The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-31
GENERAL NEWS.


Chicago Is now the great distributing
postofice for all the Amerlcan mails for
the Pacific States and Asia.
Gen. Tilton 10 bis report Of the North
Pacific Railroad found Snoquaimie Pass
70 be 4,626 feet above tide water; Cove
Its Pass, 4,2lO feet and Cady's Pass, s.
III feet. Surveys were made in other
places. but with less accuracy. Gen. Til
ton sums up with this statement: IL
consider these surveys have clearly shown
shat the Cascade range Of mountains can
be crossed at maximum grade Of, say 20
feet per mile or the western slope.
The Chief Engineer estimates the val.
ne Of the land grant of SIT 900 900.
which will be much increased By the
building Of the road.
The only eligible points at the head Of
Lake Superior for . terminus are at or
near the mouth Of the Sc. Louis river on
Superior Bay. The water, however, t.
shallow, having o depth of eleven feet.
only in few places. The outlet Of the.
Lake has depth Of twelve feet, and vss-
sells adapted 70 that depth can pass through
Sc. Clair river. twelve years observa.
ton gives seven months as the mean
length Of time each season when the har.
Dor Of Superior is free from ice."
TO the report table Of distances IL ap.
pended which shows that the distance
from New York to Puget Sound by the.
Northern Pacific is 3,04O miles, while the
distance from New York to San Francisco.
by the Union Pacific is Z, Az miles. From
New York to ShaDghi ria Chicago and
San Francisco, the distance is 10,423,
while the distance be ween the same points
Via Chicago aud Northern Pacific Rail-
road Is but 1856 miles. Distances to Ja-
pan aud Northern China are relatively less
by the Northern Pacific railroad.
1t is estimated that there are over H.
00O head Of cattle in Texas alone, but
prior to the war that State only contained
1000, 900 head. The demana ceased and
the cattle throve during the conflict, until
they have increased enormously.
The opening Of the Pacific Railroad
has enabled the Postmaster General to
save $500, 900 yearly on the Wells, Fargo
Il Company contract, lie has also Just
made such change in what is known as the
III PasO contract, namely, from Texas to
New Mexico, as will save S1O5, 900 year.
ly, and such changes in other frontier
routes as will reduce the expenses Sz0O.-
900 more.
The Protestant population in the Aus
trian empire amoun.s TO 3,l40, $50, Of
whom ], ,z20, ,0S3 are Lutherans and 1,912,
249 are of the Reformed faith.
The new Chicago Directory contains
1l5,OU0 names-Z0, ,0O0 more than Iast
years.
A Salt Lake dispatch Of the l4th says !:
A train Of fifteen wagons, with nine fami-
lies, on the way 70 Oregon, passed through
here yesterday.
A steam plOw trial lately came OF in
New Jersey, which was success.
Thirty-eight millions Of bushels Of grain
have gone out from New Orleans, in spite
Of the slowness OF dealers and greed Of
mOnoplies, which the St Louis DemocToe
thinks is pretty fair beginning. But L
IS only beginning. The direct shIpment
from st. Louis by propeller is gong to
. teach New Orleans that she must be re. .
souaDie 10 her charges.
Ex-senator Hendricks, Of Indiana, is
said u have started for the Pacific cUas,.
In single day last week SIT tons Of
wheat left stockton (Cal.) iOr San fran
cisco.
Orders have been raceived By one house
! 10 San Francisco from Chicago, for slx
tO0s Of grapes and pears, Of the eaEIy
, crop.
CalifOrnia ID 20 hare . aJapanese eolosy.
and the members uill bring banbeA null
: berry trees, wax plants and tea seeds, 90
as to establish . miniature Japan on ouz
shores.
The party connected with the CAieses
Committee Of Commerce, now ''doing" Cal.
itornia, numbers about one hundred persons.
E News Of the 10th Of June from japan
, state that the MikadO had begun an 1t.
tack on the rebels 1t Hakodadi--resuli
not known.