The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-19

make their reports. The truth Is, |
things have got into such muddle
that (laying party feeling aside), it Is
very difficult to determine who Is right |
anu who Is wrong in the disturbances
that have occurred so rapidly within |
the past eight or ten months. You OH |
the Pacific coast are blest, for you are
far removed from the turmoil and
strife that exists here, and will, l fear,
continue to exist as long as white and
black live together, and political hacks
and aspirahts have power or influence
to keep the fire aglow. How long.
o Lord, how long!
have heard of numerous murders
and other outrages in the State re-
Gently. One entire family was mur-
dered and robbed over at Harmon in
the eastern part of the State. Hus-
band, wife and two children were
killed, seven hundred dollars in money
stolen, and no clue to the villains who
did the deed. A Nr. Jack Smith,
south of Memphis some five miles,
was shot and killed in his field within
herring of his house and family, on
the Gay after Christmas, and the muir
derers have not been found. In Oc-
tober last. white man named Nahoe
was tried III this county upon an in-
dietment tor the murder of another
white man. He was acquitted. A
few weeks ago his body was found in
the woods near his home, and he had
evidently been murdered some time
before. No clue to the perpetrators.
These mention and stop. must,
however. mention one thing that oc-
CURED i'll this town this week. A man
named F. NJ. Bonner gave his three
months wife drubbing, was arrested,
tried, convicted and fined one hundred
and fifty dollars, and sentenced to ten
days imprisonment (which last was re-
mitted} the same day; tried before the
church and expelled the next day,
and is now living under the contempt
of tile whole community. l hope he
won't emigrate to Oregon.
| Ladies enquire of me orally and by
letter, as to the prospect of obtaining
employment in Oregon as teachers. 1
am unable to give them reliable and
satisfactory information. Can you do
so? When in Oregon 1 learned that
the State was blessed with good schools
and plenty of them, and this would
indicate that there is no lack of teach
ers, and no opening for persons of
either sex seeking employment in this
line. Should be mistaken, a note
appended hereto correcting the error
will be duly appreciated. [You are
certainly correct, yet there Is always
an opening for first class teachers, at
remunerative wages.-ED. REGISTER. ]
have come to the conclusion that
Volney Smith, Lieutenant Governor
of Arkansas, is much abused man.
Since looking into the matter, confess
his claims to the Gubernatorial chair
seem rather more plausible than they
did at first glance, and there is no
earthly doubt that the Democrats,
when they got the power, were as
anxious to inaugurate a Democratic
administration and throw the Republi-
cans overheard. and in as big a hurry
to do it, as the latter would be now to
oust the Democrats. But whether the
nsoclus operandt adopted by the Demo
Gratis was altogether CONNIE Ill .fdet adj
nlits of very serious doubt. and am
inclined to think Volney did no more
than any Democrat, or ''any other
man, would have done under similar
circumstances. Whether he can ever
get into the office of Governor, how
ever. is quite another thing and am
inclined to think he never will, for, tc
use a Mississippi term, l am rather Of
the opinion he has been euchred. The
: fact IS. the way things have been going
OH throughout the South generally
since the war, would not only pulzzlt
Philadelphia lawyer, but would,
have little doubt, put the devil him
: self to his trumps to understand ans
unravel thoroughly. A eonscientiou
man finds it hard. very hard, to max,
up his mind to have anything to dt
with politics at all, OH either side
down here. He readily concludes tina
: s'the post of honor is a private sta
tion.''
Cotton continues down, and mer
> chants continue blue. Times hav
never been so stringent since the clos
of the war, and there is no demand 70
property at all at any price. Their
e are. as have written you heretofore
many who eoant to 90 to Oregon, bu
e unfortunately, to use the language @
e the Savior, s'though many are calle
r but few are chosen" It being i'm
e possible to sell out, it is eqnally so
4 raise money to get away with; and a
], COZ, sequence large number VIII
q want to go, are dssIi0us to do so. an
have been calculating on it, acilI mo-
: simply because they can't. Still, ther
e will be some and from the letters
r. am receiving / am led to believe thu
!. the emigration to our northern fror
= tier State will no be from Mississippi
. alone, but from all the Southern State
= between the Mississippi river and tn
10 Atlantic seaboarti. And [ should NJ
be surprised if, in time. Oregon hs
8 among her population the pick Of tn
n SOUTHWEST.
a Below will be found the range I
l. the thermometer from the 18th to Il
!. 3lst OF January. 1875:
n Jan. l3-- So to l0o above zero.
II 9 f0 l0sa hove zar0