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ALBANY REGISTER.
P. . UfHrinl Paper for (r-sti.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1874.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee, which met in Portland on
Thursday, defied utmirfmwMly to aH
Republican State Convention, to !
meet in Salem, on Wednesday. April !
sth. The Committee suggested that
the primaries lie railed on Saturday, j
March 21st, and the Comity Conven
tion on the Satnnlay fallowing, March j
28th. Linn county will be entitled to
nine delegates to the State Convention, j
C. W. Parrish. Chairman of the Com-
mittee, presented resignation,
which was accepted, and Col. X. B.
Knight, of Marion county, elected
ChainuM Dr. Ballard, of this coun
ty, W. Yv. Bristow, of Lane, and B
F. Nichols of Polk county, resigned
their positions as members of the Com
mittee. We have no space this week for
comments.
The Proponed Rnilroail.
The Portland, Dalles & Salt Lake
Railroad, as contemplated, is to be a
narrow guage read, extending from
Kelton, on the Central Pacific, to Port
land. Oregon, a distance of seven hun
dred miles, and will cost some $7,000,
000. The bill now before Congress
provides that the Company may issue
its bonds to the extent of $10,000 per
mile, and no more, in gold, bearing
live per cent, interest annually, for the
construction of the road, and the Gov
ernment is asked to guarantee the pay
ment of the interest on these bonds as
last as the road is completed, for twen
ty years, amounting to $350,000 per
year. In return for this guarantee on
the part of Government, the road is to
transport the U. S. mails and Govern
ment stores, free of 'charge, forever.
As tlie Government now pays nearly
that sum for transporting the mails
alone over that route, it would seem
that the completion of the road under
the bill will be a most economical
measure, not to Seak of the vast bene
fits otherwise to accrue.
In the United States Senate, on the
18th, Senator Ki Key presented a peti
tion of tlie citizens of Oregon in regard
to the charges against his colleague,
Mitchell, and asking the same to be
investigated 'by the ?enate. Senator
Kelley said he had been acquainted
with Mitchell for twelve years, and
knew nothing that would Hie deroga
tory to his character. In presenting
the charges he desired it to be under
stood that he said nothing in favor or
against him that matter should be
left with the Committee. He moved
that the subject be referred to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections,
and it was so ordered.
HowAyE vou, Poi-TnctAJts? The
farmers of Grant county recently met
in Convention, and, among other
things,
Resolved. That we will, neirlier di
rectly or indirectly, give onr support
to any professional politician for the
purpose of elevating him to any office
of honor or trust.
Which ts why, we havn't a doubt.
The politician's trade is fast playing out;
And if the Grangers follow up their well
laid plan,
the Farmer Is certainly the "Coming
Man."
Dr. W. C. McKay, with his brother
Donald McKay, War Chief of the
Warm Spring Indians of Modoc flglrt
ing fame, contemplates making the
tour of the Eastern States the coming
season with a number of Warm Spring
Indians, and to that end is now visit
ing tlie Coluracia River Valley, for the
purpose of obtaining samples of tlie
products of Oregon, as well as ob
talnlug valuable informantiou in re
gard to the resources ot the State, up
on which he will lecture, in connection
frith the exhibition, throughout the
. East. The tame of the Warm Spring
Indians and their breve Chief was
fbtly established during the Modoc
war. and immense audiences will greet
their every extifbltlon In the East,
proving a very remunerative venture.
They will start probably -next month.
to bto
Feltowrnrm.cn.
D. S. R. B., writing to the Jack
sonville Sentinel, under date of Feb
ruary 10th, 1S74. discussing the ad
visability of introducing a new class
of productions, on suitable soils, in
various portions ft the country, classes
among those that he believes wl.J
prove mot profitable to Southern
Oregon farmers, the Sugar Beet. He
says the Sugar Beet is "easily raised
and is suitable to all onr alluvial soils,
upon which forty tons per acre would
not be too much to exnoet." Next
in poi-it of profit, D. S. K. B. classes
'Ramie," for the production. ot fihre,
and to the facts with regard to this
plant we wish to will ;ho attention of
the farmers in the Willamette Valh-y.
"Ramie," says this correspondent, is
a native of the Island of Java, and
was first introduced into the United
States in 1937. In 170. a Mr. Lynch
Introduced It into California, where it
has been successfully and profitably
cultivated ever since. It is a peren
nial, very hardy, rapid in its growth,
grows spontaneously after once
planted, and is harvested with a rea
ing machine twice or thrice a year
realizing about a ton per acre at each
cutting. The fibre is very white,
fine and glossy. It is used in making
all kinds of cloth, troni the coarsest
duck to the finest dress goods. It is
in every respect equal to silk, having
a gloss more like satin, and is the
strongest fibre known, being stronger
than the best Belgian flax. It lias a
carrot-shaped root that will penetrate
the soil to the depth of six or Sewn
feet. Once started, there is no stop
ping it. The fibre will grow from
five to nine feet in length. The fibre
is worth from 20 to 30 cents a onnd
in its raw state, and the demand for
it is unlimited. Oakland. California,
has a factory in successful operation,
and other factories, in various portions
ot that State, are about to be erected
torthe manufacture of lute, its proper
name when separated from the plant.
If the above statements with regard
to Ramie or Jute can be relied upon,
and we have no reason to doubt them,
It would seem that its cultivation here
would prove very profitable. If it
will pay California to enter largely
into the production of the fibre, using
her nest and highest priced wheat lands
in its cultivation, with a superior
market tor her surplus grain, Oregon
ought also to make it a profitable
business. The cultivation of this plant
here would also open the way for the
introduction of a new business en
terprise, the manufacture of the fibre
into grain sacks, cloth, etc. While
California might be depended upon,
probably, as a good market for all the
fibre produced, yet it. would be vastly
to our advantage to manufacture it
here iu Albany, thus utilizing the
almost unlimited water power furnish
ed by the Albany & Sautiam Canal,
increasing and diversifying our busi
ness interest, and adding largely to
theVealth and population of our city
and county. Any business enterprise
that increases the population and adds
to the wealth of our city, adds in a
corresponding ratio to the benefit and
general welfare of the surrounding
country. This is a matter wcl worth
the attention of our enterprising
farmers, and it is to be hoped they
will give it proper thought. Ramie
plants can be obtained from nursery
men in Alameda couutv, California.
The Bulletin lias authority for stat
that three hundred miners left Fort
Wrangle tor the Stickeen mines on the
10th. They found large quantities of
grub scattered all along the road,
thrown away by overloaded sledders.
The weather had been cold, but noth
ing like as cold as they had been led
to expect, and it was then raining.
All were in excellent spirit, with
high hopes of making the venture
"pan.'" Success attend tliem.
The new Tremont House. Chicago,
one of the grandest pieces of architect
ure and most magnificently furnished
hotels in the world, was opened to tlie
public on the 16th. James and Ire
Couch are the proprietors.
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They were sowing wheat In the ri-
winy oi ltmvuw, Waix lust; week
jiuuul veuirevuw, v. 4' me
tm plowing.
A farm
Fnalae In British India.
The mails bring fuller repot ts of the
dreadful famine now prevailing in
Bengal, and explaining the cause.
The distress is said not to be so gieat
as in 1770. when ten millions perished,
but is likely to equal if not surpass
the famine of 1 SOS, when one million
died of starvation. The Calcutta cor
respondent of tlie London Time gives
this explanation of the situation: In
Bengal the daily consumption ot rice
is 37.000 tons. The last crop failed in
many ot the districts, and the destitu
tion affects trt'euty millions of people.
The British Government has been
buying up all the surplus rice in the
adjacent provinces and islands, but
had sueieeded iu obtaining a supply
for only two mouths. Government is
using every exertion to enable the
people to obtain food, regardless of ex
pense. Every thing that can be done
to mitigate the sufferings of the peo
ple will be done By the authorities of
British India.
Ex-President Baez, of San Domingo,
is In Washington.
On the ISth. the St. Louis & St.
Joseph Railroad was sold for $100,000.
It was bought in the interest of the
bondholders, by Chas. W. Ilassler.
A fire at Bryan. Texas, originated
in the Store of G. W. Smith & Co.,
and consumed the principal business
block' in the city. Loss, 1130.000
insurance, $60,000.
The ship Columbia, while loading
with a, general cargo at Hong Kong
for San Francisco, took fire and burned
to tlie water's edge.
Stokely litis been elected Mayor of
Philadelphia by 1,100 majority. Two
women were elected school directors
on the Republican ticket. The Dem
ocrats gain members of the Common
Council in three wards.
Havana, Cuba, dates to the 15th
say the police have made several ar
rests of parties charged with taking a
leading part in tlie demonstration on
Thursday evening. Among them is
Senor Ncvofa Sala. editor of the de
funct Republican journal.
New York dates to the 16th have
this : A Key West dispatch states that
it is rewted by the steamer from
Havana that seven thousand volun
teers have taken the city, compelling
the Captain General to take refuge on
board the Spanish war steamer
Aripellas.
Stephen Raymond, who is charged
with being the leader of a hand who
operated in Wall street last Summer
with forged securities, and was arrest
ed iu England, is now safely lodged
in the Tombs in New York. The
gang passed over 1500,000 worth of
f'.rged bonds on the Central. Buffalo
and Erie Railroad, and were about to
throw upon the market a vast amount
of fraudulent bonds ot the Western i
Union Telegraph Company when they
were fortunately detected.
Another reported battle in the Cen
tral Department, Cuba, in which
General Basconez, with 3.000 men
and four piece.- of artillery, attacked
the main body of the insnrgents, 5,000
strong, under Santa Lnecia, near
Narajo. The battle lasted seven
hours, resulting in a Spanish victory,
with 50 killed and 104 wounded.
Loss of the insurgents not stated.
The insurgents in tlie Central Depart
ment are burning houses in every
direction.
A Court of Inquiry, in the case of
Gen. Howard, lias been ordered by
the President, to be composed of
Generals Sherman. McDowell, Pope,
Meigs and Cole, with Major A. B.
Gardner for Judge Advocate. The
Court will meet in Washington on
the 3d of March.
The following postal changes for the
Pacific coast have been announced:
Postmasters appointed : Levi Wilcox,
Cornelias, Washington county,
Oregon ; A. T. Boiee, Hlllsboro. same
county ami State; James A. Master
sob, Walla Walla, Washington
Territory 8. D. Msxeo, Vancouver,
CIarfceuntjv W. T. ,
Alexander Stevewtadarreusly
UJ wife neuralgia of (.be kidneys.
It is believed that an attempt Willi
he made during the present Congress
to repeal all laws governing labor,
and leave the question to regulate ;
itself, and regulate supply and dc-
mand.
The House Committee on Appro-1
priations have wit down the total
appropriations for Legislative, Execn-:
five and Judicial expenses from esti
mates to three or four million dollars,
and disposed with numbers of clerks.
From Beaver Meadows, Penn., we
learn that Nell McBride. a miner, was
murdered on the evening of the 14th
the murder supposed to have been
committed by Neil Paul, an Irishman
about 40 years of age, who made good
his escape.
Lawrence Norton was murdered at
a christening party in Highland Dis
trict, Massachusetts, on Saturday
night last. Five men and two women
have been arrested tin suspicion of
connection with, the murder.
A great deal of opposition has been
developed against the reduction of the
army. The reduction, if made In
accordance with the bill, will save
about four millions annually.
Sanborn is said to have in his pos-
session the books of the Credit Mo- j
belier, for which he spent, in two
month's time, 411.0(H) to get. Ben.
Butler is said to have linen the attorney
for the Credit Mobelier, through whose
advice the books were run oft'.
On the morning of the 16th, Thomas
and Simon Sturtevant and a maiden
lady named Buckley, were found
murdered at their residence in Hall-
tax, Massachusetts. No clue to the
murderers,
Philip D. Cowle, cashier of the
Atlantic Branch of tiie Freedmau's
Savings Institution, Atlanta, Georgia,
was arrested on the 16th, charged with
embezzling 410,000.
In New York on the 16th, William
Conklin, Deputy Sheriff, was convic
ted on a charge of stealing a 115.000
gold certificate from B. S. Croft.
Sentence deferred. '
On the 14th. Mrs. Jtfs. Gray left
three children iu lier house, seven
miles from Lincoln. Nebraska On
her return she discovered that the
house was on fire, but before she could
reach the house the roof fell in, and all
three of the children were burned to
death.
A freight train on the Lehigh &
Susquehanna railroad, Penn., between
1 and 2 o'clock on the morning of the
16th, ran into a slide near Statesdam
Station. Tire engine jumped the track.
and eighteen cars were piled upon
each other. No one on the train iiad.
as far as could be ascertained, escaped
injury. The. body of the engineer,
Daniel Shannon, was found under
the engine considerably burned. The
fireman and brakeman were badly
scalded and burned.' Three others
are reported killed. A stove iu the
caboose set fire to the freight, ami
nine cars were burned.
At Omaha, Neb., on the 16th Gen.
Ord received the following dispatch
from Commander Smith, at Fort Lara
mie : My messenger lias just returned
from the Agency. Dr. Saville, tlie
Agent, writes that the Northern In
dians have all gone to Tongue River,
and they alone have committed the
recent depredations; that the Ogall
allalias have faithfully guarded the
Agency since Frank Appleton was
killed, and that they will prevent the
Northern Indians from coming to tlie
Agency or passing through this
country. He also says that tlie Indian
who shot Appleton was killed by the
Brules, wlto also recaptured the mules
stolen by the MihnecoyonS. Agent
Howard writes through Saville that
Spotted Tail lias a guard over his
Agency. The party who killed Lieut.
Robinson and his Corporal consisted
of Minuecoyons, Ouchapas and Sau
sarcs. Seven Indians were seen a few
miles from Camp Stnmbaugh, on
Saturday, which is thought to indicate
tltat Dr. Savhle's judgment Is correct.
Two Lances and his band are sup
posed to be south of the South Platte.
v..l.t... '- t -r o
i .v uuiiiig iuts ueen neurti us mem.
uipi. jiiiis command, wno starteu
after the Indians. Is reported to be
near Big Springs, Nebraska. Lieut.
Robhwnn' wife, with hk remains,
kit Cheyenne to-day, hound East
FOBKIOS.
On the 17th the British House t
Commons stood. 34S t !oiiertvaives,
and 300 Liberals and Home Rnlsrs.
The Ministr" had resolved to resign
immediately, the journals generally
approving the resolution. The Timts
tb ws ,,nt 0,ie niember op-
P01 to the decision
The Poll MtllOmet'e publishes the
report that the Biitish forces took
possession of Coomassv, capital of the
Ashantee, January 2!)ih. and com
menced the reliirn march to tlie coart
on the 20th Of Febrnarv.
The southeastern portion of Europe
has been visited by severe gale.
Numerous disasters on tlie Black Sea
reported.
Tlie Steamer Wyoming, which
sailed from l,iverool on the llthinst.
for New York, returned to port on '
the Kith, and went Into dock. She
encountered a terilfic gale on the 13th.
and lost her funnel mid lite boats.
The Czar of Russia is 1 1 'disposed, ,
meantime the Emperor of Austria L
being teted by the Grand Dukes and
members of the royal family.
The Madrid Government intends to
issue, a plebiscite for the country to
authorize the repeal of section thirty-
three of the Constitution of 1S69,
luting to monarchy as imperatively
necessary to the stability of the present
Government, It also contemplates
the substituting an ordinary for a con
stituent Cortes, with Marshal Serrano
as President of the Conservative Re
public. Castelar, iu the event of a
plebiscite, will support Serrano's
candidature for the Presidency of the
Republic.
Telegrams from London, England,
to the I5th,5say Hie new Ministry will
probably be Disraeli. First Lord ofthe
Treasury; Lord Cairns, Lord High
Chancellor; Duke of Buckingham.
Lord President ot the Council ; Duke
of Richmond. War Secretary; Lord
Northumberland, First Lord of the
Admiralty ; Mr. Hubbard, Chancellor
ofthe Exchequer; Gathernc Hardy,
.Home Secretary.
It is rumored that Gladstone will
advise the Qneen to elevate Chichester
Fortesque to the Peerage.
A few elections in Ireland are still
pending. With the week ending
Saturday, 396 Conservatives and 2!C
Liberals and Home Rulers had lieen
returned to Parliament., Conserva
tives gain 60. The House of Com
mons will contain 216 new members.
The Emperor of Russia will visit
England next April.
London dates to the 16th give thU :
The Daily Telegraph reports that the
Marquis of Salisbury will be appointed
Secretary of State for India.
The Cabinet meets to-day to con
sider what course to take.
The total number of Home Ruler
elected is fifty-one.
The ship Abraham Lincoln, from
Cardiff for Messina, has been wrecked;
five men were drowned.
The Stamford says a consistory will
be held at Rome in June, when eight
more Cardinals will be appointed, in
cluding Archbishop Manning.
From Madrid. Spain. February
15th : The Carlists will soon be obliged
to raise the slpge of Bilboa.
General Rivera, with an advance of
two thousand strong of General Mnr
Ionez' army. Is now with nine miles
of Porfugalet.
The National troops have defeated
a hand of two thousand (.'artists be tow
Tolosa and revictualed the city.
As soon as the Congressional chap
lain closes iii, appeal to the Throne of
Grace there is a clapping of hands all
over the floor. It is the w ay the mem
bers have of calling pages to their
side. Every Congressman begins hi
day's labor by giving an order to a
messenger; hence the clapping if
universal and uproarious, "Well,
that beats me.'' said an elderly man
in the gallery, with mud on his boats,
which looked as though if hud been
brought from the other side of thr
Potomac: "I don't we anything in
that prayer worth cheering.4'
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A Virginia lady ha reeenilv M
0fbr four applications of a load
stone in Richmond, for which th
owner paid 1.000. Each application
lasted twelve hour, nnu the pain
unused hy the bite of a mad dog
finally removed.
The Mr f refwltatt Hold. m tMi.im
mm add last week Ibr ftMu.