| Show joiy y QUESTION tho clouds are gathering thick and fast around the doomed bead of mr ferdinand de lesseps the greit french engineer who successfully constructed the sue canal aud hopefully goes about piercing tha isthmus of panama the article of gen grant to be published in the february number of the AW american of which the JL au tioff published a telegraphic abstract yesterday will prova to be a heavy shot into the camp of the panama canal society the builder of the st louia bridge and constructor ol 01 the mississippi betties jetties jet ties capt eads is alo pushing hard hi project of a ship railway across the isthmus ot diya telegraphic advises advices from washington cawed the news of an ominous meeting of lead ing men hostile to de letera Le tepa pro eject as derogatory to american honor and opposed to the monroe doctrine A hearing took place yesterday before tha house committee on foreign alt tirs on the subject generally of the proposed panama ship canal and especially with regard to ft joint resolution introduced into the house on dec 13 by crapo declaring the construction of eccli ft camil under alie auspices aus of and through a charter from iny european government is hostile lo 10 the established policy of the is in violation of the spirit and declarations of the monroe doctrine and cannot be sanctioned or Bis I to by iho V government besides tha mem bers of the committee there were present of lose interested in th crapo senor geret nicaraguan minister capt eds and his mr A thorndike A rico editor of the north amari can and admiral amrien mr rico read an eti it I t ter froma gentleman i re berring to the subsidizing of the french press to the extent of in favor of de lesseps Los scheme and stated that the american minister noye while left entirely without instructions on the subject had in aia private capacity denounced the scheme ho rice thought it was imo the views of the american government were officially made mown crapo and other petit lemen afterwards addressed the in opposition to de les sops scheme and urged the adoption sd option of the joint ra solution the commander of the russian expedition against the in central atia has suffered another deleat which proves to have been far more serious than wis apparent from reports all the extensive and expensive preparations made lately to secure victory for the russian arms in their struggle against the turco mans ibave proven the wild bons eons of lie steppes seem abo it cope the martil mart il cn arts of the As lail year the troops the s ir are again learning the les aon thiet ahe of is acted in the ministry of war at st burg then cabied t and ellec ted on the cen aral asia ds the nacy with atit is continually puiking her posts ahead indicates ilni ie is not willing to rell inui h lim expedition which hit y hen under taken oily o ily for w of tho Tur comans ur the ct tha former cam point to no silfa cory re kulii of the present undertaking the porte has baen informed that the victory at beok was a prush log one the want of debating power on the conservative side of the house of commons is conspicuous at tha iowa penitentiary fort madion the t marked 24 bebow zero thirty four of the crew of the losi steamer alton have been saved thirty are missing A naval brigade with guns and artillery lava marched for newcastle caipo coony all important liberal journia of evaland up port the in hutching saya any roan who intimates that be bad anything to do with the morey letter is a liar the pope has sent fresh instruct in lions to irah bi with no view to tho re of order some internal revenue officers aro urging garfield to make of iowa secretary of the treasury tho capoun of the lark from to was bcd fajt in agnail jo tb elections received large vote but teni wei fed Vt ern new york was visited again on and monday by severo vf snow bail ud sleet carneu and alsoc alfs will not return to bublin abil is in unless am sted and forced liick i fid to be much brekan io health aud spirito lie feela bi in april last moat keenly the british ministry it is said feels more by the tr auca bort han concerning ireland there sa talk in london of a coalition between aej against the irish policy of the government the report of a fusion of bemo brats with republicans to defeat the pon kling choice haa ex cited heated comment it believed tammany hlll eek this way for it defeat by fusion on monday pac neco introduced a bill the of which ia to alloy persona makini entries anier the desert land act six year instead of three to aim lands by bringing water udom them in parliament on monday shaw said he had tuh ay iy good land bih but to ix fair rort asa means for coercive measurer APAU aboe testimony must be deemed conclusive unless ample rebutting evidence i offered my that boston is the best circus city in the country boston ia yet to bo heard in her own defense |