The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-10-11
Latest News.
The following is from Salt Lake,
October 9th.

ence OF the Church OF Latter Day
Saints assembled here to-day. Brig
ham Young and Others addressed the
people. A list Of the Saints selected
to 90 OH missions was read by George
@. Cannon. Scandinavia and the
British Isles will be the main fields OF
the proselyting work. Eighteen mis-
sionaries will be sent to Europe and
four to the Sandwich Islands. In a
sermon George Q. Cannon bewailed
the fact that the trials of to-day were
having a visible effect on the faith of
many; but the lust of the world was
to be avoided by the Saints.
The city is crowded with people.
Fireworks, parade and bands amuse
the visitors.
Brigham is elected President of the
lions Cooperative Institution. The
Neacs, the Mormon Church organ,
thinks the outlook is encouraging for
the institution.
The First National Bank reopens
next week with an abundance Of
means.
Sepley's oil cloth factory was burned
at Newark on the 4th. Loss, $4,000.
The Herald has a letter from Dundee,
Scotland, stating that an important
statement in relation to the death of
Captain Hail, Of the Polaris, has been
made by the second mate, Morton, and
given to the United States Consul
there, and by him forwarded to the
American Government. Morton was
Halls attendant in his last illness,
and has made statements, SO says the
Herold's correspondent. duplicating
DR.. Bissell in the death Of Captain
Hall. He also intimates that Bud
dington coincides with Morton's state
ment.
From Lexington, Ky, Oct. 9Th, we
have this: The preliminary trial Of
Montgomery Parker, al farmer who
murdered the boy Mills on September
9th, in this country, was commenced
yesterday. Twelve or fifteen witness
es were examined, and clearly proved
the case to be one ofdeliberate murder.
The Carlists are fast losing ground
in the northern provinces and are ut
terly demoralized. The men accuse
the leaders of treason. General Mari
ones, Commander of the Republican
troops, is energetically advancing
against them. The siege OF Cartha-
gena is proceeding rapidly, the firing
being very sharp on both sides. Many
of the Insurrectionists surrender daily
to the Republican forces.
A special from Paris to the Observer
states that $50 Deputies Of the French
Assembly have pledged themselves to
a motion for the restoration of
q monarchy.
The following paragraphs are from
New York, under date Of October 9th:
Edward S. Stokes, owing to sickness,
was unable to appear when his case
was called this morning, and the trial
was set down for Wednesday.
Victoria w. Vail, Of Newark, is
the name of the young woman found
dead in the house OF a clairvoyant in
Jersey City yesterday. from alleged
malpractice. Alonzo E. Kimball, a
man, has been arrested charg-
ed with taking Miss Vail to the house
where she died.
Prof. Donaldson made q balloon as
cent this morning from the Capitoline
Grounds, Brooklyn. A dispatch from
Bethel, Connecticut, says at II o'clock
the balloon was rapidly moving ocean,
ward. Donaldson'S companions on
the voyage are George Washington
Lunt and Alfred Ford.
On the 9th the Louisville, Ky,
Board of Trade, in forty-eight hours,
raised $1,000 for the Shreveport suffer-
ers. The churches contributed 81, 600
Ior the same object. The Masons also
-aised $1,000. Louisville will raise
rom $4,000 to $4,000 as contribu-
ions at once. Bully for her.
On the 9th, the Episcopal churches
# Chicago raised $500 Tor the Mem
,his sufferers. There were thirty-sey- |
N interments in Memphis, from yell
ow fever, on the 9th, and sixteen at
Shreveport.
The Graphic balloon reached the
northeast corner Of Connecticut on
he afternoon of the 9th, where it was
aught in a severe storm, Donaldson,
FORD and Lunt, as the balloon was
lear the ground, succeeded In reaching
ezra flrina unhurt. The balloon es-
aped, and at last accounts had not
,een captured.
John Reed fatally stabbed Samuel
arifith, at York Center, Union conn-
y, Ohio, on the Sd, Reed was az !
ested.