John Lipp, the postmaster arrested
lust week for rillitur registered letters in
the office at Lincoln, 111., pleaded guilty
in the United S - ate Court, Wednesday,
atni was sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary at Chester.
FOREIGN.
The Chinese gov.rnment has negoti
ated two leans one of fi.ur million
taels and one of two millions.
The German raid's tig has adopted
ilm bill providing for the subsidizing of
st' amship companies.
Lord Dpepeuin and other Indian
officials are doing their best for war on
the grounds that the present i the most
favorable opportunity, ant that the
chance is unlikely ever to recur. If
the Indians hate the English they cer
tainly hate and dread the Russians
more.
The English preparations far exceed
, hat the newspapers reveal. Every
movement of tier Russians are rapidly
getting ready a lici t of swift privateers,
and England is doing likewise* only she
doubles the number. To sum up, par
liament believes in peace, ■ nd the court
is certain of war.
Dispatches from Gulirau and Penjdeh
show the situation on the Afghan front
ier to be unchanged. The commission
under command of General Sir P. ter
Lumpden has completed the bases for
the delimitation if the boundary and
are still awaiting the am /al of General
/.cliitow, the Russian Commissioner.
Resslvn subjects of the conquered
countries in Central Asia are said to be
ripe for revoli, and to be eagerly look
ing for an Anglo-Uussian war, which
would i liable them to rise in rebellion
and attack the Russian army from the
rear.
