The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-10-30
Late Foreign News.

BY the arrival Of the Hawaiian schooner Nes,ie Ner
rll. from San Francisco, the evening Of the 2Ssh.
We have Adviees from Iudis via London, down the
9Th inst. From the Eastern dispatches we learn that
there has broken in India fresh trouble which
from present appearances looks there was on the
taps = fierce and sanguinary wa, between the AT.
shAnistAn Chiefs. The Anser has succeeded in in
daeing the Tribal Councils join him in the war.
and already the tribes hare him from l5o 600
100000 well equipped fighting men.
Afgbsnstan regiments have hurried to the front to
the number of about 600 uen. With six guns. The
white as well as the sepoy troops also being
TO the of hOstties. Dispatches from Slmla to
London. Oct. Tth, report that At unblo a fight bad
taken place between the Afghanistans and the Khy-
berees Troops were leaving Umballa for the frontier
with all possible dispatch. Six thousand Afghan in
fAntry with is guns threatened JEEnrood.
The British force at JamroOd, Gen. Ross command,
has been increased TO seven regiments. with which
force he was preparing TO assault Ali Musjid but he
was ordered to await reinfofcem ents the risk
considered too great with the force at his and
Dispatches published in the London Tlnss Of oeto-
Der " state that orders have been issued by the India
Once for all officers furlough connected with the
army in Sende and Punjanb to JOIN their respective
regiments by the first steamer.
From 3 Pera correspondent the news has been
communicated to the Home offce at London. that it
is an open secret at Pera that there is perfect un-
derstan0ing between Russia and the Ameer of At
ghsnistan, and that Anglo Russian war is immi-
nent.
With such allies the fierce and warlike Afghan
istans, Russia win be in position strike at British
interests in India with telling effect, aud hence the
uneasiuess in Great Britain on the subject. Il is
plain from all this that. although Russia Assented to
the Of the late Treaty of Berlin, she was com
PEELED to do So not from choice but necessity aris-
ing out Of her exhausted condition after saugunSry
and prOtracted war With Turkey, and that Russia only
accepted the logic of events to give her time 10
breathe and herself for struggle with the only
power whose possessions in India are to Russia a
source ofjeAlousy and heart burning.
The news by the next mail from the Coast may be
looked for with interest. il doubt will develop
the present complications in the Anglo Russian out
break.
Twenty-Five persons said to have been killed.
and over hundred others injured by an accident
the Old Colony Railroad in Massachusetts on the
Sth inst.
The October elections in the United States
said to have resulted as follows Ohio and Iowa
have gone Republican West Virginia and Indiana
Democratic; but how tho Congressional delegations
stand in the States cannot tell. as the details of
Districts not given. The losses the Republicans
in Maine Michigan and New Hampshire have been
serious at the October elections and cOrrespondngly
successful to the Democrats. who have carried in
those States several important aud steadast Republ-
can ulstrlcts Tue new party OF Nationals seems to
develop more strength than was expected. What
the result will be in the larger number of States,
where the elections take place the second Tuesday
in November, it is difficult conjecture
Down to the latest adviees from the Southern
States We have the unweleome news that the yellow
fever is still raging with fearful violence causing the
wall of distress to 20 up from the stricken people who
crying for relief The ravsges Of this terrible
seourge have been truly appalling, and thousands
have fallen victims its fatal visitation. The news
papers from the North seem to blame the Southern
people for their remssness in not looking more care
fully the sanitary condition Of their cities. Whether
this implied eensure is just unjust is question ;
but at all events think il would be more in keep
ing with proper Christian spirit spare the survi-
of the dreadful pestence the pain of seeing such
charges published while the angel of death making
such havoc among stricken snd afflicted people.