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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

4 Is Impossible 20 eIsggera'e the imrortauc.
VI The point / events which IL me- la stor,
OF !, e h'ct~sl.y al Te-o ute vi Hnct ON the
/ par ~ every cibZen who desires to prss.rv.
lhe cover m.nt tina the founders ray. m.
I The de ATE ~ acts O Congress th,. mir. =
ahc-s of tne press, the excl lug c .uteSts of IA
IL puDilc1n snd democrat u .rit,.~ mo- :
4 near "qcai in ~'rsng Throughout In.
country, the varying DIR II of public SENT
| ment, VIII all bear DIR, ctiy and flee IyeIv
upoh lhe tWe.ty.fourth Presidential electioi.
70 DE held IN November. Four ears ago N. X
NOV" IN Der, in- VIII of the nation. - *
pressed ~ the polls, WAS thwsrtsd ny an
! apiilinHole e"lspir|cy, the prom t-rs and
behenitaIies OF which still h.-d the offices
they stole " al the crime of 1876 De rep,,t.d
/" 1851? The past decade OF years op-n.d
Win corrurt, ex'ravag- mt and inSplent At
nuns ra.!On lutr"ncned at Wash Ingtpn THE
NUN Glt >Omrthin toward dIs.oIgil q IN,
gang aud breaking up lis power The sam.
men ar. Intriguing To Restore their Ie deraud
tu"nl~elSrS tp places from which they were
driven oy TN. tndigus ton of The p,nnie WI
tte' succeed? Iaa coming wear Will brIYg
the - >"rrs Of these mournIDu, question
The sun Will, be ON hand 10 chronicle the facts
a. tiity Srs developed, and To sxhibit them
clearly Hnd fear. - IN their relations to *
pcdif mes and right
Thus, with habit of uhi'o optical good
humDr ~ looking INTO miu = suur Ut ne
atd IN r"ai things >T"adiI purpose to
'GHinIriu The rights of the people and ~,
principles of tn Constitution sgEir st all
sssTe sons The ~US is prepared To write IA
truthful, insIrurtsvr, abb az the same time
- '-ittluITg ht~'oFy of lSSD
oar rates 81 SuGscTiD ION s.mqin unrhsug
ID, FOR the u lily -US, n iOuf-page sheet Of
Ig.-uto-eighr 90 umnS, The pric. bv mail
pest paId, ID crnt> a month, or SCI 80 d.
ear; or, luClut .ug the Su d,y prpsT G, an
eI ut p " sheet of fifty~sIx DlUmuS the
pFic- l. CD ems "A month, or - .Ds year
pos ag- paid
Ih- sunday edition Of TIE SUS Is a So
furnished separately al 81 - - esr, postage
pad
Tue pric o. the WEEKLY -UN eight pages
hitysSIN ca umus, is ~ ~ Z, portage paid
For cubs of tenrendlng SO we viii sand an
extra copy free.
ADDRESS declSwit
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Ore Dollar Per Bottle.
IasSuTE REMEDY.
:, Only requires minutes, no: hours, to re-
n''o pain aad cure scute disease.
Railways Ready Relief.

Ia from one to twenty minutes nava- ,o,,,
- IeHeEe pam with enc thorough appIic.-
,,"a. NO matter how xiotCnt or excruciatinu
80. ..l ~ a the rheumatic, bsd-riddeu infirm.
o-;bt-Su, nervous, neuralgic, or prost rated
pr nv -i ,5 may suffer, RAILWAYS
t'h 1Ei-IEF VIII afford instant ease
ihIH IN nation OF tho Kidneys, Iufiamrnet,o-,
-, lie Is sdcer, lndamai!On OF the Bowels.
f"'al,.eS.lon 81 the Lungs, Sore Throat
Uncut bresihing slpiiatIon Of the Heart
1ssIericS, Group, DIr--cheria, Catarrh, In
RbenT r, ,hesa Sa Ioothache, Neuralgia,
pis.hs- frost bites B-uiseg, S,Iror1s- 60
N rhai 5a, song1s, Gods, Sprains, Pni-.s In
me Chest, Back .: s,an.l..
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
Attempt NJ ~ urder.

Last Monday nig-t at the Occidental Botel
man by the name OF VIM Buchanan, who
recently came TO town, rushed into the Office
aud drawing a revolver attempted TO shoe,
Nike Johannsen, nis.,t clerk at the hotel.
The cap on the pistol being a bad one perhaps
saved Mixes life. as IL was seemingly the in.
teDtion OF Buchanan to commit mnydar
AFTER the would be murderer was dissrmed.
up TO Square BUCK lunn's, where he waived
examination untiI the 18th, ard in default OF
puts up. ~ o"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
OVARIAN TUMORS.

The removal OF these tumors ny RA,w.va
nk<cLsENr Is now 30 certainly established
that what was once considered almost Inirsc
u,ous is now n common recognized fact by
III parties witness the cases of Hannah p
q nhT 2, Mrs &. Krapf, Mrs. J. II. Jolly AND
Mrs r. u. Hendrix, published in our Alma
nae ior IsI9; aL-o that Of Mrs &. S. Bibbins,
Trus.o A-4u
opace orbids our making particular refer
ehce 10 lh@ various cases OF chronic diseases
Teiclied ny our SARsAPARILEiAS REsoI-
FEET. tnv1Iids and their friends must con-
s,iL o1r writings If they wish 10 obtain an
! !, - q the promise and potency of L. r. Z.
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False and True.

We extract from DR.. Railways "Treatlse on
Q Disease and Us Cure, as follows:
LIEF mar A Gil IN
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Real Estate Transfers.

The f,iiowing transfers We're recorded by
Register Crowder on the 18th:
W. A White aud wife In John c. Mcwll-
lisTs, block As ia the town of Fairmount;
sG5g.
Tue Ksnsss Pacific Railway Company to
Herman Ssuuick; the east half of the Dorth-
.asi quarter fsection rs, township 10. Tango
p. 50 scr, 5, $3.50.
The Ksnsss Pacific Railway Company to
Rudolph NeudicE the west hall a The north
east qnaTter and the southeast quarter of the
nor'hwes' quarter Of section Is township 10,
range ~; l2J acres; u. 40.
Kansas Pacific halfway Company to John
Berg; The soltn west quarter of the North west
quarter and the northwest quarter OF the
southwest quarter Of section s. township 10,
range q, 81 acre.; $50
1be Kansas Pacific Railway company to
Gus;ave Truschke; the sout d saef quarter and
The east half and snurhwest quarter OF the
southwest quarter Of section g, 10 snship 10,
range %; 80 scrss: 81 $50.
DECEMBER 20.
Annie b. Haidermsn and husband to Beck>
er RUPERT and Linrk: lots 8 and 9, IN block
SO. city property $500.
Leonard i Smith and wife 10 Thomas
Warren: the south half of the outheast quar-
ter OF section Is. township II. range. 81; 80
ACRES more or less: $3.50.
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Killed by u Buzl.Snw.

tLh SysGe journal
d. N. huhlmsn met with al accident las,
week which resulted in bis death on ssrur.
day, December -. He was at work the dsy
before In saw mill, an In ter. st In which was
owned by him, and while gagged about the
machinery the cape of his coat was Caught
thesaw. Before he could extricate him.
self his arm WIS taken of, near the shonIa.r
ana the Injuries he received cs used mis- ies,b
MT kuh iman, Who lived In Miami countv q
here snd nHd many friends in this roc.I,,-
he leaves wife VINO will have the sympatbv
OF all in ner sad bereavement
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

Several Of The coiored people In the city are
becoming imp e. ID with the idea that the
agents of the Vooicos." society whose
headquarters in New Orleans, are at work
in tins city, II is CLAIMED that the sgerfs
dre,s Themselves in iong gowns and stand on
street corr ers after or about Two O'Clock and
eaten bad children or other young folks who
are out Z" after Ia US" OF course there Is
noInlrg IN It, bot IL may be ssfer for Dung
Iolks TO De In bed e-Tlv. Especially the boys.
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A ScOundrrl Skins.

I'1'I sN.II7 -NrWs-I
Ferguson, a sub.contractor on the BIue
Valley road, skiPrei out the tirsr of the
week, leaving his work men sxinlled out of
about 500. Fitzpatrick. the CO.. tracto-, claims
that he has ov-rpa:d r re Isop. The work.
men clam that IT is q" pu up job between
the contractor and - BIC ,atractor TO swipd,e
item. LAST bnd y Ie workmen brought
IN 70 MARY svri' q wbnsn, win her IUur
chlu'eh 80" 50 aept boarding no Sc for
vas cheated cut her board money, The
women n'fd Hiawalna, and the cpunTv
autnoritit sent her home
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Relief for the Destitute,

The relief sent t. HodgemAn county for
this city and vicinity, through the solicita-
ton OF Rev. Z n. kudock, hss teen most
liberal, The station sgept, Mr.. George Car.
three car loads Of coal and one of cornm
have bern shipped But Hodgeman is moi
the only county ns edipg aid. ine cry on 6is
trefs also comes nom kord county, the au-
lying sick. be says scor-s of families are
destitute. Mr.. IL: Hebnard, Of Topeka,
liate Secretary OF the Negro EXODUS Commit
te,l was At Burlingame last week. tryirv m
get some to int est themselves in the ms ~.
but we believe Without socc.sS R.i. {
should be addressed To T. b. Stewa,t, So. a.
willie. Ford county, Eansss. Furthsr N To-
nation viii be cheerfulIy given upon appii-
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health is Wealth

Pure blood makes sound flesh, strong bone
and a clear skin. II you would have your
flesh firm, your bones sc1nd. without carries,
and your complexion fair. use RADWAY'S
SARSAPARlLLIAN RESOLVENT.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
BsE Corn Crop.
INnrsh To.ak

VIII am Ayers, Of Silver Lake, Kansas.
YESTERDAY brought into ]. NJ Foucht's stors a
sample OF corn raised by. the Farmers Jewel.
He ssys ne plowed and planted 10 acres in
thirtee days, and that the corn of tn. 1oo
acres averaged him 20 bushels to the acre
large corn raisers to examine A, n the 80
lhzs OF ne Farmers Jswei, that pIows and
plants eight 70 ten acres yer da,-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
Holiday Fair,

The German Catholic Church will open q
fair AT L,ng'- Hall on the 2s;h, 10 continue
three days, ending with a supper and vari-
Gus smusements for young and old on the
evening Of the new year. This In the first
fair IN eleven years that this church hiss he'd
and the arrangements nov being msde are
upon n most exter siv- scale, and prom sc
that The far VIII be grand huccrhs.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

IhtcHIsOn OIobe, IS
W. H johnson, agen, OF the Central
nranch AZ washington, teIegraphs that on
enteiins MS ONCE this morning he found bis
and hole drilled in the TOP. and ali ven,s
covered with putty. 1t is suppose tine thieves
were scared away by somst1Ing, as rba fuss
bu The contents untoucbed
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a Valuable Fern.

Lat week Mr.. u. L. Hoadiy vas offered
siu,Ooo In cash Tor the Burnett farm porth OF
me river He wrote to the parties at. the
east VINO owl the farm and had long offered
II for sale, bat they replied that Win the
'e~ent prospects III Douxlss. county they
resefneo the farm ~ wort mucn IN re mo =
-. n Aoadly says he hAs sold three farms
In the pest weeE and that farm seek an sre
mucn moro numerous,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
SANFURD'S
RADICAL CURE
~ For ~
. CAIARRH ~

IL . never failing specific. When every other
remehy has failed, when physicians have
pronounced cure impossible, IL has by its
powerful Alternative and resolvent properties
actlng through the blood, and by its healing,
oaisamic properties acting DpOn the diseased
nasal surfaces, lifted the afflicted, as il were
nom the very grave. No other remedy has
done this. for no other remedy possesses in a
form 81 pure and simple, yet 20 powerfully
enecttve, the real essences, AS IL were of the
banks and shrubs from which II Is prepared
References from Well X nown Physi.
clans. Druggists and Citizens.
Geo. W. Houghton. Esq waltham, Mass.
cured after twelve years Of sufIenng. DR..
Cnas. Main, Boston. writes: Il consider IL
SUPP Nor to any preparation laid down IN
any Textbook with which I am familiar
YIN. Bowen, Esq, OF Mediation, Grant &
Bowen, rs Pine street. st. Louis, writes in
the warmest terms OF IL to his fri. nd, A, A.
Meliter, Wholesale druggist, urging that some
more rapid means Of Introducing IL to the
people of his city be taken. 8 d, Bal win
q Co, druggists, Washington, Ind say they
never sold remedy giving such universt j
satisfaction- samuel Spinney, Meadow Vale
n -, says Ii operated on his sv stem in a way
that nothing ever given him bv physicians
had done. Geo +. Dinsmoe =, a Boston drug.
e1st, says that the cure effected in his cas-.
was so remarkable that II seemedt many
tnet u could not be true He therefore made
oath 10 1t before Seth ]. Thomas, ESQ, Jus.
tice OF the Peace.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

The new i..al In the cate OF Mr. Bates FOR
tue killing of Mr.. Peak, commenced on Mon.
day The jury was impanne;ed on Tuesday,
and the prosecution commenced 10 examine
its witnesses In the afternoon. l. Is not proh
able the case will go u the jury until the lat
ter part OF the week.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
FATAL SHOOTING.
One Cousin shoots Another In she
sack.

News was received In the city yesterday
morning OF A terrible tragedy in Camden
Point. Missouri. The particulars were meg
ger, hut the substsn nee of the affair, is that a
couple of cousins who had quarreIed about q
year before. met during a public exhibition
al the academy, nisht before last about u
O'Clock End renewed their quarrel. The
aggfe>-Or L. said 10 have been "A Young N an
named Oe" burgess. His opponent Cable
Burgess, was also "A young NAV Ifvtnz in tire
neighborbord- After the difficulty In the
academy they met on the s,r.-et and after
some words Cable turned 10 walk away when
his cousin pulled revolver and fired the
ball and sfrucK rim In the back, causing a
fatal wound The rsrty who Gis the sront-
Ing. WAS aiken IN Charge by MS~srs. John
wilson and Vim Dune N. and 81 -rfed toward
the ronsishies house, hut in some msnner he
disappeared and has not been heard OF since.
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References from Well-Kn own Physi.
clans, Druggists and Citizens.
sANF0RD's RADICAL CURE

'.Ci.ars the Head and Throat 30 thoroughly.
tnat- taken In the morning on rising, IN. II,
are no unpleasant secretions, apo no diss.
greeable hawking during the entire dsy. I'm,
an unprecedented Gle ,rness Of Voice ard
respiratory Orgars." Price. with Improv. d
Inhaler and Treatise, 81. Sod by all Drug
Gtsts tuesfrfSw
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Eeverand Arue.

.,, ~ Ea AND sGUE cured for nfty cents.
- = ~ Is nota remedial agent an this world
Maiarsous Bilious Scarlet Typhoid. Yellow
G si1a oiher Fever, aided by RAILWAYS
s,IiyT, 50 quick as RAILWAYS READY
1t VIII IN few moments, when taken &c.
cording to directions, cure Cramps. SpasIns,
-Four Stomach, Heartburn. Silk Heaiache
Oiarrhea, Dyseatory, Collie, Wind in the
Dcwels- and sli internal pains.
IraVeierS shouid always carry & bottle OF
Rsdwnyi IS Ready Relief with them. few
drops IN water viii prevent sickness o. Pains
from change OF water IL l. bitter THAI
French brandy or bi'te-S rs - E-jnu3Ent
MINERS AND lUNBtsRMEE Ahouid al
:sfar AL N.rsE, -
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THE COT RTH.


PROBATE URT.
The following marriage licenses were grant,
ed yesterday:
Clark Byers and Lizzie Kaizam; WIN.
Il. Newly and Carrie A. Osborn.
Marriage license issued to Edward Winston
and Fanny Jones.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

IhOcHosttr Hefa1d ]
For going South ard making Republican
speeches General Stewart L. Wooaford has
been called by the Washington Post "an
educated ass" by the Wilmington On. C
stsr "a wouthins FOOT" and by the Balti-
more Gazette IAN exssperating blstber-
skite" There is PROBABLY some other
epithet which might be applied, bit we do
not think of 1t Just now
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

Cincinnati Saturday Night
Kate Field is coming home to lecture.
Eugene Field is about to start = weekly
paper in 81. Louis. Cyrus W. Field is
thinking aboat a telephone under the At
lsntic. Every rield seems occupied.
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Drive Wells,

number OF me-tings Of parties using the
drive yet 8 In this aud adjoining crunti.s
have been held with . view to q concerted
ac'!oa in the matter of settiinx roysIties.
effected and 1t As resol we'd TO maze \ -,
csse- Meanwhile canvass for funds to de-
feDd such u O. se vas made On Sa'urdsv .
permanent orgaDiz alton was efiectaa.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25
COLLINS
voL1AIc "a ELECTRIC
PLASTERS
INSTANTLY AnnihIlate Pain,
StrenRthen tho Weak.
support the Weary.

BY instantly affecting the Nervous system,
their influence IL II once felt ar the fsrfbss,
extremities. Hence Pain, which arises from
disturbance of the Nerve Forces, is cured in
every instance - II BY magic. Palpitation OF
and kidneys. Irritation of the stomach and
Bowels, INDIGESTION, Dyspepsia. Bilious Collie.
Cramps, and Pain arising from the same
cause, are speedily relieved. The meaicinaI
forces present in these Plasters lind their way
into the system in q maaDer At once mysieri.
ous and powerful. They accomplish nat no
ration of vital electricity, whence comes
instant and grateful relief from Pain shd
weakness, and freedom from disease
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The work Of I'VE hays.

Fading Saturday, there IVES shipped from
this station, on the Santa Fe. foriy-ivo Ger
loads OF wheat, two OF flour, and one of corn.
In Two dsys- This wo0ld make about one
and quarter million pounds OF freight. The
business When put In this shape appe.rs
SUP prisinG In Ia Re sutts
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Goal In festawatO0te County,
IOnaga Journal1

Almost every quarter section of land for
six or eight miles north and northeast OF this
place. has Coal cropping out along the bluffs.
Some OF these days this section Of the county
VIII supply the home demand and min u
other less favored localities. The oua.jty
furnished In town here II said to be eausl 10
L0avcn worth coal.
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rake Oore u Ys1r Rsys.

me City Council will 1t their next meal.
ing - an Ordinance peOhibiting boys nom
play1ng around the depots or near the rNiI-
4oad eeaks, fmpoaing . Ane and confne-
Aent N NE eslaoooee on all boys. OF their
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-25

The mot surprising verdict of . Jury was
In the case Of the State W. g. B. Sims, for
bigamy. The evidence proved him guilty
beyond . doubt, and the court tpssructea
the jury % plain that Il asaonishod oourt.
prisoner and attorney, whom the jury 70
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Attempt at safe Cracking.

turned a verdict Of not guilty, and the iuage
50 expressed himself ON the journal. Bat
such are the ways Of iuries,
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Atehsssn's OH-Year.

IbIue V alley Telegraph, b
We are perfectly willing b ne Rapids should
get all the railroads she can, but Atchison
editions and reporters are not building many
railroads-this Ia Atch sons Off year
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Lynch Law Needed,
tGareat Rend Re~ts,er IA,

Seven norses were stolen from shs Mennop.
ties 1t Mennonite town between hero and
Fswnee Rock, fuesdsy night. II was the
heaviest stealing Of horses even before done
In Barton county.
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TNeekln Gimes
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1879.

The tax reoeip's for the present year. or
greater in Leavenworth county than ever be.
fore.
THE government contract for wood and
coal TO be Used at Fort Hays, Was yeste rday
awarded 10 M II. L. BickfoI d, Of this city
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tClay county Dispatch
NJ. Higinbotham. OF Manhattan having
writ \ over 5000 legible words on q postaI
card, the PhilsdeIphia Press Thinks he would
have accomplished wonders II he had crowd.
81 DIS own anne ON . single oArd. How is
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From i GS Zion. ThHT5V Weed,
ENDORSING
DR.. RAILWAYS
e. r..
f EDIES.
AFTER Using Them Several Years.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4, lS7.
DEAR Slk: Having for several yeafS nsed
your medicines. doubtiD.fy a. frst. but
otter expe91onc1ng their efficacy with foiI
sonndenoe. 10 b no le0, Q pleasure than =
1uty 20 thankfully acknovlafge the adyan-
tases &c have derived from them. The pi.is
ire resorted 10 a. often a occasion REQUIRES
snd always with the desired effecH The
tses1y Relief cannot be better described than
,t is by anne. We apply the liniment fire.
sasntiy snd freely, almost Invariably md.
Sng the permanent calieE Truly you're,
N, lsasnedL THURDOw WEED
Ne repeat Tint the reader must Sonsult our
<oooes and papers on the subject OF diseases
md fneir cure. among which may be named
Roadway O6 lrrftaole rrethra1
Railway On 6cr0fala,v
e0d Others Relating 70 safSereut elassea Of
SOLD BY pRUoarsrs,
Read False and True
send 3 lesses stamp 70 RApwAYA Co.
Sfsce ~ ~ ~ ~ . 'eer"es Church
ln1onnafi0a worth tnse.sas win be ssna
WSo9 t1mfhnunnsnndW
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TROUBLED AfGHANlSTAN,
THE SITUATION AT PRESENT
The British Go9erumen, Seemingly Confident
of Quellins the >avages-, harcelIor
Sorihcoie on the Afishansian
and Irish Situation

LONDON, Dec. ga dispatch from
Bombay ssys that i, vas reported Thur dsy
that GeG. Cough would probably reur.
On Peissrap, three miles west OF the Su, ksts
river, but il is now believed that lie will
remain st Jsdduilak ard shortly clear a
way TO the chi zois in his front.
ten. Arbu,hnal's brigade IL distributed
! Nlo,g the road between Gaudamuk and
Judgdullak.
Contrary to expectation the tribes below
IslisIabad continue qniet. Had General
Bright advanced with his force. dnubt
less the Mshmonds and Afri-di. wcpId
have risen, but the system of FORWARDING
rh- troops from Jsllalsbed orIs a. re;n,
forcemen,s arrived from Psshawsr. aaorJs
them 10 opening.
Great Ell 1rIs are making FIR a sDeaiv
concentrated effort al P--hawsr.
Many native princes have rendered their
assistance.
| General Roberts statement al bis sbiIi,v
70 hold hls position ard tax. the offensiy.
on favorable opportunity have been 40
positive that the anxiety a; first felt on be
hall OF the garrison in Shirpur canton
| ments il much absted.
RusIA's SYMPATHY WITH THE REVOLT
| The Russian press ia very violent in lis
criticisms on affairs in r. fyhsuistsn. The
u zette de 81 Petersburg says: ave mc.t
saIiousy confess that Russia youtd no,
break her heart in the probably event of
General R1bert's column sharing the fate
Of Cavagnsris embassy.
| AN OFFICIAL DISPATCH.
from General Bright, dated December 18Th
Informed the Niceroy Of India that If
General Cough was unable to force his
way to Cabui With his b-isade he-Brisht
proposed "a soon a. sDgements could
be made to hold the posts from india TO
Gsndsmuk snd advance on Cabui with q
Lewiston numbering 5000 men.
4 telegram from Peisers al, dated TODAY.
| -sys that there ID uo serious fighting. All
il well.
THE SITUATION.
CALCUTTA, Dec 20.-The government of
| lndia publishes an eI PLANTATION of the mil
| ilary siiu ition in Afgh snist.p, stating thai
Gen Roberts has ample transportation and
| ammunition Besides tw.nfs-theee can
non belonging TO his force, be has two hun
died and fourteen captured cannon, many
OF which are rifed. HIS eotrenchmeut can
easily be held by . 500 men, leaving 6, 600
free for offensive operations.
Gen. Bright has Il 900 men between
Jumrood and Judgulisk, with thirty can
DOB, two months -upplies and complete
divisional and brigade transport, including
the forces at Cand,ha ard and in IN.
Kurrum valley. The total field force liz
Il. coo men, with one hundred ard sixty
guns, which IL considered ample Tor the
present requirement.