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tn. soldiers. There was great anxiety


among foreigners at Panama.
RUSSIA was on the It'll putting the great
naval and military station of Cronstadt
in a state of complete defense. Hundreds
of torpedoes had been sunk in the harbor.
Lord Dufferin sent a long dispatch from
Rawil- Pinde, warning the Government to
beware of Russian intrigues. It appeared
that many Rnssian officers had visited
Kabool during the last few months as sr:es.
THE gross public debt of Canada, as
stated in the House of Commons recently
by Mr.. Boswell, is $22T7.110,336
AN official proclamation was issued on
the 9Th Mt C~onstantinople condemning the
Mehdi as an impostor and a robber.
De FREYc1NET, in the French Senate on
the Sth, stated that the preludes VI q
peace with China had been virtually con-
Guided.
THE river Thames was flooding the
streets of London on the Sth, causing great
damage.
PRESIDENT ZALDIvAR, of San Salvador,
telegraphed to the Costa Rican Minister
at Washington on the 9th that President
Barrios and his son were killed at Chal-
chuapa.
A REcENr hurricane at Tamatave, Mad
agascar, wrecked five French and six ma
tive vessels and the American bark Sarah
Hobart.
REL, the half-breed leader, had on the
9th cleaned out the country between Hum
boldt and Prince Albert, and Prince Alder
country had been turned into a desert. F-
gitives from the North were flyinxto
Qu'Appelle in large numbers. There wal
every indication of a general Indian up
rising. The reports that American Indians
had crossed the border to join IL Ghe revolt
were not confirmed.
CAPTAIN NORTON, of the Sh :nandoah,
landed $50 marines at Panama OH the 9th
to protect American interests. He had
been instructed by Secretary Whitney to
keep transit open, guard the lives and
property of citizens of the United States,
and remain ABSOLUTELY neutral in conflicts
between the local forces.
The rumors of a battle between the Rus
slams and Afghaas at the outposts of the
latter were confirmed on the 9th by a dis
patch from Meshed. The Afghan camp at
Murghaub, on the Murghaub River, was
captured by the Russians after a brief but
%sanguinary battle. Five hundred Afghans
were killed. The Russian loss was fifty
killed and wounded. In the British House
of Commons Mr.. Gladstone stated that the
attack must be regarded as unprovoked,
and that the Government had called upon
Russia for an explanation.
GENERAL NJ. l.. BARILLos was on the
10th installed as President of Guatemala,
and the Cabinet had been reorganized since
the death of President Barrios.
!. The Emperor of China issued adecrce on
the 10th r~eciting that the French, having
humbly sued for peace, he graciously
grants their prayer.
THERE was a slight shock of earthquake
in Rome on the 10th. Church spires vi
brated, and in some of them the bells rang.
A TELEGRAM on the 10th from Com.
mander Kane at Aspinwall reported that
United States troops were now guarding
both ends of the Panama Railroad. Every.
thing was quiet.
NEWS was received at Winnipeg pn the
10th of the killing of fourteen white set
tiers ut Frog Lake, eighty miles from Bat
tleford, by the Cree Indians. One woman
was captured. Fort Pitt was in danger.
Battleford was surrounded by 1000 In
dians, but no attack had been made as yet.
A general rising was feared.
GENERAL GRAHAM issued a prochma-
ton on he 10th urging the Soudantse to
submit to the British and send in supplies
of provisions and cattle, which would be
paid for.
MIR. GLADSTONE stated in the British
House of Commons on the 10th that Russia
had demanded from General Komarof ar
explanation of his conduct III attacking tbs
Afghans, and that Penjdeh had not PEGS
occupied 10y the forces of the Gar.