The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-04-28
From tile Philadelphia Spirit Of the Iines.

HIGHLY IMP kTANT FoKEGN NEWS - ARR
VAL Il THE SHERIDAN AT New ,YdRK.
The most important intelligence issthelmas-
ksrre Of British troops in lrda
Under the da'e Of B.mbay, Feb. lst, the
Intelligence Is the most s,srrous snd gloomy
that he's ever been iransm,led 10 Eng and
fun lGdm.
Caboof has fallen, the whole BI' 81 force
there, amour ing 10 about six thousand men,
Annth,laled; one enuTe Bnlsh regimen, the
44 h, erased at one fell swOop from the army
list, and five native reg 'Snsn,s cut to pieees.-
The ladies Of the convoy, and the off ers.
sixteen 10 number, carried into CAPTIVITY by
lbe ruthless Aff4hans
SIR William MsCnaghtcr, The English envoy
al Cahool, had been as-assiUsied by the son
Of ID 81 Mahomed, his head Gu, off and para
ded through The streets on a pole, aud stuck
in ders,on on the walls of Cabuol by the IN
fur'a,ed Insurgen's.
The British force, cons sing of 54OO men,
in rwo dvisions-Cne half in Bala> hlsSar, or
citadel of Cabool, and the other half IN an
ennenched camp, SIX mites distant, continued
beleagired there by an enemy from 5000 TO
20 900 strong, from the I'd Nov, the date Of
NuV " lH0 20 D6CGHluCIs u0
comm ssariat having been destroyed al the ve-
ry commencement Of The outbreak, the troops
were mIseraby i'll off for food, clothing and
ammuniIion, hnd' were obliged TO subslst on
bearhrsh and such other food as they could
procure. No assistance could be afforded 10
them 10 the severity Of the weather, owing 10
Il the roads beng blocked up with snow
"A brigade under Col. McLaren which at-
tempted TO reach Ghuznce from Caneahar, for
relief of Cabool, was OBJ b'iged to fall back from
the severity Of the weather, the passes being
completely blocked up with snow. General
Sales brigade was cooped up al Jealabad,
badly off for supplies, and unable TO move ia
any direction. No relief therefore could be
afforded to The troops in Cabool.
During the months of November an6 De-
cember, there appears TO have been frequent
skirmishng between the British troops and
the enemy and butt for the severe cold there
would have been pestilence from the putre-
faction Of many uuburIed corpses, which lay
fostering round the city. The English troops
as we'll as the enemy, were a, length reduced
10 such exltemetes that overlures for terms of
accommodation were al length mutually agreed
to be discussed, and, On The rs h of Dec.
Sir W. Macauten, with several officers, were
invited to conference with Mahomed Akbar
Khan, the son of Dost Mahomed, and other
chiefs, at which disbonorabIe terms we're pro.
posed by the latter, viz: that we should sur
render our arms and evacua'e the country al
together; that the married officers and their
wives should be retained as hostages, and re-
turned 10 Us only when we got beyond the
Peshawar, and DOst Mahomed returned 10
them.
Ten thousand troops were TO leave England
for India.
The revolutionary press of France is furious
agaihs, England for Withholding any acknowl-
edgemeu, Of the French couquests in AL
g!efs.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM SHIP
GERAT WESTERN.- We are Indebted 10
the New York Sun for an Extra containing
The foreign news brought by the Great West
ern. She made the passage in fifteen davs,
having left Liverpool on the 2 inst. The
: following is the only item of any grea. impor~
tahce:
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. The Times Of
The 30th ul, contains Lord Aber deems reply
10 Mr.. S,evenson's note on the right of search
and remarks -"Lord Aberdeen begins BY dis
claiming all responsibility for any expressions
used by his predecessor, Lord Palmers on; he
then explicitly repeats his former remuneration
on The partof this country, all claims 10 The
right of search over American vessels in fine
Of peace; and observes that when a vessel is
ascerlained to he American, the British erup-
ers ate ordered to abstain from all Interference
with her, be she SLAYER or otherwise.
With American vessels, whatever be their
destination. British cruisers have no preten-
sion IN any manner 10 in,erfeie. Such yes>
ssts must be permitted, if engaged in it, to
erjoy monopoly of The slave trade; but the
British Government, concludes Lord Aber-
deem, will never allow that the fauduen uso
of the American flag shall ex' end the in,qu ~
to other nations, by whom it's abhorrd, and
who have entered into solemn treaties with
this county for its entire Suppression"
ExPREsIDENT VAN buren, -Th IS dsiin,
gushed Individual, wih his friend, james X
Pau!dng, E,q arrived at New Orleans on the
12b. A depu'alion Of gentlemen met him a
the lake. Mr.. PreUr. the Mayor elect, in be
half Of the committee and the citizens gener-