The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-10-01

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Colorado. l can see Mt. Hood at this /
while / am writing. The snow
is in strange contrast with the weather at |
eighty-six degrees.
On my way to Cape Disappointment,
on large sand island I saw more than
one thousand seals, right in the mouth
of the river. AS the Columbia sometimes
sends its fresh water ten miles out to sea,
it is evident that salt water is not indis-
pensable to these strange animals. What
a splashing they made when our little
steamer blew her whistle We tried to
surround them and drive them back to
shore, but we found it could not be done
with our fleet of only one small boat
One old fellow wagged his tail waggishly
at us as he diyed under the boat
The salmon fisheries of the Columbia
will be worthy of letter by themselves
when | have learned more about them
They surpass anything of their kind
Some devote themselves to canning, 9th
ers to salting in kits and barrels. The
fish are of enormous size, most of them
weighing from twenty five to forty pounds,
some as much as seventy or eighty. The
fishermen get about twenty-five cents a
head for them. In Philadelphia you
would gladly give five or six dollars for
one. To strangers they are great deli
caey, but the old residents do not banker
after them The number caught every
season is almost incredible.
This little city contains 900 inhab-
itants Of all races and cnmplcxions- \
varicgatcd bouquet of human posics
could be gathered here of most di:erse
tints aud fragrance, from sooty black to
pearly white, browntrcd, yellow, copper
colored, and tui key egged faced
One morning, as | sat at break fast with
the door open, saw sight that could
not be witnessed in an Eastern city, while
here it is an everyday occurrence. Di
rcctly opposite a barber shop run by nc
groes, and a laundry operated by China
men. The Africans and the Mongoliaps
were airing themselves outside. Along
came au Indian with his squaw and half
grown female paPoosc; and in the opro
site direction two Caueassians and an
Irishman. The FIVE races, with their res
pective grand divIsions-Europc, Asia,
Africa. America, and Ireland-were rep
I resented on twenty feet of sidewalk. The
Paddy was ragged, but he looked as if he
owned them all. God help them if he
did
The laundry business is almost monop-
lized by the Chinese. They do their
work we'll, and at half the prices charged
by Bridget and Dinah. These represent
that John soon rubs the garments into
rags, but that Is not the experience of
those who patrGnize them. At every turn
you will see their odd names on signs,
Tong Duck Chung, Took Yune. Sing
kee, Loong Song, Zee Wah. Here. as
in San Francisco, they are sober, quiet
ard Industrious. | have heard no res
pectable person speak i'll of them. \
million would need fewer policemen to
keep them IN order than single precinct
of your Fourth ward, ii the attempt
should ever be made there.
The rich valley of the Willamette is a
prairie eighty miles long and from twenty
to forty wide 1t is the best portion Of
the State, and is fast filling up with 4
thrifty population. The river, from which
il takes Its name flows from the south
and cmpties into the Columbia one hun
dred miles from the ocean. Portland is
twelve miles from the junction Salem
the seat of government, forty mi les furth
ct up, and Albany, the third town in the
State, sixty miles. T. ID.
Late kilograms would seem to indicate
trouble between Russia and Prussia
The former has massed an immense army
on the frontiers of the latter, ant
through her Minister at Berlin demand
an immediate aud full explanation as t.
why Prussia still continues the war o,
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unlocked for step on the part Of Russia a
sets the whole of Europe in a trenlblc
and the greatest excite mcnt is manifested
as to what it all means. Old Englan'
is in terrible stew, and the Governmcn
is soundiy berated for not attemptin;
mediation when there was hope tha
such an attempt would have proved sue
cessful. What will be the result of th
new course affairs have taken, it is "a
present hard to foresec. 1t may resul
in a general war, in which the whole G
Europe will be engaged, causing sue
terrible destruction of life and propcrt
as has never been witnessed on thi
earth of ours The transactions of th
next few days will be looked for wit
bated breath by the people of the entir
) civilized globe.
, Our Legislature has not fairly grapple
with the Chinese question as yet. d
; our Democratic Solons intend to folio
, in the wake of their California brethren
, and, after making such 4 terrible hull;
balu all through the canvass about til
dangers to be apprehended from til
hordes of rat-eaters," adjourn without
word pro or con in relation to the Ch
, nese? Come, procrastinato no longer
} let US have one good howl from you a
least.
In the Legislature on Tuesday las