New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-20
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
THE CONQUEST OF TINS

FARis, sept. ia semi-official note announces
mat the French troops will shortly be able TO take
.he OFFENSIVE vigorously at all points in Tunis. II
rs stated That the squadron will leave the Gulf OF
san Juan for Tunis TODAY.
Special dispatches from Tunis state tbat C,eror,
'apatlef summoned the Caliph of Zaghouan. and AFT
or ioaong cannons in his presence said if the anne
1 u, was again cut he would lombard the town
nc also imposed upon the inhabitants war contri.
"",ion OF 1000 oxen and 800 weights of barley
" NC oeivered in three days-for each days DELAY
,ne ii'hapitants to be fined / 400 francs General
mas issued an order that any Arab found al
the aqleduct shall be shot.
ot 4enerai SabateTs column has been constantly
been generally heavy ''' Ah0 Ah"p ioSS HAS
Earn, consequence of the universal cutlery General
more OF the 1870 soldiers in The hatfaInD 10
,oi urea ana to send back to Their respective oarri
'on9 muse "ho may be on their way TO embark.
LONDON, Sept. l9.-rhe Paris correspondent OF
1"e Ha'fy Aces says: M Roustan's statement to te
Cabinet Council was thinly yelled attac an ca
erai farre Minister of War NJ Roustan desires ~
nave General Gallifet at Tunis NJ Roustan urged
above all the employment of an onorye+ic com.
pnri" y ,mmhhampered by daily Instructions from
s,, me correspondent states that fortv-eioht
ague Nv ''"o9 lii tnree days OIL
LIE METHODIST FOREIGN MISSIONS.
LONDON sept. 19.-The Methodist Ecu,nencal
Cohiereioe To-day discussed the subject of Fore; y,
missions the use of the press in non Christian conn
iioS ior 'he promotion of the Gospel: the mission
Work required in Papal and semi-infdel nations.
VIC especial need Of cooperative Methodism in
"pii ana pagan lands the resources of Methodjsm
AZ numbers. wealth. organization and spiritual life
iof ING work OF the WORLDS conversion and the best
LEANS ~ OIL developing and employing themn
ino Conference expressed very general FEELING
" 1For OF Increased support to schools for training
na"!e converts in tho various heather countries tc
missionary work. The Roy. Mr. Moorman Of the
Episcopal Church. asked English sunport
colleges IN the south rs To enable an
~ otAeu number of negro missionaries to he cont 10
AInca. Mr. Clark, of Georgia and Mr.. Price Of
Va" .oliha' spoke IN the same SENSE
- 'ohiiii ullcntlon from the Womcu's TpmneroDcn
49, ~ az NeW-loIk. was read. asking the Confer
perance. i'' 'i'' "''uHe VI lciu-
LoNDoN, Sept 19.-In tho Ecnmcnicol Confor-
Luiiy. D delegate from Halifax England. had died
form ava o'0A"o'o vi ciiloio-
bishop Brown lcolorc,D, Of the District of CoIu,n
I'm Io'cIid 10 the extent of the various Methodist
"uies IN America. He urged them to unite i'm the
p vi Nhrist ana not TO labor Individuality Nessrs
nio" ana reel sad that az the negro Oncstion in
lh' united States had been solved by Christianity
- "o1id the eNangeliZatou of Africa be hest com
iplcicd by American negroes. 0'' '0'''
MI buckley, of Now-Iork, argued that lavrnen
VIE tle best ADVOCATES OF missions hut that they
iust give as wei as speak Notice was given of 4,
iotIoh IN favor of the erection of a monument to
me Wesley5 IN London. An invitation WAS given
or the Congress to hold its next meeting in Ionis
vllio, Kentucky. ~ i-0ui'-