The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-08-26
FOREIGN.

A DISPATCH from Bergin, Norway. an
nounces the death of Ole Bull, the famous
violinist. He was 20 years Of age
A HoME-RULE demonstration of Glasgow,
on the 18th inst, was attended by thirty
thousand Irishmen, gathered from all parts
of Scotland.
A BOMBAY dispatch says: Candahar is
safe. Ayoob Khan is occasionally firing
shells, But little damage is being done.
The siege is scarcely formed.
floods in Donegal, Ireland. A church at
Commienon has been carried away and a
number of people have been drowned.
AD1sPArcH dated Camp Zargunshahr,
Aug. 10, says: Gen. Roberts arrived here
to-day. This will probably be the last
news of him until he arrives at Candahar.
In the faction fight on the 18th inst, at
Portadown, County Armagh, between Rib
bon men and Orangemen, many persons
were badly wounded. The Ribbon men
were routed.
TIE Porte has finally decided to cede
Dulcigno to Montenegro. Abeddin Pasha,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, says he hopes
the transfer will be effected without great
difficulty.
A DISPATCH from Paris states that the
naturalization of the Panama canal under
the guardianship of the United States has
been accepted. De Lessepps will now try
again to sell stock in this country.
WE have at last received statement of
the losses to the British by the battle of
tho 9th of July, which positively places
the number of casualties at 21 officers,
800 Europeans, and 700 Natives killed
or missing, and 500 officers and 80 men
wounded.
ENGLAND has telegraphed a circular to
all the powers, proposing a new joint note
to Turkey, entirely rejecting the last
suggestion Of the porte, and insisting
upon the fulfllment of the original man
date.
The latest advices from Cabul are of a
reassuring and satisfactory character The
new Ameer has succeeded in conciliating
many of the hostile tribal chiefs, especial-
ly among the Ghjlzals, who are among the
most powerful and warlike of the native
tribes, and have heretofore resisted all ad-
vances.
The British Government having evil
dence pointing to the probability of Fe-
nian plot to blow up the barracks at Cork,
the guards have been doubled, and patrols
Of eighty men watch the exterior of the
barracks nightly. 1t is stated that two bar
rels of gunpowder were found on Monday
in the railway tunnel under the barracks.
The national council of the Albanian
league has adopted a declaration of inde-
pendence of Turkish rule. All the prin-
cipal cities decline to take part in the o.
toman movement on Greece, and many of
the mountain chiefs refuse longer to resist
the cession of territory to Montenegro
provided for at the Berlin conference. An
archy prevails in almost every portion of
the province, but in some localities the
people are organizing for war upon the
Turks.
REpoRTs from the west of Ireland show
that the peasants are arming and drilling
and that Fenianism is rampant. It has
been found that the murderers of the
Boyd family in Tipperary were armed
with Enfield rifles bearing the government
brand, and this revelation has led to the
further discovery that the late tory gov
ernment disposed of many arms of this
pattern. Dispatches from various points
in Ireland indicate that rebellious move
ment of some magnitude is in progress.
A BAD riot occurred at Dungannon, Ire
land on the 10Th inst. Many Of the rioters
almost rushed on the points of the bay
onets in eagerness of attack. The police
then fired volley of ball cartridges, and
many persons were wounded. One man
had his head riddled with buckshot, and
received a bullet in the abdomen, from the
effects of which he died shortly after. AT
Downpatrick, in the fight between the
Catholics and Orangemen, firearms were
used necessarily from IL in the evening
until 8 the next morning. Several persons
were severely wounded.