Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-10-28
NEWS on THE DAN
80 xho,o The rery age oad Jo'y q tie Times.

TO xho'o The rcry age ond tody q tie Times.
Grave apprehcnsionS arc felt for the safety
of the steamer ISmala, Of the Anchor Llrc
She sailed from New York for Glasgow four
weeks ago. aud has not been heard OF s!Gc'.
There Is al isuptcS>!oH az the port OF her nest'-
notion that she has been 'ost This fine vessel
is Owned BY the Henderson Brothers. at las
Cow. She was built on the Clyde IN 1870. Her
length i 500 feet, har breith 33 feet, and ncr
depth of hold % feet: and she is registered
$50 tons.
The bale of cotton which was donated by
Col. Creed Taylor. OF Arkansas, for the bcue-
iii of the Memphis orphans and sod il that
city for fifteen hundred dollars, was subst qurnt-
X shipued 10 St. Louis aud sold there for pine,
~ dollars. II was then forwarded to Clncln-
natl, and Yesterday was sold on Change. ard
purchased BY lnembers Of the ChamLcr ot
Commerce for s.. 03O Il will now be shipped
TO some other cry, to be agala spld for ;he
same purpose.
VIM. Scaulon, aged eighteen, was stabbed
and Killed by Jas. McMahou, aged sixteen, IN
New York, yesterday. Scaulon owed Nc Ma
hon fly cts which led TO ID quarrel when
| Scanion beat McMahon over the heal. AcN4
hon went to neighborng grocery store, stole
cheese knife. ard stabbed ScanIon in the lett
shoulder. McMahou was arrested, and cx-
presses no regret at his crime.
\ sanguinary fight took place Yesterday among
band OF Indians encamred on Jordan II yer,
near Salt Lake, who had bccrmc uladdcncd
with LIQUOR Guns knives and tludgeonS were
used. Ouc Indiau was killed INSTANTLY anv!
several wounded The inhabitants in the Vi
cinity of the eucouutcr were obliged 10 stand
! guard over their houses to protect Their lam
lies.
The furnace owners Of Pi,tSLurg held meet
| ing on Saturday. ut which it was unanimously
resolved that on and after Monday, the eth
inst, reduction OF ter per Ct will be made on
| all labor 1t is the opinion OF most OF those
who were present at the meeting that II will be
very Difficult, 10 keep the furnaces 10 blast, aud
that further reduction might be necessary To
prevent entire SUSPENSION
\ dispatch from Cave City states that !. d!i:
6culty occurred yesterday between ID j.. Graves,
PROPRIETOR of the Mammoth Cave Hotel, aul
| Edward Vile ken. agent Tor the cave, II which
several shots were fired. Graves was wounded
IN the bowels. probably Fatally. N!lcoxcn was
uuhurt.
Some incidents connected with the recent
discovery Of new gold niue, reported to be
of extraordinary richness, in the San Juan
district, twenty-five miles southwest OF Del
Norte, and 10 Southwestern Colorado, are
given by the Denver Tribune.
Mrs. Yano, wife Of the japanese charge
d Affairs, arrived at San Francisco by sseaincr
yesterday evening, en- route to Washington,
TO join her husband She is the first Japl-
ucse lady who has ever lett her native land TO
| ioiu her husband iu fiOrega country.
There was considerable huctuation in the
prices of stocks at New York, yesterday but
the marker closed at about the same figures as
on Saturday.
Judge VIM. II. Porter, Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court Of Chicago, vas found dead
yesterday morning. 1t is supposed that he died
FROM apopcXy.
Allen 5 majority for Governor Of Ohio is ST..
The majority Cor Isaac II. Welsh t1r State
Treasurer is III.
The City Council Of Indianapolis have APP
rropriatcd $1,000 TO aid the Memphis SUI
| ic!crS.