New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
GENERAL NOTES.

Three Cabinet Ministers of the Dominion of
c.aasa Sill John A. Macdonald, Charles Topper and
~, pope arrived In London ten days to meet syn
s,oate IN arrange the terms upon which capital OF
COZ OOO coo be raised for the purpose OF construct
49, tho Canada Pacific Railway. The consideration Of
frea 70 investors in proposed company Is fifty million
ro If land but as the value Of this land depend
~ rn,n the completion of the railway, II follows mat
,l,sa capitalists scarcely likely to purchase stock
.,,nout government guarantee either from the impe-
,l or tine Dominion Executive. such a guarantee
.ould necessarily be real. and would involve the pay
,nent of interest amounting TO az least
a 600 600 a year Tins Ia not hkey TO be
met by the Imperial EXcaeQuer, and. 1t must
,horefore deyoye upon the Dominion. The Echo
,hi,ts that with population OF only abont 100000
49,, ,rouit re a most serious burden. The Canada Pa
ia R,l,ga, has already proved disastrous conception
forar Conservative Government under Sir john a.
=, olooad: aud II Nigh, i'm peril his admnStUd-
,n and 10 less. his reputation, H. under the infu
- a.apcers. whose interest lies in floating gigantic
,ompany and under undue desire to render his
name i.ustIions by doing some geat thhg ne shoul9
allow s mind 10 be- diver ted from the rue welfare and
chief ADMINISTRATOR he has the privilege To be. Only
Soyernmut the capacity Of Great Britain or tnai Of
tbe United states, Is equal To building railway across
~ S,e,t American Continent: and II is undesirable
that any lesser power should make the atleMpt
Shadows are substantial things in Gold
HILL tn oca editor, whose reputation for veraclty Is
not questioned by his own journal. relates that III the
earlier DAYS OF July John Abbott taken from the
stcanng d@ptss Of the Union with his head crushed
bv falling wallp plate. He LAID on tue floor of the
Office and medical aid was summoned TO minister 10 MS
wants although u plain that be must die The next
morning superintendent RnOucy noticed that where
the dyinc man had been placed his outline lay Ike
shadow on he floor. He ordered the iantor TO clean
the boards, Before ,oney went 10 dinner the shadow
reappeared He ordered the floor to be- thoroughly
scrubbed and went to family The next morning the
floor showed that vigorous application OF soap and
brush had been made. for 1t was white and clean But
during hc day that shadow return d. and at niglt there
il lay as though the man still waiting for death on
that door. The next day Rooney ordered the moor
to De painted. With the Of the paint-pot the
shadow van she'd but after day or two returned, and
once more imned itself on that office floor Rooney
again sent for the painter second coat of paint
pt not only where shadow lay bat over the enure
hoor IN few days there was agalD' ana each DAY u
grew more and d4sncT. Even strangers at length
began notice IL and comment on lis resemblance To-
nuna form lis presence length became into rdOe,
snd Rooney had al The boards Of the floor on which TINS
heavy ,De shadow rested taken out and replaced
win new The paint brush then followed ana now that
oufhncd figure from the floor has disappeared.
The latest telegiaphic advices from Can
dahar in Fridays foreign mail describe the first mu-
tiny OF Snere Ais infantry on july IA On their arrival
at Glrsnk two things became apparent to General Bur
rows and Colonel S. John-rst, that the i1yer was SO
shallow ia 10 he forbade short intervals, and pre-
sented therefore, DO difficulty TO tue passage OF the
troops auyw here: secondly That the Wallis troops were
ready to nutiny at any having been corrupted by
n veteran regiment which had accompanied the Wall
from bul year. THIS regiment least. II not the
entire force ii clearly necessary TO dsarm to pre-
vent tne Joining AyOob Khan and for this purpose the
Wall the withdrawal OF his force from
the west the bank After striking their tents and
packing the baggage after sunrise, his cavalry be-
gan 10 move when the mntinous regiment suddenly
seized the artillery, consisting Of SIX SIX FOUNDERS
which were the high bank, and called on the other
regiments JON in driving the Wall and his cavalry
across river. The threat sufficient and the cav
ary Wall withdrew TO the east bank where the
British troops were. Tire mutiDeeIs Immediately seized
and pundered posi- and baggage aud began 10 move
to he norbward along the river bank THIS was about
o'clock AT 10 O'clock force from the British camp
on the bank four mites above that OF the muneers
crossed In threequar ers or an hour the cav
airy the mutneerS 10 Dav and they formed very
respcCa lie line of 1000 along the low GINS
ovrrlookng the wall Al half past II the Brltsn
guns into acen and IN quarter OF an h0ur me
mutncers abandoned their guns ana disappeared Inc
cavalry pursued them for short distance, but were
soon rcca ted to the necessity of taking measure
20 bring captured guns TO tue camp which was
successfully DONE The mutneers' loss was about NIFTY
MI.