The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-09
"A Entire British Embassy at
Cabul Certainly Massacred,
r,a Outbreak Supposed to be Due 20
Russian Intrigue-The Massacres
In Mandalay- People Oh
Noyi Bazaar Organizing 20
Resist Austrian Oc-
cupation.
AFGHANISTAN.

LONDON Sept. 8.-Ihe l'"es oh'cuSsts ",s-
..teb reports that the disturbances at Badh-
rrahom we're not serious. Affairs are un-
.14loa Kuram valley Is infested by robbers
m.sde bv the Shutagarde pass has been
stopped, ,
M force which was ordered to leave Can
ashor on the eighth of September have been
snstrueted to remain, and the city has been
re.occupied.
1adv Cavagnari has received q telegram
,sa,, tte Viceroy of India dated Sunday even
,ng announcing the death of her husband.
frba Siandards correspondent at Bombay
.eoerts that the symptoms Of discomfort have
been noticed at Cabul for some time. The
haorino of the population toward the members
Il the embassy has been defiagt. The force
attending the embassy numbered seventy
r,ne They fought with the greatest bravery.
Ttis said the Ameer's son was fatally Injured
and A large number OF mutineers were killed.
After the buildings OF the embassy we're
ared the survivors rallied out and defended
themselves desperately, but all were killed,
Including Major Cavagnari. Intense excite
ment prevails throughout India.
III lS DPIIBVhu hb 4 10 hHl F'iIEitb Iti3b 1lt
outbreak ID due to Russian intrigue.
The British mission to Afghanistan consists
m Major Cayagnari, his secretary, Mr.. Jen-
kiDs, Mr.. Kelly, Lieut.. Hamilton, command
ingthe escort consisting of twenty six cavalry
and fifty Infantry, and sepoy guide. The
troops Of the embassy We're lodged in two
houses in the city, joined by quadrangle.
T'be houses were spacious, but unfortunately
chiefly constructed of wood.
dispatch 10 the Times from Calcutta says
From the imperfect Information obtainable
there SCENE to be good reason to favor the
view that the disaffection has not spread all
over Afghanistan, but that the affair is
7 merely q local pHtepte, which will speedily
disappear when the British troops arrive a.
CAbnl The government apparently does not
doubt the fidelity CT the Ameer. Badshat
Khan's adhesion to the British cause Il
valuable as removing what might have been
a serious obstacle to the advance from
Khoorum to Cabul. The fact that the insur
gents did not wait unit the winter SHOWS hat
blocked the passes, or even until the British
bad evacuated Candabar, seems to indicate
that the uprising was wholly unprecedented
The Khoorum column, which will be the fret
To move on CabuI, is in excellent condition
not having suffered from cholera. 1t consste
of the second battalion OF the Eighth Regi-
ment, Stxty-seyenth Regiment, Seventy-se
ond and Ninety second Highlanders two
mountain and two field batteries, one battery
oil horse artillery three regiments OF native
1 Infantry, three of cavalry and one Of pioneers
The movement by the Khyber pass is in
tended to support the main advance by way
& the Peiwar pass.
All extra edition Of the Daily Neus contains
dispatch from Allahabad, announcing thai
the nine troopers belonging to the escort who
escaped were absent from the city collecting
forage at the time of the outbreak. The mu
tineers finally burned down the doorway o
the embassy and Swarmed In.
SrMLa, Sept. SIT is reported that three oi
the mutinous regiments have marched from
Cabul.
In official circles, Ayhub Khan and Other
chiefs are suspected Of completely in the out
break.
ie1ooSdnG h1oSpoS Sept sIhe VIeeroy ,edn OF inda
kheyl, dated on Saturday last, says: Bad
shah Khan saw the cnrpses Of Major Cava
mari and members OF his staff and escort
The party made a very stubborn defense
The number Of rioters killed in the fight is
estimated at over one hundred