The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16

AT0HANisTAN.

mas tntfreu Ut uisutct OF hhnst, NtiCh nc
intend. To occupy 10 the Anersme mountains.
No opposition u :. expected.
A dispatch from Lahore says that h
strong force 81 mountaineers have stopped
all ,rAfic through Khyber Pass aud cut the lei.
egraph wires, Three companies Of troop. with
two guns have b~en sent 10 clear the Pass.
AZ Hskar Pr four mountainesr. were publicly
hanged Tor numbering the camp followers Of
The kirum column, aud two Others wvre fog.
ged for piundering.
The Viceroy Of India telegraphs the
details Of The Ameer's withdrawal from Ca
hui AZ a council held a, Durbon on the 10Th
ult, II was resolved that after the defeat ~
All Musjid at Piewsr No further reliance
could be placed on his troop. or resistance
offered. The Ameer therefore concluded ~
seek Russisn protection and place his case
before q European congress, leaving yskoob
Khan, his son, In charge. Yskuob was re-
leased the same day, and an oath vas admin
istered that he should do as the Ameer 81.
rccted. The Am"cr left Cabul December II.
His authority had almost disappeared Ia Cshul.
A Chief has written Gen. Roberts Offering
his services, aud says that the Amecr has gone
Ia ~. Petersburg.
ENGLAND.
The distress among the populacc
seems Ia bc about stationary at the great In
dustrial ccnters. The Lord Mayor " London
writes that he considers II advisable to start
u central fund Cor London, ~ he gathers that
the distress Ia not at prescn, 40 exceptionally
heavy a. 10 overpowcr the local relief organi-
nations. The Mayor Of Manchester, Preston,
sheffield and Blackburn, In replying 10 official
inquiries, state that the local resources are
sufficient 10 meet the distress. The report,
however, has provoked the indignation Of
Blackburn, where 1900 men are unemployed.
The strikes still continue, and the distress Ia
greatly augmented by them. The miner.
lodges Of South Yorkshire and North Derby
shire are unanimous for resist -nce 10 the pro-.
poeed reduction ~ wages. West Yorkshire
miners will support the resistance. The Anal
gams,ed Society Of Engineers, which opposes
any increase of the hours Of labor, has, &C
| cording Ia the last annual report, a quarter
Of a million Of pounds sterling on hand, This
Union, numerically and financially, leads Ill
the other trades unions Of the Kingdom.
FRANCE
The French Minisier Of Foreign AZ
fairs has proposed To the Cabinet To d~enouncr
the treaties Of commerce with England and
Belgium.
A dispatch from Paris says that
though the coming elections DO not cndsnger
the cabinet, the Ministers have perceived that
| they ought Ia ask . Kind Of reinstatement for
the rev majority In the Senate, and have
agreed upon . programme which will he sub
mit,ed at the opening secession, and which will
iu.is, that no reform shall be adopted without
full discussion.
The Senatorial election, J'nnary 5th.
IL regarded ~ a crushing bloS T., d Bons-
psrtists. Al latest reports the Lu,as,f II Re
publicAns elected to the senate wAs s~ixty-siI.
The French Government has given one years
notice Of the termination Of oil her treaties Of
commerce. This Is simply . precautionary
measure to leave the hands Of France free In
vi.~ 81 Bismsrck's new economic policy and
the difficulty In concluding . new treaty With
Austria.
Princess Caroline, wife Of Prince
| Henry Of Hcsse, died January 9th.
A Berlin dispatch says; The Gov
eminent has la give notice ~ termination ~
all treatise Of commerce by the end Of the
present year.
The Socialists have lately carried
-. 49,. ....aI -
Lsipsie. A Socialist viii stand Ter Breslsu at
the election for the Reichs,ag.
The Russians will e~vacuate Dobrudja,
January 18th. II 10 semioficiAlly reported In
Vienna that Russia has promised to eyacuaie
Bulgaria and Roumelia, April lst-
A grand national exhibition will be-
held in Moscow In 1880, which Will probably be
accompanied by great festivities, - 1t will he
the twenty-afsh anniversary Of the Emperor's
accession to the throne.
TURKEY.
A Vienna dispatch reports that very
alarming news comes from CoastAntinople Of
nocturnal arrests, general desutution and ap-
pretended riots. The eorrespondru, believes
that tho cry Of alarm has been raised by Asec.
ton ~ the Official class which thinks its inter
e-,s arr threatened or injured by the present
ministry.
SPAIN.
After a long cabinet council. the King
rslue,an,ly sigued the death warrant, Of Mon.
east, and the srecntioa vas en- "a for SATURDAY,
Jan. 9TH.
AMsiria Dispatch q Dec. jist, says:
Moneasi's counsel, his wife and child we're
given audience By the King that day. They
have presented ~ the Minister Of Justice .
psti,isn signed by 1000 psrscas, ineiadingt vo
Bishopa far,hsrnore, seniors LAsessa and
CASTELAR, have interceded With sesoe Csnevss
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