First Battle Fought
The Central Ameriaan difflculty has been s-ttlei M Brisson is the premier oí the new French eabinet. Reportad that Franco and China have agreed upon terma oi an armistioa. There was an earthquake. April 12, ia Aadalueia. Beveral Sicuies feil, bat nobody was hurt. A fire at Tokio March 19 destroyed 1,200 buildings, and over 1,000 families rendred home! esa. El Mahdi bas been severelv ceieated al El Obeid. Ho will not attack Dongola ior three months. Both Eogland End Buasia are aetiyely af work putting navy and military stations in readmtss for war. Membc-ra oí the British army reserve in Canada have been ordered to hold themselves in readinesa to return to England. Reported that Gen. Wolsely has been ordered to withdraw one-third oí the army now in the Soudan for servios dsewhere. A Paris dispatoh of the 13;h saye: Orders to ceae hostilities were sent to Admiral Courbet and Oen. Ue L'lsle on the lOth inst. Bussian areenala ars bsing worked to their utmost eapaeity, and Baasian traopa are being pushed t y the frontier with &11 possible speed. Nambera oí Iriah organizations are setkinï an alliance withthe Raasian governmeat by which they propose to fosa?n & risïntr ie Ireland while Êngland is buay with Ris;ia. Tho first battle of the Afghan frontier flïht wafl.fonght on the 30tn uit., between Rnssiaua and natives in which the latter were roated, and 530 killed. The news of the battle created iatmse excitement in Enslemd and an immediate cxplanation is demanded oi Kassia. The steamship Oceanio arrivd in San Francisco April 6 with Tokohama newB ot Maroh 21. The Shanghai ü ercury saya the Viceroy of the Yunan and Kwechang Frovinoes haa issued a decrie conimanding to deatruction all Roman Catholic oonverts. The decreo also orders all Roman Catholio convetts and all foreigners killed. Reporta had reicbed Shanghi thatseveral Roman Catholio sett'euienta had airead y been dcstroyed and several hundred eonverts kiiled. The Tillase of Kinyaping, two days' joarney from Tili, has betn dastrojed and toar oouverts and two priesta killed. The only leason at&igued by thd Chinese Viceroy for the massacre was that the Roman Oatholics were going to revolt against the Chinese Government. The Offijial Messenger ol St. Petersburg publishes the following telegram from Komaroff, dated April 1, giTing the official narrative of the battle of the 30th nlt. On the 25th of Maroh onr detachment approaohed Daehkapri. When near the bridge we saw an entrenobment ocoapied by Afghans. In order to avoid a conflict l stationed my troops five verste (a littlo over three miles) from the Atghan position. Negotiations with Capt. Yate (a member oí 8ir Peter Lnmsdeu'a force) commenced on the 26th. Wlien the Afghans became oonvinced that we had no imention of attacking teem they daily diew nearer to our camp. On the 27th they dispatched against a oompany ot ours a reconnoitering pari.y of three companies, with a gun and some Gavalry. The ntxt day tbeir audacity and arrogance incteasing, they ooenpied a high and commanding pasition on the left fUnkot oarcamp, made entrenoh ments and placed a cavalry post in rear o onr line and a picket within shot of our foits.
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