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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1873)
ALBANY REGISTER. V. H. OlUrlnl Pnp.r for OrroB. IsATL'BDAY, XOV. 8. 1X73. : On Friday lnt the Belcher mine tent $115,000 to the Bank of Califor- UiWl Tlie bricklayers of New York City re ou a strike, owing to a reduction In wages. T.';e colli weather in Eastern Oregon has caused a general suspension of placer mining. Wednesday's Oregnnim says Ave more vessels have arrived there to load wheat for Eroie. The last mil on the International nilroad bridge over Niagara river was hid last Saturday. The Matrimonial market at the East is declining fast In consequence of the financial stringency. from tlie opening to tlie closing day i here were 7.230.000 persons visited the Vienna Exhibition. OuroM friend J. B. Sprcnger is going to Walla Walla to take clmrge of theSliiie House at that place. Anna Dickenson's pants are preserv ed in the Denver museum, and the young men (hereabout punt to see 'em. Win. Cosgrove, who has kept a saloon near the State Fair Ground, was found dead in his bed last Sunday cause, too much whisky. Some of the railroad companies in the Eastern States are becoming seri oiwly embarrassed in consequence of j the stringency in the money market. I'ennsylvania is a big State lull ot big things. Its biggest railroad has Jut-1 put ou record tlie biggest mortgage ever made the amount being $100,- On Wednesday it became necessary for a second amputation of Mr. Moore's arm, tlie man who got caught in a jaw at Smith & Co.' sawmill. Port .'snd. ou Mi unlay. Tlie Emperor of An-tria has cot frrred the imperial order of Francis JoAfcph upon Nathan Wheeler. Presi dent of the Wheeler A Wilson Sewing Machine Company. The completion of the new court bouse of Marion county dispenses with tlie use ol the old jail, which is now being torn down and removed from the Court house square. It is stated that the harvest in Hun gary has been so bail tin- year that the .ovcriimeiit has determined to import Australian wheat and rye for sowing iu,Ehe impoverished districts. .Vl,a meeting of citizens of Memphis !at Monday, a resolution was unaiii nionslyadopted, that ex-Acting May or Paul A. Cicalla. be prosecuted for Muxi-jt.iMi on widows and orphans. Oiltea colony of skilled farm labor-r- have been induced to migrate from Ohio an J .Michigan to Walker county, Aiahama, a movement which lias wakened a considerable spirit of improvement hi that region. The Supreme Court of Ohio, Wis e in-in. Illinois and Indiana have each decided the liquor law in force there tube constitutional. Tlie law holds lenler responsible for damages done niifJting from the liquor Mild. Six yiiirs ago a'man by the name of .Ismes Last killed a man by the name Scott, then living on Butter creek. Umatillaeounty; he ccaed at the liine hut lat week returned to Pen- dleton and gave himself up to the an- 1 thoritiis. ..... , . . : as $.1 to the iian had been wa-hed I he Japanese Government has ai ; , ' . , 1 .;,,, , , , r i from dirt taken from the diggings, pointed a new Minister in place of Mr. i , , , , ' , . . i i t .i Bedrock U deep, and had not been Mml. who is now employed in tin: . . ' . .. . . , , ,i 'reached owing to water. The dig imaty making depai tmeut of (hut ; , . ... p .' , .. . , gmgs prospect richer and richer as eomitry. Yauo. who has been acting 1 f. , . ,. m. , J the head ol the cne, is approached. a, Vnaige ua.ia.is "'i.gio. ill'be tlie principal secretary new Minister. J'lie Oreijokivn of Tuesday says; We leam from a San Francisco exchange that two mow vessels are on (tie my Irdm that port bound for Portland. to ''Kiirtfps load of grain, j These vessel are (lie Akbar. of 906 too jpitdefl; aud the Cutwater, of m toiu -tordeii. ne Yakima Klui. The Walla Walla .Statesman of Xo vcmber 1st publishes a statement concerning the discovery and probable richness and extent of the above mines, from which we take the following : On the 20th of September, after traveling several (lays, they camped on the bank of the Swank, a stream about the size of Mill Creek. While some were preparing the evening meal others were examining the stream, with the vague hope that possibly they might be fortunate enough to ''strike it. Baking around among the loose dirt near the water's edge one of the men discovered a piece ot gold worth about six bits. Encouraged by this favorable indication tile men com menced creviciug the bedrock, which in places was exposed. Their exer tions were soon rewarded by the sight ot a 12 nugget. During the after noon, and before supper, the party had secured in the neighborhood of $40. 1'he journey homeward was now. indefinitely postponed. The next day they prospected up the creek fpr a distance of a quarter of a mile. The result of the day's work was $184, nearly $25 to tho man, there being seven in the party. Tlie scream was then explored for a distance of six miles, and the farther up they went the richer the prospects. The dirt from the hills on either side of the creek averages seventy-five cents to the pan. Wherever the bed of the creek is exposed, gold in lame quanti ties is to be found. In some placed the water is quite deep, and to remedy this tlie course of the creek will luive to be turned, which ran be accomplish ed without difficulty. The gold is coarse, the largest piece found so far weighing to, ami very much resembles the Kootenai dust. Three hundred and fitly claims have heed taken up and recorded. The diggings are two hundred miles from Walla Walla, and sixty-five from Yakima City. Along tlie creek there is a heavy growth of 1 1 inner, ami. therefore, there will be no lack of lumber for mining purposas. It is thought the miners will be able to work through the Winter, as the weather in that locality is mild. Foi the main facts we are indebted to Mr. Goodwin, who reached here on Mon day, direct from the diggings. The Walla Walla Unttmot Xov. 1st, gives quite a Battering account of the richness and extent of these new mines. Mr. Goodwin, one of the discovery party, has been interviewed by the Union man. lie reports that as high as three dollars to the pat) has been obtained, of course from very choice dirt. The diggings arc thought to be deep the pay-dirt commencing about three feet from the surface and going down to the depth of about seven feet. Mr. Goodwin expresses the utmost confidence in the richness of the mines, and says they have been prospected ami. tested sufficient to warrant the as sertion that three thousand men can find good paying claims. The Union closes its account with this : Latest. We have just received news from the new mines, that from the dirt tliat two men threw into the sluices in two days. $200 were taken taken out. This is from a perfectly reliable gentleman, Just from the mines, who was present at the time. Goi.i EXCITEMENT. The discovery of new gold diggings on Swauk Creek, W. T., about ISO or 1(10 miles fi om the Dalles, bus cheered the Dalles people considerably, as. if they prove as rich and extensive as reported, it will bring them much pold, that being tlie nearest point for obtaining sup plies. There are, of course, many conflicting opinions concerning the richness of these diggings, some assert ing that fabulous sums will be secured by those who work them, and others asserting that they don't believe they will pay much more than wages. The gold taken from the discovery claim, at or near the mouth of the creek, and the only claim, we were informed, that had been opened as yet, assayed aboiIt 14 50 jwr ounce, ami resembled coarse grains of dried dirt. As high ,....' ! i enniitrr. nnd If ti.,.u ,,..,.v.. r,.h in ! . . v.. I ,V.., ( give employment to a large number of persons, i Four hundred nen left Cadiz. Spain, on Saturday to relntorce die Spanlslr troops operating against the Cuban insurgents. Several CarlNt baials were scattered by tlie Republican troops ou Saturday and Sunday. Report of the Director of the Hint, The annual report recently made by the Director of tlie Mint for j the fiscal year ending .Mine 30th, says that the amount of gold and silver de- ! WtlwaSewinyMachineCompaHti, Olece posits. purchases, coins struck, stamp- fa,, Ohio: The Wilson Sewing Ma ed and manufactured during the year, ! chine received the Ghand Pmze Med was as follows : Deposits of gold, $59,- al for lieing the Best Sewing Machine, 937,430 45; silver. $12,307,380 43; and a Grand 1'rize (medal of honor; total amount received, $72,244,818, 88. ! was awanled to tlie Wi.son Sewing Deducting redeposlts made, issued by j Machine Co. for manufacturing sewing one institution and deposited with an-' machines in the best manner, from tho other, the deposits were : Gold, $57,- best material, and by the best known 573,338 88; silver, $91,453,208 43; total, $63,849,714 31. Gold pieces coined, 1.824,420; value, $35,249,337 50; silver p'ieces coined, 11,774,250; value, $2,045,745 50 ; minor pieces. 18,925,000; value, $494,050 total number of pieces, 32,523,670; total value, $38,689,133. Bars ot fine gold, $7,054,953 86; imported gold, $12, 940,659 25 ; total, $20,495,616 11 ; fine silver. $3,034,259 53 ; imported silver, $3,931,054 94 ; total, $27,517,530 61. Between $700,000 and $800,000 in sil ver of various denominations will be coined at the Philadelphia Mint this mouth. Thirty-seven thousand trude dollars, coined in Nevada, have found their way into circulation. The total disbursements of the Departments during October, exclusive of interest and principal of the public debt, were $14,832,365. Election !tMM. Returns from half tlie wards in New York city give Connor, Democratic candidate for Mayor, 14,000 majority. Kemp's (Dem.) majority in Virginia is about 15,000. The Republicans elect the State ticket in Massachusetts, Wisconsin has gone Democratic by 6,300 'majority. Minnesota has gone Republican by a handsome majority. In New Jersey the Legislature is Republican. Returns from Illinois are meagre and unsatisfactory. Colviu. anti-Sunday law candidate for Mayor of Chica go, is probably elected by 12.000 ma- f jority. In MassachuselU the Democrats elect eleven Senators and sixty mem bers to the House. The farmers' ticket is reported suc cessful in Illinois. The Reformers claim Wisconsin by 10.0000; the Republicans concede 5,000. Davis, the Republican, candidate for governor of Minnesota, gets away with 8,000 majority, while the Farm ers' candidate for Treasurer is probably elected. In Maryland the Democrats elect the entire ticket, by from 13,000 to 15,000. A special from Petersburg, Va , dated November 4th, states that while about 300 colored men were marching in procession the night previous, they threw stones at houses, smashing win dows nod injuring citizens. The ex citement became so great, owing to these acts ol violence, that a white and colored company were called out and Were kept under arms all night. Gov ernor Walker approved the prompt action ou the part of the military and citizens. The Stdtemtm of Thursday says there were some three hundred or more emigrants arrived at Portland by the Ajax, the last steamer from San Francisco. The Bulletin gives a list of same fifty passengers and EiylUy others. The OttgtitUtm makes no mention of .such number of emigrants. The Statesman must be very fast or the Portland dailies very slow. How is it? Mr. R. G. Newlarid, of Walla Walla valley, threshed 1,100 bushels of wheat from 14 acres of land an average of over seventy bushels to the acre. Mr, Pettviohn in the same vicinity, has raised from four acres 484 bushels, or an average of 121 bushels per acre. - Tlie city of Portland since tlie first outbreak of smallpox in that city last spring has paid out under the ordinan ces making appropriations for prevent ing the spread of infectious diseases and the care of patients, the nun of $4,400. j ICUL CABLE DISPATCH. , From tho World's- Fair. Viesna, Avsthia. Aug. 20, 73. W. G. Wilson. Esq.. President mechanical principles. These cele brated machines ar now on exhibition and for sale at the store of lltf. BLAIN, YOUNG & CO. ALBANY AND NAVI'IAM t'ANAI.. The Albany and Santiam Canal Company would respectlully call the attention of the public, and especially the Capitalist, and thoe desiring to engage in manufacturing, to their gigantic water power and water priv ilege. Sixteen thousand cubic feet constantly flowingeverv minute, eoiial to 800 horse power, with from 8 to 30 feet fall, sufficient for tlie most expen sive machinery, with ground on which to erect the necessary buildings, etc. The Company deem it but proper that the public should know more fully the locality of this great water power, its facilities and surroundings, in order that those unacquainted may form some estimate of its value. The city of Albany is the county-seat of Linn county, located ou tlie south east bank of the Willamette river, about 100 miles south of Portland, by river, and 30 miles by railroad; sou'h of Salem 45 miles by river and 30 miles by railroad, and north of Eugene City 45 miles. Albany is located in a prairie of the same name, which is the great agricul tural renter of the Willamette Valley, i and it is believed that upward of 500, 1 000 bushels of surplus wheat will be re ceived at that point, the present season. The most of it will find its way to for eign markets, either by boats or rail road to Portland, and from thence up on the ocean. The Willamette river Is navigated by beautiful steamers, carrying from 80 to 300 tons, running as for as Albany some ten mouths in the year. Also, the O. & O. R. R , with its beautiful locomotives, is pass ing through the city daily. The city ot Albany is located upon a high, roll ing prairie, withlheCalapooia, a beau tiful creek, Mowing into the Willamette river on the west, tlie water of which is used in driving two large flouring mills, situated on the Iwnk of the Wil lamette river. The city is about one mile in length, running east and west, and from one-half to three-tourths of a mile in width, and is laid off with streets of good width. The Canal, which is tlie subject and object of this communication, receives its waters from the South Santiam river, which heads in the great Cascade mountains, some 75 niiles east of Albany ; thence running westerly through a valley of the same name, to Lebanon, a village located near the west bank of said river, 13 miles east of Albany. The Canal receives the waters from the Santiam river at that point, thence running west to its ter minus at Albany. The main Santiam flows northward, and empties its mountain waters into the Willamette river 10 miles northeast of Albany. The Canal is brought from Lebanon through n beautif'nrpralrie for a dis tance of 12 miles, ami empties into the Willamette river, forming ou its way and in the city some of the finest water fiowers for manufacturing purposes found on the Pacific coast. There are but tew, if any, points in the State which surpasses Albany now. for msn ufectinliig facilities. Cheap watar jower and easy Of access, and conven ient transportation, either by water or railroad, and the location beautiful and liealthv. The Canal Company offers liberal inducements to persons de-tiring to en gage in the business of manufacturing, and will furnish water power upon the most reasonable terms. Manufactur ing of all kinds is needed in Oregon, and could be made profitable. The 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 are earnestly invited and requested to visit Albany and examine for themselves. Real property can yet be procured on very reasonable tonus, both in and out of tile city. Our people compare favor ably with the rest Ot mankind, morally socially, politically and financially. Pubiislied bv urder of the Board of Directors. Sept. 8th. 1873. L. EL KINS, D. Manskiki-u, President. Secretary. c. M EALEY, OFFERS A GOOD Paying Business ! For SalentLovv. DRY GOODS. ETC. ft 30 f 9 9 if 2 Nil 0 - a r If & 3 a fl ff 2 O '' & 51? 15 1 ?m3?M9 m ww a u mm to a M Li. H B ?! s. 2 0 5 35 2' el- B C- R 9 ft K "8 88 m ft H 0 "HI -f IB , -J 5r" 'A 0 a, M H B 1 9 .u-aijim , WAIXTIES-IEWEI.RY. J. 0, TITUS. j. n. riitu CM AS. BCIUBOARDKa. TITOS, BOUBQARDES & CO., OF.AI.KKS IN ,T EWELRt, Silver & Plated Ware, 101(1- DIAMOND SPECTACLES. Vf ANfKA(Tl lti:i ANIi AVJVTTn lfl espeehiUjr tor Hie I'nolilo Coast by tt NATIONAL ELGIN WATCH CO. of Kl ;in. Uilimls, viz : PuclJlc, Ctsilfbrala hikI San l'ruiirhr WATCH. 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