The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-02
AFGHAN WARFARE.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF THE
ENGLISH INVASION.
Happy New Year In the khost NaHeS-
1he science of Mnrder-A terrl-
BILE Hanging scene.
New York Herald.l

oppraI ions i'm Afghani5tan are not OF much
interest beyond the brief announcements OF
the telegraph, the correspondents IN inc neia
have many incidents Of camp experience 10
tell which are well worth reading, ana they
are important, too, as showing the character
OF the Afghan, with whom England mas 10
deal politically as well as with the preech-
loader Besides the hostility OF the Atghans,
the difficulty Of finding rations, water, etc,
and the terrible hill climbing, the invading
army has a terrible enemy in Jack Frost.
While the sun shines the weather is not SO
cold. but "as the sun goes down" writes the
Standards correspondent with Gen. Stewart
at Quota, frost grips ones hands with start
ling audiences, and at Its first touch our
servants collapse They seem vlsioly 10
shrink before the cold, their fingers become
useless, their wits paralyzed. A tall and we'll
fed Hlndoo, who has tramped his score OF
miles without an effort In the sunshine, can
do nothing but crouch above the fire which
all his energies are spent in feeding. lie
sauats before it lean heap of clothes, and IL
YOU speak to him his brain must thaw before
he understands Servants all cluster in
group, speechless and helpless. No warm
clothing comforts them, though 1t saves their
lives. sad case Is that OF Major Bates, who
| lies in state of paralysis, unable to move
limb. Going out of his tent at night with In
sufficient clothing he fell suddenly as II struck
| by bullet. Doctors suppose that the sudden
shock OF cold brought out lurking disease.
THE NATIVES HEROIC DEATH.
"Native followers have died Of the fever,
but SO quietly and uncomplaingly that the
numbers are not to be ascertained. Our party
discovered two corpses. and rescued perhaps
half a dozen on the road; / know OF as many
more. IF man straggle toward sunset, or
| If he sit down, as these people will, in the
unused and semi-torpid state have described,
he must surely be from unless compelled to
move, an accident which depends upon the
passage of some European. The conduct OF
a native when he finds himself unable to pro-
coed is characteristic. He makes no report,
nor even means, but draws apart, wraps him
self up, and quietly dies"
UNIFORMS THROWN AWAY.
There s little or no uniform worn by ON
soldiery, say s the same correspondent. Off.
GERS and men, English or native, prefer karki
% dun colored stuff OF cotton. The cut follows
individual taste among officers, some wear
ing tunics some jackets; trousers, hreeches
or knickerbockers are used indiscriminately
| 1t is always thus on campaign In India anC
government cannot much longer persist IL
supplying O uniform which everybody dis
cards when work Is expected. hdrki has re-
/ tOIufnpDdef Itself to practical men atfkB fUI
color and material.
IDIOTS FOR CAMEL DRIVERS.
Five camel loads belonging to Thirt
Ghoorkas were looted by hiIlmen within .
mile of camp. When the drivers arrived
covered with blood and clamoring, Col. Pat
terson asked why they had not defended
themselves, since the government had fur
. nishpd each of them with Il sword. They
frankly admitted that the tulwar in theil
belts had been forgotten at the crisis; but
this proved to be an unimportant fact, fo
J the hilt was SO securely tied to the scabbart
that the quickest of them could not draw his
weapon under seven minutes by the clock
1t was drDll to observe the Stolid cOntemp
of the little Ghoorkas around for these biz
: nincompoops.
r ROBBERS AND CUTTHRoATS.
l. Mr.. Macpherson, one Of the very ablest In
t dian ,rrtspOndents, and who Is with Gen
4 Roberts, writing on New Years Day iron
i the Khost Valley, says: at Is not the inhah
d itants of Khost itself that we fear so much II
, the trih s whose territory surrounds In
: Khost Valley-the Mongols and the WaZris,
/ and Mr.. Macphersons opinion Is shown b
I. later telegraphc news to have been correct
e And as II was these tribes which fiuall
r obliged Gen. Roberts to return to Khurum,
T. will be inters sting to know more about then
5 The MoDgols, says this correspondent are
l. set or progressed robbers and cutthroats. The
,e live in black tents and inbabit no regular vi
j. lagos, so that when they commit a raid the
: roll up their habitations and disappear. A
ID for the WaZiris, they are robbers also, but,
l. addition IT, their reputation for being eleyt
Y thieves, they enjoy the name of being one
z the bravpSt sections OF the AfghanS The
le claim to be independent OF any ruler wha
N ever, and, as IL it were to punctuate tn
re- claim, they lose no opportunity OF murderln
and plundering. favOrite trick OF their
when they see an encampment Is to gather
number together, wait till darkness has s.
in, ami then march through among the ten
with drawn swords cutting at everything
their way, and stealing all they can lay hant
r. upon In the general confusion. Not pleasal
la people these to have as ones neiRhbor5.
r MURDER AS FINE ART"
e. At least dozen OF our camp followers ha
been cut up and literally crimped like a co
10 fish by their bloodthirsty aesalants. Tl
y. II Afghan, whether he be Turf, Jail, Wazi
~ in his murder, and to have studied the art
u making body look as horrible as possib
y We have had men slain In the DurwaZa Pas
% in Thull and along the road from Thull
tte Khurum, and each body found has be
70 carved almost exactly In the same fashion.
ie CUTTHRoATs AT WORK.
On one occasion several of the followe
70 dawdled behind, seither to smoke or eat tn,
Or food. A gang OF TURKS or Jails, who had be
is watching them In ambush, rushed down UP
er them with their knives. Six Of the camp +
1t lowers were killed; the remainder manag
re to escape. Afterward some men OF
Is Twenty third pioneers, who are now in t
ee Durwaza Pass. trying to make the road b.
Is ter, saw four Afghans skuking behind a roo
or ntently watching mule man who was la
i'd ging. The Sepoys went for the Afgha
ls, and captured three. They questioned tn
~ prisoners as to whether they had any Wea
ons about them. Every Afghan looked as
RS nocent as he could, and said he had not 81
ne thing as a knife or a pistol In his poss
ne sion-never had one, in fact. They were
or searched, however, and each was found
ur have sword or knife concealed beneath
1T. dress. Two of the knives were covered W
tn blood. There could be little doubt about wi
lin the rascalS had been at, and they were sell
as and brought into the camp at Hazarpir.
r. CAPTURED REDHANDED.
D ~, Gen. Roberts, with news coming in Ola
- about men being attacked, saw that vigort