The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-03-29
EAsrERS NEWS.

natl. He claims il was al accident.
The widow Of the late Henry
Keep, New York, has givcna a hun
dred thousand dollars to the Or.
thalmic Hospital for tie purpose ot,
cnlarging, etc, for the reception OF
free patients.
The Eliases, bogus watch sellers
Of New York, on the I'D, applied
for the arrestot Horace Grecley and
others ofthe TiVJune.
VIM. HennesSy Cook, Of Alaba-
ma, one Of tie Tammany thieves,
indicted forforging warrants against
the city, surrendered himself ON the
22d, and was bailed in the sum Of
$4,000. Ieis said 70 have i'm.
portant knowledge Of the voucher
theft.
The New York and Boston Ex-
press Company, which has been
under Erie management, has been
discovered to he insolvent. $780,
600 is its indebtedness.
Stokes bill Of exceptions makes
nearly 700 pages--takes y man .
week to read it.
The Missouri Democra, St.
Louis, was sold on the 22l under a
decree of court. Tie sale was
made to settle a partnership, none
but partners interested being allow
ed toIbid. Mr.. Fishback bought it
for S45G, 100.
Tie President has signed the act
granting pre;cmption rights to set
tiers in California.
The President has nominated
John L. Mayhugh for Register Of
the land Office at TElko, Nevada
also NJ. p. Freeman, Receiver OF
Public Moneys at Elko.
The Vice President laid before
the Senate a memorial signed by
over 400 women Of Utah, strongly
deprecating the admission Of that
Territory mo the Union as a State.
In a letter addressed to the Vice
President, accompanying the memo
rial, committee of ladies state that
a large majority OF the signers have
been residents of Utah and members
Of the Mormon Church for many
years. Numbers OF them have had
personal aud even bitter experience
Of the practical workings OF poly
gamy bid have every reason to be-
lieve their wrong would not he
riglited, but greatly intensified by
the admission Of Utah into the
Union, in consequence Of giving
power to the Mormon Priesthood,
The papers were ordered printed.
A Washington dispatch says that
the Republican of the 2Sd has the
following editorial
President Grants post on OIL the
subject Of Bomination for the PreSi-
delcy as well as for the Vice Pcsi-
dency is this; lie never asked any
one to vote for his denomination or
in the slighteSt way to work for it.
He feels it is for the people through
their representatives in the Nation
al Convention asscmhled to say who
sh,ll or who shall not he their
standard bearers. If they decide
that he is tile man who Of all men
ought to lead them in the campaign
whose shadow is already upon,us,
as they decided during the rebellion
and afterwards when the rebellion
came to all end, very good. He
will accept the responsibility and
duty to which he is called. If not,
he will stand by the party and It's
organization all the same. 1.-The is
rellominated and had a choice Of
candidate with him on the ticket,
he would probably select Coltax.
Their relations have always been,
as our Indiana contemporary Says,
Of a most agreeable character, Col.
| fax never interfered with the Exec
utive in the difficult and tllankleSs
matter OF appointments am patron
age, and has not as other Vice
Presidents have done, asked to be
allowed aU voice in selection ofap-
pointments even TO reward his own
friends and if renominate,l and re-
elected would probably maintain
the same course in future.
Henry Ward Beecher is in favor
Of General Grant for rer omination
! The public debt is being paid off
at the rate Of half a million . day
(Sundays excluded). This is about
the rate at which Democratic al.
milistration stole in New York city
the public money last year.