The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-11-29

the season on the night Of the 22l.
VIM. NJ. Tweed was In the Comp
trOller's Office, New York, the other
day. the first visit since Connolly re-
signed. He was examining vouchers
to be used against him IN pending
suits.
Mr.. Maynard, Of Tennessee, is res
ported as an avowed candidate for the
Speakership of the next House Of
Representatives.
The report of the Comptroller Of
the Currency reviews at length the
working Of the National Banking sys-
tenn since Its Inauguration. OF the
whole amount in circulation apprO-
prlated by Congress $342, 100000 has
been issued. A balance of $4,000
600 Is promised to associations that
have taken preliminary steps toward
organizing National Banks.
John w. Forney has beeen sued for
libel, claiming &iOOOO, by Col. w.
Penn, clerk to Third Auditor Brad
ford.
The President was at work on his
message on the 2lst Inst.
P. HI. Watson. President of the new
Erie Railroad. has begun suit Iii New
York against Jay Gould for wrongful
" taking to his own Use, while In con-
troll of the road, $9, 800, 900 III money,
belonging to the shareholders. Gould
| gave bull on the 22d inst.
At the reception of II. NJ. Stanley
BY the Lotus Club. New York, speeches
were made by Mayor Hall, Messrs.
Reid, and DR.. Bellows.
Another fire broke ont In d printing
establishment at Boston on the 10th
Inst. A general fire alarm was sound
ed, and the fire department OF Chelsea
and Charleston were called upon. The
fire was soon brought ,nlder control.
The Attorney General has decided
against the application of Barney
Woods murderer of VIM. CheesemaEl,
for Communication Of sentence Of death.
He win hang on the 18th inst.
Gen. Butler writes to a friend that
he Is no candidate for the Senate
against boutwell,, preferring to become
Governor first.
Stokes in his coming trial will be
defended by new eOllnselA his fotmer
having retired.
Maree who attempted TO assassinatc
ex-AldermaD AIcMullen, of Phllalel-
phia, was sentenced to six years and
nine months imprisonment, and line
Of 800.
Grants oIiichll majority in New
York State Is 5S,G95.
The proposed railroad tunnel 20 be
excavated in st. Louis will run mp
Washington Avenue to 9th street.
curve thence to Sth and Locust streets.
and then follow eighth street to Clarke
Avenues 10 will be constructed by'I
excavating Q tunnel fOrty-eight feet
wide and from twenty totwenty. seven
feet deep. Only one block win be
opened at q time.
The New York authorities have
failed 10 discover the cOunterfeiters Of
the U. p. Income bonds. There have
been paid $50 coupons, purporting to
be from $40, 900 bonds.
NearIy 800 Italians were at Castle
Garden. N. Y. on the I'D inst. who
had been defauded OF all their money |
by a band Of immigrant swindlers. 1t
appears they were induced to leave
home by stories Of advantages await
ing them in BueRos Ayms. They
were told In Marseilles that a vessel
would be at New York to take them
to Rio. and arrived here on Wednes-
day to flld that they lad been robbed.
The authorities have informed the
Italian EmbAssadOr at Washington.
General Clnseret llas turned up In
Geneva, where he Is living In retire
nient. He escaped from Paris IN dis
guise.
AlyiCes from ChiCkasaw Natiol, |
says the Legislature Of the Nation,
which has adjourned. passed a resoln- |
tiOn requesting President Grant to |
carry into effect tEat part OF the treaty |
af 1866 between the United States |
Choctaws and Chlckasaws, which pro |
yides that when Indians desire It. lands |
heretofore held In common may be
divided among individual members Of |
tribes.
Everything was reported quiet In
Lafayette county, Mo-, on the I'D Inst.
Two COlOreil men were killed Oh the |
2lst, and fifteen others wounded by a
train from Philadelphia being I1in
into. while standing Oh the track near
Wilmington, by the New York and
Washington train.
Governor Leslie, Of Kentucky, Is
Superintendent Of d Baptist Sunday
School at Frankfort.
President Grant has sent a llne gDhl
n Captain LecheFe, for |
having saved the crew OF the Ameri- |
can ship WymaN, struck by lightning |
Oh the Atlantic, ln 1870. The pFssen-