Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-13
News the Day.

Samuel Legsett, one of the eldest and most
r spect c,l zans of Harrisouburg, Va. died
last Tuesday.
Frankie Williams, of the Point Of Rocks
Va, was killed by he accidental discharge OF
his sun. While huo,iug, last Elk.
TIE farm of Mr. John Bell, ia Orange cum,
ty, Va, contaioipg 235 acres. has been sold 10
NJ. q. W. illrk, # the same county, at
SIT 10 pr acre.
The total uumber of iu'ernents at SavanDah
jest sday was 6. Of vi len were rom yellow
fever. Among tie deaths was that oil james
H. Guarrard, S1gUa! Otticer.
\, h. races at J rome Park yesterday the
chief Interest conferred 10 the ;ur mile race for
he CeLtauniai cup. valued al 81 SUI. lhc race
was won by Tom Ochil'rec
Mr.. William w. CorcoraD has. through the
Hon. 4 II. H. Stuart, rector of tn. Un!ver
sity o.! Virginia, m d. a donation OF So OOO' to
he app!icd TO the Ell argement OF The library OF
that institution.
AT the meeting OF the Institute of Architects
held 10 Philadelphia yesterday resolutions
were proposed deprccatIug the COMPLETION OF
,h,. Washington Monumcut,,lt bclng uaHorthy
the architecture Of the age. The matter Was
reierr, d.
Th, public house OF John Fl. CemmeotS, at
Summit Bridge, DEL, was raded Monday
ri b, by some well dressed meo. They hs"d
cuff d the proprietor, and plunjered ne hou-e
Of Ill IN ieIa!ry, uousy, o:lver~are anu g0oa
cloths thereto > ,lue peisnrs Woo aoe"cr lne
bill Of charges have beou arrested.
In Pail .dplp hia, YESTERDAY, at the session OF
the Board of Missions Of the Protestant Epls
ma hnrch, The c.mmltee to which Was re
;erred n rcp,r, of the Treasurer made Their
,apoct. vIic a!uws th3 total receipts OF tn
| B ..gi to br 1895 900, the disbursements
| 500 45l, daDt $72.7Oj, and the invest ments
| $l39 jUl.
B4bcock having been acquitted, RlcbarJ
| Harrington, wac was also connected With the
sale burglary I, Washington, returned to VIII
mins,Du, Del. Yesterday, and appeared before
tie i. :. Commissioner and furnished ball IL
SlOUD0 for hi app"arai.cc at he prescott term
| OF the Supreme Court FIR .I.e District OF Col
umbia. Harm ton refuses to state where nc
has been staying, but II Is generally Thought
| that he has not been GU 81 ie Of Delaware slacc
| his disappearance Upon his Release be leti
| 10. Dover, where his family resides
SITTING BULL-Thcre IS little positively
knJwn n regard 70 the ,Xact whereabouts Of
Sitting Bull aud his baud. but it IS generally
| believed from ali the REPORTS received that he
is on the l. tile Missouri. A report received
frjm / r: Peck, Oh the Missouri
stats that a party OF Intlans beiopglug
| shat agency while out bunting met four lu!laD:
from Sitting Bulls camp. They stated tGaI
his CAMP was o. the L:;le Missouri, and that
bis baud were 70 ueed OF food aud ammunition,
| and 10 a : ry short !llne Would be reduced t.
tho greatest wait aud sutf"rng. They were
watching tie lrrgrtss OF affairs al toe differed
ageuc!es to determine what they should DO
| most Of hem being wiling to 90 III aud .ubaI
70 the Guverulneit ii they thought thry would
! yc taken care Of. O:her reports arc to the e!'
;rct ;nat Sltti.g Buii has all his wounded from
| The diff rent fGhtS VITO him 90 the Little Mis-
souri,, IA; how !rue the statement Is, |, not
| Known. Onc thing, however, i, certain: tue
lnulaua realize he !act tiat they haze received
t. worst Ut tie campaign ard the u JUrity o.
| tn q are cos Wt!ilcg t" make he best 81 the
5 uatlvn aud cu!er he different agvpceS while
,Hny can. they are thoroughly dlShcartcned
a, d dc;nor zGj; they arc Without lo0d
aau th u s4ritcr, iav:ng abandoned
ti,~ir lI:ps: vile rereaunr before the
soldiers-and wi long, hard wlnter star
i,g tiirm III The face, III. pro>pcc Is crrtaloiy
10, a cheering o.. i"i them. That they ar,
out Of auu.uoili:u FIR hun;lUg OF fighting /:
evident from. the eff ,rts they have made al dit
lercu places 70 obtain some Al almost any price
| 1t being stated that they offered the lndians al
| For, Peck pony for eight or ten pounds Ii
l. nos surprising, therefore, tba; they should bt
auxicu. t"r p~ace-aul Govcrnm ,nl rations.-
| n. Y World.
| NEWARK CHARTER ELECTION 10 the late
| n walk h .r. election the city Tcut decided
y republican, though by greatly reduced ma
j,rities as COM pared vi h ;he vote of last year
Ic 1875 lie city gavv Mayer Yates, republican,,
a majority of 1910 AID he republican Alder
mcu au agarcga,g MI 'rIty IT 1880. This year
the republicans c!y ticket receives only about
| 600. and be aggregate republican maJ2rIty
90 Aidcrmeu is oDiy about 800, tllIlog OF OF
about =. 800 This is unGou otcdly due to great
raruii ca dettc;!on- in W .rds where the Ger
| ma 5 az. numerous, noticeably 10 the Twelfth,
| Tar, eenth aud Six h wards. The latter COM
| pecy .wung rpuod from The republicans aDd
elected a democratic Aiieruan Tic Ihir-
teenh. which gave the republican Alderm a o
| 10 1875 about 100 barely escaped being cap
tur,1 b. the democrats, their cand date being
| defeated by only some seventy votes. Ii Is
noteworthy that, while tie democratic total
vo:e ucr ascd nearly 1000 since lasl year, the
republican vote is luct :ased only about eighty.
Upon Aldermen the republicans this year gain
he First, Fourth, Fl! b, FL h and Fifteenth,
| C rri ty ii: GcUucT'ts TWO years ago. The
| mocra,s gain the S xth and Truth, carried
by he republicans last year. While the repuh-
licars havc really carried tie city handsomely,
ne dcm Gratis claim decl led gains as above
past:cu!ar,zej.- Y Herald.
The Turkish War.
The cord ons on which the Pre- will graut
an arnisnce require, amongst other things,
thai no arms be introduced into the SerVian