Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-18
BY CABLE.
RumOred Serious Illness of the
Gar.
His Possible Death the BegInninq
Of a General Revolution.
The Ameer Declares Against the
Invaders of His Country,
And Summons the Powerful
GhilzRis to Arms
The Bear Shows His Teeth 70 the
BulI-RussO- Chinese Treaty
And Summons the Powerful
Ghilzais to Arms
The Bear Shows His Teeth to the
BulI-RussO-Chinese Treaty
The Great Strikes in
E1gland.

BERLIN, September Is. = 1t is re-
ported, apparently upon good ground,
that the czar is seriously ill. 1t is
known that the sickness with which
he was attacked in 1863 has never
entirely left him, and he has been
much shaken since the excitement of
the Turkish war. His death is dis
cussel as the commencement of a
revolution in the politics of Cont
mental Europe.
A report of the death of the czar is
current in Livadia, in the Crimea,
where it has caused the greatest ex-
citement The rumor is denied, but
it seems almost certain that the czaro-
witch has been summoned by his
father, but the gravity of his sickness
is universally believed to be exaggera-
ted. Everything relating to the en-
peror is shrouded in mystery. The
cattle plague is spreading, and has
already penetrated into Poland
LONDON, September 15.-The St.
Petersburg Golos considers the pres
ent a favorable opportunity for Rus
sia to consolidate her strength in
Bokhara. The Golos says: "We
would admit England's right to occu-
py Cabul and Candahar, provided
Herat was transferred to Persia, and
Russia received the strip of territory
on the left bank of the Attrek, which
would serve as basis for her advance
on Merv." The Vedomosti (Russian
semi-oficial newspaper) suggests that
the opportunity is a good one for Rus
sia to deal England a deadly blow in
Central Asia.
A st. Petersburg correspondent an
nounces that the Kuldja treaty has
been signed. 1t provides for the evacu-
alton Of Kuldja by the Russians by in
stallments during three years, and the
payment by the Chinese of five million
rubles. Russia retains a strip Of land
including a military road in the direc-
tion of Kashgar. The Chinese en-
bassy will shortly go to Liyidia to
thank the czar for the conclusion of a
treaty.
The correspondent of the Daily
News at Vienna reports that the Free
Press publishes telegram from Sim
pheropol, which says great excitement
prevails at Livadia on account of
rumors of the czar's illness, death or
abdication. The czarowitch has been
summoned to Livadia.
The Posts Berlin correspondent
says rumors current there relative to
the indisposition of the czar are un-
founded and mere stock -jobbing ca
nards.
LONDON, September 15.-The vice
roy of India telegraphs as follows: 1T
is reported that mutineers have ar
rived at Jellabad. News of the mas
sacre in Cabul has not affected Quet-
ia, which is perfectly tranquil"
The force which is to- advance on
Cabul will consist of $500 Europeans
and 1000 natives. The attention Of
the commissariat is almost exclusively
devoted to supplying this force.
Other columns will be held in reserve
for the present. There is a large pro-
portion of sick among the European
troops on the frontier, except those
regiments which are in particularly
healthy situation,
The Standard has the following
from Candahar; The opinion pre-
walls among the natives here that the
ameer has declared against the Brit
ish. Adyices have reached here from
Khelat-i-ghilzai that the ameer has
summoned the Ghilzus to raise against
the British"
A dispatch to the Times from Can
dahar says an Afghan nobleman, com
ing from the direction Of Cabul, re-
ports that the ameer has sent for
troops from Herat and Balkh, and has
summoned the Ghilzais to Cabul for
Agihad.
A private letter from Cabul asserts
that the ameer's body guard joined in
the attack on the British embassy
A private telegram from Buenos
Ayres announces the escape from
prison of the notorious insurgent
leader, Don Lopez Jordon. He has
reached Eutre Rios, and raised she
standard Of revolt. The value of the
currency Of Buenos Ayres has dcpro-