Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-09-11
GENERAL NEWS.

late hour Thursday night a messenger trav-
cling post haste reached Alikneyl from Ca
bull and Informed Major Connolly, British
Political Agent, that the British Embassy
at Catul had been attacked by several AT
CHAN regiments which had assembled in
that city, demanding arrears of pay, and
that the military escort of the Embassy was
defending themselves. The Viceroy of In
Ola Immediately ordered the troops at Alik-
neyl to move instantly upon Shutargarden
pass.
Major Connolly telegraphed Friday night
the substance of a letter received from the
Ameer, who confirms the news of the re-
volt, and adds that the regiments which
have mutinied were joined by the populace.
The Ameer's arsenal and stores were first
plundered and destroyed, and the British
Embassy was then attacked by overwhelm-
ing numbers.
The Ameer declares he was completely
surprised by the outbreak. He endeavored
to quo)l it and sent General Davudshah to
Major Cavagraris' assistance, but General
Davudshah was endorsed and fatally
wounded. The Ameer then sent his son
with the Governor of Cabul and other inf1u-
entail personages, but the mob was wholly
uncomfortable. The attack on the British
Embassy continued throughout Wednesday,
when a fire broke out on the premises. The
Amer writing Thursday says he is in great
distress and is himself besieged.
Arrangements for an expedition into Cen
trail Asia to investigate the practicability of
diverting the Amoo Dori and causing it to
flow into the Caspian Sea have been COM
pleted. The expedition has been divided
into three detachments, of which two will
be sent to Krasnovodick and Khiva respect
lively, and the third will examine the river
and delta. TIL latter has already started.
but the departure of the others has been
postponed until January in consequence of
the disturbed condition of the Turcoman
steppes,
A St. Petersburgh dispatch says violent
storms in the Gulf of Finland have caused
the river Neva to rise to the level of the
streets. The canals in the center of st. Pc
tersburgh have overlooked, and the Eau
bourgs are under water. Iron roofs have
been blown from houses and churches in all
directions. The guns of the citadel have
been firing all Thursday night, and to-day
notices have been issued warning the inhab-
itants to take precautions against floods.
A Vienna dispatch of the 9TH, says: The
inhabitants Of Prisj have petitioned in favor
Of Austrian occupation, and the Inhabitants
OF Plevje have expressed their readiness to
supply stores for the occupying force.
The Governor of the District of Mexico
has ordered the police to stop and question
all persons in the streets after two O'Clock
at night. The municipal council of the
city of Mexico has formally asked the coun-
ellis of other cities to initiate movements for
raising funds to pay the next installment of
the American debt, and the President has
ordered the National Treasurer to set aside
a thousand dollars daily for the same pur-
pose.
The following appeal Is made by the Odd
Fellows of Memphis, under date of Sept. 6.
The Odd Fellows special relief committee
Of Memphis are again forced to the nccessi-
ty of appealing to the brotherhood at large
Tor material aid. All the available funds of
the five lodges and two e~ncampments have
been expended in sending many of their
brethren and families to places of safety, in
nursing and providing for the sick and
burying the dead. Business is suspended,
wages stopped, and sickness and death are
making sad havoc in their midst. This ap-
peal is made with great reluctance in view
of the generous o%utpouring of the substan-
tial aid which met similar appeals in 1873
and 1873, but with sickness and distress up
on every hand, with the walls of sorrow and