The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-11

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puted that about $4,000 workmen
are already engaged in clearing.
away the ruins i'll the burnt district
for business purposes.
The Government was engaged
last week in investigating the
charges against Judge J. Wright,
of Washington. formerly of Indiana,
in relation to his connection with
the bounties aud pensions due tie
,Indian soldiers OF the Creek, Chero-
kce and Seminole llations who serv-
Ell Oh the frontier during the reholl-
ion. 1t is llcaged that the frauds
amount to 800 900, and some check
payments for bounty were cashcd by
the Assistant Treasurer at New
ork upon the endorsement Of dead
soldiers names, by Wright or his
agents.
The following military changes
have been made by the President:
North Carolina transferred from
the Department OF the East to the
Department of the South. The III
dian Territory, north OF Texas and
south OF Arkansas, is added to the
Department OF Texas, under tl1e
command OF General Augur, and
the Department OF Texas is added
to the Division OF Missouri. The
department OF Platte is discontinue
ed. The states OF Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Mississippi and the Gulfposts
will continue i'll the Few Department
Of the Gulf, to he commanded by
Col. Aiorey. Tie 9th Cavalry is
ordered to Arizona the Sd Cayal-
rv is ordered to Fort Mel herson :;
Second Lieutenant +. G. Grant, of
the 4th Cavalry is ordered to re-
port to the General of the Army.
lie will accompany General sEer-
man on tour OF military inspec-
ton through Europe.
One county i'll Tennessee has pro-
luced 100 600 bushels of peanuts.
Twenty-one millions of the Nir-
ginia state debt has been refunded
up to October 10th.
PaHdman, the actor, gave s., ,379
to Chicago.
Zen Huttlcr gave to the Chicago
relief fund the S4O0 he got for his
Philadelphia lecture against the
Washington Treaty.
The Columbus (Ohio( tS0tes-
mar, a leading Democratic Journal
says: eve believe the riot il
New York and the unblushing steal
ing of 'Tammanv lost us both Ohio
and Pennsylvania at the late elcc
tion."
Philadelphia has one hundred
and sixty citizens who are wortl
from one to ten millions.
Tweed, the Tammany thief, wa.
held to answer in S2,000,000 bond
instead of ST 900, 900 as stated il
our last issue. The names of tl'
bondsmen are as follows la,
Gould qualified in 81 100000 per
sonal property; Benjamin Fair
child, in $500 ,0O0-in real estate
Terence Farley, i'll $500, 0,000- il
real estate; Bernard Kelly, i'll $500,
000-in real estate and persona
property; and Hugh J. Hastings
i'll 500, ,0OO-in personal property
The office ofthe Hoboken Leade
(New Jersey was guttcd on TIL
morning of November 9th, by som
unknown parties, supposed to hay
been rival Democratic factions.
The M. e. Church of Franklin
Pennsylvania, recently gave s1,00
to aid III rebuilding the M. 1
Church i'll Chicago. 1t the Fri
Conference it is proposed to increas
the amount to $4,000.
Fratt's oil factory at Hunter
Point, was burned Nov. 5th. Du
ing the fire large tank filled wit
gasoline exploded, seriously burr
ing four firemen. Loss, $40, 900.
At Louisville, Kentucky, a ve1
+ distressing accident occurred i'll tt
African Baptist Church, on Il
corner of Fifth and York streets, c
the night of November 5th. A &C
umn in the basement gave wa,
, creating a terrible panic among tt
+ congregation i'll the upper room, a
OF whom rushed and jammed in'
two narrow stairways-men tram
2 ling over women and children
5 their flight. Some eleven persol
were killed outright-two of the