Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-01
Eous Of the Eay.

! ,;ao Nou Rims wick. which has been post
noned from dsy 70 day sioca Friday last, was
hronpbt toa conclusion yesterday atte!nooc.-
| a disputc occurred during the no:Dlog as 10
whether the water was smooth eccueh ~
row, and thres;eped for q time TO break
nm the match, but matters were COMPROMISED
ond The race came off about FIVE o citcs 10 the
eTeninr They started of. Ross having the
Lad, but Hanlan bad oVertoken him before .
mile had been traversed, when suddenly hoss
boat capsizad aud left Harlan without con'
tcstant. lie rowed over the course, takiog his
lime. The accident TO Ross was caused OF the
spriog of bis row lock working out: lie was
picked up and taken On board the judge boat;
Efforts are being made to induce HsnIan and
Courtney to TOW match on the Ottawa river.
Reports from The Rio Grande states that
Gen, Pedro Valdez, in command of | 800 Mex
lean troops, is stationed in the mountains above
Eagle Pass watching for Col. Mackenzie 10
case be makes another raid into Nlezco 10 pur,;
suit of the cattle robbers who drove sixty bead
across the Rio Grande last week to feed these
very troops. The reported capture OF den'
| Escobedo is confirmed. lie was SICK and con-
cea!ed 10 hacienda near Gnatro GeRegas, 10
the State of Coahui!a. The owner was threat
ened with death unless he disclosed l.seoDedo
hiding place, when the General, 10 save his
host, surrendered himself.
John Lsmon and John Myers, two tramps'
were arrested on Tuesday night near D!llsbury'
Pa. Ga being searched the watch and money
stolen from the house OF MIR. BeltZhooVer On
Monday night. at Boiling springs, was found
UPON them. They were taken to Mr.. Baltz'
hoover, when he identified them as the robbers
who had maItreated him and pIundered the
house. They have been lodged IN the Carlisle
iaiI. Il is believed they belong to gang that
has been committing robbelles 10 that neigh
borhood, and their capture may lead 10 further
developments.
A terrific wind AID rain storm passed over
Detroit Mich, yesterday, about o clock, d.
ing considerable damage. Darng the storm
the Eat gravel roof Of the east Wng OF tho
moulding shop Of the Detroit stove works be
came overloaded with water and tell in. There
were about thirty employees IN this part OF the
building. The only ole setl0uly Injured was
| Henry +. Hilbein, who was badly crushed
about the body and Injured internally. The
damage to the building, etc. Amounts to - ,oOo.
Sitting Bull wants to come back to his
country, and oyertures in his behalf have been
made to the government, but consideration OF
them has been declined. At the same time
that he has been eadcayoring to obtain per-
mission to return his runners have been at.
tempting to arouse the Sioux in the U0lted
States to hostities, sending to 81! the agencies
the sneerDg message that the bucks have
beeome squaws." The Indian authorities will
give him 20 encouragement whatever to return.
An important conference was held yesterday
at the palace of the Bishop Of Winchester, N
| Farmham, London. Twelve American Bishops
| were present. The Bishop OF Winchester pre-
sided. Father Hyaclnthe aud Bishop Herlzog,
of Switzerland, gave accounts OF the reform
movements 10 the French and Swiss churches
A resolution was passed p!edglng the Eogl5h
and American churches to aid Bishop Hertzog
in the work Of educating candidates tor the
| ministry.
Harper's Weekly says: Here is a republi'
can paper which says Of Grants nomination.
We have reached point where firm, steady
hand is needed to guide the natoD. That Is
the tone cf Louis Napoleon todles. The duty
of an American President is to execute the
laws, not to guide the nation firmly. Those
who vociferousIy and upon such grounds de-
mand the nomination OF Gen. Grant are doing
their utmost to cytnguish al hope OF repub!I
can success.
1t is believed generally in the South Carolina
|
President to assert the sovereignty OF the tcdc'
raj government will be abandoned The Presl'
dent is DESTROYS Of avoiding conflict. or rails.
ine an open issue with the State, and he will
AVOID one il he can consistently do SO with the
duties of his Office, a. he understands them.
The PHILADELPHIA iron mill owners have
given notice to their hands tn at on the lst OF
September reduction OF Ten per cent. will be
made in their wages. The hands refused to
submit to it, but have been allowed till the
| 18th to decide whether they will accept or pot.
| If no decision is made by that time the redu:'
ton will certainly take nIace.
The authorities of Cairo, Illinois, have es'
tablshed quarantine regulations against steam
boats and railroad trains. forbiddlng the en'
trance 10 tho city offever patients and ATTY dc
scrp,ion oil baled goods liable to carry yellow
| fever infection. Similar precautions have
been taken at Memphis.
The safe of L. i. Holmes. private banker
| 10 Bloomington, ILL.,. was discovered yesterday
to have been robbed Of sixteen thousand dollars
10 bonds and four thousand in currency. The
safe could be opened only By a combination sup
posed to be known only TO MIR. Holmes aud a
clerk. The latter il absent.
A man giving the name OF r. Stein, Of New
| ok, Duj WAS kunHu d. SaSlletOoi ~ a.
Oscar Barring, has been arrested at Pouehkeep-
sic, N. T., charged with stealing two gold
watches from two ladies at Cas!lcton to whom
he was engaged to be married.
A Berlin correspondent announces that Rms
sia is making an effort to secure the early con
sruction OF the railroad from Ofenburg into
Contra! Asia-200 German miles The money
required for tho undertaking will he raised by
a loan.
The first session Of the newly elected Legs
laturo of Vancouver. British Columbia was
opened yesterday at Victoria by Lieut. Gov.
Richards He urged the solution OF the rail.
way and Chinese questions as affecting The
province.
The New Jersey Southern Railroad, from
Pembcrton junction. will pass into tho hands
OF COL Isaac Buckslew, superintendent Of the
Amboy division of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Al its receiver, today.
| The first bale OF new cotton from the Misss.
sippi Valley this season was sold 10 New Or.