The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-04-01
Our Southern oregon Correspondence.
EMPIRE CITY, March 21, 1871.

EMPIRE CITY, March Il, 1871.
The little steamer Argo, which plies
on the Bay and its tributaries, was seized
by United States officer, for violation Of
law. 1t seems that she had, without
license, been carrying passengers. Her
owner, Capt. Claugh, has gone to Port
land to try to get her released. Hope he
may succeed, as his all is invested in the
boat, and he has a family depending on
his earnings. Besides, the boat was a
great convenience to this part of the
country, as she made daily trips to North
Bend and Marshfeld, and weekly trips
up the various tributaries of the Bay.
Though she was not licensed, there are
many mitigating circumstances in her
case.
The tug Escort, while trying to get
out to bring in vessel, few days ago,
stuck on the bar and knocked off about
six feet Of her false keel This occur
red in consequence of the stormy wealth.
er, causing the channel to close about up.
When wrote you last, supposed the
storm was over; but it has continued to
rage, withshort intervals, ever since. The
last week was the most stormy of the
season. No vessel has gone out for six
weeks, more than dozen are now lay
ing in the Bay, ready for sea. The tugs
can bring them in when they can not take
them out, on account of their being moro
lightly loaded when coming in.
A sad event occurred here last Satur-
day. A few weeks ago man came
with him S225, "White Hall" boat,
shotgun, and few other items. He went
, into O'Conner's saloon and comm enced
drinking, and kept it up till the day of
: his death, which occurred last Saturday
: In less than week his money and prop
erty had fallen into the hands Of U'Con-
uer, who then went and notified the Sher-
c if that the county must take care of the
S poor wretch. BY this time he was afflicted
e with delirium tremens. The sheriff took
G charge of him, but left him in care OF
e O'Conner. He lived two weeks after
j this. Last Saturday he died, and was
: buried Saturday evening at the expense
y of the county. O'Conner now brings in
5 a bill of fifty dollars against the county,
a for taking care Of his victim two weeks
r He took the mans money, and property
n and caused his death, and yet, as greedy
: as the grave, clamols for nore. But as
o long as government. that claims to be
J, such business, such conduct must be ex.
It pecsed and tolerated. W. d. n.
In 1915, after the overthrow of Napo
leon, the allied powers exacted from
France an indemnity of 1907 900. 900, o
e which little more than half was the ex
!, penses of the war occasioned by Napo
; Ieon's return from Eiha, and the remain
der as part payment for the contribution
&c which the French troops had levied du
r ring previous wars. This sum, Alison
oe the historian, calls probably the creates
it money payment ever exacted from an
lie one nation since the beginning of th
1t world" AS security for payment an arm.
at of $50 900, under the command of tn
Duke of Wellington, was put in posses
sion Of sixteen of the principal fortrcsse
, of France, for a period of not less thai
three nor more than five years. Franc
u paid off the debt in three years, beside
It giving $50, 900, 900 extra to be relieve,
9. from the presence of foreign troops OF
o ;ner soil IN addition to this large sur
;: the Legislature voted 500 ,000, 900 as
indemnity for the mobiles who had los
their estates by the revolution. This SUI
90 is not more than half as large the in
90 demnity now exacted by the Germans
As but France is vastly more able to pa
So money now than she was then.
A discovery of great interest to arehse
b. olosists is alleged to have been made re
re Gently in Iowa, on the line of the projec
he ed Dubuque and Minnesota railroad. Th
/ workmen while engaged 10 excavatin
for the road, in the limestone, at til
foot of bluff, are said to have com
u upon fat stone covered with strang
characters. This being removed open
ed ed the way into a passage about fou
IS, feet wide and six feet high, leading
lr rec;ly into the heart of the bluff. At
distance Of about Fifty feet from the Ell
les trance, another stone, similar to the fir
lie had to be removed, when large chan
Der revealed itself, cut out of the soil
ed rock, about twenty-five feet square an
ill twenty feet high. The floor was har
ri- and smoothe, while the walls and ro'
cy we're carved in rude sort of basso relieD
with figures of birds, trees, stars, serpen
raj and chariots. The south wall was adorl
ed ed swith a representation of the sun, an
ed Immediately below this the figure of
ed man in the act of stepping out of a boa
ne and holding in bis hand dove" So f;
es- the revelations were not very differel
Is from many previous ones in similar cav,
and rock chambers throughout o,
it Western country. But the most curio,
ch part of the discovery was vet to com
in A fiat slab in the floor of the caye bein