Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-03
NEWS OF TIE DAY.
40 sho,0 the very age and body Of the Times

Persons who arrived at Sioux City yesterday
trom%Fort Sully report that the Cheyenne
agency had been taken possession OF by the 10
dams, aud that on attempting to 'and cney
were ordered back BY the red men, who nreo
over their heads that Major RandaI and com
rades are prisoners, and that the Indians hau
killed u large number OF cattle, the carcases Oh
which are seen along the river banks and on
sandbaukS.
A letter IRON lIavrc dc Grace to the Elkton
Democrat says" Extensive preparations are
being made for the National Camp Meeting IN
July, to be held about mile from town, on
the Pbiladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad. at Willow Grove, or Darlington,
very large and pleasant wood. 1t promises
| to be the largest affair OF the kind ever held
in this section Of the country.
The number of vessels belonging to or bound
| to or from ports in the T., S. reported totally
lost or missing during tho past month, 81, OF
which "a were wrecked, 3 burnt. abandoned,
| ioundcrcd, and G are missing. They are
cias: edas follows t ships, I bark>, briggs, I
schooners and sloop, anG their total estimated
value, exclusive OF carcocs, is $S2S, 900.
From portions Of California has been received
tho intelligence of short crops. In Santa Clara
county there will be only half Grain crop,
which will not pay for harvesting. In the Suy-
san Valley north winds AID dry weather have
almost destroyed the crops. More favorable
reports come from the northern parts OF the
State.
A prominent friend of Cuban independence
says the reason why General Jordan left the
Cuban army i; that he had engaged in that
service only tor one year, which lime had eX-
rircI, but that lie is now On his way 10 this
country, accompanied by two secretaries, as an
accredited agent OF the insurgents.
A disturbance has occurred between the IL
Gully and the students of Dickinson College
Pa. Nearly hail the students are concerned in
resistance to the college authorities. Efforts
are being made to have the affair settled with
out resort to expulsion.
A. I. Stewart and Moses H. Grinrcll have
paid to the New lo!k Trust Company S52,OO0,
the amount OF subscriptions received Tor the
family of Mr.. Stanton the late Secretary OF
| War. The company have agreed to act as
trustees Of the fund.
Xarah Colburn, talented English engineer
mechanic, once editor and proprietor Ct the
London Engineer, but 4 resident 10 this coun-
try for several years, committed suicide iately
in Boston The inquest resulted in verdict
of suicide while insane.
The latest official information shows there Is
little or no prospect Of trouble with the British
authorities over the Winnipeg expedition. The
| latter have not asked permission OF the United
States to pass through the Saint Mary canal,
| and don intend TO,
| The telegram Informs Us that whalcrS re-
turned to Dundee from Greenland report q
steamer fast in tie ice there, and that vessels
have been dispatched to her relief. The
description CT the frozen in steamer Is not
given.
There was destructive fire in Boston on
Saturday. Thirty small houses We're burned
down. y large building occupied BY several
manufacturing establishments in New \ DIRK,
| was burned yesterday. Loss $4,000" ormore-
| Insured.
Yesterday the Supreme Council Of the thirty
third degree Of the Order OF Ancient and Ac-
copied Scottish Masons, for the Southern .Iu
rsd Lotion OF the | s., assembled at Masonic
Hall in Baltimore.
The steamship Germany ran into the steam
ship City Of Quebec, when off Green Island,
near Quebec. The latter steamer sunk in deep
water malt 40 hour afterwards. Her third en-
glnccr and a passenger were lost.