National Republican., 1880-01-03
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Significant Utterances at the French
Capital.
Renssuring Remarks Mt President Grevys
New Years Rcccption--The German
Ambassador and the Papal SunGiO
-Apprchended Heavy Floods
The Second Conquest
of Aighanistun.
President Grevy's Diplomatic Reception.

NleNy's bintOinaitC reception.
PARIS. Jan AIT President Grcvys rcccp.
tlOn TO the diplomatic representatives on New
Years Day, Prince Hohenlohc, the German
ambassador at Paris, addressing NJ. Deirey.
cinet, the new President of the Council and
Minister OF Foreign Affairs in loud tone, said:
81 am charged by Prince bismarck TO toll you
in the name OF my government, that nOtwith-
standing the regret we feel at the departure
of Count DC St. Nullicr from Berlin, we SEQ
no reason why our relations with the present
Cabinet should not bear the impress of tho
same sentiment OF cOIdaity aud peace wo
manifested with regard to the preceding Cabi-
net. may add, for my own part, that ! re-
jOicc to be the bearer Of these words which
exactly harnonizo with the feelings Of cs-
tccm cherish toward yourself and to enter
into Official relations with you, thus perlorm-
ing an agreeable aud reaSsuriug mission
The Papal nuucio, addressing NJ Delrcy-
cnet, said 81 rejoice TO see placed at tho
head Of tho Cabinet man whose broad and
conCilaory views, lofty character aud scnt-
ments of toloration are well known ON whom
wo can rely to WELD power in the most equit-
able and sincerely liberal manner, and whom
we are certain to find strictly impartial sup
port"
NJ. Derrcycnet, in tho course Of his reply,
said that he cherished no hostility to the
Catholic religion; that lie profoundly re-
spcctcd it lie only wished to remove it from
tOO ClOsU contact WlJn pOilllcAl AutlFS, 80 as 10
secure ii from fusion, which might paralyzo
its effects and create difficulties and cause
regrets 1t may be proper to remark that NJ.
Dcireycinct Is Protestant.
Serious Floods on tho Continent.
Sr. PETERSBURG, Jan. 2-'rhC GOioS to day
asserts that the country between the rivcrs
Nolgn and Don Is Eimiuc-stIickcu, aud that
many persons have already pcrishuI. Tho
PtcicCt Of Tsarili2n has arrived in s.. P,-
tprgburl urpn cant n Int inllg E.I tlp r..lIaf
of the people OF that place, where famine
and typlius fever have app arUd.
LONDON, Jan. 3.--rhe Standards dispatch
from Paris says: Tho l0rd IN the Seine il
becoming very serious. Great blocks Of hpat-
ing ice have made n clCau break OF 200 Get in
The temporary wooden bridge opposite tho
lmvalides Tho river is still rising fast"
LONDON Jan. 3.--rhc Nc,rs Vienna corrc-
spondcnt reports that the danger from tho
flood IN lho Danube is Increasing. Tho NOR
chants arc trying 10 carry their corn to places
Of safety. The towns Of K.rms and S.cin,
both ON the Danube, have been partly flooded.
Thousands of people were watching Thursday
night ana tnuay, expecting the river to flood
Vienna.
LoHpoH, Jan. 2.--Tho latest new, from tho
AloIs represents that heavy storms hpvr ur.
CURED there, causing much damage to ship.
ping.
The Situation Around Cabul.
LoNpoN, Jan. 2.-Ngucral Roberts reports,
under dptc Of December 2l, uHt the country
ia quiet. Ills communication has been re.
stored, NumbaIs ol people are returning TO
Cabul, and supplies are coming i'm.
Ten Prisoners to be iInurrd.
LONDON, jan. 3-The Daily Ncr,' dispatch
from Cabul says: The military commission
has rCasscmb!cd lptry prisoners, ten OF whom
have been sentenced to be hUuagd ON the 3ODh
instant. One was pyuycl To- have killed. Mr.
Jcukyus, the secretary OF MJur Cayaguari's
embassy"
Ihc Condemned TuTlIIsh Priest.
LOSDON, Jau. Tho correspondents of tha
Manchester GuUjilu ut Cmslautuopio says:
"Sr Austin LayHId, the British emh3sador
here, had n long Interview with the SulHn on
Wednesday, last, II IL understand 'hat Ahmed
TaWik, tha Aluhummu Len priest, will hu Gbor-
atcd and that Nh k0ulIDr, the German mis-.
sionary, viii have his papers ne urued, hut no
formal apology will be made for tho Purtu's
Illegal act, Minister llydm will waive mis- de-
mand for the dismissal oltho minister Of po.
lice, upon receiving assurance that he was not
responsible for tho arrcs,s.'
NIENNA, Jan. 2.--Notwilhsla ending tho as
sertions 81 the Porte to tine contrary, Priest
Ahmed Tuwfk hHs really been sentenced 10
death; not by the ordinary judges, but by an
ecclesiastical tribunal. The project Of police
has voluntarily resigned
Arre-ia in Russia.
LONDON, Jan. "A Vienna dispatch con-
firms the statement OF the Berlin correspond
ent of tho Post yesterday, that number Of
Russian officers have recently been Imprisoned
upon charges of completely in tho Nih list
movement, and cites various instances oi ar,
rests of officers
Polish newspapers report the recent arrest
of over 100 Nihilists IN Warsaw.
LONDON, Jan. 3--lho SimSarFs CORE.
spondent ut Vienna reports that imm nso
quantities OF war material have been sent by
way Of Odessa for u new expedition to Murv
AnIirs In spain.
MADRID, Jan. 2.-IG is thought probable
that Senor CanoYas Del Cast 10 will assume
the portorulo OF Minister ot the Interior, hold
ing it in conjunction with the post OF Prrsi-
dent of the Council, ScnUr Rob- do, present
Minister OF the Interior succeeding Sunor
Aylra dGceated,
The government continues to prosecute tho
opposition press. Seventeen journals ia Mad
rid and eleven IN the provinces aro sVniting
sentence,