Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-04-12
Pass, the center of their district being onl
~ miles distant from peshawar

Pass, the center of their district being only
% miles distant from Peshawar.
Peru and Bolivia have concluded an offen-
sive and defensive alliance and both coun-
tries have declared war against Chill. no,
The British under Capt. Cough have de-
feated 5000 Afghans, killing 400. The Brit
ish loss was three officers and three men
killed and 81 wounded.
Isaac Fletcher, Member of Par lament for
Lockermouth, England, has committed sui
eide. Il ~ ViQOG5 % 6cGgGIN !
Justin Mccarthy, the Home-rule candi-
Longford, Ireland.
and Cambridge University crews was won
by the Cambridge boys.
Prof. Goering of Leipsic, who has been
engaged on the third volume Of Kritische
Philosophie," committed suicide at Elsen-
rath from over study.
A dispatch from Berlin says that numer-
GUS arrests Of students suspected of Social
ism have been made.
A dispatch from Cape Town, March Is,
says that Oham, Cetewayo's brother, with
his eldest son and 300 warriors, surrendered
unoonditionally and are now in Col. Woods
camp. 0ham is supposed to be an aspirant
for Cetawayo's throne, s s@A AtA45A
GENERAL.
Jefferson Davis, in q recent interview, is
reported as saying: "The war of the re-
bellion was one of those things which was
sure to come in the progress of events and
in the solving of great problems of govern
ment upon this continent He accepted the
arbitrament of. the sword. He was very
hopeful of the future Of the country. The
only disturbing elements to be discerned
now were the efforts Of the extremists upon
both sides to keep alive the animosities and
hatred Of the past. II Congress would pur-
sue q moderate course and attend to its
legitimate duties Of general legislation for
the good Of the whole country. all great
social md industrial Questions, which were
now source of SO much contention, would
soon settle themselves, and the country be
at peace"
An attempt will be made in the present
Congress to pass bill throwing open lands
in the Indian Territory for settlement. The
bill will provide for the establishment Of
United States Courts in the Territory and
for the surrender Of conditional land grants,
held by railroads having lines in the Terri
tory, to the Government. The railroads are
willing TO surrender the grants provided
settlers are permitted to come into the Ter
ritory.
The public debt statement for April
shows an increase In the debt during March
Of $s92, ,724; total debt, 8, ,422, ,796, 463; total
interest, 81, ,o91 200; cash in Treasury, $780,
49,, ass; total coin bonds outstanding, ST.
O06, ,091, 400.
Theboard Of officers appointed to examine
into the evidence upon which Gen. Fitz John
Porter was condemned by q military court
martial-the charge beng Of not having
moved his command on the night Of August
96, 1866, In obedience to. On order from Gen.
Pope-report that it was manifest physical
imposibility to march over that road that
night; that nothing would have been
gained by the attempt, and
that rlCit, would have been wiser
II Gen. Porter had delayed the attempt still
longer than he did; that he exercised the
very ordinary discretion Of a-corps COM
mander, and that It was fis plain duty to so
exercise it. Gen. Porter is entirely exoner-
ated by the report, and the Board says that
several OF the witnesses, upon whose tesii-
mony he was convicted, deliberately made
false statements to prejudice the case against
him.
The United States steamer Plymouth,
which sailed from Boston, March Is, for a
cruise to the West Indies, has returned, the
yellow fever having broken out when 800
miles southeast of Bermuda. Egan, the
boatswain, died Of the disease. The ship
came from the West Indies last autumn
with yellow fever, and 1t was thought that
fumigation and the frosts of a Northern
winter had destroyed all germs of the dis
ease. N ~ q. z fl/.I u
William Astor has given John T. Raymond,
the actor, 5000 to be used in the prosecu-
tion Of Currie, who killed Ben. Porter at
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