Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-18
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| fu:tltr details Ct tic attack Oh the R:i;ish
| r;sijlog at Cabul ara related hy q trooper no
| escapeJ, aat wac says that when the uu.in-
, Gus troops were making 90 QUERY iJr their
! psy, so!disr shouted. lie. us kill the euvo;
AID liz tho Amer" ITO muiacc;s then
rushed upoo tie embassy ard stoacd sima oFtho
s:rsaoss. The troops comprsi0a tho esc1r! CT
| toe embassy fired rpon the nluiaeeta without:
orders from the British cfic:ra ,ihs mutt.
peers then went FIR their weapons. They Hcro
absent about quarter of aa hour, during
| which time tic Brush ofiears might bsye es-
capped. The residenoy Raa defended from The
wIndoRs, ED from trench made CO The n.ul
root! The letter scat by tic escaped trooper
| wss i:om L.cu::. Hau.itoG. promising tie mu
luoers Elk months pay. Il YES sent at .
ocIccS IN tho siiiraooa, Thaa tho r1uiioeer5
were already Oh tho rcci Ct .aG residence,
which Ece lust being sch CO FIRE. Jhe bearer
OF the letter was throwa frtm tic roof an1 roo.
| dered lnEcCsib.a. When hs aoovered lie Waa
brought before General kariaa k1co, com.
naader CT the riEtinous brigade, WIG said he
vas powtrieSs against ;he ulu:in2ers, and or.
de!cd tbo, tr5ep!r to be iuptisoacd, "a re-
vistiEg tho ra$l1eEc3 when lie escaped The
trccpsr saw the bodies Of Lieut.. Hamilton
and Mr.. JeaSg2a. They were s!ri1no4 end cut
to piecGa.
a sergaaut on some mora q. The cSc7rt Of
the British reSideucy have arrived ct Ali Kheyl.
lao military authorities have received iufor
natioa tentiog to show that too frontier tribes
havo partially Interrupted communication be.
tEeeD tie khyber pass and Cabul.
The military correspondent OF tho London
Times ss5s that Khusbi, which i. about 30
niles from CabCl, end which will be occupied
By II G British in a iag da5H, % to b converted
into rai'ylng polnt for all Lan chiefs aho .nsy
elect 10 j ia tho English.
Sl,I1A, Sept 1S.--N oswithsi aadi5g the
Anee, protes;atioas Ger. S$ewar', has 10 &C.
oordsncs with the Instruction fton The Viceroy,
dispatched c division Ct troops With heavy
artillery from Csudahar in the direction Of
GhHz1i to naataia o!dar 10 thGt par! OF the
co1ntEy. The bodies OF tho ,hroo nati7o eli
caI5 OF the Gu.des. which wsro erfoneous'y re-
port 10 have bees buried near The British resi-
deScg, &: Cabn', have been recovered sad buried.
PERSONAL -Ua1er tbs Acga Of II. Z. v"
the Marlboro, hla:slchuactts, journal ss5s:
+. +. V.-Hcp. Geo G. Rrcuod, Of Yirai-
MA. who With his family is spending few DAYS
with MIS-. Rounds relatives ia hIasiboro', finds
himself Unexpectedly ataorg man7 ol1 army
tileocs, he having been tour years ia the Uoiou
service, and tcr time il Banks division with
The cid 18Th. In bis interview with Postna,r
ter Fay be 6ods they we're ercspped together
at aud near Manassas, ard thu. thci. war e..
perls5oo WAS identical for some time. To listen
to their "reminiscences is very interesting. Dir.
RoCsd reports the tone Of political aud ,frater
IA! ieal1g toward the Ntr;h as much improved
10 his State, add that What Virginia needs f)r
tuiier deVoIopcno1t of tho better feeling is the
INFUSION ct more Of the New Eoga5d ideas
ard enterprise, and tho educational advantages
Which We etloy a. tho North. He has been
engaged 10 tue latter work as member of the
State school board of trustees, fer several years.
lie cins North to deliver the commencement
address st M!dGletoTn University. and to par
ticlpste 10 the Educational Convention at Fab
yans which closed las. week. He has received
q cordial reception by members of the legal BRO.
iesslon OF marlboro, With some of whom be
6 bad correspond ding acquaintancs as
Court CT Claims"