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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

Cen Clerserct is placartiin., the wall.
Of Paris with an iiiiln,n1af,rv address
agaims, she Resolutions Passed b., the poy-
ernment of Lyons, that, should Paris
surrender, her right 10 eapitulate shall
not BE- recognized, and that the cjtv of .
Lyons ahd Peop!e will defend the country
to the last man.
Tie Submarine cable between Prussia
and Sweden has been cut by the French.
T0uas, Sept. 20. = All tele.raphic
communication with Paris ceased yester.
day.
Thicrs started on special train to day
for Vienna, whence he proceeds to ST.
Petersburg.
IloRf.cE. Sept 20--s. a. m The
seize Of Rome commenced by five diyis
ions. under Gen. Cardovs, who viii invest
tile cry Resistance is u mere matter Of
tulm and the surrender of the city is
expected Tomorrow.
FLoEENcT, Sept 2l.-Rome is occu-
bood>hcd, the Pope forbdlns any re-
>istance ] he Romans received the
| Italians with the 2rcateSt onthusia> ny.
The city of Forcnce Is covered will,
1a.s in honor of the news Of the oecapa-
'i"' vi ie'iiic ~ '''9 ltdiih'S '"l io'
! PIE afe neiriy crazy VITA oe!'@ht-
Marveieu' actl::'y prevails on 'he part
! OF the tTsaeh at ai.d a''nnd iarls
f'arti'"' Is i'Fa bsih- taf""h up ae Tue
northern all'f,aahes TO the cry and the
oeienses ali other SIDES are hein1 s'ich2'hz
e""7 every sour'
i1t II, sept. u -, + t'i,''Ie' '"a'
+ me russians on the i1''e ol 'he oi-
! ieaos latlfotd. "i'eF a Shtif enG' '4e'he'i'.
we're ftInseu ana GtlFeh h"cN upon
9ieie~hertes
iron clad @u"ooa's. Tor the deiehse %
f"rlS' have comtiet'eei oPeF"''" '"'i'
il"a;iL.1 batteries haze befA erected
to defend the entrances of the rivers @
tra"et
1he bo,l'I special dispatches ln:l-
mates bat bI~m'rck has manifested Z
/ d'eI"9it''n 10 fevede ff2h ms tAleii'c
terms, ;:nd viii treat with the l'f"''s','
a. "'Eef'i.'tH' ;'s S'"i, iS ,.'' 'oNtt ''''s
n'e' e.''.ii' 'l'e'' ~ ''it No'l7''' u'i''isl
-lSS'"3i5.
i'rHs>'an feet mo-" h.tihE taI sea at
4 Cr@netAlt
II i~ reported That the i'.s:-s.i"s f'cE.
badly 'iet''a a.ed yesief.1ay IA a.! attemFt t"
s'oi II "tse q TN ~ VEL "i i'''l'7'
= et''' - :
o'd'ttd "il tf''iS III 'he country u con
ver--e Oh faFtS,
NnHaled That the =fench nave entered
Ofl"aus
Following Hi@i'"te, i'as been TecriN cd
~ 'he -i1"'S'fJ s-{t'fi'i' 'Si';
"Af7 mas '-"'A 'e' = az eHer "
u-7'''h> were 'si'n'1eu ana tA'F gun
az ~ }aii'ta.
: fsieF'%a 'hht fa1 russians Ia
TrStfn@ satts haFo been acit3'ed "h 'i't
i,-'''7 u - so''''n ana s'i'e'e'' ''eaS )
i'9st -,
i'''Nt'sfN' = Pf' = ! = 'ieFnl"h '''ees
no" eeet'P5 N"",at9
IL Is sa.'l s'.A' zen "'fi'f '''se''efs
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The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

Fiuken, the partner Of Major Goddard,
the man who swindled the Portland
merchants, is still confined in the county
jail The creditors Of the late firm pay
his board in Jail, aud seem disposed to
keep him ehere until the last horn blows.
- UdWa IT0lXa Statesman.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

Ihe ninth census shows Multnomah
county to have population of Ii, ,513. as
lollows: Males, 6,1s9 females, 4, 4,619 ;
eo'ored males, 5SS; colored females, 1T.
Number Of voters, 8 .265.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

GRAND LoDGE.-The Grand Lodge of
l. o of G r., meets at Oregon City, on
the 18th day of October, 1870
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

The ba,n Of Mr. Joseph Foss, ou
Howell Prairie, was burned the other day,
together with several hundred bushels Of
grain besides nearly all his farm.
implements
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

1t is said that the mitraiileusc is much
the same machine as that which inspired
d Texas Ranger, at Atlanta, TO offer to
stand off Il hundred yards and let the
inventor turn the thing loose on him for
six ,eks, at two dollars and d half Il day
Grading has commenced this side of
the Santiam. Holiday is determined to
have tile ears running 10 Albany by next
December
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

President Fay made a great mistake
in not placing Mr.. Stout at the head Of
thc Committee on Corporations"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

As the Italian Government has taken
decided steps in sending troops tp Rome,
we may soon expect to hear that the
Eteru4 City has become the capital Of
the Italian Kingdom, aud the temporal
rule Of the Z, Pc has ended. It IS said
that Victor Emanuel will set apart por-
,iou Of TIE city Of Rome for the especial
use Of the Pope and his Cardinals. and
provide an adequate yearly endowment
for his aud their support, and will not
Interfere with his liberty of action in eccle
iasti al matters. 1t is not known whether
his Holiness will accept these terms it
is even rumored tl.a, he proposes TO leave
Rome, with theintention OF making Eng
iaud mis- future residence.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

Go IT yE CRIPPLEs-1h he Democratic
Senate Of the Oregon Legislature has
voted Senator Herman, Of Douglas, cut
OF his seat, aud Mr.. Mosher in. Mr.. Her
nlau has served one term in the Senate,
having been elected in 1853. They mi eht
just as we'll have given Herman's seat to
10 Teal; and legally he would have been
just much Senator as Mosher Sail in,
Democracy. ii you think there's no here
alter.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

IL rive skir;ing Fontainbleau there
IS . hinge boulder in the bed, now dry.
and which has not been seen since two
Centuries, hcn the la dreadful drou Int
afiicl Frasce. .At that period WAS cagrav-
ci on the stone Those who have seen
me CT c i. and those who may again view
me, shall weep"
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

Legsl tenders, 873@8Sac; gold, ia.
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-09-24

ECHOES FROM THE e CAPlTAL = 81
lowing from the Portland Herald are pu,
!, far our Democratic friends.
ia pa - ,n.,, &C o,.
,rha,,s - .rha Rtt,Ia 80 H., ,j,s
-, I-'..l aL'n - :, ts,,,.a >,
n game ia" Is 10 he lhtf"uueeu lor 'He
protection OF mailard and canvass back
duck and doc Teal
The Portland lr"a foundry will not be
affected by the provisions Vi AIMS blH
to pr"hiblt cas;e
/ he knowing ones say that it is
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
Ottumwa.

We have seldom had the opportu-
nifty 70 copy anything approvingly,
as we now do the following, from
Henry Clay Dean, written to the
Cincinnati Enquirer, over the. appro.
pirate incog ofaOld Harry"
''The center Of Iowa has been rap.
idly improving. Six years have
changed the entire face Of the coun.
try and phase Of business AFFAIRS
Among tho interior towns Ottumwa
is growing with the greatest rapid
ty. A very extensive coaitield with
six-foot vein surrounds the city up.
on every side, and is inviting machine
shops, Of every variety, from every
part of the country. These people
are making the common mistake ol
all Western cities-placing thei,
property at too high q price, and dri
wing the people from, instead of in
vlting them to, their towns. 1t re
quires time to make cities.
"a magnificent bridge is beinl
built over the Des Moines River t
receive the trains from the terminul
oftne North Missouri Railroad, which
will soon enter this place. From
this place the trains mako ST. Louis
Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha
each in twelve hours. The railroat
mania has entire possession of tn
people, and railroad projects are nu
merous and vari0us. The resources
| of this rich country are equal to an,
other region of the West, and prom
ises agrand early future"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
ORDERS sOLICITED.l

out their mode Of figuring with these
allowances. The Committee propo-
sed to fix the pay asfollows General,
twelve thousand dollars; Lieutenant
General $4,000 which he thought
was good salary for young man
without family; Major General
81, 500; Brigadier.G General $1,000;
Colonels 81, 800; Lieutenant Colonels
| So, 900; Captains, mounted, $4,000;
not mounted 81 800; Adjutant 81 500;
Regimental Quartermaster $1,000;
First Lieutenant, mouted, 81 900; not
mounted 1900; Second Lieutenant,
mounted, $500; not mounted 81 500;
Chaplain 81, 200; retired officers to
receive Is pcr cent. pay of the rank
in which they retired.
Mr.. Logan said the saving effected
by this bill would Approximate s3 ,OO0,.
900.
The bill was then considered by
sections.
The first three sections Of the bill
were amended slightly, and sections
four to twelve inclusive, We're agreed
to without amendment.
Section Thirteen, transferring the
Indian Bureau to the War Depart
ment, was on motion Of Mr.. Logan
stricken out, and in lieu thereof a
section was inserted providing for an
assimilated rank Of Professors Mt
Military Academy.
Section fourteen was slightly
amended, and new section, with ref.
erence to the examination of artil.
lery was offered, and the bill then
passed.
Several members were then per-
mitted to file speeches for publica-
ton in the Globe. Adjourned.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17

"a u X A
.slrhe tGranite Stats has sounded the
key note for the contest Of 1870,
grandly. Last year, our candidate
for Governor, Hon. Onslow Stearns
received only 377s majority, and
this year, with Bedel, soldier Demo.
crat, Barrows, Temperance, and
Flint, Labor Reformj 70 run agsinst
the sameman isre-elected by about
lsW nAjmitys Flint, and Barrowl
we're bogus candidates, and, drew
nearly aH theif support ftom thesotea
Of sorehsaded Rspublicans.
Of course both Houses Of the leg.
islsture are nearly unanimouslyi Re.
publicanaaq aIa hNO2kga
Under all tho circumstances, the
Republicans Of the noble old Granite
State, never achieved q more honor
able and glorious victory, for which
grateful lRepublicans, ail over 1She
land send them their profound
thanks.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
Waits From the National
Capitol.
.Stran Items.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.,
March 5th, 1870.

Well posted Congressman inform
me that in all probability Congress
will not adjourn before the first Of
July. Much legislation remains to
be accomplished, and it will not be
possible TO finish the work blocked
out in shorter time.
Some soreheads in JuIian's district
are trying to defeat his -nomina.
tion to Congress. This is bad policy:
The best way for State to have an
influential delegation in Congress is
to make few changes. When a faith
full man is found keep him on the
track.
A scurrilous little penny sheet
published here, and called "The
Morning Ne,os"-edited by two lead
ing copperheads, has been snappiPa
at the heels Of Senator Harlan. 1t il
about the size of an eight by ten
pane Of window glass and as moul
der of public sentiment it is power
full. Senator Harlan's friends are
terribly worried! When the Ne,os
the Sun and the Gazette combine to
go for q man who has an honorable
record Of fourteen years in the
Senate, We may expect small
earthquake.
Gen. N. P. Chapman, of Iowa, il
taking an active part in the nov
movement, to place this city an,
Georgetown on q Territorial basis.
The Iowa folks here. under the all
spices Of the Iowa Republican Asso
citation, will have another of thei
pleasant sociables at Liberty Hall
next Tuesday evening. The affai
promises to be an interesting one
| All the prominent officials of on
State, and many others from othe
Ssates will be present.
i Major I. ]. Tedford, an excellen
young man from Davenport, has re
ceived an appointment in the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau of the Treasur
Department
i N. McCrea, Esq, of keokuk, on
of the best men in Iowa, has bee
appointed to = position i'll the Wa
Department. "Mack" was for sever
al years tip top clerk in the Agr
cultural Bureau, under the admins
tration of the late Sir Isaac Newtor
but resigned and went West. II
now comes back to try it again i
Washington.
i T. NJ. Wilkins, Of Anamoss, an
who was appointed Secretary Of d.
kota Territory, has been remove
and somebody, whose name | hay
forgotten, appointed instead.
| paroNAr
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
From Chicago.

A New York dispatch says OF op-
erations in gold yesterday, that the
general impression is that the bears
got the worst of the fight. They
were confident before business began
that they could force gold to s1.09,
aud many bets were made that it
would touch that figure before night.
The bulls are more hopeful than on
yesterday, and talk contidentially,-
Vanderbilt is said to be backing up
two prominent bull operators With
i've million dollsrs, in hopes that
higher premiums on gold will keep
the stock market buoyant.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
Divorces Made Easy

Cullom's Investigating Committee
has developed some curious and funny
things about the Latter Day Saints,
the following copy ola divorce, for
instance
"know all persons by these pres
snts, that we, the undersigned, Geo,
Clarke and Louisa A. Clarke, before
her marriage to him Louisa Amanda
Clarke, do hereby mutually covenant
promise, aud agree to dissolve from
the relations which have hitherto
existed between US as husband and
wife, and to keep separate and apart
from each other from this time forth
"In witness whereof we have
hereunto set our hands, at Salt Lake
City, Utah Territory, this 10Th day
of July, A. D. 1869.
GEORGE CLARkE.
her
LOUISA A. \ CLAKE,
"ln presence Of mark
IT. r. ELLERBECk.
r. f. HAgsoy."
Shepherd sells the genuine p. W
| Ramsdell Norway Oats.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17

ave made some remarks about the
chairman of the democratic Central
Committee, Saturday, under . L1lsap
prehension of who the chairman was.
We now understand Mr.. Evans is the
chairman, who is not the man we
meant at all. Mr.. Evans undoubted-
ly has political iniquity enough to
answer for. withouE charging him
with an offense he is, not capable Of
committing, to.wit: sending fraudu.
ant tickets TO the soldiers in the
front.-CoURIER."
ave accept the amendment, and
add this: The "remarks" were
probably intended for Mr.. Briscoe
and General Hedrick is again mista
ken for we are certain that no such
tickets were, sent to the soldiers in
the front, by John RIiscoe or any
other democrat -Copperhead.
We stand ready to prove BY hun
dreds Of men and BY the printed
evidence itself. that tickets were
sent to the 36th Iowa with "Repub
loan Ticket" 1t the head, and all tht
Republican candidates on them ex
cept the name of J. E. Gillespie fol
Clerk, whose namo was stricken out
and Hugh ',rown's inserted. 10 IN
0. Briscoe being Browns deputy al
the time, and many other circum
stances ofa suspicious and CONCLUSIVE
character, having come into sou1
possession, pointing unerringly K
his guilt, we have not hesitatet
heretoforesto charge him with tha,
offence, which he has not taken the
tronble to deny. lfhe is not guilty
will our cotemporary please inform
us who the dirty dog is, that we ma,
do justice to the innocent, and met
out due punishment to the guilty
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
Dean. 81

AHVD1As. Va
We didn't regard Deans antics
here Feby 22d, last, as worthy OF
notid1. Al est6emsd lsdy CORES.
pondent, however, thinks different,
and tackles the lloathsome subject
with u spiritworthy Of y bettsraand
decenter cause. s1Bq q asea7aq e53 ge'f
A careful reading Of her article
elsewhere, will conclusively show
that she has Dean on the hip in the
scriptulal business.
Her Arguments, to prove the unity
Of the racos, and that God made Of
one bl16d all the races ofmen which
dwell upon the face Of the earth, seem
to be un.nswerable. Thus Dean,
the Caucasian, becomes the man and
brother of sambo, the African. The
negro is to b commisserated. Are
/ his missortunes mover to culminate
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
From INDIANAPOLIS.

A school teacher near Greenfield,
Indiana, named Dunn, struck one OF
bis scholars, young man named
Gadst, on the head with an iron
poker yesterday, from the effects OF
which he died last night Dunn has
been arrested.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
From st Louis.

Hemap's Mechanic Bank resumed
specie payments yesterday. 1t had
about $4,000 in circulation.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
DEs MONIES, Iowa, March Q

~ III DEs MONIES, Iowa, March 3.
EDS. COURIER
aa The Senate to-day
had up the bill for the appropriation
of 800, 900 for the completion Of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Council
Bluffs, and after considerable discuss
ion the bill was referred back to tho
Committee on Public Buildings, with
instructions to prepare ana report
. bill giving such appropriation as
the Committee deem necessary to
complete that portion of the building
already commenced, and make II
ready for use with necessary outbuil.
dings &c. This will involve an ex.
penditure of about 10000, and il
probably all the appropriation that
win be made for this purpose
Whom tho building is thus finished,
it will accommodate 100 pupils and
will afford full relief for the present
The Senate this afternoon took up
discussed, and passed the bill appro
priating $500, 900 to the Iowa Hospi
tai for the Insane at Independence
This appropriation looks large, but
I believe it 20 be notwithstanding
just and proper that it should have
been done. Humanity demands
earnest and liberal work in behalf o1
that unfortunate portion OF our peo
pie who are bereft Of reason.
In the House, the all absorbing
topic Of the State House occupied
the whole day. The beauty, wit
fashion and elegance ; in a word the
combined power Of Des Moines, with
many allies from abroad, have exer
cised,:. what might seem to be ar
Overwhelming influence during this
week upon the Legislature to carry
this measure, and yet the fortunes O
the contest hang in doubtful balance
The day was spent in discussi or
and to a great extent confined to
statistics upon the revenue and re
sources of the State. The friends O
the Bill were greatly aided by the
friendly information derived from
the State officers, and thus wer,
also cheered on in the fight by thu
smiling counter ances and earnes
hand -clapping of Des Moines fai
ladies. However the orators Of tn
opposition made gallant warfare an,
stood by their colors with indomit
able pluck, giving blow for blow
At about o'clock p. M, Mr.. Kassol
closed an argument ofabout an hou
calling for the previous question Of
tho motion to engross the bill for
third reading, and the roll call com
menced. When the name Of tn
gentleman from Davis County (M,
Norris) was called, he rose and sta
ted that he had not fully made up hi
mind upon the bill, and desired to b
excused from voting, but the Hous
was inexorable and would not gran
his request, SO he he was obliged
show his hand. and voted aye. Th
count disclosed the fact that ther
were 10 ayes to 4S nays, So the bi
was engrossed by u majority cf on,
Had the wavering mind Of the gel
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y FROM DES MONIES.
HALL OF THE HOUSE,
. y Y DEs MorSrs, March 9Th, 1870.
Especial ooRREspoNDENcE.1

-aA - u u =.
DEs MorSrs, March 9Th, 1870. 7
ESPECIAL ooRREspoNDENcE.1
Eds. CoURIER: aa,se,s
ss,.. .,,@,a,,ss This morning the
Committee on Public Buildings bro't
in report recommending tho Capt.
tol"Bile" be opened; and as this
thing had been fostering for some
time, the process Of letting out It's in.
wards commenced. Tho Committee
recommended an amendment, to
procure, if possible, an Iowa man
tor Architect. Kasson at once sprang
to his feet and opposed the amend.
tnent speaking for the friends Of
the bill. Mr.. Arnold, of Marshall, a.
vored the amendment in . short
speech. It was looked on as = test
vote, and atty members favored the
amendment, . majority Of the whole
House. Second knock 2 down for
the opponents ofths aBils."a Kasson
then moved that the Bill be ordered
engrossed and read q third time.-
Mr.. Trser moved its indefinite post
ponemsnt, snd then 'smoved imme-
diately on their works" in an hours
speech, full ofstatistics, which cannot
be Rainsaye He. WAS followed in a
few facetious remarks by Pat. Glib
bons Of Keokuk, whose strongest ar
gumentis 10 the humorous wag Of
his headog this stage an adjourn
ment was had for diLner. At2P.
NJ. the House assembled again, and
every available space in the hall, gal.
lery and lobby, was crowded with
the beauty, wit, talent and t'store
clothes" Of Des Moines, ready to smile
on their friends, and frown on their
opposers. John Irish let off his com.
bnstibles, and attempted to dispute
Traer' sfacts aud fi1 ures with general
statements, but Traer held him to it,
and he could produce his facts. Irish
was followed by Cults Of Mahaska, in
the best speech yet delivered on the
floor of the House during the ses-
sion, and showed conclusively why
this thing should not be done at this
time, and gave an exhaustive reviow
of the finances from the Auditors re
port, showing that S4SO,00O of the
assets of the State were delinquent
taxes and not likely to be available
and that tho counties favoring this
appropriation were farthest behind
on the delinquent tax list.
Kasson next took the floor, and
asked the members not to be scared
by Cults financial exhibit, remark.
ing that the people of Iowa were
noted for not being easily scared, as
their record in the late unpleasant.
ness testified. He then went on to
tell how badly the present State
House was cracked, and how unsafe
the foundations were, and had the
clerk read q statement made out by
Q Des Moines builder, who they got
to examine the building and pronoun
/ ced it very unsafe. Several ladies
here left the He'll in great haste.
Kasson moved an adjournment
and if the old s'Shebang" don't fall
down before ten O'clock tomorrow
we will 60 up and hear the balance
of Kasson's speech.
Yours in great fear, (Kasson't
scare.) JOHNNY CADDoo.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17

Tom. Devin has seed corn, which
he warrants will grow and has it on
sale at Derby's.