Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-25
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Cuban eapk Robbers.

HAVANA, July 23l. = Captain General
Blanco has telegraphed the Spanish Consul
at Vera Cruz regarding the employees who
carried off $500, 900 of the funds of the Span.
ish Bank of Cuba, and who were supposed to
be on board the steamer Alicante. The Con-
sui replied yesterday that the steamer, before
entering the port of Alvarado, was ordered,
through the intervention of the Consul. to
proceed to Vera Cruz, and upon her arrival
at Vera Cruz the Consul ordered her forth
with to Havana, making the Captain of the
steamer responsible for the delivery of the
supposed culprits, in whose possession. how
ever, no valuables were found when they were
searched at Vera Cruz. 1t is probable the
men found on board the steamer were sent as
feint to mislead pursuit of the chief robbers,
who have probably escaped to the United
States. One of the latter is known to have
bought a draft on New York for about
$50 600.
The French I'm Africa.
NEW York, July 23d.-The Worlds Lon
don special says: 1t is difficult to obtain any
accurate idea of the position of affairs in
Tunis and Algiers. The rule compelling the
correspondents of French papers to submit
their letters to military censorship is still in
force. and the correspondence from the seat
of the instruction, which ia printed in the
Paris papers, is for that reason exceedingly
meager and one-sided. 1t is positively known,
however, that the French troops who cap.
tured Sfax are unable to advance further in
land. The vast stretch of country extending
from Sfax inland to the boundary of the AL
gerian province of Constant, and northward
to the Medjerda valley, is in the hands or at
| the mercy of therebsls. Kharizan, the holy city
inland from SUSSEX, on the Gulf of Ham
moma is the rendezvous of the Arab tribes
and there are not less than 80, 600 men, all
well armed, and mainly consisting of irregu-
lar cavalry, within call of the Mussulman
authorities there. The Arabs openly de-
clare that the Bey has betrayed the regency,
and that it is for them to fight for Mus
sulman supremacy. The agitation in Tunis
tan tribes, whose head men assert that
France has decreed the conquest of
all the Barbary States and Egypt, and the
| Sultan has called upon the followers of the
Prophet to battle against this threatening
spoliation. at this season of the year-and
the summers an unusually hot one-it would
be quite impossible for any European force
no matter how strong, to attempt to penetrate
into the interior. The French can do moth
ing, therefore, but hold Sfax until reinforce
ments arrive in the autumn. France must
either subjugate the maraudiDg tribes or
evacuate the country. The Generals in Tunis
have asked Governor Grevy for Algerian
| troops but the state of affairs there are so
critical that the men cannot be spared. The
expedition to proceed against the Rebel Chief
Bon Amena in the autumn will consist of
three columns, each composed of | 200 men.
One column will start from Lauda, the sec.
ond from Sabdar, and the third from Gerry
vile, all joining in the Ksour region and
marching thence to Figurey. The columns
viii be composed of troops Injured to the Al
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garrisons by fresh soldiers from France.
An Earthquake I'm Europe.
LONDON, July 23i.-An earthquake &C.
CURED Friday morning at o'clock in eastern
France and Switzerland Bells were rung at
Geneva and houses shaken, but there were
no casualties.
Fishermen Supposed TO be Drowned.
LONDON, July 23i.-It is probable that GO
persons persisted in eleven fishing boats which
have been missing since the gale of the 21st
instant