The Albany register., October 08, 1873, Image 2

ALBANY REGISTER.
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E. s. OfflrliU Psprr for Oregon.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. 8, 1873.
Kcpnbilrnii Candidate.
FOR CONURESS,
HIRAM SMITH,
or LINN.
As a Paper Squelcher Nesmith
has a notoriety that he fain would get
rid of at this time. The first paper
aquelched was the Democrat, of this
city, In 1862 ; Mr. Haley was then the
proprietor. Tat. Malone's paper, the
Union, at Corvallls, was shut up in
1883. The Register, of Eugene, run
by A. Noltner, was the next to be
Tlsited by the wrath of Nesmitti, which
accounts lor Noltner's hostility to the
nomination of Nez., before the meet
ing of the Convention. Noltner, hav
ing gone East, is deprived of the
exquisite" pleasure of working lor
Nesmith in this campaign. The
Albany Inquiivr, mn by W. P. Haley
and A. L. Stinson, was "crushed"
about the same time. These papers
were crushed by Nesinith because he
thought tliey were in his way, as Lane
organs, and not because of any liarm
they were doing at tlie time, as is
proven by his letter to Bush which we
published last week.
Wages k ErROPE. Sixty ceutsa
day is considred good wages for a
working man iu any of the European
countries except Great Britain, where
the wages are somewhat higher. In
the Tyrol silk region and in Italy they
often do not get more than ten cents.
In the country in Germany ten cents
is the common pay. Women there
often get but five cents. In Sweden
men ofteu work from 4 o'clock in the
morning till 9 in the evening and do
not get atiy more. During the late
war many poor women in Berlin were
hired to knit stockings for the soldiers
for five cents. The profits of the poor
who keep petty shops, sell trinkets in
the streets or act as sutlers, do not
average more than three or four per
cent. Barbers in Berlin, since the
raising of their prices, get five cents
for hair cutting and two and a half
cents tor shaving. Servants at hotels
get trora three to eight dollars per
month. Servant girls in private fam
ilies often get but ten dollars a year.
Sometimes these classes cannot get
work at any price.
Remarkable. The skeleton of a
mastodoti; with an Indian arrow-head
Imbedded in one of its bones, was re
cently found near Stanislaus, Califor
nia. The arrow-head was recognized,
by the monogram on it, a3 one form
erly belonging to Col. J. W. Xesmith.
It is supposed that about the time he
was superseded in tiie command of the
Oregon Volunteers, who went out to
fight Indians many years ago, and jnst
about the time fighting was to com
mence, he heard his family was uuwell
and the feeling of "insecurity" caused
thereby induced him to turn over his
claymore and shot-pouch, the latter
containing his arrow-heads, to the
quartermaster, and "git" for home.
This accounts for the presence ot the
arrow-head iu the mastodon, and the
reason why Nesmith's fame as an In
dian fighter will not go down to pos
terity with that brilliancy one could
wish for so brave a talker as the Col
onel. A clever statist in Paris las summed
np the pecuniary results to France by
the late war with Germany as follows :
War indemnity, 5,000,000,000 francs;
interest on the same for two years, 300,
000,000 francs; the keep of the Ger
man troops, 573,637,000 francs; requi
sitions, 327,581,000 francs; value of
objects taken without requisition,
151,172,000 francs; war contribution
levied on Paris, 200,000,000 francs,
and so ou until the account forms a
total of 6,673,811,000 francs. But this
enormous sum is exclusive of pensions
to the army, the damage done to ma
terial, and the expenses of reorganiza
tion, whichswellthetotal to 13,000,000
francs. The average value of a day's
work in France is one franc and a
quarter and thus it would take one
man 10,000,000,000 days or one million
of oeQ thirty years, to work it out.
Hon. W. H. Odeix. This gen
tleman delivered an able speech at the
Court House In this city on Monday
night, to a small but appreciative audi
ence. Owing to Insufficient notice of
the appointment, but few of our cit
izens were aware of the tact that the
Judge was to make a speech o.i tbe
evening in questlou therefore the
attendance was small, probably not
over forty or fifty In all. His speech
was like the continuous discharge of
redhot shot from a battery, crushing
and sweeping the enemy before it at
every discharge. He proved every
charge he made against Xesmith to be
true by Indisputable evidence the rec
ords themselves. He showed how
this honest fanner, Xesmith, had been
all things to all men ; how good and
true a Democrat he had been by using
all the power and influence at his
command to defeat and utterly destroy
it; how, through his agency, the Dem
ocratic party had been thrown in the
minority, and how it has remained so,
with a brief interval, until to-day;
how, as soon as he became V. S. Sen
ator, he commenced a systematic at
tack on such Democrats as Lane and
Delazon Smith, and eventually suc
ceeded in "shelving" them in the
case ot Delazon Smith, his animosity
following him even to the grave.
Democrats will remember how, at his
suggestion, they were insulted with
offensive test oaths as a condition be
fore they could obtain their land pat
ents; while Republicans will remember
that he acted as inconsistently with
them, when, thinking Democracy was
coming into power or.ee more, to
curry favor with that party after do
ing so much to destroy it, he, at. a
critical hour of the war, struck hands
with those who declared the war "a
failure" and, with Andy Johnson,
tried to strike the Republican party
In a vital part, so as to aid in killing
it as effectually as he had the Demo
cratic party. H w soon did this ' 'loyal,
honest Senator" forget the close
friendship he professed for General
Grant, wheu he loudly proclaimed
him the fittest man for President in
the United States? How long was U
before he (Xesmith) spoke of Graut as
drunken Democrat?" and even
now does he not, in his speeches in
this canvass, denounce Graut as the
greatest thief in America?" and
while vilifying Grant does he not abuse
and slander every member of his Cab
inet, and every prominent Republican
in Congress? And if he should be
elected to Congress, unfortunately for
Oregon, judged by his past record, hov
long would it be before he would try
his game of double-dealing with prom
inent Democrats of Oregon, whom he
might imagine were in the way of his
ambitious designs for self in the future?
In the face of such a record, it is not
possible that Republicans are willing
to let the election go by default; it
cannot be that Democrats, who still
retain their self-respect, wish the suc
cess of such a man.
RnrceMfnl Hanging.
The four Modoc chiefs, Captain Jack,
Sconchin, Black Jim and Boston
Charley, were sent to the "happy
hunting grounds, "on last Friday, by
the hemp line. A few minutes after
ten o'clock on Friday morning, the
four were strung up in mid air from
the same elevated platform, where
they dangled for about fifteen minutes,
when they were taken down and ex
amined. Sconchin and Boston Char
ley died hard, writhing and struggling
fearfully. Captain Jack barely showed
signs of life after swinging off, while
Black Jim died easy. Examination
showed that Sconchin and Boston
Charley had died from strangulation,
while Black Jim and Captain Jack had
their necks broken by the fall, and
hence their easy death. Captain Jack
looked the worst, and exhibited less
grit than the others. Sconchin was
sullen and unconcerned; Black Jim
a trifle defiant, and Boston Charley
seemed vicious and unrepentant. The
other two chiefs tried and found guilty
by the courtmartial, Brancho and Slo
lux, having had their sentences com
muted to imprisonment for life in Fort
Alcatraz, were placed in confinement
until they can be forwarded to their
future homes. There were, besides
military, quite a number of civilians,
Jackson county officers, and four or
five hundred Indians in attendance to
see the show. The squaws and pap
pooses employed their time in groan
ing, moaning and wailing until the
final taking off. The application by
sheriff's officer from Jackson county
for the murderers of the Lost river set
tlers was refused by Gen. Wlieaton, as
was a writ of habeas corpus issued by
Judge Prim, on account of orders from
headquarters. The balance of the Mo
docs are to be removed to a new reser
vation in Wyoming. Thus ended the
most successful hanging we have any
account of this sea son.
Illinois Corn Crops.
From Illinois exchanges we learn
that the corn crop of Illinois for the
present year is thirty and one-half per
cent, below that of 1872. Under date
of September 15th, the National Crop
Reporter gives reports from seventy
counties, which shows the crop In the
several counties to be as follows : In
seven counties the present condition of
the growing corn is ten per cent be
low the average of the same date last
year ; in two counties twenty per cent,
below ; in thirteen counties twenty
five per cent below; In seven counties
thirty per cent, below ; in live counties
thirty-three per cent, below ; in thir
teen counties fifty per cent, below ; in
one county sixty per cent, below.
Five counties report a condition ten
percent, above last year; one county
reports twenty-five per cent, above,
and one county reports an average.
The average condition, for the seventy
counties, is thirty and one-half per
cent, below last year. Counties In the
central and northern portion of the
State report frost at various times from
Sept. 8 to 15th inst., but only in one
county otadamaging nature. Allcoun
tlcs reporting except extreme south
ern and southwestern river counties
speak of the pastures as severely dam
aged by the drouth, the roots in many
eases being utterly destroyed. Light,
scattering rains have fallen in some of
the central, western and northern
counties, but not extensive enough to
afford decided relief.
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Nasty. 1. W. Xesmith, Demo
cratic candidate for Congress, made
snch a dirty, nasty, obscene speech iu
Portland, the other evening, that none
of the papers there dare report it.
Even the Democratic paper there ac
knowledges that it was too obscene to
be committed to paper. And yet there
are people who Insist on the election
of this hogshead of obscenity and nasti
uess to Congress, to the end that "Ore
gon may be properly represented and
the moral atniospbcrc purified.'"
Serve Tuner.
And now comes the astonishing as
sertion that nerves, human nerves,
can be tuned like any stringed musical
instrument, and brought into harmony
with each other ! An Italian (of course
its an Italian) claims to have discov
ered a method by which he can tune
the nerves as easy as he can the strings
of a violin! His theory is, "that
nervous systems, like musical instru
ment?, are all liable to change of tone,
and this change is of little importance
if all the nerves change together, as
by -attention to diet and temperature
the evil' may be corrected en masse,
but when, owing to accident or uneven
wear, the general harmony of the
nerves is destroyed, a disconnected
action is the result, and a special mode
of treatment is required." of which he
professes to possess the key. The
gentleman calls himself a "nerve
tuner." Only fancy having one's
nerves screwed up to any key. When
they are flat they can be sharpened,
and when too sharp (hey can be made
natural. The all-knowing Shake
speare seems to have anticipated such
a thing when he makes Lady Macbeth
say to her hesitating husband, "but
screw your courage to the sticking
point."
Roscoe Conkling, of New York, has
been nominated by the President as
successor to the late Salmon P. Chase
to the Chief Justiceship. The appoint
ment is heartily condemned by the
Democratic press the fact is, it is im
possible to suit them.
Latest News.
A Mistake. One ot the assertions
of Xesmith and his friends is, that he
never takes back anything. This is a
grave error. When in Congress it is
a matter of record that he took "back
pay" so easily and naturally that one
would conclude that it was an old
thing with him.
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It is stated that the U. S. Govern
ment will not turn over to the Oregon
authorities the Indians Indicted for the
murder of t' e scttlera on Lost river.
They will be extradited with the balance
of the Modoes to Fort D. A. Russell
in Wyoming.
Worth Having. The Greenville
Advocate says that Miss Mirande
Thompson shears sheep, and on Sun
days wears the biggest bustle to church
of any of 'em I Bully for her.
Well Answered. A Bennington
daughter, whose domestic nature is
equal to her natural simplicity, was
invited by an Advent cxhorter to join
his sect, get her white robe ready, and
prepare to ascend. "I can't," the
maiden replied "fat her and mother arc
going-up and somebody mast stay to
see to the cattle."
At the meeting of the California
Democratic State Central Committee,
held a few days since, the Treasurer
announced that there was $62 on hand
with which to carry on the campaign,
and only one candidate to assess. The
"boys" will -find the sinews of war
wanting on election day.
The Democratic cry has always been
"freedom of speech" and "freedom of
the press." The party shows Its re
spect for the sentiment by nominating
a man for Congress who suppressed
four Democratic papers in Oregon, on
personal grounds alone.
A colored man named Wade kindled
his last fire with kerosene at Little
Rock, Ark., tbe other day.
Jay Cooke .& Co. propose to resume
business again, and will pay every
cent they owe, principal and interest.
The funeral services ot the late
Rear-Admiral Wiuslow transpired on
the 3d inst. iu the St. Johns Episcopal
Church, Bostou. A large retinue of
relation's and friends attended.
The Odd Fellows of Memphi's ap
peal to their brothers throughout the
country for aid, they having exhausted
their funds in treating cases of yellow
fever which prevails to an alarming
extent m that city.
By order of the President, 5,000
army rations were shipped to Shrcve
port on the 4th, for the benefit of suf
ferers there by yellow fever.
The tobacco crop now being cut iu
Virginia is the best lor years.
Peake, Opdyke & Co.. of New York,
dry good.-, have suspended, Liabilities
$2,300,000.
Iu one hour, on the 5th inst., Chi
cago raised and forwarded to Memphis
$1,500 for the relief of the yellow fever
patients.
A few days ago, at Schuyler, Ne
braska, John Tahay, a young man,
while temporarily insane, killed his
father and attempted to kill his sister.
At Wilkesbarre, Penn., ou the Wight
of the 4th, Geo. Law, while attempting
to rob the garden of Frank Espy, was
shot dead."
By proclamation of the Mayor, all
steamboats from the lower Mississippi
are quarantined at Cairo, Illinois.
Lamper & Co., grain dealers of Bos
ton, have suspended. Liabilities
$250,000 more than their assets.
At Brooklyn, New York, on the 4th
Kate Stoddard was iudicted for the
murder of Goodrich.
On the 4th the Grand Jury of Brook
lyn indicted Courtland Sprague, ex
City Treasurer, and E. Rodman, his
deputy, for embezzlement.
There were 20 deaths from yellow
fever at Memphis on the 4th, and 7 at
Shreveport!
The crops having failed in Hungary,
a famine is predicted in some sections.
A financial panic prevails at Alex
andria, Egypt. Money is very scarce
no lailures yet reported.
The English Parliament has been
formally prorogued until the 16th of
December.
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Gold in New York, 111.
Legal tenders 89390.
Wheat in Liverpool 12s 7d12s 9d :
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No change in San Francisco, Pott
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