The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-03-14
EAsrERN NEWS.

Judge POland lias addressed ietter
to the United States Treasurer. Spin
ner, in which he encloses ten shares Of
the Credit Mobilier stock which 0akes
Ames insists belongs to Judge Kelly
hut which the Judge refuses to own,
together with a certified check for s32s
on the First National Bank Of this city
drawn to Judge Poland's order, and
signed by Kelly, being the amount of
dividends on stock paid Kelly BY
Ames. In his letter to Treasurer Spin
ner. Judge Poland says he endorses the
shares Of the stock and check also. 10
pursuance of an arrangement between
Kelly and Ames. He requests Spin
ner to call upon Ames for the balance
of accrued dividends on stock, which
will amount to $4,000 or 5000. The
Credit Mobilier shares are to be sold.
if Spinner can find u customer for
them. and the whole amount convey
ed into the Treasury.
Rev. Mr.. Newman has been re-elec-
ted chaplain Of the Z. $. Senate.
1t is thought the President will make
but few changes among the officehold'
ers during his second term.
Two German girls, named Cornelia
Christensen and Annetta lawson,
were murdered at smdtty Nose IS
land. N. H., on the night Of March 9Th
by Louis Wagner who escaped. He
also attempted to kill Mrs. Huntress'
a sister of one of the girls. Money was
his object. A later dispatch says the
murderer was arrested.
A negro at Charleston, $. G., named
Pipton, has been arrested for beating
his wife to death, and then attempting
to burn the body.
Two hundred shares Of the Lake
Shore Railroad stock, valued at 800
600, have been stolen iron the Trades
mems National Bank, N. Y.
At Nation, ILL.,, on the 9Th, wild
ow named Nancy Lanxton and her
adopted daughter were found dead in
bed at their house, with their throats
cut. A son Of Mrs. Lanxton was ar
rested on suspicion.
A freight train on the sth ran over
and killed a man at Crisfield, Mo-, who
is supposed to have been the murderer
of the girl Amelia skikley, who was
killed the day before at Salisbury.
Fremont denies any completely In
the fraudulent representations abroad
concerning the Memphis and El Paso
and Pacific Railroad bonds. The fraud
was in representing that these bonds
were guaranteed by the U. $. Govern
ment.
1t is reported that Congressman are
offering their quota of public docll-
ments at 30 cents volume. Cheap.
1t is reported that Col. John w. Fos-
ter, of Indiana, will be nominated
Minister to Mexico in place of Nelson.
New Orleans was quiet OH the 7th.
A Constitutional Committee, with
branches at each point, had been form
ed to resist paymant of taxes to the
Kellogg Government.
John P. Foley has become manag-
ing editor of the Washington Repa6li-
can.
It is stated that Bancroft, Minister
to Germany, has resigned.
At the Republican caucus on the Sth,
it was decided that the Pacific coast be
represented on the different commit
tees as follows: Sargent, Oh Appropri-
ations for Naval Affairs and Mines;
Jones. on Postofiices and Contingent
Expenses Stewart, on Public Roads,
and Chairman of Committee on Rail-
roads; Mitchell, on Privileges and
Elections, Railroads and Commerce.
Casserly's position is to be determined
by the Democratic caucus.
One of the New York morning pa
pers has been interviewing the Tombs
and Blackwell's Island In that city and
finds that justice is administered in a
most reckless and unjust manner. The
prison discipline is everything but re-
formatory at the latter place. It says
| that police justices are constantly COM
mitting prisoners in utter disregard Of
facts; that it is a common thing at the
Tombs to have cases disposed Of at the
rate of one a minute.
The Historical Society Of New York
City has been presented with the origi-
nal manuscripts Of VIM. Penn, relat-