, 1881-02-02

uoio q Scu Oi00lsupt suVAi Au0i8A U0pOtbe
instead of headquarters, This looks like q
move which will certainly bs hailed with plea.
sure by a vast majority of the garrison, though
it does not appear to dislike Oandahar so much
as the last place it was in.
As regards the advisability OF retaining
Southern AfghaDistan, the military opinion
here, as elsewhere, is nearly unanimously In
favour of doing so, and all agree that Canda.
bar only requires a railway to make it one OF
the best quarters 10 our Indian Empire. The
abandonment, if resolved on, will be an easy
job. Every month, of course, increases the
difficulty in placing forage and other supplies
on the road and in Peshin until the harvest 10
available next June. Our transport is, to saw
the least, defective, and I am inclined to
think that if General Hume succeeds in with.
drawing the lorce now here by the middle Of
April ne will have accomplished not the least
remarkable feat of the war.
Reports from Herat that the country
is 10 a state OF much excitement in consequence
so1 Inc execution Of the Khan Agha, though
A.yoob IS Tor the present master of he s,sua-
9ion' AZ IL SAID that be has disgraced Hafznl-
Ian AnaD, MS most able general, and blinded
the Lulnab, his most influential Durani par.
tisan.
From Cabul it is very difficult to obtain
authentic intelligence, the uupopularity Of the
Amer in this part of Afghanistan colourine all
tbs accounts brought by travellers. It is ouly
clear that the country is quiet. but that the
AmeeTA power does not extend beyond Kelat.
i.Ghilzai.
Colonel 81. John, with General Wilkin son,
OH BAKER Russell, and a number of other
0lnCefF, have just returned from q brief visit TO
the battlefield OF Maiwand. The cairns Greg
Tea by the burylng rarty which went out in
september over the majority Of the graves have
not oeen disturbed, and a wooden GROSS still
marks the resting place of Major Blackwood /;
but a number of bodies, hastily buried bv tho
villagers before their arrival in shallow trench.
es, which seem to have escaped notice. have
been since dragged out or exposed by wild
DeastF, and arrangements have been made TO
r%eIlnter them properly.
CALCUTTA JAN. 2.
It's dlttcult to obtaIu Trustworthy news
regarding The state of affairs in Cabul, "'and it
IL impossible to place much reliance on the
bazaar gossip contributed to the up.country
papers ny native correspondents. 1t seems,
however, to be- beyond doubt that the Ameer
10 fuiing WIN some sovereignty and raising
"hat revenue be can BY freed loans and
otherwise. His attempts to realise the arrears
OF the revenue in the neighbourhood of the
capital have failed, and he has sent troops to
Oe!ialaoad TO collect the arrears of hat district.
Ii Is also SAID that Ahdu!r8hman is pegleciing
Inc otate ouailesa for tie society of his wives,
that the slrdars are dissatisfied owing to their
allowance not having been fixed, and that
General Mahomed Jan still declines 10 espouse
Tue Ameer>s cause, although be Was offered
LOW rupees per mensem. The attitude of the
principal tribes is still uncertain. The CiViL
u M'Rtdfy Gazette, 8 Lahore paper, states
mat Tue following arrangements for the future
security OF the Ahyber line have been made
between the Commissioner of Peshawur
and the Jlrgahs OF lbe Pass and the Afridis.
rlrst' The ltlbes are to maintain a guard OF
1OO men at Aim Rsjid and the same number
at . amrud. These men are to be 10 the paJ
OF the BTitlsh Goyernment, and their duties are
TO DC the furnishing of escorts twice weekly
between Jarmud and Daka, Secondly, the
tribes heretofore in the receipt of allowance
from the British Government are to continue
to receive Stipends, and the British g~arrisons
are TO be Withdrawn from Ali-Masjid, Lundi
Aotal, and Daka, Thirdly fifteen days are
allowed to complete the arrangements. 1t is
ADDED mat the turbulent tribe Of Zakha Khels
was not represented in the Jirgahs, and,
therefore, Is not bound by the engagement.
Inc refractory section of the Marris which
refused 10 join the other sections of the tribe
IN falniIing the conditions imposed by General
Mao Gregor last October has now submitted to
Slr Robert Sandeman, who entered Its country
with zoo men under Colonel Tanner. The
frlcesmen offered no resistance, and not q shot
was fred.