The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-12
BANDS, BANNERS. BANQUETS.
Russia Gives Official Assurance that
She Will Not Occupy Merv.
APOTHEOSIS OF THE COMMUNE.
Arrest of an Editor for Assailing
London Beauties.
PRINCESS THYRA-OF A DAUGHTER.
(BY CABLE TO THE HERALD. !

(BY CABLE TO THE HERALD
LONDON Oct. IL, 1879.
The St. Gothard Tunnel is now within $50
metres OF completion.
A despatch to the Times from Thyetmyo says
that the English mercantile hotilla on the Ira
waddy has resumed running to Mandalay.
After series of prolonged debates the Great
Council at Geneva has adjourned the considera
ton Of a separation Of Church and State until
next May.
Dispatches from Copenhagen announce that
Princess Thyra OF Denmark, wife OF the Duke
OF Cumberland and sister of the Princess Ut
Wales, has given birth to a daughter.
SENTENCE OF RUSSIAN NIIIILIsTs
The recent great trial of NihiIists ut st.
Petersburg has been completed. Mirski, Gen
eral Drentelns assailant is to be hanged and
Wemar, who was concerned with Solovicff, the
person who attempted the life OF the Gar, IL to
be banished to Siberia
NEW URUGUAYAN MINISTRY.
Advices from Montevideo state that the Cabi-
net has resigned and a now Ministry been
formed, constituted as follows:-Senor Coyena,
Minister of Justice; Senior Gonzales, Minister
of. Foreign Affairs; Sehor Gorilla, Minister of
the Interior; Senior Praza, Minister Of Finance;
Senior Pellegrti, Minister of War.
INTERNATIONAL AMENITIES.
The National ZeituMg, OF Berlin, says that
tho Count de st. Waller, thd French Ambas-
sador at Berlin, has been specially requested
by M. WaddingtOn the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs, to tender his heartfelt thanks
to Prince Bismarck for the kind and friendly
IN In, ,f !, Lot
visit to Vienna.
GERMANY AND THE VATICAN.
L'EMy0pe, Of Brussels, publishes o telegram
from Rome which states that in view OF the
results reached by Cardinal Jacobni, the Papal
Nuncio, in his interviews with Prince Bismarck
ut GastcIn and Vienna, the Vatican desiring to
secure an absolutely successful termination of
the negotiations with Germany, has resolved to
appoint Cardinal Jacobini to succeed Cardinal
Nina as P0ntitcal Secretary of State
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
1t Is rumored ut Paris that tho Russian gov
eminent has demanded from Constantinople
rcparation within twenty-four hours for the in
suits to which the Russian Consul General at
Salonica was recently subjected by the populace
OF that city, threatening to send war vessel
to Salonica ii the demand il not complied
with. IAe other foreign consuls ut Salonica
hove asked their governments for instructions.
lrhe incident was thus reported by cable on the
6th:-"Some fanatics publicly insulted the Rus
sian Consul ut Salonica and the Mussulman
population became very excited. Troops were
called out and order restoredv]
FRENCH POLITICAL STRIFE
The Paris Ie;e0saphe says:--''It is stated that
the articles on amnesty in the Repubique Fran
faise, M. Gambetta's organ, were decided on ut a
conference between the editors and M. Gambctta
before the departure of the latter from Paris.
Pateaux Humbert, tho Communist candidate for
scat in the Paris municipality, speaking ut an
electoral meeting, declared thauM. Chaudet, the
jourhalist who was shot during the Commune,
was executed, not murdered. He proceeded
to justify the shooting, though denying any
completely therein" The Paris correspondent
Of the Times says:-"Comment OH the above is
superhuous. but 1t Is noteworthy that NJ. de
Cassagnac in the Pays advises the reactionaries
to vote for a plenary amnesty us the only thing
lacking to the overthrow of the Republic A
duel took place ON the Spanish frontier on
Thursday between NJ. Jean-Jacqucs Alicot a
former republican Deputy from the Department
Of Hautes Pyrcnecs. and M. Sassere, Bona
partist The latter was seriously wounded in
the arm. The difference arose from political
grudge growing out of the affair of the 10th of
May
THE AFGHAN CRISIS.
A Berlin despatch to the PaH Mall Gazette
says-"It is stated on good authority that
Russia has given official assurances that
she does not intend to occupy Merv.v
The following general items has arrived from
Afghnnistan:-General Cough will be estab.
lished at Iealabad by Monday. Colonel
Jcnltins will push forward to Gundamuk
with his detachment in order to estab-
lish communications with Sir Frederick
Roberts. The difficulties of transporta-
ton have been overcome and troops of all
arms IRE moving forward from all tho columns
to support General Roberts. 1t is to be
remarked that telegram from Simla yesterday
stated that General Hughes had halted four
teen miles beyond Knelat-i- Ghilxai, because the
country was bare of supplies. A despatch
FROM Simla yesterday afternoon says Sir
Frederick Roberts tclegraphs that in Mon
days affair tho enemy was evidently
placed so that the Ghilzar's and other irregulars
should attack his flank and rear, while the reg
ular Afghan regiments opposed his adj
vance to Cabul Twenty guns, instead of
twelve, were captured ON Monday, making
ninety eight guns captured thus far. Gen
eral Roberts hopes to be able to restore
his communications through the Khybcr pass
In q few days 1t Ia To be noted that the date
Of this despatch from the British camp before
Cabul IL not given, but IL Is presumably later
than lnst nipht's ucws