The Dickinson press., 1884-03-22
Foreign Flashes.

Crowds follow Mary Anderson in London as
she goes to mass, and the ladies say of her:
'Oh, sheis so pious-and such a lovely arm!'
Natives recently attacked European factories
on the Lower Congo, plundered caravans, and
killed several Europeans. Assistance has been
sent the distressed settlers.
The death of the baroness Lionel de Roths-
child is announced. She was the daughter of
Baron Charles de Rothschild of Naples and
was married to her cousin in 1856.
Gladstone's indisposition is said to be owing
to disagreement with the marquis of Hunting
tan, secretary of state for war, that England
must control the Rcd Sea ports Of Egypt.
Much anxiety is felt in regard to the situation
at Khartoum. The Times Alexander special
says: SIT is proverbial that three courses are
possible: To leave Gen. Gordon to his fate;
to dispatch English troops to Khartoum, or to
import Indian troops. The policy of doing
nothing has not hitherto achieved signal sue
CESS"
Solomon Shapiro, who recently attempted to
cell in England a forged manuscript book of
the Pentateuch, killed himself in q hotel in
Rotterdam He had not left his room for sew
eral days. The police forced the door and
found the blood-bespattered corpse upon the
bed. Letters showed he was suffering from
mental alteration.
Paris Correspondent of the Times: The oc-
cupation of Bacninh end in nothing. The
rainy season begins in a fortnight and will
the Red river is handed over to pillage and an
archy. The French government will shortly
be compelled to ask for a credit of 25,OOO,WO
francs, and eventually for 10O,OOO,OOO francs,
which the chamber will certainly refuse. The
expedition vii! require sixty-three ships and
4o0, 600 men. The end to be gainedis out of all
proportion to the outlay.
A passage at arms occurred last week be-
twee Gen. Wallace md the grand vizier at Con-
stantinople. Acting under instructions from
Washington, Gen. Wallace has lately been
pressing the porte very hard for a settlement
of the petroleum question and American claims
generally. The grand viZier, irritated at such
perslstency,. refused to receive Minister Wal
lace when the latter sought an audience for
the special purpose of demanding some official
answer to his various long-standing demands,
pleading an engagement %onimportant business.
An angry official correspondence ensued, in
which the prctension was advanced that minis
tiers have not the same right to approach the
grand vizier at all times as ambassadors
possess.
A dispatch from Gen. Graham, date Osman
Digma's Camp, March 10, 1880 a. M, says:
sThe camp of the enemy has been taken, after
nafu uSuIluS Sluce o q. IN. over seventy brl-
fish were killed and 100 wounded" Later dis
patches say the biyouac last night was exceed
ingly unpleasant. Tho Arabs kept up a per-
sistent fusliade until just before daybreak.
The bright moonlight rendered objects dis
tinctly visible at a long distance, but prevented
the enemy from making a sudden onset The
rebels directed their fire toward the hospitsas
wagons which were most CONSPICUOUS. The sure
geons and Gen. Graham's staff officers had many
narrow escapes. At runrise- a Gardiner gun
and a nine FOUNDER we're turned against thS
rebels, who were within 1 800 yards Of thd
British position, anil afforded q most elegant
target The ARABS were soon compelled to re-
tire to their main position near Tomai Wells.
Col Stewards cavalry arrived at $50, andtook
a position on the British left, SO as to turn the
enemy's right. Gen. Graham has taken quar-
tiers for the present in the camp from which
Osman Digma and the rebel hostiles were driv-
en-. The enemy fought most stubbornly, and
the battle was much heavier than the engage
ment at Teb. The sailors, the Black Watch
regiment, and York and Lancaster regiments
suffered the heaviest losses.