The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-01-21
Foreign News

NJ. de Lesseps, protector OF the Darien
canal, has arrived in Panama. Upon his
arrival the governor Of the State OF Panama
proclaimed a three days holiday, and there
was a grand parade and a bull fight. n. de
Lesseps says he will begin work on the canal
in about six months, and that he is quite sure
of the money necessary to complete the
work.
John Bottle, an Irishmln, died in Montreal
the other day, aged liz years.
The rivers Rhine and Main have swollen
greatly in consequence of ice blockading their
currents, and a number of German towns have
been partially inundated by the rising waters.
Ten more Afghan prisoners haves been
sentenced to death by the British military
commission at Cabul tor participating in the
massacre of the British embassy.
Five men were lost overheard from the
British bark w. H. Jenkins, while on her last
voyage from Philadelphia to Hamburg.
The country between the Volga and Don
rivers in Russia is famine stricken, and many
persons have starved 20 death.
Quiet has been restored in Cabul since its
reoccupation by tho English forces.
Two young Americans-George Green, OF
Texas, and Frank Senter, OF Boston-were in
the mail coach recently near Guanajuato,
Mexico, when it was attacked by a band OF
thirty robbers, armed with repeating rifles.
The young men fought the whole band; kill
ing five, wounding several and compelling the
remainder to retreat. Mr.. Green was slightly
wounded.
a dispatch from Cabul, Afghanistan, says
there is much excitement in the neighborhood,
rs the Cabulcse are besieged by the country
people, who are numbering all ~stragglers, and
have also killed fifty cavalrymen who were
out on q foaging expedition.
Don Nicolas Pierola has been proclaimed
dictator OF Peru, and the late President Trade
has fled 10 Panama. The Peruvian army and
navy have accepted Pierola's government.
Eleven persons have been drowned at
Lobau, Austria, by the overlooking OF the
river Danube.
immense damage has been done to property
in the vicinity of Paris by the rise in the river
Seine.
The survey for De Lesseps' canal across the
Isthmus of Panama has been commenced.
ONLY one American engineer will be en-
ployed on it. The press OF Panama is quite
defiant in tone toward the United States.
The Panama Star and Herald, in an article
ON the action Of the United States Congress
concerning the canal, says that there are only
two things to be considered in connection
with the enterprise-the money to build the
canal and the local consent ofthe government
OF New Grenada, and that the assumption Of
any control over the matter by the United
States is arrogant and outrageous. Mean
while it is said that General Grant has ex-
pressed his warmest sympathies with the
| movement looking toward the building OF q
canal across Nicaragua--the route favored BY
Americans.
DISPATCHES from Connemara, Ireland, state
that while q number OF bailiffs were proceed
ing with the work observing ejectment pa
pers upon several tenants Of the district, under
the protection of o detachment of constabu.
larry, n large company OF tenantry assembled
and finally attacked the bailiffs, alter giving
them notice OF their purpose to do 80 unless
they ceased attempting to serve the papers.
The bailifs called for help upon the constabu-
larry, who at first fired upon the people and
then charged upon them with fixed bayonets,
woundiug q large number, some of them, it is
believed, fatally. The crowd retreated, but
continued throwing missiles and firing scat
tering shots Mt the constabulary from behind
casual defenses by the hedges. Great excite
ment prevailed throughout the district, and
further disturbances were feared.
Adviccs from Southern Russia report an
epidemic of diphtheria in several provinces.
In the province OF Pultava about $1,000 per-
sons have died OF the disease in the last three
years.
President Dnza, OF Bolivia, has been de-
posed and has fed.
Russin is reported to be making great mill
tary preparations on the German frontier, and
her movement in that direction are regarded
as significant OF n coming war with Germany.