Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-07
AfofaaniStaN.

Tho refusal OF the representative or the at.
CHAN Ameer to allow the English Embassy to
enter the country may prccipitate events of
world wide Importance.
| Afghanstan il country containing some
200. 600 square miles and a population of nearly
| 10 0OO. 900. 1t lies TO the northwest OF India,
] being adjacent to Scinde and the Put aub. 10
| the norsh Of il lies Bokhara, in TurkistaD,
| country wholly uader Russian irHaencc. The
great busbcar of England is 40 overland lnva'
| sion Of her rich Indiau possessions by Russia,
and the only feasible route tor such an lnVaslon
| is By way OF Box hara through AtghanlstaD.
| Russian army gathered in Bokhara could cross
the Hndoo kosh MOUNTAINS wllch separate
| Turkis,an from Alghanistan, and then moving
cast could cross the Solymn mountains through
| the famous khybcr pass, and fled themselves
! in India.
We'll aware oi The s!ratcg;cal value Of A.
| chanistau as q barrier 10 a Russian advance,
EDelaG1, siGcc 1888, has labOrcd aesdlously to
secure ssandiog in that country either as coD-
quegGr, protector or an ally. Thu: !ar these
! efforts have bccn 10 the Elalo, most costly
and bloody failure. There are many living who
will rot nave forgotten tho long and useless War
which ragged between the Eogllsh and Afghans.
| lu 1899 the Engsh army entered the country
| through the BJian pass-Which lies south or
| the kbyber pass With heavy force, wElch. at
! first, gained some temporary advantages. The
| principal cities were captured, the greater part
! of the country was 0verrun, and aruter lrlenoI9
to tho British Iodiar interests was Installed.
Tbiq was ia 1910; but during that year and
| the following ono instructions broke out IN
every direction, and which wcro only held IN
check by an expenditure of nearly SlO,OOO,COO
| per anpum. 10 tho carly part or lS42, tho
! British garrsons were attacked by the insur'
recionsts, and in every instance they we're
| either captured by storm or forced TO caDltu'
late. Thousands OF tho Indian and English
troors were ma; slcrcd as they wtro marching
out OF the couutry. 10 one case an army OF
some 5000 men aud somo 10000 camp follow
ers, who had capituIated, and were marching
| cut of the country under safe conduct, were
way!sid in the detiIcs of the SoymaD noun.
| talDs and massacred, with tho exception of
| siogle mac. Another army, some months
after, succeeded in entering the country, and
| gaining q few small SUCCESSES, but the forces
| soon after tc-ozscd into India. Thus ended
the attempt Of Eoglaud, whose failure, 10 its
disgrace, has 90 parallel in modern English
| history.
| Sioce that time tho Eogi1h have never 10
vadcd Aigbanislap, although upon one or two
| occasions tto A!ghans have carried The var
into Africa by crossing the mountains and
making q descent upon India. Latterly, the
I Elglish have confined themselves to lntTlgucs
whose purpose baS bccn tho securing CT
| friendly ruler upon the Afghan throne. UP
to the las. year, the British have had much to
| do il a moral way, with war which ragged
between Yatub Beg aod his father; and they
| have also laborcl to secure suoh separation
between Atghauisan aud Bokhara as would
have the effect to lmpcd, tho advance OF Ru4,
sia. For the last eight years tho relation: OF
| Eoglaud and Aghanistan hava been tl
quiet end rather friendly nature.
IlonARrn' LAST cTURE.-Besidcs his ia
yoritc amusement of riding, the artist used to
octuay himself in painting and in supcrintend'
log tho cpgfavors whom h. often invited down
froGl London. And to his Chiswick cottage
he came, attcr bis bitter quarrel with Wilkes
and Churchill, b1loging solnc plates Tor r3touch'
| iog. Ile WAS cheerful, bus weak, aud must
have f. |, thar his end vas uOt Tar or, when 10
Febulry, IIGl. III rut the las. touches to his
"Bubos." His prints now filled a largo vol E
umc; aud az the story goes. at one OF the last
dinners which be gave he was talking of final
addition 10 them. tlpgarlh WAS not then 10
the best OF health, and in reply to one OF his
quests as TO what his next picture was to be,
he rcma,ka My next undertaking shall bn
the end of all thing" "lt that is the case,
said ono of the party, "ytur Gu3!1cs will DO
flushed. for there viii be an cid OF the
painter.
You say truc," said iiogarth, witA sigh;
however, ne began his design the mex day, and
worked a. it till it was flushed. a sraDge and
vet iupr,s i've grouping OF objects hafo &c
: here-a broken bottle, an old broom worn to
the stump, the butt end OF 80 old musket,
cracked bell, bow uls,rucg, 90 empty purse,
g croWi tumbcd to pieces, towers III rulDe. the
sign pest of tavern called the "World' 3 Ead,
the 1noou in her wanc, the map OF the globe
burning, cbbet, falling and the body droop
| ing down, Pln)u and his horses dead in the
clouds, G vc,sc! wrecked. Time with his hout
glass and sc,;he broken, tobacco pipe 10 Ms
mouth With the last Whit ol smoke gong oaI'
and play book opened with Ezeunt Onn'a
stamped in the corner. r. ,:
, so far 50 good" cried IIogartf; nothing
= NV remains tu; this" as he dashed into the
n;cInfe tho broken printers pallet; it was be
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