Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-25
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kioWa aud tOnanche agency. lnulan IeIIi-
tory. under da;e Of August l., representing all
nuiel with no raids since his last report, and
better inclination on the part OF those tribes
not on the reservation to come 10 and MAKE
peace, which he attributes to the movement Oh
troops and the scarcity OF water. The long con-
tuued drought, with prevailing hot wiLds mas
made vegetation as dry as the frosts OF ran
would During the preceding ten days tnG
mercury had stood as nlgh as W. anu seVe'a'
DAYS reached | and | - in the shade.
In the suit of the Government against Gen.
Bu,terfeld, it was decided yesterday that he
was liable for currency aud gold short IN his ac-
counts. but he was entitled 10 Certain emolu
mcnts aud Judgment was gwen III his favor
for the amount, by which the emoluments So
allowed exceed the amount short IN his ac-
counts.
Mr.. Morris, counsel for Mr.. Tilton, was yes
terday preparing complaints against the Brook
|yp Eagle, New York Tribune, and World for
publishing llbeIous articles against MN ana
Iayiug the damages in each case at $50 OOO.
The suit against Beecher will be the first pros
ecuted.
ALI of the coal companies doing business in
Wyoming and L,ckawanua Valley, Pennsylva-
nj, stonped work on Saturday Oh account CT
the market bciug overstockcd. They expect to
resume on the list of September. Two thou,
sand men and boys have 10 employment dur
ing the suspension.
The town of South Bend, in Indiana. vas
visited by fire yesterday that nearly destroyed
one of the most important OF It's industrial en-
terprises the great wagon mauu'actory WHICH
| a., rbn !rp ~
country. The l"ss is about S2OO,OOO but the
greater part is insured.
Notwithstanding the best showing that can
be made for the crops in Nebraska, Governor
Furnas announces that the people IN some sec
tons of the State will need aid from outside
during the winter, but for the present they are
doing we'll without 1t.
In consequence Of the conf OF proper
ty of CarIists by the Spanish Government
Prince Alfonso has issued orders to his troops
announcing that retallatory measures Will be
| tasen.
Ga Sunday night son Of Rev. Mr.. Day, OF
the Holy Trinity Church, Toronto, aged ten
years pointed gun at his sister, twenty years
of age, and pulling the trigger, literally blew
the side of her head of.
Gen. Herbert has written a letter to Adju-
taut General Bond, notifying him of his accept
ance of the command of the Fist Brigade,
MARYLAND National Guard, to which he was re-
Gently elected.
The first new crop cotton Of the season was
received at Baltimore yesterday. 1t consisted
of two bales Georgia middling, Of excellent
staple, and was sold 90 arrival at II Cts pei
pound.
The attempted revolution at Santiago de los
Cabellaros in favor of Baez has proved fail
ure. Baez has arrived at ST. Thomas IRON
Porto Rico Ell route for Curacao.
At Augusta, Ca, on Sunday night. white
man stabbed and killed a colored man named
Summons The jury Of inquest rendered YER
dict OF just6able homicide.
The Carlists have cxtinguished the lights 90
the Spanish coast between San Sebastian and
| Bilbao.
During the week ending yesterday morning
there were lS4 deaths in Baltimore, of which
number lO2 were uudcr FIVE years of age.
| An explosion occurred iu colliery near Han
ley, Stafordshire, England, yesterday morning,
causing the instant death OF eight miners.
Five hundred Iahorers belonging to the Eng
| lsh Agricultural Uulon are to leave England
for Canada today.
The Mayor and other city officials Of Ciucin-
natl are on visit 10 Philadelphia.
MADAME BAZAINE AND OTHER DEVOTED
WIVES. The Philadelphia Press says:
| Madame Bazane's name may be added to the
list of noble women, devoted wives who, dis
dainlng personal risk, effected the escape OF thrr
husbands from captivity and danger. There are
several such distances, but our readers will most
readily recall TO mind the two in which Scotch
and French lady hoDorably took part. In Feb
rusry, 1718, the earl of NTH dale condemned to
death for participation in the ear OF Mars re,
bellion againss George l., was adroitly liberated
from the tower Of London by the devotion and
| cleverness OF his wife. A still later instance is
| that Of the count de Lavalette, who WAS post
master of Paris during Napolron's reign OF the
hundred days, and whose escape, he BENG then
und er sentence OF death, was Effected by his wife,
who exchanged clothes with him, and took his
place in prison on Dcccmbcr 70 1915, while he
passed through the guard unsupported, and
finally escaped from France by the assistance of
three Englishmen- Hutchinson, Wilson and
Bruce-whose conduct in this case won the
worlds applause Madame de Lavalette was
not punished fYr her widely act, but the pressure
on her mind was so great hat she was deprived
of reason for many mon his. She survived her
heroic deed Tor nearly forty years, her death not
having occurred until 1855 She was niece of
the Empress josephine, and consequently nearly
related to Napoleon. 1t is curious that though
Lord Byron wrote highly eulogistic poem ON
Madame dc Laval,tte, 1t i not w be found in
ally Of Murray's editions of his works. Madame
Bazaine became Il wife, IN her native Mexico,
some nine years ago, and is now only twenty
six When Mar: ha Bazane was seat to the Isle
of St. Marguerite, his wife and children were
permitted t. visit him at least once q week, but
under restr .ctions which must have been gallins
to all parties. 1t is known that Of course she re
CARDS her husband rs the victim of political
spite-a veteran soldier condemned for his Boz
naparte proclivities by military court, the
president of which was ali Orlcsns prince uncle
of one of the pretenders to the crown of France.
HAIR SNAKES The New York Turf, Field
and Farm says
The common belief is that these creatures are
a transformation of u horsehair that has remain
ed for some time in the W ter. when u walk
inc stick " SAYS Dr Slack "bncOmes y snake y