The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-12-16

The Bible war at Hunters Point,
New York, ended in compromise.
The Catholics expelled were to be
taken back, and the Catholic pupils
in the future will be allowed to re-
main in the class room during re-
| ligious exercises.
The report that General Clause
ret has accepted the Mexican com
mand is not true.
The intended procession Of the
Internationalists, forbidden by the
police authorities of New York to
take place on last Sunday, did not
transpire.
There were one hundred and
ninety-eight deaths from small pox
i'll Philadelphia last week. There
were thirty-six cases and fourteen
deaths in New York during the
same time.
Col. Davis of Gen. Fope's De-
partment reports that the placing Of
the Apaches upon onreservations would
be should remain where
they are for the present.
| Hon. VIM. III. Seward contem-
plates making tour Of Northern
Europe, including the extreme north
ern portions of Norway and Swe-
den, next Summer, if his strength
permits.
The rumor, published by the
New York Herald of the contem-
plated impeachment of President
Grant, pronounced one ofthe Her
ala's reckless fabricatione. Blair
and Sumner, whose names are cor
nected with It, say that they never
heard of it until it appeared in that
journal.
Senator Trumbull will submit to
the Senate soon resolution for: the
appointment of a Joint Committee
Of Congress on retrenchment, to
thoroughly investigate the civil serv-
ice, to see where expenditures can be
reduced and what offices can Re
abolished, etc.
A Tribune special says that in
case Of the change in the Attorney
Generalship it is generally believed
that Solicitor General Preston will
be appointed to the position, and
Assistant Attorney General Hill
will then become Solicitor General.
The son of President Ramsey, Of
the Albany and Susquehannah Rail-
road, was recently found drowned
in the East river, New York.
Senator Coagin has introduced a
bill into the United States Senate.
which provides stringent means for
the execution of the law against
} polygamy III Utah, and for the re-
, organization Of the Territorial Mil
itia, etc.
The bill introduced by Senator
Edmunds to regulate the civil serv~-
ice provides that appointments toalL
offices, except Postmasters and such
as are required by law to be made
by the President with the consent
of the Senate, shall depend upon
open competitive examination. To
. that end Board of Commissioners
: should be appointed for FIVE years,
unless sooner removed by the Presi-
dent with the consent of the SEM
, ate.
On the 18th inst, in Philadel-
) phia, house was burned up con-
: suming the body OF man who had
l died of small pox, and rendering a
: three children homeless, mother and
by the explosion Of a coal oil lamp
! At recent meeting of the Allan
. tic and Great Western Railroad
Co.'s railroads, in New York, the
Ohio and Pennsylvania roads. were
consolidated. The organization is
hereafter known as the Atlahtic and
5 Great Western Railroad Company.
t Gen. Geo. b. McClellani is. chosen
4 President. ~. i,,,f
3 A bill was introduced by"Raln-
! sey into the Senate last Monday to
: organize the Territory Ojibeway. 1t
: is to lie between the 10th and 10th
S parallels, extending from Minnesota