Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-11


ports from teuerto Platte. the Spanish govern
ment VIII, II necessary. dispatch raanoof-w1r
10 san l0mlngo TO exact heavy indemnity for
ire IamllleS or the two generals taken from n
spanish steamer and shot by the san DOMINGO
authorities and satisfaction 10 the Spanish tlar
lie spanish government has purchased all the
private rights I'm Cabreraone OF the BaleaI,,.
lSianGS In the Mediterranean. They intend 10
eStapl.Sn there pehltentiary and an agricul-
tula1 colony.
Fighting the Plague.
ST PETERSBURG, Feb lI-Gen I pyt Nelil,or
governor general of the plague STRICKEN AZ
flclS. has summoned the governors or Tho rro,,
elnments OF Astrachan. Samara aud Saratoff tn
lIaritZln. and proposed to them that all the old
paper money now circulating be exchanged fo~
Lew through the hawa Volga bank and de
siIoyed- The attention OF the medical authorl-
ueS Is now concentrated on SeliIreno ana tho
he!@Hhoring districts inhabited Dy the KhirgtZ
Rev. Fred EcII's Libel Salt Dis
missed.
LEMON. Feb. 11.-At the Nottingham aSsiZeS
Yesterday, in the libel suit OF the Rev. Fred.
Bell. formerly OF brooklyn, n Y. against NJ
stevenson solicitor and Rev II ! GriffithS
a Baptist minister Lord COleridyp after the
prosecution had opencl the pleacings, told The
senior counsel that ''unleSS You are prepared
substantially, TO alter the evidence given by
lhe prosecutor on his cTOSS-eNaminatlon before
tLe magistrates, | shall direct the Jury that
me pleas are proved, viz: Thai the lbelS were
uue and published for the public benefit The
counsel being unable 10 say he was prepared 10
so alter the evidence. Lord Coeridge directed a
NeTdicl Tor the defendants
American Cattle i'm England.
LIVERPOOL Feb 1.-THE order OF the privy
council adopted yesterday. reyoking, after
March I'd. 1879, article 18th. OF the foreign ani-
mails order, so far as il relates To the 1 nted
States. was a great surpIisp 10 tie trade hero
All cattle from the United States. after March
Sd VIII have TO be slaughtered in abbatoirS
now helng prepared on the dock estate OF
b!rkenhesd and Liverpool, within ten days
after landing.
The Liverpool Strikers.
LIVERPOOL Feb 11-The steamship owners
have appointed committee TO confer with the
delegates appointed at yesterday 'S,meet!ng or
me strikers. Much firmneSS IS manifested on
both sides.
Ocean Steamers.
The steamship City Of Brussels is ready for
sea, ard viii san for New YORK this afternoon
owing TO the delay in the arrival Of the steam
ship Celtic, the White Line company has char
tered the Cunard steamship Marathon to take
her place and the latter Will sail for New YORK
on Thursday.
sanitary Precautions at st. Peters
burg.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1.-THE St PETERSBURG
sanitary commission have proposed TO cleanse
me canals and TO organize barge hospitals on
the Neva, which could be anchored in the Gulf
OF Bothnia, and also TO organize sanitary COM
missions in each district of the city nd nrO
Vice OF st. Petersburg.
4 New French Cardinal.
PARIS. Feb. u.-MonSigneur DeSprez. arch
blshop or Toulouse and Narbonne has been ere
ated q cardinal.
Amnesty in France 10 Political Of
Tenders.
Inc governments amnesty bill Will probably
be submitted to the chambers to-day. ft grants
ahineSI TO all persons heretofore or hereafter
paIdoDed except offenders against the Common
law, ard cohdoneS all political offences since
ls'o not heretofore prosecuted. A decree rela-
1--WE 10 changes or pr0curatorS general, it is eX-
pected, Will be signed to-day.
The German ReichStap,
Berlin, Feb. 1l.-After some hesitation II
seems to be Low settled that the emperor will
open the reichstag In person and deliver his
speech from the throne tomorrow.
The British Reverse i'm Africa.
LONDON, FEB. 1.-THE Times, commenting on
the news from Capetown, says: Nothing can
exceed the frankneSS of the recital for il is clear
that nothing has been held back II would he
useless TO deny either the sadness or extreme
gravity OF The catastrophe. Whether there was
OF o was nov any want of vigilance on the part OF
our own force ii Is clear that the Zulus are even
more formidable than our military authorities
eHpecied them to be IL was known that they
are well drilled; that great numbers are armed
WIN bieech leaders, and that hey could fight
CouraGeously. We now know but too well how
large force they can mass at one pOnt Sal
as tLe loss OF our troops is, still graver is the
peru WDlcn must arise with the defeat The
Znlus VIII be eInboldened and the colonists be
exposed TO fresh and formidable dangers In
these circumstances the duty of the government
cannot ADMIT or the slightest doubt and IL is To
SEND ample TeiDforcementS TO the Cape without
TIE needless delayo of single hour It NAV be
lnaI ihey can be more quickly sent from Mau-
TluuS or India than from England. but at all
events no effort Or no expenditure must be
spared 10 save the colony from disaster and the
power OF the country from grave injury. IL is
melancholy consolation, me awhile that the
gallant troops OF the 2ith regiment did their
Guty and died at their posts like Englishmen.n
The British Losses Heavy.
LONDON, Feb. 11.-Lord Chelmsford the COM
maIdef or the expedition. sets down the British
loss at 80 officers and about 500 non-commis-
sloned o11icerS, rank and file, OF the imperial
troops, and 30 non-commiSsioned officers, rank
ana hie, OF the colonial troops. court OF in
qully mas Deen ordered TO collect evidence re-
gardlng this unfortunate affair. It would seem
that troops were ent1ced away from their camp
as Sactlon took place mile and a-quarter out
side OF it.
A British Cabinet Council.
LONDON, Feb. 11.--Summonses were issued
InlS morning for Cabinet council 10 be held at
2oclock this afternoon, to deliberate on the
feFelseS TO the British troops In Zululand Offi-
cial telegrams announcing the defeat were re
celVed at the Colonial Office at l23J O'Clock this
morning: They substantially confirm the de-
talis OF the affair heretofore given in these dis
patches. The news OF the defeat caused SEN
sat1on throughout London. The demand for