Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-03
The Rio Grandc Imbroslio.

NEAT the mouth q DeT!i : !!Tef Oh tbs -o'h'
a1p.c.loc 10 have 10 puist.c tha u totueir camp
,rsD,v DilsS o3rih 0; Sarazcssa toienet |
Ses.:. c..=:s: OF tie 18th q 2j.l 10 support |
Balls 10 CASE he Nigh: Dc entuno@r5a "iso
sccai=l e. 1ecJ upftor;. 10 ne~s iron ei'ss7. |
Te,=ctau- q disas,e. are SENSATIONAL
Ezo. Otl :epc.:s bis nects sasy atsaEca a.
su-;!O. =,
Cooa=' Skaters cGei=il =r:it o!,thsla;s rs'd
IND M:xico is As iJ!!3|=:-
Ga Wadoe:da7, September 10Th lnitlna
,!ou HAVING been rtc.l7eu Of th2 i0calioo 0! 3
c..up ii Lpan l1d:a1s. acics uocar previous
;cs!iu,tiors. LEu:. Bulls, Tlth tetachuent
i: tht SCH C=va!rF, uoItr L!euttoaot I'm!
iit.-, aol u The Teeth Cavalry Icdar L!tutenanI
! L::sGro, ID ta= >=n!D@.". Gioety- oee nsa 10
al cro..tS he Rio 6 ode aud started for ttc
c.aop % THURSDAY rshs they reached the
cjc;5,i7 Of he Remoi10, There Bu!!l5 eXPsc:-
Il 20 me-, AZ lodllu aier, With Thom ar
ra5gamsnis had been made 10 conduct him to
camp. The Meyi,ao, who had agreed to GUIDE
| Li.u:=uant Bu!i!s TO camp, had notlhed the 10
dians tina. Bulls va: 10 paGsul OF them, 50 that
! all pr0petty that va: not disposed Ct Vas de-
stro7ed. Foar :qnaEs AID one bog were cap
| ,uIej. h0Tev;r with t15!Ga horses and Two
uuas. W: a; Li=u:e0au: Bali: camp, oo
! toe RiJ tjranda a. the time be started, and Is
| ii. loiiao camp vas reported 10 have forty
u,ap 10 il ani 4as close to Mrzicao toTo With
| 20 M.gcau soldiers 10 II, tod him l S6u!d
be, With force Of cavalry, al tie head OF San
| utego % Saturday rorrog. 80 a 10 help him
| ooIo ca: be tad aoy wounded. "a the night
| 81 the 2>:h | crossed With seven companies.
reaehiry tue head Of San Diego about ~
. click. | yemain2d there ali day AID night,
and bExt morning learned tina, Lieutenant Bulls
| bad come 10 duTiog the gh. and campad about
Two miles higher up the stream. DlseoVetiog
4 party s. from fifty 70 seventy i've Ae1ican
cavalry following towards the head OF the TlV5r
Ga bis trail, bug!e call was STUDDED, and 10 a
f-w minutes Afterwards L:euteoaat Bulls made
bis aupesrance, be having discovered them at
the same time did. H, started for the Rio
i,rahd., bu. 90. 10 haste. My compsnla: were
5000 formed. AID loe Of march was taken up,
90 our return one Company Of cavalry being put
On, ia the dirsc.iou Of the M:yicsns as rear
guard. As the Mexican troops were about q
mile distsb, aud made 90 Effort to interfere
With u=, aud b.bg nsizDihcant IN numbers, as
c1nrar.l with my own force, did moi feel an.
ttor'z.d to attack them. The M.zlcaos !o!.
l0Ecl "a our rear a. 8 considerable distance Tor
a few miles, and then disappeared. The horses
ADD mules captured are nearly al American
stock; some belong near Fort Clark, aud were
car.u,cd last winter. crossed ebou! | clock
a. u at The point whence Lieutenant Bulls
started Oh bis scout half way between the Pcc15
aud Devils rivers.
4 dspstch from Galveston says There is
10 truth 10 the reports teiegraphed from the
Ri1 Graudc yesterday that Skaters aud Bulls
Commands had met with disaster 10 Mexico.
Both commands have returned to the American
side Of the river without loss. The expedition
wa unsuccessful, owing t. the fact that the 10
daus had been warned Of the Bulls pursuit..
Twelve horses and two mules which had beer
stolen from the American side of the river we're
r7captured. 4 smal body Of Mexican cavalry
kept upon the trail AID ia sight Of the c9m
maud dufing its march from the can Diego
ri7cr 10 the RIO Granic, but made 90 ot1en:l7c
demonstrations
The OILERS WAR-1hc Indictment against
Captains Gregg, DeLty aud Others growing
0u; vi the 'siilrr.' var 10 The sDring Of 1873,
is about to come up before the u. s. Court, 10
Baltimore. The American says:
"rhe case If Joseph Denty, Matthew Z.
Gregg. IN. j. Gniics. L;ewelIyn Scott, Henry
Raclfa and Geo. W. Carpenter, Jr., cluz:os
VI Uh.rie, counly, Md, INDICTED Tor Violation
Of the Four;ceuth am=udment By preventing
Iohn H. Richardson, j ohn Lam plough, Ihos
Downs and James A. Parcel, citizens OF Penn.
s7lrania from fshing in the Potomac river, has
been assigned for trial iu the United States Dis
trict Court 90 Thursday, the llth. Attorney
General Galon aud ilr. VIM. Fell Gls5, jr.,
will appear for the accused, aud the Attorney
General q Pennsylvania will probably assist
Mr. Archibald Stirling, j., IN the plo:ecl!!on.
The counsel Tor the accused will demur TO the
Indictment 90 the ground that the alleged CT
fcnc. Is not q violation Of the provisions OF tho
Fjurtecnh amendment, or OF the Law enacted
to cofo1ae it. They will contend that tie 20,
tonac river Is the exclusive property Of the
State Of Maryland, and the latter has a!!perlect
fight to coLiiue the rg ht TO fish in il to cltzeDs
Of this State The argument On the demurrer
will be heard 90 the | It'll. If it is sustained
the case will be dropped, but if il is oVerruie1
dag will be fixed for the trial Of The accused
90 the Indictment. The question at Issue lsan
important ore, AID It's decision will be looked
forward to with interest. 1t appears that the
pron y!qanians had rented the fishing gr0uods,
bit when they attempted to commence opera
tons he Alary LADDERS set up5n and beat them,
and destroyed their nets aud seloes.
The LOUISIANA RETURNING BoARD.-A
|
Herald says
"The Returning Board matter is agac or
the tapis The Superior Criminal Court, be.
fore which the case will be pursued, opened to-
day, and the case will be setdown for trial at as
early day as possible, and considerable sharp
work s expected 90 both sides. The State
will be assisted by H on. jeremiah Black, while
VOLS aud his colleagues have called Dir. ShelIa.
barger. OF Ohio, and Mr.. Wilson, Of Iowa,
cow practicng attorneys in Washington, to
their assistance. The case has even DOW created
bitter discussion. the conservatives cuutending
that The case will be abandoned at 40 early
stage of the proceedings. The democrats 8, how
ever, aver that the prosecution will notdare to
be any way cnicnt, but must force the matter
to the end. There will be 90 effort made to get
in Secretary Sherman. and the Bourbons aver
that this will be done if possible, the desire
being to in some way open the electoral fight
and give certain congressman something to
stand upon 10 case an attack is made against
the administration. The ouly way this can De