OrFiCIAL CITY PAPER.
ALBANY, FRIDAY, DEC. 10, 1S73.
1REI1EXTS MESS A ' E.
Tu Vie 8entte aud Iluuse ot VeirczeHfulirets:
In submitting mv eeveuth nmin.'il in
MRe to Congress. In this centennial year of
mr national existence as a free nnd inilu-
liertuenr. people, It anonU me great pleasure
v Hiiir io uie aiivanocnicnt Unit luw Deen
m-ule from the time ol the colony, oae hun
dred years ago.
' A CESTCRV'S GROWTH.
We wero then a people numbering only
three million?; now we number more than
Inrt.v million. Than a.... i.,.1....:..:.
- ,1 w . A VIII tlllltl l I Lt II VI V
'confined almost exclusiy.-ly to the tillage
of the soil; now mniiui tctoi ius absorb
much of the labor of the country. Our
liberties remain mihnnnired. The bomls
men liave been freed from slavery We
. hare become possessed of tlie respect, if iwt
tlie friendship, of all civilized nations. Our
pr. gross lias Ik e i iire.it in all the arts in
science, in agriculture, in commerce, in
ravlgallon, in mining, in mechanics in law.
in nudlcine, etc., and in gi'nei-al education
the prt gress has bcx a li! cwise encouraging.
Our thirteen States have become thirty
eight. Including Colorado, which lias Liken
tls initial steps to iiecome a State, and
eightTert itorics, idcltnliug t" e Indian Ter
ritory and Alaska, and excluding Colorado,
making a territory extending from tlie
Atlantic to the Pacific On the South we
have extended to tlie Gulf of Mexico, and
on the west from the Mississippi to the
Pacific. One hundred years ago the cotton
gin. the steamship, the railroad, the tele
' graph, the reaping, sewing and modern
printing machine, and tinmri-0113 otlicr in
ventions of scarcely less value to our
business and happiness, were entirely un
known. , KSCUEASE OF MANVFACTl -RES.
In 1770 mair.if ictnres sonn-ely exi-ted
even in name, in all thivast territory. In
1870 more than 2,000.000 of persons were
employed in ma nu factories, producing
more than $2,100,000,000 or produce. In
- amount annually nearly equal to our
Xational dbr. . From nearly the whole ot
the population ot 1778 being engaged in
the oiieoeeiiphtioii of agriculture, in 1S70.
so niirneroiu and diversified had become
the occupation of our people, that less than
1(5.000,000. out of more I ban 40.000.000,
were so engaged. The extraordinary ef
fects produced in cur country by a resort
to such occupations, his built n market fir
the products of onr fertile, lands, distant
irom the seaboard and tlie markets of the
world. The American system of working
various and extensive manufactories next
to the plow and tlie pasttiif, ami adding
connecting rcfilroads and steamboats, has
produced in our distant country results not
equaled by the intelligent parts of oilier
Jiations. The ingenuity and skid of Amer
ican mechanics have been demonstrated at
home and abroad, in a manner most flat
tering to their pride. Without the extra
ordinary genius and ability of our mechan
ics, the acluevcments of our agriculturists,
manufacturers ami- transporters,' tlirough-
out the country, would have been unposM
s b!e of attainment.
I GROWTH OK OCR MIXING INTERESTS.
The progress of the miner lia3 also been
great, Oticoal,-our production was once
small: now manv millions of tona nn
mined annually. "So with 5ron. while it
formed scarcely an appreciable part of our
products halt a century ago, we now pro
lines more inan tne worm consumed at tt e
liegiuning ot our national existence. Lead.
zuie, aud copper, from being articles of
imports, we may expect to be large export
ers 01, 111 tne near mure, iuc develop
ment of gold and silver mines throughout
the States and Territories has not only
been remarkable, but lias hail a large in
fluence npou the business of all commer
cial nations.
. otB3in;ciu::T5
In the last hundred years have liad success,
and have established u reputation for enter
prise, sagacity, progress - and integrity,
nn-nrpaed by the people ot older nation
alities. This good, 1 Kinie is not confined to
their homes, but goes out upon every sea,
and into every port where commerce
4 titers.
OTHER INTERESTS.
With equal pride, we can point to onr
progress in all of the learned professions.
A GENERAL RETRO?rECT.
' As we are now about to enter upon bur
second centennial, commencing our man
hood as a nation, it is well to look back
upon the past, and study what will be best
to preserve, and advance our lutnre great
ness. From tlie tall of Adam for his
transgressions, to the present day, 110
' nation has ever been free from threatened
danger to its prosperity, and happiness.
We sliould look to the dangers threatening
th and remedy them, so far 03 lies in our
power. We are a republic wherein one
man is as good as another before liw law.
Under such a form ot government, it is of
tlie utmost importance that all should be
possessed of
EDUCATION AXD INTELLIGENCE, -
Enongli to catt a vote with a right under
standing of its meaning, v A large associa
tion or ignorant men cannot, for auy
considerable period, oppose a successful
resistenee to acquiescence to the will of
Intelligence, whether directed by the
demagogue or by priestcraft. : Hence the
education ot Uie masses becomes of the
. first necessity tor- tlie preservation ef our
institutions. They are worth preserving,
because they have secured the greatest
good to tlie greatest proportion ; of the
population of any form of government
. devised. All other forms of government
approach it just In proportion to the
' general diffusion of - education and hide
norMlfincn at thought and action.' As the
primary step, - therefore, to our advance
ment in all that lias marked onr nrosrress
in the past ceutury, I suggest : for your
; -earnest consideration and most earnestly
" recommend it, that a constiiittlonnlamend-
. ment be submitted to . tlie legblatures of
tlie several Spates tor ratincatu n. making
it tlie duty of each of tlie several States to
establish and forever ifiaintain free public
8tioo , adeqw te to tne education or all
the children in the rudimentary branches,
within their respective limits, irrespective
ot sex. color, birthplace or religion, for
bidding tlie teaching in said schools of
religious, atheistic or pagan texts, and pro
hibiting the granting of any school funds
or scltool taxes, or any part thereof, either
by the legislative, muuuicipal or auy other
jxwer lor the benefit of any other object
of any other nature or kind whatever, in
connection with this important question.
TAXATION OF RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS.
1 'would also call your attention to the
importance of correcting an evil that if
poiinUtll jb continue, will probably lead
to great trouble In our laud before the
close- of the Ifttlt century. It is the ac
cumulation of vast amounts of untaxed
church property, lit 1850, I believe, U10
. church property of the United States which
!udiio tax, municipal or State, amounted
to about $33,000 000. In l&iO, the amount
hid doubled. In 1875-it is about l,0u0.-
00,000. By 1 WO, witliout check,, it is
wife to say, this property will roach a sum
" receiving all tlie protection and benefits of
the government without bearing its propor
tion of the burdens aud expenses of tlie
f k-isi; m iii not ws j:oked upon aomitescentljr
ny myc win u:ve paid taxes
a. Ina now-
iifX wiuiiry wncre real estate
S euhAiicvs 80
rapidly as in the United States, there is
scarcely a limit to the wealth that may be
acquired by corporations, religifms or
otlierwise, it allowed to retain real estate
without taxation. The contemplation of
so vast at proieity f as is here ailiuled to,
witliout taxation, may lend to sequestra! ion
without constitutional authority and
through blood.
I would suggest taxation ot all property
equally, whether church or coi poration. ex
empting only the last resting place of the
dead, and possibly, with proper restric
tions, churcii edifices.
DELATIONS WITH FOREIGN TOWERS.
Our relations with most ot the foreign
powers continue 011 a satisfactory and
friendly footing. Increased intercourse,
tlie extension ot commerce and cultivation
of mutual interests have steadily improv
ed onr relations with V.its large majoiity of
the powers of the world, rendering - practi
cable the peaceful solution ot questions
whkh from time to time necessarily arise,
leiving few which demand extended or
particular notice. The correpoidcrca of
the Department of State with our diplo
matic representatives abroad is transmitted
herewith.
WITH rOCTl'GAt..
I am happy to announce the passage of
an act by the general Cortes of Portugal
proclaimed since tlie adjournment of Con
gress for the aliolition ot servitude in the
Porfuguesj colonies. It is to be hoped tlrnt
such, legislation may be another step to
waitl the great consumatioii, to be reached
when no man sliall be permitted directly or
indirectly under any guie, exme or form
of law to hold his fellownian in bondage.
I am of ihe opinion also that it is the duty
ot the Uuited States ns contributing to
ward that end and required by the spirit of
the age in which we live to provide by suit
able legislation that 110 citizen of tlie
United Slates sball hold slaves as property
in any other country or be interested there
in, WITH CHILI
Chili has made reparation in the case of
the whale ship (.rood Hi-'itrn. seized without
stilfic'cut can-e upwards of. forty years ago,
though slie bail hitherto denied her account
ability. The denial was never acquiesced
in by this government, and the juticc ot
the claim has been so earnestly contended
tor that, it has been gra tiffing that she
should have acknowledged it.
COLUMBIAN STATES.
The arbitration in the ca-e of the U. S.
steamer ilentt'ijn. for the seizure and reten
tion 01 winch the government ot the Uuited
States of Columbia, weie held accountable.
has been decided in favor of tl e claim. The
decision has Settled a question which has
been pending for several years, and which,
while it continued open. " might more or
less disturb the good understanding which
it is desirable'should be maintained be
tween the republics.
THE SANDWICH ISLAND.
A reciprocity treaty with the King of the
Hawaiian islands was concluded some
mo-iths since, but as it contained a' stipula
tion that it shall lie ot no e licet until Con
gress shall enact the proper legislation for
the purpose, copies of the instrument are
herewith submitted in order that it" such
should be the pleasure of Congress, the nec
essary legislation upon the subject m;iy ue
adopted.
QUESTIONS WITH SPAIN.
In March last an Arrangement was made
through Mr. Cushing, our Minister in Mad
rid, with the Spani-h Government fur the
payment by the latter to the United States
of the sum of $800,000 in coin for the pur
pose of the relief of the families or ersons
of tlie ship's crew anil certain passengers of
the Virtjiititis ; thai the same was to have
been paid in three installments at two
months each. It is due to the Spanish
Government that I should state that the
payments were fully and speedily anticipa
ted by that Government, and thai the whole
aiuount was paid within? but n few days
more than two months from the date of the
agreement, a copy cf which is lercwith
transmitted, and in pursuance ot the terms
of the adjustment I have directed distribu
tion ot the. amount among the parties en
titled thereto, including the ship's crow
and such passengers as were American cit
izens. Payments are made accordingly on
tlie application ot the parties.
THE CUBAN QUEST ION.
As evidence of and approaching some of
t!'e ruinous conflicts which have been ra
ging tor seven years in the neighboring is
lands of Cuba, the same disregard of tlie
laws of civilized warfare, of the just de
mands of humanity, which have heretofore
called forth expressions of condemnation
from the nations of Christendom have con
tinued to blacken the sad sceue. Disola
tion, ruin ami pillage are prevailing in rich
fields, once the most fertile and productive
regions of the earth, and the incendiaries'
torch, burning plantations, valuable facto
ries and buildings, is the agent marking the
the alternate advance and retreat of con
tending parties. The protracted .contin
uance of the strife seriously affects the in
terests of all commercial nations, but those
of the United States more than others, by
reason.of its close proximity, its larger
trade and intercourse with Cuba, and the
friendly and intimate ersonal social rela- :
tions which have grown up between its j
citizens and those of the island. Moreover,
the property of our citizens in Cuba is large,
and Is rendered insecure an'' Repressed in j
va'ue and in capacity f production by f he
continuance or strife and tlie unnaf ual mode
of its conduct. The same is true, differing
only in degree with respect to the interests
and the people ot other nations and ti;e ab
sence of nn3" reasonable assurance of a near
termination of the conflict, must ot neces
sity soon compel the Stales thus snflering,
to consider what the interests of their own
people and their duty towards themselves
may demand. I have had hopes she would
be enabled to establish peace in her colony,
to afford seenrity to the property and in
terests of our citizens, and allow legitimate
scope to the trade ami commerce and natu
ral productions cf the Island. Because ot
this hope, and from an extreme reluctance
to interfere in the affairs of another and a
friendly nation, especially of one whose
sympathy and friendship in the struggling
infancy or our own existence, must ever be
remembered with gratitude. I liave patient
ly and anxiously awaited the progress of
events. Our own civil conflict is: too recent"
for lis not to consider the difliculties which
s.irround a govern mcrt distracted by a dy
nastic rebellion at home at the same time
tlrnt it has to cope with a separate insur
rection in a distant colony ; but whatever
causes may have produced the situation
which so grievously affects our interests, it
exists with all its attendant evils; operat
ing directly upon this : country and its
people. Thus far all the resources of Spain
liave proved abortive, and time has marked
no improvement in the situation. The
armed bands of either side occupy . nearly
the same ground as in the oaf t. with the
difference from time to time, of more lives
sacri ficed. more property destroyed, a ml
wider extents of fertile and productive
fields, and property constantly anil , wan
tonly sacrificed to the Incendlarv's torch.
In contests ot this nature, where a consid
erable body of people who have attempted
to free themselves of the control of the su
perior government, have readied such a
point in occupation ot territory in power,
and In general orgniiizatlen to constitute,
in fact, a body' politic, having a govern
ment in substance as well as in name, pos
sessed of the elements of ability, and equip
ped with the machinery for the administra
tion of an internal poiicy and the execu
tion ot its laws, and prepared and able to
administer justice at home as well as in its
dealings with otlicr power, it id within the
province of those other powers to recog
nize its existence as a new anil independ
ent nation. In such cases' other nations
I eimply deal with an actually existing con
dillou of thing, and recognize aa one of (the
powers of the earth that body politic which,
possessing the necessary elements, has in
fact become a new power. ' In a word, the
creation of a new state is a fact. To estab
lish the. condition of things essential to ra
cognii ion of this fact, there must be a peo
ple occupying a known territory, united
under some known ami defined form of
government, acknowledged by those sub
ject to it, thiough which the functions of
government are administered by I he usual
methods, co'.npetcnt to meet out justice to
citicens and strangers, to afford remedies
for public and for private wrongs, and able
to as nine the corelntive international ob
ligations, and capable of performing the
corresponding internatioi.nl duties result
ing from its acquisition of the rights of
r e:i ljoty. A power should exist com
plete in its organization, ready to take and
able to maintain its place among the na
tions of the earth. While conscious that
tlie insurrection in Cuba has shown a
strength aud endurance which make it at
least doubtful whether it will bo in the
power ot Spain to sulnlne it. it seems a
questionable snbjei t that no such civil or
ganization exists which may be recognized
as an independent government, capable of
performing Its obligations and entitled to
be treated as one of the powers of the
earth. A recognition under fuih circum
stances would be inconsistent with facts,
and would compel tlie power which gives it
soon to support by force the government to
which it had really given is own real claim
otexUter.ee. In the uiai ag -nicnt of this
the United States should adhere to the pol
icy and principles which have heretofore
been its sure and safe guides in like con
tests bet wee 1 revolted colonics and their
mother country, and, aud acting only upon
the clearest evidence, shonld avoid any pop
ularity of suspicion of imputation. The re
cognition of thu independence of Cuba be
ing, in my opinion, impracticable and in--defs
nMble, the question which next presents
itself is that of tlie recognition 01 ueiiger
ent rights in the parties to the contest. In
my former message to Congress I liad oc
C:sion to consider this quest ion, and reach
ed tne conclusion that Uie conflict 111 Cuba,
dreadful and devastating as are its inci
dents, did not rise to the fearful dignity of
war. Kegardingit now. attei tins lapss ot
time, I am unable to see that any notable
success, or any marked or real adVauce on
the part of the Insurgents has essentially
changed us eharaetei. As the contest has
acquired greater or more formidable pro
portions, pos-nhiy the acts of foreign pow
ers and 1 ven the acts of Spain herself, of
tin? very nature, might be pointed to in de
fense of such a recognition; but now as in
its past historv. the" United States should
carefully avoid the false lights which might
lead it into the mazes ot douhttul law. and
of questionable propriety, and adhere rig
idly and sternly to the rule which Ins been
its guide. And doing only that which . is
Continue1 next week.
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'IiOXDOUT, X. Y., Dec. 4. Peter Kcle.-t,
quarryman, was found near Sangerties,
this morning, murdered, it is believed, by
some person supposing him to have money
which ho was endeavoring to collect
yesterday. j
Baltimore. Dec. 6. Apprehension is
fe't here for the safety ot the ship lia.ai,
which sailed from this port on the 25th of
April last for San Francisco, with a cargo
consisting of 1,SU0 cases of canned goods
and 2.000 tons of eoa!. She was sjMiken
011 the .ilst ot May thirty mile south of
the equator, aud has not since been heard
from.
" kw York, Dec. 4. The Kev. Justin
D. Fulton resigned tlie charge of Hanson
Place Bapti.-t -church. Brooklyn, last
night. AlHJiit seventy-live members, of
the church, including some, of the most
influential there, tendered their resig
nations. Charles Weston, one of the three negroes
to be hanged in the 17th. was married
to Catherine Guy, a white woman, on
Thursday. The ceremony was performed
in his cell, and Dolau. convicted of killing
Mr. Xac. stood up with him. The bride
being a Catholic. Weston consented to be
baptized, and was married by a priest.
Jacob Standermau rccieved notice ot
respite.
XewYork, Dec. 4. Xancy Gammcll,
aged 04, was burned to death by fire, early
this morning in lier room on West Forty
tirststreet. Philadelphia, Djc. 4. Mary Xewton,
a colored woman, aged 87, whs burned to
death in a lire in Lynn street to-day.
Clf.Vel.vnd. D.c. 4. About 7 o'clock
this morning, William Aiden, an KnglMi
man, and expressman for Cobb, Adrew &
Co., living 011 Scranton avenue, quarrelled
with his wife and becoming enraged, he
caught up an ax, anil commenced butcher
her with It, severing her head from her
body and otherwise horribly inuitilating
her. He then went to the corner ot
Garden street with an ax and hammer,
attaeted his step-daughter, cutting her in
a fearful manner. Mrs. Benton, who at
tempted to interfere, was also chopped and
pounded with the hammer. The two latter
arc stiil alive, but believed to be beyond all
hope of recovery. Th-s house presents an
awful appearance. The walls and ceiling
are bespattered with blood, ami pools of
bloody mire are lying upon ( the floor,
dishes broken, chairs upturned; showing a
terrible struggle. Aiden was arrested on
Scranton avenue, while deliberately settling
up his affairs, aud locked up. lie gives as
the reason for his triple murder, that ins
wife, who was a widow woman when he
married her, and his step-daughter, were '
stealing ' bun - out of house ; and home.
When questioned why be was1 not satisfied
will: killing his wife, he said he wanted to
put an end to all the tl d n-heips. for they
drove hiin to it. There is great excitement
in the city over this butchery. Nothing
so horrible has ever happened here.
A terrible explosion took place on Satur
day in Powell Duffreyn pit, nearTregadar.
Three miners were killed and ten severely
injured.
. Berlin. Dec. 4. Count Wendt Zie Uhlcn
bmg, who was betrothed to Prince Bis
marck's daughter, is dead. . .
Madrid. Dec. 4.--IIeavy snow contin
ues to retard military operations in Gui
puzcoa. - - - - ' . ...
Splnola lias been appointed mayor of
Madrid to fill the vacancy caused by tlie
elevation of Count ot Toreno to the Miu'u
try.' ' r -. ;'-.v-
.-. Electoral' tickets are to be distilbuted
through Spain from Dec. 6th to 10th.
The Spanish legation at TJsbon has been
raised to tlie rank of an embassy, and Senor
Castro appointed ambassador.
Baguss, Dec. 4. Kavnf Pasha has suc
ceeded in throwing fresh provisions into
Gorankso, but the insurgents assert he was
subsequently defeated near Gatscbo, leav
ing a thousand killed and . wonuded.
Xew York, Dec. 4,. Win. M. Tweed
has escaped from Ludlow jail. A dispatch
received at the police headquarters this
evening, stated that Wni.VM. Tweed had
just escaped from the custody of Warden
Dunham, of Laidlow street jail. Word was
immediately telegraphed to every police sta
tion in this citv, Brooklyn ;and the neigh
boring cities 'notifying the police to be on
the lookout. Warden Don ham subsequent
ly called on Inspector Dilk; at the police
central office, and stated that he had accom
panied the prisoner to the residence of Mrs.
Tweed, Madison avenue and 50th street,
and while there, Tweed had requested per
mission to see his wife privately. , Dun
ham unhesitatingly granted the request and
Tweed went tip stairs to his wife's rooms,
leaving one of, his sons to entertain Dun
1mm and tlie deputy. After waiting about
ten minutes. Duultam became uneasy, and
sent young Tweed up stairs to tell his father
to come down immediately, as they uesireu
to return to jail in : a short time. The
i young man returned aud informed puuhanj
his' father Imd gone. Dunham at once
searched the house, but no trace of the Boas
could be found.- Leaving the deputy in
charge of tlie hoiwe. Dunham hurried to the
residence ol" Sheriff Connor antl inilormed
him of tlie estsi pe. : Tlie police authorities
were promptly notified, and the Central
office tletecives at once went out scouring
the city in all directions.
Deputy Warden Garelener, in, charge ol
Ludlow street jail, during Warden Dun
ham's absence, stated that neither he nor
any person in tlie jail learned of Tweed's
absence until about half-past eight. A
man rang the boll, aud when the door was
opened by the deptuy warden, the man,
whose name was not known, nor his lace
familiar, said that Warden Duuliam had
sent him down to the jail to say that Tweed
had escaped ; further than this lie could net
say, and he then took his departure. It is
supposed that Tweed left the jail about 4:30
1. M., with Dunham. It Is also thought
that keeper Edward Hgnn also accom
panied them, as he Iui3 not since been seen
at the jail. This afternoon the deputy
warden took an affidavit to Mr;-Tweed,
who was then in his room bnt the deptuy
did not know tlie contents of it. Tweed
was visited by his counsel, David Dudley
Field and Mr. Wui. Edelstein, the latter a
'partner in business with Tweed' son at one
time. Although three unoccupied houses
a ijoin the residence of the Boss, none ol
them was searched. In 20 minutes after
the police were notified of the escape, word
liad reached every jiolice station, and the
mounted squad was out in force riding
through the suburbs at full speed. Inspec
tor Thorne received notice at ouce, anil soon
was at the precinct station house, and tak
ing Sargeant Whiteomband Iteteative Mc
Gown, visited the house of Tweed, and
leaving a force to guard the entrance.
Searched the house from roof to cellar, but
not the slightest trace ot him could be found.
Sheriff Connor called a number of deputies
and visited all the up town police precincts.
President Matsell, of the Board of Com
missioners, was visited at his residence,
and there all imaginable plans for the re
capture ot the fugitive were talked up, and
put into excutiou. The authorities seemed
utterly bewildered. Central office detec
tives were sent to every ia;tof the city
where there was the least possibility of
Tweed being found, and the officers on the
approaches to the North and East rivers,
were especially instructed to be watchful.
President Mutsell said, in his opinion.
Tweed escaped earlier than ie,.orted, or
the police, would have le:u more success
ful In finding at least a clue.
Sheriff Connor has olleretl a reward of
$10,000 for the arrest of Tweed. When
Warden Dunham retnrned to the jail to
night, he stated that he had been dining
witn Tweed, at tlie Boulvard. and they
had returned in a carriage to the house of
1 weed's soti-in-luw. 3lr. Douglas, where
Tweed's wife resided. Tweid asked leave
to go up stairs, to see his wife, which was
granted. He staid about 15 minutes and
he, Duuhain becoming uneasy at his ab
sence, sent Tweed's son after him. He
returned and said father was not there,
'lhe Warden rushed to the frontdoor and
looked up and down the street but saw no
person resembling Tweed, who had taken
liis hat, but left his overcoat, in the hall.
Ilogan, assistant jailer sa ys he saw Tweet I
go up three or four Steps of the stairs, bnt
is not certain he went up the full flight.
The house was searched from top to bottom,
but no trace was found. Tweed's son was
in a very excitcd condition. On learning
ot the escape he pulled his hair and ex
claimed he was ruined, so did also Douglas
the son-in-law. Warden Duuhain admits
taking Tweed out to drive three or four
times, while lie ws in his custody, as
Tweed was complaining of headaches.
The IhoikIs ot tlie Sheriff lor the proper and
faithful performance of his duties are for
450,000, and those of the Warden are $20,-
000, In Mr. 1 weed's bed room, in the jail,
directly over the head of the bed is the
motto : "Iu God we ttust,"
London. Dec. 5. The direction of the
direct U. S Cable Co. yesterday refused, it
is said, to increase the rates, and the result
will probably be a renewed contest between
the rival companies and low tariff.
A dense fog envelopes tlie city, and
traveling and trsiflic is interupted.
The Meruit! sixttial sjivs : The settliiisr
day Ht the end of November was the larg
est ever known, the nominal value ot the
t ckat ti e clearing house was "300,000,000.
PARIS. Dec. 4. I'lie luneral ot Madame
de Jazett took place to-day in Trinity Cath-
o.ic cnurcii, and though the sacred edifice
holds 4,500 K-rsoiis, thousands could not
enter, so great was the throng. The re
mains were buried in Pere la Chaise.
Minster Wasliburne anil brother are to
be absent in Egypt ami Turkey three
months.
London. Dec. C It is stated in Vienna
that Count Andressy opposes the forma
tion of an International commission to
establish an understanding between tlie
Porte and the insurgents and superintend
rheadminstratiou of Herzegovina.
London. Dec. 6. Disivitchesto the Dui-
ly A'ewjtfrom Vienna reports that the Turks
nave succeeeled 111 supplying tne garrison
of Nieisck with provisions.
London, IX-c. 5. The Cologne Uazrite
publishes a report that the IvUedive has
ordered 15.000 men to march against the
Abyssiuiaus.
L,ONlxN. Iec. 4. II. IN. steamslisp i m-
urons lias sailed 11 0111 Plymouth to search
tor and asist the missing French steamer
Aiim-tre. The steamer A'rf reports that
she spoke to tlie Aineri'ijue in lat. 47, west
lougitnde 17.
Washington. Doc. 4. The Republican
members of the House held a caucus to
night, continuing only a short time, and
renominating Blaise aud all the old offices.
Madrid, Dec. 4. Mr! dishing, U. S.
Minister, has had a long conference with
Senor Colantes, the new Minister of foreign
affairs. It is understood that tlie negotia
tions continue satisfactory.
Paoitie labors
'Ilio Marion county Teacher's Insti
tute lias bxn indefinitely postponed.
A cinnamon bar was killed near liosc-
bursc last week which weighed 500 lbs.
In a few day! the stages will run
from La Grande, via Meacham's, Wes
ton and Pendleton, to Umatilla.
A Koseburg butcher "lit out" very
early one morning last week, ami no
one knows where he lias gone.
Ere long there will be a stage station
established on the - new Umallla road,
twelve miles from Pendleton, j c V
The Statesman fays it isreported
that President Gatch, of the Willamette
University, will take charge of the Stale
University early next yeai.
TI10 Salem Grange" of P. of II , met
on Saturday afternoon in an annual
cession. The meeting was largely au
feuded ami good counsels prevailed.
The woolen factory at Brownsville is
iu active operation, turning ont . a full
line of cloths and blankets ior the home
market and shipping abroad.,
,RIrs. Uriggs aud her sou David have
been lodged in the penitemVary, sent for
five years eacli trora Josephine county
for killing tho school teacher Delcmater.
The wharf at the Farmers'warehonse
at Salem, is under water, bnt tho ware
house is "high and dry" above any
flood. That institution lias a vast
quantity of wheat in it and the owners
feel safe. ;
The wintenterm of the Willametta
University will begin Monday, pec. 6th
Tho commercial department j will be
under the direction ot II. P. Crooke,
Mrs. Bowman will have charge of the
primary room.- j .
Transactions of the .Koseburg Land
Office for November: Cash j entries
317 acres; 23 homestead entries embrac
ing 2,440 acres; 26 final homestead
entries embarcing 3,701 acres; ;46 pre
emption filing; 3 donation certificates
sstied; one raining application filed.
A man named Itobinson, living about
three miles east of IJoseburg'; let a
loaded, rifle fall from his lap a few days
ago and the cap 011 tho gun was ex
ploded sending the ball through the
lyonc of the arm. The careless i handl
ing of firearms is costing lots, if not
oceans of blool, nowadays; '
I'atric Henry Boyle, a sheep-herder,
was accused of selling liquor to Indians.
Complaint was filed before U. Si Com
missioner Bailey atPcndietou. A war
rant was issued and placed in the hands
'
of Deputy U. S. Mar-hal I. C. Disosway,
who airested the accused somewhere in
the Willow Creek country while doing
duty as herder. i
A parson who goes by the name of
W. Starr, and says he is from Portland,
Maine, has been trying to impose on
some of the Methodist brethren in Cor
vallis. lie strikes them for $2 to pay
his way to Portland, there to collect a
draft of $12,000 for produce he has
shipped fo New York, and promised to
return (5 for the two borrowed. lie
outrages the generosity of the brethren
. , t
by intimating they would charge or
receive such enormous ijsnry.
The Tlonizer says a man named W.
W. Chapman, residing i.ear Bethel, met
with a painful accident last week.
Whi e he was plowing somethirg be
came out of order about the doubletree,
when he stopped to fix it. lie had his
finger ch-se about the clevis, between
which and the doubletree it was caugut
by the team starl:ng suddenly, and cut
smooth off. He is getting along we' 1
enough, considering no surgeon w-assent
for, as it was deemed unnecessary.
Bev. I. S. Kalloch lectured recently
in San Francisco on John Buuyan, 1
whose preachings ho said were terrible
as a charge of the "Ironsides," being a
man ot courage, kindness and common
sense, who if he had never read Greek,
human nature, which was much better,
and when he final y passed over the
river of Death all the' trumpets sounded
for him on the other side.
"Are the young ladies of tho present
day fit for wives?" askeo a lecturer of
his audience. "They are fi1. tor husbads,"
responded a female voice; "but tlie
trouble is.you men are not fit for wives!
The applause was great, and so was the
discomfiture of the lecturer.
All the streams emptying into the
Sound are unusually high. The Des
Chntes is within eight inches cf the
highest mark; the Nisqnalla is higher
than ever before known by the whiles;
and the Chehalis is a!so very high. We
have heard of no particular damage yet.
The Item izer says: The dim at E.
Y. Ilallock's mill, a few miles up the
river from Dallas, gave way last-Monday
afternoon. The cause, it is said,
was the breaking of a log boom a short
distance above the darn,containing about
400 sawlogs. Mr. Pierce Clingan no
ticed the critical aspect of the concern
and very generously reported to the
men in the woods that they had better
stop putting in logs as the boom would
not stand it. They did not heed his
warning, but went on and put 100 more
logs in, and then came down to the
mill when they found the dam, boom
and logs gone. There is no telling how
many logs they put in after the concern
proke. The damage s will probably
reach 5,000 The dam was 21 years
old. '""'' :r-n?i "-.;.;' .';.'
The Pendleton paper says : "One
day this week while James or William
Looney was herding sheep at the head
of a small canyon, about three miles
from Pilot Bock, he found a saddle, saddle-bags
and some clothes that had been
placed naturally in the position found.
Mr. Looney rcc gnized the clothes as
having been worn by a man who stop
ped at his itonse about a week previ
ously. On examination of tho saddle
bags it was ascertai ed that the man
supposed to ovn them had a sister
in Walla Walla, but his or her name
could not be afcertained. A party
was organized to search for the man,
on" the theory that something might
have happened to him.
Tho Jacksonville public school have
210 pupils enrolled.
Oregon paid $47,939 internal revenue
during the fical year ending June 30,
1875.
Mr. W. Iv. Willis proposes to estab
lish an asay oflico at liosoburg.
The snow tvas two foot deep at
Quartzbiirg, Idaho last week, and the
weather very colil.
The grand jury of O: irda county,
Idaho, has indicted a bent a dozen Mor
mons for polygamy.
On last week.W. B. Gosnell of Lew
is connty, W. T., killed a largo cougar,,
having to shoot the animal three times
through the head with a yager ball
befuie killing him.
The superintendent of the LT. S. assay
office in Denver, Colorada. says that the
increase of gold and silver assayed there,
for the last four , years, has been fully
forty per cent, each year in excess of the
preceding year, j
A man named D. W. Curtis was
arrested at Boise City last week, on
suspicion that he was one ot the parties
concerned in the stage robbery near that
place, on the lOthj ult., but there being
no evidence against him, he was dis
charghed. Captain Parker ifc Co..are building a
tug. boat on the Cjoqui'le, intended for
Coqnillc and Coos bay bars. Sixty
feet keel. . ' j
The precise date of opening the State
University at Eugene has not been
agreed upon, A, corps of teachers have
been engaged.
The Owyhee AvaJa:ici : It is n;m r
ed that the United States mails, en
route to South Mountain from Trout
creek, were mysteriously captured recent
ly at the ranch of a well known county
official about six miles below South
Mountain.
The OJympia TZcho says : Ycster-1
day torenoon while a couple -of men
were coming down the bay from Tum-
water with a load of wood, their scow
began to leak. The terrified men set
up a howl of despair which brought
several spyglasses to rest upon them.
The brave captain and first officer were
the fir.-t to leave the ship. They plung
ed into the bay with adcspaiiing howl
and floundered about upon the calm
waters. A boat was sent to their res
cue, j be scow irom which tney had
leaped to save from drowning was
nearly an hour floating to the bench.
A Chinaman was arrested at Salem
on Monday for selling whisky to an
Indian.
There are C0,000 bushels of wheat
stored in the Lincoln warehouse await
ing higher prices.
Fight thousand bushels of wheat
were recently so!d at Lincoln at 90 cents
per bushels.
Tlie Minor is the name of another
paper to bo started at Pendleton by
Master C. M. Bull.
A light vote at tho Salem city elec
tion Monday. Councihncn elected :
VV. II. MeCully, J. M. Scott, II. M.
Thatcher, J. A. Baker ; three Republi
cans, one Democrat.
The M. K. C. Sewing Society meets at
Geo. F. Settlemeir's Wednesday evening
next. Come one, come all, ladies and gen
tlemen. LAXD SALE.
NOTICE Is hereby si ven that in pm-stianec of
H leere of tlie Circuit C'oe vt of 1 tie State of
Oregon, lor l he wninty of Llmi, nmu and en
tered of record at theOctoSjor term of mid cram
in l lie yciir 187.5, in a suit therein ;emiin'liere
II. A. 1 log tie ft nl. wtre pliiinilK's anil C. I.
Hone et al., were defendants. RPiiointing me,
the unders'-sned, wile referee iospll lUe follow
ing dcsorilKid real estate, to-wit:
trt A noct of bind described as follow:
C'oiiiincneins; at a 'xiint sixty rocisnovr.li of lhe
N'e, comer of seei Ion 1 In Tp 1.1 S of range 4 west
f the WHIninetle mei-iUinn, in iAnn couniv,
Oregon, l henee soufli to a point 20 rods soul h of
the son : lieast comer of tho N K K of section 1
in Tp 13 S of K 4 W of the Wil'amet.e mei ldiun,
in L.inn eonnly, Oit'Ttm thence in a orlhwwt
crly direction to anoint oa the open section line
68 rods west of the S K cos nor of tho K" E H of
section 1 R'xve de? -iberl, thence west io the 8
W corner of tlie N K li oi sec Ion 1 above described,-thence
north to the W corner of the
N K H of section 1 above descrilied, thence north
40 roc's, thence, etert SO rod, ilienee south 1CJ
rods, tbenee east 110 rods to the place of oe-jln-ntir,
savlirj and reserviiiTiroinllie tract above
descrilied a st rip of land in tliesotuhwest co.-ner
thereof, eominin; nliont S ?4 ac c . and deeded
lv James I'. Ilosne to Ilenjaini.i Kmttatn on
tile 14th dav of October, UHi, a id duly recorded
in book F of tlie Kecordsof Deeds In 1.1 nn conn
ty, 0-e?o;i,on paw 730 1 hereo.', on the 13th day
of Octoler. ISMS. The tract to be sold as above
desci l!ed conipins 128 acres, more or less.
Svon'l Tho north H ot f lies W X of section
8i$ In Tp 12 soui li of range 4 west of iho Willam
ette meridian, in Linu county, Oregon, cc.itain
insr 80 acres.
The south oftheSW If of seel Ion 30
In Tp 12 8 of range 4 west of the Wii'ameue me
ridian, in l.inn cornty, O-egon, '.o etber with
the SEX of tlieS K M of sec. Ion 1 in Tp 12
south of rane 4 west of the W;llfiinefe merid
ian, in i L.luit couuty, Oregon, con. Ainl.iiJ 120
acres. - -'
J-lurth The east H of the N K V, and lots 3
nnd i of soc.1 ion 2, in Tp 13 sonth of ran're 4 west
of the Willamette meridian, containing 120
OS. If.D acres.
t'i.ih Tho south X of lota 5 nnd 6, In bloe.k
Xo. 1 in tho ciiy of Allmny, in Unit county,
Jresron.ns desertbed'on ti'e null of t.itd cilr on
flic in tlie office of the County Clerk of Llnn-
couniy, irregon.
And wheceas aconmission was lhsned out of
siildConrt, under the sad t hereof, direc'ii"? me
to sell said preiniises, by vii-tne or said decree
and commission, 1 will, as such Koferec, i i to
t lie hitthoMt hiddtr, at the Court Ilouce door. In
Linn county, Oregon. Oil tho
ISIh day fisnnary, 1876,
bet ween the hours of one (1) and tour (4! o'clock
P.-M. of stilil day. tho real ptopei-ty b!kvo des
crilied, in i lie parcels a herein dtwr'tx-d.
TKiiiis ok 8AL.K -ilolil coin, canh In hand.
Cas-SKK NOTICE HEI.OV.a
t'DANK M1KDD,
December 10, 187J. Helereo.
Money to Lomi i J I
To parties purchasing the farmin-j lands des
cribed above, which are to be sold at pubMe Ven
due, nt t lie Court Honso door in A Ibany, on Sat
nrdav the 1 1 h day of January, 187rt:
If yon want a splendid farm, now Is your op
portunity. i
If you only want a mrg, cosey lit! to homo,
now is your oppoi tuni.y.
o.io of tlie best farms in Linn county to be
sold in in. cola. -
Haifa dozen men cnti now secure homes tor
themselves and families, wltn a very small
amount of rendy money.
The undersigned, Uwetner with other part les
interested In this property, propose to advance
or loan money on Ionic time to the patties who
rrny purchase the above described tannins
lands, on notes secured by mortgage on the
land purchased, to the amount of thrce-fourtli
Ihi of the pnreha.:o price, and will be lu atieiid
nnoe on the day of Rale, ready to back tlie pur
chasers to any amount, on these terms. '
Although the terms of the Referee's sale are
ciuth. it will be seen at once that mrties destrins
to purclmtie will not necessarily bo required to
nave more i nan oue-iounu 11 oi iw iiuruiias
ina price ava'UUJo.
For an v furt her information call on or add ress
me at Sliedrt, Orefton . C. P. HOUUii.
- Dec 10, 137liwl
"You would bo very pretty indeed "
said a gentleman patronizingly to a
young lady, "if your eyes were only a
little larger." "My eyes may bo very
small, sir, but such people as you don't
till them!"
A woman is very much like a kettle,
if you think of it. She sings away very
pleasantly, then, the eong. stops, and,
when you least expect it, she boils over.
- - . i - ,
"If Smith undertakes to pnll my
earss,'! paid Jones, "lie will just have
his hands full uowl"; . Tlie crowd looked
at tlie man's ears, and thought so, too.
23"XJ W"
Furniture Rooms.
Bepra leave to unnonnM to the eitlrens of this
cliy and sumiunding country, that ho baaopen
ed a large stock of j, (
hvthe building lately occnplea by I)r. Plum
pier's drug store, on Virst street, where can bo
had, on most reasonable terms,
Parlor Sot, ' ' : .
Bedroom Salt,
: Solan,
' Lonnseii, " 5 ' :
Ensy Clialra, . . .
Center Tabic,
Whatnots,
Desks,
Book-cases,
' Safes,
Wardrobes,
and in fact everything else n coded to
GO TO HOUSEKEEPING.
Jty goods nre well made nnd of tho very
Latest and Ilandnomest Styles.
3?11ICES WAY ' DOWN.
CJrFmxiTCRE mnnu&tctared to order, nt
short notice.
&5 Furniture rcpnirc' aid pnt In good shape
on short notice.
Give me a call.
F. S. DlTXXIXCS.
Albany, Nov. 20, 187. lOvU ;
PURITY I ACCURACY !
DR. PLUK.R.E.?,
DRUGGIST,
Iurc ami Frcwli
DRUGS AND MEDICINES !
Oils,
Perfuuicrlcs,
Toilet Articles,
lltl'SISKS AXII KHOVLDER liRATIS.
STiat.TLY RELIABLE .
LIQUORS!
For Kolcly sfedlcnl t'aca.
ALSO ' "
School Books, Stationery,
Cigars find Tobacco.
SSS Proserlptionsearefiilly filled. Ti
FOR
BLANK DEEDS. 1
Xeatly executed.
Call at the Register OCi -
ALBANY FOUNDIIY.;,.
4nd : '
31 achine Shop,
A. V. CHERRY Proprietor,
AIJANT, CiREGOX,
Manufactures Steam Engines,
Flour and Saw Mill M acltln
.. . T
WOOD WORKIXO
y . ... .j I .. And r - . -
AGRICULTURAL F.1ACHinnYa
And all ktnes of .. ,
IKON AND BiiASH C'ASTIHCiS.
Partlcnlar attention paid to repalrin alt
kinds of machinery. lv
JOHN SCHMEER,
DXALIB I!t-
Groceries & Provisions,
ALBANY, OREGON1.
HAS JT79T OPEXKD HIS SEW RROCEB -
establishment on nirwr of Kllsworth
and First streets, with a fresh stock of
i-oceries, Provisions, Candies, Clears, lo
bueeo, Ac, to which lut Invites tho attea
Won of oar citbtens. . " i
- Tn connection with filestore he will keep
a Ilakorj-, and will always have oa hand a
full supply of fresh bread, crackers, Ac
62P Gall and see me.
JOIIX 8CIIMEER.
February 1G-34V
BROOlU FACTOSY I
V. D. D ELDINC.
WHO MASmPACTTREn THE FIRST
rood Broom ever made in Allmny, ;
lins returned from California, and loemed
permanently In this city, where he lias
ajrnln cnmnienood the nuuiuifeetura of mi
kinds of y , j ,.j ,, j
Brooms, Brushes, TIsps,
Ac., at his factory nn First street, nt John,
MetKler'sold stand, east of Miufnoliu Millf,
where he lnvltesthose wishimra flrstelaaa
bixiom to call aud seenre it of him.
. "V. V. BKLDXXq,
Albany, Oct. lfl, 13 Hv1