The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-05-17

On G. II. Phelps, jeweler. 1he
TSbbcrs invaded the premises, one Of
them shot him in the left breast,
wounding him fatally. The thieves
escaped, leaving q hat.
2. buchanan Reed, poet and
painter, was lying dangerously i'll Of
pneumonia, at the Astor House, n.
Y, on the 9Th.
A fire in Brooklyn, n. v, on the
evening of the 10th, destroyed
Wallace & Schoomar's sugar re-
tinery. loss, s425,oOo, insured.
\ fire in Tully, in 0nondago
county, n. Y, on the 9th, destroy
ed a hotel, three dwelling houses
and two stores. loss, $4,000.
Thirteen brick buildings and their
contents were destroyed by fire in
Barytown, N. Y, on the afternoon
of the 10th. Loss, 5000.
William Cullen Bryant has been
chosen orator on the occasion of the
Inauguration of the William Shake
spear statue, in Central Park, n.
Y, on the 22d inst.
a freight steamer exploded its
boiler on the 10th, off Old Point
Comfort, Va, killing five persons,
and scalling several Of the crew.
The Senate Arms Committee in
a final meeting on tie 10th, agreed
upon q report. The report express
es surprise at the conduct and re-
marks of Senators Sumner and
schurz; and their refusal to re-
ply to certain questions lave clear
" eXonerated the Government Off
cials implicated from any dishonest
or dislonorable act in connection
with the s lie OF arms and ordinance
stores, or any violation of our neu.
trail Obligations. The report exon.
crates General COLES Of any i'm
proper connection with The trans
porta'ions, AID finds nothing i'm
peaching his business integrity. i
finds that all the receipts from TIN
sales ofams have been paid int
the treasury, and says that the Mar
quis de Chambrun was the cause Q
all these suspicious on our Govern
mellt, and that he refused to worI
for, OF secure an Investigation. Th
report mtilnates that lSumner an
Schurz were the allies Of Chambrul
The report concludes and says th9
the resolution Of Investigation W;
based on one talseliood-a stat
ment that a certain resolution ha
been adopted in the French Assen
bly,. One misapprehension is in r
gard to the state Of accounts b
tween the two Executive Depar
ments of the Government, and Oh
untounded suspicion; and that
would not lave been moved la
other Senator's shown the wisdol
aud prudcuce of Senator Patterson
The report declares there is II
foundation for the assertion that th
sales of brecch leaders were so eS
tcnsiye as to impair the capacity
the country.
A desperate fight with canes am
pocket knives occurred at Wash
ington, on the llth, between Gen
eral Jones, Of West Virginia, am
Colonel Calvin Iayre, OF Alabama
Both received serious injuries.
The President las nominated
Medical Director James c. Palme
to he Chief of the Bureau OF Medi
cine aud Surgery.
Bonrcr's colt, S'tartle, on tn
10th, at Prospect Park, \. Y, trot
ted a mile in 2:l9i.
z. Buchanan Reed died at til
.Astor House, New York, at !
o'clock p. NJ, May 1lth.
The lead works OF Fahnstock
IIazelet Il Swartz, Pittsburg, wer
entirely destroyed on the 18th b
fire. The loss will reach half
million.
1t was reported on the 7th inst
that the President had decided t
remove the Assistant Secretary o
State, on the ground of inability t
keep diplomatic secrets.
The arrivals ofemigrants in New
York since January LIST, exceed b.
10000 those Of last year.
lfa Judge can be obtained t.
,,roSila nynr thn Conrt of Over AIN