Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-29
NEWS or THE DAY
: To sho,o the very age and body Of lie Ttmes'

80 shoa0 the very age and 6ody Of The 1t"'es'
Under the provisions Of the law of Congress
the following named rear admirals will within
Inc next few months be placed on the retired
list: VIM. Rodgers Taylor on November |;
Thornton \. jenkins, December II; 3: +.
Sands February H. The retirement Of these
officers will promote to lhe rank of rear aduilr-
al the following: Commodores Enoch q. Par
rot. Wm. Reynolds, and Eabius Stanley. Rear
ADMIRAL JeDkiDs was appointed from Virginia,
Tav!or was appointed from Rhode Island, and
Admiral Sands from Maryland; and all OF them
have been iorty-four years in the service. 1t
is said in naval circles that Admiral Davis is TO
succeed Admiral Sands as superintendent OF the
naval observatory,
\ dispatch from Dennsoil, Texas says that
Lieut. Quimby, from Fort Richardson, arrived
there aud reports the Iudians in that region
very hostile. Several murders have been COM
uittcd by them during the past week, and d
great deal Of stock rua off. \ faulty living
ueur Ouachta has been butchercd, and the
<e!t.cr> hta 10 a ranch in that vicinety. where
;hcy We're tcsicged ly a large band of Indians.
Two companies Of soldiers LETT for Fort Rich
;.rdson Oh Monday in pursuit of the Indians.
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settlers. The l;d!ans are believed to be Co.
muuchcS.
Alber, Pearce, and Warner j. Heck, were
arrested 10 St. Louis yesterday on a rcqulsi-
ton from the Governor of Tcuuessee, charged
with fraudulent breach of trust. The arrests
grew cut ut' cotton suits by Waddy Thompson,
Of Memphis, against Pcarcc aud Hicox, who
were mtmbcrs of the firm of Barrier & Co.. i'll
1864, and who arc charged with disposiug OF
cotton consigned to them by plaintiff, at great
loss to him, Tor which he claims damages. On
account of the yellow fever at Memphis the de-
PENDANTS will not be taken there for trial.
John Mclaughlin, was murdered yesterday
while driving Il team on Il public road near VIII
Transport, Pa. lie was found lying in the mud
with his breast and throat manglcd hy a gun
shot wound. His cousin, Jas, Mclaughlin,
started for his house in the morning with a
shot gun, and has not returned, and there
was bad blood between the parties This is the
fourth murder that has taken place 10 the
county within six months Nelson f. Wade
vii! be hanged Oh Dccember sixth for commit
lug TWO Of them.
One Of the effects Of the existing money
strirgcucy is the discharge Of large numbers q
women from various employmcnts IN New York.
The " ord, Of that city, after referring to tl!C
Increase in The number Of applications at the
various institutions for the relief of destitute
women, adds Already the number OF women
who walk the streets at night is pcrcertbly
larger, and police officers declare that while on
their beats they continually see new faces which
they can tell belong to 40 hardcucd women Of
the town.
The scandalous charges agaiust Henry Ward
Bcccher are being revived in the form of an in
vcstgation by the Plymouth church committee
Some Of the individuals whose names have been
associated with the affair are summoned to ap
pear before the Committee aud for some unac-
equitable reason, the whole matter is to be
appear in evidence, has declined on the ground
oil beiug no longer member OF Plymouth
church.
The trial of Undertook for the murder Of
Co.'S, at West Chester, commences to day
The Court before which the trial is to take
place is presided over by Judge VIM. But
Ter, one Of the most prominent jurists OF Penn
Syivauia. The prisoner will be defended by
Mr.. Milton Whitney, Of Baltimore Wayne Nc
Vcagh, q prominent lawyer of Harrisburg, aud
Mr.. Perdue, of the local bar The trial is likely
to extend over eight or ten days
The mortuary report at Memphis continues
favorable. There was hard frost there ycster
day morning, aud the temperature was still
falling at the latest reports. At Montgomery,
Alabama, there had been no deaths and no new
cases of fever for twenty-tour hours. The Board
of Aldermen Of New York yesterday appropri-
ated fifty thousand dollars to the aid Of Mem.
phis.
Mr. Cattcll tclcgraphs to secretary Richard
son that the Gcruan Government on Friday
made further subscription to the five per cent.
loan through the Syndicate, amounting TO
So 600 900 This is the third subscription
made by the Imperial Government, aggregat-
ing over Sl0,OOO0OO.
The Atlantic and Pacific and ST. Louis and
Kansas City Railway Company has determined
to reduce tic salaries of all its employees ten
per cent. from the President down. That is a
good way to make the reduction, Instead of be-
ginning with the lowest down and stopping be.
fore the higher $aaricd officers are reached.
Ex- President johnson, since his arrival 10
Washington, has been called upon by both Jay
Cooke and Henry d. Cooke, who have extend.
cd to him comforting assurances as to the re-
covcry Of his $4,000 deposit.
Captain Clark, of the ship Sunrise, arrested
at San Francisco, charged with the cruel and
unusual punishment Of scamen on board his
ship, has been convicted gu seven counts Ct the
Indictment.
Four Delhi, Ind, gentlemen threw dice for
the hand of a widow, who couldn't decide
which 10 take. She accepted the situation aud
the German who threw double skies.
China and Japan.
San Francisco, Oct. IS. The steamer
Grand Sc brings China and japan dates to