The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-09-20
EASTERN NEWS.

anniversary of the battle of North
Point Oh the 18th inst. ut Baltimore.
Their white locks and feeble steps
commanded profound respect as the
little procession marched through the
streets.
At a meeting Of the citizens ofChi-
cago at the Board of Trade rooms, ON
! the 18th inst, Il committee OF twenty
five was appointed to aid the authori-
ties In the detection. arrest. and speedy
trial and punishment Of muYlerers, by
employing detectives and necessary
additional counsel.
Five c0nvicts made an unsuccessful
attempt to escape from the State Prison
at CharleStown. Mass. on the 18th.
They were armed with clubs and
knives.
Horace Greeley tod them "what
he knew about farming " at st. Johns
burg. n. j., Sep. 18th, on the occasion
of the State Fair.
The Greeleyites of New York city
held their first grand ratification meet
ing on the night OF the 18th inst. 1t
was huge affair, as New York gath
erings Away are.
| O'Conordecined accept the Lollis-
willie nomination. but Morean. in re-
ply. said that he would not accept his
decision as final, but that they would
still regard him astheir candidate, and
support him at the polls.
Miss Lowenstein, of New York, an
accomplished Young lady, went insane
on the 18th, which so affected her
mothers mind that she committed
suicide.
| The Convention of Soldiers and
sailors Of Pittsburg, Is to be u mass
convention.
Ex-Governor Curtin has declined
the nomination for Congress by the
Republican Central Committee OF
Pennsylvania.
Jos. Morris, of Penn. declines the
Liberal nomination for Congress from
the Second District.
Suits have been entered against
White, Brown & Co., Boston, import
ers of dry goods, for defi-auding the
| Government of duties to the amount
of 100000,
Five men were killed in Cincinnati
on the 18th inst, by the explosion of
a boiler in a fonGdary. The top of
the building was hken of,
In st. Louis, No, on the nth, a
quarrel between Hugh l.angran and
| L. G. Robinson, well known citizens,
resulted in one receiving a mortal ins
jury from n club and the other from Il
| pistol ball. =
The War Department has issued an
order announcing the death Of Gen.
Hager, and ordered the usual obsery-
ances Of honor.
A delegation of Kiowas, Comanches,
Arlapahoes, Cheyennes and WaSatches
are going to Washington soon.
Goyerernor .Jewett, of Connecticut,
says that his State will 60 for Grant
bv . 0OO majority.
There were /. 800 torches in the Re-
nubliran nrocession at DAYTON, Ohio.
at the recent gathering there.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
was to meet on the 18th inst, at Balti-
more Canada and Prussia were to be
ranresentpd
Ey-S,nntor Henderson has accented
tba Rannhlican nomination tor Cover
nor If Missonri-will t,k. the stump.
I Ieffrson Davis snent last Saturday
ond Sunday n Newnort and Coyinc.
ton nm his way to Baltimore.
Tha National Labor Congress assem-
| MOD II ,leveland an last Tuesday.
Count Sclopsis Jacob Stoernbeli and
Charles Francis Adams were the three
trhitrato,s who voted to allow dam
ages in the case of the SienamloM.
Greeley was to start last "Wednesday
nm q Western tonr embracing Pitts
hnrc Columbns Cincinnati. Indian
nnoIis. Louisville. Nashville. Chicago.
Ip npatro;t Toledo Cleveland, Eric, nd
tja roaI mine REGIONS Of PENNSYLVANIA,
'' presiIant GrInt an1 family win re-
t,,rn fam Lonc Branch next week.
A party of masked men wentto the
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