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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1873)
ALBANY REGISTER. P. S. OOirbil Paper r ren. WEDNESDAY. OCT. 22, 1873; Tsventy-one thousand Is Carpenter's oiajoflty In iowa. Seven hundred thousand worth of pWj.M' " 1 are in Blacks if fc.'. I dollars ,-1 by ifliifi IV .WMIirs '. tlJVd 16 y nut. V v. n tttk 1 ft v iio t v ml lo wailed L) tl.- Ui i:l Uon.e. , , , - MM - " "8.veu pci cent pi C't; popnh '.;: ' CtlVesti Texas, havfl liied of fmtto ' fever. The iu;vly discovered gold diggings In the Caviar country, British Colin.' 1,'ljift, arc creating considerable exeb. went at Vlqtoria. The Spring Valley Canal & Milling Co. lately exhibited the largest bar of gold bullion ever made in the U. S. It was worth over $71,000. The remnant of the Modoc Indians passed through Yivka. California, on the 17th, en route to Wyoming Terri tory, under escort of Cant, lla-brook's artillery company. On the 30th, a tow of thirty-five canal boats on the Hudson river, loaded with srrain. broke looe. and twenty- .flve or thirty were sunk opposite Stony point, with men, women and children on board. Tm Mile Rack. Tl ; great ten mile race over the half i silo tffek at San Diego, California, on the 20th, was won by 'Granger,'' in 30:41'., the'best time on a half mile track ever made in America. In tiie western part of the city of San Francisco, great excitement was created last week by the appearance of ghost pictures on every window in a residence in that quarter. The pic tures were Bid not only to be very distinct but were changed every little while. Salmon Flshekiks of Okegos. During tlie past year there were seven .salmon fisheries operated 6n the Low er Columbia, employing two thousand persons. The value of the sal inon put up and shipped during the season ag gregates the large sum of $950,000 in coin. Prof. J. W. Bailey made an ascen sion in a balloon inflated with hot air, at Wapello, Indiana, on the 25th nit. Soon after starting, the balloon took fire near the mouth, and after it had asceinled. 1,200 or 1,500 feet, Uie can vas from which the Prof, was suspend ed burned away, letting him fall. He reached the ground a quarter ot a mile from the starting point, and when found was frightfully mangled, his legs beinfc driven into the hard ground up to his knees! Big Wohk.-G. Q. Stewart, of Yreka, was the operator detailed u manipulate the wire at Jacksonville during the absence of the regular oper ator, Mr. Turner, conveying the news of the Modoc hanging. From 11 A. si. of Friday to 0 r. M. of Saturday, Stew art got away with 2,000 words, tor four, and one half hours in succession averaging forty words per minute. He worked one continuous" stretch of twenty-two hours. This is big work, and but few men cm stand it. Messsm Biouok Condemned. Tbe('ominisioii of Engineers appoint ed by the war department to examine the Mississippi HiverBridgc. now in course of complctionat St. Louis, Mo., hare reported that they find the bridge as designed to be a serious obstruct ion to navigation, and as It is too late to make a change they recommend a ca nal on the Illinois side 125 feet wide, from a point 500 feet above to 300 feet below the bridge. They also recom mend the prohibition of arch trusses,, like those of this bridge, tu urklge over navigable streams. A Tie. The rote for County Judge In Solano county, Cal., Is, a tie. Gregory and Power were the caudi- A Refiir o Kprete Payments. An en return to specie rpaynwnts is not only practicable but probable. It is patent to those who have given the subject a moment's attention, that for years past our exjioits have been gradually but surely increasing, '.chile our Imports have been decreasing in the same ratio. As the importation of foreign products has, decreased, the drain of gold to foreign countries has been less, until now the tide has fairly tinned, and to-day, instead of export ing large sums in gokl to foreign cfltm Mks ro balance our account, we ar Importing "fold in immense sums, the bnlamv of trade being in fivor of the 1'nited State-". In other words, we -iil many olllioiis of dollars worth annually (o foreign countries more than we hm And It is evident flint this will combine to be the case, in met growltig more and' more m our i'avor I'roiti vear to venr. when the value oi .m, i .;.!-!-. are known. Com petent aothi nrs estimate that, dur ing the iiit season, the United Sta ill export three million bales of cotton, at least fifty million bushels of wheat, two hundred million gallons of petroleum, live hundred million pounds of provisions, and two hundred and fifty million pounds of tobacco, the total, dedtu ting costs and charges, aggregating in value $550,000,000 when sold in foreign countries. Added to this amount, other export will make a grand total of over $000. 000,000 In the world's markets for the current year. This is -imply the surplus pro ducts of our soil for one season and every recurring year will witness an increase of this vast export value, while our imports will just as surely and certainly decrease. This great margin or balance in our favor must be settled in gold, which will be am ply sufficient to send currency up to par, when, if thought necessary, specie payments can be resumed. Elretlon of President. The agitation on the subject of a change in the Constitution with regard to the manner of electing the President and Vice President of the United States, which has been going on for some time past, w;ill probably take definite sliape next winter upon the meeting of Congress. The Senate Committe on privileges and Elections, at a meeting in New York on the first of the mouth, although announcing no delmite conclusion, the majority of opinion favored a proposition embrac ing the following feature : First, The abolishment of the Electoral College. Second, Tliat the President and Vice President be elected by the di rect vote of the people. Third. That each State shall be divided into as many Districts as the State is entitled to representatives in Congress, to be composed of contiguous territory, compact in form, and nearly equal in population as may be, anil the person having the highest number of votes Pt President in "each District shall receive the vote of that District for President, which shall amount to one Presidential vote. That each State shall be entitled to two Presi dential votes at large, which shall Ik; counted for the person having the highest number of votes in the whole State. Fourth, That the person having the highest number of such Presiden tial votes in the United States sliall be the President. Fifth. These provisions aie to be applicable to the election of Vice Pres ident. Sixth, Congress shall have power to provide, for bol.tiiig and conducting- sucn elections tor President a'1" ee President, and to establish tribunals for the decision of any contest as to the vote in any District or State, and make regulations governing the pro ceedings of those tribunals. "Thirty-two cents !" echoed a De troit woman whcTi her grocer charged her that sum for a pound of butter. ' Ye, 'uni.'' he replied, with a bland smile. "Yon see the grocers can't carry much of a reserve, and we can't turn out our collaterals at a sacrifice. If the Government calls In tlie bonds due in 1874, and the Imports of bullion tend to casethe money market a little, butter must find Its level with every, thing else. Butter is very panicky just now. bnt I think the worst is over." Slie paid he money without further growling. Ohio. The Republicans have elected their entire State ticket, with tlie ex ception, it may be, of Governor. Our Democratic friends crowed too soon. England ('owes to Aini-rlea for her Mod stuck mid lit. it may sound rattier odd. out it ts .... .. . i ...- . ncu'i iiieiess true. l'.ii''Bind,novvciiies tn lit,. T'iit,i.f i..fa. :,. !,. I, ...if ni .. V -III" '.. HI II, . . Oil, I English stoek raisers are iniporCng from Ai.'crkjt Wood tattle to better and improve English herd?. It wili lie remembered that a few weeks since we give an account of a l.iige sale of blood stock that occurred at York Mills, Oimida'conuty, N. Y. the most famous safe that ever tnnp1nSHn the' world. On the occasion referred to, one hundred and fifteen head of Durham cattle brought the fabulous sum of throe hundred and eighty thousand dollar-' A seven-months calf sold for f27.iKt, and a con?,' -the "Ducncss of Oneida,'' was the subject of lively' competition, the siieee-t'nl i bidder giving $40,000 for her. The j cattle were owned and raised by Ann uel Campbell. The principal -buyers i were from England, and nearly all the stock was taken hack to 'the herds in England, wtience most of the blood was originally imported. The impor-! tation of beefatt!c from the United ' States to England by English butchers j has been commenced the present sea son, and from present indications is likely to prove a grand success. A beef steer in good condition in the voyage between New York and Lon don, it is said, loses about filly pounds in weight, which is more than made up by a few weeks' grazing on the rich pastures of England. The Anchor line lias a bout thirty-five vessels averag ing pn .. bly one day, and eaclL steamer takes twenty-five head. This is a starter, and as the English admit tlie superior quality of American beet, the trade will certainly increase and grow with each recurring year. Thus each year opens up new branches of trade, increasing and swelling our receipts of gold from foreign mart-', while we are rapidly becoming less and less dependent upon them tor the luxuries or necessaries of life. EASTEiurci.ix-no. XF.WS. The election in Ohio is still in doubt, the vote being so close that .it will take the full official returns to decide whether the Republicans or Democrats have got away with the offices. From Iowa comes' the news that Carpenter, Republican, has been elected Governor by from IS, 000 to 20,000 majority. California Election. The election for Supremo Judge, in California, resulted in the election of Judge McKinstry. The successful District Judges are : David Bidden (11), 3d district; Ignacio Sepulveda (D), 17th" ; W. T. McNealy (Dj, IStli, and Judge Decring (B), ot the 13th. THREE Murders. Caroline Huget a young giri from Alsace, was killed by her father immediately after land ing at Xcw Orleans, on tlie 19th, be cause she had dishonored the family by intimacy with a Frenchman on board the ship. Margaret Bahulln, an aged German woman, was found murdered in the second story ofatenc- nient house in Pittsburg on the 18th supposed to have been murdered for her money Frank SJhuhieter and his two sons, living in the lower story, were arrested on Suspicion. At fort Hays, Kansas, on the 17th, a quarrel between John Hall and PatrickCnllen, members of tlie Sixth Cavalry, result ed in the killing of Cullen by Hall. A Washington special says that Senator Carpenter is at Washington. His friends are predicting already that he wili make a successful defence ot the Long Branch scandal, in which his name was so prominent. This is promised, it is claimed, to save the Senator from being deposed as the presiding officer of the Senate. ' Bismark Re-called.- A change in the Prussian Cabinet is rumored. Bismark is to resume his position as President of the Ministry of State in place of Von Roon.- A youth of Salisbury, four years old, and his younger sister, saw a rat hasten into n hole hi the barn floor. Said he, "Sis, the Bible says, "Watch and pray.' You pray while T Watch the hole, and I'll swat kirn across the snoot when be conies out." 'STIAI. AHIX DISPATCH. Fr&nS'tho Wovld's Fair. VlEKX.v. Afsthi a Amr. 2(1. '73. H W. O. WilsOn. EfO.. 1'iesident Ifjfcfi Satiny 3tK!timCinHij, Clere f"t ', Oitt. .--The Wilson, Sewing Ma chuie received the C.i;a; iPiI.e Med al for being the Best Sewiug Machine, and a Grand Prize (medal of honor) was awarded to-the Wiison SewHng Machine Qo. t'urinanulaeturiiig sewing uiacJilDe; i.; i he bct mauner, from the best marei ..d, and by tlTe best known mechanical principles. These cele--hrated machines ar now on exhibition and tor sale ot the -store of lltf. BLA1X. YOUNG & CO. . AIJIAXY ASO FAVnAlI CAXAI.. Tlia. Albany ami pantfftm Canal ( ompatiy woijld respectlully call the attention oTtlie plume, and especially the Otpitalisf, and those desiring to engage in manufacturing, to their , eljrantlc wafer power and water priv I ilege. Sixteen thousand cubic feet con-' nit ly tlowingevery minute, equal to ft horse power, with from 8 to 30 fee ill, sufficient for the mot ex'cu ! sivc machinery, with ground on which to erect tlie necessary buildings, etc. ! The Company deem It but proper that ! the nnWb5 should know more fully the I locality of this great water power, its 1 taeilitiqfcjind surroundings, in order that those unacquainted may form some estimate ot its valni l Tlie t'fty of Albany is the county-scat of Umi COMflty, located on the soutli- e.i-r nauK oi tne lii.inieite river, about 100 miles soulh ot Portland, by river, and 80 miles by railroad; smith of Salem 45 miles by river and Ii0 miles by railroad, and north of Eugene City 4.) nine Albany is located in a prairie of the same name, which is the great agricul tural center of the Wiihnietfe Valley, and it is believed that upward of 500,- 000 bushels of surplus wheat will bo re ceived at that point, the present season. The most of it will find its way to for eign markets, cither by boats or rail road to Portland, and from thence up on the ocean. The Willamette river is nuvigafed by beautiful steamers, carrying from 80 to 300 tons, running as fir as Albany some ten mouths in the year. Also, the O. & C. R. R , with its beautiful locomotives, in pass ing through the city daily. The city ot Albany is located upon a.bigh. roll ing prairie, With the Calapooia. .'ilicau titnl creek, Mowing into the Willamette i river on the west, the water of which Is used in driving two large flouring mills, situated on the bank of the Wil lamette river. The city is about one mile in length, rmuitng cast and west, and from one-half to three-fourths of a mile in width, and is laid oil' with streets of good width. The Canal, which is the subject and onject ot tins communication, receives its waters from the South Santiain river, which heads in the great Cascade mountains, goino 75 miles east of. Albany; thence running westerly through a valley of the same name, to Lebanon, a village located near tl e west bank of said river, l.'f miles east of Albany. The Canal receives the Waters from the Santiain river at that point, thence running west to its ter minus at Albany. The main Santiain Hows northward, and empties its mountain waters into the Willamette river 10 miles northeast of Albany. The Canal Is brought from Lebanon through ;. beautiful prairie for a dis tauee of 12 miles, and empties into the Willamette river, forming on its way and in the city some of the finest water powers for manufacturing purposes found on the Pacific coast. There are but tew. if any, points in the State which surpasses Albany now, for man- uti'cturing acuities. Cheap water power and easy of access, and couven- Mpij transportation, eitlier by water or railroad, and the location beautiful and healthy. The Canal Company offers liberal inducements to persons desiring to en gage in the business of inanufaeturing, and will furnish water power upon the most reasonable terms. Manufactur ing of all kinds is needed in Oregon, and could be made profitable. Tint, Canal Company will agree to furnish, within sixty days, any water power needed, from a button factory to that of a locomotive. Immigrants and others arc earnestly invited and requested to visit Albany and examine for themselves. Real property can yet be procured on very reasonable terms, both in and out of the city. Our people compare favor ably with the rest ot mankind, morally socially, politically and financially. Publislied by oi'lerof the Hoard of Directors, Sept. 8th, 1873. h. EL KINS, D. Mansfield, President. -, Secretary. KEMEBf BER ! C. MEALEY, OKFKItS A OOOD Faying- Rtisiness F6r S&le Low. DRY GOODS, ETC. " if Hi or S3 SI 3? td 3 mm at H & 1 ro 3 S S 1 S W S 9 9 0 el S ff 3 5 5 BH - 85 B L, !T "It u wwt s 343 ss 0 u ft ?! Vi M 9 si B H 0 H 6 S3 O ft M w) M ft H is sr 3 Q 9 c g Q sr g 9 ft 0 0 9C e d : M fmtg (g - u H 9 a i .b 9 an WATCHES-. IKWKLRY. J. I). TITUS. '. B. TITC8 C1I.VS. 90CBGABDES. TITOS, BOURGARDES & CO,, DEALTatS IN Watcta Claris,. J EWE I, Li Y, Silver & Plated Waru, -and- DIAMOND SPECTACLES. MANlTFACTntKI) .M ADJU8TED cspeetully lor llw TaeiUC l east by 11m NATIONAL ELGIN WATCH CO. of Elgin, Illinois, viz: Paciflc, California and Suu Franelmo WATCH, mid v, o iikwI eonlldenUy reo ommega tliem to Hie imiilie.us imsesStna morosjwit if will e lor I he prki tluuianY Other Watch in Hie market. """T WJftlsokeiiaall otlwjf imuels of Blirrn. Uulthiun an.l Swiss Wnlehes, Clocks. olry, SUverana Pintea Wore """" A lo Plmols and Cartridge. OT IteimUing a Sjxxjialty. 6STAII Work nne and Woods MuM, Warranted to be tm ll ji iw nted. TIjtas, Bourgardcs & Co., At John oant:kb oi.n gTAjm, Firststreot, AL.ILVNV, OtiKOWf. 5 40v3 .'va