The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-10-15

so-utE nominated Hon. VIM. NJ Cropo o
Iata s" ,elnois., Tor congress, i'll place of TIL
louisville. Pa. Oct. 6.-Last Digh
e.le Hfeman Mt Graneber & Eotnpel's col
neEy, ut Locust Gap. discovered that I
oisaker pm was set on fire by the incsndi
aIies. before assistance could arrive tllt
fi,e. iae iii'.i salne. such headway that it wa.
| iouho impossible TO save the breaker. whit.T
| 100000. i1Oss.
Hartford. Oct. 6.-The vote i'm fbe STATE
Moiieay on the constitutional an,enrlmenf
endhSinS tiic time of the State election from
spring TO fall. and making the Goyerr15r.s
term of office two years. was 80 e76 ves,s !, -,
z.2ol nays, witli.eight towns to hear from
| ! ne vote Oh the amendment giving the leg
lsiattlre power to restore forfeited rights e
an elector, was 20. $50 yeas to 10, 135.
BOSTON. Oct. 7.-Galifornia wool in de.
mand from 20 to -27c for spring.
NEW YoRI.. Oct. 7.--Gen. wln. q.
A9ats4sss sC'tEseofn sfYoffsc fissDecfor. who
was convicted in the T. S. Court In .Jnne
last of having in his possession, with intent
20 sell SlyoDo IN counterfeit money, was
granted a new trial yesterday
MEMPHIS. Oct. Tile <fDDeaz's Friar-s .
Point special, this morning. SAYS General
Chalmers continued i'm pursuit of the ne
groes under General Reese (coloretI, ON
Tuesday evening to Schufortlsyille. Frank
Scott lwhife) was ambuslled and fatally
Oh tuesday. a squat of white cavalry,
under Captain Burke. afterwards charged
the negroes who were in ambush. killing
three, wounding one, who is doubtless dead,
and succeeded in capturing five. who are
now IN jail. Chalmers command of $50
cavalry mas not yet returned. Forty or
fifty OF his command remained last night at
Ciarkstiaie to watch the negroes in that ali-
rect1on. as several places were threatened
Chalmers with the rest, proceeded last
night to Jamestown. IA miles northeast of
here, where tile negroes. under Gen. Bill
Pease, are reported in force. about 500
strong. Information isieceivetl this morrI-
ing that Chalmers pictets were within
sight OF their outposts. but 10 fight had oc-
Cured when the courier left last evening.
Negroes are also reported in force at Lake
Alcorn, II miles from here. Fighting was
going OH there, but the report is
unconfirmed. There are about 100 armed
citizens. who picket the town and will re-
main until disturbance and security to lite
and property is restorcd.x
W WASIIINGToN. Oct. 6.-Among the triIe
bills returned by the Grand Jury are eight
i'll connection with the recent robbery of
the United States Treasury of over S47. 600. |
as follows: Against Benjamin b. IIalleck.
two indictments; one each for larceny and
einbezzlement; VIM. IL. Ottman. three in
dietments, grand larceny. receiving stolen
and receiving embcZzled money; |
j. w. Brown. three indictments. grand lar |
ceny, receiving. conceaiing and attempting |
to conceal stolen money, and receiving, |
conceahng and attempting to conceal en-
bezzled money, knowing 1t to have been |
isllable by confinement in the penitcntiary |
not more than seven years, or by fine not |
more than s.. .000. or both.
WAsIITNGToN, Oct: 6.-Fo-day, in the |
friend of e. G.. Fisher. late assistant district
attorney and now in jail awaiting trial.
filed petition for Il writ of habeas corpus.
representing Fisher rs being of unsound
mind and not responsible for his acts
Judge Macarthur will hear the application
CLEAREIELD, Penn. Oct. S.-Parks was
sentenced to hard labor for one year and
fined dollar and costs, the latter estimated
ut 81, 500.
Hartford. Oct REV. Thos. Ryder,
pastor. of Strong street Baptist Church,
Nottingham, England, was found dead i'm |
his bed this morning ut the residence of
Mrs. Harriet Beeeller Stowe. Mr.. Ryfler |
was travelling tor his health, and probably |
lied of heart disease. He met Mr. and |
Mrs. Stowe at Twin Mountain house in
August. aud had called to visit fhe family.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Oct. 7.--A n1an cali
ing himself Chas. Daniels, presented at the
First National Bank here a counterfeit let
.er of credit for 81, 1000. pnrporting to be
rom the New York agents of tie Bank of
British North America. He was arrested,
md is in custody.
PuTsgURGH, Oct. I'm the srit of
sehook 6 Palmer. of New YorR, against
Mckee Rankin, Judge Wing to-day Issued
! perpetua! INDUCTION against the latter,
training him from production ofthe play
IF the Two Orphans in the city. This is
he first time decision has been rendered by
my court that Shook s. Palmer have ex-
elusive proprietorsllip OF the right to pro-
luce this play IN the United States.
NEW YORK, Oct. THE personal paper
If John Gorhain, of Providence, r.. T.,
representative of the Gorllam Manlifaetllr-
ng Company. went to protest on the 9th.
His fiilnre is caused by large real estate
in New York and Boston. and
n no way impairS the credit or standing of
he Gorham Manufacturing Company
The report of the Treasurer of the Pea
body fund was read ut the afternoon session,
md sho we'd the total ltaeunt available for
appropriations to educational purposes to
DC $96, 500.
After recess, the special committee ap-
pointed to report on uniform thread and |
dimensions OF hose coupling, recommended /
hat the Inside diameter OF couplings be 81
ncheS in the clear, chat the outside be 81 i
ilches, exclusive of thread. and. inclusive i
# thread, 3ss Inches, and that the number
II threads to the inch be eight. The Con-
'ention adjourned to meet In the morning, /
md go in body to the review of the fire
department. in Union Park.
New York. Oct. S.-The fire engineers
net to-day only for closing exercises, and
adjourned 10 meet in Philadelphia next
rear. After adjournment the delegates
witnessed a parade of a portion of the New
0rk fire department.
MEMPIIFs, Oct. 7.-Senator Alcorn has
elegraphed the Attorney General to the eff
ect that several of the dispatches relating
20 the disturbances at Friar's Point are
without foundation, and that there Is no
,ause of alarm for the peace oftlaat county.
The mob has dfspurscd and it Is Thought
will remain quiet. There is no question of
politics I'm this excitement. The distur-
1anee was originated by q party of several
lundlred negroes, who had been excited by ll
he i'll tempered sheriff. They marched oil
he town, but were readily dispersed.
NEW York. Oct. s.-Arootly and 6ankey
will begin their revival work October 3lst,
IN the Brooklyn rink, which has u capacity
.f seven to eight thousarfzl. Services Will
DO on the, same general plan pursued IN
Treat Britain. - III
CHICAGO, Oct. S.-The iron propeller
sEercha,,t. which IefI this port. w ednesday
afterfioon for Buffalo, having on board So !
700 bushels OF corn, and ,200 barrels OF .
l0,ir. strucka sllnlen rssl Oh Racine reef. Il
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