The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-02
EASTERN NEWS.

superintendent Vi uDtlc w oTkS lVr
New jersey.
The total number of deaths in
Philadelphia last year was l6,9e3,
of which 1879 were from small
pox.
Dead letters contained tile SUN
of So, 100000 last year.
Alfred East, an Englishman who
lodged in the same room in Brook
lyn, N. u, with Professor Paner-
mo, who was murdered last week,
blew out his braius last Sunday
morning, asserting in a letter that
he Yves innocent OF any connection
with Panermo's murder.
Two men were discharged from
the San Francisco county Jail, a few
days since, who had been imprison-
ed, one from the 9th of September
and the ether from tie oath Of Oc-
tober, as witnesses i'll criminal cases.
Both men had families dependent
on them, who lad been reduced to
destitution.
Il. 7. Haynes, the man who led
200 women and children to a place
of safety during the destruction Of
Peshtigo, died at Menasha, Wison-
sin, a few days ago, from the effects
of inhaling hot air during the fire.
Two brothers of Yreka, aged l6
and l7'years respectively, have this
season killed seven bears, two Of
them grizzlies, large number Of
deer, and found thirty-seven bee
trees, and attended school during
term time.
The total debt of the city Of
Boston is 500, $3.50, $780,. with means
on hand for payment amounting to
S11,770,16
A conservative caucus of the
North Carolina Legislature las
nominated Mat. w. Ransol for L.
S. Senator to fill the vacancy caused
by Vance's resignation, which is
equivalent to an election.
Edward Hammond, the last Of
the Dartmoor prisoners, died in
Lynn, Massachusetts,, on Thursday
of last week, aged 7G.
It is said among Republican
members Of the house Of Represen-
tatiyes that the House will pass the
Senate Resolution for the adjourn
ment of Congress on the Goth of
May. The Committee of Appro-
priations are making more haste
than heretofore with this view.
Leading members of the House say
there is no probability Of Utah be-
ing admitted as State, as no Ter
ritory having less population than
TIE federal rates for representatives
can gain admission.
Reports from the official sources
in China, are to the effect that the
atrocities of the Coolie Slave Trade,
which have recently been brought
to the public cognizance, will arrest
attention and excite horror where
ever the English language is spo-
ken, and the hope is expressed that
the concurrent opinion and united
action Of all christendom will estab-
lish such a police Of the sea as will
render all coerced immigration ine-
vitably tending to the slave trade,
impossible.
100000 coolies have been intro
duced into Cuba since 1S47.
The Secretary of the Treasury
has directed the Assistant Treasurer
at New York to purchase a million
dollars in bonds on the first, third
and fifth Thursdays in February,or or
50, 100000 in all, and to recall ST.
100000 in gold on the second and
fourth Thursdays, or s2,00O,0OOiu
all.
A mutiny occurred on Board the
bark Warren Hallet the same day
on which it left Boston Harbor, Jan.
18th, resulting in a terrible fight in
which one man was killed and
another fatally injured.
There are $4,000 Germans in
Iowa.
Natchez, Mississippi, still has the