Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-05-24

buck laid his gun beside him and waited orders;
Gen. Davis said Give NJ your pistols and
all your other arms.
Each buck said he had no arms.
"rhcn," said the General, Il shall give you
camp where you can rc'naln ton'ght and u
YOU try to run or escape you will he shot dead.
''rhc orders were cxnlaurrl.aud ali n''cdieict
promised
'"rhe procession moved across Cottonwood
creek to cu,np of trees. At thiS point the
tai!ings of the crowd came in. lh@rs were hai1-
naked children aged squaws, who could scarcely
hobblc, blind lame, halt and the scam vi the.
tribe There we're sixty-thrcc persons linen,
women and chidreu-twrlve bucks, twenty
souaws and their children. Falrcl'ljd says there
are twenty bucks missing from the Couonwocd
branch of the tribe. /
tBorus Charley said Boston Charley had been
killed. The disa ffcrtion heretofore reported il
corrobora,cd by the captain OF the NlOdocs, who
nartcd company with Captain Jack eight days
ago. +
The artillery has bceudlvidcd into squadroGS,
and the Warm Sprin. Indians into srua pal ties
far the PURPOSE Of following Captain Jack $ lac
zion of the Mudor tribe, aud the respective COM
| maids will start out in day OF twu.
Another Mndnr has since entered The camp
and surrendered. 1t is Hacker Jinr the Lost
| R!vcr murderer
Gen. Giilcm has been superseded.
| WASHINGTON, May %. The following WAS
| received here tonight
SAN FRANcIsCo, May -. ITO General
Sherman, Washingt,n: Colonel Davis reports
that about halfth Modncs, hcing whipped and
hard pressed by IIasbrouck, have surrendered
Internationally Davis says he will push the
pursuit Of Captain jack aud party aud hopes
to end the war soon.
81. NJ. Schotcld, Major General. y
| Mn. Sr;MNER's DIVORCE 1t has already
been announced that Mr.. Sumner had obtained
divorce from his young and das!lInS wile, on
the ground of continued abscncc-ilvc years
under the Massachusetts laws. She was the
widow Of "A millionaire Massachusetts, Congress
man-Mr. Hooper only twenty-five. The
Cincinnati Enquirer says:
eve know not how 1t may be, but It has
been said that jealousy on the part of the
| Honorable Senator had considerable to do with
this unlor unate pr0cccding. There was natur-
ally, disparity Of years AMI Of tastes and habits.
This almost universally produces iii unhappy
marriage But in this instance it Was ag"rl-
| waited Mr. Sumner was not only bachelor OF
long maturcl habits, but he had formed Other
connections and associations y, Gu iar to himself
even aside from that iact. For instance, 1t
was said that he always had his carriage
at the door at any ball or party they mn
tualIy attended, at which he would say
madam, il is now ~ clock; ii is time to 20
home, aud our Conveyance Is heln~. Size
would reply, Il AIN Happy to hear it. nu arc
sleepy and tired. Go home and -o to bed, hut
am not yet ready. ! will follow you by and
BY So good night my dear. Then, as We
have said, the Senator was said to BE- norhly
! Jealous Of certain gentleman connected with
The Prussian Embassy, whom he had himself
introduced to his wife, and cXtoIle1 in the
highest terms, and which gentleman attcrward
escorted her to many evening amuScmcns.
which her husbands habits forbade him 10 at
tend One day this young attachc received IA
very pcrcmntory letter from Berlin ordering
him to return home immediately, and recalling
him from the PruSsian legation lie was
thunderstruck by the intcliigcncc not con
scous of any offence against his gov
crnmcnt. he could not conceive what It
meant He therefore wrote to an luiiucn-
tial friend at home to make inquiries ot Count
Bismarck as to what was the real reason Of this
very extraordinary proceeding. In reply he
was informed that the chairman Of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, who was then
Senator Charles Sumner, had written letter
requesting his recall, and that the Count did
not consider that he was authorized 10 refuse
request coming from such an influential source
| in the government to which he was accredlt-
ed Or course the young PrusSlan gentlcu'an
| duly Informed Mrs. Sumner Of all this, and ru,
NOR hath it that that lady was nor at AL pleased
with the conduct of her husband III the matter.
The German Secretary returned home, ana i"r
time the cloud upon the marital relations Of
the Senator Disappeared.
but by and by, as it was announced to the
| rublc, aud, we think, by an agreement between
the parties. Mrs. Summers health required
that she should leave the American continent,
| and breathe for time the air OF Europe. This
was accordingly done, and the atmosphere has
been 50 bracing and the scenery so pleasant
| to say nothing Of her cnmpanlonshlp she
| has fingered there SO long as to enable MI
Sumner to obtain the divorce for willful absence,
required by the statute MIR. Sumner will re-
sume his old bachelor relations, and his late
wife-a Young, handsome and wealthy widow
will be prize to be contcnled for by gentle
men of position who arc in the matrimonial
market"
FREDERICK COUNTY ITEMS - From the
Winchester News. The late Board of Super
visors have managed the affairs Of the county
peculiarly we'll During their administration
the county has been relieved although it was
SIS, 900 in debt, the taxation has been reduced,
the public buildings have been repaired and
the grounds bcautificd and there is money left
in the treasury.
We will mention few of the names VIC have
heard spoken of in connection with the House
of Delegates: The old veteran Jno. f. Wall,
H. NJ Tidba Philip Williams, Samuel Nler-
ryman, Mai. r. W. Hunter, Gen. }. II. VIII
liams, Col. Jas p Rely, NJ. Il. Kaufman and
many others.
Last Tuesday morning, Edward kcan, IA
miIiary known among our people as "Unclc
Ned" died Of dropsy. lie died sitting up in
his chair We suppose he was about 70 years
ofage. "Unclc Ned was we'll known through
out this section of the State, having for many
years carried on livery stable in Winchester
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