The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-14 00:00:00

AFGHANISTAN.

TER OONDMON OF OANDAFIAI.

CANDARAIt, Sept. s.—When I arrived here with
General Phayre yesterday the appearance of the city
was desolate in the extreme. The deeds were
deserted, and shops shut, and but few of the in-
habitants were to be seen about. The town, in fact,
seemed occupied only by our troops. To-day, how-
ever, an extraordinary cnange has taken place. The
people are streaming from all directions and ths. city
Is rapidly filling with its inhabitants. The , r,
are opening, and the supplies of all aorta being broukt
in from the surrounding country, where, for the most'
part, they have been concealed during the duration of
the siege. Candahar is, in fact, resuming its accus-
tomed appearance. With but few exceptions the
inhabitants find their property intact, as they
left it. Some owe of looting in houses abandoned
by their owners have taken place during the
Investment, but few complaints are heard, and
the people are agreeably surprised at the condi-
tion in which they find their property' It Is now
evident that Ayoub altogether failed to induce a
general rising in Western Afghanistan- His emissaries
ravened the whole country, entreating the people to
rise and exterminate the infidels, but the only result
was that fanatics and the bad characters of the villages
assembled round their standards. There were
certainly no general tribal gatherings,similar to those
which took place around Cabul in December last The
loss of enemy in killed must have been very large, for
numbers of dead bodies are still found by our patrol-
ling parties. The effect of the victory upon the
attitude of the population has been very great, and is
visible in the demeanor of the lower pert of the city
population, who, to-day mixing with our troops,
venture upon none of the sullen scowls to which we
have been accustomed. Ayoub is said to continue his
eight without interruption towards Herat. Nothing
whatever has been heard of the Russians whom native
reports persistently represented as being prennt in
Ayoub's camp. A force will shortly start to boxy the
dead at Ruslik-i-Nakhud. The major portion of
General Phayre's force has halted at a point some
twenty-five miles distant from Canciahar.—Etmodard.
REPORTED INSURRECTION AT HERAT.
The following telegram from the Viceroy has been
received at the India-offfoe t—
" Sita.•, September 12th. —A bezerrtii, the Cabal.Candahar force, under General , marched
from Candahar on September Bth for AbdulliN
to ease the pressure regarding 'upping. General
Roberts goes with it, and will meet Sandeman at Kills
Abdulla to discuss questions of transport and supplies
between Sibi and Candaher. Convoys of carts are
reaching Candahar, but the road requires improvement.
A brigade, consisting of three infantry and two
cavalry regiments, was to march from Candahar on the
10th In the direction of Khuslik-i-Nakhud, to collect
supplies and bring in some guns believed to be I
on the road. St. John telegraphs from .
under date 9th, that Ayoob Khan and other fugitive
girders passed Zemindawar some days ago. Ayoob is
now said to have fled to }fent with hie chief followers,
and two or three hundred horseman, the Herat infantry
having been scattered over the country. Reports of •
serious insurrection at Herat. The Governor left by
Ayoob said to have been murdered."
[ftxurca's 211.212•Ait.]
Sulu. Sunday.—lntelligence received here reports
that a serious insurrection has broken out at Herat,
and that the Governor of the city has been murdered.
Ayoob Khan, accompanied by hfi principal officers and
several hundred horsemen, has passed Zemindawar on
his way to Herat.