The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-10-02

NEWS PARAGRAPHS

cago on account Of the illness Of his
wife.
/ The San Francisco Erening Bulletin
has purchased in New York an eight
cylinder Hoe press, with a capacity for
printing l4,000 copies an hour.
1t is estimated that the immigration
to Minnesota will reach from. 10000 to
! 100000 for 1869. The present popu-
lation of The State is 475 1000.
john Catalow recently rode from Silver
City to Boise in four hours and thirty
minutes, starting at six, and arriving at
/ ten thirty A. NJ, making but one change
of horses. The distance is sixty miles,
/ and considering the character Of the road
is an unparalleled feat of riding.
1 An eagle recently tried to gobble mp
the brazen cock on the corporation nag
staff at Victoria, and was quite surprised
at the iDdigestible material. The Colon'st
asks: Has this incident any political
significance Was the eagle an avdnt
courier of the fulfillment of Mr.. Stewards
prediction which points toward the an
nexation of British. Columbia
Nowadays, if Democrat don't like
the platform of one State, all he has
to do is to cross the border into another
In almost every State the party has
different platform.
The Cuban Junta have voted the
widow of Secretary Rawlins $4,000 in
bonds of the Cuban Republic, as an evl-
dence of their respect for her husband.
The gift is of problematic value, how
ever.
OF the seven Republican Senators who
voted against the impeachment OF An
drew y Johnson, it is somewhat strange
that but two remain unscathed by the
hand of death, or by political or other
misfortune. These two are, Judge
Trumbull. of Illinois. ard Senator Ross,
of Kansas Henderson, of Missouri,
and Van Winkle, of West Virginia,
have been superseded. Fowler, of Ten
nessee, will have to give place to Andy
himself or some other man. Fessenden,
of Maine, has just died. Grimes, of
Iowa, is an invalid, and has resigned.
As the great poet says, $50 runs the
world away
In order to remove the dissatisfaction
expressed against the present postage
stamps, the Postmaster General pro-
poses to change them. and with this view
he has directed the bank company which
furnishes them to prepare for new issues
The heads of Washington, Jefferson,
Franklin, jackson and Lincoln are to be
restored, in place of the present designs,
to be represented as profile busts, each to
represent the various denominations.
The stamps are to be larger than those
now in use, and oblong. Instead of $50
being printed on a sheet, there will only
be 100. The former color-red-will
also be restored. A mouth or two will
eiapse before the new stamps will be
ready.
The New York Nation has very
correct conception of the party of
''dead issues.' 1t says: The Demo-
cratic party has had only imbeciles for
chiefs since the Southern wing went into
delirium; but madness more curable
than idiocy, and that still prevails in
their councils in our Northern section.
The Chicago Times says that Mr.. Pens.
dleton proposes reversal OF the financial
policy of Secretary Boutwell,. AS the
Secretary is paying off the national debt
at the rate of about one hundred millions
year, contemporary infers that Pen
dleton would turn the tide in the oppo-
site direction, and increase the debt at
about the same rate.
The Republic of Cuba has at last found
nation to recognize it. The Republic
of Peru has proclaimed that .'the inde-
pendence Of the island of Cuba from
Spanish dominion, aud also the Republi-
can form of government therein establish
ed, are hereby by this nation recognized"
The action of Peru will no doubt soon be
followed by all the South American Re-
publics.
There has been some surprise expressed
at the absence of Mrs Rawlins from
Washington at the time of her hus-
bands death. She was sick at Danbury,
Conn. The last of General Rawlins'
children was but week old when he
died.
A girl in Cincinnati lately adopted
new way of bringing her lover to the
point" She met him on the bank of
the river, and charged him with having
another gal" and on his bantering her,
attempted to drown herself before his
face. Of course he had to rescue her,
when the understanding was arrived at
without further delay.
The Illinois State Journal of the 18th
September contains an account of the
proceedings at the commencement of
work on the Lincoln monument at Spring.
field. The foundation is to be finished
the present year, and the whole structure
is to be completed during the year 1870.
The available funds of the Association
know amount to 58,663. The Monu-
ment, when completed, will be unequaled
in the country.
A correspondent has met with the fol-
lowing new Westernism in Idaho I
asked an old sailor if raspberries we,e
plenty, to which he replied. "Oh, GER
tainly, sir, there are raspberries till you
can't rest" A young lady speaking of
another about to be married, said, ssOh,
you should see her outfit dresses and
dresses till you can't rest y
I" w hats that2" asked school mas