The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-09-11
FOREIGN.

Inc CUBAN revolution mas AGAIN been set
in motion, the first overt act being the cap
ture OF an army convoy between Manzanillo
and Bayamo by small force Of insurgents.
$4,000 in gold and large quantity of COM
missary stores fell into their hands
The Gar has arrived at Warsaw to wit
ness the military maneuvers.
The B0rSen ZeituRg of Berlin publishes
statistics of the wheat harvest throughout
Europe. Taking 100 as representing the
average harvest, that of the present year in
ustro-Hungary may be represented by rs;
Germany, 50; France, 7s; Switzerland, so;
Italy, 81; England, IS; Russia, 70; ROu
mania, so.
The troubles in Hayti continue undated
and threaten to destroy all the remaining in
dustries Of the island. The latest news is
that the town of Gonaives, where the Revo-
lutionists made stand, had been burned and
pillaged at the termination of fight in W hich
the insurgents were routed. They fed to
Jerenyie, where the same scene will prob
ably be re-enacted.
General Grant sailed from Yokohama on
the Sd, in the steamship City of Toxic, due
in San Francisco September u.
Mr.. Langtry, the husband of the widely
advertised English "beauty,'' has begun
proceedings for divorce. The Prince of
Wales and Lords LondesborOugh and Ions
dale are said to he correspondents in the
case.
Reports recently received by the italian
Minister of Agriculture confirm bad ac-
counts concerning the crops in that country
&c
half that of ordinary years, while in other
places it is considerably below the average.
The wheat crop is also generally an unfavor-
able production, being equal only to third
of that of 1878.
An explosion Of firedamp in some coal
mines at Bonchamp, Department of Haute,
Saone, France, killed 10 persons. A large
number were wounded ...
4 telegram has been received from Prof.
NOrdenskold, the Swedish Arctic explorer,
dated Yokohama, Sd, as follows: GAN are
well. We left winter quarters on the 18th
and doubled the East Cape the 10Th of July.
We proceeded thence to Lawrence Bay, Port
Clarence and Behring's Island. Have had no
sickness and no scurvy. The Vega is in ex-
cellent condition"
Messengers from CetewayO met Sir Garnet
WOlseley on the 18th Of August, saying the
King was willing to submit and pay the taxes,
but the country must be cleared of British
soldiers. The messengers were informed
that Cetewayo was no longer King, and must
surrender Internationally.
Lurgan, Ireland, and several surrounding
districts have been declared under the pro-
visions of the Peace Preservation act.
The Emperor and the Car met at Alexan-
drowa on the Sd. IT, ..... .t 3 ..r..I
News was received at London on the 9th,
that Il Afghan regiments at Cabul had re-
VOTED, and in connection with the
pOpulace had plundered the Amher's
arsenal and stores, after which they
attacked the British Embassy.
The latter was defended by a force of only 70
armed men. They fought bravely against
overwhelming numbers, and finally, when
the Embassy was fired, they sailed out and
were cut down in hand-to hand
encounter. Maj. Cavagnari and all
the members of the Embassy are |
supposed to have been slaughtered |
The Vieeroy has ordered Gen. Roberts to ad- |
vance ON Cabul, while Gen. Stewart has |
been ordered to hold Canadian. The alleged
cause of the mutIny was that the native |
troops had not received their back pay. 1t |
is believed at Vienna and Paris that the out
break was due to Russian intrigue.
A London dispatch of the eth says: The
steamer Brest, of Glasgow, conveying $50 |
passengers, italian, Swiss, German and |
French, from Havre to Liverpool en- route |
for New York, went ashore off the Lizard. /
Five Italians, German and Frenchman are |
missing. . -....
Clark Brown has been arrested at West /
Winchester, Ont, for the murder of his /
father and sister. Brown confesses that he
is the murderer, and says he was impelled 4
by some strange feeling to commit the awful
crime.