during the last session to get rid
of these pests ; he would scarcely get
.'settled down in rew quarters before
they would bs down on him like a
lack of hungry wolves, and at last he
was compelled to give up in despair
and submit to the torture.
Tlie-old members, who Lave iassed
thrwgh the ordeal, aud have been ini
tiated into the tricks and workings of
Uiese chains, get rooms in Georgetown
cr some other out-of-the-way place, and
thereby manage to evade these stick
ing plasters to a great extent. No
person can form an idea to what extent
office seeking is carried on, and what
means the parties interested resort to
to gain their object, money and women
.sometimes being freely used, it is a
hanietul fact that Senators ard Repre
sentatives are compelled, at times, to
recommend men for office whom they
, never saw before. Both houses of
Congress, some time ago, endeavored
to abslish the present system of recom
mendations, but wore defeated in the
.good work for the want of time. Last
-session they passed a bill creating the
Civil Service Commission, whose duty.
-the bill stated, was to prescribe rules
-and regulations for the admission of
.persons into the civil service of the
government ; but, up to date, the com
mission lias failed to protect either tlie
.-Departments or our law-makers. I
have it from good authority, that an
-effort will be made during the coming
.session of Congress to pass a bill pro
viding for the retention of clerks, etc..
.in office during good behavior. This
will, toa great extent, do away with
the nuisance. Some stringent meas-
ures must be adopted for the protec
tion of Congress and the Department,
-as the thing has become a disgrace to
this nation, and opens the way to fraud
-and theft. Merit, to-day, is not con
sidered as a recommendation for a po
sition. The Civil Service Commission
might nivl could make itself famous
and receive the applause of the Ameri
can people, by breaking up the present
mode of distributing public patronage.
Tlie President is still absent, in Bos
ton, Mass. He went there the early
part of last week, in company with the
Postmaster .General, to assist in laying
the corner-stone of the new post ofiieo
that is about to be erected by the gov-;
. crnment in that city. He will n'ot re
turn until Saturday or Sunday next.
General Sherman lias obtained a
leave of absence, to visit Europe, lie
will be accompanied by Col. Andeu-
raid, of his staff". While away the
General will make a military inspec-'-tion
of the European armies and forti
fications, and visit the late battle fields
in France. The olject of tlie visit is,
no doubt, to ascertain the,- modujs oper
andi of European warfare.
KDIAS BUREAU.
Hie position of .Commissioner of In-
lian Affairs still remains vacant, not-
witlistanding there are hundreds of ap-
plications on file for the position, and
numerous gentlemen are visiting the
Secretary every day and attempting to
convince liim that they are the very
men for the place, aud could serve the
A rUOCXAMATION".
On the 17th Inst, the President Is
sued a procla -.nation deelarhtg the
counties of Spartanburg, Yctk, -Marion.
Chester, Laurens, .Novvbury, Fair
field, Lancaster r.itd Ciicsterfield, in
South Carolina., to be in a state of in
surrection, "ft mi suspended the writ of
habeas eorntts in the same. The War
Department is iioiV making out the
necessary orders to forward to the
military commanders, so that they can
act advisedly in tlie matter.
The following
oi-FiciAr. or.m.n
Needs no comment, and explains itself:
Lieut. Cen. Phil. 11. Sheridan. Chi
cago: The Secretary of War directs
that you wiil give to the sutt'erers in
Michigan and Wisconsin such aid as
von niav deem advisable. John Potts,
Chief Clerk. .
T O M .
PACIFIC COAST SEWS.
grand onlcr of. the War Office of
Russia, directs the entire reorganiza
tion of the Imperial army, and calls to
arms the whole ad n't population of the
eountrv. Tlie total united strength
of the forces of the Empire is 1,000,
000, wheurepiurd tor war purposes.
Mail advices froin England . show
that there is great fearentertaiia.d of a
llnaiiclal crisis. Bismark demands
gold for the English subscriptions to
tlse French loan. Bills on the Bank
of England are being presented in
London. The drift Jottrwf says the
only safety for the moment is to de
cline to discount the bills of Bismark
in gold, aud give him bank notes of
KngiaiKl. Vemu-t stand against me
Prussian invadir who uiukrtakesour
overthrow through finances. There is
no such amount ot ninnon as lrussia
demands of France. All deposits of
gold and silver in Europe and Ameri
ca are less than two hundred millions
sterling ; that would not pay the in
demnity. It i s behoved that Bismark
intends to hoard the world s gwJd, and
touch England's vitalitv through her
finances.
u early change in the Ministry is
contemplated in England.
Activity prevails in the reorganiza
tion of the English army.
The trial of Kelly in Dublin, Ire
land, creates much excitement. The
prisoner was cheered and the police
hissed in going from the prison to the
Court room.
More arrests of conspirators at Bar
celona, Spain, have been made. Stores
of arms, war like instruments, eet.,
have leen discovered. The arrested
were members of the International
society.
President Thiers refines to modify .!
his ultimatum to England regarding
the Commercial Treaty.
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The Emperor of Austria has formally .
accepted the resignation of llw? Ilohen-
sirth Ministry, and a new Cabinet will
be formed by Baron Jlolesgethau.
A letter from Buenos Ay res, South
Amelia, says there is frightful preva
lence in tl at country of small pox.
During the past summer 20,000 deaths
occurred from ycl'o.v fever in Buenos
Ayrts, and 30,000 deaths in the Prov
ince of Corrintes.
A correspondent of the London
Tiuies writes from Berlin that during
June and July the Russian Govern
ment invaded and annexed the coun
try of Hungaria on the northern
slopes of the Te::n Chain Mountains
on the Eastern boundaries of the Em
pire. Tlie territory is twice as large
as the island, is a rich mineral and
agricullu:a! country, and has a popula
tion of two millions.
Garilaldi some time ago invested
what little money he possessed in Ital
ian bonds, and they liave declined so
much that he cannot pay a mortgage
on his humble homestead at Caprera,
and his creditors threaten to sell his
house at auction.
The Hague, the political capital of
Holland, is reported to be the wealth
iest town, for its population; in the
world. At least one-third of its citi
zens are said to be rich.enough to live
entirely on their incomes.
The. Chinaman who commenced
the shooting at Los AngcTs, in the
recent riot, M as captured on the 2th
of October. Four arrests of the
rioters were. also made. Some prom
inent rioters left the city. A special
Grand Jury is ordered to meet on the
31st inst.
San Francisco di -patches of the
2Jth of last month, state that the
cargo of the bark Whistler, which
started for Port kind and put back
here with lire in her hold ten days
since is still burning. Three men let
down in the hold on the 2o;h of Oct.,
were nearly suilccated, and it was
found necessary to haul them out with
ropes. Her hold will now be Hooded,
as all hope of extinguishing it other
wise is abandoned.
Two jurors of opposite sexes in
Wyoming couldn't agree in finding a
man guilty of grand larceny, but
they stole eaih other's a fleet i ns, went
out of the jury room and get a ''squire"'
to ratify the transaction.
There is some talk i:i Washington
Territory of presenting the name of
Dr. Baker, of Walla Walla, for dele
gate to Congress.
A flouring mill costing 15,000 is
nearly completed at La Grande. Other
valuable buildings are going up.
A man named McClellen, while on
a bender in Portland la t week, fell
upon the sidewalk,' and fractured his
shoulder blade.
Swamp Laxis. The swamp lands
taken up in a large quantity by an
agent of Ai Goldsmith, formerly of Yre
ka, ami J. Teal, of Oregon, two wealthy
capitalists, for which they pay the
State of Oregon but one dollar to the
acre, are liable to come under the head
of government land for the benefit of
settlers, the Democratic. State swamp
land lawto tlie contrary notwithstand
ing. This land is only subject to over
flow at certain seaso s when many
other sections of public lands are liable
to overflow, and the swamp lands
means only such as are continually
submerged. This land designated as
swamp land on Link River and the
Klamath lakes is the best hay lands in
Southern Oregon, and could be culti
vated successfully with good crops.
.Ttsai A mil oolite has a ix-titiou in cir-
government faithfully in that capacity, i dilation, headed by himself, asking
The place was tendered to 3Ir. Brunot ;
sometime ago, by the President, but;
lie positively refuses the honor. Tlie !
; position . is still he'd open, with the
hope tliat he will be induced to accept!
.the same on his return to this city.
Mr. Brunot is now out West, on a tour
of inspection among the various Indian
tribes on our frontier. - He wankl make
an excellent Commissioner, as he is
well acquainted with the 'wishes and
wants of the red skins, and was vefv
Active in exposing tlie late frauds Hint
were attempted in this Department
jiouie- mourns ago,
Congress to throw this oiien to settlers,
that it is not swamp land, and that
Oregon has never gained possession of
it as such jrom tlie reueral Govern
ment. There is a lot of land in Siski
you of the same description, which a
Democratic Legislature has thrown
into tlie market for capitalists and
wealthy men to gobble up, which if
petitioned tor t Congress, eonm not
be claimed as swamp land. J f such
land can be claimed and sold at whole
sale to land sharks at tUe rate of fifty
cents or one dollar an acre tJ;on whole
counties along the Sacramento river,
subject to overflow in the winter, -'can
be bought up in the same maimer.
A voting man named Thomas Dom
inie accidentally fell from the ledge of
a high bin il" about one mile above
Scoltsburg recently, as we learn from
the Iloseburg . l'ltunifojlrr. lie first
struck .the rock about twentj' feet
from the top of the bin ft", then bound
ing oil he again camu in contact with
them thirty leet lurther on, and then
fell fifty feet upon tlie moss anil trash
at the foot ot the precipice, making
about one hundred feet in all. In
credible as it may seem, he was not
killed, and. although terribly mangled,
at last accounts was in a fair way to
recover.
The same journal also lias the fol
lowing : A sad affair occurred near
Oakland last Sunday. It appears that
a little son of John Daniel- was re
turning from a hunting trip with his
brother, and when within a. short dis
tance from the house started to run a
foot race. The hammer of his gun ly
some means caught, and exploded the
cap, sending the charge through bis
thigh, ju-t aljove the knee. The
liinlj was so terribly shattered that
amputation was deemed .necessary in
order to sa ve the life of the unfortunate
sufferer. 1 doctors 1 Ioover and Pahnerj
of this place, and Dr. Ca.ad. of Oak
land, performed tlie opperation, and
at last accounts strong hopes were en
tertained of: u recovery.
Several eases of robbery occurred in
Eugene last week.
The Portland Oreynnitin says that
there are on exhibition in that city a
number of rubies, picked up in Linn
county. They are of t lie violet and
brown varieties handscmj for jewel-sets.
The same journal says a Fourth
street serenader while singing and
guitaring to his enchantress the other
night, received a tumbler full of silt
and vinegar in his mouth, nose and
eyes. He quit.
Brigham Young lias applied to Hon,
Win. M. Everts for his services as
counsel to defend him in nine indict
ments by the present Grand Jury.
Joint Meacham, a Mormon, charg
ed with the murder of liiehard Yates,
twelve years .a go, was arrested vester
day, b3 the I nited States Marshal, at
Bound Valley, and brought to this
city.
The penalty for the polygamous
Mormon is imprisonment for not less
than three years nor more than twenty,
or tine ot not over $1,000, or both.
The entertainment tit Salem for the
relief of Chicago netted $2G3 25.
Tlie Los Angeles, California riot, is
denounced very strongly by all classes
and its inevitable effect abroad is to be
deeply deplored.-,. ... .
The Boseburg VlnindenJer says that
George W Walker, inducted by the
Grand Jury "feff' embezzlement, ."plead
guilt-, and was sentenced to one year
in the Penitentiary. He is nuke
young, aud bears none of the imprints
oi a narucntit criminal.
The following, from the Eugene
Journal speaks for itself : If we are
lost at the final day, for not attending
church more regularly, ,we shall be
half inclined to attribute our calamity
to some persons who take their babies
to church and allow theni to scream
incessantly during the entire services.
We have endeavored to weigh the two
punishments, and have concluded
there is but little difference.
Chief Justice Melvean, ot Salt Lake,
on the 23th of October, passed sen
tence -.upon Hawkins convicted of
bigamy. The sentence was a fine of
$500 and three years hard labor in the
Penitentiary. A. great crowd was
present, but little or no excitement.
Notice of apiieal to the -Supreme
Court was given.
From Xevada we learn tliat four
teen out of the twenty-nine escaped
convicts have been captured, killed or
died from wounds received at the time
of their break.
Tlie Governor of Nevada - thiuks it
would be a good idea to hang the
- t
escaped convicts as fast as cantnred.
and then pardon those wifo refused to
leave, on the ground of insanity.
Legislation is proposed in Wash
ington Territory giving! the "right of
action to relatives of dunkanis against
the venders of lipior. This law has
been in force tor some, time in Ohio,
and works satisfactorily.
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Geoige Myers, of jWapato Lake,
Oregon, hasa:hog which weighs ,
300 pounds, and is a fr,t larger i:i the
girth than the big hog exhibited at the
State Fair. j j
Gi orge Edgar, coming from Canyon
City to the Dillles, was stopped by a
highwayman, and robbed of $02 "0.
He had?;r00i;i greenbacks that the
robber did not find. j
The Vancouver Hejist.r says that
a revolting case of inecjst has come to
light in OowlUz county, where a son
is living openly and' : notoriously in
adulterous intercourse with his mother.
An, extensive" mine- of marble has
iK'eii discovered by Churchill & Co.,
near Westgaic, Nevada, on the over
land stage road. Th.i jmrdity is pro
nounced sujKMior to any in "America,
and can be delivered at the railroad
for one dollar per hundred ponds.
From Pachoco, Call Oct. 2Sth, we
learn that Patrick Sullivan, of Bay
Point, was shot and killed to-day by
his sister-in-law, tiki; wife of James
Sullivan. Jas. Sullivan, his wife and
deceased were at dinner when -some
words passed between Mr. Sullivan
and deerased, when she rose, tok a
shotgun and blew his head oil.
II
A man named Barrett was found
murdered about eight 'miles from the
City of Silt Lake last Saturday morn
ing, with four bullets in his bodv.
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KAVIKKS
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The McMiunville
that John Stjmdly, of
West Side says
North Yamhill,
a sheep that
l."0 pounds.
an account
iveei it ly s'augi itered
weighed when dessei
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The same jou'-nal gives
of the sudden deatlJ of the oldest
daughter of! Mr. Bunn, of Lafayette.
She went to bed and slept peacefully
until about two o'clock, when she
made an unnatural sound in breathing.
This awakened her parents, who went
to her bedside and found her dead.
Cayotes are getting; thick and impu
dent again iarouud JJaker City, says
the Democrat.
In Baker City, oat; are l4'c. per
pound; barley do ; butter 50 its. and
but little in marketj; eggs. o0e per
doz. and scarce at t!iitt. "'liny $10 per
ton, delivered ; wood, $1 "0 and $5
per cord. j
Over five years have elapsed fcince
Grant county, Oregon, has sent a mm
to the Penitentiary.
Baker City has been enlivened by a
steam whistle. i
From SaTt Lake, October 31st, we
learn that Mormon Bishop Aaron
Johnson, arrested a; short time since
at Springville by the United State-
.Marshal, tor murder, was -released
by Judge Strickland, at Provo. on
&1 0.000 bail. I
The United States District Court lias
adjourned till the ik of November,
the same day on wnicii tne ur.inu jury
will assemble. I
Two lniisdr. d dollars alimony wa
granted the polvgunous wife of Win.
Clavton. who is slicing for a divorce.
The application of Stout, one of the
parties charged wnn me lares umnicr.
tor release on hail, was grained
Wan-ants have been issued for the
arrest of several other l Prominent Moi
nions under indictments by the Grand
Jury. Josonh A. Young is still at
larcre. i i
Brigham is making his way south
with an armed escort
The Grand Jury
has Indicted nearly' One hundred per
sons for dealing ini
of San Francisco
th;? Sacramento,
Brooklyn, AVoodland and other lottery
tickets or advertise! them lor saie
A sWll from Niagara Falls says
that tlw Woods within seven miles ot
Lock-port have been burning since
Monday, of last week.
Numbers of houses, barns crops are
destroyed. It is feared that the lire
will spread to Bata via. Farmers are
fleeing with their stock and liuiuturc.
The lire east of Oberlla is iviorted sub
dued, but another has broken out live
miles north of that place. Loss since
last Sunday, at Albinou S-Mi00. 1 en
houses, two flour mills aud l,o(X) cords
of wood were burned. .
A Washington s;iecial says informa
tion is received of large fires m t.ie
woods radiating in all directions U . in
the Cumberland mountains w.ucn an
enveloped in smoke. Oilier mountain
ranges report fires which are doing
much damage. The bituminous field,
are threatened.
Another special says that the fire in
the woods south of A'.biuon, which
stretched five miles was entirely tuV
dued by a rain. Five h u-e-, seven
barns, two flour mills and 5..VJ0 tons
of hay have been burned since Sun
day. The fire near Lake port is confined
to a tamarack swamp. Two children
were burned in it.
The real estate operations of Tweed,
Connolly, Sweeney and Hall are pub
lished. Official "records show tliat
Connolly when sued inH Ufor debt,
swore, that he owned nothing. Since
then he has bought real c tatc t the
amount of $2,300,000. Tweed, a bank
runt: in 1 J. lias boiirht and sold real
estate since SS to the amount of 4,-
474,000. and has engaged in oil er
transactions to the amount o. !Sj.j k-
000. Sweeney's purchases in three
ears amount to 1,1"0, 000, aud Hall's
to $1,100,000.
Charles O'Conor of New York says
! can recover $3,500,00,) from Tweed
in civil suits.
The Secretary of War has dismissed
from the Military Academy-, tor vio
lence to other cadets, cadet .s Jno. W.
Wilson. DeWitt Clinton, F. Santiago,
T. Hubbell and J. L. Steel, aud for the
same cause h is ordeivd cadets Miller
ind Hammond to be deprived of the
next furlough and confined to tlie lim
its of the plain until the next year.
At a colored convention at Colum
bia, S. C, on Monday, '23d of Octolier,
i letter was read troui Senator Sum-
ner, urging colored pcop:e io iii-w
upon rights denied, equ ility in pub
lic conveyances, hotels and schools.
Gen. Thomas W. Bennett, of In
diana, is appointed Governor of Idaho,
vice Bowcn resigned.
The latest remarkable movement is
the emigration from Iceland to W is
eonsin of twenty-live families, who
have taken up tlieir abodes on Wash
ington Island, at the mouth or ureen
Bay. These are but the pioneers of
the new movement. Twenty-live
thousand of the inhabitants of the
frigid island are still to come, and they
will, it is said, spread themselves along
the line of ihe North Pacific Hailroad
and through the country bordering the
Bed Biver of the North. The insu
lation of Iceland was oi ce llO.Oty.
but it is now probably- not more than
70.000.
Col. Whitney, Chief of the United
States Detective forces on the 2 th of
October, effected the ino;t important
arrest of counterfeiters ever made in
this eountrv. These notorious coun
terfeiters, one oi whom is jwnaru, are
the only men in this country who po
ses? the stock to manufacture Govern
ment fibre iaper material. The cap
ture includes a. hundred thousand dol
lar transfer press lie'.ieved to be the
only one outside of the Treasury- De
partment, full sets, of steel and copper
plates fr $1,000. $20, $10aud i?2 bills ;
al-o full sets of plates of fractional cur
rency stamp; for tl.ej treasury s -a', fiv
simile of types for raising notes, etc.
General Jlobert Anderson, the hero
of Fort Sumpter, died at Nice, France,
on the 2)th of October. He will le
interred in this country.
From Washing: on, October 27th,
Hon. It. S. Gree:
Associate Jus
tice of Washington Territory, ha
been received by immersion Into the
Baptist church. I
Eaklw'n Sills, oj;ie of the earliest
settlers In Rogu j Biver valley, 'ied
a few dayrs ago, at the age of seventy
two, j
The Salem Mills' how pay $1 20 for
wheat.
The Jacksonville Tim says tliat
the result of frequent lovers perjuries
down there Ls that young fellows now
gd" a-courtlng armed with a blank
license and a preacher, and as soon as
'yes' is said, tin name is filled in the
blank and the preacher toitnwith doe
his duty ; and the girls set their faces
as a flint against any wooer who has
not his preacher aild license with him
At an election m Victoria a few
days ago, Mcssivj. DeCosmo-s and
Bunster were elected to the Legisla
ture. The entire Vote of the district
was 373. j
A carpenter, named Smithson, in
attempting to coup:e some cars at
Kalama last Sunday, got his left hand
crushed between the butting heads in
i i . ' ri ,
a suocKiug maimer, ine iiosn was
torn from the bones and muscles,
leaving them bare and separated ; but
strange to say no hones were broken
At irgtma, Nevada, Nov. 1st,
when the; shifts at the old Belcher
works were changing, a dreadful acci
dent occured by -which Andrew Wil
sou was almost instantly killed and
John Blakesly- so badly ilijured tliat he
inav not recover, i
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; The King of Behrhmi ha. mn.ln a
' donation of 2,500 francs to the Chicago
Belief Fund, - - - ,
The New YovlL 'Timet says Tweed
lias lM'en busy -the past few days in
hidino-awav personal and real estate,
and the stock which he had has nearly
all been so!d or transferred. All his
homes and Jots in tlie city have been
made over to his relatives. Over f.i:r
million dollars worth of real estate has
b-en transferred within the past few
days. On the 25th, he transferred ovit
to liicluml M. Twjed, his son, real ej
tate to tlie value oi" $1,000,000, iucl i !
ing his Fifth aventi- residence. Com
plaint has been made against Tv,enl
and others before Judge Laiucd whii
demand judgment for the pe p?e in tlk'
sum of .f.'OOO.O'yj a id I mil in tin?
sum of $1,000.000 each isalso demanil.
ed. Ingersoil. Garvey and Wohvanl
have lied. leaving Tweed alone to an-,
s.vertlie complaint. There was c nisi i
erable excitement in political cire'es
last night relative to Tweed's arrest.
No trouble is apprehended.
The Committee of Citizens appoint
ed by the. Board of Supcrvi sors which
lias been eng 'ged many weeks in cx
.nniningtlie frauds in the city aceo 7!'.t
today submitted a report of its 1 ilKr
o:i th" 2).h, with a suniiuiry of facts
a. id figures. Th's re. .oil is the fii-i:
authe.'i i ; LiCrni it 'on o.i sub;,-, t
yet fur -i bed. 'ih; am )ii.it c'ia ,i'l
iistl:e eo tpfihenew u dinislird t.'uni-t
llousi. Ceu.it Court o;'fie;?s. repairs
and furnitiuv, is I3,4i:O.UO.). The
who'o cot of the co:ijj!eted building
could not fiirly cxceeil three millions.
Of the iuimcn-'e su:n ihiu-gd.
eiglit millions is indirectly cli.irga! to
the Court ilnusu and furniture'
2S2,0X) is charged to ('oiiuty Court
fiees with ivikiIts and furniiure, hieni '-
h-.g $.11,000 paid tor $17,S7J worth of
furniture : 84.0t)0 paid lor irw. joo
worth of plumbing: tfl')J,00-;) p.aid f.n
$70,1J0 worth of jilastering; The sh:i
of seven million ilollars i charged for
idvertidng, printing and statioiuiy
since the isc oi .lanu irv, i ;;. ine
whole is really worth $175,000. TlKt;
figures show a loss to thechy of $ "t',-
000.000. This is the amount stolen
ind divided among the Bmg thieves
nice January, 1).). xne report cou-
c'ndcs the work of the Committee.
l'lie Committee assert that in two
years and eight inonins na.i oi me en
tire revenn i of the city at.d county
h-is liieii abstracted.
The funi'ral of the lln. Thonvts
WvvinT f-ii-L- nl;ii'i jit eli'Vi-ll irloik 0:1
Sa tin-Jay, Ott. 25tn, at La:icatir.
Among tlie pall-bearers were Governor
Noye -, Senators Sherman and Tlii.r-
in iii. and Judge Walsh of the Supiviae
t'gir.t. The services were coiuluc'ed
! !.- V.itlit.i. W:i'.- 1 1 nil liwt
olie Friest in the State, and Archlash-!
op l'urcell made a short address.
There were eighty-live deaths in
Philadelphia, Penn., last week fnni
small-pox, being a slight increase.
The paper mills of Franian & Co.,
six miles north of Fort Wayne, Indi
ana, vere burned last Monday morn
ing. Supposed tolie incendiary work.
President Grant has apvoinledGeo.
C. Hates United States Attorney for
Ft-ih. -
The President, Secretary of War
and General Sherman are engaged re
arranging the Military Departments.
An order will soon be issued changing
tl e geographical limits of the Depart
ments and a change in the comma ul-
or.s tnereot.
Controller Green, of New York, Ins
discharged 72 sh.eeure ofiice-hoacrs
since he assumed the Controllersliip,
saving $82,000 annually.
The resignation of Governor Eul-
I.ck of Georgia took place on the JOth
of Ortolier, and Benj. Conlay, 'Piesi
dent of the Senate was installed as
Governor on that same day.
Charles Dean, a promiuensitfeeii
of Green wood, : Missislj))!, white ;
tu.iiing home from a 3Iasonij lodge
recently-, was shot and killed by un
known assassins who also fired on
Harris Mnllin, who was accompanying
him, but mtssed him.
The President has oixlered the Issu ?
of land ivitcnts to the Northern Pacific
Curtis as counsel Iiefore the tribunal of
arbitration at Geneva, in addition to
Caleb Gushing. Meredith declined the
e ifiim uiai ure i.ieun:iiv .imi li:vl i..,,. .... ..e
pointed Wil.iam M. hv. it.-, anil Wr. th (ollimiai011,M t tnt su.,r.n .
rH ri-1 llllll!! ! nt I ..... .. . -
t ion or thirty miles is completeil.
Mr. Spryot Cedar llapids went to
nnnointmmit. tendered : V.varU sie- t e war ill JH fl, leaving a Wife and
cepted. Curtis is now on his way home
from Lurope.
At Jacksonville, Fla., William C.
Scott was executes! on tlie 27th of last
month, for the murder of Rosa Carle-
chi'dren behind. He only returned
last month, and was joyfully received
by his family, who had mourned him
as dead. :
Prof. James Hodges of Massachu
setts., wno was returning trom a cco-
ton and two children in eoruary last. I logical exploration ot tne country
At Indianapolis Ind., on the same ""onud iaKe superior, is supjiosed to
day, Jerome Brooks tho murderer of
Stsiats, at Iogan'port, last April, was
hanged. He- manifested to the last
tlie same tolid indifference that he has
intiintained since his arrest, and placed
the rope around his neck himself.
- Tliere is but overloading journal in
New York that shows sympathy for
1 weed, and that is the Star.
A dispatch from New York dated
Oct. 27th, has the'following :
. K. A. Woodward, ha3 been sued for
money alleges to be due the city, hav
ing absconded. Judge. Barnard to-day
granted application to attach his prop
erty. Reform Democrats at the instance
ofChas. O'Conor, to-day nominated
Horatio Sevniour as candidate for the
Assembly in this city against the Tam
many candidate, Tom Fields. Sey
mour telegraphs his acceptance.
The arrest or Woodward, Garvey and
Ingersoil, will lie made as soofi as pa
pers are received from Allany.
In the Rosenwig ease the jhrv re
turned a verdict of manslaughter in tlie
second degree. Recorder Hackett
sentenced him to the State prison at
hard labor for seven years, disregarding
the recommendation to merey by the
jury.
A dispatch from New York, dated
Oct. 27th, sjate3 that Tweed is arrested
and held to bail in the sum of one
million dollars. J. Gould ajl Coni
niodore Garrison, are ins bonibiirjietu
have been lost on the steamer Coburn,
winch foundered, in Saginaw Bay.
The public debt has leen reduced
f3,950,4'.K) during the month of OcXo-
ber. ,-',..,. . '.:. . -
The Preklent lias appointed J. W.
i -tueand "XiS. Dnfer Commissioners
for Oregon to the Centennial Celebra
tion of Independence at Philadelphia.
TheMa.ision House, England, funds
for tlie relief of Chicago guflerers
amounted to 45,000 on the 1st inst.
Barou Halsegethani having declined,
the Emperor of Austria lias invited
Baron Kellerpurg, formerly Governor
of Bohemia, to form a Cabinet.
Tlie allies in Mexico were, quiet on
the 23th of October. Diaz was ia the
field. Nearly all tlie Governors of
States had offered congratulations and
service's to President Juarez. Saltllles
was reported captured.
r Deputy Controller Green, f New
York, declined to pay the Police Jus
tices and Clerks, on the ground tliat
they Jiave been over-paid, as the in
creased salaries tliey have been receiv
ing under the voto , ot the Common
Council, is not according to law.- Un
der this decision they will uot receive
any salaries "for several months to
come. - - -' -.. - .
Judge McKean's course in admitting
Mayor Well to ball ia admitted in afl
qjiiarters to be wise and proper,
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