The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-13
THE LAST HOURS OF sHERE ALI.
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English assert that Shere Ali fled Cabul.
This is incorrect. He had In the capital
twenty battalions when he left. The reliance
Of the English on Yakoob Beg Is ill-founded.
lie has refused to treat with them. AS my
father is on his way to ST. Petersburg" he
has said, "you had better address yourselves
to him there" The Ameer has numerous
letters from the Afghan tribes promising him
visit to Russia is approved of, and may even
pfet cton of the Write ozar NV Il We r. re-
member that at Mazarsherif and Herat
there are forty battalions of infantry and
10000 horsemen the alleged flight becomes
nonsense. Add to this the Ameer's system of
conducting the war refusing open fight and
attacking the rear and communications
we see that Afghanistan can prolong the cam
paign indefinitely without loss, while for the
English delay Is ruinous. One result Of his
system of fighting is that the English have
continually suffered loss IN their line Of com
munlcations. They have had to abandon the
English is important. with the English
them selves | mean to have nothing to do. I
know them well; they are the children OF
liars (detie ljee). II they want to have any
protector, the Emperor Of Russia. Whatever
he counsels me to do that will perform
Continuing the letter ON January 81 the
correspondent says: "The Afghan mission
HhS arrived from IHSnKfHH- n lelteI HAS HlSD
reached the Ameer from the Governor OF Can
dahar. The English are ten miles from the
town and he has retired from It, He means TO
carry on warfare against their transport and
rear. On reading the letter the Ameer said
to the head of the Russian mission (Gen Raj
gonuff), You see you cannot believe O word
the English say. They promised you to leave
my country inviolable, and you see they are
taking one town after another They very
cunningly rely upon their ability to promise
III London and To carry out their purpose IN
tlexibly here Russia Is far away, or she
would recognize what they are doipg-doing
also what 1t will soon be too late to repair.
| must 70 to Tashkend. | must go at once.
Yet II go away they will do what shall
never be able to set right. think had bet
ter remain here. Aye, and II wanted to
leave, this bad leg OF mine would not let me
travel 50 far
1.-The head of the Russian mission begged
Shere Ali to be easy about his leg; II would
soon be well again. Respecting heapproach
of the English to Candahar, he fully shared
the opinion of the Ameer, saying. however,
that, at all events. Russia would not permit
England to leave un'ulfilied the obligations
which lie had taken upon herself before Russ q
to preserve the Independence OF Afghanstan,
The Ameer strongly insisted that the pur-
fldy Of England should not be lost sight OF.
In giving utteranee to this opinion he again
expressed his reliance on Russia. i will do
everything, h. said that the great White
Gar tells me. Even If he told me In the in
|
and Russia to cede several provinces to the
English would do 50. Even III he eounseled me
t. received an English resident at Cabul and
at other places would be ready to do so; |
would be ready to do il because the advice
came from my friend. the White Gar, who
wishes me- 50 much good.
"Ehree days after this interview his leg
grew worse, and when TIC again asked TO See
the mission his s,ferinss were very great:
In the meanwhile the tall of Candahar had
been announced. He reatt the letter to the
Russian Ambassador, anti said; This will
| again convince you that ne English do not
keep their promises They want to deceive
YOU like they deceived me. They promised
| me- II ! would receive then residents In diff
| ferent towns, I2D00,O00, ma guns and the
| restitution of Peshawur; but ] knew what
| their promises We're, and rs aware that to
| to keep their word was not he character Of
| the English. Now, even aftrr my defeat, they
continue to offer me all manner OF good but
| | will not accept 1t. My ngle hope rests
| upon my protector, tho Car Ut Russia LILO
| then went on to show what an important ef-
feet the fa, of Candahar would have on Herat
| and Cabu and decided that he ought not To-
| leave Afghanistan under such circumstances
| Not Wishing to datain the Russian mission,
which has received orders to return to lash
| kend he fit d out an Afghan mission to &C
| company 1t back To Tnrkastan."
|
MOSCOW.
The Russians love Moscow. 1T is the idol
| of every Russian heart. Her shrnes are to
| him the hottest in the empire, hallowed by
seven centuries ofhistorical associations. But
grand and holy as ii is, it has suffered from
| the sword, the torch and the plague Three
| hundred years ago it was nearly consumed by
fire, In which 1000 of its citizens persisted.
| Fifty years later the Iartars fired the suburbs
and 100, 900 of its inhabitants persisted by the
| flames and by the sword A hundred years
| ago the fatal plague SO reduced its population
! that it never reganed Its former proportions
Within our own century, and to save it from
plumber by the foe, the people gave up their
beautiful city to the flames, the grandest
sacrifice ever made to national pride. But
when the French retreated the city was re-
| frequent reconstruction Is the cause Of the ir-
regularity everywhere apparent. Only few
of the streets are straight, a palace and a
| howell, state building and a stone a splendid
church and a small hotel, adioin each other,
and the rich and the poor are nearest neigh
| bors. Nothing Is more noticeable and attrac-
tive than the display Of colors. red, white,
green. gold and silver, with which the public
and private buildings are ornamented. Rome
has long been celebrated as the city of
churches, having one for each day In the year
| and an additional one for leap year, but Mos
cow can boast of nearly 400 temples dedicated
! to religion. Although the decentralization Of
| the city is more than twenty English miles,
yet the objects OF interest to q traveller are
within narrow limits. The Moskva flows
through the city, spanned by noble bridges,
and along its banks are beautiful lawns shad-
cd by noble trees.
| The Negro Emtgrants.
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