V ALBANY REGISTER. VIXAJSOAI. M -EM!s:W'I4I (iold in XewTork 112. Legal tender, 88I89o. Wheat in Liverpool average, 12s6d12s8d; Club 12s 10d 13. The Portland Jhtlktln gives the total number of vessels in the dis trict as sixty-one, forty of which are steamers and twenty-one sailing vessels, with an average tonnage of 15,814. Value of imports for 1872, $728,825; value of exports, $642, IJ14. Excels of imports over ex ports, $86.21 1 . Duties on imports, collected at Portland, during 187?, $272,562 85. Tonnage for the same period, Sl,766 18 We see that the Lebanon Mills taker's extra flour is quoted at Portland, in jobbing lots, at $5 per barrel. San Francisco tefegrams furnish the following quotations for that market : Flour quiet at $66 25 $) bbl, for jobbing lots of best city xtra. Wheat firm at $2 05 for round lots. Oats, $22 25 $ 100 lbs. Wool is quiet in Eastern mar kets; Boston pays 4042 for Cal ifornia spring; 2328 for fall; clips, 3037c. California stock between 2,000,000 aud 3,000,000 lbs. Wheat market lias been consid erably excited during the week. At Portland-the price has advanced to U 651 70 $ cental. In this city buyers are offering 75c J bush 1 for wheat in warehouses. The probability of opposition in the carryiug trade on the Willa mette has already liad a beneficial effect, causing a reduction of 50c pet ton on the cost of handling floor and gram from the river boats to the ocean steamers at Portland. A further reduction is anticipated. In canvassing our city markets yesterday we found nothing to change except butter, now quoted at 2025c $ lb., and eggs, 30c lb dozen. The holidays revived trade somewhat, but business is but so so money tight. FOBEIUM SEWS. Small-pox, imported from Boston, is spreading throughout Nova Scotia. In an election for municipal offi- cers at Tampieo, Mexico, recently, a disturbance arose resulting in the killing and wounding of eight. A special from Berlin says the British Ambassador at t. Peters burg delivered a note to Prince (iortschakoff informing him that Kngland will abstain from interfer ing with Kussiaii progress in Cen tral Asm, if it does not threaten Afghanistan. Nine thousand live hundred Khives troops are now lieseiging the Russian forts on Euba river. Another two thousaud Khives are depredating on the Rus sian fisheries at the mouth of Euba. Bein'brcements have been sent to the Russian troops in that locality. Diplomatic relations between the Swiss government and the Vatican are broken off. The Papal Lega tion at Lucerne will probably be abolished, the Charge de' Affairs aud attaches having been recalled. The Ministers of Austria, iier manyand Russia, at Athens, act ingou instructions from, their re spective governments, joiutly ad vised the Greek Covenimeut to end the difficulty about the Law. rien silver mines ly conceding the 4maafa of France and Italy, At Havana, Cuba, the epizootic has broken out among oxen in iwo jurisdictions. It is of a mild type, but the death of ten followed im mediately on the lirst attack Tt is thought a revolution against the new government of .Mexico, will occur before February. Upris ing in the States of Coahila and Chihuahua are exjiected. It is reported that the Austrian Government lias determined to dis pense altogether with the services of Count YonBeust. bill providing for the emanci- ration of the slaves of Porto Pico, was read in the Lower I louse of the Cortes at Madrid, Spain, on the 24th n't. All the slaves are to be free within four months after the promulgation of the passage of the bill. Slave owners are to be in demnified tor their property. Many Deputies expressed their approba- tion of the bill by cheers a1't?r its leading. The bill provides that slave owners s' all receive 80 per cent, irjdenvdty. King Kamchameha died at Hono lulu, Dec. 11th, about 10 A. M., after a brief illness. He has named no successor and there is an inter regnum, during which the people are sovereigns. I he legislative as sembly will meet in January when it is expected a successor will be appointed. The Gazette favors a free constitution and thinks this a proper time in which to move for one. Minister Schenck has returned to London from Italy. An explosion in a coal mine at Silverdale, Eng., reported oil the 23d nit., caused the death of eight persons. A diamond weighing 288 carats has been found in the diggings in Southern Africa. (i.imbetta's organ in Paris pre dicts a serious parliamentary crisis when the Assembly meets in Janu ary. A Consistory was held in Rome on the 23d tilt. The Pope deliver ed an alocution, in which he said the church was still sorely persecut- ed. The purpose to destroy her : was shown m the acts of the Italian , oveniment, which compelled the clergy to serve in the army, aud imjwsed heavy taxes on church pro perty. He solemnly protested against the bill in the Italian Iar liaiuent for the suppression of re ligious corporations, and declared that the title to property acquired by this means would be null and void, lie repeated his censures of those who encroached on the rights of the church, at d denounced Ger many, where pitfalls of o))eii vio lence, calumny and ridicule were employed to destroy the church, and men who are ignorant of relig ion sought to define its dogmas He concluded with a protest against the clergy donation bill recently passed by the Spanish Cortes, and a general condemnation of the American system. HIi'llin'OP. The Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church have appointed Rev. Albert 8. Hunt, Rev. C. Fowler, I). D., and Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, a delegation to bear the fraternal greetings of the General Conference of that denomination to the Genera! Conference of the M, E. Church .South at its nextsession. j4Hsh Bill tigs says : " 'Give the devil his due' reads well enough iu a proverb, but what will become of you and me if this anamgeneut is carried out." The Empress uf Auftria spends aunua'ly 50,000 florins for her ward robe. Three Vermont hotels have lady clerks, and they clerk to the satis faction of the public. A colored man was once asked why he did not get married. "Why, you see, sah," said he, "1 got an old m udder, an' I hab to do for her, ye see, sah, an' if I don't buy her shoes an' stockings she wouldn't get none. Now, ef I was to get married, I would hab to buy dem tings for my wife, an' dat would lie j takiu' de shoes an' stockings right out o' my mud ier's motif. President Thiers received the Japanese Embassadors on Christ mas Day at the Palace Flysee. A New York paper of Decem ber 19th says this : It is stated that the English capitalists who i have for a long time past been en- deavoring to secure control of one of the At'antic cables, have suc ceeded in purchasing a controlling interest in the New York, New foundland and London Telegraph Company, and that'tlie office of the Company will be removed to Lon don, where all imKirtant business will be transacted. The capital stock of the Company is 84,300,000 The English capitalists havesecured about three-quarters of it. Much of the purchase money has already ; been sent to this city. The names of the managers has not yet been ascertained. Since it has been estab'ished that the Nicaraguan Ministership is fixed, the ampliations for that posi tion have increased in a wonderful manner. Among the names men tioned as applying for the position are two Governors of Territories and several Senators whose terms expire the present session. Near I'ittstield, Illinois, on Fri. day last, William and C'arkson, brothers and well to do bachelor farmers, were found frozen to death in their house, having been dead a week. Samuel Sinclair, publisher of the Tribune, N. Y., is reported as hav iug resigned Bv the breaking of an iee mwao. above Cincinnati last Monday, two steamers and a number of barges were sunk, and others damaged At Oswego, N. Y., a fire on the 30th tilt., destroyed $30,000 worth of property ; at Grange, N. Y., on the 31st alt., 840,000 worth ; at Alexandria, Ya., at the same date, 100,000 worth, 55,000 of which was insured. Burglars entered Trinity Church, N. Y., last Monday night and rob bed the contribution boxes. Last Monday two trains in Illi nois on the Logansport and Wabash Valley railroad collided, killing Mr. Wolf and injuring others. A New York telegram of Dec. 18th, says : Both the daughters of Mr. Greeley were in Court to day to listen to the testimony rela tive to their father'snsanity. They seemed very Jolly over it Gabriel le was laughing nearly allthetime, and when any quotations from Mr. Greeley's speeches were made, would laugh immoderately. Mosby is to marry a Philadelphia belle next month. She is worth 40,000 in " hard cash." Beu. Wade has a handsome daughter who wants to marry a poor carpenter, aud who will do so ui spite of opposition, A Philadelphia ordinance forbids the building of cornices of a com bustible material SET TO-DAY. PER CENT SAVED by Btftrdra j JJJj y1 QQQJ jsj KLINE & CO., ALBAXY. ORKKOX. Just Received. nil entire new stock of the MostFashionable Qoods of tbeSeason -seen as DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, 3Q0T3, SHOES, TAPS, HATS, MLAMi, CROCKERY and HARDWARE, China 5utln Dress Good, MARY STEIAR T KTRIPfK, POPLIS Ll'KTREN, SCOTCH PLAIDS, TAIHS CLOTH, KTRIPED, PLAID, nod KXITTED SHAWLS, M'ABFS, WOOLEN KAQl'EM UKAXt AND CIIAHPIOS HAT'S, mill n large stork of FANCY GOODS! VARPETH, OIL CLOTHS, & Honwe Furniftliiiig Goods, ALL OF WHICH IS OFFERED AT THE 3jO,wisis,a? PHI O BS. Pint-fit., MUotnlBf Pet Mm P1AXOS-ORGANS. PIANOS. HAllET. mvis a eaja CELEBRATED PIANOS Take Hie Highest ICfsnk. II AM.Ki. DAVIS A CO.'S P(A30 luivc Ikhmi selected he n- ICxih-ihUh Committee of tin' Worlds dm dice m tlw Best pihhom. No other Piano win Bu used. lE'xnsz: 23x2.ciol, The (ma! i st living Pianist, who was in Boston, attending the Jubilee, says " the Jfniiei DAvta A (o.'n i i:1lv exeela, in every particular, all !lu r Pianuk." ("all and examine and nee foryonreelves, or send for Price hist ami Cm niars. W. K. BA1GEB, Sole Agent, at Snow A Roos' An (ialirry. 78 First street, Pori.and. "DEV. 1. W. ROOS, 5' it - , u a; gf,. XV U'i- of hi' MotlHidlsi Chiuvb, Sun Francisoi, saj : "In my opthim,4eoriM hihmIn a Vo.Hi Oi'KtiuN have ho eoual for nthness and aweetiiem of tone, with great power. I am familiar with all tu,. most prominent Orgawi in tin- market. have owned lour ditferenl kinds, and mi liesimtinly say I preior tlias; of 'Hoarse kx1s toanv otlicr." fk;nd for Pfiee Us! and Circulars for the finest Organ in Hie world. W. K. BAJKIKK, Sole Ajtent, WjSnowaBooa'ArttjaUen, . ,rs; 9treet' Portland, or. August KWlvimii F or mm tiooi s. uxmrn. tkim First street. mu, i.osiery, ete.. tola Tun-ellv 4W 0 TO TCRREIjys FOR HARDWARE, V Lamps, LamrM-himneys, etc. He has the Goods to suit you. 4,-j.t A. B. MORRIS, General Coitiniisioii -AND- F0RW4RDLG MERCHANT. H fmr LliASEl) R" CtoADLE s W A. If EHOUSE BI T, SELL STORE OR FORWARD f.iK)tir,.,,"'0,H,al!i"1 "feet. t4wluk or the vVillamette river, 1 am w, arellTo WHEAT or OATS, in nnlimltod (luantltiee. The ii'i.kiH". j Tlarht t Prim Palil la ttosh for Wheat aaI Onto. Parties wishinir tttranBements to get all the sacks needed. (.nun Stored and forwarded at lowest rat es. A share of patronace is solloitiwl A. B. MORRIS. Albany, July 17-lv4 (1 RORGK TUBRELl PATS THE HUM VJ eetprlce tor all Wnde ol Countrr Pro duee. Remember the address. Ttirreirs. irst street. BLAK SMITHING ! -AND General Repair Shop. P H E I XDKUSltiSEI) HAVINC RE A turned to Albany, aud taken his old hop on corner of Ellsworth ami Second streets, announces his readiness to attend to ail kinds of BLACK9M1THINO. MILL ft MACHISt; FORU'Xli, ETC. Also, has on bond and for su!o, tlH) COQUII.I.ASD WAGON, Strayer rorce-iccd GRAIN STAR MOUNE, WOOD'S HEX. PER & MOWER, which ht .111 sell on tho most raisonabie tenns. H ,. HORSE SI10E1NGAllrcnnd,$2 Howttiay, $1. GIVE ME A CALL. AU work entrusted to me will receive prompt attention, and he e.xeented In the best possible manner, with ood material A share of public patronn:;( is solicited. ESSTShopon corner EUsn-m-tii a....,,.,.. streets, opposite Pierced Ferry. 1UV F. WOOD. AMorted Herchandlite to tnlt the market. It would be to the In wij i kivc Dim ma eeriy