Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-13

| SPECIAL, DlSPAICHES 10 TIE dALEIiE.l
WASHINGTON, July l3.--The Cabinet meet
ing today was fully attended, and was occu.
pied with the consideration of Indian affairs in
the Northwest
VIRGINIA NOTES.
| The postolice at Charlottesville has been al
lowed $500 for clerical assistance. instead OF
$jI0 per annum. as heretofore.
The Postofice Department has accepted the
| proposition Of Marshal Lodge to rent the post.
office at l'yochburg, Va, at 5000, instead OF
! $500 per annum, DOW paid.
James II. Warden has been appointed To.
bacco Inspector for the First district OF West
Virginia.
1t is understood tllal the troops will be with
| drawn from Fortress Monroe and sent to
| OREGON.
CASH RECEIPTS.
The Treasury Department received the fol
| loving revenue to day: From internal revenue,
$40, 074. 70; from customs, $3O5. 077.Gl.
TIE INDIAN WAR.
| Indian affairs in Oregon are becoming most
| exciting. COL Sully, an old army officer, tel
cgraphcd from Portland, Oregon, this morning
| that he has reliable information that Joseph
| had received largo accesslou; that there Was
every probability of the reservation Indians
| joining him, and that 10 view Of the want OF
| q. S. troops he suggested that 200 volunteers
| be called on from Oregon.
General Mcdowell telegraphs at the same
time, expressing his surprise That the ID in'
| fantry ordered from the South some time
ago have not yet started. Alter scraping
the country, he says he has gathered only four
| skeleton CO companies, not one hundred men. lie
| ~ H., r. nfoo fron
Gen. Vincent, Assistant AdjutaDt General,
carried the dispatches to the Cabinet meeting
| this morning and the President promptly
called on the Governor of Oregon for 200
volunteers, with a suggestion that 500 might be
wanted. These troops will be raised and put
in the field in five days.
Special Agent Moore oil the Treasury was re-
Gently sent TO Norfolk at the request of Collec
tor Braxton to examine The accounts of his pre-.
decessor 10 office. Major Moore has discovered
dctalcaton of about 900. This is very dis
credilablc TO Special Agents Ira Ayre and Col.
Chamberlain, of Loudoun, whose duty it has
been to supervise the conduct of that office. Ii
they allowed this defalcation to 70 on for years,
no matter whether they cOnnlVed at 1t or were
too inefficient to discover it they arc 10 longer
worthy Of confidence. The Collector (Lec) was
carpet Dagger aud so we're the two agents
whose duty it was TO watch him-"a !e llow
feeling makes US wondrous kind Chamber.
lain was dismissed several months ago but is
trying TO get back.
The CcrmoDt co., Ohio, inGrmary, aud Myers
+ Seller tobacco warehousc,in Williamsburg,
OHIO, were burned yesterday, and this morning
Ii. Brock man $ residence and stable, containing
seven horses in Cincinnati, were burned. An
old lady jumped from the window Of the resi-.
dcoce and was badly Injured.
\ passenger train on the St. Louis and Cairo
Narrow Gauge Railroad jumped the track yes.
terday, and was preciptated in Rattle Snake
Greek. All the passengers were injured, some
fatally.
A mine at Sedalia Mo-, ca7ed 10 yesterday
and killed two convict miners.
Do net stupely your Baby with Opium or
Morptia mixtures, but use DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup which is always safe and reliable aud
never dIsappoints IS cents