Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 24, 12 June 1869 — English Column. FOREIGN NEWS. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

FOREIGN NEWS.

Tft« Bark U D. C. Murrav' «rrĪTeu irom S<n on \Vednesl3y morninq this week, « r te* to Mtv 221. tīi€ roore noUccab'.o items of r,ews sre the !>?How»rig: Ch;ca'.«. May 13. Thc "Tr.buneV >r?e€iai «iy« i.'ie prr-sen: in.l aro that Her«ry P:erce. cf liostoa. wiil ; e appointe<l M»n»«ter to īhe sindī*?cr2 J?lartds. Hutchsnson, cf ArW.. was Usi s€*«?on, fc-Jt nct confjrroe>i. The Biate Department, afier funh?r con*idcFatton, decided to make a new sek-rtion. \Ye h-».ve the Tojv»n th?»t the 1.250 who oime l>y the steamahjp Cbina to, Fmnciī-:o sre lo be forwarded to Chicago directly, and fhat one /īrm in Ch ; r o h«vc a contra~t to furni?h oO r OQO Chincse' for \vofk <>n piantations in the Soo<hern | Statcs. | S,x ?teamer?. witb vr»suab}e cargoes, were j btirned at Cn:cinnan May 12. Heavy crevn?-;-*\s have cccurred on the Mis-1 f>.i???ippi, iibov<» and U'low New Urleans. Lar:re strikes of workmen eonlinue in the EaM. Thc Memphis Coinmcrciai Convention ren> se.'nl>led Miy J9, ar>ti cut out quitean extcn: ve plan of bu.«mc*s, inciuding nieasures j l->r improvmg the M;sī ; .ssippi lev«es; (or reliuein? the t \rsff on railway iron ; for eheapemi!|j cott'">n iiii>or and encouraging the groAiri of cotton at the Suuih ; for building new lincs of ra»lway j*rom t<je South to the Vac:ūc, and frotn W:ishir)j::ton to Memphia and Si. Louis. Spnitor Sprague made a spr'ech, whieh was w-" 1 !! received. Over GOO d 4 wer>: present. ProfeHsor Goidwin Smith deiivered n speech at hhiea (N. V.) on the night of the HHh in rep!y to S*Jmner'.s speech on the ~A !abain fjwe-!ion. in whieh he clairns that Enifland is not to b)atne to the extent thnt Sumner rharye> her, ai»d thnt the tendency of Sumucr's policy i? to weaken the real friends of Aineric:i wi Kngiand and strengthen the To* r»e*. ile says whiie Hngiand is wiihng to i« t e.innila go whim she p!ea?es, \vith lreiami too, sho wiii never agree to surrender thcm upon any such a deinmd as Sumner's. An aiiianeo, ei}ens;ve and defensive, is spoken oi ivs iikeiy to tvke piaee betweeu Koi'iaiul, Fr;\nc" and Spain against the United Slates. The position of thatGovernment in rri:ar(l to iingland's iiabihty in the matter af the "Alahama" c.iaims, and with rvi>jien>:>,> to Cui-;i, is tho pretext for this tripiicnte rcciprocity. The I>ritish Governinent iniorms the U. S. Minister that they will reclaim the brig %, Mary Loweli" from Spain. The c.\pcnditurt*s of tije British Governmcnt during the iast fiscal yenrfeil £500,000 shori ot t!ie receipts. Ttie S\vi.-s Guvernment denies to Mazzini, tlie ltaii:ui ttor, the right of asyium in any oanlon of that Kepuhiie whieh borders on France or ltaiv. («\iribildi is so iii that his physician deepairs i»t his l ife. | A late religious riot in the streets of Te-! hcran, and Capital of Fersi«, resuited in the death of 300 men. The troops had to be c;i!icd out to suppress thc riot nnd restore pe.iee. By dates to Mav lSth, we have pretty weii authenticated details of a very hard omi bioody battle, on a resj)ectable sca!e, in Cuba. it occurrcd near Fuerto i'nneipe. The rebel forces numl)ered four thousand iu ihe beginning of the action, but they were reinforced by fresh nrrivals and bv a battaiion of negroes who desertcd from the Spanish to the rebeis during the action, so that nt its close Generul Ciuesada, who commanded the rebels, had a force of seven thousand, while General Lesea, wiio commnnded the Spanish, had but three tiiousand and tive hundred. The Spanish were very badly whipped, ond in thcir forced retreat, lost their l»aggage, ammunttion, and j>art of their artillery. Thev also io*t a number of their best otlicers. This victory his elated ihe Cubaus at<d demonstratrd to the Span:ards that they rannot reiy upon the colercd troops to right for their cnusc. The Cubans rcpresentthatthey hnve 5,500 Amcricans in their army, and n total force ot 28.000 under arms, They think theoniy thing required to insure the succcss of their cause is recognition of l>elligereut rights by the United States. Cimna. From the Shnnghae "NeweLelter" of Aprii I9th.we take the foliowing: Lcttcrs from Fekin' »tate that. they orCj having a very dry Spring, ond unless rain falls soon serious d«mage to the crops may t>e looked for. Un the 30ih ult., the Emper* or wcnt to one of the tempies in the palnee : £rounds, and otlered prayers lor rain. Ke- I ceutiy severnl Mnnchoos forced thcir \vay | into the Impcrhl treasury, aud plunderetl it of siiver to the amouni ofTis. 9,000. Al>out the l>eginning of the Chinese New Year, thieves broke into iho London Missionary Hospitai. Pekm, and carried oti articies of vaiue. The rogues htvve heen captutvd,and are to be teheoded. The city of Yang quei-tze, or foreign devil, is to c<?Ase. now th.it an edict has gone ■lonh fr<>m the Taoutn)'s Yamcn, prohib:tmg ail Chinese irom insuiting {ore»gners with such saiut;Uions. The TaoUtal iutunates that when fowigncrs are passing the homes of Chinamen they shou. { d be addressed os i4 Yang-jen," or ff»re ; irnor, aud by no other term.