The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-17
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Review Of Current Events
Beyond Our Borders.
ha+ai]s of the Massacre in Afghan1s'
+an-The Prussian Elections
Russia in the East
Cuban Matters.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

\ LONDON, Sept. 16--Every speclai uiSpa..n
Nsooivad from Afghanistan refterates the
omplaints concerning transportation diilcui-
[s.s telegram from the Viceroy shows tnat
mr+argarden Pass was only completely oc-
...,od Th,,rsday evening, as the necessity OF
s.rrnv,n0 this point was urgent, and the
..s.,sh troons were stationed only twenty-five
miles distant
n IL inferred that the Indian government,
M.hronoh a desire to econorn1ze, at the close OF
~ last campaign, must have utterly dis |
tonded and disorganized the transport serv-
IA canels have become practically extinct
T. Knram Valley, because OF the great NOR
tality among them.
Additional regiments, which Gen. Roberts
pyepraphed for from All kheyl, are 70
sranothen his line of communications, az the
hibe though not hostile show great excite
nent. ~, r,ot.,,i 49,,
s;afa ri $500 Europeans and 5000 natives Inc
sivelv devoted to supplying this force Other
columns will be held In reserve Tor the pres
There Is d large proportion Of sick among
the European troops on the frontier, except
those regiments which are In particularly
i healthy situation.
THE The Standard has the following from Can
dahar: The opinion prevails among natives
here that the Ameer has declared against
fhe British Reports have reached here from
/ Khelat IRhilzai that the Arneer has sum
moned The Ghizais to rise against the Brit
a dspatch to the Times from Durham says:
/ Much doubt exists as to whether King Cete-
wayo will be caught or not. Sir 6arnet
| Wnlsley has informed the chiefs that on the
capture OF the King their peace and prosperity
will depend; that districts affording MIN
shelter will be punished by the burning of
kraas.
The correspondent at Mundi states that
system OF burning kraals must force Cele-
wayo to yield or die. -
The military correspondent OF the Tunes
says: 1t is difficult, In the face of oVerWneim-
ing evidence to the contrary, To believe thai
Yakoob Khan has played an nonofaole pafit =
In the recent shameful deed at Cabni. 1t is
significant that Major CavagnarIs principal
native assistant is believed to have died q
short time before the outbreak under some
what suspicious circumstances. Being an
Afghan, and we'll acquainted with the WORK
tups of the oriental court. his presence in the
British residency was dangerous tO tnoSe
who were plotting the outbreak.
MIR. Mitchell Henry, Home Rule member OF
Parliament for the county OF Galway, mas
written letter declining to have any eonnec-
ton with the scheme for establishing an
Irish national convention. he describes the
plan as an invitation to the Home Rule
League to commit suicide.
Yakoob Khan has sent another letter TO All
Kheyl expressing his deep grief and distress
at recent events. He says ne has confidence
In the British government, and announces his
Intention to punish the offenders.
As a proof OF the depression IN trace tne
chairman of the annual congress OF the trades
unions, which convened in Edinburgh yester-
day stated that four OF the principal unions
had spent G260,000 In relieving the wants q
members during the past year.
The Manchester G1afdidn says: me snort
time movement at Oldham has not produced
any appreciable effect on the market Tor
home warns. Manufacturers do not seem at
all inclined to anticipate falling OIL OF the
supply and consequent advance IN prices.
This indifference does not arise rom any
doubt about the genuinenes5 OF the move
ment, which, it s believed, will be joined by a
considerable number OF private Trims. Inc
Central Mills Company, however, which is
one OF the principal limited companies at
Oldham, has refused to adopt short time. An
effort is making to bring about conference
between the strikers and employers at Ash
ton. A meeting will probably be arranged,
but there is no apparent inclination to bring
the strike to an early termination.
The works of the Messrs. Jones Brothers,
plate and nall manufacturers Of MiddiebOro,
whose failure has been previously announced,
but who kept their mills in operation, We're
finally stopped yesterday. Six hundred hands
are thrown Out or employment.
The Times In leading editorial says: lit
Is not the policy Of surrender and withdrawal
from Afghanistan that iS now really fornida-
bic to the settlement on which the nation
was last year agreed but rather q movement
for annexation and adventure which - TO be
decided and resisted, and which Is being de
liberately advocated BY some who opposed
last years campaign tits simply waste o1
time to speculate upon the significance Of the
wordy vaporings In the Russian newspapers,
and the assertions are certainly not TO be &C,
cepted without proof concerning Russian In,
stigation of the massacre.
PORTSMOUTH, Eng, Sept. 16-The British
troopship Malabar, with forty officers, has
sailed for Bombay. She will call at Queens.
town to embark 100 men, composed Of draft
nom various regiments, and is under orders
to complete the passage with all practicable
dispatch. The drafts will be hastened up tG
take part In the operations against Afghan
iStan.
WEST HARTLEpooL, Sept 15.-The frs
cargo of pig iron sent to America for years
will be dispatched this week.
SIMLA, Sept 16-One Of the troopers D
Major Cavagnari's escort arrived at Lund
khotal yesterday. He says the root OF TIN
British Presidency at Cabul was commanded
by other houses and was consequently unten
able by the besieged. who made trench out
side. About / O'Clock in the afternoon on tn
day Of the massacre Ma jOr Cayagnarl received
wound from ricochettIng bullet On hl:
Mr.. Jenkyns, Major Cavagnariss assistant
who arrived at the residency during the a, at
tack, wrote to the Ameer for help, anu Lh
Ameers reply was, Gods will, am makln'
arrangements" A previous request Tor {, an
from Major Cavagnari had met with tn
same reply. MIR. Jenkyns wrote again Whel
Major Cavagnari was wounded. but th
bearer of the letter was cut to pieces Dy To-
mutineers.
The trooper then started, but he was dis
armed and imprisoned. He succeeded ID es
Gaping at daybreak On the fourth OF Septem
per, and visited the residency, where ne say
the corpse OF Lieut.. Hamilton, commanding
the escort OF the British mission, lying acros
mountain gun. He says Mr.. Jenkyns wa
therefore, presumably alive.
The escaped trooper saw no troops % tn
road from Cabul to Jellalabad and Dakka
and, as far as he knew none were coming.
eomrade, who was confined in Gabul, informe
MIN that Lieut.. Hamilton shot three OF th
mntineers with his revolver and killed tW
with his sabre.
Dr.. Helby, who was connected with the mis-