Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-17
The Indian War.

patch says The following dispatch has bee n
received from General Wheaton, dated Una.
tella l5:h lest. THE bosiIes are re ported to
b, moving from their position near The bead
quarters Of Mcksy's creek. | sand Forsyth
with cavalry column 10 quick pursuit and fol,
l9w him with Miles columD. McBeau the
Umata interpreter, with the UnatIla scouts
are DOW fighting the Baunecks raidlog parties,
aul the Snakes chief E2an is reported killed.
Il gentleman VITO arrived here from Yakima
Valley briggs the following news concerning the
state of E airs at the agency. There are two
thousand Simooes there commanded by Chief
Joseph Sq1iras, but he has little or 90 influence
with the tribe. They have few msand no am
mnnti0n and even if so inclined could not offer
disposed and Agent Wilbur apprehends no
danger from them, although some of the rene.
gade and d!saffected Indians have been missing
OF late. Chief Moses With all bis Quiutallicuns
is camped i1 Keteltas Valley sud The settlers
are afraid they may cocclude to commit depre.
datl6ns. in constqueccs Of which they are
seeking the protection Of the to9u5. Yakima
City, on the boundary ofthe Simcoc reservation,
is full OF people. Ga last Wednesday % hos
tit: BaDDocks and Snakes crossed the lower end
OF The reservation stealing and driving away
stock IEey shot at 10y On horseback ~ho
returned the fire killing Que of the redskins.
The boy escaped By hard riding
A Boise City dispatch says 1t /: not true
that the Umalias have .iuei the hostllas,
Ga the contrary loo warriors have jolned Col.
FORSYTH and fought the hostles yesterday
brioging 10 30 sea ps and 800 horses.
ST SwETHIN's DAY.-Accordrg 10 legend,
when ST. Swittia died, in the ninth century,
his las; request was that lie might be Inferred
outside Of the burial grousl, uodar the ewes OF
the church, where the common people might
have free accsss to his grave. This request
was granted, and for hundred years III; bones
remained uodlsturbed in the spot which he had
chosen ttr their rcpose.
Then it was decided 10 remove them Tor
the purpose OF erecting a cathedral over Bis
canoniz: "a bones. The day set apart for this
work vas on the 18Th dag Of July, AID when
the rc:u!rec.ioui::s began their saclcglous
work the heavens opened on them with such
torrents OF raio that they were compelled TO
postpone the job u1,i the next fair day.
As it continued 10 pour, however, Tor the
succeeding t9rty days, By the tine the damp
Dcss bad subsidized the enterprise bad exploded
aud ST. STitio vas allowed 10 sleep 90 10
the grave where the B.ltous had ls!l tin.
S!oce thee, 50 the legend ruoS, q; the ll:h
Of } ny i: fair or foul, 50 toe weather Will Dc
the neI: succeeding forty days. 4: the salot=d
bishop neglected Monday 70 op=n! the t >od
gates Of bis achrynal glands, it |: probable
that be considers bis bones vii! rest ID peace
for The next forty days and tbs. there VIII Ue
no more rain for thar period.
Truly DISTRESSING AFFAIR. The 7emsi-:
G; little Ems, daughter o. Capt J. 6. SID Ms.
Aurelis Aeem, OF Aount Airy, whose d=a:E
wss announced Saturday morning, were brought
to this city Sundsy morning accompanied oy the
Rev. Mr.. Mason and Asjor 5. P. Es!:=y
They we're taken t. the residence Of Mrs. Col.
Halsey, where the tuae!al service wa= ceai by
NJ Mason. and the body was then conveyed to
Spring Hi! Cemetery ard Inferred in the family
bu.ying ground.
This is truly a SD calamity, and one well
os!culs:ed to csll forth earnest sympathy. The
Dive, in her pt:=;on, to Ruies Hill, the resi-.
dence Of Mr.. VIM. Peachy. In crossing the
creek st the foot Of the nil, the ford being
roughg, Mrs. Meem placed her arms around the
two children 70 hold them in, sni the -e1s fell
from her hold. The horse, which vas Mr..
Mems old "Du..er," we'll known il this city,
after be hs1 crossed the creek, Lndl1g himself
lcc:e ard bang annoyed by tie lies, started IN
t.ot, ard Mrs Meem becoming slarmei, lift
ed the little girl Oh: and then Jumped out her.
self with the other child IN her arms. She Tell and
was considerable hur. rs was also the child. Inc
little girl, Erns got up andrsn to her and asked,
Ma sre you hurt: let Us 60 oack nome
Mrs u. stsrted back, carrying the osoy IN her
arms. Soon she noticed that Erns was growing
desthly pale, and lsylDg the child down, TOOK
id
face. Size did go, but as tho little girl did not
rally, she waded over the stream to lsy her in
the SHADE Of the willows on the other bsDk.
This being done sud no signs of life returning,
the dreadful truth soon flashed on her thst her
little darling was desd-.hst she hsd truly
crossed over the river snd rested under the
shade fiji t,ees-the river Of life the trees Of
paradise. Thus, like fash, hsd this appalling
disaster come upon the agoni==d mother--one
child lsy dead and the other wrlthing in psin. It
is not known whether the death was the result
Of fright or Of internal injury. The other
child is 10! seriously hurt and it is supposed will
soon be we'll. Mrs. Meem is prostrs.ed by the
terrible blow, both physical and mental and
her friends are unessy about her. Capt Aeem
wss absent at the time in Alexsndris, and WAS
telegrsphed for, to fud on his return The
idol Of MS household broken. It is needless to
say that they have the hesrtfet sympathy of
their many friends IN Lynchburg. -Lvnet11h'g
.rgl1t.an.
FIVE CHILDREN At ONE BIRTH.-Th mes.
remarkable birth ever known in tho history Of
sccouchment; occurred at or nesr Salesvile,
Ohio on LAST Moldsy night. Mrs. Mccormick
gave birth 10 t7e healthy children, fur boys
and one girl. The MEDICAL works have bat few
instances Of such wonderful births, and when
they DO occur the children have scarcely been
known to live. In this case the mother aid
children, in the common language Cd such oc.
cssions, sra doing we'll" The community there
is excited, and the famous father is the hero of
all the country around about, aud his fame will
spread on the wings Of the newspapers from one
end of the country to the other. His home is
already an object of pilgrimage for sll the old
women Of the region.
Two births OF four children have occurred
within the last fifteen years near this region, but
this out does all recorded occurrences perhaps in
the United States.
LAI5E IN BIEMEN.-The United State Con-
sui 8! Bremen, in his report on the conditio of
labor and trade in the consular district to The