Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-06-20

tIuutu during tile day ard uclractcu very cou-
sdcraEIy from the strength OF the suns rays.
Yesterday is universally acknowledged to have
been thr warlnnst day Of this season.
E'rGmh Washington.
lSrECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE GAZETTE. !
WASniNGruN, Junc 2O.--Thc ante room Of
The executive mansion was not without callers
!;- mnrniug, hui they were not admitted.
Ti, President, ,sith Secretaries lGvarts and
!hnmrs,:n sad Postmaster General Key, left
here this morning tor Annapolis, 10 attend the
graduation exercises Of the cadets OF the u. >.
Naval Ar:'r.y .! that place.
At noon IL dispatch WAS received at the
White Hons. ANNOUNCING the safe arrival OF
ihc Presidential paris al Annapolis
VIRGINIA NOTES.
The Postmaster Genera! has assured 4 lead
lug republican from Virginia that there will be
10 change made III the lynchburg office Tor
some time yet.
1t is said by those who arc presumed to
know hat there are on The files OF the depart
mcnts only - applications tor offices that have
not been settled. All the other applications for
olllcrs are now dead, - they relate TO Offices
which have been filled since the coming in Of
the present administration, or Tor Offices III
which Mr.. Hayes has announced his purpose
to make no change.
The proposal Tor sending 4 colony Of AI*a.
fans to Virginia has finally been abandoned.
The New York committee having the matter
10 charge is dissolved.
ANOTHER INDIAN WAR.
The Commissioner Ct Indian Affairs is TO-
day in receipt OF the following telegram from
the Nez Perces Agency, Idaho, dated June
18th, via WaIIa Waa, 10Th:
"Ihr non treaty Indians commenced hoStlll-
ties on the 18th lust. Up to date twenty nine
settlers are reported murdered and Tour lndlans
killed. Gen. Howard il here in command.
The hostile Indians are about one hundred
strong. They arc reported to have gone to
the Salmon river country, and are making Tor
The Geysers, in Southern Idaho. Troops arc
IN pursuit about twelve hours behind
The reservation Indians are true to the gov
arnmcnt. \ company is formed under the
head chief, ard Is protecting the settlement OF
ia Alah aud the employees. No news from
ho Indians north Of here
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The e,inuttcc charged TO examine the
abuses OF the i'rlniiug Bureau Of the Treasury
Department. have prepared their report They
,ay that 10 per cent. OF the force employed
here until last year was in CNHcsi OF the needs
If the pnklic srfv;ca, and that women, friends
)! members nl Congress, Were forced in. SD that
racrs had tn be mad" Tor them 50 that in one
place as IN example twenty women were en-
ployc,l III carrying printed sheets along 4 pas
sage. in sma.i lois At time. One man with a
ya,rcw now does tho wolh in = lew hours.
1t is understood lh:I the wells around the
hIunumcat will be filled ny in 4
rw day..
The NEW. GOVERNMENT BoNDs.-At the
cabinet meeting yesterday the following letter
n regard TO The payment OF the new four per
,cnl. bonds was submitted by tho Secretary Of
he Treasury and agreed upou:--
Francis 0. Frcach. Esq, a Broa{tr"y, ~ T.:
Sir--I cur letter OF The lS!h Instant, in which
,ou inquire whether the four per cent. bonds
TOW bciag sold by the Government arc payable,
principal anl interest, in gold coin, is received.
The subject from lis great Importance, has de-
handed aid received careful consideration.
Under laws NOW IN iGrca thcrn Is no coin issued
)r issuah!e in which the principal cI the four
per cent. bonds is rcticcmailc anI the interest
payable cXccp; the gold coins Ct the United
States OF the standard value, fixed by laws 10
orco on the ll'h OF July, 1870, WIhn the BONDS
we're authorized The government cXacts 10
exchange for these bonds payment al their lace
value in such geld com, and ii is noi to be an
Icpatcd that any future Legislation nl Congress
5r any action OF any department OF tho Govern.
mcnt would sanction or tolerate redemption oil
.hc principal Oh these bonds CT payment oil The
interest thereon in coin q less value than the
,oius authorized by IaH % iln time Of tho issue
Of the bonds, bciUG the coin cxactcd by the
Government in exchange for the same. The
essential ccmcat 81 good ia''h IN preserving
the equality ia value between The coinage 10
which the Government receives and that IN
which It pays these bonds Will bn sacr1diy Oh
served by The Government and the people OF
the United States. whatever may be the system
Of coinage which the general pollty OF the na-
ton may at any time adopt. Tins prlaclp!o is
uruu the text ni tho law oil July lIth,
1870, under which tho four per cent. bonds are
issued, sud requires, ic the opinion Of The cX-
cculive dcpari ulcnt ol the Government, the re.
dcmption Of these bonds and the payment Of
their interest in coin Of equal value with that
which the Government receives upon their
Issue. Very respectfully,
JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary.
ENOcn ARDEN III NEvADA.-The usual still.
ness and quito Of our town was somewhat ruthed
by a romance which though wholly unforeseen,
bids fair TO lead TO lawsuit. Il seems that in
the year 1880 Mrs. .------, now d resident Of our
town, WAS tho daughter Of Is wealthy citizon Of
Ohio and in the spring Of 1856! became tho wife
Of wcl-todo young man. Shortly after the
marriage, however. tho Young husband started
for California with party who were about 10
cross tho plains. For months and months did
tho anxious young wife wait in vain for tidlngs
from her absent husband. Al last, unable 10
bear the suspense, she started in search of him.
Arriving in California sho learned that the train
with which her husband departed had been al.
tsCkod on tho plains by Indians, and ne reported,
evory soul murdered. This, Of course, was 8
terrible revelation to the fond wife. and she
wsndercto and fro in search OF all the world held
dear for hcr, and took up her residence in Cali
fornia, where, q few yenrs lator, she was courtcd
and won by u MI ----, who WAS totally unac-
quantod with her former marriage nor did she
enighten him Oh tho subject. They thon took
up thoir residpnco in. n evads, whore they have
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