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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1873)
ALBANY REGISTER. f r. S. ORirlnl lMffr for Oregon. FRIDAY, JAKUABY, 3, H7.(. Manly Tribulc. While many of the opponents of to Captain Bernard's camp on Lost President Grant refuse to give him river, was attacked by 5G Indians, credit tor any good thing, striving Two solliers were killed and scalp rather to make it appeav that all ed, and four wounded, and five his acts are projected on a line of mules killwl.wlten in sight of camp. sidlbhness,oriutentionalevil,afew, The Captain hurried to their assis like the writer of the subjoined let- tawe) but before reaching them the ter, addressed to G rant, are more indians escaped to the rocks and magnanimous and just : got away without robbing the wag- To the President of the Pnited "' The Modoc are gradually States Sir : I trust that 1 shall lieing reinforced by stragglers from not lie charged with presumption in reservations, and' it is believed addressing voj on the subject ot IV . . T n- i.. , .. 1 y some ot the Pat river Indians have i ii iimiit. i want 10 mans, you, not for any favor bestowed upon my friends or shown tome. Thanks r such things are as common as me ononis uiey corner, uesire to thank vou for something greater ....i i...' .1.... .i ?.?... rt. ,i . r . . mm uetiei tituii mewi: ioi rvuie- thing much beyond the ordinary . . . ? .. practice of high official life. desire uiuikjwi nuwujWetiiitheliKltaiiiiiK)WHumbcr. v tied, and for the great respect you paid his character and memory by vour attendance on his funeral. It was a great compliment tor the ; head of a great nation to decline ' attendance on an official fertivity while a bnvate citizen was dying; Ti fitWwho had no claims on the j sympathy of the official, either of 1 blood or close friendship It was a j iiiiiciigni oHupmui-iM, .. . ., executive laid a-itle the pressing duties of his great office, and, mak ii.rft nif'ht ionrnev of hundreds of I ---p j -j. m les, at an inclement season, took iug of the citizens of this place was the place ota private person, among hei(i to-night to consider the pro the thousands gathered together to i ; of &r v0,ullteerfi from pav t ie Iat tribute ot respect that ,, J f . . , theliviugw.paytothedead. For j the tate authorities, for a com- your remembrance ot Mr. Greeley, j iying ; jor your auenoance au ins trontier settlements. Letters were funeral ; fbr the tearful attention frQm Genm Hoss aud Qhm v.ui paid to the sad ceremonies . , T ,. ,. of that occasion, Mr. President, I j ,n t,,c Il,clian cou,,try urg,nS t,,ls thank you with all earnestness, faction. P. A. Dorris was deputiz- am very sure that in doing so 1 but ed on behalf of the citizens of this echo the sentiments of hundreds ol Lonnty, to proceed to Sacramento thousands of our fellow-citizens, ! , e -.i t .i . . .. it .j' i 3 and confer with Oovernor booth, whose views ot public affairs led; i them and myself to support in the ! late canvass the man to whom you have shown such high respect. By these acts you have removed preju-! dices changed opponents ...to friends, and shown the world that ! great official lite need not deaden the better instincts of our common humanity. By thckeacts you have taught the nations that Americans never forget what is due to the character of her great citizens, and that tlie passions of an exciting po litical .contest never destroy the res- lct that American partisan oppo- j nents have for the good lives of j success in building up the religious good men . , . , . r , , ? . , ' I thank you, Mr. President, and , a"a ucatioial mterests of his de nrav that a lousr aud happy life may I nomination. The Willamette Pni- await you. Aud when it shall please the Great Huler to send the I mi O ' ' V . . I an'-ui vii uwui w Kail jvm itviu-v, may your passage to the tomb be made smooth bv the affection of kind friends, and the grave close over yon with the heartfelt prayers of your countrymen for your eternal rcM. ery respecttutiy, vour menu, ! SiXCLAIR TOURS KY. ! York, Dec 1872 j is suggested by the Jackson- Tiwrx that bounties be offered jr .Mt sloe scalps. The Time c&n scarcely be in earnest in that sug gestion. To say nothing of its bar barous nature, the injustice and oruelty which wouki result from it I would be great, l he heartless cu-, p.dity tliat would kill a Modoc for a bribe of $50, would kill any hu man being tor the same sum, and a slaughter of friendly Indians would result, as their bodies or scalps ould not he told from Modoc's, and they weald be mud easier to hoqft, I, The Jiodoc War. The following is from Yreka, Cal., in reforence to tlie Modoc trouble : From Alex. McKay and P. A. Dorris, who just arrived from Hot Creek, we got the following : On last Saturday, the 21st, a wagon with supplies from ('amp Bidwell joincd them. T,1 time of the Oregon Yolu teers has almost ex- nired.and they will soon bo mus - - - tero,i out of service, ... . ,. ' soldiers in the held. Thereare280 Taking those ! 1 e. ,i i .... J.. iwpniwi lorguam ami tscon umv, , leaves only 75 for fighting, which Tliere are 0Iil u Mien at Fort ... . J , nenAT,. Klamatl t0 S"ard 2.500 I,,a,ans 0,1 ; the reservation there. Should the fight linger along for some time tnere ,s danger 0f their breaking joim tf ft 6 difficult undertaking to get at the Modocs in their rocky retreat i the lava ted. We learn that 30o bombs and ordinance have been sent for, which will be some- thing new for the Indians. -A meet- pany of volunteers to protect the I a,ia W1U m-n to-morrow. I'ntber Waller Jev A. F. Waller, tliro ll0Ut the Sla-te ooe of the . , . . oide8t a,,d most pected ministei-s of the Methodist Church, departed this life at his home in Salem, on Thursday of last week, in his sixty fifth year. He came to this State in 1840 as a missionary. For a period of thirty-two years he labor- ed indefiitiirablv and with marked versity owes much of its prospi rity, financial and otherwise, to his well j . 3 3 . . 'directed 8nd Mut eflort- U raa.v be well said of him that his i life was not in vain. The impress i 0fm pious life, his intelligent effort I d tenevoleilt wS to . ... ",,,u'3"uo 'm unrnw 01 uiosu WOO knew him, long after the clods of the va'ley have been heaped over the casket which contains his body. Peace to his memory) A dispatch from Now York on the 22d ult says that after consid erable negotiations, William Orton resold to Whitlaw Keid fifty shares out of the fifty-one which he owned in the capita stock of the Tribune Association, for a large advance on the price at which he on the week before purchased them. He is to be elected a trustee of the associa tion. If this is true, and no other change is made, neither Colfax nor Blaine will likely be selected to fill the editorial chair. Pitch In. K ASTERS ffEWH. "Bad luck," says one, "is simply ! Sumner's health is pronounced a man with his hands in his pockets precarious, and his pipe in his mouth, looking In Harlem, X. Y.. on the 28th on to see how it will ceme out. ult., the bursting of a range water Good luck is a man ot pluck, with pipe killed a lady and wounded a his sleeves rolled up and working boy. to make it come right." We heard ! The Board of Education of Pat a certain Oregon Judge say, the tereon, X. J., have resolved that other day, that men were like hor- colored children shall be allowed ses : Some horses seem to be indif. to attend public schoolson the same ferent and reckless, and pull only footing as whites, as they are crowded. Others are The shin Peruvian has been lost right the opposite, vigilant and off Cape Cod with all hands. She careful, ever ready to spring to the was insured for S400.000. performance ofevery imposed task. Edward C. Pates, a wed known The tbrmer receive all the thrash- Boston merchant, died of heart dis ings and hard words, the latter the , ease the other day. piaises and kind treatment. So ! A tire visited Xew York city on with men : While the listless and idle sit around and grumble, wait- mg fur something to turn up, the j raan (,f deteimiued will pitches in ; wt. miPrrv and mnkm things turn cv up. Men ot the former class will almost starve in the midstof plenty, while the latter will change barren - i liess it,0 fruittuluess and cheer, ()ljlitlcla are llfVer so great but that will and energy, properly di- rected wili master, them. Don't. Speculation puts Andrew John - son in the United States Senate in A telegram of the 24th ult an the place of Parson Browulow, who nounces the destruction of Barnum's is to resign. We hope Tennessee ! Museum, in Xew York, bv fire. j will commune often, last often, and pray, before she ventures to foist that played-out iniquity upon the country. The Senate should not be the place for a State to place her chief example, or specimen, of po - litical depravity. Johnson should be permitted to rot out in obscuri- ty. ..since the death of the King of the Sandwich Islands, in view of the fact that he left no successor, the future of that Kingdom is ex citing considerable comment and speculation. It is thought by some who profess to be informed in re gard to matter on the Island, that if our Government wants to annex it, it can be done without much trouble. On the isPnds late in dispute be tween England and America, of which San Juan is the principal one, there are about 680 inhabi tants. San Juan Island alone has nearly 450 inhabitants, and 65 farms. Orcas Island has 105 in- habitants, and 40 farms. Iopez Island has 135 inhabitants, and 25 The mercury indicated 38" be- farms and a tew inhabitants on I iow zero at Bath, Me., on C hrist . i I, . , -i the smaller islands. Schurz made a speech in the Senate the other day in which he said that the Liberal movement had played out the Democracy as a party. His speeches assisted very materially in procuring their death for which they are said to have paid $250 a piece. M It now comes to light that the late Mr. Greeley made at least five wills, which have been found. The last one he made was just before he expired. . . The Yale School of Journalism numbers 65 members, one or two of whom may possibly edit a week- ly paper some day. Among the relics of the Boston tire is a melted brick wall, from which the liquid brick has run pver a considerable space. Six girls and one boy perished in the Central street fire, New York, fa is reported. the 5i7th ult., burning three tene- mei.t houses, and then spreading to a building occupied as Maidard's : Hotel and a confectionery, which were completely gutted, Great consternation prevailed among 1 lodgers on the upper tioors, and a j lilimber were neany suffocated " when rescued. Several persons were frozen to death in Brooklyn, X. Y., on the night of the 26th ult. Xew York Inspectors have been examining the theaters to see if , they are tiresafe. But two elephants and a camel were saved, all the rest of the ani mals, all the birds and contents of the museum generally being de- stroyed. The front of the building 1 was composed of corrugated iron I and wood, but the whole structure j burnt as though it were a tinder box. The heat was so intense that firemen were unable to stand with in one hundred feet of the building. It cracked the windows iu the Academy ot Music. Grace Chapel was entirely consumed, as well as a large carriage manufactory, and several dwellings. Barnum's loss was estimated from 200,000 to $300,000, and the rest more than as much more. An entire block in Xew Y'ork burnt on the evening of Christmas. Six girls were reported as having perished iu the flames, but the re- iMuftWiMttioM nf t.innt V V- H 1 UIUVIV'I IUCU V tlWn $500,000. Eastman, a well known banker of Chicago, dial on the 23d ult. from an oveidose of arsenic, taken when in a tit of temjwrary insauity ma-. .Mrs. .finnie Myrtle Miller arriv ed in Chicago on the 24th ult. Eighteen miles north of Indian apolis, on the night of the 24th ult. on the 1. P. aid C. U. 11. a coach was thrown from the track, more or less injuring 20 persons. An afternoon train on the Buffa lo, Cony and Pittsburg Railroad, leaving ( orry on the 24th ult, when within about eighty rods of the station was thrown from the track at the trestle work, the pas senger, baggage car aud tender tailing 26 feet The engine passed over unhurt. At the time the dis patch was sent, the dead bodies of 19 persons were recovered, and 35 were know;i to be wounded. A broken rail caused the Occident. The weather at Milwaukee, Wis., on the 24th ult, was 30 below aero. A snow storm visited New York on the 26th ult, more severe than it has experienced for 20 years. The I thermometer ranged from C to 10. A dispatch from Memphis, 'i ewt. says five negro women were shot fataliy during Christmas festivities by their husbands, and others by colored admirers. In Wiliiamsport, Penn., during service in the Baptist church, on the 26th ult., the floor and ceiling gave way precipitating about 500 persons into the cellar below. Four teen were killed and about forty hurt. An ice gorge broke above Mem phis, Tenn., on !hristmas morning, and rushed down with terrific force, crushing dry-docks, wharf boats and steamers lying at the levee, some seven or eight of which were wtauy wrecKcu. i ne loss ot coal j i 130,000. The price went up to 53 per barrel. Little Hook, Ark., was totally without coal on the 27th ult. General Francis A. Walker has tendered the President his resigna tiou as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to take effect on the 1st of January. The Potomac was frozen over on the 27th ult., six inches thick. Andrew Strong, one ot the no torious Lowrey gang of outlaws, of North Carolina, was shot and killed by a young man named Wil son, who had been warned by Strong to leave the country. Steve Lowery is the only one of the gang left. Street car lines are resuming business in Xew York city. The Commission to inquire into the depredations of the Mexicans in Texas on the frontier, expect to leave Washington on January 7th to assume their labors. Meade, one of the Commissioners, has re signed. It is rumored that Secretary Boutwell has written his resigna tion to take effect Fenruary 15th. William Ct.llen Bryant weighs only one hundred and thirty pounds. A boy at South Bend, Indiana, thought he would see how the cold iron of his skate tasted the other ! mon,i,- Ho now wears what is left of his tongue in a sling. Banbury girl has married a i P1 anu carn6B Ber own coal- ! Difcoveries of lead mines in . -i i , Missouri are reported quite often. The District of Columbia has had 740 cases of small-pox during the year. Only four counties in Ohio have a population of over 50,000. England this year is one hundred million bnshels of wheat short. She is now receiving 5,000,000 bushels per week. Enoch Jacobs, of Ohio, has been appointed Consul at Monteviedo. A Chinaman at Tuapeka com mitted suicide by stuffing paper in his nostrils. The President is to give tlie first State dinner on January 8th. The guests will be the members of the Cabinet aid their wives, Vice President and Mrs. Colfax, General ami Mrs. Sherman and Admiral ana Mrs. Porter. After that, din tiers will be given every alternate Thursday during the session. Excitement is subsiding at Xew Orleans, the people generally ac quiescing. The statement that Attorney Gen. Williams will voluntarily re tire from the Cabinet is groundless. Sumner's physician reports on the 31st ult. that his health is very bad Acute pain in the region of the heart is the trouble.
