Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-27
The Eastern War.

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Wednesday uight says: "PrivaIe telegram;
state that the Russian cent :o attacked PIsS0a
yesterday, and were REFUSED viii loss Of
1000 men and 4 guns.
This report is probably uotouod3d. t. CO
official confirmation has been received
A special 10 the London Times from Get.
| irjs an0oucc:s that Garan.ko has SURRENDERED
to the Mo1tenegrins:
\ dispatch from Vienna says the peace par,
~ are gaining the upper hand 10 SerVla.
A correspondent at Zg!aioce tcl:g1arhs as
follows "Discontcnt and discour5g ement are
greater 10 The Russian army even than had
expected. | have not spoken with a single
officer who does not regard success as hopeless.
The Turkish losses a! Pievna seem TO have
been as heavy as the Russian Trustworthy ID.
formation is received that fourteen thousand
wounded are still in PIeyna, whom The Turks
are unable to remove"
! Generals Skobeloff AID T.dl.b l,ft Bush
Arrest yesterday for the army.
| LONDON, Sept. "a Russian Ctfc!s! die
patch issued at Cory Studan says: "a The
| 22d instant ab0u. ten ,honslnd Turkish intan.
try from Sofa, supported by artillery, forced
their way through our clvalry posted t. inter
cept them, and entered Plevna. Further de-
tails are wanting. All il quiet around RHts-
chuk and 10 the Balkans.
AN EXCITING ScENE.~-A private exhibition
Of q wsr dance was given Tuesday afternoon by
the Sioux Indians now visiting the city. a
representative Of the Nation happened 10 he
passing in thevi,inity ofihe Washington House,
| heard aome uncarthly sounds, and sfGor a little
| ~ TO al in bay-
ing his curiosity gratlhed as TO the cause OF the
| disturbance. Entering q large room adjoining
| the dining room Of the hoto he found score OF
| Indians hideously painted in red, yellow, blue
and green, with feathers On their hhads, botls Oh
| their logs and arms, screening with all their
might, jumping from one foot to ihs other,
| STOPPING over, swaying their bodic, from side to
| side TO their own Growing and music Ct q tom
| tom. Al.er making several circuits OF the hall,
| half dozen OF the band seated themselves upon
| tho floor in circle with big drum in the CEN
| tre which they commenced TO beat. when the
others commenced the resl dance Ths dancers
set up q strange chorus Of shrill chipping crios,
and then darling to the middle, began dancing
| back and forth, around and through in COLI
fused mass. themselves still singing, their b' .,,s
| sisted in raising one foot straight up. Ian
changing positions, carrying it or - tba erJ
Two pauses are made to give ~ ,r
ing and they began with re,onbIad vi I1 ".
feathered arrow! was str elk in tbe aoor' and
around it they circled and hoped more msdly
Insa eter, anu ~ 20 second interlude, mag.
ahoudersJ 81 over six feet in hight, broad
49, eaut d muscular az Hercules, stepped
70 tne cen re and related some of his own eior-
ious , ee ,ds. AS his speech advanced his hesrers
A. Sed their appreciation, and when he had
'-ished relating the destruction OF his enemy in
the open field, an applalsve Howl" came
from the rcd coryphees. One Of The interpret.
ers wound up the entertainment! by relating tho
sensation of being acalped. Ho had been there
We use his own language: The injin bent down
quick and grabbed me in the scslp-lock Lord !
now he Jerked. shut my eyes. Then felt IS
| II some one bad ripped a cash with dull pair
ct scissors all EouCd the top O. my head, and
then poured ladle fall O hot lead in it. a
Hash of the awfullest, sharpest pain that kin be
imag ined ran all through me clean to the end q
my toes. Then it seemed as if horae were
hltched to my hair, and he wss struck with 4
whip, gave sudden spring an tore the top O
my head OFT from side to side. | cad feel my
knees draw up, and my hands 60 shut and grab
in the snow, and I set my nals clean into my
aesh. The sensation wa5 jest as + from the TOD
O. my head there had run C Jrds down through
my body, which were fast ped in nv flesh all
along, and that these hal lore loose from nv
toes up, and followed '.le top G my head when
it was jerked of. F.now ed were scalp ard
mat were al kno' aed for three day r,,s /
Nation.
Secretary Sherman has written az urgent let.
ter to chairman Robinson Of The Republica
State Conmittee of Ohio that great efforts be
made IS garry the State on the ground that re,
sumption is soon possible. and the prosperity Of
the country is assured. also that the reception
OF the President in Massachusetts and the
Southern States show, his Southern policy has
opened up peace And security in the South.
James Madison T faey, of the United Sister
Navy. died in PHI alelpbia yesterday evening,
aged So years. &c entered the service IN ls28,
and u lo68 ehde bis last cruise, retiring on
bis own apphy lion, after forty Yeas success
sve serslce. His last commission was as com.
modore.
A eecret 10 eeting of sugar dealers was held
in New York yesterday, and a committee was
selected to visit Secretary Sherman and have
the order revoked reducing drawbacks IN To-